A pattern recently occurred to me in that I generally haven't gotten along well with the roommates I've had who habitually smoke weed. As I type this, I can smell marijuana wafting upstairs into my room. Although I don't loathe the smell, it annoys me to have it invading my personal space for some reason. It's always been like this. It's almost as ( Read more... )

I finally opened the texts that I received the day I terminated my employment at the salsa factory 3 days ago by neglecting to arrive. It wasn't quit as harsh as I expected; a few phone calls from my boss, followed up by a "call when you get a chance," and a single trite yet snarky message from Ben: "so...that's it, then? you're all done?" I had ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a good day, by all accounts. Though his enthusiasm about my idea to take the bus to San Antonio really impressed me, Mike and I decided to postpone that trip. Instead we got together bright and early on a seasonably warm Texican winter's day, and rerolled the day's plan into a "best of Austin" walkabout. We met at the MexicARTE ( Read more... )

Where did it all come from? Why am I here? I don't just mean why am I in Texas, but I suppose asking myself that over and over again prompted this existential crisis. I mean, how did I come to be... What holds me together? Sometimes I feel alright about dying simply because it's possible that the universe is in a state of inevitable entropic decay ( Read more... )

I have had a series of days lately where I felt like my battery was running on two bars of power instead of four. After skyping with Zuzanna at Richard's apartment, or "skype smoking" as Richard puts it, and drinking a steady stream of beer last night, I passed out clutching the tiny body of Richard in my arms and watching Sex and The City 2 which ( Read more... )

Why is that everytime I hear "Sarah Palin" I think of "Para Sailin ( Read more... )

Friday afternoon the weather was somber, so I went to the NHTI campus library to access the internet and check out the eye candy, as I oft do. I ended up snagging an impromptu ticket to the Obama rally that just happened to be scheduled for 6pm that day. After waiting in line in the rain for a half an hour, I was shuffled into the auditorium where ( Read more... )

Yesterday I squeezed a mix CD out of some ancient CDs that are scratched to the bone, and I want to throw away. Naturally, I haven't yet. They are once again strewn about in my truck, resting on Burger King wrappers and boxerbriefs. But the upheaval of memories, and a 46 minute phone call to an old friend, inspired me to rattle out my woes in ( Read more... )

Newicks going in at the old Smokey Bones. I want to eat there all the time. Maybe I'll work there ( Read more... )

I had a dull headache all weekend from spending quality time with my grandmother. I drove her Miss Daisy style all the way to upstate New York, through the bumpy mountains and the risky winding turns. I think she chewed all of her fingers off ( Read more... )