Archive for July, 2005
What animal are you?
You’re a Giant Squid! One of the most shadowy and dark figures in your community, you sometimes are only known by what you leave behind, and what others say of you. With this murky and mysterious rap, you’ve become one of the most pursued and pondered people of your populous. You’re exceptionally large and even [...]
Posted: July 21st, 2005 under Taipei.
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All things great and small
Anybody notice that there are a lot more interstitial ads on the New York Times website? Coincidence between having Jamaican meat patties for lunch and this article? I was taking out the garbage last night, and a cat ran inside and scared the heck out of P–. Apparently the cat is the upstairs neighbor’s just [...]
Posted: July 21st, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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What country are you?
You’re South Africa! After almost endless suffering, you’ve finally freed yourself from the oppression that somehow held you back. Now your diamond in the rough is shining through, and the world can accept you for who you really are. You were trying to show who you were to the world, but they weren’t interested in [...]
Posted: July 21st, 2005 under Taipei.
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What book are you?
You’re Anne of Green Gables! by L.M. Montgomery Bright, chipper, vivid, but with the emotional fortitude of cottage cheese, you make quite an impression on everyone you meet. You’re impulsive, rash, honest, and probably don’t have a great relationship with your parents. People hurt your feelings constantly, but your brazen honestly doesn’t exactly treat others [...]
Posted: July 21st, 2005 under Taipei.
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Farewell, James “Scotty” Doohan
The passing of James Doohan – the ex-Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, the chief engineer of the Enterprise of “Star Trek,” of pneumonia and Alzheimer’s.
Posted: July 20th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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Jewel in the Palace
I’ve been watching a lot more TV ever since P- hooked up the full package of Time Warner Cable (thanks, P-). The thing I’ve been hooked on (other than Battlestar Galactica and the reruns of Amazing Race on the Game Channel) is a Korean period series called Jewel in the Palace, a.k.a. Dae Jang Geum [...]
Posted: July 20th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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Found!
Today waiting in my fax at the office…. an announcement from the good ol’ law school that they are looking for an Assistant Admissions Director. Interestingly they were seeking alums looking for the alternative career path. For a brief perverted moment I thought about it, but then quickly cast it aside and continued with the [...]
Posted: July 20th, 2005 under Taipei.
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So Goes the Supreme Court and Other Stuff
Bush Nominates Roberts for Supreme Court. Let’s see what the commentators will say; will be interesting. Not entirely a surprise – a man who’s an Ivy Leaguer. But, surprise – maybe he’s not Right Wing, so much as well, merely conservative (little “c”)? Who’s to say for certain? Pari Chang observes the difficulties of being [...]
Posted: July 20th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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Storming the Bastile
In this entry: random film crews storming the city, a storming Asian American activist storming around a movie, and Bastile Day tourists storming a food fair. It was also storming pretty hard: torrential downpours cleared the air. Sunday we saw two sessions at the 28th Asian American International Film Festival: the 72 Hour Shootout, and [...]
Posted: July 19th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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Saturday into Sunday
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” – pretty good movie. Weird. The movie critics are correct though – Johnny Depp as Willie Wonka felt like he was channeling Michael Jackson. But, interesting movie. That British kid playing “Charlie”- he’s very talented. I could see him in a Harry Potter movie, or other Brit thing. I’m convinced [...]
Posted: July 16th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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