TAG

I have been tagged by Krissyface. Bless her heart she still wants me to write something from time to time. For the past two weeks my boys have been taking turns being sick with the most annoying illnesses known to mankind. First Jack had the stomach virus and I didn't know it until he made it very clear by vomiting all over the Astoria Blvd platform. Then Emmett developed bronchitis which would make him cough every time he laid flat in bed, which in turn meant that he had to sleep upright using my body as his posturpedic. Two days after that he woke up screaming because his eyes had been sealed shut from conjunctivitis. A couple of days after that Jack's eyes looked like he had just blown his nose all over them. The other day on our way back from Jack's homeschooling soccer class (my first day out with them in a week), in the middle of a totally fucked up commute, Emmett threw up somewhere in the underbelly of Times Square after a dickhead wearing a tie looked at him and said, "He doesn't like the subway, huh?". Anyway, I am supposed to tell you six random things about myself and then tag six others.



1. I could have met Chris three times before we actually met. The first time his band came to play at my college's "Feast for the Senses" (so lame, right?) and my boyfriend's band had played right before his did. The second time I went to go see his band (Cheater) play at CBGB's because my best friend knew the drummer for his band. I was drinking tequila and stormed out of there before I was introduced to him. The third time there was a holiday party that my boss wanted me to go to because Chris was going to be there and she wanted to hook us up. I told her the last thing I needed was another boyfriend. I met him a couple of months after that at the coffee shop where we worked and I was wearing the clothes I had slept in the night before with an apron over it.



2. My aunt was an actual playboy bunny for the playboy club in the late 70's and I used to sit on the edge of the sink in the bathroom and watch her put her makeup on.



3. I studied flamenco dance from the time I was 4 1/2 to 12 years old.



4. When I was 9 years old I wanted to be a writer and a doctor. Somebody told me about William Carlos Williams and I was sold.



5. On a camping trip once with my family, my brother Jesse and I went for a hike with some other kids we met at the campground and we got lost. Then I remembered that whenever you get lost on a trail you can follow a stream going down and it will lead you back to civilization. We followed a stream right into a correctional facility. The guards there were nice enough to give us a ride back to the campground.



6. I once watched the sunrise while playing basketball on an empty court with my cousins in Puerto Rico.



That was fun. Thanks, Krissyface for taking me out of the viral funk I have been in lately. Now who should I tag? I can only think of a few.



Chris- c'mon honey. You need to write again.



Leila. I know you want to.



Josh. You may not do it. But I fucking love your blog.