Archive for the 'Personal' Category



Breaking up 80 Comments

Thursday nights. Same time, same place. I have deserted friends, re-arranged schedules, worked around deadlines, cancelled plans, missed open bar and $3 a pitcher beer nights (this is huge man! everyone who knows me knows my life is all about cheap drinks). Skipped a very close friend’s happy hour engagement party, lied to a childhood [...]

a real letter 54 Comments

I abhor checking my mailbox because it’s usually bills and credit card applications. The thing we call Posta, is obsolete. People now have cell phones that are text messaging capable. I also abhor text messages, I don’t return them. If you want to send me a message, send it to me in email or if [...]

Online Karma 101 Comments

I very well know there is no formula to dating, but we all have some expectation out of what we want, anyways I do, I don’t know about y’ all. I live in an area where Ethio’s are ‘berKeye ensesa,’ even though they might be bountiful within a couple of hours of driving. However long [...]

Giving Up 45 Comments

*sigh* A strong woman, feminist, independent, goal oriented. I have a right! “You have a right dammit!”, my alter ego emphasizes. Or do I? It only took less than 1 min for conception BUT 10 days for the verdict. For a split second, I was happy. The idea of something so precious was given unto [...]

Stuck in the F zone! 107 Comments

I met her about two years ago, when she joined some of my friends for drinks while I was on vacation. There was some chemistry or so I thought. I left but couldn’t get her out of my mind, I contacted her from distant land casually and we talked every so often. The subject was [...]