October 20, 2004

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  I'm taking a much needed day off today. My long hours prevent me from running simple errands, so in the three hours I've been awake I've already stopped by the bank, the optometrist, and got some breakfast. Mocha muffins from the Rice University area are really good.
  
  Can't seem to find some decent coffee, though. I don't like foo-foo starbuck's crap. At home, I'll sometimes get Peet's because of its similarity to my name. Yes, I am conceited. Chicago was heaven because Dunkin' Donuts had French Cruellers and their world famous coffee.
  
  I like my coffee like I like my woman. Black and strong. Too bad these coffees only hang out in diners and hole in the walls, two things Houston does not have enough of.
  
  If you're wondering, I drink Vietnamese and Cafe Du Monde coffee straight. It's cheap and it wakes me the fuck up.
  
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  My grandmother got out of surgery yesterday. She seems to be doing okay, but she was supposed to be okay before she had to have the procedure. My mother and her siblings that are stateside are thinking about leaving for Taiwan on Thursday. They're not sure if this is it or not because my grandmother can live on for the next week or the next year.
  
  All of us would rather not this be the end, of course. Thing is, grandma told me told me and one of my other cousins that she wanted to go back to Taiwan to speed up the process. Life in the US for the past nine months has been foreign too her, and the advanced medical treatment just made her bored here. At least in Taiwan she has friends and her temple.
  
  That's why I don't know what to feel right now. On one hand, I don't want her to leave yet. There are so many things that I can still learn from her. You know, like knitting. And to not drink the water from someone else's toilet. It's these small things I have trouble with.
  
  In all seriousness, though, I admire her strength. It'd be too hard to tell you why.
  
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  On the other hand, she wants to move on. She has beliefs about the afterlife, and in the end, if nothing can make her happier than that afterlife, she should have what she wants the most.
  
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  Some random tidbits.
  
  I saw a young single mother with three kids at HEB. She was neither black nor strong, but something tells me that I would like her.
  
  Last time I saw my grandmother in Taiwan, she was so energetic. Two years have passed and things change. I have just realized that, and that makes me dumber than most people, but smarter than most of you.
  
  When I went earlier this year, my mom seemed rejuvenated. I'm starting to suspect the little island of Taiwan is full of energizer bunnies.
  
  In the future, I will let my grandmother down. I can't stop drinking other people's toilet water. Especially if they don't flush!
  
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  If any of you offer prayers, please take them back. She and I don't care. What we care about is that you guys find some peace in your own lives. Whatever it takes, ya dig? Need simplicity? Do it. Need sex? Do it. Need to rob me? Just try asshole, because you must want to die.
  
  I know I joke about some really fucked up stuff sometimes, but this is a serious message from me. It comes from my grandmother, and she is smarter than all of us.

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