Ame Onna

There are a lot of Japanese folk tales that I heard while I was living there. There's the "oni," kinda like the devil but a lot cuter, the "yamamba," the old biddy who lives up on a mountain OR the kind of frankengirl who wanders around Shibuya partying all night, or the "casa kara obake," the ghost who comes from inside of an umbrella. But I truly believe that the legend of the Ame Onna might definitely apply to me. It's a girl who brings rain or bad weather, or sometimes bad luck to a situation. Now, those of you who have talked to me this year know that in Japanese astrology, this is my BIG bad luck year. Not just bad luck, BIG bad luck. But now that Houston has flooded 3 times since I've moved here, and I can't seem to drive across Texas without hitting a crazy rainstorm, I'm beginning to think that I'm Texas' answer to the Ame Onna.