Shout Out to My Broheims, also My Broheinas
I’ll be interspersing this post with pictures I took of Pepper in our living room at night with no flash (the flash makes her eyes...
Category: Personal Journal
Workaholism Means Never Having to Say “I’m Available”
Overwork has been a struggle I’ve had all of my adult life. Like anybody with a genuine problem, even as I write this, I think...
Don’t Worry, I Still Hate Stuff
I already talked about my hatred for the institution of marriage in this angry tirade, but my views have evolved in the last couple of...
Welcome to Body Acceptance, Now Stay on Your Side
Through the magic of tumblr, I was introduced to this post about how Lady Gaga’s body acceptance movement is bullshit. I think if I didn’t...
Fucking Doorways, How Do They Work?
When I was a little kid, I lived with my grandma and grandpa, the latter of whom was completely insane. In addition to talking to...
Take it Like a 90 Minute Thriller
So this morning I was in the shower singing this song And I told Ben (we shower together) “you know this is one of two...
Goodbye Sweet iPod
As if all the other drama in my life isn’t enough, I’m pretty sure my ipod died today. I plugged it in Monday night and...
Things Pepper Hates
So Pepper is an awesome dog. She’s really smart, learns easily, and is fun to be with. She truly is a joy to have as...
Guess Who’s Back?
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you already know that we are once again, the owners of a much contested Rat Terrier named...
Twitter Illustrated
My new phone, the awesome Samsung Galaxy Note has a stylus pen, and a note program that lets you easily screen-cap things and then draw...
5 Gifts for Geeks
Do you guys get the impression they wanted to call Premium Rush “Ride Like Hell,” but that they worried about the effect it would have...
And That’s How We Ungot a Dog
Last weekend has been so dramatic and so filled with ballsackery that I’m actually reading my own Facebook to remind me of the timeline. Hold...
And That’s How We Got A Dog
The day after my meeting with mom was the day Grandma’s boyfriend got out of jail. She had been telling everybody in the family how...
The Time I Saw My Mom After 5 Years of Not Speaking
This is the most recent update to the continuing drama surrounding my Grandma’s hip replacement, her near fatal visit to The Californian, and her boyfriend’s...
Pepper’s Log, Stardate Yesterday
11:00 p.m. Marina shows up and we hang out for a little bit. Then I get to go on a WALK! to her car, which...
You Can’t Make This Up
It’s Wednesday night, I’m blogging this from my grandma’s hospital room. We’re currently waiting for the staff to bring a wheelchair so we can wheel...
Doesn’t Ben Find You Disgusting?
One time, I was having coffee with my beloved grandma, and she casually asked “Doesn’t Ben find you disgusting, with all that fat on you?”...
The Time a Tow Truck Driver Gave Me the Cure for the Common Cold
So when I was in college, I worked about 30 to 50 hours a week at 2 jobs and usually had a side hustle selling...
Grandma’s Hospital Stay
So I mentioned that my grandma is in the hospital. It looks like she’s going to stay there for at least a couple more days....
Weight Loss Anxiety
Lately I’ve been feeling that I have a social obligation to dress a certain way. Namely in a way that would be less comfortable, but...
Bad Luck Blogger
Last night, Ben and I were talking about the curious situation where I downloaded the All in One SEO Pack, and started using the Google...
Why Do People Hit Their Kids?
People who read this blog know that I had an abusive childhood. Hitting, berating and neglecting children is a time-old tradition in my family. It’s...
So It’s Thursday
It’s Tuesday here, and tomorrow I’ll be having the longest day of my year, so I thought I’d try to take care of Thursday’s blog...
Grandma’s Surgery and My Writer’s Block
So today (Wednesday) is the day my grandmother has her hip replacement surgery. Which means that I’ll have gotten up at 4:30 a.m. in order...
Poetry I Wrote in High School 3: Okay, This Maybe Doesn’t Suck
So on my recent trip down memory lane, I dug up some of the worst shit my high school poetry journal had to offer, and...
Poetry I Wrote in High School 2: Revenge of the Poorly Written Verse
I’ve been having a spell of writers block, and while I was looking through my drafts to see if there was something I could just...
Rachel’s Blog: What’s the Deal with Females?
This is one of the custom blogs I do for my facebook friends. I asked if there was anything they wanted me to blog about,...
Sixmonth Blogaversary
Yesterday marked 6 months I’ve been blogging Monday through Friday. I don’t really have anything planned for my blogaversary, except that it’s something to write...
Corvallis Vacation – The Garden Tour
As you know, I don’t usually blog on the weekend, but I wanted to get this up, not just because I lost track of the...
Corvallis Vacation – Day .5
First off, I need to tell you that yesterday ended at 1 this morning, and today began at 4:30, So most of what follows may...
A Letter From Another Me
I found this while I was looking through my old poetry journal for bits of terrible to force on you guys. I didn’t think it...
Poetry I Wrote in High School
It’s almost midnight, Ben and I are leaving for vacation on Thursday morning, so I’ve been running around insisting that we do all the cleaning...
Never Get Smarter Than Your Heroes. Or Do. Whatever
Ben pointed this out: Punk legend Henry Rollins totally looks like Macgyver (Richard Dean Anderson) Rawr. Although, have you ever noticed that Hank isn’t that...
RACE RACE RACE
Happy 4th of July. To celebrate America’s independence, I’m reposting an old blog from March 22, 2008, which wasn’t actually written in 2008, but was...
A Survey from 5 Years Ago: Part 2
Anyway, here’s the survey I teased yesterday. 1. Your name: Marina Rose Martinez 2. Your Web page: http://www.marinarosemartinez.com 3 What have you been up to...
The Time I Stopped the Attempted Robbery of a Stakeboard and Almost Ran Over the Victim
No big. Just that I’m totally a hero… and maybe an almost accidental kid runner overer, but let’s not think about that. So I was...
Brave: At Least Somebody Gets Her Mother Back
So I saw Brave this weekend. It was a pretty great movie. Finally, a film where the most interesting, most active, most dynamic characters are...
Dear Old Bitch: Next Time I Will Fight You
So this weekend, I decided it would be a good idea to take my elderly grandmother and her friend to a music festival in Old...
This is Why We Should Eat Sushi Every Night
So, last night sweet boyfriend Ben and I went to Kula Revolving Sushi Bar, where there is always at least a 30 minute wait, even...
Reasons to be Ashamed of Myself Today
Because my sweet boyfriend Ben has been working like crazy lately, our sex life has not been as robust as it usually is. So instead...
You’re Probably Jealous of My Glamorous Life
Living in Los Angeles, you probably think that I see a lot of celebrities on a daily basis. Good thing I don’t, or I’d be...
The One Where I Told My Father About This Blog
Oops. So, I was just talking to my dad on the phone, and I mentioned my awesome new gig with GearedforGamers.com and he asked “How...
Stage Four Metastatic Breast Cancer
So yesterday I probably committed some kind of blogging crime by telling you my mom’s cancer results and then saying I didn’t want to talk...
Blogging Monday through Friday Means Never Having to Produce Your Best Work
Have you ever noticed how much this guy: looks like this guy? I guess that’s why they made him the Hulk. And an excellent hulk...
Memorial Day Post from the Archive
Today is Memorial Day, so I’m not counting is as a real day. However I do advertise this blog as being updated Monday through Friday,...
Am I Really Writing An It Gets Better Blog?
I don’t know why. There are so many other, more awesome It Gets Better things out there done by famous people, and successful people and...
Things To Do While My Boyfriend’s Away
So my amazing boyfriend is going to be stuck at work pretty much every waking hour for the next month, and I’m pretty bummed about...
The Pros and Cons of Me
The last few weeks, I’ve really been wishing I was someone else. This happens to me sometimes when I’m under a lot of pressure. I...
Why I Dwell on Death in Times of Stress and Why You Should Do It Too!
Yesterday I had a headache, and as I was walking down the hall rubbing my temples, a random guy said “Don’t worry, it’ll be over...
So My Mom Really Does Have Cancer
In the spirit of never posting anything less than the whole story, which I consider a personal motto as a blogger, here’s what’s up with...