I just recently realized that most of what I am – the rebellion, the unwillingness to conform, the mental allergy to business suits, the outright refusal to “grow up” – is a direct effect of my aunt (of all people!). My aunt is only 9 years older than me. You could say our initial dynamic [...]
I went to one of the most accesible gas stations in Hato Rey this morning for my car’s yearly inspection. Since it’s a station sitting smack in the middle of a main avenue, I wasn’t surprised to find a queue of people waiting for their inspection too. I made #7, I got lucky. It was [...]
Prom never felt so right. Last night was the long-awaited Lost series finale. After years of Tuesday get-togethers at Pepe’s house, this would be the last official TV-crew gathering. Every Tuesday for the last few years we’d get together, bring popcorn, cupcakes, wine, beer, whiskey, chips, etc, and have a geek-out feast. We also did [...]
Getting mentally ready for the snip snip on Gallifrey’s balls. I was instructed to withdraw his food since 8pm tonight. That means withdrawing his food and Caprica’s food – and their water – as well (Gallifrey is not a very discerning cat, he’ll eat dog food as happily as his own cat chow). The house [...]
You know how appliances and cars have the very annoying tendency to break down just when you come across money? Well, my belongings apparently learned how to fucking read, and they must have found this blog post to be a sort of challenge. My cell phone (an unnecessarily swanky Palm Pre) started acting up some [...]