I couldn’t have been more proud of him even if they’d won. Today was his very first football game- not just of the season, but of his life. He’d been begging me to let him play for several years now, and this fall I finally relented. It’s not (just) the violence of the sport that […]

I’m selling these two Nicole Miller dresses on Ebay. Please go buy them:

Then I can use that money to buy one of Tyra’s Vaseline jars bejeweled with Swarovski crystals. What medicine cabinet is complete without it?

I can use the rest of the money to put towards the “my new favorite pen” fund. That’s […]

So we took kidlet to the International Festival at his school. He was bummed that- for the 3rd year in a row, I failed to bring a dish to represent our family’s heritage. (what would I bring anyway? chicken nuggets?) I was already feeling guilty about loading up a plate with treats brought by all […]

I don’t know what else to call him: “ex” has such a negative conotation to me, but “just friends” is so cheesy, and “former boyfriend” is too formal, so what does that leave us? So for simplicity, um… I’ll just call him Dr. You-Know-Hoo. Dr.YKH has this endearing/infuriating habit of calling (when he calls) at […]

Before about 10 minutes ago, I’d never heard of moo.com. Now I have, and my FREE mini cards are on their way. If they are as sweet as I imagine they’ll be, I’ll be varying up the image and ordering lots more. I’ve been needing something just like this- and I love the size that […]

“As America’s Hispanic population grows and moves beyond urban centers, a new report released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured assesses the implications for access to health care. It finds that Hispanics in “new growth communities” face greater barriers to health care than those in cities considered “major Hispanic […]

“27 years of nothing but failures, and promises that I couldn’t keep…”
-Ryan Adams’ “Let it Ride”
With my 27th birthday right around the corner, I’m already feeling extra self-conscious about what I have and haven’t done with my life so far. And when I look back, I’m incredibly underwhelmed- to say the least.
As if I didn’t […]

So Racial-Survivor has started. I hadn’t watched Survivor at all since the very first season- I couldn’t name one contestant past round 1- yet I’ve been successfully suckered into rejoining the fold. (Which made it that much more surprising to me to learn that ratings were relatively low for last night’s debut.) But despite the […]

1st- the job I wanted most.
2nd- the relationship I thought/think I wanted too.
If they come in three’s- what’s next?
I’m bracing myself.

Five years ago today: I was en route to class- Human Cognititive Process with Dr. Paul Foos. It was a 9am class, and I would have been on time- but found myself running late because (as is often my custom) although I had already parked on campus, I was still sitting in my car listening […]

Have you ever…

Dissected a frog/ pig/ etc?… and actually looked forward to it?… written a letter to the editor?… worn a costume other than for Halloween or in a play?…
These questions and others have confirmed a long and commonly held suspicion: apparently, I’m a geek. The geek tests at Inner Geek have […]

Delete the dad, make the boy browner and taller: and you’ve got an actual conversation I just had with my 9 year old son about a week ago.
My 4th grade son: who is fluent in both Mac & PC operating systems, who can fire off a PowerPoint presentation faster than I can fire off an […]

…Matt and Nikki were tying the knot. Jumping the broom. Getting hitched. It was a beautiful ceremony- and the reception, ah, it was a star-studded* affair, and frankly- it was easily one of the best times I’ve ever had at post-wedding festivities. To kick things off, of course every couple does their obligatory “first […]