I have a text message saved in my phone that reads, "You have no rules." When I first read it, I was a bit offended because I have lived much of my life attempting to follow rules (and my therapists have no doubt been pleased by the amount of money they've made off the resulting messes I made in the attempts). I spend a lot of time debating what I write here. There's a fine line between blogging about life and journaling. I do both, and what ends up here is very much a PG-rated censored version of the purple pleather bound pages in which I scribble my "not good" handwriting. How often, I wonder, do I blur that line? Not much, I know, but I want to do more. The reality is that my life is that of a 33 year old woman trying to balance a job, dreams, dating, and accepting the path that lies ahead. It has meant getting a grip on the damage done in a very bad marriage, going out on some awful dates, mending a few broken hearts, losing sleep to Spanish class homewo...

Gather around kiddos, I'm going to teach today. It's time that we discuss appropriate behavior and conversation for a first date. That is, of course, if your plan is to earn a second date. This is fairly simple, and I'm sure that everyone will be able to master this. 1. Please refrain from "trying a new look" on a first date. Showing up with baggy jeans, a large gold cross on a Mr.-T style chain, and ball cap with a hoodie pulled over the top is not acceptable if you are not planning to audition for Jersey Shore or running of to play in the hood after paying the bill. 2. It's not a good idea to accuse your date of releasing a noxious gas from her hind quarters and then telling her that she needs to "pull that opening closed". This is an especially bad idea if the aforementioned date did not, in fact, commit that atrocity. The same is true of accusing her of consuming illegal substances while waiting for you to get arrive. 3. A single beer does not co...

No Tengo Nunca Disgusto Con La Noche Anoche, tuve sueno, pero no pude dormir porque las estrellas en el cielo llamaban en la noche. Me levanté lentamente. Tuvo que ver con la cancion de la luna. Nosotros cantamos juntos. Ella tuvo razon, como siempre. Que tendria suerte. ***TRANSLATION*** I Never Disagree With the Night Last night I was tired, but I could not sleep because the stars in the sky called me in the night. I rose slowly. It had to do with the song of the moon. We sang together. She was right, as always. I have been lucky.