About
Gringoqueño is a combination of Gringo (slang for an male American in Latin America, some have said pejorative) and queño which is the latter half of Puertorriqueño or Puerto Rican. Gringoqueño = Puerto Rican-ized American dude.
¿Ya entienden?
In any case, it all started out as a journal for my family and friends way back when (1996). Boy the web sure has come a long way and web journals sure are a lot easier to update these days.
Some things about me
- I’m improving
- I live in Puerto Rico
- I am not Puerto Rican
- I’m a registered chaplain with la Administración de Instituciones Juveniles (juvenile prison system)
- What makes me most happy: good food, good company, and a good discussion
- What makes me so mad, my teeth hurt: people who don’t take their job seriously (customer service mostly)
- Personality quirk: c a n’ t t h r o w s h i t a w a y! arrrgggghhhhh
- I watch Cartoon Network like a crack addict
- My kids and I harass my wife quoting Cartoon Network
- My primary philosophies of life come from Bugs Bunny
- My favorite cartoon was Samurai Jack (what happened to it?)
- I’m a dork
- My kids still love me… just wait until they’re old enough to roll their eyes at Dad
- I sweat… a lot
- I ride my bicycle all over the place
- I wear way more spandex than I should
- I bought my first car at 28
- Perhaps that’s explains why I’m quite a bit fatter than I was at 28.
- Sigh, I still don’t know why I have to make this list… it seems blogging peer pressure has gotten to me.
- I have a nasty bark and no bite, which is why I’m tolerable as a human being.
- Favorite music group: New Order
- Favorite food: Hamburgers (bacon cheddar, medium rare… hmm, burgers)
- Thing I most would like to learn: play and write music
- Best talent: interrogation
- Famous person I most admire: Martin Luther King Jr.
- Person I most admire: Laura, however, sometimes it’s annoying living with a perfect human being.
- Where do I see myself in 5 years? Out of debt?
- Religion: Catholic (I’m working on getting excommunicated).
- Favorite Movie of all time: Matrix or Joe vs. the Volcano
- Favorite Book: For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Favorite Song: that’s a tough one, but if I was stranded on a desert isle with just one song, what would it be? New Order’s “Temptation”
- Favorite Operating System: Gentoo Linux
- Athletic Talent: Bicycling and inline skating
- People most know me for my: Big mouth
- I like people who speak their minds.