Goodbyes are hard, aren’t they?  My eyes are welling up with tears as I write this.  But all good things must come to an end.  People come into your life, and people go.  Sometimes, when you become so comfortable with someone, and you accept all their idiosyncrasies – the good and the bad – you think they will be [...]

I used to fantasize a lot when I was a kid.  Up until Junior High School, I couldn’t wait to go to bed every night so I can let my mind wander.  Drift away.  I would sketch out the basic plot lines during the day — the location, the people, the catalyst.  The Sahara Desert was [...]

My first (and only) boyfriend was a Cornell graduate who majored in Math.  He used to work  for an internet company, writing algorithms for advertising campaigns which targeted specific consumers in order to maximize returns.  At the time, I was blown away by his explanation that, in the age of technology/information, advertising is done through math.  The right algorithm can calculate if [...]

Recently, one of my readers, a former patron whom I greatly respect and admire, emailed me to let me know that my blog has taken a disgusting turn.  Cassandra, he writes, Too much focus and too many references to shit, shit stains and other fecal matters!  It’s like a train wreck…  you don’t want to look, [...]

The other day I had a most intense craving for Shin Ramyun (Hot & Spicy) noodles.  They’re instant ramen noodles with a thicker, more chewy, texture.  But what really set them apart from their peers are their flavoring packets.  You get one for the dried vegetables, and another for the intense, RED-hot chili broth.  If you’ve never ventured beyond [...]

Tie-Me-Up is the nickname I gave to one of my regulars whenever I talk about him with my roommate Reuben.  To my regulars who are reading this post: please don’t freak out.  A nickname is just that — I don’t reveal a client’s personal information.  But when Reuben talks about his day at the office (we both [...]

Wow.  It’s just my luck that I joined the world’s oldest profession in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.  A couple months ago, SF Weekly, an alternative weekly publication, did a feature on San Francisco’s transgender prostitutes.  They quoted this one Latina who said she used to make TWO to THREE THOUSAND a [...]