College, J.LO, & the like.

I really wish I had a frozen lemonade right now

or a big pitcher of the limeade my mom makes for me at home

I also wish I had time for recreational reading

the kind of reading that comes after browsing the library

not in search of some elusive book with a call number

as long as the entire alphabet

the kind of reading I would do when I was 6

in the first grade all that really mattered was

Cam Jansen, the mysterious books about the girl

with the photographic memory, who we all wanted to be

I actually still want to be her

or Amelia Bedelia, the crazy maid

who would make sponge cake with real sponges

and couldn't quite grasp the English language

those were the days before obscure philosophical readings,

manifesto after manifesto

and Hemingway

I would go to my school's library

which was literally a small classroom with some bookshelves

and take out all the books available

on Princess Diana,

I was obsessed with her (so was my roommate)

maybe it was because she was a real life princess

but right after I read every single book I could get my small

magic marker stained hands on

she died, it was a tragedy

I had already lost my first hero, Selena

when I was about 3,

and yes as a 3 year old, she was my everything

and I remember standing in front of my grandma's TV

weeping while watching Univision, maybe Telemundo

she gave me Bidi Bidi Bom Bom

before I could tie my own shoes

I listened to my Selena cassette tape on loop

with my little walkman, and once the first 4 songs were over,

I would have to flip the tape

I miss that

then Princess Diana died,

I healed eventually, when I discovered Egypt

all little kids become obsessed with Egpyt,

pyramids, mummies, the underworld

it's so odd

and the Holocaust at around age 10, but maybe that's just girls

but when I was 10, I couldn't get enough of it

and now, I have no time to read a short story for enjoyment

oh the woes of college

These were my favorite women,

but I must say that now,

my favorite woman, hands down

is Jennifer Lopez,

I might be alone in that

but thats ok, shes the best

and I'm running to the movie theatre

to catch my matinee of The Back Up Plan

while blasting Waiting For Tonight in my Jeep

through the streets of PK (in my dreams).