I couldn't sleep last night. The voices inside my head told me to quit academia - that my life would be easier ( Read more... )

I decided to make an instagram for my food blog the other day and it pops up with "suggestions for you," which is like a bunch of people they think you'd want to follow ( Read more... )

I'm writing this because no one ever listens to my strange ideas (except for my old from UTEP who indulges me ( Read more... )

I had a very productive day writing stats code and giving life advice to budding academics interested in grad school. On the way home I thought I would cash in my voucher for my weekly tequila. Figured I could go all out and buy pizza (or English muffin pizza) to go along with my booze ( Read more... )

Food Quest
There’s something really frumpy and white trash about Canada. Everyone was doughy, jolly and really polite and their food was amazingly fattening. I went to Vancouver for a conference, last week, and made sure to escape the clutches of my professor and clingy PhDs to explore the cuisine of Canada and now I need a bypass.
The first day I ( Read more... )

I’ve been everyone’s community therapists for as long as I can remember. Lately, people have been seeking out my free services a lot more than usual.  In order to have some quiet time in my life, I've gotten into the habit of silencing my phone around 8:30 and hoping that my brain shuts off to comfortably sleep. This morning I woke up to so many ( Read more... )

I rarely go to Castro, but I found a taco place I wanted to try. There was a really hot girl working as cashier so I bought a margarita and a sangria just to awkwardly stare at her. *sigh ( Read more... )

November 1, 2013
I put up an ad on craigslist to help the cat find a forever home. Moments after the ad was posted, the ground shook and my email began to fill up. Apparently cat ads is a great way to  stir up the cat ladies.

I cleaned up the house and put all the cat’s stuff together  to give away. I kept thinking how sad it would be to see him go ( Read more... )

October 26, 2013

It’s official. I think I was tricked into getting a pet. The cat has been chewing the wall and scratching the bed skirt (“this is why we can’t have nice things!”). I had to tuck in the skirt to save it, but now my bed looks so sad and gross.

It doesn’t matter how much I yell or how often I chase him, he just keeps doing it.  Also, ( Read more... )

I'm back in Arizona for a wedding and I kind of miss it (hence the damn Madonna song). I'll write an entry on it all later. For those of you interested in the El Gato Storyline from last year, here's the next installment! Ugh, I was so, so miserable...

October 23, 2013 ( Read more... )