Could THIS be the promised land? One of the major problems with the previous list of cities, as Omar alludes to in his comment, is how overwhelmingly white most of them are, and completely lacking any Latino flavor. Diversity, yet another thing living in NY spoils you for! It’s particularly difficult in our situation as
The Mid-Range Gets the Short End of the Stick
“San Antonio makes sense for us, and has given us much that I’m grateful for … but Austin still feels like home.” Phil pretty much nails my feelings about life these days with that statement, and I don’t particularly like it. The feeling, I mean. For me, where we are in the Bronx right now
Life is cyclical
Life is cyclical, a simple if debatable truism. Live long enough, you will begin to see the patterns. Stand still long enough and you might get trampled by your past. I have no idea why but I felt the need to put that into words. In other news, since I have nothing particularly interesting to
Pumpkin Seeds: Random as Ever Edition
1. An innocent compliment gone awry, or people with too much time on their hands? Depends, I guess. Poyer was simply my shorthand for poet-lawyer, aka the multi-talented hyphenate Nina Parrilla. It was spurred partly by her recent post on realizing how much her lawyer-side “has become a huge part of [her] identity.” I appreciate
Motto for the year, courtesy of my favorite poyer Nina: I’ve decided that since people hear what they want, I am going to say whatever I want without censorship… If I offend you, I am not sorry. PS: Screw the e-silence, I just need to manage my time better!
Pumpkin Seeds: Opening Day Edition
1. Multiple entries starting @ 4:20pm; alcohol-fueled, heavily edited for typos. 2. F**k a stereotype! It’s Sunday. Football’s on. Wife and kids are out of the house. Fridge is full of cheap, leftover beer. The Jets just won an exciting season opener. All four of my fantasy teams are in the mix so far. I’m
At the risk of being called a liar on two different counts, allow me to clarify: in conjunction with Wanda Ortiz’s installation of Mercury/Mercurio a reading with be held at the Hostos Art Gallery, featuring Guy LeCharles Gonzalez and Jessica Torres Wednesday, November 3, 6pm Hostos Community College E 149th St & Grand Concourse, Bronx
Pumpkin Seeds: Gone Fishin’ Edition
1. The good thing about a five-day weekend is it gives you a chance to slow things down a little bit and get a better sense of where you are. The bad thing about it is it might confirm your discontent with where you are. 2. My volunteer stint at the UnConvention was a pleasant
The Village: Better Than the Reviews
The Village, much-maligned for not living up to M. Night Shyamalan’s media-manufactured reputation for shocking twists, was actually a pretty good movie when judged on its own merits. An interesting, well-told story – not quite the allegory of a post-9/11 world some critics have suggested – it features what is arguably one of the most
“Freedom” in America is like living in a really nice zoo, where the walls are spread far enough apart to allow you to lie to yourself, but close enough to quell the desire to maul your inattentive captors, knowing a bullet with your name on it waits on the other side. As much as I