Rule, Brittaniea ☆ 2008 ☆ March

Archives for March 2008

Weekend warriers

March 4, 2008 at 6:43 pm | Two Wheels | No Comments

One week before he’s scheduled to leave again C finally got his ‘79 Vespa running. Notice how he got mine running before his first hitch in January. Guy knows how to prioritize.
Anyway, the two of us and Lance decided to take advantage of the weather Saturday, and started by meeting at Star Pizza in the [...]

One must not treat children like adults

March 6, 2008 at 5:28 pm | Everything else | 8 Comments

Tuesday C and I participated in our first caucus. It was a festive event — we walked the five minutes from our house to our polling location with a collapsible cooler and made friends in the line by talking about the various candidates. There were Obamaphiles everywhere and for some reason not a Clintonite to [...]

Stupidest Question of the Week

March 9, 2008 at 12:17 pm | Conversations | 1 Comment

Lady: Does this elevator go to the other floors?
In my head: No, it just shoots you into outer space like the one in the Wonka Factory.

Springtime down in the ‘Trose

March 11, 2008 at 10:35 pm | Houston, Listening | 3 Comments

A while ago someone asked me where I lived. Not the actual address — she already knew that — but the name of my neighborhood. “What do you call that? Midtown? Or Montrose?”
I wanted to be offended but after giving it some thought I understood her confusion. For the record, I refer to my neighborhood [...]

Upon my velocipede

March 14, 2008 at 10:34 pm | Houston | 3 Comments

When we first moved back to Houston I bought a new bicycle. It was a difficult decision to trade my old beach cruiser in since we’d had some good times together. And some bad. I still have scars on my ankles from trying to ride that thing on the Memorial Park bike trail so treacherous [...]

Chafed

March 18, 2008 at 6:45 pm | Houston, Photo Album | 2 Comments

So I only did the 40-miler. But it took me less than three hours and I’ll challenge anyone who thinks that not a brag-worthy accomplishment.

There were never any good ol’ days

March 19, 2008 at 11:27 pm | El Perro, Entertainment, Photo Album | 2 Comments

Gogol Bordello restored my faith in rock-n-roll last night. Best show of the year, so far, but Dengue Fever is next weekend so we shall see.
Before the show I was walking Gus* as the sun was setting when we crossed paths with a small gray creature moving slowly along the sidewalk. On a couple of [...]

Dilemma

March 24, 2008 at 5:17 pm | Listening | No Comments

For a month I have been anxiously awaiting the March 29 performance of Asian-beat psych-pop band Dengue Fever.
Yesterday I found out that The Fleshtones are playing the same night, along with friends of my friend Miss Formika. If I could be in two places at once, I would, but as of now it looks like [...]

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