This is my CREW!!!

So....I work this job in Houston. The company is supposedly in the Fortune 500. We've been around for 23, nay, 24 years. We aren't the only ones in our industry, but we do have our own little niche in the market I get up every M-F and throw on the the cleanest chinos and shirt I can find. My selection is always better right after I wash...go figure. Anyway, I come to work with 4 others in my immediate office and we are just one department of almost 20. There's my manager...let's call her Jennifer Lopez. She's a couple years older than me. She started working at 16 and hasn't stopped since. She flew through the ranks of a MAJOR telecommunications company, made some good money and got some good experience. After 15 years, she decided to get married, move to Houston and get a job with less responsibility, that brought her here. Business...she knows her stuff. She doesn't like shit, doesn't give shit, doesn't take shit and most definitely doesn't associate with people that do. In fact she's only befriended me and a little latin boy in drag. But in life...she's naive and inexperienced, but is making vast leaps in the arena of street smarts. I love her and we will be friends for a long time. Next to Jennifer is Ms Stogie. Think Margaret Cho's mother....a 5' tall 65 yr old Korean lady-but FOR THE REALS!!! She's bitchy, fiesty, complains all the time and unbeknownst to me has become a coniving little wench. She's worked at our company for years and is the goto person for many questions from internal staff and our agents across the country. Then there is Poon. I have silent farts that are louder than her, but she is definitely a gracious Korean lady. Very polite and caring, reserved and graceful....she's like Mulan's mother.

"She'll bring honor to us all..."

Poon is new to our department and is learning, but listens to the elders (Ms Stogie) a little too much. A little personality is slowly coming out of her, but it will definitely be a gradual process.

And now my Little Latin LULU, my Chi-Chi Rodriguez....the person I would be had I come out when I knew I was gay (for those that know me....it was WAY before I knew you...TRUST). He's pretty much always been out to most people, but doesn't have to flaunt it. He takes pride in his appearance and the things he does. This kid has more heart than I've seen in a long time. I only hope that part of his genuine innocence remains after life has taught him lessons I could only discuss with him.