I have never liked animals. I don't want a puppy, I think cats are the embodiment of Satan on earth and I've killed every fish I've ever owned. I am also a carnivore. Eating meat is one of the most fulfilling aspects of my life. Or, at least it was until I stopped eating meat altogether. It started this summer when a boring project at work drove ... [Read More…]

I've been in America nine weeks, which is the longest I've ever been in this country. For the most part, I think I've gotten used to the culture, the jokes and the fads. But just when I think I know America fairly well, it throws a new surprise at me. Recently, it's been showing me how things get real here, or in my case, how things get unreal. ... [Read More…]

I spent a week of summer vacation at the beach with my family. My parents, sister, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and I loaded our cars and caravaned to Surfside Beach, a tiny town nestled on the Texas coast. We stayed in a rented beach house named the "Boat House," a blue dwelling situated on Coconut Road off the Blue Water ... [Read More…]