Thursday, 11 October 2012
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Doing my part for diversity
My agency had an event today celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. The guest speaker was Abel Gonzales, a local guy who has won a series of prizes at the Texas State Fair for best fried foods. He has produced fried Coke, fried butter, fried cookie dough, fried peanut butter and jelly and banana sandwiches, and this year's favorite, fried jambalaya. He used to work with computers, but now makes his living entirely from five weeks of hard work each fall at the Fair.
Our director also spoke. He was born in Huila, Colombia, and raised in Queens, New York. He speaks New York English and poor Spanish. Seems to be a nice enough guy. He wasn't as long-winded as usual because he read his speech instead of improvising it.
I continue to do my own part for cultural diversity, legal immigration, and the fine arts, with my brilliant plan of importing and marrying a wonderful singer from Colombia. So far it's progressing nicely. There are things that worry me, like not hearing yet about my short-sale offer on a house in Tampa, but one way or another we'll deal with each issue as it comes up.
Monday I got a call from a lake house neighbor complaining that the boys who live in our lake house had burglarized a bunch of houses in the community. One guy was arrested, apparently from another town. I asked him if he knew for sure that my renters were involved. He was adamant about it, although he didn't give any evidence. So I don't really have any way of knowing. Maybe I'll call the renter.
This would not be a good time to have the place be vacant. I don't have the time or the money to clean it up. I can understand why the neighbors don't like them, beause they don't keep the yard very tidy, but when I went down a few weeks ago, I couldn't find anything worth kicking them out for.
I should have told the neighbor I'm doing my part for cultural diversity by renting to rednecks.
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GAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA. "I'm doing my part for cultural diversity by renting to rednecks."
how long till she arrives in the states?
and that's always upsetting when people don't speak spanish well, who should.
Yeah, the renting thing could be problematic..I;m sure it will all work out. When will Alicia arrive?
xxxooo
renting to rednecks. how funny.
Haha. Somehow I don't think the neighbor would have appreciated that.
Good for you for doing your part for diversity. I know you're only doing it out of the goodness of your heart.@TheSecretLifeOfPandas - @SandraErickson - I'm scheduled to bring her to the US on November 29.
@promisesunshine - I thought about using the term "white trash" but decided that might be inflammatory.
@ata_grandma - Yep, the goodness of my heart.
congrats, I'm working on my gf from Senegal, she loves me, she said so lol
@TexasTidbits - Congratulations. Does she work in a bank and have access to the accounts of someone who died recently, money just waiting for you if you'll provide your account info so it can be transferred? Because she needs to know that the process of getting her over here so you two can share the wealth takes close to a year.
Hope you won't have big problems with the renters. Best of luck with the diversity project.
rednecks need a place to live too, besides it's not as easy to evict someone as you might think
I think everything will work out just right Tim
@mlbncsga - The easy way to get rid of them is to put the place on the market. I think I will raise the rent at least, because I had to buy flood insurance. FEMA seems to think that someday Lake Whitney will flood above the level of the dam.
@angys_coco - Thank you.
@Roadkill_Spatula - for 20 years we were refused flood insurance and it did occasionally flood, then the federalies rebuilt the bridge down stream and it hasn't flooded in 15 years. now we are required to buy into the fema flood protection plan
it's expensive too 
@mlbncsga - Yeah, I paid $500 for the cheapest policy I could get. It's a scam.
@Roadkill_Spatula - inflammatory.
i'm very diverse. i like rednecks and white trash.
@promisesunshine - I saw a White Trash Cookbook at a bookstore in Disney World about 25 years ago. It's probably still in print.
@Roadkill_Spatula - there are all kinds of white trash recipes available online. this i know because i had a white trash soiree two years ago. it was quite entertaining. we made shirts. my white trash name is sugar. and my shirt is inappropriate for public wearing. might be something about a twinkie on it. not sure why i'm telling you all of this.
@promisesunshine - Have you watched the Blue Collar Comedy guys? They had one skit called Hick Eye for the Queer Guy. You would enjoy it.
@Roadkill_Spatula - that sounds hilarious. i'll put that on my viewing list for tonight after 3 hours of snoring. i mean class.
@Roadkill_Spatula - oh my goodness. jeff foxworthy and the here's your sign guy!!
Now that is funny and if there is a toilet being used in the front yard being used, you know you are renting to rednecks.
By 2030, there are supposed to be more Hispanics here than white Anglos. Will there be an Anglo Heritage Month then? Just wondering.
oh my word.. that abel guy and all his fried stuff sound yummy!!! the FOOD, not the guy. haha. i just realized how that sounded. ;)
and too funny.. doing your part, renting to rednecks. love it!
If you really want them gone, you could probably just tell them that you've had numerous complaints from the neighbors and suggest they find a new place to rent. Give them a couple months, or however long you need until Alicia arrives in the states. That way you're not stuck cleaning an empty apartment and losing more money, the neighbors can leave you alone, and they'll be out of your hair eventually.
That's a tough situation. About the possibly thieving renters, I mean. What's the legal responsibility there? And the moral one?
@Inciteful - In Texas, Anglos are no longer a majority. In our local high school they're only 17%.