Part II of On love and the impulsive girl I don’t have a type, at least I don’t think so. But taking inventory of the men who’ve been in my life, I’d say they were all relatively good looking, funny, and full of spirit and life. So when, after an almost three-year hiatus from dating […]

I’m impulsive; extremely so. I am the person they target when they place those little “last minute” items by store registers. I fall for it almost every single time. I’d say that 99% of the time I embrace my impulsive nature and see it as one of my most endearing qualities. It’s what helped me […]

I almost typed the title of this post without the asterik, but figured I’d ease into the profanity on this blog. As I work to develop my writing voice I have to be authentic and the authentic me swears. Sometimes a lot. And as a good friend suggested when we discussed my blog, my blog […]

This was originally posted on an old blog back in October 2008. Most still holds true… It was Crosstown Classic weekend and I was at a bar with some friends. It was crowded, everyone was in a good mood. Cubs and Sox fans were giving each other a hard time, but all in fun. I […]

My latest Being Latino post titled Baby(less) Mama Drama (thanks for help w/the title LR) is about not being a mom, or parent in general, in a world full of parents.  I mentioned my Mom’s new outlook on the whole marriage before babies thing. I remember clearly when my younger sister and I were in […]

I just wrote a blog for Being Latino titled La anti-Latina.  A humorous (?) look at my struggles as the ‘atypical’ Latina.  Not hours after it posted I saw that a childhood friend (now acquaintance) changed her profile picture on Facebook. It’s a beautiful photo meant to show off her, obviously, late-stage pregnancy. She’s older […]

It begins with a look. A look that leads to conversation, no big deal. It’s just conversation, you’ve had great conversation before and you’ve been disappointed, but deep inside you want to believe that maybe this time it will be different. You share tidbits of your life, hoping you’re saying enough, worried you’re saying too […]

Originally published May 2009 In a conversation about Facebook, a friend once stated that anyone from their past not currently in their lives probably doesn’t need to be there. I wholeheartedly disagree. Though there are many people from my past who are not and will not ever be part of my present, there are many […]