I ATE MY TEN YEAR OLD ME'S DREAM LUNCH

it was spaghetti mixed with curly fries, and it was glorious.

welcome to my new traffic from facebook. yeah yeah mall madness, etc.

PLUMP FUCKING JACK, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

PROTECT YOUR PINS

this was certifiably one of the worst summers i've ever had - i won't detail all the bullshit here, but sufficed to say IT SUCKED. this proclamation comes on word that $3000 total was stolen out of my citibank accounts last wednesday morning by some enterprising person from a branch near my office (that i have never been to). WHAT THE FUCK. i have no idea how this individual got a hold either my card (which i have now and to the best of my memory have always had in my possession) AND my pin number. now i have to put freezes on my credit scores, file a police report, etc etc FUCKING KERFUFFLE RARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

i will say tho the citibank folks are extremely nice about all this. also lest you think i am careless about my numbers, i have always been super protective of my bank information/pin (since my sister went thru identity theft a few years ago) - i shred everything, i am paranoid at atms, etc - FUCK

WHEEEE

jeff yang's column on hyphen in the sf chronicle

please subscribe already so we can put out our four damn issues a year

after two months, i have ventured to put the contacts back in. so far so good.
notes: everything looks HUGE. do i now look like those people when you see them without their glasses?
first order of business: plucking eyebrows, then trimming bangs (both much MUCH harder to do with glasses)

my new and improved site is live!

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i caught jonestown: the life and death of the peoples temple on pbs tonight - my friend from high school chrissy turner was the assistant producer on this film - man, it is powerful - i actually didn't know much about this whole thing (like it was originally based at fillmore and geary), do check it out if you ever stumble upon it on tv or netflix or green cine etc etc etc - sidenote: way back when (ok 1998) chrissy and i coined the term 'biracial-dar' (or 'bd' for short) as in 'biracial radar' because we swore we could tell who was biracial just by looking at them - i still swear i am better at that shit than at least 85 percent of the population - we maintained we had this special skill because we were both biracial (chrissy is blackinese) - but now i know i am actually bi-ethnic (tho i find it really hard to believe my parents are the same race since they come from such different backgrounds/cultures)

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gloria recommended i watch kicking and screaming (baumbach, not ferrell) a looong time ago, and i finally saw it a few months back - i did not totally love it right after i saw it, though i find myself thinking about it often now - mainly because of this badass song that plays at the very end that reminds me of circa 96 - i pray that someday i find a karaoke binder that has this so i can sing my little mid-90s-gen-x-slacker movie heart out

THE MILK TEA SMELLS SO ODORIFEROUS
if you want to know the full story about my eye problems, listen to this npr story — it is exactly what happened to me and involves the same contact solution i used

also, our websites relaunched - spiffy!

finally, i was looking for a good recipe for milk tea, and i found this delightful website



let me know if you have any tips on how to make it

4. Done

HYPHEN 4 LYFE

hey just a plug that the newest issue of HYPHEN (issue 12: the transit issue) has arrived in a fine book selling establishment near you. please pick up a copy and support the magazine (even tho we don't get any money from newsstand sales, it shows them the mag is popular and therefore keeps it in stock). here is a list of where you can find em. you can't miss it - ali wong is on the cover


HILAR

**I move away from the mic to breathe in

ONE OF THESE IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS

some recent searches people made to find this blog:

-why keep stoner boyfriend
-the song with the lyrics i've got the brains, he's got the looks, he's into tv, im into bookks
-work at bebe
-julia's boobs [HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA]
-too much gouda

"I want to talk about books; he wants to talk about 1408." - min

also: i am blogging regularly (at least every friday) at the HYPHEN blog. i know it looks kinda janky now, but we will be relaunching soon - right melanie?

the rodney dangerfield tone of this story mystifies me: hello, we're still more prestigious than union leaders, stockbrokers, entertainers, accountants, bankers, actors, and real estate agent/brokers. so eat that.

RIP ANTONIONI

THE BIG GINGER

Even Prince Harry has said he was bullied at school because of his hair. Apparently, his army buddies called him the ginger bullet magnet and his girlfriend calls him the big ginger.

YES FINALLY


someone has finally admitted that the stoner-slacker comedies of late are boorish and misogynistic! woody, diane, where art thou?

THE NEW TRAMP STAMP



lululemon's highly suggestive, georgia o'keefe-esque logo - look out for it at the gym or in the marina on sunday mornings

BANGS

thurstyles confirms what all you non-bangs folk have been suspecting about us —

“To me, they scream: ‘I’m cooler than you, I have a lot of sex, and if you leave your husband with me I’ll devour him’”

btw, mine were inspired by cat power and charlotte gainsbourg, and i like to trim them when i'm drunk too!

now i have to go wash them.

ON THE MEED

i heard this story on 'on the media' a few weeks ago, and it was one of the best radio bits i've ever heard. it's about a popular rwanda soap opera that is helping promote understanding between the hutus and tutsis. what touched me about the story was that it reminded me of the awesome power of media - as someone who works in media, so much of the time i feel like the media is good for nothing, not changing a thing - and maybe that is true - but i guess in some places in the world, the media can be a real good, making real changes (albeit with lots of time), and in a real unique, non-preachy, non-didactic way. anyways check it out (i recommend the audio instead of the transcript)

most exciting discovery from the sunday styles two weeks ago (times select): britta from dean and britta was the voice of jem!!!

Back in the old days, the '80s, before Transformers starred in movies and before Ms. Phillips played actual gigs, she played the cartoon rock star Jem on TV. Two decades later, superfans still show up with Jem dolls. Men, too. ''The Jem fans are the freakiest I've ever seen,'' her husband said.

i'm putting this here so i can remember it forever:

kill, marry, or screw? "prince eric [from the little mermaid], aladdin, or...beast"

just in: photos from camping this weekend!

more fotos de alex

yes that is wine and pellegrino on the table cuz that's how we rough it!

the showers cost 50 cents for 5 minutes - quarters only - the best 50 cents i've ever spent.
my ass looks way better from the side and in person ;)