love. hate.

April has easily become one of my favorite months on the Gregorian calendar and not just because I’m a devout Catholic and can’t wait for Easter to come so I can pray to the Easter bunny to bring me chocolates hidden in plastic eggs hidden in potted plants because you know, that’s what Easter’s all about. Secondary reasons for loving April come by way of it being my mom’s birthday, the start of baseball season, the 420 holiday, the Master’s (yes, golf), the NFL draft, the unofficial end of spring for L.A. proper peeps, Coachella, and many other nuggets of goodness the month of April brings. “April showers bring May flowers.” Chale, not ‘round these parts.

I felt compelled to write a list of things I currently love, such as, the month of April and hate, such as, all things Fox News. Keep in mind; these are “a people, place or thing” I currently love/hate. Keyword: currently. Who knows, if Sarah Palin decides to quit her current job and take a jab at the wonderful world of mixed martial arts she may jump lists. Without being too obvious and in no particular order:

Love

Mexican/Mexican-American Athletes – Mark Sanchez, Alfredo Angulo, Cain Velasquez, Rafael Marquez. I try to not take too much pride in the accomplishments of my fellow Mexicano because I strive to be a citizen of the world above everything else but damn, the World Cup is just around the corner and I’ve been drinking more Tecates than Stone IPA’s lately.

5:30PM on Fridays – Explanation not applicable.

Little Dragon – It’s rare when music makes you want to cry, yell, laugh, time travel, die and fly all at once. I know I talk this band up quite a bit but it’s well deserved.

The little fan that sits on my desk – Keeping me cooler than the other side of the pillow since 2007. Oh yea and curbing my claustrophobia.

Private numbers on my Caller ID – Who are these people? Who cares, I love surprises.

Octavia Butler – Not only the best writer from L.A. but one of the best ever.

Fat Asian Babies – Seriously, what’s not to love besides the shit in their diaper?

The Hide button on Facebook – Yea, I get it, you rock at Bejeweled and wasting time.

Family Guy – “…and Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii will always love youououououououou.”

Lifting Weights – You think this amazing physique comes easy? (That’s what she said)

Hate

Doing my taxes – seriously, it hurts a little.

Themed parties – Last I checked, baby Jesus designated one day a year for dress up. It’s called Halloween. I don’t think the word hate is strong enough for this one.

Hangovers – Really, the last thing I want to do is take an aspirin and inflict even further damage upon my liver.

The Oinkster Restaurant in Eagle Rock – Unless you like a little pastrami with your tendon.

Complain Bragging on Facebook/Twitter – Example post: “Oh my God I’m so pissed off, I have to get dropped off at the airport and sit on a plane to Brazil for fourteen hours to judge a blow job contest. Waaa! Life’s not fair!”

The Tea Baggers – The dumb ass doesn’t fall too far from the Republican.

The McCourts – The Donald Sterlings of baseball.

The food truck fad in L.A. – There are like a thousand old school taco trucks in L.A. that will serve you an amazing carne asada burrito, an al pastor taco with a side of radishes and a Jarrito de pina  for five bucks but you want to wait in line for two hours so you can pay twelve bucks for a shitty ass Korean style “burrito” made by some forty year old dude from the valley who dropped out of culinary school after only two weeks in a truck with plasma t.v.’s showing Young Frankenstein? Seriously!?

Adults with angst – There’s a time and a place for being a whiny little bitch; it’s called high school.

Unprofessional musicians – Just because you can drink while working doesn’t mean you can show up an hour late and get shit faced drunk to the point where at least five people ask if they should call an ambulance because you’re power napping in a pool of your bass player’s vomit/urine/blood in the smoking area of the club. VBC, I’m talkin’ ’bout you.

Anyway, that’s it for now. I leave to Coachella on Friday and Vancouver on Tuesday so I’m sure new loves and hates will develop, along with a new list.