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Some past thoughts.
NY Times’ David W. Dunlap on memory and imagery, and the Tower of Lights’ dress rehearsal. Even as I’m never quite sure where I stand on the re-building process, I’m of the view that the Tower of Lights are the best kind of tribute.

SSW mentioned the ongoing Asian American International Film Festival that we both attended, and so far has been summarized by the panel that we attended on Saturday about Asian American Aesthetics. My witty quip summarizing the panelists, which included thespian David Henry Hwang and director Wayne Wang, was “cultural tofu” - kind of amorphous, absorbs [...]

Saturday: worked a table at the CAPA Festival, held at the UN instead of Union Square because of construction. Attendence not quite as good as it usually is at Union Square, but the site is a lot better for the people there. First - actual trees that provide shade. Second, the Japan Society is across [...]

Thursday night - Law School Alma Mater APALSA Alumni Dinner - food really good; speakers - good; plus, FC - congratulations on your honor!
Saturday - attended the annual Dean’s Day lectures at undergrad Alma Mater. Not nearly as many interesting lectures as last year’s, but some fascinating discussion on religion and ecology; [...]

I slept most of the day on Sunday, just catching up after two whirlwind days.
Friday night I was invited back to the 25th anniversary of an Asian fashion/culture show that I ran back in college. There was about 50 alums from ranging from the beginning in the late 80s to today. I actually ended up [...]