My cousin got married last Saturday. This was a semi-momentous event to my psyche given that I used to have a huge crush on her when we were growing up. This is the sort of thing that gets me in one of those moods where I start to reevaluate my position and purpose in life. Luckily, there was plenty of whiskey around, so I coped accordingly. After a while I could barely remember what the party was about.

In case you’re wondering: No, I never acted up on that crush! Jeez, who the hell do you think I am? our children would’ve had pig tails, for crying outloud!

After the wedding, we went to Sabinas’s Town Fair (this all happened in Coahuila, a northern Mexican State, where my father’s family is from) with another cousin — it pisses me off to no end that English doesn’t differentiate between male and female cousins. From hereafter, cousin is male and female shall be cousinette, capisce? — Anyway, it was a lot of fun. In most of the games (knock the bottles, shoot the monkey, etc.), you would win beer instead of money or plushies (which I thought was a remarkably honest approach at communicating the event’s intent).

If you asked me to describe the Fair, I’d say there were all sorts of moving, blurry, shiny things that kept spinning around me. I do remember that my cousin and I took turns at riding the Mechanical Bull in an attempt to win the favor of some blond girl whom we failed to notify of this fact, so in the end all we got to show for it were aching, scratched legs and backs. We also coerced some cute girls into allowing themselves to be photographed with us, so I may have some pictures to post soon.

Since going all the way up there was a 12 hour drive (I live in Guadalajara — 5 hours from Puerto Vallarta, for Springbreaker Geography), we seized the chance to go to the US, so I was in Eagle Pass (a little border town 3 hours from San Antonio). There I bought Equilibrium which, critics be damned, I love to pieces. It made me decide that Neo is a fucking wimp!

Thanks to all the people who have been dropping emails and messages my way. I’m always glad to hear from you. I’m working on the new comic, which should be up tonight if I’m not mistaken.

— sergio on September 17, 2003