As a freelancer, taking a vacation when you’re supposed to is kind of terrifying, but I gave in to the fact that there wouldn’t be much work to do over the holidays and tried to enjoy my time off. I managed to succeed! Though I was unable to go home to visit my family, I [...]
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I Wasn’t Born in Texas, But I Got Here at an Average Speed
Oh man, did it feel good to stay away from the computer this weekend! I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday and that most of you are still on break and not at work reading this post. Wanted to share with you last Friday’s CultureMap post. It meant a lot to me. It’s [...]
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My Boyfriend the Style Icon
As I grew older, I began to realize that the probability of me dating a man who is smart, funny, interesting, good-looking, has a good job, is close to his family, has his head screwed on tightly AND dresses well was very unlikely. I could have maybe 3 or 4 of those things and dressing [...]
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Things They Lost In the Fire
photo by Keye TV of Bastrop, TX Right now, surrounding Austin is on fire. Small pockets in Austin are on fire. Yesterday, I was having drinkings with a friend at the Black Star Co-Op (the world’s first co-operatively owned and worker self-managed brewpub) and noticed a plume of black smoke behind her shoulder. The smoke [...]
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Can’t I Go to Both Hell AND Texas?
Yesterday my mother emailed me the above picture with the caption, “Remember this picture? I call it “Future Texan”. I’d like to call it, “Future Toddlers and Tiaras Reject”, but “Future Texan” will suffice. I’m a Northerner. A Yankee. I come from land where for six months of the year social interaction and entertainment is [...]
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To Dance in Laredo
Life is always an adventure. Even when it takes you to a border town in Texas where friends and loved ones suggest that your safety will be in great danger if you go. Texas is 268,581 square miles of curios. Even on the long stretches of dry nothingness or repetitious sand-colored strip malls, the state [...]
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