My Thoughts

Astroworld 1968- 2005

This place was the hang out back in the day. For as long as I can remember Astroworld (now Six Flags over Houston) was the place for many kids to be in the hot summer months between June - August.
I can remember it like it was yesterday, when I got my first season pass (thanks to my best friend’s mom). I used spend hours and hours at this famed theme amusement park. This was place Junior Schoolers, who first discover the opposite sex, went to meet someone or possibly get your first hand holding experience or if you were good your first kiss. When you got to high school you knew where all the dark corners were for your makeout sessions. I of course never partook of such antics
The night before, you and your friend would map out your routes so as to optimize your time in order to ride most of the rides. I had my routine down. I would walk in the gate and head to the left, first pausing for the camera so that I can possibly get a souvenir picture, that we would always say weren’t going to buy but most of the time did. Next we would past the souvenir shops the pizza place to head to the Bamboo shoot. If that line was long we would head over the Thunder River or we would head on around to the Excalibur or “The baby rollercoaster” as it was affectionately known. After that my friend would try to get me on, at that time, the biggest rollercoaster in the park, the Texas Cyclone.

Me being to cool, I wouldn’t tell her I was scared to death of this big wooden monstrosity so I’d coolly tell her that the lines were too long and let’s come back. Little did she know the lines were always long. Because this was for most parents the babysitter they always wanted. They would drop their kids off at 11am when the gates opened, armed them with some dough and send them on their way until 5 or 6pm or sometimes closing…which in the summer months was as late as 10pm week days and 12 midnight Friday and Saturday. (more…)

Boy I tell you these Astros are going to be the death of me if they don’t stop choking in big games. I stayed up until the we hours of morning watching that 14 inning game only to go to sleep with a heavy heart. Earlier that day I had on my commemorative World Series T-shirt that I bought the night before. The northern had finally reach Htown so I couldn’t wear my T-shirt by its lonesome but I managed to wear it with a long sleeve shirt over it. I came into work yesterday with my We Bee-lieve sign that I got on Saturday from Academy sports. My co-workers and I proudly wore our Astros gear be it the Orange, yellow stripped Throw back Jersey or the New Red Star on a Black or Gray background we were in full force. A couple of my co-workers were even going to game that day. Only to have our hopes dashed in one the longest World Series games to be played. (more…)

To some folks this situation is something to be sad about, something to pity, but for me it is what it is. Most of the time I am cool with being single, but there are times when I wonder what it would be like to be married, then I think about those that I know who are married. Most of them are unhappy or cheating or separated wondering if the marriage was a huge mistake and I think to myself do I want that kind of misery? Society trains us to get married early on(in your 20s) and have 2 + kids and live in the nice 3 bedroom with a dog or cat. Then there are the family pressures, there is mom and dad pressing you for grandkids the minute you turn 30 or there is your aunts and uncles at the family reunion asking you why didn’t you bring “Yo man” to meet the family. God don’t let you be the oldest kid and all the younger siblings have married and procreated the heat is on then!! The more I live the more I am finding that 30+ single and never been married is ok. I am cool with my situation but don’t get me wrong yes I would love to be in a relationship but I am cool that I am not at this time. If I where to have been married to a guy who was a total loser or cheated on me it would be ok because at least I would have been married and I would get that “Check Mark” in their books that hey she is ok she just chose the wrong dude. (more…)

Well folks this is my first post in my new spot. Hopefully this will be my last blog space. I have tried a couple and I hope that this one will turn out to be the space.