{"product_id":"flying-blue-tacos-9780991333547","title":"Flying Blue Tacos","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe main character of the book  Hector Zamora  a young college student takes a refreshing and witty view of his Mexican-American culture; a culture that many will be able to relate to. ---ON HAVING NEVER BELIEVED IN SANTA CLAUSE: I ve never believed in Santa Claus. My parents made it a point to let us know that it s el niito Jess  Baby Jesus  that brought us our gifts. I remember wondering to myself when I was about 9 years old  after opening up my only gift  Why is Baby Jesus so cheap? ---ON GROWING UP IN A GOVERNMENT FUNDED APARTMENT COMPLEX: I loved growing up in the apartment complex  though. Since they were government funded  I always had a bunch of kids to play with it was like always being at a Chuck E. Cheese s on a Saturday afternoon. Well  a poor man s Chuck E. Cheese s  more like a Pedro y Queso. ...ON THE FEAR OF BEING MISTAKEN FOR A WHITE GUY BY CHOLOS AT A RED LIGHT: My nightmare isnt so much about just being killed by a cholo it s being mistaken for a white guy by a cholo  and then being killed by him. I don t want to be shot in the head by a cholo  and then have him say to his homeboys  after hearing on the evening news that a guy named Hector Zamora was his victim  Damn  I thought he was a white dude  not Mexican! My bad dispensa! ---DENIAL THERAPY - MEXICAN S FAVORITE TYPE OF THERAPY: Denial Therapy is the preferred method of therapy for Mexicans. It s much better than Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Psychoanalysis Therapy because it doesnt require seeing anyone with an advanced degree  there isnt a co-payment to make at the end of a session  the hours are flexible  and it s free. Denial Therapy may not fix the issue at hand  but it makes the problem bearable for at least one more day. ---ON HAVING YOUR SPANISH BEING MADE FUN OF BY YOUR COUSINS IN MEXICO: I guess that s their way of demonstrating their superiority over me while they can  because they know that the next time I see them in el norte  those that speak a little bit of English will be taking my order at a Burger King drive-through  and those that don t speak any English at all will be vacuuming my car at the Bubbles-R-Us Car Wash on Harbor Boulevard. ---CONCERNING THE OVERUSE OF S Se Puede Its been used in everything from immigration rallies to high school pep-rallies to my aunt yelling enthusiastically at her 2-year-old son ...  S se puede!  S se puede! ... as he sat on the toilet trying to take a crp after being constipated for a couple of days. ---WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A CHICANO? As far as I m concerned  concerning who is and who isn t a Chicano  if someone thinks he s a Chicano  then he s a Chicano. Besides  it s not like we re dogs there s no Chicano Kennel Club sending out Certificates of Authenticity or pedigree papers showing someone is a purebred Chicano. There s no contest where Chicanos are walked around an arena and compete for the Best in Show Chicano. Besides  what would a prize-winning Chicano look like  anyway? Who d be the judges? Who d appoint them as the judges? ---ON GOING TO THE RICH WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS ON HALLOWEEN FOR THE GOOD CANDY: Once in a while  someone would screw up and answer  S  it s yo Yenifer. But for the most part  they had no idea they were handing out candy to Hectors  Pablos  Marias  and Consuelos and not to Billys  Toms  Pattys  and Jennifers. ---WHY DO OLDER MEXICAN DADS AND GRANDFATHERS INSIST ON GOING TO TIJUANA FOR THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS? Knowing my dad  he probably goes to the TJ dentist because he gets a free hubcap with every visit and a sofa reupholstered after ten visits. Something like this has to be the reason for going to TJ for his dental work  because otherwise my dad s actions just don t make any sense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646838104117,"sku":"ByrdShop_0991333543","price":345.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780991333547.jpg?v=1781679026","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/flying-blue-tacos-9780991333547","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}