Thursday, March 29, 2007
NUGGETS
there's a woman in the office who every day eats frozen chicken nuggets topped with frozen vegetables (corn/peas/sad carrot cubes) for lunch and late afternoon snack. she keeps the costco-sized bags in the fridge and heats them up in the microwave. there is more sadness to this than i can articulate.
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a comment from chai:
re: philana's comment about what is offensive (see ny post) -
always a good question. i think i've reached the age when i can't get offended all the time anymore. maybe it's age, or seeing the bigger life picture, or maybe it's the onslaught of media/ideas/words i'm exposed to every day. i just don't have enough anger in my reserves to react to every little thing, plus i'm so outraged by other things (iraq, sexism, violence, the 9 express bus).
related, i just read a post about this on reappropriate (run by a gal who some of you know, i think?), and it's something i've been wondering about for a few years. bethany and i always discussed when the time would come when bullshit representation/stereotypes/racist remarks issues would stop being The Major rallying issues among apa activists (esp. college aged). i think it's important for people to know when these things happen, but in terms of organizing protests or petitions, it's really a waste of time.
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this song has been in my head ALL DAY, especially the whistle solo intro:
there's a woman in the office who every day eats frozen chicken nuggets topped with frozen vegetables (corn/peas/sad carrot cubes) for lunch and late afternoon snack. she keeps the costco-sized bags in the fridge and heats them up in the microwave. there is more sadness to this than i can articulate.
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a comment from chai:
i was noticing how easy it is to type your blog name into the web address bar, and realized that 3 out of the 4 letters of your name are on the default keys (asdfjkl;). it really makes a person more likely to visit your blog!
re: philana's comment about what is offensive (see ny post) -
always a good question. i think i've reached the age when i can't get offended all the time anymore. maybe it's age, or seeing the bigger life picture, or maybe it's the onslaught of media/ideas/words i'm exposed to every day. i just don't have enough anger in my reserves to react to every little thing, plus i'm so outraged by other things (iraq, sexism, violence, the 9 express bus).
related, i just read a post about this on reappropriate (run by a gal who some of you know, i think?), and it's something i've been wondering about for a few years. bethany and i always discussed when the time would come when bullshit representation/stereotypes/racist remarks issues would stop being The Major rallying issues among apa activists (esp. college aged). i think it's important for people to know when these things happen, but in terms of organizing protests or petitions, it's really a waste of time.
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this song has been in my head ALL DAY, especially the whistle solo intro:
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
PLATEAUS
last summer, when i began working out more days each week, i remember complaining to chai that no matter how hard i tried, i just could not run beyond a certain distance in my workouts. i was hitting a wall, so to speak, on the treadmill. i asked her if it was possible that there was just a maximum distance your body could achieve in any particular condition. she said, "no, i think you're just in a plateau right now, but you'll break through."
i think in life we have peaks and valleys, but i disagree that you're either in a peak or in a valley at any point in time. sometimes we're on plateaus. and there's nothing wrong with that.
as kurt cobain so wisely said (i've been listening to the mtv unplugged album in a vain attempt to reclaim my early teen years): i'm on a plain.
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the mac-mosa: blood orange juice ($1.99 from TJ's) and vodka
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some more license plates sightings:
'EAROTIC' (in south park)
'ARRHM8Y' (near costco downtown)
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snap
last summer, when i began working out more days each week, i remember complaining to chai that no matter how hard i tried, i just could not run beyond a certain distance in my workouts. i was hitting a wall, so to speak, on the treadmill. i asked her if it was possible that there was just a maximum distance your body could achieve in any particular condition. she said, "no, i think you're just in a plateau right now, but you'll break through."
i think in life we have peaks and valleys, but i disagree that you're either in a peak or in a valley at any point in time. sometimes we're on plateaus. and there's nothing wrong with that.
as kurt cobain so wisely said (i've been listening to the mtv unplugged album in a vain attempt to reclaim my early teen years): i'm on a plain.
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the mac-mosa: blood orange juice ($1.99 from TJ's) and vodka
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some more license plates sightings:
'EAROTIC' (in south park)
'ARRHM8Y' (near costco downtown)
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snap
Thursday, March 22, 2007
i'm cured of my h & m addiction. i went to my usual store today and the guy that rang me up actually RECOGNIZED me. GOD. MORTIFIED.
BUT i did get cute stuff. so totally worth it...but i'll have to haunt another store from now on.
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good mid-day snack (especially when you are watching giada and barefoot contessa and you want something salty but not junk) - trader joe's corn tortilla flat crackers, spread with tartar sauce, with bit of sardine(!!), topped with chili flakes.
BUT i did get cute stuff. so totally worth it...but i'll have to haunt another store from now on.
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good mid-day snack (especially when you are watching giada and barefoot contessa and you want something salty but not junk) - trader joe's corn tortilla flat crackers, spread with tartar sauce, with bit of sardine(!!), topped with chili flakes.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
A LOWBROW ONE FOR YA
watching american idol out of sheer boredom (and because the ANTM naima cycle marathon ended), and diana ross was the guest mentor. reminded me to find this song - when i was little my mom had a small record collection that we would play all the time on our fisher price record player:
i love the 80s
her collection of 45 rpm singles included: diana ross' 'missing you' and sade's 'smooth operator.' my LP collection included the disney mary poppins soundtrack. anyways - yet another example of how the tiniest things trigger my long-buried happy memories.
my favorite scene!
YEP - UHH!
watching american idol out of sheer boredom (and because the ANTM naima cycle marathon ended), and diana ross was the guest mentor. reminded me to find this song - when i was little my mom had a small record collection that we would play all the time on our fisher price record player:
i love the 80s
her collection of 45 rpm singles included: diana ross' 'missing you' and sade's 'smooth operator.' my LP collection included the disney mary poppins soundtrack. anyways - yet another example of how the tiniest things trigger my long-buried happy memories.
my favorite scene!
YEP - UHH!
Sunday, March 11, 2007
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF A SUNDAY PICNIC AT CRISSY FIELD THROUGH WHAT I CONSUMED
apple
bud light
pastrami panini
goat cheese garlic chips
PBR (2)
champagne + orangina mimosas in plastic cocktail glass (2)
spicy garlic shrimp chips
mango fandango!!!!!! (fruit bowl)
i think we have gotten this whole indulgent sunday thing down to a science. it was 70 degrees with zero wind, and i have a sunburnt back. a football was thrown, kids were shooed away, people were baptized fully clothed in the bay, and we spent way too long looking for nonexistent shark's teeth in an exhibit at the visitor's center. by the way, you should definitely see 'the prestige' if you haven't yet...we saw a dog that looked like its coat was made of grey cotton candy, and melanie asked if we could eat it. i said, no, no, just because we're (half) filipino doesn't mean we eat all dogs - only the tasty ones. it was an awesomely perfect sunday picnic on a gorgeous san francisco day.
afterwards i introduced rj to his first it's it. tan described our group living in sf as 'the eternal college summer,' and it sure feels like it.
pics from jenn
apple
bud light
pastrami panini
goat cheese garlic chips
PBR (2)
champagne + orangina mimosas in plastic cocktail glass (2)
spicy garlic shrimp chips
mango fandango!!!!!! (fruit bowl)
i think we have gotten this whole indulgent sunday thing down to a science. it was 70 degrees with zero wind, and i have a sunburnt back. a football was thrown, kids were shooed away, people were baptized fully clothed in the bay, and we spent way too long looking for nonexistent shark's teeth in an exhibit at the visitor's center. by the way, you should definitely see 'the prestige' if you haven't yet...we saw a dog that looked like its coat was made of grey cotton candy, and melanie asked if we could eat it. i said, no, no, just because we're (half) filipino doesn't mean we eat all dogs - only the tasty ones. it was an awesomely perfect sunday picnic on a gorgeous san francisco day.
afterwards i introduced rj to his first it's it. tan described our group living in sf as 'the eternal college summer,' and it sure feels like it.
pics from jenn
Thursday, March 08, 2007
NEW YORK PHOTOS
here, a few select photos from new york (steve won't let me link to the flickr album and there are too many to upload them all here) -
angel share, a japanese speakeasy near st. mark's - very cool, good cocktails (i had the scenes in the city)
meat (flower) platter at kunjip in k-town
tchotkes at pinkberry - not offended - i think they're orange/lemon juicers? - feel bad for the mexican guy in the center with the slanty eyes
pinkberry - original flavor with mango - yum (lower case)
BIG UNIQLO - where we went EVERY DAY we were there - buying score: steve, 4; me, 1
owen wondered why there were so many asians in there
steve silhouette @ moma (muffin top head)
gratuitous shoe photo in moma elevator
scott, me, and minnie at freeman's (LES)
decor at freeman's, with their hipster busboys
reverend billy and the church of stop shopping, in front of astor place starbucks
c-town - shanghai cafe - right before it started snowing
overall, a good weekend - lots of old friends and cool spots - TOO MUCH UNIQLO?
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p.s. i've made it my mission to go to more museum free days - the new picasso at moma? it was ok, i am more looking forward to the matisse scultpures exhibit coming this summer - the vivienne westwood show at the de young is brilliant and awe-inspiring, definitely check it out!
here, a few select photos from new york (steve won't let me link to the flickr album and there are too many to upload them all here) -
angel share, a japanese speakeasy near st. mark's - very cool, good cocktails (i had the scenes in the city)
meat (flower) platter at kunjip in k-town
tchotkes at pinkberry - not offended - i think they're orange/lemon juicers? - feel bad for the mexican guy in the center with the slanty eyes
pinkberry - original flavor with mango - yum (lower case)
BIG UNIQLO - where we went EVERY DAY we were there - buying score: steve, 4; me, 1
owen wondered why there were so many asians in there
steve silhouette @ moma (muffin top head)
gratuitous shoe photo in moma elevator
scott, me, and minnie at freeman's (LES)
decor at freeman's, with their hipster busboys
reverend billy and the church of stop shopping, in front of astor place starbucks
c-town - shanghai cafe - right before it started snowing
overall, a good weekend - lots of old friends and cool spots - TOO MUCH UNIQLO?
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p.s. i've made it my mission to go to more museum free days - the new picasso at moma? it was ok, i am more looking forward to the matisse scultpures exhibit coming this summer - the vivienne westwood show at the de young is brilliant and awe-inspiring, definitely check it out!
Thursday, March 01, 2007
really awesome post about the misguided reaction the APA community is having to the asianweek fiasco - i am NOT defending it at all (i am totally disgusted by it), but saying 'we all love black people' doesn't fix or help anything...this is basically the same shit that happens any time there is any kind of racist asian thing (abercrombie, rosie o'donnell, etc) - there is a call for an apology, and then the issue dies.
Is this the new model minority that we’re playing out, always apologizing, never pushing the envelope toward justice?
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