Okay, so say some crazy group of people were going to detonate nuclear bombs at certain points on the planet so that the whole world would implode. Say they were going to do it in three days, and there would be absolutely no way to stop it from happening. What would you do for the last three days of your life?

And boy, did I have a hangover.

So today, kids, was Lucía's first day of school.

It went better than expected -- much better, actually -- though by the end of the day I just wanted to get the hell out of there. But for everyone who's interested, here's the synopsis:

Morning: The day started with me rolling out of bed at 5:40am after roughly ( Read more... )

Today's the last day of summer. Where did my vacation go ( Read more... )

Okay, so I've been attempting to work this out in my head but I can't come to any reasonable conclusion. Plus I'm in the middle of some serious procrastination ( Read more... )

Oh, Bowfly, where would I be without you? I wouldn't know the meaning of the word "euphemism", that's for sure.

All Russian gymnastics-school massacres aside, today was a good day. Mark came over and we watched Once Upon a Time In Mexico -- and by "watched" I mean "chatted the whole way through and then gave up because we didn't follow the plot". ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning to this.

What the fuck is wrong with humanity?

You know what? I say it's about time we get some Latinos in office.

VOTE ORTIZ/RAMIREZ 2004
for a batter* America.

*yeah, that was an awful pun.

No Davis, which was disappointing, but life goes on ( Read more... )

Why do people always feel the need to control the things they love?

I feel so angsty right now. But at least I have a sense of humor about it.

Also, people always look really ugly when they cry, myself included. Why is that?

[edit] So it's all good now; I was only grounded for three hours and all I had to do to get out was apologize. Dumbass ( Read more... )

I hope Mike and Eric are in a class with me this year. Algebra was killer with the two of them around. "If Aunt Petunia were president, we wouldn't be at war right now." Oh, man ( Read more... )