Myspace Generation

Here’s something to think about: in 20 or 30 years, when the Census Bureau (or whoever it is that labels generations, like the Baby Boomers or Gen X or Gen Y or whatever the hell we are) is looking at generational divides, there’s a pretty good chance that it will say I’m of the same [...]

Travelin’. Agin.

There’s a pilot and a flight attendant sitting right behind me, discussing their plane’s status in hushed tones. It doesn’t sound like they will be rocking an on-time departure. When I started this post, I was thinking, “Aw, shit, they’re totes from my plane and I’m going to be late again.” But over the course [...]

An attempt to make travel interesting

Loyal readers: sad news. I think I will be taking a little blogiatus while I’m in home. Because here’s a fun fact: we still have dial-up here! And another fun fact: it took literally 10 minutes for this page to open! And a third one: I really don’t have much of that “patience” thing.
So instead, [...]

The end.

Here’s a fun update for you:
I am sweaty, fanless and a little stressed out.
But here’s the upside: I’ve done all the packing I’m going to for the night. And I’m into the list-making: my favorite part!
So California, here I come, right back where I started from, California, California, here I come.

Olympic Fever

Ok, my once-every-four-years patriotism should be going strong right now. You know, it’s the Olympics, the period of time where my thinking goes from, “Every country has its merits and it’s impossible to say that one’s the ‘best,’” to “USA! USA! USA!”
And yet, for the first time, I’m feeling a little more open to other [...]

Things I won’t miss

Today on the train–which was a tiny bit crowded–I was reminded of the lowlight of my summer: that time I got groped on the train. And no, it wasn’t hot, and I didn’t fall in the love with the guy, so no, it wasn’t me who posted a missed connections ad on Craigslist.
Instead, it was [...]

Summer lovin’ had me a blast

In case you haven’t noticed, summer is almost over. At the end of last summer, I wrote a long and sentimental list of everything I would miss about Austin–pancakes from Magnolia, the prevalence of burnt orange, my family, Sonic, etc. Maybe I ordered it differently so that my family came in ahead of Magnolia, but [...]

Eight-Eight-OhEight

I’m in my final countdown to the end of this internship… this is my third-to-last day. Also, it’s the first day of 3 where I’ll be here all alone, since the rest of my department is too busy vacationing or whatever. Seriously, even my boss is gone today.
So how is this solitude going? Not so [...]

Green with envy… or deliciousness

I went to M2M to get sushi for dinner (so delicious and so cheap!), and as usual, I couldn’t get out of there without succumbing to temptation and buying my favorite snack food:

Right then, at the mere appearance of the wasabi pea can on my screen, I had to take my can out of its [...]

Perception

You know how Einstein said “It’s all relative”? Or maybe it wasn’t Einstein, maybe it was just some little old grandmother and I’m randomly misattributing that saying. That’s kind of what I’m thinking now, that that isn’t really an Einstein original. Anyways. Let’s pretend like this paragraph was more concise and just said, “It’s all [...]