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Mama Nelly
I remember that when I was a kid, my mom was friends with the mother of one of my classmates. Their names are unimportant, as really, the important character was my classmate's grandmother: Mama Nelly. Mama Nelly, whose name really was just Nelly, was born in Mexico City and she at one point decided to move to Veracruz and buy a property a block ( Read more... ) -
Helpful Guide to Having Successful SexMex
I just realized that since I got here I have been sharing my SexMex experiences, but not really giving away much details, other than the tally. Well, I'm now somewhat confused about what the tally is, but overall it's in good shape, not too little, not too much, which would probably be comparable to a Presbyterian, but anyway. I thought about the ( Read more... ) -
The Five Months of Magical Thinking.
I have been in Cancun for just over two months now. I was in Veracruz for 2 and a half months, approximately. According to my calculations, I have been in Mexico for five months now....but August is a long month, so for it to be official, I need two more days on this calendar. I don't know what to say about the last two months, as I'm clearly torn ( Read more... ) -
Lost in Translation
This weekend I had my first big time Lost in Translation moment. A guy, who happens to be married and who lives with his father-in-law, told ME that I looked like I was "trying too hard", that I looked "too butch" for whatever the hell reason. I told him to fuck off, obviously. Gays in Mexico refer to each other using the female endings of the word ( Read more... ) -
My Mexi-journey Part Uno
I left New York on a rainy Friday night. It rained all day and I felt cold and wet to the bone. The air that day smelled the way books smell in a library. The feeling was of general uncertain certainty. I knew that I was leaving, but I didn't know for how long. I had gotten pretty accustomed to my life in NY. Work, play, drink, drunken weekends, ( Read more... ) -
Poeme a mon frere blanc, de Leopold Sedar Senghor
Cher frère blanc ( Read more... ) -
Christmas wishes?
The cold weather has arrived and, with that, I have fallen victim to that which makes everybody cringe in fear: I have a mouse inside my home. In the beginning I wasn't sure it was even a mouse, I was content thinking that unexplained noises were nothing more than cheap manifestations of some spirit looking to communicate by making scratching ( Read more... ) -
to the rocket man...
She packed my bags last night pre-flight ( Read more... ) -
quite some time later...
...things are pretty amazing. Pretty.Amazing.
Too bad I've already know what's gonna happen. Sometimes I just hate my dreams. -
My two cents.
Well, it seems like this week has been "The Week Older Celebrities Die." I mean, let's face it, Ed McMahon was not a surprise; he had been battling cancer, as well as foreclosure, for quite some time and he was 82, so, while everybody was saddened by the news, I don't think everybody was shocked. In the same fashion, Farrah Fawcett's story was ( Read more... )