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About Me

This Hungry Life. Won't let you out whole. But you can Change a thing or Two before you go. -Tanya Donelly

My Interests

Electric. Slide. Trombone. Psychoanalysis.

I'd like to meet:

"Young people, Lord. Do they still call it infatuation? That magic ax that chops away the world in one blow, leaving only the couple standing there trembling? Whatever they call it, it leaps over anything, takes the biggest chair, the largest slice, rules the ground wherever it walks, from a mansion to a swamp, and its selfishness is its beauty." -Toni Morrison

Music:

Dulce Melodia - Jesse y Joy. 20 Dollars - Angie Stone. Manna - Tanya Donelly. Fall Back - Jean Grae. Not Too Soon - Throwing Muses. Motherland - Natalie Merchant. Que Puedo Pedir - La Oreja de Van Gogh. Southern Girl - Erykah Badu.

Movies:

The Dead Girl. In the Cut. The Bubble. Muriel's Wedding. A Soldier's Story.

Television:

Celina and Greg sent me The Closer Complete Second Season if you want to come over for a marathon.

Books:

On Beauty. This Thing Called Courage. Paradise. Mama Day. Blues Dancing. Falsas Cronicas del Sur.

Heroes:

Sorry, guys. Not good enough to watch Season Two.

My Blog

Sleeplessness 101

Hi Everyone. Here is A list of suggestions you might try if you find you can't sleep on the second-to-last night before your psych internship in Puerto Rico begins: Switch t...
Posted by Carlos Angel on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:42:00 PST

Summer in San Juan

Breakfast Years ago now, across a brunch table in Oakland my eyes welled up. You looked at me and said, "Your heart is so big, Carlos. The whole world fits inside." Miles away ...
Posted by Carlos Angel on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:18:00 PST

Winter in Miami

In January of 2007 I go to do my two interviews in Miami, trying to get a fancy nationally accredited internship for next year, you know the type. The first interview is at a god-awful agency wh...
Posted by Carlos Angel on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:00:00 PST

Buko vs. Macapuno

June 2007 Buko vs. Macapuno Who will be the Last Bitch Standing? Dear Eddie, You left your blindfold at my place. The black one with extra padding. I'm hoping you have more t...
Posted by Carlos Angel on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:27:00 PST

Arroyo and You

The water at the public beach in Arroyo is so warm that at first it's like walking through air. A steam vent, even, in the shallow parts. You're up to your thighs before you even know that...
Posted by Carlos Angel on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:19:00 PST

JFK

The woman at the airport help desk with her lovely Caribbean accent tells me that to get to Terminal 4 from Terminal 3 I gotta take the A train. "The A train? Are you sure? You ...
Posted by Carlos Angel on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:31:00 PST

God Forbid

The best part of my new student health insurance is that Gentle Dental in the Mission helps me get an appointment right away. Cleaning and exam and it's all covered, for the right price of 72 bu...
Posted by Carlos Angel on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:17:00 PST

What Are You Trying To Say?

I think I love any sentence with the word "goyishe" in it. My friend Jesse from high school is trying to book us a weekend road trip to Santa Barbara and his mama is trying to make sure we ...
Posted by Carlos Angel on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:35:00 PST