I had sex yesterday.   The best part about having sex as a man is the simplicity of the preparation process.  The guy called me up and I was ready in 2 minutes.  That’s how quickly I showered and brushed my teeth.  But apparently, not every guy can even make this effort: can we [...]

It is a Friday night, and Reuben and I are watching Ordinary People on his bed. Why this particular movie? I don’t know. What a serious downer to watch when you’re stoned. But Reuben likes these serious movies. The light is off. The room is dark. The movie is depressing. And Reuben is eating through [...]

Now that Gym Boy is out of the picture, I’ve decided to move on stalk a new guy. This latest one is a real beauty. Tall, soft soft skin (I felt it when his face brushed up against mine), good looking. He’s given me his number. He told me he wants to go out. Now [...]

  Although I’ve been holding it in my hands since kindergarten, I didn’t put it to good use until the fifth grade.  That was when I discovered its guilty pleasures.  I knew, instinctively, that I had innate talent – you can say I had a firm grip on things.  The twirling of my wrist, the [...]

    Why is it that, every time I start telling a Cassandra story, my audience thinks they have it all figured out?  This is especially true with straight girls.  I can be just a sentence or two into it, and they’ll already think they know my characters’ motivations.  They have a theory and explanation [...]

  After patiently waiting in line at Taipei Train Station for a good twenty minutes, I was finally making my purchase at the ticket counter when a Taiwanese lady pushed me aside. She had a question to ask the clerk. She did not want to wait in line like everyone else. It was rude, but [...]

  The weekend Amy Winehouse passed away, I celebrated her life by trying to write. In other words, I got stoned and went out for a drink. Between my sips of Bud Light at the bar, I scribbled away furiously in my notepad. I tried to capture every moment (of what I was sure) deeply [...]

        Lately I have been taking a break from standup comedy to pursue literary readings.  A piece I submitted to Quiet Lightning, arguably the most popular monthly series in San Francisco, and hosted by the dashing Evan Karp, was selected for its August reading at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden [...]