here's a humorous entry i had started working on months ago. i kept the notes in my phone but never posted it. why? i don't know. maybe i felt like it was just a draft. so here it goes!

things i've learned from dating a mexican

1. piñatas do not come with candy.
they are empty. as a kid at parties i thought they came with cheap ass candy. no, you supply the candy and stuff it yourself. this means the parents were cheap asses when they filled the piñatas.

2. salsa means "sauce", not chile or spicy.
pasta sauce is salsa. catsup is salsa. spicy stuff is chile.

3. family is very important.
3a. like talking everyday on the phone, weekly dinners, and gathering every weekend just because.
3b. you don't move out until you get married unless you are male and even then...

4. parties of any sort are not for friends, they are for your nuclear and extended family and there is a party for everything.

5a. no meal is complete without tortillas or bread, otherwise, it's not a meal!
5b. for the spicy food lovers, (most mexicans), this includes your favorite chile.

6. catholicism is no joke.
no matter how non-practicing the person is, crack enough jokes and you will eventually find the sore spot and cause offence.

7. quinceañeras...
my god...

8. cinnamon!
it goes in chocolate, coffee, and tea. learn to love it.

9. chances are you were named after your parents, your grandparents, the saint of the day of your birth, or if those ideas were exhausted, you could've been named after the nurse or doctor who delivered you.

10. chanclas are a weapon! (chanclas are sandals)
that i no longer call them sandals or zori goes to show you how mexican i've become.

11. jicama, radishes, and pozole...
you're bound to love one of those foods.

12. nopales (cactus) is a pizza topping.

13. all asians are chinese, get used to it!

14. taco bell is not mexican food.