Chicana on the Edge

Mentioning the unmentionable since 2004

Cinco de Mayo – Don’t Do It

Please don’t “celebrate” cinco de mayo with drunkenness and stereotypes.

What Is Cinco de Mayo?

Ways to truly celebrate Mexican culture

Glimpse of Another World

I spent time with people far outside my usual life.

Bad haircut continues

Bad haircut continues

Okay, here's a photo of me (taken with my new digital camera that my boyfriend got me for Christmas or I wouldn't have one) showing my bad haircut, although now it's not NEARLY as bad as it was two months ago. See how it flips out at the bottom? I hate that. I have...

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Resolutions

My 2005 new year's resolution was to start drinking alcohol. I succeeded before I failed, which is to say I did drink alcohol regularly for most of that year and I developed a bit of a palate for it, but then I lost interest again and finally resigned myself to being...

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Not Engaged!

(I continue to struggle with the stupid new blogger beta version which makes posting (and commenting on others' blogs) difficult. I used to love blogging. Now it's time-consuming and constipated.) I had a very nice Christmas with my new boyfriend. He still feels like...

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Still Bad Haircut

It's been a month and a half since Mirror Mirror at Randolph and Halsted gave me a terrible haircut that made my hair look like Keith Partridge's. The extra inch that my hair has grown in adds to the length of the cut, but doesn't change the shape. Now I look more...

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Outta Here

Since the new beta version of Blogger sucks, I'm researching new blog hosting websites. I'm looking at Orble and tBlog and others. I realize Blogger is the godspace of blogs, but their new beta version doesn't allow me and my Safari browser to post (small problem)!...

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(Sometimes)Technology Sucks

So the solution to my iPod problem is to install the latest operation system. The latest operating system is Mac OS X 10.3.9 and it costs $150. That is the only way I'll be able to use my $150 iPod with my PowerBook G4 Apple laptop.I tried to find a friend with the...

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Is there an Apple expert in the house?

I bought an iPod nano today. But when I tried to plug it into my Apple laptop and install it, I got a message that says it can't be installed unless I have iTunes version 7 . So I went on itunes.com and downloaded iTunes version 7. But when I tried to install it, I...

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Caution: Beta.Blogger.com

I switched over to the new Beta Blogger version and I can't publish in my usual browser, which is Safari (I have an Apple). It turns out I can still publish with Internet Explorer which I also have, thank god. My suggestion is that bloggers avoid the new Beta version...

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Don’t Do This

I can't believe I'm doing this again. I've burnt out on waitressing and want to make another career change. Career change? Can I call it a career change when I don't really have a career? Maybe a career in changing jobs. In the past 15 years I've held jobs in five...

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Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to express my envy of everyone who has a regular job that gives you the next four days off. I remember the office-job shortened last day before the Thanksgiving break during which work ebbed and goodies were everywhere. It's so great. And then you get...

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No death for me

Another blogger is suffering from the pain of the sudden death of her father. She's in her twenties and he died quite young. I have absolutely no way to begin to try to understand what that's like, and I wonder (again) how it's possible that almost everyone else in...

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