Kris Alexander
@krisalexander
Retired Army Officer. Writer. Novelist. Sufferable Texan. Jiu Jitsu student. Opinions are mine alone.
Adult lunchables tonight. Not pictured old fashioned’s and French 75s.
I gave my notice at work yesterday that I was quitting to start my MFA program next month, and everyone has been both surprised and surprisingly supportive. Not my favorite job but got some good material out of it. I need to get this poster for student housing. Triple Lindy straight to Miami.
Pound for pound the most expensive fish ever, but a keeper from Fish Pass near Port Aransas. Caught like 25 undersized Red Drums. @jeremyhammett.bsky.social
There are very few ills a sunrise on the Corpus Christi Bay can’t cure. Note: we are not stoned along the sea wall and have not got drunk and rolled a car..yet..
I did my initial stint and got out. But my dumb ass joined the reserves in 2000 “in case there was a war.” Anyway it was nice to retire from active duty.
We will used them in winter on occasion and when I was stationed in Colorado they were fucking necessary. That’s snow.
When I heard then VP Biden speak in Iraq, he got a few laughs. Vance has negative charisma. Fun fact, we were armed. Vance would never.
I spotted this in the library of the Hotel Anduluz in Albuquerque this weekend. I guess it’s fitting that Trump named his kid Barron.
Meanwhile at the Hotel Anduluz in the ABQ, things just got better. Not pictured our kiddo spending the night in the dorms for UNM orientation.
Meanwhile in Austin, a crazy sunset to the West and a rainbow to the East.
Whenever I’m in Vegas I get a martini at the Belagio to honor the late, great LtCol (Ret) EW Alexander. Enlisted in 1939 in Company L of the 9th Infantry. Retired a LtCol in 1968. That man loved a martini.
Vegas I am in you. (Oldest’s 21at birthday!) And I got to flip off Trump’s motorcade!
What do you mean you’ve got all those guns and voted for Kamala?
So I know everything is shit and.. I got rejected from UT’s MFA programs so no biking to campus. But… I got just got offered the CASE Dean’s Fellowship at Florida International University for their MFA in creative writing. This beyond my first offer. So chat I think we’re going to Miami. 1/2
So I applied to some programs that were aspirational and regional. The tally stands: Michner: rejected University of New Mexico: Waitlist New Mexico State University: Waitlist Texas Tech: Waitlist Florida International: Fully funded offer!!!!! UT New Writers Project: waiting and waiting. 2/3
So I’m supposed to post the first thing that pops up when I search green. Hmmm. Did not disappoint.
Everything is shit, but I had tickets to the VIP experience at a Lucero show in San Antonio and got to bullshit with Ben Nichols. And I bullied them into playing my favorite Lucero song during the VIP set.
Okay new guy, you’ve got some pretty big shoes to fill around here.
Today we mourn the loss of our mega-chad dryer. He survived at least five PSCs, retirement, a remodel, and outlived three washing machines. He is survived by his older brother “beer fridge” who stalwartly carries on in the garage. See you in appliance Valhalla brother.
Wife is out of town, bourbon in hand, time to rewatch “Heat” for the 400th time.
