email of the day, courtesy of steve
oh please, you know its H-O-T. woo hoo.ruff ruff. ee ee oo oo. reaaarrrrrr.
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awesome: hair in the shape of a hat
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save the hoodie!
Friday, October 21, 2005
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
two stories
also, see the newest issue of hardboiled here
Rebuilding the Big Easy
Latinos confront strained resources and tense race relations as they help clean up New Orleans and other hurricane-ravaged cities.
By Roberto Lovato
Oct. 19, 2005 | While Mayor Ray Nagin trumpets the return of lights, power and tourists to the French Quarter, Ruben Lopez of Fresno, Calif., and his roommate Myron Moran, a Guatemalan immigrant, rest in the pitch-black room of an abandoned hotel on Canal Street. They've just finished another sultry 14-hour day rebuilding the Big Easy.
"The rats here are the size of rabbits," says Moran, whose teeth glow white in the dark as he describes his temporary home. "We're paying $60 a night to this guy Eddie for a room with no AC, no lights, no electricity, no water and a bed that stinks," says Lopez, a California native who drove with his father to New Orleans after hearing about construction and cleanup work at a job fair in Fresno.
Lopez and Moran are part of a little-understood army of "aliens" (or, among the more politically correct, "out-of-state workers") drawn to the new New Orleans, a city on the verge of a radical Latinization that is also transforming other urban landscapes in the country.
"How do I ensure that New Orleans is not overrun by Mexican workers?" Mayor Nagin asked at a meeting with local business leaders last week. The fact that Moran, an almond-eyed, Maya-faced, 4-foot-2-inch undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, and Lopez, a shaven-headed, tattooed, 6-foot-3-inch U.S. citizen and former Chicano gang member are described as "Mexicans" reflects a profound lack of understanding in this city about its new population. U.S.-born and foreign-born workers are coming to the Gulf Coast from the Southwest, Florida, the Carolinas, Mexico and Latin America, swelling the numbers of Hispanics in Louisiana beyond the mere 3 percent recorded in the 2001 U.S. Census.
Malik Rahim, a former City Council candidate and head of Common Ground, a multiethnic advocacy group in the Algiers neighborhood, calls the mayor's remarks "the kind of scapegoating that only worsens an already difficult situation." Rahim, a former Black Panther, says he and other community activists are challenged enough by police brutality, Louisiana's historic racism and natural disasters. City leaders and the news media lack the resources and cultural knowledge to deal with the latest influx of workers to New Orleans, which historically has seen several waves of migrant workers, brought in by the French, Spanish and British empires.
Lopez, Moran and thousands of other immigrant and U.S.-born Latinos are cleaning debris, putting up drywall and restoring the ornate iron balconies of historic buildings on Canal Street and other streets in the French Quarter. Local Hondurans, who comprise the city's largest Latino population, report being the object of anger from blacks and whites who fear losing their livelihoods to low-wage Latino workers. Zapotec-speaking Oaxacan Indians walk the streets of New Orleans and elsewhere in Louisiana and in Mississippi after being threatened with deportation and kicked off local military bases, where they worked for local contractors without getting paid.
Latinos in the Gulf region are being racially profiled by local and federal authorities, says Victoria Cintra of the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance, one of the only organizations addressing Latino immigrant concerns in the region. Cintra believes the Bush administration's suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires payment of prevailing wages, along with its temporary removal of documentation requirements on I-9 forms, has strained race relations by lowering wages and fostering competition between groups.
"The Bush administration is inviting Latino workers to New Orleans and the South without creating conditions to protect them," says Cintra, who recently provided a tent to more than a dozen unpaid Oaxacan worker in New Orleans. "These workers are extremely vulnerable."
Walking down Bourbon Street in search of cheap eats, Lopez and Moran feel the effects of their vulnerable position in the heart of the Big Easy's tourist economy. "I walked up and asked this white guy if he knew where we could get some food," Lopez says, "and he said, 'I don't know a place where you can eat, wetback.' I almost hit him. But I held back because it isn't going to do anything. There's lots of racism here: white people, black people, even some Latinos."
Lopez says his current boss, who is black, "treats me really good, adding that a previous local contractor still owes him $1,200 for house-gutting and debris-cleanup work.
Having survived wars, hurricanes, earthquakes and poverty in Guatemala, Moran keeps his smile and sense of mission. In indigenous-inflected Guatemalan Spanish, Moran, who works long hours despite a leg injury from a previous job, has a message for his new neighbors: "I came to work. I came to make money so I can feed my children," he says. "These people don't know what I'm made of -- but they will."
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When Only Slabs of Pink, Jellied Byproduct Will Do
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two songs
"lighters up," lil kim
"shake it off," mariah!
also, see the newest issue of hardboiled here
Rebuilding the Big Easy
Latinos confront strained resources and tense race relations as they help clean up New Orleans and other hurricane-ravaged cities.
By Roberto Lovato
Oct. 19, 2005 | While Mayor Ray Nagin trumpets the return of lights, power and tourists to the French Quarter, Ruben Lopez of Fresno, Calif., and his roommate Myron Moran, a Guatemalan immigrant, rest in the pitch-black room of an abandoned hotel on Canal Street. They've just finished another sultry 14-hour day rebuilding the Big Easy.
"The rats here are the size of rabbits," says Moran, whose teeth glow white in the dark as he describes his temporary home. "We're paying $60 a night to this guy Eddie for a room with no AC, no lights, no electricity, no water and a bed that stinks," says Lopez, a California native who drove with his father to New Orleans after hearing about construction and cleanup work at a job fair in Fresno.
Lopez and Moran are part of a little-understood army of "aliens" (or, among the more politically correct, "out-of-state workers") drawn to the new New Orleans, a city on the verge of a radical Latinization that is also transforming other urban landscapes in the country.
"How do I ensure that New Orleans is not overrun by Mexican workers?" Mayor Nagin asked at a meeting with local business leaders last week. The fact that Moran, an almond-eyed, Maya-faced, 4-foot-2-inch undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, and Lopez, a shaven-headed, tattooed, 6-foot-3-inch U.S. citizen and former Chicano gang member are described as "Mexicans" reflects a profound lack of understanding in this city about its new population. U.S.-born and foreign-born workers are coming to the Gulf Coast from the Southwest, Florida, the Carolinas, Mexico and Latin America, swelling the numbers of Hispanics in Louisiana beyond the mere 3 percent recorded in the 2001 U.S. Census.
Malik Rahim, a former City Council candidate and head of Common Ground, a multiethnic advocacy group in the Algiers neighborhood, calls the mayor's remarks "the kind of scapegoating that only worsens an already difficult situation." Rahim, a former Black Panther, says he and other community activists are challenged enough by police brutality, Louisiana's historic racism and natural disasters. City leaders and the news media lack the resources and cultural knowledge to deal with the latest influx of workers to New Orleans, which historically has seen several waves of migrant workers, brought in by the French, Spanish and British empires.
Lopez, Moran and thousands of other immigrant and U.S.-born Latinos are cleaning debris, putting up drywall and restoring the ornate iron balconies of historic buildings on Canal Street and other streets in the French Quarter. Local Hondurans, who comprise the city's largest Latino population, report being the object of anger from blacks and whites who fear losing their livelihoods to low-wage Latino workers. Zapotec-speaking Oaxacan Indians walk the streets of New Orleans and elsewhere in Louisiana and in Mississippi after being threatened with deportation and kicked off local military bases, where they worked for local contractors without getting paid.
Latinos in the Gulf region are being racially profiled by local and federal authorities, says Victoria Cintra of the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance, one of the only organizations addressing Latino immigrant concerns in the region. Cintra believes the Bush administration's suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires payment of prevailing wages, along with its temporary removal of documentation requirements on I-9 forms, has strained race relations by lowering wages and fostering competition between groups.
"The Bush administration is inviting Latino workers to New Orleans and the South without creating conditions to protect them," says Cintra, who recently provided a tent to more than a dozen unpaid Oaxacan worker in New Orleans. "These workers are extremely vulnerable."
Walking down Bourbon Street in search of cheap eats, Lopez and Moran feel the effects of their vulnerable position in the heart of the Big Easy's tourist economy. "I walked up and asked this white guy if he knew where we could get some food," Lopez says, "and he said, 'I don't know a place where you can eat, wetback.' I almost hit him. But I held back because it isn't going to do anything. There's lots of racism here: white people, black people, even some Latinos."
Lopez says his current boss, who is black, "treats me really good, adding that a previous local contractor still owes him $1,200 for house-gutting and debris-cleanup work.
Having survived wars, hurricanes, earthquakes and poverty in Guatemala, Moran keeps his smile and sense of mission. In indigenous-inflected Guatemalan Spanish, Moran, who works long hours despite a leg injury from a previous job, has a message for his new neighbors: "I came to work. I came to make money so I can feed my children," he says. "These people don't know what I'm made of -- but they will."
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When Only Slabs of Pink, Jellied Byproduct Will Do
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two songs
"lighters up," lil kim
"shake it off," mariah!
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Sunday, October 09, 2005
where da ballers at?
the guy at my gym said "sup, ma" to me today as he scanned my card. i snickered, but i liked it.
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a profile of the angry asian one in the washington post (via julie)
the guy at my gym said "sup, ma" to me today as he scanned my card. i snickered, but i liked it.
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a profile of the angry asian one in the washington post (via julie)
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Friday, October 07, 2005
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
mishmash
-CUNNILINGUS IN N0RTH K0REA (YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES)
-viktor & rolf's spring 2006 ready-to-wear
-breakfast by steve:
-my newest insane purchase (the skirt):
zadie reading from on beauty:
zadie signing my book!
-my next insane purchase
-CUNNILINGUS IN N0RTH K0REA (YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES)
-viktor & rolf's spring 2006 ready-to-wear
-breakfast by steve:
-my newest insane purchase (the skirt):
zadie reading from on beauty:
zadie signing my book!
-my next insane purchase
Monday, October 03, 2005
weekend recap in food
zachary's stuffed chicken pizza
ramen and steak at casa choi
a sourdough jack on my bed
tofu-kimchi-sausage omlette and hash brown melt at art's cafe
stick of gum from laurie's tube top
steve's specialty bell pepper-green onion-cilantro scramble and potatoes
homemade ceviche and mocha chip ice cream at laurie's
brie and crackers at crissy field
roast beef at popo's
thanks for another great weekend, little mug (aka papa bear).
zachary's stuffed chicken pizza
ramen and steak at casa choi
a sourdough jack on my bed
tofu-kimchi-sausage omlette and hash brown melt at art's cafe
stick of gum from laurie's tube top
steve's specialty bell pepper-green onion-cilantro scramble and potatoes
homemade ceviche and mocha chip ice cream at laurie's
brie and crackers at crissy field
roast beef at popo's
thanks for another great weekend, little mug (aka papa bear).
Thursday, September 29, 2005
i found the h&m flash model!!! go here and then click on "h&m denim - romeo & juliet" then you want to look for something that says "dressing room". from what i can tell, you can only try on different types of jeans, but you get to put in your weight and hair style and it's kinda fun.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
oh, where to begin?
so many fucking things wrong with this article, and to top it off, of course it's written by a columbia j-schooler who graduated just before me and had the same RW1 prof.
-[Pi Alpha Phi president] Chang said he doesn’t 'really see the point' of having clubs that are exclusively Asian...
-“Everyone tries to assimilate,” he said. “I don’t think there’s a future here in trying to hold on to [exclusively Asian] tradition.”
- Last year, Thomas took part in a “Black Out” protest, where black students dressed in black and silently blocked hallways as their way of protesting their lack of a voice on campus. “Caucasian students were more vocal against us,” Thomas said. “Like the Berkeley Republicans, they’re a strong group, but it’s all Caucasian. It’s easier to cope [as a black student], the Asians are more apathetic, less hostile.”
- Albert Wu, president of the Asian Political Association, hopes to change that, at least the apathetic part. Wu agreed that Asian students are less likely than others to be politically involved on campus. “There’s a strong culture from immigrant families of not wanting to be involved in politics,” Wu said. “They want sciences, to get economically stable.” About half of all Berkeley’s Asian students are of Chinese ancestry. “In China, politicians aren’t very well respected. Doctors and scientists are revered. That’s why I’m named ‘Albert.’ ”
yawn. well i'm glad he broke so many preconceptions of asian ams at berkeley with that article and really furthered the debate on the issue. thanks. this is why white people should not write about communities of color.
so many fucking things wrong with this article, and to top it off, of course it's written by a columbia j-schooler who graduated just before me and had the same RW1 prof.
-[Pi Alpha Phi president] Chang said he doesn’t 'really see the point' of having clubs that are exclusively Asian...
-“Everyone tries to assimilate,” he said. “I don’t think there’s a future here in trying to hold on to [exclusively Asian] tradition.”
- Last year, Thomas took part in a “Black Out” protest, where black students dressed in black and silently blocked hallways as their way of protesting their lack of a voice on campus. “Caucasian students were more vocal against us,” Thomas said. “Like the Berkeley Republicans, they’re a strong group, but it’s all Caucasian. It’s easier to cope [as a black student], the Asians are more apathetic, less hostile.”
- Albert Wu, president of the Asian Political Association, hopes to change that, at least the apathetic part. Wu agreed that Asian students are less likely than others to be politically involved on campus. “There’s a strong culture from immigrant families of not wanting to be involved in politics,” Wu said. “They want sciences, to get economically stable.” About half of all Berkeley’s Asian students are of Chinese ancestry. “In China, politicians aren’t very well respected. Doctors and scientists are revered. That’s why I’m named ‘Albert.’ ”
yawn. well i'm glad he broke so many preconceptions of asian ams at berkeley with that article and really furthered the debate on the issue. thanks. this is why white people should not write about communities of color.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Monday, September 26, 2005
status aint hood
does anyone know what that means? or are we all too indie rock to understand? i've been cleaning my room in anticipation of the arrival of both steve and minnay (aka my topshop dealer aka alan cumming, wtf?), and i found a copy of laurie's destiny's child cd, and I AM SO ROCKING THAT SHIT 24/7 SUCKAZ. seriously there are some good songs on there. my favorite is "soldier." i must go to claire's now and buy some hoop earrings.
does anyone know what that means? or are we all too indie rock to understand? i've been cleaning my room in anticipation of the arrival of both steve and minnay (aka my topshop dealer aka alan cumming, wtf?), and i found a copy of laurie's destiny's child cd, and I AM SO ROCKING THAT SHIT 24/7 SUCKAZ. seriously there are some good songs on there. my favorite is "soldier." i must go to claire's now and buy some hoop earrings.
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Monday, September 19, 2005
so i saw a rehearsal for my play - i couldn't stop smiling for the first ten minutes i was watching them rehearse. i felt like a proud parent. then i remembered i was supposed to be the mysterious playwright, shrouded in intrigue, and quickly assumed that pose.
also, for anyone interested in going to the show that i'm going to, i am going THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. i am also planning to go to the last show. you MUST make reservations for the show (b/c the theatre is so small, they want to make sure they can accomodate everyone) at 415-255-0440. let me know if you're going friday, although i'm sure i will see you there if you go.
also, for anyone interested in going to the show that i'm going to, i am going THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. i am also planning to go to the last show. you MUST make reservations for the show (b/c the theatre is so small, they want to make sure they can accomodate everyone) at 415-255-0440. let me know if you're going friday, although i'm sure i will see you there if you go.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
the body is a strange crazy thing
the body is strange in the amount of alcohol it can contain, the amount of sleep it needs and the amount of food it can ingest. this has been week of food, and yet each time i wake up, i'm hungry.
week in recap
-the 1nvisible cities lunchtime concert @ 101 california - marg0t got a shout-out for her blue hair!
-a good night of crossfading on tuesday - complete with live video game component and the best sourdough jack i have ever eaten. ever.
-laguna beach marathon w/laurie @ her new place
-alpha bar - tokyo ice tea and new orleans ice tea ("isn't this a little insensitive?") night of the "milquetoast"
-apature comedy night - best stand-up show i have seen this year. he is hilahhrious.
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"these words," natasha bedingfield
"sweet troubled soul," stellastarr
"comrades & friends (loquat remix)," from monument to masses
the body is strange in the amount of alcohol it can contain, the amount of sleep it needs and the amount of food it can ingest. this has been week of food, and yet each time i wake up, i'm hungry.
week in recap
-the 1nvisible cities lunchtime concert @ 101 california - marg0t got a shout-out for her blue hair!
-a good night of crossfading on tuesday - complete with live video game component and the best sourdough jack i have ever eaten. ever.
-laguna beach marathon w/laurie @ her new place
-alpha bar - tokyo ice tea and new orleans ice tea ("isn't this a little insensitive?") night of the "milquetoast"
-apature comedy night - best stand-up show i have seen this year. he is hilahhrious.
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"these words," natasha bedingfield
"sweet troubled soul," stellastarr
"comrades & friends (loquat remix)," from monument to masses
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
minnie?
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why i must return to new york
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obviously gawker gets four LOLs from me today. also see their look book critique, made all the more hilarious because i just learned what bukkake is (yeah, i know, sheltered).
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WHO ARE YOU, BOT? WHO ARE YOU??
sam and i have been following the movements of one steve a0ki, and in the proces have learned way more about marg0t than i ever wanted to know.
Me:
http://p099.ezboard.com/fjjboardfrm12.showMessage?topicID=89966.topic
and it looks like the asian pharrell was there too
Marg0t:
AAHAHAHA. did ydou read the commetns below the post...
ok laugh but i think benji is actually pretty hot. hillary duff is dating joel madden? wtf is going on? i still don't really get your two's obsession w/steve aoki and stalking pics of him on the internet but i laugh anyway.
Me:
OMG I JUST THREW UP IN MY MOUTH. FULL THROW UP. NOT A LITTLE. YOU THINK BENJI IS CUTE?!??!?!?! YOU ARE SO HOT TOPIC OMG.
Marg0t
damn you. but i dig eyeliner on guys. what can i say. i just gotta be me. just b/c i think he's hot won't prevent me from making fun of him and good charlotte.
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why i must return to new york
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obviously gawker gets four LOLs from me today. also see their look book critique, made all the more hilarious because i just learned what bukkake is (yeah, i know, sheltered).
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WHO ARE YOU, BOT? WHO ARE YOU??
sam and i have been following the movements of one steve a0ki, and in the proces have learned way more about marg0t than i ever wanted to know.
Me:
http://p099.ezboard.com/fjjboardfrm12.showMessage?topicID=89966.topic
and it looks like the asian pharrell was there too
Marg0t:
AAHAHAHA. did ydou read the commetns below the post...
ok laugh but i think benji is actually pretty hot. hillary duff is dating joel madden? wtf is going on? i still don't really get your two's obsession w/steve aoki and stalking pics of him on the internet but i laugh anyway.
Me:
OMG I JUST THREW UP IN MY MOUTH. FULL THROW UP. NOT A LITTLE. YOU THINK BENJI IS CUTE?!??!?!?! YOU ARE SO HOT TOPIC OMG.
Marg0t
damn you. but i dig eyeliner on guys. what can i say. i just gotta be me. just b/c i think he's hot won't prevent me from making fun of him and good charlotte.
Monday, September 12, 2005
what the...heather graham?
firecrotch should be paid more. anyone who whacks at a drum and tamborine with that much gusto AND plays the accordion deserves a raise. but i guess his enthusiasm can be attributed to the fact that he is ten feet away from the thin white duke. oh, david bowie - why must everything you touch turn to gold?
firecrotch should be paid more. anyone who whacks at a drum and tamborine with that much gusto AND plays the accordion deserves a raise. but i guess his enthusiasm can be attributed to the fact that he is ten feet away from the thin white duke. oh, david bowie - why must everything you touch turn to gold?
“Don’t be rude! Rise to the fashion occasion!”
..and that poor editor's sweater was "destroyed"!
..and that poor editor's sweater was "destroyed"!
fruitfucker
rj: i find the word "factchecker" to be vulgar when glanced at very quickly
me: what does it look like? is it the f c and k in succession?
rj: something along the lines of
rj: "fruitfucker" or something
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ma seeto
ma seeto: when did marg0t leave her phone in your car?
me: last night.
ma seeto: oh. what did you do last night?
me, thinking to myself: well, first we went with about 20 guys (including one of marg0t's former FBs) to a club in the tenderloin where they had an open bar, and where we drank adios muthafuckas and tried to pick off unsuspecting younger guys. after we got pretty faded, we moved to another club where your daughter got bumped n' grinded by a guy she went on a date with last week. oh, and she smoked a j outside the club with this guy's dealer later that night. damn, your daughter is so crazay!
me, outloud: um, we just went to a friend's birthday party.
rj: i find the word "factchecker" to be vulgar when glanced at very quickly
me: what does it look like? is it the f c and k in succession?
rj: something along the lines of
rj: "fruitfucker" or something
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ma seeto
ma seeto: when did marg0t leave her phone in your car?
me: last night.
ma seeto: oh. what did you do last night?
me, thinking to myself: well, first we went with about 20 guys (including one of marg0t's former FBs) to a club in the tenderloin where they had an open bar, and where we drank adios muthafuckas and tried to pick off unsuspecting younger guys. after we got pretty faded, we moved to another club where your daughter got bumped n' grinded by a guy she went on a date with last week. oh, and she smoked a j outside the club with this guy's dealer later that night. damn, your daughter is so crazay!
me, outloud: um, we just went to a friend's birthday party.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
labor day photos from hi-fi
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CFW log, stardate 9/11/2005
me: "ok, see that picture with alice and jaime in it, the one where they're on the dance floor?"
minnie: "yeah..."
me: "see that white guy dancing in the background behind them?"
minnie: "yeah..."
me: "yeah, he was like that."
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CFW log, stardate 9/11/2005
me: "ok, see that picture with alice and jaime in it, the one where they're on the dance floor?"
minnie: "yeah..."
me: "see that white guy dancing in the background behind them?"
minnie: "yeah..."
me: "yeah, he was like that."
Friday, September 09, 2005
new california media has a good roundup of asian communities hit by the hurricane that we haven't heard about.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
about saturday night
three-day rule NEVER LIES.
sam: easiest hookup ever?
me: it would have been...
me: if he was her type
sam: is cute not a type?
sam: was he not riot grrrrrrl enough for her?
sam: did he not like meat?
three-day rule NEVER LIES.
sam: easiest hookup ever?
me: it would have been...
me: if he was her type
sam: is cute not a type?
sam: was he not riot grrrrrrl enough for her?
sam: did he not like meat?
pentagon press transcripts can be good sources of dialogue
regarding a massive student database for military recruiters that was made public two years after it was created.
Media: What do you say to privacy advocates who view this as government intrusion into the privacy of citizens and that this is a big brother situation?
Chu: I don't think so. We're only using it to mail stuff to people.
Media: You're not calling recruits?
Chu: I don't think this contains telephone numbers.
Media: Yeah, it does.
Media: It certainly does.
Carr: One portion is --
Chu: Oh, okay.
Media: And the data that's collected from No Child Left Behind is included in this database, is that right?
Chu: No, no. It's not. This has no connection to No Child Left Behind.
Media: Why wouldn't that be included if you're going to be --
Chu: I think it was included, if I may say so, only in your article. Let me put on the record. It has no connection to No Child Left Behind. We do not merge this with No Child Left Behind --
Media: I was told that you do merge it with the opt outs from No Child Left Behind.
Chu: You can under the Privacy Act write in and say I don't want to be on your list and we then take you out of the list.
Media: How can anyone have opted out if they didn't know the program existed?
Chu: That's why we have a notice in the Federal Register.
Media: [Laughter].
regarding a massive student database for military recruiters that was made public two years after it was created.
Media: What do you say to privacy advocates who view this as government intrusion into the privacy of citizens and that this is a big brother situation?
Chu: I don't think so. We're only using it to mail stuff to people.
Media: You're not calling recruits?
Chu: I don't think this contains telephone numbers.
Media: Yeah, it does.
Media: It certainly does.
Carr: One portion is --
Chu: Oh, okay.
Media: And the data that's collected from No Child Left Behind is included in this database, is that right?
Chu: No, no. It's not. This has no connection to No Child Left Behind.
Media: Why wouldn't that be included if you're going to be --
Chu: I think it was included, if I may say so, only in your article. Let me put on the record. It has no connection to No Child Left Behind. We do not merge this with No Child Left Behind --
Media: I was told that you do merge it with the opt outs from No Child Left Behind.
Chu: You can under the Privacy Act write in and say I don't want to be on your list and we then take you out of the list.
Media: How can anyone have opted out if they didn't know the program existed?
Chu: That's why we have a notice in the Federal Register.
Media: [Laughter].
Friday, September 02, 2005
Thursday, September 01, 2005
the self-fulfilling prophecy
so last night baby cuddles and the gotbot gave me a impromptu preview of what my scene is going to look like on stage. i started it off by saying, "let's be real - how many white guys DON'T have an asian fetish?" cuddles begrudingly agreed with me, and then then told a story about a white girl who was complaining that asian women area taking all the white men: "isn't there another part of the equation missing??!" he said dramatically. marg0t had been doing the dishes while this debate was raging. cuddles told her to stop doing the dishes. she kept doing them. at this point, i screamed.
so last night baby cuddles and the gotbot gave me a impromptu preview of what my scene is going to look like on stage. i started it off by saying, "let's be real - how many white guys DON'T have an asian fetish?" cuddles begrudingly agreed with me, and then then told a story about a white girl who was complaining that asian women area taking all the white men: "isn't there another part of the equation missing??!" he said dramatically. marg0t had been doing the dishes while this debate was raging. cuddles told her to stop doing the dishes. she kept doing them. at this point, i screamed.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
"damn, that aint even dark"
the scene i wrote for my playwriting class was chosen to be performed next month!!! the show will be three weekends starting sept. 22. details to come, but save the dates.
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just another monday in san francisco
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finally, i got blog tagged by boba fett - i mean, minnie ("an Asian American woman in her mid-20s")
1. i don't like food that much. i eat for sustenance, not enjoyment.
2. i think my hands are one of my best-looking body parts.
3. i think my sister is HOT (girl crush!)
4. i hate HATE hate cali style on men and women - wifebeaters, flip flops, hoodies.
5. once when i was a little twerp, i painted white-out on parts of my dad's paintings and some of my mom's plants.
the scene i wrote for my playwriting class was chosen to be performed next month!!! the show will be three weekends starting sept. 22. details to come, but save the dates.
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just another monday in san francisco
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finally, i got blog tagged by boba fett - i mean, minnie ("an Asian American woman in her mid-20s")
1. i don't like food that much. i eat for sustenance, not enjoyment.
2. i think my hands are one of my best-looking body parts.
3. i think my sister is HOT (girl crush!)
4. i hate HATE hate cali style on men and women - wifebeaters, flip flops, hoodies.
5. once when i was a little twerp, i painted white-out on parts of my dad's paintings and some of my mom's plants.
Monday, August 29, 2005
the month in acronyms
TC
BTW
WTF
FB
TMI
OMG
FYI
DL
HM
DTR
RTFM
CFW (eyes)
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an oh-my-god-is-summer-really-over-it-was-never-even-here mix
"girls just wanna have fun," death cab for cutie
1909 and hijacked songs, scrabbel
schools of thought contend, from monument to masses
"earthquake of '73," fruit bats
"i do dream you," jennifer gentle
"tear you apart," she wants revenge (interpol part 2, joy division part 3?)
TC
BTW
WTF
FB
TMI
OMG
FYI
DL
HM
DTR
RTFM
CFW (eyes)
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an oh-my-god-is-summer-really-over-it-was-never-even-here mix
"girls just wanna have fun," death cab for cutie
1909 and hijacked songs, scrabbel
schools of thought contend, from monument to masses
"earthquake of '73," fruit bats
"i do dream you," jennifer gentle
"tear you apart," she wants revenge (interpol part 2, joy division part 3?)
swoon
FMTM: any band that the bot gives a three-heart review and makes ali w. want to date-rape herself AND throw her vagina at is worth checking out, at least. as for me, the drummer has my dream hair. sigh, straight perm...
ninjas were also rockin' (rawkin?).
must revise script by tomorrow noon, so trying to get it done tonight. send me good writing vibes.
FMTM: any band that the bot gives a three-heart review and makes ali w. want to date-rape herself AND throw her vagina at is worth checking out, at least. as for me, the drummer has my dream hair. sigh, straight perm...
ninjas were also rockin' (rawkin?).
must revise script by tomorrow noon, so trying to get it done tonight. send me good writing vibes.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Saturday, August 20, 2005
this is bot:
this is me:
this is party choi:
last night ali called me michael jackson (thriller-era) b/c of my flashy white blazer. i also found $13 in the bathroom at hobson's choice, and treated party choi and bot to pizza and soda. bot and i also gave party choi a lesson on "body language for dummies."
this is me:
this is party choi:
last night ali called me michael jackson (thriller-era) b/c of my flashy white blazer. i also found $13 in the bathroom at hobson's choice, and treated party choi and bot to pizza and soda. bot and i also gave party choi a lesson on "body language for dummies."
Friday, August 19, 2005
it's friday, which means, blow up the ralph lauren store, down the block from my office!
my boss joked that it was the work of tommy hilfiger. YOU'RE out of style!
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everyone thinks i'm just complaining about the weather, but DUDE:
On Wednesday, San Francisco was colder than Anchorage, Alaska.
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from sam: waste ten minutes playing the Friend Zone Game, aka how much game do emo hipsters (not) have? cmon, it's friday afternoon.
my boss joked that it was the work of tommy hilfiger. YOU'RE out of style!
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everyone thinks i'm just complaining about the weather, but DUDE:
On Wednesday, San Francisco was colder than Anchorage, Alaska.
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from sam: waste ten minutes playing the Friend Zone Game, aka how much game do emo hipsters (not) have? cmon, it's friday afternoon.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
the racial deconstruction of shakira
or, why "the embodiment of globalization" is not a compliment
or, why "the embodiment of globalization" is not a compliment
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
top 2 moments from last night
-boss snugglez being called "norman" by strange advice-giving, guitar-playing woman at madrone
-the bot thinking i came up with “rock it don’t stop it”
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by the way, i keep forgetting: i got offered a promotion of sorts, a fellowship at the mag, so i will be here until january at least. and i'll be getting paid more, so more rounds on me, as eric says. also, i might get something published in the next issue! a very small something.
also: there is someone from stanfurd.edu who reads this daily. i don't know anyone at the 'furd anymore, so hello to you.
newsflash: sgt. meat just asked me for a threesome!: "or how about, wanna have a threesome?"
-boss snugglez being called "norman" by strange advice-giving, guitar-playing woman at madrone
-the bot thinking i came up with “rock it don’t stop it”
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by the way, i keep forgetting: i got offered a promotion of sorts, a fellowship at the mag, so i will be here until january at least. and i'll be getting paid more, so more rounds on me, as eric says. also, i might get something published in the next issue! a very small something.
also: there is someone from stanfurd.edu who reads this daily. i don't know anyone at the 'furd anymore, so hello to you.
newsflash: sgt. meat just asked me for a threesome!: "or how about, wanna have a threesome?"
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Friday, August 12, 2005
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
dear comrades -
i just sent this to many of you, but for those whose emails i don't have...
i know it's a little early, but i just wanted to put something on your
radar for the november 8 special election.
proposition 73 would make it mandatory for doctors to notify the
parents of teenage women seeking abortions. no matter what your stance
on abortion is, you should VOTE NO on this proposition. it has been
shown many times that parents' notification laws like this one DO NOT
LOWER TEEN PREGNANCY OR TEEN ABORTION RATES. these laws will not put a
stop teen pregnancy. they only create one more obstacle for teen women
who want an abortion, thereby delaying the abortion or forcing women
to seek illegal abortions. THIS PUTS WOMEN'S HEALTH AT RISK.
it's so important to educate your friends and family about this
proposition so it will be roundly defeated in november. and if you
think there is no way something like this could pass in our great
liberal state, i have one word for you - schwarzenegger.
lisa
What is Prop 73?
Proposition 73 would amend the state constitution to require health
care providers to notify the parents of young women under the age of
18 before providing abortion services. Once a parent has been
notified, a mandatory waiting period of 48 hours is required before
the doctor can provide an abortion. Only those teens faced with a
medical emergency or those who obtain a "judicial bypass" are exempt
from the parental notification requirement.
More info:
http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/protectteens/explanation
http://www.noprop73.org/
i just sent this to many of you, but for those whose emails i don't have...
i know it's a little early, but i just wanted to put something on your
radar for the november 8 special election.
proposition 73 would make it mandatory for doctors to notify the
parents of teenage women seeking abortions. no matter what your stance
on abortion is, you should VOTE NO on this proposition. it has been
shown many times that parents' notification laws like this one DO NOT
LOWER TEEN PREGNANCY OR TEEN ABORTION RATES. these laws will not put a
stop teen pregnancy. they only create one more obstacle for teen women
who want an abortion, thereby delaying the abortion or forcing women
to seek illegal abortions. THIS PUTS WOMEN'S HEALTH AT RISK.
it's so important to educate your friends and family about this
proposition so it will be roundly defeated in november. and if you
think there is no way something like this could pass in our great
liberal state, i have one word for you - schwarzenegger.
lisa
What is Prop 73?
Proposition 73 would amend the state constitution to require health
care providers to notify the parents of young women under the age of
18 before providing abortion services. Once a parent has been
notified, a mandatory waiting period of 48 hours is required before
the doctor can provide an abortion. Only those teens faced with a
medical emergency or those who obtain a "judicial bypass" are exempt
from the parental notification requirement.
More info:
http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/protectteens/explanation
http://www.noprop73.org/
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
who wants to join our reading club? to entice you in, we're reading jhumpa lahiri's "interpreter of maladies," one of my all-time favorite books. you should really read it, and what better excuse than a bookclub xanga? we'll read the book, then post on the blog. comment here if you want in.
Sunday, August 07, 2005
i was bit by a big dog when i was about 5 years old. the dog my auntie was dog-sitting seemed gigantic at the time, but in reality, it might have been just a mid-size (compact?) dog. it had been friendly to me until that point, but having not grown up around pets (like many of you, it seems), i didn't know some key rules about interacting with domesticated animals. the foremost being do not bother something while it is eating.
it was eating something from its dish, and i was petting it gently. unfortunately, i started petting it on its head, perhaps a little too close to its face. it snapped at me and put a three-inch gash in the meaty part of my left hand. my mom had a hissy because she feared i had contracted rabies and made several worried phone calls to my dad back in sf (we were in seattle at the time) to consult the time-worn children's illnesses reference book. i'm sure my mom tried to explain to me why the dog had bitten me, but i didn't fully understand the lesson until years later, when, as i tried to annoy her while she was tiredly eating dinner, she too snapped at me. "stop it! didn't you learn when you got bit by the dog? people don't like to be bothered when they're eating!"
since then, eating meals has been a sort of sacred event, where i understood all too well the delicate equilibrium between calm and chaos. the ultimate sacrilege was disturbing the peace of a meal by any kind of bad news or argument. arguing over a meal can literally ruin the meal - it makes the food taste horrible. you cannot physically enjoy the taste. after the past few weeks, i've made it my new mission to spread the word of my new gospel - don't bring up bad news or anything that might provoke an argument over a meal. please, for me. i have such a bad relationship with food that i really don't need another thing to put me off eating.
in related news, i've decided to go on a health kick (my sister says "diet" is too severe). i'm going to start eating right and exercising more. the reason is that i've seen a bunch of DC folks in the past few weeks, and they've all either experienced extreme weight loss or maintained their 2003 weight. i, on the other hand, "look healthier," according to cherry, who assures me it's a good thing. apparently round faces are out. :( do not try to talk me out of it. i will not be dissuaded. i went running the past two days AND have been eating salad (and enjoying it!).
anyways. my scene for my playwriting class is due this week. god, help me write fast and not suck.
it was eating something from its dish, and i was petting it gently. unfortunately, i started petting it on its head, perhaps a little too close to its face. it snapped at me and put a three-inch gash in the meaty part of my left hand. my mom had a hissy because she feared i had contracted rabies and made several worried phone calls to my dad back in sf (we were in seattle at the time) to consult the time-worn children's illnesses reference book. i'm sure my mom tried to explain to me why the dog had bitten me, but i didn't fully understand the lesson until years later, when, as i tried to annoy her while she was tiredly eating dinner, she too snapped at me. "stop it! didn't you learn when you got bit by the dog? people don't like to be bothered when they're eating!"
since then, eating meals has been a sort of sacred event, where i understood all too well the delicate equilibrium between calm and chaos. the ultimate sacrilege was disturbing the peace of a meal by any kind of bad news or argument. arguing over a meal can literally ruin the meal - it makes the food taste horrible. you cannot physically enjoy the taste. after the past few weeks, i've made it my new mission to spread the word of my new gospel - don't bring up bad news or anything that might provoke an argument over a meal. please, for me. i have such a bad relationship with food that i really don't need another thing to put me off eating.
in related news, i've decided to go on a health kick (my sister says "diet" is too severe). i'm going to start eating right and exercising more. the reason is that i've seen a bunch of DC folks in the past few weeks, and they've all either experienced extreme weight loss or maintained their 2003 weight. i, on the other hand, "look healthier," according to cherry, who assures me it's a good thing. apparently round faces are out. :( do not try to talk me out of it. i will not be dissuaded. i went running the past two days AND have been eating salad (and enjoying it!).
anyways. my scene for my playwriting class is due this week. god, help me write fast and not suck.
Friday, August 05, 2005
i vaguely remember a period of life when i was obsessed with turning collars up while drunk. can anyone out there verify this?
Thursday, August 04, 2005
S-O-U-N-D-S
i've been getting into this podcasting thing, but only because now you can get KCRW's morning becomes eclectic through iTunes. i actually don't like most of the songs they play on a daily basis, but the in-studio band sets are pretty rockin'. one of the more recent podcasts featured a SF-based band (no, not a typo there) called every move a picture. i dig em! they are dance-y. whoo!
related: if you have nexis, there was a recent ny times magazine piece on morning becomes eclectic.
i've been getting into this podcasting thing, but only because now you can get KCRW's morning becomes eclectic through iTunes. i actually don't like most of the songs they play on a daily basis, but the in-studio band sets are pretty rockin'. one of the more recent podcasts featured a SF-based band (no, not a typo there) called every move a picture. i dig em! they are dance-y. whoo!
related: if you have nexis, there was a recent ny times magazine piece on morning becomes eclectic.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
blue suede shoes
omg someone take away my credit card. i bought a pair of shoes on my lunch break - dkny blue suede wedges for $40 (60% off!). these are the perils of working across from loehmann's.
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i watched a little bit of blow on usa last night - man, i love that movie. i cried the first time i saw it (on my flight to study abroad in england), and ever since, it has always moved me to tears. don't know why exactly. something to do with the daughter-father relationship. one of my journ. school profs first wrote that story. new life goal: to write a story that becomes a johnny deppy movie.
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maruchan vs. ichiban - discuss.
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since watching jules et jim, i've been totally obsessed with the song "le tourbillon" for the past few days. it's a really pretty song, even though i don't know french.
omg someone take away my credit card. i bought a pair of shoes on my lunch break - dkny blue suede wedges for $40 (60% off!). these are the perils of working across from loehmann's.
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i watched a little bit of blow on usa last night - man, i love that movie. i cried the first time i saw it (on my flight to study abroad in england), and ever since, it has always moved me to tears. don't know why exactly. something to do with the daughter-father relationship. one of my journ. school profs first wrote that story. new life goal: to write a story that becomes a johnny deppy movie.
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maruchan vs. ichiban - discuss.
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since watching jules et jim, i've been totally obsessed with the song "le tourbillon" for the past few days. it's a really pretty song, even though i don't know french.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
well when you put it that way...
i haven't traveled anywhere!
visited 11 countries-
Create your own world map
i haven't traveled anywhere!
My personal world map
visited 11 countries-Create your own world map
Monday, August 01, 2005
a photo tribute to the birthday boy:
u street house, 2003
lin's ass
and my all-time favorite lin pic:
happy birthday lin!
u street house, 2003
lin's assand my all-time favorite lin pic:
happy birthday lin!
Sunday, July 31, 2005
easy like sunday morning
the 6 am flight from vegas this morning was the worst flight of my life. still drunk from leaving the club only two hours before, i had some coffee to sober up and stay awake. big mistake - i passed out on the flight, but woke up in oakland feeling like shit - tired, dehydrated, yucky. went home and proceeded to throw up coffee before passing out (anyone remember when i did that in dc, too?). disgusting. i heard lionel in the airport as i boarded the plane and thought of how much i love and miss my stoner boyfriend.
highlights of the weekend:
-half of little bottles of alch. on the plane with bot thursday night
-smothered cheese fries @ denny's
-chippendale's steve butter-popcorn-chicken marinade
-two-hour brunch buffet @ bally's
-chilean sea bass @ the bellagio
-santori time, rj
-getting felt up by a red m&m in the creepy m&m exhibit!!
-pictures of julia's boobs
-obsession with steph chang
-awesome awesome new board!! the best we've had yet
"i lost 25 cents at the penny slots today. BUT i won 50 cents yesterday." - chance
here are some pics. can people send me their pics from this weekend too?
the best part about vegas is the subtle patriotism.
cute japanese woman who was probably thinking "what the fuck is this place?"
the bot, being the bot.
i don't really like this picture of me, but it's something. i kept bitching about how fake the eiffel tower looks, as if authenticity is what vegas is really concerned with.
yay new board!!!! they are way more rad than i.
donuts getting glazed.
a self-explanatory picture.
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"us," regina spektor
the 6 am flight from vegas this morning was the worst flight of my life. still drunk from leaving the club only two hours before, i had some coffee to sober up and stay awake. big mistake - i passed out on the flight, but woke up in oakland feeling like shit - tired, dehydrated, yucky. went home and proceeded to throw up coffee before passing out (anyone remember when i did that in dc, too?). disgusting. i heard lionel in the airport as i boarded the plane and thought of how much i love and miss my stoner boyfriend.
highlights of the weekend:
-half of little bottles of alch. on the plane with bot thursday night
-smothered cheese fries @ denny's
-chippendale's steve butter-popcorn-chicken marinade
-two-hour brunch buffet @ bally's
-chilean sea bass @ the bellagio
-santori time, rj
-getting felt up by a red m&m in the creepy m&m exhibit!!
-pictures of julia's boobs
-obsession with steph chang
-awesome awesome new board!! the best we've had yet
"i lost 25 cents at the penny slots today. BUT i won 50 cents yesterday." - chance
here are some pics. can people send me their pics from this weekend too?
the best part about vegas is the subtle patriotism.
cute japanese woman who was probably thinking "what the fuck is this place?"
the bot, being the bot.
i don't really like this picture of me, but it's something. i kept bitching about how fake the eiffel tower looks, as if authenticity is what vegas is really concerned with.
yay new board!!!! they are way more rad than i.
donuts getting glazed.
a self-explanatory picture.
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"us," regina spektor
Thursday, July 28, 2005
best first line of gawker stalker ever:
Spied Elijah Wood spied at the “baggins” claim at JFK, arriving from Long Beach.
Spied Elijah Wood spied at the “baggins” claim at JFK, arriving from Long Beach.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Monday, July 25, 2005
what is up with bot and red-heads?
seattle was a nice weekend trip. i haven't been there in four years (almost exactly), but the weather was gorgeous, and the conference left me feeling really excited and inspired. meeting people through the org. has always been easy and fun, and i met lots of cool people i look forward to keeping in touch with!
getting to the conference itself (at UW) was kind of a hassle. my family's apt. is in north seattle, and it took me about an hour and two buses to get there. the one night i stayed in the apt., i was really creeped out by the quietness and the empty rooms and the covered furniture. i slept with the light on. the next night, i decided to just stay with felicia in her gorgeous apt. in downtown seattle. felicia is all about feng shui, and seeing her tastefully ikea-ed out apt made me consider it as well. she said that as soon as she put a fountain in the northern corner of the apt, she got three job callbacks. felicia also gave me some sweet samples to try after showering the next morning. what a great hostess. she is working for cranium (yes the game), and her boyfriend works at a company that makes wine bags (bags for wine bottles).
the highlight of seattle (besides the food at the conference - it's true what someone there said: "when women run conferences, the food is better!") was swimming and laying out in the sun at the condo. i used to play in that pool all time when we went there on vacations when i was a kid, and i have many many fond memories.
one funny thing about the conference is that it made me realize how women really have to put aside their BS with other women. there were a few women there who i knew or knew of, and, let's say, had a distaste for, based on either shallow or dumb reasons. but once i really talked to them and got to know them better, i saw that my pre-conceptions were wrong. luckily, from previous experiences, i have learned to give people the benefit of the doubt and not let my prejudices prevent me from being open to them. so lesson learned this weekend is: get beyond petty (usually male-created) bullshit with other women. it really is just a tactic used by men to separate us and take away our power.
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this kept the all interns occupied for much of today. i had to do something exactly like this for columbia's entrance exam, but it was for asia. i got 64% right, while my fellow interns got from 71 to 89 percent right. "europe is overrated," in owen's immortal words.
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i was looking through my archives, and i found this. CFW: see #9. reminded me of fire-crotch. also, bot: remember HOT FAX?
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antony and the johnsons, i am a bird now
seattle was a nice weekend trip. i haven't been there in four years (almost exactly), but the weather was gorgeous, and the conference left me feeling really excited and inspired. meeting people through the org. has always been easy and fun, and i met lots of cool people i look forward to keeping in touch with!
getting to the conference itself (at UW) was kind of a hassle. my family's apt. is in north seattle, and it took me about an hour and two buses to get there. the one night i stayed in the apt., i was really creeped out by the quietness and the empty rooms and the covered furniture. i slept with the light on. the next night, i decided to just stay with felicia in her gorgeous apt. in downtown seattle. felicia is all about feng shui, and seeing her tastefully ikea-ed out apt made me consider it as well. she said that as soon as she put a fountain in the northern corner of the apt, she got three job callbacks. felicia also gave me some sweet samples to try after showering the next morning. what a great hostess. she is working for cranium (yes the game), and her boyfriend works at a company that makes wine bags (bags for wine bottles).
the highlight of seattle (besides the food at the conference - it's true what someone there said: "when women run conferences, the food is better!") was swimming and laying out in the sun at the condo. i used to play in that pool all time when we went there on vacations when i was a kid, and i have many many fond memories.
one funny thing about the conference is that it made me realize how women really have to put aside their BS with other women. there were a few women there who i knew or knew of, and, let's say, had a distaste for, based on either shallow or dumb reasons. but once i really talked to them and got to know them better, i saw that my pre-conceptions were wrong. luckily, from previous experiences, i have learned to give people the benefit of the doubt and not let my prejudices prevent me from being open to them. so lesson learned this weekend is: get beyond petty (usually male-created) bullshit with other women. it really is just a tactic used by men to separate us and take away our power.
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this kept the all interns occupied for much of today. i had to do something exactly like this for columbia's entrance exam, but it was for asia. i got 64% right, while my fellow interns got from 71 to 89 percent right. "europe is overrated," in owen's immortal words.
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i was looking through my archives, and i found this. CFW: see #9. reminded me of fire-crotch. also, bot: remember HOT FAX?
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antony and the johnsons, i am a bird now
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
check out humble blurb redux in this week's bay guardian (second listing) - see you at the show tonight!
Monday, July 18, 2005
this is so sad. less becuase she was an ivy league student, more because she was trying to stand up to and educate men who called her and her girlfriends "bitches."
Sunday, July 17, 2005
what is there to say?
trying to be patient and loving and giving as best i can. trying to make myself happy for a change. trying to keep busy but still have time for myself. trying to occupy my time (short-term and longer-term) into manageable bits so as to not be engulfed by too much wallowing time. trying to tell myself good things, such as "still got my health," "still doing what i love," "still got great friends all over the country who care about me," "still living rent-free," and of course "still got nice legs." also: "24 is still really young" (that one's direct from laurie's mouth). must keep repeating that last one especially to stay sane.
etc. etc.
trying to be patient and loving and giving as best i can. trying to make myself happy for a change. trying to keep busy but still have time for myself. trying to occupy my time (short-term and longer-term) into manageable bits so as to not be engulfed by too much wallowing time. trying to tell myself good things, such as "still got my health," "still doing what i love," "still got great friends all over the country who care about me," "still living rent-free," and of course "still got nice legs." also: "24 is still really young" (that one's direct from laurie's mouth). must keep repeating that last one especially to stay sane.
etc. etc.
Friday, July 15, 2005
i finally broke down and registered for page six online. had to read that goddamn zach braff/mandy moore tidbit. apocalypse near. but in the meantime, send me page six stuff to read (minnay).
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mama needs a new pair of shoes
oh, yes she do.
vegas, july 28 to 31.
looking forward to lots of little bottles of liquor while sitting next to the bot on the flight.
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mama needs a new pair of shoes
oh, yes she do.
vegas, july 28 to 31.
looking forward to lots of little bottles of liquor while sitting next to the bot on the flight.
Thursday, July 14, 2005
the new magma
if you hear me mumble something (bot?) about "putting that in my play," it's because i'm taking an asian am. playwriting workshop for the next 8 weeks. i thought it might be a good and productive use of my time, not to mention pick up a sorely needed creative skill. the first class was last week, and it was really neato. so thanks in advance for giving me great characters to write about.
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rad new band: art brut (esp. "good weekend" and "my little brother")
"the diamond sea," sonic youth: oh, how i've missed you.
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this is possibly the funniest thing i've read in months.
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also, i think i may have topped the best chaser ever (gum after 151 shot) - a spoon of sorbet after a vodka shot.
if you hear me mumble something (bot?) about "putting that in my play," it's because i'm taking an asian am. playwriting workshop for the next 8 weeks. i thought it might be a good and productive use of my time, not to mention pick up a sorely needed creative skill. the first class was last week, and it was really neato. so thanks in advance for giving me great characters to write about.
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rad new band: art brut (esp. "good weekend" and "my little brother")
"the diamond sea," sonic youth: oh, how i've missed you.
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this is possibly the funniest thing i've read in months.
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also, i think i may have topped the best chaser ever (gum after 151 shot) - a spoon of sorbet after a vodka shot.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Monday, July 11, 2005
Best voice message since I started work
From a Washington DC gossip columnist: (bright voice, British accent)
"Hi, this is D---- M-------, returning your call. I'm so sorry I
missed your call, but I was at a luncheon. Feel free to call me at
home, but I have to warn you I'm about to make myself a stiff drink,
so it may be better to try me tomorrow morning. Take care!"
I can imagine her with her martini in hand, reclining (legs up) on her
divan couch in her Chanel suit.
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here are some pics from the past few weeks:
my mom made boston baked beans. yum.
here is the yummy pizza i made, per rachel's recipe, from minnay.
finally, my mom's been cleaning out her papers, and she found this envelope. it's an old worn envelope that reads "Lisa's garage sale." we haven't had a garage sale in at least 15 years. the envelope is sealed, but from the sound of it, there is only change inside. maybe 80 cents. i'm going to keep it closed, for a really rainy day.
From a Washington DC gossip columnist: (bright voice, British accent)
"Hi, this is D---- M-------, returning your call. I'm so sorry I
missed your call, but I was at a luncheon. Feel free to call me at
home, but I have to warn you I'm about to make myself a stiff drink,
so it may be better to try me tomorrow morning. Take care!"
I can imagine her with her martini in hand, reclining (legs up) on her
divan couch in her Chanel suit.
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here are some pics from the past few weeks:
my mom made boston baked beans. yum.
here is the yummy pizza i made, per rachel's recipe, from minnay.
finally, my mom's been cleaning out her papers, and she found this envelope. it's an old worn envelope that reads "Lisa's garage sale." we haven't had a garage sale in at least 15 years. the envelope is sealed, but from the sound of it, there is only change inside. maybe 80 cents. i'm going to keep it closed, for a really rainy day.
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Saturday, July 09, 2005
am i the only sad soul watching live 8 on mtv today? did anyone see the jay-z and linkin park performance? that guy from linkin park couldn't stop jockin hova. it was so obv. how much he wanted to do him. chris cornell is a sad substitute for zach de la rocha on "bulls on parade."
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
i'm going to seattle july 21-23 for this conference! just found out they're giving me some monies to go. AND i'm gonna stay at our apt. in seattle that i've never stayed at alone. whoo! anyone want to keep me company?
funny thing at the office today: our kiwi managing editor is introducing a new copy editor to the interns. he says, "this is L, J, and A." then spotting michael around the corner, he says totally deadpan: "and over there is michael...who is wearing a dashiki of some kind." i had to hold in the LOLs. m, a white-ass white boy, really does wear these funky ethnic shirts all the time. too funny.
funny thing at the office today: our kiwi managing editor is introducing a new copy editor to the interns. he says, "this is L, J, and A." then spotting michael around the corner, he says totally deadpan: "and over there is michael...who is wearing a dashiki of some kind." i had to hold in the LOLs. m, a white-ass white boy, really does wear these funky ethnic shirts all the time. too funny.
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Monday, July 04, 2005
where are you on the political compass?
here's mine:
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.05
here's mine:
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.05
has anyone read "the art of war"? is it worth reading?
more importantly, how cool is it to be called a "viciously sarcastic Mod"?
(by the way, if you don't want to have to watch the sal0n commercials, just type in: http://www.salon.com/news/cookie.html, and it'll put the cookie in your browser.)
more importantly, how cool is it to be called a "viciously sarcastic Mod"?
(by the way, if you don't want to have to watch the sal0n commercials, just type in: http://www.salon.com/news/cookie.html, and it'll put the cookie in your browser.)
this shit is real! it's like "which marginalized group appeals most to white people?" model minority olympics.
also, i enjoy how the writer thinks Andrea Wong should have been disturbed that the Asian family was the first eliminated because she is Asian Am.
also, i enjoy how the writer thinks Andrea Wong should have been disturbed that the Asian family was the first eliminated because she is Asian Am.
Saturday, July 02, 2005
Friday, July 01, 2005
t.g.i.f., bart edition
bart moment of the day: older chinese woman with frizzy curly hair (you know the type) hocking up loogies on the train and spitting them into a kleenex. i threw up in my mouth a little.
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first thing my dad says to me when he picks me up from the station: "loo-ter died."
me: "what? who's loo-ter?"
him: "loo-ter. loo-ter vandross."
bart moment of the day: older chinese woman with frizzy curly hair (you know the type) hocking up loogies on the train and spitting them into a kleenex. i threw up in my mouth a little.
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first thing my dad says to me when he picks me up from the station: "loo-ter died."
me: "what? who's loo-ter?"
him: "loo-ter. loo-ter vandross."
Thursday, June 30, 2005
and you thought smoothies were something californians drank for lunch.
i heart blow out!
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minnay - i listened to da vinci code in nyc but finished the last five chapters in the book version.
bot - make me deviled eggs!
i heart blow out!
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minnay - i listened to da vinci code in nyc but finished the last five chapters in the book version.
bot - make me deviled eggs!
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
social anxiety disorder
breaking out of the home-work paradigm, and it's good. went to a bar last week, and i was the only one who forgot to pre-party! wtf. not to be all "new york," but we don't do that there. drinking is part of being social, not the means to an end. we also went to that old throwback el rio last night, got way more drunk than expected on cheap liquor, but what a way to go on a drizzly monday night. the night ended in breakfast and that's always a good sign.
today i bought some limited edition spam with cheese. when i told the CFW, they both screamed, "EW!" i also made minnie's pizza. had a small diva moment when i couldn't find the sun-dried tomatoes in safeway (oh my lord, who am i??). but it was good. even macpainter liked it! apparently we have a pizza stone, which i'll have to use next time.
finished the da vinci code this weekend, about five years after everyone else. currently listening to "my life," narrated by bill clinton. it's pretty good so far! currently (really) reading "blink." thin-slice this, beeyatch!
i got a new cell phone, but i'm gonna return it. i fear technological change.
i'm trying to get to the gym but keep getting stymied by work and fatigue. BUT i am eating 10 vitamins a day - 2 vitamin c and 3 echinacea (for my sore throat/cough); 4 calcium (for PMS symptoms); and one one-a-day (for good measure). man read this paragraph again. i'm so fucking "cali." or as minnie would say, i have to go eat my salad and drink my blended fruit drink. fuck.
breaking out of the home-work paradigm, and it's good. went to a bar last week, and i was the only one who forgot to pre-party! wtf. not to be all "new york," but we don't do that there. drinking is part of being social, not the means to an end. we also went to that old throwback el rio last night, got way more drunk than expected on cheap liquor, but what a way to go on a drizzly monday night. the night ended in breakfast and that's always a good sign.
today i bought some limited edition spam with cheese. when i told the CFW, they both screamed, "EW!" i also made minnie's pizza. had a small diva moment when i couldn't find the sun-dried tomatoes in safeway (oh my lord, who am i??). but it was good. even macpainter liked it! apparently we have a pizza stone, which i'll have to use next time.
finished the da vinci code this weekend, about five years after everyone else. currently listening to "my life," narrated by bill clinton. it's pretty good so far! currently (really) reading "blink." thin-slice this, beeyatch!
i got a new cell phone, but i'm gonna return it. i fear technological change.
i'm trying to get to the gym but keep getting stymied by work and fatigue. BUT i am eating 10 vitamins a day - 2 vitamin c and 3 echinacea (for my sore throat/cough); 4 calcium (for PMS symptoms); and one one-a-day (for good measure). man read this paragraph again. i'm so fucking "cali." or as minnie would say, i have to go eat my salad and drink my blended fruit drink. fuck.
Sunday, June 26, 2005
does anyone else read slate and get totally mesmerized by that ad for the swimming tread machine?
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i have broken down and checked out some rilo kiley. le sigh, in the words of botmackdaddy.
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long-lost love: pirate cat radio, 87.9 FM (listen live through the site)
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new challenge: deviled eggs!
ps minnay- i will try your pizza recipe this week.
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i have broken down and checked out some rilo kiley. le sigh, in the words of botmackdaddy.
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long-lost love: pirate cat radio, 87.9 FM (listen live through the site)
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new challenge: deviled eggs!
ps minnay- i will try your pizza recipe this week.
Saturday, June 25, 2005
hipsters with asian fet.
the article (link above) is actually the type of article i would write, if i were ever a music writer. annoying sexist indie rockers must be mocked, mercilessly.
No. 2: "[The album is] certainly not racist, I mean, if only mostly because everybody in the band has a thing for Asian and black girls."
the article (link above) is actually the type of article i would write, if i were ever a music writer. annoying sexist indie rockers must be mocked, mercilessly.
Friday, June 24, 2005
who wants to shop at american apparel now?
In his marketing, Charney has been adept at weaving his libertarian sexual attitude with his progressive labor practices. But it's another matter to make that attitude a bedrock principle of the workplace. In their sexual harassment suits, two of the women accuse Charney of exposing himself to them. One claims he invited her to masturbate with him and that he ran business meetings at his Los Angeles home wearing close to nothing. Another says he asked her to hire young women with whom he could have sex, Asians preferred. All describe him using foul language in their presence, much of it demeaning to women. Says Keith A. Fink, an attorney for one of the women suing: "The work environment there makes Animal House look like choir practice."
good article on the class series in NYT and WSJ. nothing that new (social mobility impossible, rich give money to other rich, etc), but some interesting facts.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Monday, June 20, 2005
reporting live from somewhere
a friend of mine from columbia just sent this out about his experiences in alabama. it's rare to get a non-white, non-black, non-American (he is singaporean) view of the south, and his observations are interesting and telling.
a friend of mine from columbia just sent this out about his experiences in alabama. it's rare to get a non-white, non-black, non-American (he is singaporean) view of the south, and his observations are interesting and telling.
Apologies for the mass mail, but I said I'd send a proper update since school ended, and if I haven't mentioned it, I spent over a week in early June in Alabama reporting thanks to a grant. I managed to get out of the Deep South in one piece. I was in the thick of a white supremacist (the Council of Conservative Citizens a.k.a. the 'Uptown Klan') rally and protest against the Southern Poverty Law Center, where 50 marchers draped themselves in Confederate
flags and sang Dixie. All at the heart of where the Civil Rights
movement began, and barely an hour after I'd been to Dr. King's
barber.
I'd gone in search of a story on how some activists were working for a
moratorium on executions and the challenges they faced. The state bar
association wanted to publish a booklet on the pros and cons of a
moratorium on the death penalty, and the attorney-general's office
refused to write the section on cons so the project had to be dropped.
I spoke to a death row inmate, exonerees (one after 18 years),
families and attorneys, and it was plain shocking how capital cases
were still handled in this day and age - drunk and inexperienced
attorneys, prosecutors hiding evidence, forced confessions, the works.
Alabama is the state with the highest per capita rate of death
sentences handed down, and it's not over with the execution/s - Grace
Singleton, whose mentally retarded son Cornelius was executed in 1992,
still wants to right the record. Her son, IQ 57, confessed to murder
while his girlfriend was sitting on his lap. She was excited to read
about the trial of the men involved in Emmett Till's murder 50 years
before that she wanted to clear her son's name before she died. Oh,
she also wants to get on Oprah to help her case.
Two blocks down the avenue facing the state Capitol, a man was
painting the Ten Commandments on slabs of stone. I stop to chat, we
get round to the death penalty, and he wishes he'd brought along his
concordance as we spend a half hour flipping through the Bible looking
for passages that justify the death penalty.
But that Sunday, I was shocked to hear the pastor at Dr. King's old
church slam missionaries for having wreaked as much damage as military
force had, destroying whole cultures and civilizations. He criticized
congregants for not speaking out against this travesty, war included.
And watching the local (baseball) team, the Montgomery Biscuits, at
the ballpark, the cultural significance of "three strikes, you're out"
finally hit me.
A local talk radio host found me at an execution day vigil, and I went
on his talk radio show on Radio Montgomery for two hours, where
redneck "hang 'em all" legislators and flaming liberal "we're still in
the dark ages down here" pastors called in, and talk (I only had under
a minute to report what I'd discovered before being interrogated) went
from caning and flogging (like in Singapore) and hanging/lethal
injections to the Downing Street memo. Anyhow, 'Bama is an experience
I'd highly recommend if you get a lead or story or any excuse to
travel there.
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