New Mexican Moxie!
Hola, my name is Untypically Jia, and I live in the Land of Entrapment Enchantment, here in Albuquerque, New Mexico! I had the opportunity of giving a tour of this beautiful land to my new friend Mona! Mona's been completely exhausted cause she's been traveling all over the states thanks to these chicas:
Better in Bulk
Mama’s Losin’ It
Mayhem & Moxie
Scary Mommy
& 7 Clown Circus
So I told Mona since there's so little to do here in New Mexico, she could take a break and enjoy the rain that so rarely touches us here in the wasteland.
After Mona finally sobered up from her trip to Vegas, I began to tell her all about me and my life. She cut me off kinda early because apparently she'd already been to Utah, where Kristina already told her all about Mormons. Which seemed kind of funny, because she still got all liquored up in Vegas.
Mona needed an intervention.
Of course that was put on hold when I had to explain to her that, no, she hadn't actually left the country by mistake and that New Mexico really wasn't in Mexico, but was an actual state. She didn't believe me, especially when a bunch of my neighbors half red chillies hanging on their doors, and she didn't understand the language.
I realised that perhaps New Mexico had some interesting culture to offer Mona.
Here she learned that when a waiter asks you if you want red or green, they're referring to chilli, and no matter where you eat, you're probably going to get haphazard New Mexican food instead of the Mexican food you were craving.
She found out that here in New Mexico, tumbleweeds really do exist!
Coming from other greener states, Mona was confused as to where all the grass was. I explained to her that we didn't need grass because we just covered our lawns with pretty gravel and crushed rocks. We're very smart we New Mexicans!
We're also very happy to announce that Mona is now fluent in Spanglish and can half way communicate with anyone in the state!
Mona and I went shopping and I told her about how every Christmas here in New Mexico, in addition to the crushed rock on our lawns, we decorate our yards with paper sacks filled with sand, and then we light them on fire! She wished she could stay for those fun events, but since she had so many other places to visit, she hung out with me while the rest of the city prepared for the annual balloon fiesta which happens every October.
All in all the trip was a pretty good one. I made a new friend, Mona got to learn about a new culture, learn a new language, try her hand at some spicy cuisine, and she even had a chance to relax a little, watch some television and read some comic books.
