Blogiatus Over!

There’s a 98.7 percent chance that everyone (all three of you) has given up on me ever returning.
But hey! Would I renege on a promise? Answer: no, not usually. Unless that promise was made under duress, like, I don’t know, torture. Advanced interrogation techniques. Or, as I like to call it, peer pressure.
(Wait, I’m [...]

FB with Father

The dam has fallen–my family is Facebook-connected now. As soon as my step-sisters friended my step-mom, I knew that resistance was futile, and that I would have to give in and friend my dad after 2 years of avoiding it.
(What really broke me down? That my dad sounded so sad and confused over the [...]

Friday the 13th

Here’s what happened on Friday:
My sister got into her master’s program. I’m so happy for her. Once, Simon Cowell said, “I don’t get this ‘happy for’ thing. How can you be happy for someone… oh, silly Americans!” (That was paraphrasing). Anyway, I thought about that for awhile at the time, and was like, “Simon, maybe [...]

25 Things

It’s been way too long, so I’m jumping back in with this mega-entry in the form of the 25 things meme from Facebook. I got tagged yesterday, but I guess you’ll have to read through to find out why the eff I’m posting it here.
1. Every time I’ve read another person’s “25 things” list, I’ve [...]

A quick (ha!) update

I keep thinking of hilarious stories I want to put here… but then I totally forget.
So I’ll just give you a rundown of all the important things I’ve done in Austin instead of updating this thing.
1. Got an eye exam. You know that test where they make you look at a light and then they [...]

You’re Dino-Mite!

Whoa, guys, WordPress changed its format and my mind is blown. As Sir Bob Dylan said, “The times they are a-changin’.” And as I said, “What the hell, times? I don’t like change!”
I am so offput by this that I can’t remember what I was going to write. Wait, here we go: I am going [...]

ACTing

Look, I lead a busy life. I’m busy at work all day, crunching the numbers 9 to 5. And then there’s the long commute to take into account. So when I get home, sometimes, I just want to kick back, have a nice g&t and read the paper.
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That’s my ’50s-style husband rationalization of the precipitous [...]

Just an achiever

Ok, I’ve made my decision.
Sobre que?
Classes.
I will only be taking 4 academic classes a semester, from here on out. Basically, because I can. I have just enough credits to do that, thanks to seminars and PE. And who the hell would have thought that I would ever thank PE?
I kind of had a hard time [...]

Boo. I just created a ’school’ tag.

Dudes. The blogiatus stretched on longer than I thought. I know, I know. But I felt like, considering the fact that I’m only home for 3 or 4 weeks a year (because of the two-home situation), I should spend q.t. with like… my family or something. So I’m not feeling too regretful.
But look! I’m back! [...]

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 [...]