Happy 10th Birthday, Keeghan!!!
9 years ago
Sunday, November 2, 2008
A couple of my fav signs...
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Precious...
This is Goliath's daughter Precious. She was born the year Avery went to Korea, about 2 wks after on Oct 21, 2002. She's a great dog. She loves everyone and just wants attention. Unfortunately, because she is a Rottweiler she is now suffering from dysphasia. We have managed to bring her weight down some in the past 6 months, but we are afraid it might be too little too late.
This is the only downfall to owning pets...we outlive most of them...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
People...
While sitting in the hall of the Liberal Arts building today, I found myself wondering many things.
When you see people walking past you in a hideous outfit, do you ever wonder- How in the world they put that shit on this morning, looked in the mirror and actually thought it was a good idea? Then proceed to actually walk out the door wearing that and go to school.
Have you?
Ever wondered that??
I have, several times today as a matter of fact, and on a daily basis at school. I love to sit back and watch people, I also catch lil snip bits of conversations. Some are interesting, some are just pathetic.
Today, while waiting for a mini pizza at Pizza Hut, a couple argued in line behind me. She wanted to go out with friends Friday night and he, being so fucking insecure, could not see how she could want to spend time with her friends, after all, HE was her boyfriend!?!? She said she was with him almost 24/7, school, then they apparently live together now, cause she mentioned not being able to spread out in her own bed anymore. He told her she was gonna have to choose, her friends or him.
She changed her mind and decided to stay home with him Friday night....This one definitely fell in the pathetic pile!
Yes, the line was LONG! LOL First of all, he was ugly, she was pretty, WTF was she thinking?? I guess she was the one with the insecurity problems, I don't know. Young girls confuse me...but then again, so do older ones, so it's no use in trying to understand people.
I also listened to a couple of military wives while enjoying the pizza later. One's husband is deploying, while the other is moving at the end of the school year. Both hate the fact and complained so much I got sick of it and ended up leaving! I didn't say shit, first of all they don't know me, they weren't talking to me, but they had to have known I could hear them!Both had been married into the military for over 5 years, so I'm sure they know what to expect when your husband's job comes before anyone and anything else. Avery was in the military for 12 years and we NEVER fought about him working long hrs, being deployed, field problems, NONE of that. I know Avery, and I KNOW he would have preferred to be home, but it wasn't up to him and definitely NOT up to me. So he went away, a lot, he went here and there and I stayed home alone with the kids. First it was lil Avery and me, then in Killeen, Jasmyne joined us. It was crazy! Specially when I started working and Avery was gone. But guess what? I did it! and no I didn't send for my mom, or my sister, or run home, I stayed and I did it by myself with my kids.
Until the moment my kids were old enough to go to school, I went to school. That's when I came home, so that I could go to school. Jasmyne was 4 and Avery was 6 so it wasn't that hard anymore.
But you know what? That's life!! People fascinate me, everyone has a story to tell, although stupid people still annoy the hell out of me. LMAO!!!
When you see people walking past you in a hideous outfit, do you ever wonder- How in the world they put that shit on this morning, looked in the mirror and actually thought it was a good idea? Then proceed to actually walk out the door wearing that and go to school.
Have you?
Ever wondered that??
I have, several times today as a matter of fact, and on a daily basis at school. I love to sit back and watch people, I also catch lil snip bits of conversations. Some are interesting, some are just pathetic.
Today, while waiting for a mini pizza at Pizza Hut, a couple argued in line behind me. She wanted to go out with friends Friday night and he, being so fucking insecure, could not see how she could want to spend time with her friends, after all, HE was her boyfriend!?!? She said she was with him almost 24/7, school, then they apparently live together now, cause she mentioned not being able to spread out in her own bed anymore. He told her she was gonna have to choose, her friends or him.
She changed her mind and decided to stay home with him Friday night....This one definitely fell in the pathetic pile!
Yes, the line was LONG! LOL First of all, he was ugly, she was pretty, WTF was she thinking?? I guess she was the one with the insecurity problems, I don't know. Young girls confuse me...but then again, so do older ones, so it's no use in trying to understand people.
I also listened to a couple of military wives while enjoying the pizza later. One's husband is deploying, while the other is moving at the end of the school year. Both hate the fact and complained so much I got sick of it and ended up leaving! I didn't say shit, first of all they don't know me, they weren't talking to me, but they had to have known I could hear them!Both had been married into the military for over 5 years, so I'm sure they know what to expect when your husband's job comes before anyone and anything else. Avery was in the military for 12 years and we NEVER fought about him working long hrs, being deployed, field problems, NONE of that. I know Avery, and I KNOW he would have preferred to be home, but it wasn't up to him and definitely NOT up to me. So he went away, a lot, he went here and there and I stayed home alone with the kids. First it was lil Avery and me, then in Killeen, Jasmyne joined us. It was crazy! Specially when I started working and Avery was gone. But guess what? I did it! and no I didn't send for my mom, or my sister, or run home, I stayed and I did it by myself with my kids.
Until the moment my kids were old enough to go to school, I went to school. That's when I came home, so that I could go to school. Jasmyne was 4 and Avery was 6 so it wasn't that hard anymore.
But you know what? That's life!! People fascinate me, everyone has a story to tell, although stupid people still annoy the hell out of me. LMAO!!!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Legal Alien
**I had originally added this to my MySpace page, but I thought I should add it here as well.**
This reminds me so much of me and every other Mexican-American I come across on day to day basis, at school and everywhere else...(of course, those of us that are bi-lingual)
Legal Alien
Pat Mora
Bi-lingual, Bi-cultural,
able to slip from "How's life?"
to "Me'stan volviendo loca,"
able to sit in a paneled office
drafting memos in smooth English,
able to order in fluent Spanish
at a Mexican restaurant,
American but hyphenated,
viewed by Anglos as perhaps exotic,
perhaps inferior, definitely different,
viewed by Mexicans as alien
(their eyes say, "You may speak
Spanish but you're not like me"),
an American to Mexicans
a Mexican to Americans
a handy token
sliding back and forth
between the fringes of both worlds
by smiling
by masking the discomfort
of being pre-judged
Bi-laterally.
Pat Mora, a leading figure in contemporary Hispanic poetry, was born on January 19, 1942 in El Paso, Texas. She received a BA from Texas Western College in 1963 and an MA from the University of Texas, El Paso in 1967. In addition to writing poetry, nonfiction, and children's books, Mora has taught at the University of New Mexico where she held the position of Distinguished Visiting Professor. She has also worked as a museum director and as a consultant on U.S.-Mexico youth exchanges. Her recent books include My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults, 1984-1999 (Arte Publico Press, 2000), Aunt Carmen's Book of Practical Saints (1997), and Agua Santa: Holy Water (1995). Her numerous awards and fellowships include the Kellogg National Leadership Fellowship, fellowships in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, four Southwest Book awards and the Premio Aztlán Literature Award. In addition to her books of poetry, Mora is the author of numerous children's books, including A Birthday Basket for Tia (1992) and a memoir. She resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Cincinnati, Ohio.
This reminds me so much of me and every other Mexican-American I come across on day to day basis, at school and everywhere else...(of course, those of us that are bi-lingual)
Legal Alien
Pat Mora
Bi-lingual, Bi-cultural,
able to slip from "How's life?"
to "Me'stan volviendo loca,"
able to sit in a paneled office
drafting memos in smooth English,
able to order in fluent Spanish
at a Mexican restaurant,
American but hyphenated,
viewed by Anglos as perhaps exotic,
perhaps inferior, definitely different,
viewed by Mexicans as alien
(their eyes say, "You may speak
Spanish but you're not like me"),
an American to Mexicans
a Mexican to Americans
a handy token
sliding back and forth
between the fringes of both worlds
by smiling
by masking the discomfort
of being pre-judged
Bi-laterally.
Pat Mora, a leading figure in contemporary Hispanic poetry, was born on January 19, 1942 in El Paso, Texas. She received a BA from Texas Western College in 1963 and an MA from the University of Texas, El Paso in 1967. In addition to writing poetry, nonfiction, and children's books, Mora has taught at the University of New Mexico where she held the position of Distinguished Visiting Professor. She has also worked as a museum director and as a consultant on U.S.-Mexico youth exchanges. Her recent books include My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults, 1984-1999 (Arte Publico Press, 2000), Aunt Carmen's Book of Practical Saints (1997), and Agua Santa: Holy Water (1995). Her numerous awards and fellowships include the Kellogg National Leadership Fellowship, fellowships in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, four Southwest Book awards and the Premio Aztlán Literature Award. In addition to her books of poetry, Mora is the author of numerous children's books, including A Birthday Basket for Tia (1992) and a memoir. She resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Going down...
Gas prices, I'm talking about gas prices.... LOL
$3.53 at the local Sam's here, the cheap one of course, but nonetheless, damn gas is finally coming down.
Think we will ever be down under $3 again???
$3.53 at the local Sam's here, the cheap one of course, but nonetheless, damn gas is finally coming down.
Think we will ever be down under $3 again???
Sunday, August 17, 2008
You like it?
Every semester UTEP's Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center displays a different work of art. Sometimes inside the Center (it's a damn Art Museum, not a "center") right as you walk in, it will be the first thing in your face. Other times outside. This was the Art of the Semester my first time at UTEP. In Spring it was some weird looking metal thing outside that kept falling over and making a mess throughout the semester.
For some reason this one caught my attention, so I took a picture of it. I'm so glad I did because to my disappointment a couple of weeks later, as I was running into the bathroom, it was gone! For some strange reason...I like it!!
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