Author Archives: Erica Martinez

Dinner, chocolates and a movie, am I right? But what to watch? You can go out and see MARRY ME, the latest holiday obligatory piece of crap from Hollywood, or see something new…or old. Just not that. Granted, I have not seen the movie. But I don’t need to see a movie to know it’sContinue reading “Valentine’s Day…decisions decisions”

One is where all my stuff is located and the second is in someone’s head. Rent free.

Mrs. Voorhees was a serious party-pooper. Yeah her son drowned because the adults were screwing. A year later she killed some. Those killings should have been therapeutic enough to help her get over her son’s death but she decided to come back time and time again. Friday the 13th is an awesome film that featuresContinue reading “Friday the 13th (1980), The Original Karen”

When filling out the questionnaire for the Humane Society what kind of kitten I DID NOT want I marked the box for “Escape Artist” because they are a pain to chase. I didn’t get a kitten from the Humane Society and ended up adopting a kitten from a litter that was found in a stormContinue reading “Murphy’s Law…with Fur”

Variety put out a list of upcoming films to look forward to. I sifted through that list and here are the ones I believe are worth watching. In no particular order… SCREAM. Wes Craven is dead. RIP Wes Craven. Now someone else is pulling the strings and has given us the latest film in theContinue reading “New Year! New Films!”

If this happened anywhere else, people would be vigilant. Masking up, carrying Lysol in backpacks, wiping down desks between classes. Nah, not here. This is certainly a state of individualism. Personal Responsibility, who cares about everyone else, blah blah sick and dying. If this were an experiment, I would be one of the people onContinue reading “Going Home and Returning to Covid in the Classroom”

My Mom has had a friend over for most of my stay. I don’t know anything about him except I think he only has one set of clothes because he wears the same thing all the time. As it turns out, he is my Mom’s beau’s friend. I asked her if he has a homeContinue reading “Covid on the Couch?”

Passed all my classes so now I can enjoy my time in Portland more. I have had my fill of Mexican food but I know I won’t find anything decent is South Dakota so I should continue eating lengua. I miss my car. I am smart to not drive it out here (and die inContinue reading “1 Semester down, 5 to go”

This is no ordinary Corona and salad. It is being enjoyed in a hotel room in Chicago. First beer since finishing my law school exams. I earned it.

I solved the world’s plastic pollution problem. I said to a friend or college classmate, that if drug dealers/users would only recycle those little plastic baggies after using them then that right there would solve plastic in the ocean. Ta-da!