i'll say it...

Mexicans cannot drive.
Not people of Mexican heritage who grew up in the states (though most people from the states can't drive) and went to school here, I mean Mexicans from El Mexico.

Here's a scene from a few months ago:

Location: Loop 12, Irving - Near the Frito Lay plant
Time: circa 3:00 pm, sunny, light traffic
Car runs into the back of a truck while changing lanes.
Both vehicles slow down.  The truck proudly displays the last name of (insert stereotypical Hispanic last name) in Olde Englishe fonte.  They acknowledge their common ancestry (while still driving), wave each other off, and go their separate ways.  The car exits, the truck heads down Loop 12.

So what happened?  That was either a collision of the two most understanding parties in the world OR one idiot driver hitting a poor, unassuming bastard and neither one had  insurance.

How come I don't hear anything like that while all these sub-par politicians are campaigning?
When are they going to make pharmacy drive thru  windows faster?
When are the garbage collectors legally going to have to take all of the garbage?  Not just what's in the can - maybe a bag or some broken down boxes.
And salad bars!  You make me a salad!  If I'm going to pay the graduated cost of food at your restaurant you can make me a damn salad.

I'm thinking of starting my own political party: Don't Vote.
Our signs would read "Vote Don't Vote" and "Don't Voters Vote Don't Vote".
We would be a modest collection of disenfranchised, late-20s to mid-30s, white males that would never have the decency to register to vote.  Did you know that registering to vote puts you in the pool for jury duty?  No?  It does.  I know it seems like I'm pissing away a freedom, but that's what freedom is all about.  I read that in Cosmo.

In summary, if you're driving Texas please watch out for radio station bumper stickers that say things like "Que buena!" or "El Mejor".

Also look at some of your clothes tags.  It might say Hecho en China.  That means "made in China" in Spanish.  What the hell?

updates and shizz

Annie and our finished chandelier.  

Sushi - album idea.
Annie and I actually made the background - no Photoshoppin' around!

Thhhhhhhhhhhhee band.  Photo by Annie.

Album art.
Finished lights upside down.
Again, no editing!