I don’t eat Filipino food. It makes me gag. I think it’s greasy and disgusting. During family functions, there’s only one thing I eat–lumpia. Fresh and fried, small and large lumpia. I usually dunk a generous portion of my aunt’s…
Archives for August 2010
Why I Changed My Mind
So I flipped flopped about Burning Man. After all that ranting and raving about how I couldn’t bear the thought of packing and doing all that’s involved in planning for the event, I decided to GO. There’s really only one…
Surrogay
Dean calls Marc my surrogay because he’s 1) my surrogate husband, and 2) duh…gay. Since Dean’s been out of town on business, I’ve spent three of the last five days with my surrogay. Friday night was date night. A really…
The Rocketship
Nothing at Burning Man seems out of the ordinary. My first year, a U-shaped roller coaster buzzed on the Esplanade. I was captivated from a distance. They built that fully-functioning, scream-generating contraption? Here? In the middle of the desert? You’ve…
Sick
I’m sick–physically, not sick in the head. Have had a fever and cold since Saturday that I’ve been unable to shake. So a simple pictorial post. Plus some statements from Wikipedia: “By April 2008, Bush’s disapproval ratings were the highest…
Pruning
There was an article in the New York Times titled, “But Will It Make You Happy?” It features a couple who decided to live simply–as in four plates, three pairs of shoes, and two pots. The wife, who was inspired…
The Giving Pledge
The Giving Pledge is an initiative drummed up by Warren Buffet and Bill and Melinda Gates to get billionaires to publicly pledge to donate the majority of their wealth over the course of their lifetime or when they die. 40…
Bow Chicka Bow Bow
Catching up with a friend yesterday during lunch at Mercedes Hair of the Dog cantina on Commercial Avenue, I got to hear this story (one of many dating stories he told me during the hour). So I started doing the…
On the Move
We’ve been flirting with the idea of moving, which means that on top of everything else I’ve got going on, I’m scouring Craigslist for apartments. There are some great places out there, including this gem in Telegraph Hill. Sunny and…
People Who Think
I tuned in to Anne Rice on All Things Considered the other day. It’s worthwhile to listen to. She talks about her decision to completely distance herself from Christianity and the Catholic Church. She was articulate and all of her…