De-Flowery Prose in Memoriam
February 28, 2017
(this post contains some coarse language and anecdotes that I wouldn’t normally share, but given who I’m writing about I’m not going to pull punches because he sure as hell didn’t) I lost a friend this weekend. No, lose isn’t quite right – he died. A guy whose absence is exponentially more significant to his
All Up In My Crib
December 16, 2006
November 14, 2006 Like, literally. After a lot of “planning” (read: stalling, procrastinating, mind-changing, shopping, deciding, debating, rationalizing and essentially avoiding) the ‘rents have finally gotten off their respective butts and gotten my room (kinda) together. While they appear quite simple, cribs are hard to put together. Hard. As in finger-mashing, part-losing and what little
Stunned…
November 19, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006 Ok guys, I’ve had a few surprise parties in my time. In each and EVERY case I was caught utterly unaware. Mind you, I generally regard myself relatively adept at sensing surroundings (a product, I expect, of living in Rio where things could get pretty hairy pretty quickly)…but the truth of
ZyBeat
November 19, 2006
November 19, 2006 Ok guys, trying something new that we hope will be repeated (with far more polished results). The room is pretty much done and holy moley we’re really getting down to crunch time. Thankfully Dad has the week off and will be around the house making final preparations before Mabel (a.k.a. Abuela) gets
First Disney Visit
October 21, 2006
October 21, 2006 Ok kid, I’ll make this brief. Your Mom loves Disney. Loves it. Loves the parks, loves the songs, loves the music and loves the characters. What does that mean, exactly, to you? It means you will too. Yep. Despite Dad’s cynical view of corporate marketing to children, suspicions on the motives of
Moms Rule
October 13, 2006
October 13, 2006 Dad here again kid…it’s been a little while and in that time you’re grown like CRAZY. What used to be subtle hints of your presence have become mule-like kicks and the tiny movement we could barely detect are now visible as belly waves under clothes. As you get bigger and closer to
Locals? Almost…
October 7, 2006
Saturday, October 7, 2006 Home…a concept that is not simply a structure, a collection of walls and a roof or a number on a street. People can make a place a home, just as the most aesthetically pleasing design doesn’t bring comfort when love is absent. Why do I wax poetic? Well, after a visit
Great to be back, but not home…
September 26, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 You know, we had a fantastic time in Miami. It was utterly fantastic to see our family and friends and we got to share what seemed like moments with those we love so much. There aren’t words to thank people that treat us with so much affection and that miss so
Rockin’ the New Kicks
September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006 Ok…so while an infinite number of checkboxes stretch off way, way, WAY into the horizon, at least we’ve taken care of one. Shoes. The first pair of new shoes that I’ll be wearing (soonish) have been acquired. Dad was entirely unable to resist the prospect of having matching shoes and a trip
Getting Out
August 29, 2006
Tuesday, August 29, 2006 We’ve been busy. Not taking-care-of-Zy busy which I know will be an entirely new reality, but our schedules have certainly changed quite a bit over the last months. Thankfully, I got out of work a bit early today after our department team building session. The gang went out for a tasty