Peppery Flakes

Don't be how I sometimes am.... Flaky.

On the 2nd most American Holiday of the year I managed to flake out on my pal Dan and his lady Caitlin...

Truth is I started driving to their house but the 22 mile trek held me back and I turned around after driving for half a mile.
I'd spend all day with my folks watching the most recent exports of Mexican cinema, eating berries and chocolates and drinking black tea. Needless to say that "laziness" was the word of the day.

That is no excuse however, because I promised them I was gonna show and I did not- now I feel guilty
(but since I'm Catholic I'm used to it)

so please learn from my shortcomings and do not flake out on your pals.

The Final Solution

It eventually comes down to this for many of us-
Though I am a traditionalist- I'm not a fan of certain rituals...



but I am very happy to see people find love and happiness.

Bizarre

Mexico is the US's bizarro world.
Over there poor people eat organic fruits, veggies and nuts and anyone can get a shoe shine on any street corner or plaza.

Here you have to pay top dollar at Whole Foods for organic anything and only place to get a shoe shine is a fancy hotel....


what gives? you (fucking) weirdo Americans.

Giving a shite

I like it when people give a shit- even a little bit of one- in whatever they do professionally.
That's something that gets lost in 1st world countries- Work Ethic.
I seldom see it in LA- even by very loose standards, people sometimes just refuse to do more that
they are asked to.. nevermind them taking initiative. It has to do with being well off.
As a country this one is better off than others. This is filtered to mindset of its citizenry and thus makes for a
lazy country......

Pan Dulce

Though I contained my "fried tooth", I could not stop the barrage of sweet bread
that was coming my way- my love handles are out of control.
Resolution for 2008- no breads of any kind
:(

Stop in the name of Health

Halfway thru our weekender in Mexico, I had to put a stop to the massive
consumption of fried goodies...

Devil's in the Details

I believe that God is fair and just. If this is so then the person that invented the credit card will surely end up in hell.
Him and his long time budd- the dude that invented the variable interest rate...
those guys are gonna burn.

Salty

It's not that I'm bitter ('cuz I'm not).

But I'm definitely a Salty individual....

and I'm completely fine with that

Naive or Optimism

I refuse to speak about politics over food because it is very bad for digestion.....
I will say this though-
Americans that lie in the middle left ("liberals") are VERY sensitive about Obama.
Seems that any kind of negative comment or doubt about the man's intentions/ideas/plans are out of line. Even a crude joke about Obama is quickly discarded and the person who said it becomes an instant asshole.

This may be the dawn of a new Gestapo- a Naive and over Optimist one.
Where anything deemed negative will get erased- comments that aren't positive or favorable will be disregarded as fascist or racist and those that do not hold the popular opinion will not be invited to fancy parties.

Be careful "libs"... Don't act like all the ol' geezers and cunts that have been running things for a while.

Us Apolitical folk will be over by the pie table minding our own business.

Afternoon Fucking

Nothing better in the world than having sex in the afternoon, preferable a weekday afternoon.
While the rest of the world slaves away you 2 are making sweet, sweet, sweaty love to each other.
It's sunny outside, not a cloud in sight, there's a cool breeze and you are gonna make it with the door facing the backyard wide open. You can see the bees pollinating the roses. Take a deep breath and hold her close- take a mental picture and hope you never get Alzheimer's.

We used to Party

I remember them fondly, my early 20's, all 5 of them, half a decade of really great fun and miserable times- pathetic and glorious.
Not 1 of those years was normal by most people's standards, and it's taken me a while to realize that all of the misery added up to something. And that the fun will eventually morph into something else- something a bit more meaningful...

Though I cherish a quite evening at home with my girlfriend or an early breakfast date with my best pal Juan-
I still cant help but missing the sound of breaking glass

Condiments

I keep trying to warn everyone about these condiments...
I ran into "Ketchup" last night.
Fresh from shooting up in his dressing room backstage- Ketchup comes out to play badly tuned guitar.

You should all be weary of his pal "Hot Dog" too- that guy is full of shit.

Stereotypes or Fun?

Thanks dude! no, really, thanks for making the evening that much more special.
Seeing a Mexican kid dressed up like the Tapatio Hot Sauce guy was really awesome!
I bet there was a big Black girl dressed up like
Aunt Jemima warming up hearts somewhere in LA.

I used to hate Halloween, now I see it as an excuse to really be yourself..
-not pictured was the Asian kid dressed up like a calculator.