Mondays usually suck but today was a thoroughly bad Monday.
I opened up my work email box this morning to find that a grant proposal I had submitted was rejected. Then, later on in the afternoon, I found another grant proposal rejection letter in my in-box. Well, it wasn't so much a rejection letter ("Thank you for your application, however because of the number of applications we are unable to award you a grant....") as it was a mass "Congratulations" email blast for the organizations who had been given a grant. So I had to read the whole email and look for our name on the list, hoping that it was my organization they were congratulating. Unfortunately it was not. It felt like I had tried out for high school jazz band and they posted the list and I didn't make it, even though my jazz piano skillz were so excellent (just an example, though, uh not based on real life).
To make me "feel better" my Exec Dir decided to make a joke about how apparently it's just a myth that my department is supposed to earn our org money, ha ha. I gave her a look that said "you suck bitch" while she tried to hug me and make it all better. I just crossed my arms.
On top of this, I saw a big ass cockroach on the ceiling of the conference room when I was having a meeting. I know they are stalking me, I know it.
And of course, to end my bad day....tonight my friend called me up to hang out so I went over to her house thinking that it would cheer me up. I was already in a cranky mood, so I ended up getting into a tense conversation with another girl who was at my friends' house about how "ching chong ching chong" jokes are not funny (she is not asian) and, in fact, racist and offensive to me. She thought "accents" were always funny, R0sie0's joke about DannyDev1to was hilarious and in general ching chong jokes are really funny and so what's the big deal? Comedians are supposed to make fun of people. My head almost exploded. If you know me, you know how little tolerance I have for stuff like this (prob the reason why minsoo and I get along so well). So my bad mood did not help. I almost walked out, but I was eating Chocolate ice cream and I hadn't finished yet.
Today was like a slap in the face reminder that the weekend was over.
6/16/2008
6/15/2008
wildcat gathering, east coast style
We just got back from a short trip to "the 'Shire" as minsoo calls it. Our college pal got married so we headed to the east coast to celebrate and reunite with our old friends.
And just a little extra for you all, spotted in the hotel parking lot:
We also got to meet our friends new twins. The last time we "saw them" they were inside our friend's belly. They are adorable! They're fraternal and also have distinct personalities already. I'm sad that they live in Boston, because if they lived in LA, auntie wai-ling and uncle minsoo would be hanging out all the time with the little ladies... and of course, with their parents. :)
It was also awesome to hang out with the ladies -- I miss them! It's crazy to think that I've known them for almost 12 years. Luckily, we all haven't aged that much since undergrad (I think.) Maybe I'll post some old pics later on, but for now, here are the ladies, with the new little ladies...
I think that the dress I'm wearing makes me look like I have a tummy. Boo for trendy baggy dresses (so comfortable, though).Minsoo also reunited with his freshman year roommate. Yay Andrew!
And just a little extra for you all, spotted in the hotel parking lot:
6/13/2008
off for the weekend
Heading off to New Hampshire for a wedding. I'm super excited to see friends, especially our friends' young twin girls. We've watched them grow by monitoring their blog, so it'll be nice to finally meet them in person.
It's early. I'm tired. Gotta catch a flight!
It's early. I'm tired. Gotta catch a flight!
6/12/2008
"you're not cool" - 5-year-old matthew at bethel
So today, I went to a w0rkf0rce 'n' ec0n0m1c development conference and guess who was there?? OMG, It was rockstar economist JSachs! He's like the only economist that hangs out with bono! He was giving the lunchtime plenary talk and I was totally freaking out! I know, how cool is that?
Okay, so it's not cool. It's totally nerdy. And you know what's nerdier? Because I knew that he'd be at the conference, I brought my copy of his book so that he could sign it after his talk (even though he was hocking a new book).
This was the most exciting thing I did today. I need a vacation.
Okay, so it's not cool. It's totally nerdy. And you know what's nerdier? Because I knew that he'd be at the conference, I brought my copy of his book so that he could sign it after his talk (even though he was hocking a new book).
This was the most exciting thing I did today. I need a vacation.
6/11/2008
gas prices part 2 & daily blogging
After yesterday's gas violation, I went to this website called 1osange1esgaspr1ces to find out if there are any cheaper stations near my place. The cheapest gas is about 30 cents/gal cheaper than what I paid yesterday... which seems like a lot until you really think about it. For 10-11 gallons, it really only adds up to saving about $3, which means that I would still end up paying $50 for gas, which is still ridiculous.
I used to scour my neighborhood for the lowest priced station, but finding a station where you only pay $50 instead of $53 is still highway robbery. I'd rather take those 5 minutes doing something worthwhile...
On that note, minsoo and I talked about blogging everyday (minus traveling weekends) in solidarity with hannah, who is studying hard for the bar exam. While blogging does nothing to help her with bar classes, we think it might be a good temporary distraction. I don't promise that every day will be interesting, but I do promise that there will be something on this page everyday (minus traveling weekends) until Hannah opens up a can of whoop ass on the bar exam.
I used to scour my neighborhood for the lowest priced station, but finding a station where you only pay $50 instead of $53 is still highway robbery. I'd rather take those 5 minutes doing something worthwhile...
On that note, minsoo and I talked about blogging everyday (minus traveling weekends) in solidarity with hannah, who is studying hard for the bar exam. While blogging does nothing to help her with bar classes, we think it might be a good temporary distraction. I don't promise that every day will be interesting, but I do promise that there will be something on this page everyday (minus traveling weekends) until Hannah opens up a can of whoop ass on the bar exam.
6/10/2008
Obligatory gas prices suck post
I waited until I was running on fumes before I filled up gas. I drive a civic ex. I paid $53.27 for a tank of gas this morning. Yikes.
6/09/2008
book therapy
I had a horrible day, which turned around when I entered the bookstore this evening and saw Dav1dSedar1s' new book! MeTa1kPretty1Day (one of his older books) is the most hilarious book I have ever read and one of my favorite books. I highly recommend it.
Being at the bookstore reminded me of how I once wanted to be a librarian. I'm not kidding. Did you know that you have to have a master's degree in library sciences to be a librarian? I think I would be a rad librarian. I think I'd like to work in the map collections or the electronic data section. If I worked as a librarian, then maybe I could be the coolest person at my workplace (like someone I know). Boo-yeah.
Being at the bookstore reminded me of how I once wanted to be a librarian. I'm not kidding. Did you know that you have to have a master's degree in library sciences to be a librarian? I think I would be a rad librarian. I think I'd like to work in the map collections or the electronic data section. If I worked as a librarian, then maybe I could be the coolest person at my workplace (like someone I know). Boo-yeah.
6/05/2008
our small group is a bad influence
Minsoo & I are in a married couples small group at church. Even though a "married couples" group sounds horribly boring and straight out of a scene from bridgetj's diary ("smug marrieds"), the group rocks my face off because the people are all cool and normal. Anyway, I digress. Our group met up for dinner last night at a Mexican restaurant instead of bible study. We were told that a new couple was going to join us to check out our group so we were told by the couple that organizes our group to "be on our best behavior."
We ordered margaritas and coronas while we waited for the new couple and looked at the menus. When they arrived, I was thinking to myself, wow they look young. They were actually not married, but very recently engaged -- and recent college graduates. Oh man.
So I think they were surprised at the fact that we're all oldies (last night I was the youngest person) but also that we were drinking (gasp, Christians drinking!). I'm sure that since they're recently graduated but getting married that they might be a tad bit more conservative than the rest of us.
I'm not sure if they're going to be joining us regularly and honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about having such a young engaged couple joining us. I think we might be a bad influence on them. I would also hate to scare the girl with stories of what married like is really like. She still has that "I found a guy who makes my heart sparkle" look. (Hannah, that reference was for you.)
We ordered margaritas and coronas while we waited for the new couple and looked at the menus. When they arrived, I was thinking to myself, wow they look young. They were actually not married, but very recently engaged -- and recent college graduates. Oh man.
So I think they were surprised at the fact that we're all oldies (last night I was the youngest person) but also that we were drinking (gasp, Christians drinking!). I'm sure that since they're recently graduated but getting married that they might be a tad bit more conservative than the rest of us.
I'm not sure if they're going to be joining us regularly and honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about having such a young engaged couple joining us. I think we might be a bad influence on them. I would also hate to scare the girl with stories of what married like is really like. She still has that "I found a guy who makes my heart sparkle" look. (Hannah, that reference was for you.)
6/02/2008
fun photos
Instead of a deep post about tv, my job or our crazy neighbors, here are some fun photos...
The NU crew
The sisters:
Fun times.
It's minsoo's 30th!
The NU crew
The sisters:
Fun times.
5/19/2008
not profound, just a blog
When I sit down to blog, I usually have several things running around in my head that I want to write down. For example right now I'm thinking about the people in the area near Chengdu and feeling sad, the great weekend I had in the bay area, and trying to hold my breath because minsoo's farts have permeated every inch of the apartment.
Today I will talk about how I need to get a new cell phone. Apparently instead of text messages, I've been sending picture messages to people. When I called the phone company the tech people told me that this problems is common to my phone model... they also told me my warranty ran out last month. How convenient. So in the meantime, no text messaging. Normally, I would just ignore this broken feature but my coworkers have started texting me instead of calling me so I need to have an operational text messaging feature. Ah, this is such a boring post.
I think I've decided that we need to have parties more often. It seems as though people enjoy our shindigs and fun times are always had by all. I also like the parties because our bay area party crew represents.
I also appreciate our friends who post pics of their kids from far away (yes, you know who you are). I love seeing how they grow and getting to know them even if I can't be a proper auntie. Yay, keep doing it! I love it!
I'll end this post now. I think I'm going to have to tell a certain someone that farts mean it's time to poo.
Today I will talk about how I need to get a new cell phone. Apparently instead of text messages, I've been sending picture messages to people. When I called the phone company the tech people told me that this problems is common to my phone model... they also told me my warranty ran out last month. How convenient. So in the meantime, no text messaging. Normally, I would just ignore this broken feature but my coworkers have started texting me instead of calling me so I need to have an operational text messaging feature. Ah, this is such a boring post.
I think I've decided that we need to have parties more often. It seems as though people enjoy our shindigs and fun times are always had by all. I also like the parties because our bay area party crew represents.
I also appreciate our friends who post pics of their kids from far away (yes, you know who you are). I love seeing how they grow and getting to know them even if I can't be a proper auntie. Yay, keep doing it! I love it!
I'll end this post now. I think I'm going to have to tell a certain someone that farts mean it's time to poo.
5/13/2008
5/04/2008
no... sleep... 'till brooklyn?
This weekend was all about the LA APA film fest... saw some really excellent films and some semi-well known Asian celebrities. Don't worry, I played it cool.
I'm headed out to Baltimore this week to hang out with McNu1ty and Bunk and duff at charm city cakes*... Okay, okay, I'm going there for a conference. I don't even think I'll get to see the city at all. Boo.
I also have to get ready for minsoo's big b-day bash. Yes, 30! A lot of the San Jose crew are going to be hanging out so I have to get my apartment ready for a massive sleep over.
I'm tired just thinking about this week. I thought that April was hellish, but think I also overbooked myself for May. Oops. It turns out that every weekend this month is completely booked with events (birthday/graduation/wedding/film festival) and every week is booked with work deadlines. June doesn't look any clearer.
So far this year, I think sleeping is optional. If the past 4 months are any indication, I'm going to party like a rock star and work like a dog as I head into my 30s. Bring it on.
*For those of you who don't watch an obscene amount of tv, McNu1ty and Bunk are from thew1re and duff is from ace0fcakes on the f00dnetw0rk.
I'm headed out to Baltimore this week to hang out with McNu1ty and Bunk and duff at charm city cakes*... Okay, okay, I'm going there for a conference. I don't even think I'll get to see the city at all. Boo.
I also have to get ready for minsoo's big b-day bash. Yes, 30! A lot of the San Jose crew are going to be hanging out so I have to get my apartment ready for a massive sleep over.
I'm tired just thinking about this week. I thought that April was hellish, but think I also overbooked myself for May. Oops. It turns out that every weekend this month is completely booked with events (birthday/graduation/wedding/film festival) and every week is booked with work deadlines. June doesn't look any clearer.
So far this year, I think sleeping is optional. If the past 4 months are any indication, I'm going to party like a rock star and work like a dog as I head into my 30s. Bring it on.
*For those of you who don't watch an obscene amount of tv, McNu1ty and Bunk are from thew1re and duff is from ace0fcakes on the f00dnetw0rk.
4/28/2008
i think they're stalking me
I'm a part of the "count" team at church, which means that we count the offering at the end of service. After the offering is collected, we count it up in the attic/projection room above the cafeteria (we meet in a high school).
Last Sunday, when I was up in the attic counting with another girl, something flew onto my shoulder while I was counting. I brushed it away but it fell onto my sweater by my waist so I took another swat at it. While I was swatting it off my body I noticed that the thing that I was swatting off my body was a GIGANTIC COCKROACH. You know, the brown ones with the big shell... probably a cousin of the one that was in our apartment. FOUL.
I started screaming and so did the girl that I was with. We were scrambling around this 10x10 room screaming, all the while, the band is downstairs and everyone's singing and the roach is crawling around, taunting us. The money is just laying out on the table, meanwhile we were scrambling around the room trying to figure out what to do. I finally ran down the stairs and got our security guard to come up and kill it.
By this time, we were sweating (it was lik 90 degrees) and so exhausted that I hope we counted the offering correctly.
Now I'm wondering whether I have some kind of smell that attracts roaches... or whether they are drawn to the smell of fear.
Last Sunday, when I was up in the attic counting with another girl, something flew onto my shoulder while I was counting. I brushed it away but it fell onto my sweater by my waist so I took another swat at it. While I was swatting it off my body I noticed that the thing that I was swatting off my body was a GIGANTIC COCKROACH. You know, the brown ones with the big shell... probably a cousin of the one that was in our apartment. FOUL.
I started screaming and so did the girl that I was with. We were scrambling around this 10x10 room screaming, all the while, the band is downstairs and everyone's singing and the roach is crawling around, taunting us. The money is just laying out on the table, meanwhile we were scrambling around the room trying to figure out what to do. I finally ran down the stairs and got our security guard to come up and kill it.
By this time, we were sweating (it was lik 90 degrees) and so exhausted that I hope we counted the offering correctly.
Now I'm wondering whether I have some kind of smell that attracts roaches... or whether they are drawn to the smell of fear.
4/24/2008
the gr0ve: horrible and at the same time, not so bad...
I always take my out-of-town guests to the Gr0ve, but I really hate it because it's so LA (i.e. bad parking, trendy people make me feel ugly, too crowded, too expensive, too etc.)
It's funny that it takes a writer from NY times to describe exactly how I feel about this faux downtown mall thingie:
THE first time you go to the Grove, the immensely successful and completely fabricated commercial center in Los Angeles, you will try to hate it. But then you will watch the old-fashioned trolley passing by, or the dancing fountain as it splurts jovially to the cadence of a Sinatra song, and you will drop your snobby urban integrity and walk around consuming things in a mouth-breathing stupor just like everyone else...
The Grove is everything that is horrible and spectacular about our brand-saturated American lives. It’s a living version of every pretentious theory you may have read back in grad school: a facsimile of a space, a scripted zone, a generic city, a vituperative quote by Baudrillard or Deleuze. But it’s also totally great!
I think the fact that the writer speaks to a lot of things we talk about in urban planning really got to me.
Damn you gr0ve, how do you do it?
It's funny that it takes a writer from NY times to describe exactly how I feel about this faux downtown mall thingie:
THE first time you go to the Grove, the immensely successful and completely fabricated commercial center in Los Angeles, you will try to hate it. But then you will watch the old-fashioned trolley passing by, or the dancing fountain as it splurts jovially to the cadence of a Sinatra song, and you will drop your snobby urban integrity and walk around consuming things in a mouth-breathing stupor just like everyone else...
The Grove is everything that is horrible and spectacular about our brand-saturated American lives. It’s a living version of every pretentious theory you may have read back in grad school: a facsimile of a space, a scripted zone, a generic city, a vituperative quote by Baudrillard or Deleuze. But it’s also totally great!
I think the fact that the writer speaks to a lot of things we talk about in urban planning really got to me.
Damn you gr0ve, how do you do it?
4/21/2008
glug glug glug
That is the sound of me drowning in my work. All I have been doing lately is working, eating, dealing with cockroaches and sleeping -- in that order.
I'm starting to enter into the work stage when I'm asking myself: Do I still want to work here?
My boss is pregnant and leaving in a month. When she returns, she's being promoted. I, however, am not. Unfortunately not being promoted does not mean that I don't get more work. Most of her current projects are going to become mine. Boo.
Unfortunately, I really like the work my organization does, I just don't like the work that I am having to do now and the situation that I'm in now. I've been so burnt out in other jobs that I really want to prevent me from getting in the same situation....glug glug glug...
I'm starting to enter into the work stage when I'm asking myself: Do I still want to work here?
My boss is pregnant and leaving in a month. When she returns, she's being promoted. I, however, am not. Unfortunately not being promoted does not mean that I don't get more work. Most of her current projects are going to become mine. Boo.
Unfortunately, I really like the work my organization does, I just don't like the work that I am having to do now and the situation that I'm in now. I've been so burnt out in other jobs that I really want to prevent me from getting in the same situation....glug glug glug...
4/12/2008
cockroach terror
Last night I dropped Minsoo off at the airport for a flight to NYC and then returned home to find a BIG ASS Cockroach on my kitchen counter. It was one of those large brown ones with scaley brown backs and long antennae.
I was horrified because I was all alone, plus I was already exhausted from a really busy week and stressed out about speaking at a large work event today. I felt like it was some sort of spiritual battle. I called Minsoo but realized that I was all by myself.
So I called the friend that lives the closest to us: Nakji. Faithful friend Nakji was unable to killed the creature, but sprayed the area to keep it on its toes.
Last night, I was so exhaused that after Nakji left, I became totally hysterical. I closed the door to my bedroom and put a towel up against the bottom in case the beast wanted to come after me. I text messaged Hannah in desperation:
Huge roach loose in apt
minsoo on plane to nyc
barricaded in rm
cant sleep
big speaking thing tomorrow have to wake up at 6
freaking out
A phone call from Hannah gave me with some perspective while I cried under the covers and prayed for sleep.
Today, I was almost glad to work so that I could escape cockroach island (aka my apartment). After work, I realized that I needed some back up. So I called my parents and asked them to help me clean up my apartment. I think they also wanted to make sure I was okay since I left a hysterical message on their answering machine at 12:30am last night.
My parents helped me clean and then we left to get coffee. When we returned, IT had returned.
My Dad complained that it was "so tiny" (yeah right) and promptly stepped on it, leaving a streak of messy remains.
And that was it.
My Dad killed the big bug. Just like when I was a kid. I guess sometimes a 29-year-old girl still needs her Dad.
PS The event went well. I did my thing. People wanted copies of my powerpoint, which I guess is a sign that my talk was relevant and useful. I got accosted by a few weirdo "policy" people, but overall, I think I was received well.
I was horrified because I was all alone, plus I was already exhausted from a really busy week and stressed out about speaking at a large work event today. I felt like it was some sort of spiritual battle. I called Minsoo but realized that I was all by myself.
So I called the friend that lives the closest to us: Nakji. Faithful friend Nakji was unable to killed the creature, but sprayed the area to keep it on its toes.
Last night, I was so exhaused that after Nakji left, I became totally hysterical. I closed the door to my bedroom and put a towel up against the bottom in case the beast wanted to come after me. I text messaged Hannah in desperation:
Huge roach loose in apt
minsoo on plane to nyc
barricaded in rm
cant sleep
big speaking thing tomorrow have to wake up at 6
freaking out
A phone call from Hannah gave me with some perspective while I cried under the covers and prayed for sleep.
Today, I was almost glad to work so that I could escape cockroach island (aka my apartment). After work, I realized that I needed some back up. So I called my parents and asked them to help me clean up my apartment. I think they also wanted to make sure I was okay since I left a hysterical message on their answering machine at 12:30am last night.
My parents helped me clean and then we left to get coffee. When we returned, IT had returned.
My Dad complained that it was "so tiny" (yeah right) and promptly stepped on it, leaving a streak of messy remains.
And that was it.
My Dad killed the big bug. Just like when I was a kid. I guess sometimes a 29-year-old girl still needs her Dad.
PS The event went well. I did my thing. People wanted copies of my powerpoint, which I guess is a sign that my talk was relevant and useful. I got accosted by a few weirdo "policy" people, but overall, I think I was received well.
4/08/2008
a career-defining moment? i hope not.
I got roped into being one of the speakers at an event on Saturday, which includes the second most powerful policy-maker in CA (the new assemb1y speaker) and the may0r of the sec0nd largest city in the country (yes, that would be LA). There's going to be anywhere from 200-400 people there.
I am also nervous because I've been really unmotivated at work and I'm not coming to the table with the best attitude. On top of that, I'm not the strongest public speaker.
Pray for me. I can't wait until it's over. I hope I don't suck too much.
I am also nervous because I've been really unmotivated at work and I'm not coming to the table with the best attitude. On top of that, I'm not the strongest public speaker.
Pray for me. I can't wait until it's over. I hope I don't suck too much.
4/06/2008
He doesn't want me to share this but...
Minsoo is this month's "role model" on our local Asian TV station. You can find the cheese-tastic clip on t0nylamf1lms dot com slash role underscore models dot htm. He he he...
4/01/2008
i gotta little bit o'seoul
... and then some...
Something's really funny. i'm not sure what it is.
At the dmz with ohmahnim and sistas hannah & sarah... 
Mixed drinks in a bag. yummy. that's minsoo's cousin and sista sarah.
Big hite...
I dream of hotteok
we think posing in front of the soldier is funny.
The trip was totally fun and crazy, full of food, laughing, "jhul", and chatty emo-nims. I had a blast.
Something's really funny. i'm not sure what it is.
At the dmz with ohmahnim and sistas hannah & sarah... 
Mixed drinks in a bag. yummy. that's minsoo's cousin and sista sarah.
Big hite...
I dream of hotteok
we think posing in front of the soldier is funny.
The trip was totally fun and crazy, full of food, laughing, "jhul", and chatty emo-nims. I had a blast.3/21/2008
3/08/2008
best.textmessage.ever
I received this photo on my cell from a co-worker who's at a policy conference in New Orleans, which I couldn't go to because I have family in town this weekend...
Yes, my friends, it is Wenda11 P1erce aka BUNK from themostawesomeshowihaveeverwatched thew1re. This photo came with the following message:
"...He says he wants to meet with us when he gets back to LA -- I said our Research Coordinator would be the best point on that." -- Research coordinator?! That's ME!!! The BUNK is interested in the work WE do?!
Yes, my friends, it is Wenda11 P1erce aka BUNK from themostawesomeshowihaveeverwatched thew1re. This photo came with the following message:
"...He says he wants to meet with us when he gets back to LA -- I said our Research Coordinator would be the best point on that." -- Research coordinator?! That's ME!!! The BUNK is interested in the work WE do?!
3/06/2008
on the phone with CA politcal celebrity (sort of)
Work has sucked lately so I haven't been motivated to post.
Work still sucks, but right now I'm on a conference call with Ph1l Angel1des, the guy who lost to the governator. I'm geeking out a little bit. I voted for him!
Work still sucks, but right now I'm on a conference call with Ph1l Angel1des, the guy who lost to the governator. I'm geeking out a little bit. I voted for him!
2/03/2008
hope is not a crap reason to vote for a president.
Really cool video from B1ack Eyed Peas' Wi11.i.am. plus why he recorded this video, from the huff1ngt0np0t. Sums up a lot of how I'm feeling about all of this and why I think the "experience" vs "hope" thing is a load of crap:
I was sitting in my recording studio watching the debates...
Torn between the candidates...
I was never really big on politics...
and actually I'm still not big on politics...
The outcome of the last 2 elections has saddened me...
on how unfair, backwards, upside down, unbalanced, untruthful,
corrupt, and just simply, how wrong the world and "politics" are...
So this year i wanted to get involved and do all i could early...
And i found myself torn...
because this time it's not that simple...
our choices aren't as clear as the last elections ...
last time it was so obvious...
Bush and war
vs
no Bush and no war...
But this time it's not that simple...
and there are a lot of people that are torn just like i am...
So for awhile I put it off and i was going to wait until it was decided for me...
And then came New Hampshire...
And i was captivated...
Inspired...
I reflected on my life...
and the blessings I have...
and the people who fought for me to have these rights and blessings...
and I'm not talking about a "black thing"
I'm talking about a "human thing" me as a "person"
an American...
That speech made me think of Martin Luther King...
Kennedy...
and Lincoln...
and all the others that have fought for what we have today...
what America is "supposed" to be...
freedom...
equality...
and truth...
and thats not what we have today...
we think we are free...
but in reality terror and fear controls our decisions...
this is not the America that our pioneers and leaders fought and
died for...
and then there was New Hampshire
it was that speech...
like many great speeches...
that one moved me...
because words and ideas are powerful...
It made me think...
and realize that today we have "very few" leaders...
maybe none...
but that speech...
it inspired me...
it inspired me to look inside myself and outwards towards the world...
it inspired me to want to change myself to better the world...
and take a "leap" towards change...
and hope that others become inspired to do the same...
change themselves..
change their greed...
change their fears...
and if we "change that"
"then hey"..
we got something right...???...
1 week later after the speech settled in me...
I began making this song...
I came up with the idea to turn his speech into a song...
because that speech affected and touched my inner core like nothing in a very long time...
it spoke to me...
because words and ideas are powerful...
I just wanted to add a melody to those words...
I wanted the inspiration that was bubbling inside me to take over...
so i let it..
I wasn't afraid to stand for something...
to stand for "change"...
I wasn't afraid of "fear"...
it was pure inspiration...
so I called my friends...
and they called their friends...
in a matter of 2 days...
We made the song and video...
Usually this process would take months...
a bunch of record company people figuring out strategies and release dates...
interviews...
all that stuff...
but this time i took it in my own hands...
so i called my friends Sarah Pantera, Mike Jurkovac, Fred Goldring, and Jesse Dylan to help make it happen...
and they called their friends..
and we did it together in 48 hours...
and instead of putting it in the hands of profit we put it in the hands of inspiration...
then we put it on the net for the world to feel...
When you are truly inspired..
magic happens...
incredible things happen...
love happens..
(and with that combination)
"love, and inspiration"
change happens...
"change for the better"
Inspiration breeds change...
"Positive change"...
no one on this planet is truly experienced to handle the obstacles we face today...
Terror, fear, lies, agendas, politics, money, all the above...
It's all scary...
Martin Luther King didn't have experience to lead...
Kennedy didn't have experience to lead...
Susan B. Anthony...
Nelson Mandela...
Rosa Parks...
Gandhi...
Anne Frank...
and everyone else who has had a hand in molding the freedoms we have and take for granted today...
no one truly has experience to deal with the world today...
they just need "desire, strength, courage ability, and passion" to change...
and to stand for something even when people say it's not possible...
America would not be here "today" if we didn't stand and fight for
change "yesterday"...
Everything we have as a "people" is because of the "people" who fought for
change...
and whoever is the President has to realize we have a lot of changing to do
I'm not trying to convince people to see things how i do...
I produced this song to share my new found inspiration and how I've been moved...
I hope this song will make you feel...
love...
and think...
and be inspired just like the speech inspired me...
that's all...
Let's all come together like America is supposed to...
Like Japan did after Hiroshima...
that was less than 65 years ago...
and look at Japan now...
they did it together...
they did it...
"We can't?...
Are you serious..?..
WE CAN!!!
Yes we can...
A United "America"
Democrats, Republicans and Independents together...
Building a new America
We can do it...
"TOGETHER"
Thank you for reading and listening...
will.i.am
I was sitting in my recording studio watching the debates...
Torn between the candidates...
I was never really big on politics...
and actually I'm still not big on politics...
The outcome of the last 2 elections has saddened me...
on how unfair, backwards, upside down, unbalanced, untruthful,
corrupt, and just simply, how wrong the world and "politics" are...
So this year i wanted to get involved and do all i could early...
And i found myself torn...
because this time it's not that simple...
our choices aren't as clear as the last elections ...
last time it was so obvious...
Bush and war
vs
no Bush and no war...
But this time it's not that simple...
and there are a lot of people that are torn just like i am...
So for awhile I put it off and i was going to wait until it was decided for me...
And then came New Hampshire...
And i was captivated...
Inspired...
I reflected on my life...
and the blessings I have...
and the people who fought for me to have these rights and blessings...
and I'm not talking about a "black thing"
I'm talking about a "human thing" me as a "person"
an American...
That speech made me think of Martin Luther King...
Kennedy...
and Lincoln...
and all the others that have fought for what we have today...
what America is "supposed" to be...
freedom...
equality...
and truth...
and thats not what we have today...
we think we are free...
but in reality terror and fear controls our decisions...
this is not the America that our pioneers and leaders fought and
died for...
and then there was New Hampshire
it was that speech...
like many great speeches...
that one moved me...
because words and ideas are powerful...
It made me think...
and realize that today we have "very few" leaders...
maybe none...
but that speech...
it inspired me...
it inspired me to look inside myself and outwards towards the world...
it inspired me to want to change myself to better the world...
and take a "leap" towards change...
and hope that others become inspired to do the same...
change themselves..
change their greed...
change their fears...
and if we "change that"
"then hey"..
we got something right...???...
1 week later after the speech settled in me...
I began making this song...
I came up with the idea to turn his speech into a song...
because that speech affected and touched my inner core like nothing in a very long time...
it spoke to me...
because words and ideas are powerful...
I just wanted to add a melody to those words...
I wanted the inspiration that was bubbling inside me to take over...
so i let it..
I wasn't afraid to stand for something...
to stand for "change"...
I wasn't afraid of "fear"...
it was pure inspiration...
so I called my friends...
and they called their friends...
in a matter of 2 days...
We made the song and video...
Usually this process would take months...
a bunch of record company people figuring out strategies and release dates...
interviews...
all that stuff...
but this time i took it in my own hands...
so i called my friends Sarah Pantera, Mike Jurkovac, Fred Goldring, and Jesse Dylan to help make it happen...
and they called their friends..
and we did it together in 48 hours...
and instead of putting it in the hands of profit we put it in the hands of inspiration...
then we put it on the net for the world to feel...
When you are truly inspired..
magic happens...
incredible things happen...
love happens..
(and with that combination)
"love, and inspiration"
change happens...
"change for the better"
Inspiration breeds change...
"Positive change"...
no one on this planet is truly experienced to handle the obstacles we face today...
Terror, fear, lies, agendas, politics, money, all the above...
It's all scary...
Martin Luther King didn't have experience to lead...
Kennedy didn't have experience to lead...
Susan B. Anthony...
Nelson Mandela...
Rosa Parks...
Gandhi...
Anne Frank...
and everyone else who has had a hand in molding the freedoms we have and take for granted today...
no one truly has experience to deal with the world today...
they just need "desire, strength, courage ability, and passion" to change...
and to stand for something even when people say it's not possible...
America would not be here "today" if we didn't stand and fight for
change "yesterday"...
Everything we have as a "people" is because of the "people" who fought for
change...
and whoever is the President has to realize we have a lot of changing to do
I'm not trying to convince people to see things how i do...
I produced this song to share my new found inspiration and how I've been moved...
I hope this song will make you feel...
love...
and think...
and be inspired just like the speech inspired me...
that's all...
Let's all come together like America is supposed to...
Like Japan did after Hiroshima...
that was less than 65 years ago...
and look at Japan now...
they did it together...
they did it...
"We can't?...
Are you serious..?..
WE CAN!!!
Yes we can...
A United "America"
Democrats, Republicans and Independents together...
Building a new America
We can do it...
"TOGETHER"
Thank you for reading and listening...
will.i.am
1/31/2008
take that chuck n0rr1s!
Let's talk about what really matters in selecting a new president:
Favorite TV show?
Wai-Ling: The Wire
0bama: The Wire (Apparently 0mar is his favorite character!)
Left handed or right?
Wai-Ling: LEFT and proud (in more ways than one)
0bama: Lefty
Favorite Pro-Wrestler?
Wai-Ling: Hulk Hogan (okay, okay, so I only know one)
0bama: Hulk Hogan (who said he supported 0bama)
Can't wait until next Tuesday...
Favorite TV show?
Wai-Ling: The Wire
0bama: The Wire (Apparently 0mar is his favorite character!)
Left handed or right?
Wai-Ling: LEFT and proud (in more ways than one)
0bama: Lefty
Favorite Pro-Wrestler?
Wai-Ling: Hulk Hogan (okay, okay, so I only know one)
0bama: Hulk Hogan (who said he supported 0bama)
Can't wait until next Tuesday...
obscure LA post
n1c harc0urt read my name on the rad1o!
n1c harc0urt read my name on the rad1o!
n1c harc0urt read my name on the rad1o!
n1c harc0urt read my name on the rad1o!
I am DEFINITELY supporting kcrw next year. If nothing else, to hear n1charcourt read off my name on the radio.
I think I've decided that morning becomes ec1ectic is one of, if not THE best thing about Los Angeles. If you're not here, you're missing out.
n1c harc0urt read my name on the rad1o!
n1c harc0urt read my name on the rad1o!
n1c harc0urt read my name on the rad1o!
I am DEFINITELY supporting kcrw next year. If nothing else, to hear n1charcourt read off my name on the radio.
I think I've decided that morning becomes ec1ectic is one of, if not THE best thing about Los Angeles. If you're not here, you're missing out.
1/11/2008
my heart is heavy
On Sunday, I found out that a couple in my married couples small group is going through a contentious divorce under really strange circumstances. We are shocked, saddened and most importantly, fearful for the spiritual well-being of one member of the couple. There's a serious spiritual battle going on so we're praying for power from above. I've been in desperate prayer this week for my friends.
I also just found out that one of the kids that was a part of my afterschool program a few years ago (well, like 5 years ago) died in a car accident in Campbe11 this week -- at the same intersection where I was involved in an accident that totaled my car over 4 years ago. She was such a sweet girl. I found her legacy page on the local newspaper's website and it was heartbreaking to see condolences written to her by other students that were part of our program. She was 16 but I will remember Jessi as a cute, rambunctious 11 year old.
Sometimes I don't even know how to pray for the things that weigh my heart down.
"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will." - Romans 8:26-27
I also just found out that one of the kids that was a part of my afterschool program a few years ago (well, like 5 years ago) died in a car accident in Campbe11 this week -- at the same intersection where I was involved in an accident that totaled my car over 4 years ago. She was such a sweet girl. I found her legacy page on the local newspaper's website and it was heartbreaking to see condolences written to her by other students that were part of our program. She was 16 but I will remember Jessi as a cute, rambunctious 11 year old.
Sometimes I don't even know how to pray for the things that weigh my heart down.
"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will." - Romans 8:26-27
1/07/2008
i may be someone's enemy
I think someone has made me their office enemy.
I'm getting some weird vibes from the executive assistant to our exec. dir. -- whom I rarely work with and don't know well at all.
So why should I be getting weird vibes?
A few examples:
1.She has a high pitched shrilly voice when she says hi to everyone. When she sees me, she waves and says nothing.
2. At the holiday white elephant gift exchange, she told my co-worker she stole my gift "just because." She didn't really want it, she just wanted to take it.
3. When she leaves the office, she walks by and says "Bye Gloria!" -- even though I share the office space with Gloria.
Am I just paranoid? Or do I have an office enemy... or rather, someone has chosen me as THEIR office enemy (because I don't have any office enemies)
And if I've been tagged as the woman's enemy, why?? I'm probably nicer at work than I am any other place in the world, not joking.
I'm getting some weird vibes from the executive assistant to our exec. dir. -- whom I rarely work with and don't know well at all.
So why should I be getting weird vibes?
A few examples:
1.She has a high pitched shrilly voice when she says hi to everyone. When she sees me, she waves and says nothing.
2. At the holiday white elephant gift exchange, she told my co-worker she stole my gift "just because." She didn't really want it, she just wanted to take it.
3. When she leaves the office, she walks by and says "Bye Gloria!" -- even though I share the office space with Gloria.
Am I just paranoid? Or do I have an office enemy... or rather, someone has chosen me as THEIR office enemy (because I don't have any office enemies)
And if I've been tagged as the woman's enemy, why?? I'm probably nicer at work than I am any other place in the world, not joking.
1/06/2008
post-post remorse
"In Chino, a 25-year-old woman was swept to her death in a flash flood early Saturday...She was traveling east about 1 a.m. when her pickup truck was swept away by 8-foot-high waters."
Now I feel kind of bad.
Now I feel kind of bad.
1/04/2008
week in review
unrelated to each other, but all relevant to me right now.
1. "Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, and to work for it, and to fight for it." -- Damn you, 0bama. Your politics aren't as progressive as white-boy Edwards, but man, your speeches always get me. I'm so glad you stomped on h1llary in Iowa. I can't wait for November.
2. Season 5 of the-show-that-rocks-my-face-off starts on Sunday. "The show would instead be about untethered capitalism run amok, about how power and money actually route themselves in a postmodern American city, and, ultimately, about why we as an urban people are no longer able to solve our problems or heal our wounds...a show that would, with each season, slice off another piece of the American city, so that by the end of the run, a simulated Baltimore would stand in for urban America, and the fundamental problems of urbanity would be fully addressed."
"I’m from Baltimore and I’ve got some s*** you f***** need to see, people! Put down that CSI s*** and pay some heed, motherf******!"
"My standard for verisimilitude is simple and I came to it when I started to write prose narrative: f*** the average reader...The average reader, as they meant it, was some suburban white [cable] subscriber with two-point-whatever kids and three-point-whatever cars and a dog and a cat and lawn furniture. He knows nothing and he needs everything explained to him right away, so that exposition becomes this incredible, story-killing burden."
"Most smart people cannot watch most TV, because it has generally been a condescending medium, explaining everything immediately, offering no ambiguities, and using dialogue that simplifies and mitigates against the idiosyncratic ways in which people in different worlds actually communicate. It eventually requires that characters from different places talk the same way as the viewer. This, of course, sucks."
-- Why the W1re rocks my face off. Quotes from Creater-Writer David Simon in an awesome interview with Nick Hornby.
3. "DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE." -- The warning from the national weather service website... the image it conjures in my mind makes me laugh, I don't know why. I wonder if any of the drunk Hollywood "It" girls will be driving out tonight. If only...
1. "Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, and to work for it, and to fight for it." -- Damn you, 0bama. Your politics aren't as progressive as white-boy Edwards, but man, your speeches always get me. I'm so glad you stomped on h1llary in Iowa. I can't wait for November.
2. Season 5 of the-show-that-rocks-my-face-off starts on Sunday. "The show would instead be about untethered capitalism run amok, about how power and money actually route themselves in a postmodern American city, and, ultimately, about why we as an urban people are no longer able to solve our problems or heal our wounds...a show that would, with each season, slice off another piece of the American city, so that by the end of the run, a simulated Baltimore would stand in for urban America, and the fundamental problems of urbanity would be fully addressed."
"I’m from Baltimore and I’ve got some s*** you f***** need to see, people! Put down that CSI s*** and pay some heed, motherf******!"
"My standard for verisimilitude is simple and I came to it when I started to write prose narrative: f*** the average reader...The average reader, as they meant it, was some suburban white [cable] subscriber with two-point-whatever kids and three-point-whatever cars and a dog and a cat and lawn furniture. He knows nothing and he needs everything explained to him right away, so that exposition becomes this incredible, story-killing burden."
"Most smart people cannot watch most TV, because it has generally been a condescending medium, explaining everything immediately, offering no ambiguities, and using dialogue that simplifies and mitigates against the idiosyncratic ways in which people in different worlds actually communicate. It eventually requires that characters from different places talk the same way as the viewer. This, of course, sucks."
-- Why the W1re rocks my face off. Quotes from Creater-Writer David Simon in an awesome interview with Nick Hornby.
3. "DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE." -- The warning from the national weather service website... the image it conjures in my mind makes me laugh, I don't know why. I wonder if any of the drunk Hollywood "It" girls will be driving out tonight. If only...
1/03/2008
12/15/2007
you can see the joy on his face
Guess what movie inaugurated our new 42-inch LCD tv:
His choice, not mine.
Good bye panason1c 19-inch. You served me well. Through the various bay area moves, getting drenched with water after my ceiling collapsed, you remained faithful. Thanks for the memories.
His choice, not mine.
Good bye panason1c 19-inch. You served me well. Through the various bay area moves, getting drenched with water after my ceiling collapsed, you remained faithful. Thanks for the memories.
11/15/2007
today's union commentary...
"NO JUSTICE, NO NOODLES!"
- NYC Chinese restaurant workers who are protesting the blacklisting effort against workers who are trying to organize.
vs.
"Don't be ugly, don't be petty, You won't get your Ug1y Betty!"
- WGA members
I'm not sure which is more compelling.
- NYC Chinese restaurant workers who are protesting the blacklisting effort against workers who are trying to organize.
vs.
"Don't be ugly, don't be petty, You won't get your Ug1y Betty!"
- WGA members
I'm not sure which is more compelling.
11/13/2007
speaking of corporation greed...
Tonight, Hannah represents her 'hood against the evil developers near her neighborhood who want to build a parking lot facing their house.
I'm so proud of you, Hannah... not only for speaking up but also for spending almost 4 hours sitting in a planning commission meeting. Yay for streaming online commission meetings!
... and a guest appearance by AhBuhNim
Minsoo & I had stopped paying attention by this point, until we heard him say "My daughter hannah y..." and we were like OH SNAP, DAD TOO! REPRESENT YU!
I'm so proud of you, Hannah... not only for speaking up but also for spending almost 4 hours sitting in a planning commission meeting. Yay for streaming online commission meetings!
... and a guest appearance by AhBuhNim
Minsoo & I had stopped paying attention by this point, until we heard him say "My daughter hannah y..." and we were like OH SNAP, DAD TOO! REPRESENT YU!
11/12/2007
damn you merid1th grey
fine. no more tvontheinternets.
stupid corporate greed.
[see youtube video put out by the wga titled ourfriendsfromgrey.]
stupid corporate greed.
[see youtube video put out by the wga titled ourfriendsfromgrey.]
11/11/2007
tvontheinternet rocks (corporate green sucks)
I've been challenged by someone on my tvontheinternets habit despite my so-called support of the writers' strike. My response: I continue to watch tv online as a way to be counted as part of the online viewership so the writers can continue to make a case of why they need to get paid... and of course, I haven't gotten a memo saying to ban tvonline. But rest assured when I do, I will stand in solidarity, I promise.
11/08/2007
quarantined
I'm at home, quarantined by my boss who refused to let me come into work. I've watched all of the past episodes of survivor (by the way, eating 1000 yr old eggs is not the most foulest thing in the world, JeffProbst -- people here in the US eat that stuff, go out and get yourself some culture), did as much laundry as my quarters would take me & checked my email 20 times.
I'm so bored.
Here's a tidbit about the neighborhood where I work. I've been reluctant to post anything about it because it's not like this everyday:
2:30 pm Monday. The corner of West Slauson and South Western. Over 200 people watch as a brawl between 30 women ends as one drives her convertible into the melee. Two women were injured. One, Shontae Blanche, a 22 year old pregnant woman, is killed.
One witness, who asked not to be identified, said the driver hit the pregnant woman with her car, dragged her nearly 10 feet until she fell off, then backed up and ran over her again.
That's the corner where I go to get my starbucks fix. Usually, I go in the afternoon, but I had a meeting on Monday. Guess it's good I didn't go.
I'm so bored.
Here's a tidbit about the neighborhood where I work. I've been reluctant to post anything about it because it's not like this everyday:
2:30 pm Monday. The corner of West Slauson and South Western. Over 200 people watch as a brawl between 30 women ends as one drives her convertible into the melee. Two women were injured. One, Shontae Blanche, a 22 year old pregnant woman, is killed.
One witness, who asked not to be identified, said the driver hit the pregnant woman with her car, dragged her nearly 10 feet until she fell off, then backed up and ran over her again.
That's the corner where I go to get my starbucks fix. Usually, I go in the afternoon, but I had a meeting on Monday. Guess it's good I didn't go.
11/07/2007
give 'em their money!
I'm a believer in the power of unions to help maintain the middle class and protect workers rights. I know there are "bad" unions out there that make it hard for businesses, but I know A LOT of unions that have made sure teachers get paid, service employees get their due and port workers can keep their heads above water (see thebestshowintheworldthewire).
I know hollywood is a souless place, but the writers strike is legit. The Office writers have a great youtubevideo (go to youtube dot com and search for theofficeisclosed, with spaces).
Industry, give 'em their money! Reality TV sucks.
I know hollywood is a souless place, but the writers strike is legit. The Office writers have a great youtubevideo (go to youtube dot com and search for theofficeisclosed, with spaces).
Industry, give 'em their money! Reality TV sucks.
10/28/2007
anti-social internet user
I joined one of those new fangled online networking sites recently. I don't know why, given that I'm very paranoid about having my stuff out there. I did it just because it seemed like a safer place than my-whatchamacalit and it seemed legit.
By joining this networking site, I was hoping to stay under the radar and just monitor the landscape. Silly me. The madness is already beginning... And by madness, I mean the "unwanted adding"... I mean the friend requests from people who I've been trying to avoid for a decade (at least).
Dang it. I don't want to add them. But I can't NOT add them. They'd know, right?
And once one of them adds me, then everyone else sees me on their list and then wants to add me. And then I got a whole bunch of unwanted adding. Soon, my "list" will consist of more non-friends because I'm only adding people who find me and most of my friends know I'm adverse to these sites. [I typically only add friends who request to be on my list first.]
What do I do? What do I do? I wish I wasn't so anti-social on the web. I'm seriously considering erasing my profile. I'm think I'm going to go erase my photo from my profile right now.
By joining this networking site, I was hoping to stay under the radar and just monitor the landscape. Silly me. The madness is already beginning... And by madness, I mean the "unwanted adding"... I mean the friend requests from people who I've been trying to avoid for a decade (at least).
Dang it. I don't want to add them. But I can't NOT add them. They'd know, right?
And once one of them adds me, then everyone else sees me on their list and then wants to add me. And then I got a whole bunch of unwanted adding. Soon, my "list" will consist of more non-friends because I'm only adding people who find me and most of my friends know I'm adverse to these sites. [I typically only add friends who request to be on my list first.]
What do I do? What do I do? I wish I wasn't so anti-social on the web. I'm seriously considering erasing my profile. I'm think I'm going to go erase my photo from my profile right now.
10/22/2007
9/28/2007
the motherland
I returned home last weekend from China and barely made it through work this week. Here are a few pics from the trip:
Nanjing Road in Shanghai
Terracotta warriors from the Qin Dynasty were unearthed in the 70s in Xi'an, the former capital of China way back when.
We took two highly unsafe golf-cart things in Yangshuo. Breathtaking scenery. This photo doesn't do it justice.
On our way up to Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, Minsoo, found Bruce...
We also saw my mom's cousins... including TRIPLETS. One of them has 11 fingers. All three of them are very strange looking.
Nanjing Road in Shanghai
Terracotta warriors from the Qin Dynasty were unearthed in the 70s in Xi'an, the former capital of China way back when.
We took two highly unsafe golf-cart things in Yangshuo. Breathtaking scenery. This photo doesn't do it justice.
On our way up to Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, Minsoo, found Bruce...
We also saw my mom's cousins... including TRIPLETS. One of them has 11 fingers. All three of them are very strange looking.
9/07/2007
heading to the motherland...
Please pray for traveling mercies and no diarrhea. [Particular emphasis on the latter.]
9/05/2007
weekend in review
This past weekend was my aunt's memorial service, which was sad and traumatic 1. because we weren't sure whether she was a Christian and 2. because it concluded with watching her casket be placed into a big metal contraption with red buttons. Yes, a cremation machine.
I now know how I do NOT want my funeral to be like.
On a lighter note, I was able to see family & friends so the whole weekend wasn't totally emotionally draining. It was, however, very physically draining as it was so freakin' hot. We went bowling for Secret's 21st b-day and the bowling alley's a/c was broken. Sweaty drinking bowling fun.
Next up? Minsoo and I are preparing for my family trip to the motherland. Shanghai, Xi'an, Guilin, Shunde & Hong Kong. Woo wee.
I now know how I do NOT want my funeral to be like.
On a lighter note, I was able to see family & friends so the whole weekend wasn't totally emotionally draining. It was, however, very physically draining as it was so freakin' hot. We went bowling for Secret's 21st b-day and the bowling alley's a/c was broken. Sweaty drinking bowling fun.
Next up? Minsoo and I are preparing for my family trip to the motherland. Shanghai, Xi'an, Guilin, Shunde & Hong Kong. Woo wee.
8/22/2007
Auntie Wai
My aunt was diagnosed with MDS last year, which developed into AcuteMyelogeneousLeukemia. While they were deciding whether or not to do chemo, they found a huge tumor in her back. She went through 10 days of radiation but then developed a fever. They gave her tylenol, but it turns out she had pneumonia.
My aunt passed away this afternoon. I'm not sure about her God status, although a lot of my family members were talking to her about JC. This is what saddens me the most.
This is how I will remember my very kind aunt:
My aunt passed away this afternoon. I'm not sure about her God status, although a lot of my family members were talking to her about JC. This is what saddens me the most.
This is how I will remember my very kind aunt:
8/20/2007
7/23/2007
Pics From Atlanta
My posse
Myself, another staff and two members at the opening day march. A random looking group huh?
Lots of people... really hot...
The first day of the forum we marched through downtown Atlanta. Hannah was there representin' the ac1u and making sure my civil rights remained intact and we didn't get beat up by the police or cause a riot...
Civil liberties? Check.
If you look closely, you can see that the police officer is not only lounging on the back of his car, but also smoking a cigar. I think LAPD needs to learn from their fellow cops in the ATL.
See? Asians care about social justice too.
This group were Koreans against war and neoliberalism. They brought their drums EVERYWHERE. They'd just stop in the middle of some random plaza and start playing their drums. I'd see them around the hotels where the workshops were being held and in the subway and they were always wearing their hats and carrying those drums. In 90 degree humid weather, that's dedication.
Ebenezer Baptist Church
It was crazy sitting in the sanctuary, imagining what it would have been like to hear MLK jr speak at this church.
Hannah's Atlanta Food tour...
And of course, getting to hang out with Hannah all week was pretty yummy, I mean fun.
Next: Pics from NYC
Myself, another staff and two members at the opening day march. A random looking group huh?
Lots of people... really hot...
The first day of the forum we marched through downtown Atlanta. Hannah was there representin' the ac1u and making sure my civil rights remained intact and we didn't get beat up by the police or cause a riot...
Civil liberties? Check.
If you look closely, you can see that the police officer is not only lounging on the back of his car, but also smoking a cigar. I think LAPD needs to learn from their fellow cops in the ATL.
See? Asians care about social justice too.
This group were Koreans against war and neoliberalism. They brought their drums EVERYWHERE. They'd just stop in the middle of some random plaza and start playing their drums. I'd see them around the hotels where the workshops were being held and in the subway and they were always wearing their hats and carrying those drums. In 90 degree humid weather, that's dedication.
Ebenezer Baptist Church
It was crazy sitting in the sanctuary, imagining what it would have been like to hear MLK jr speak at this church.
Hannah's Atlanta Food tour...
And of course, getting to hang out with Hannah all week was pretty yummy, I mean fun.
Next: Pics from NYC
7/02/2007
(hot)Lanta
I just got back from Atlanta where I was at the US_Social_Forum, a gathering for activists from around the country (and some from around the world) talkin' about making US a better place and how our neo-liberal policies, imperialist, war-monging, globalizing ways need to stop. I know, fun stuff.
A few (non-political) highlights (though I will post about the political highlights because that's how I roll):
- Eating tator tots with cheese fondue. I know, tator tots... dipped in cheese! I felt like a fancy 9-year old.
- Seeing Ebenezer Baptist church -- in color! I'd only seen it in black and white photos. It was so awesome to visit the birthplace of the civil rights movement and be able to connect faith with social justice.
- Spending time with hannah who kept me entertained and well fed throughout the trip. Had it not been for her, I would have been hungry for most of the trip.
- All you can eat shredded bbq pork sandwiches with $5 pitchers of beer. Orange shakes, brunch and fried chicken(not all together). Yeah!
A few low-lights:
- Being hit on while getting on the bus by Andre 3000-wannabe. He was so ridiculous, it was hard to be offended. Lens-less white rimmed glasses, suspenders, plaid pants and a dress shirt... in 90 degree weather I can't even describe it but to say that it was purely ri-diculous. Aw-right, Aw-right, Aw-right...
- Missing out on the API mixer because after going to 2 hotels, I couldn't find the meeting place and then being rained on. Turns out, they had the mixer at a hotel next to the one they said it would be at, in the basement, with the door closed. Stupid APIs. I guess we are exclusive and cliquey.
- Humidity and heat. I thought one of my co-workers (who's over 50) was going to keel over and have a heart attack. I'm not kidding. At one of the subway stations, there's this long escalator going down into the station. It felt like a descent into hell.
- People who don't wear deodorant. A lot of the "hippies" at our forum went eau natural and did not believe that getting cancer from deodorant is a far better way to go than passing out from smelling each other.
- Being asian in the Atl. It's like having a sign that says "HEY, LOOK AT ME. I'M YELLOW. PLEASE STARE AT ME AND ASK ME WHERE I'M FROM BECAUSE I SURE AM NOT FROM HERE." I'm sure there are a lot of us in the outerlying areas, but I did not see any in the inner city.
Anyway, lots more to come. Glad to be back home.
A few (non-political) highlights (though I will post about the political highlights because that's how I roll):
- Eating tator tots with cheese fondue. I know, tator tots... dipped in cheese! I felt like a fancy 9-year old.
- Seeing Ebenezer Baptist church -- in color! I'd only seen it in black and white photos. It was so awesome to visit the birthplace of the civil rights movement and be able to connect faith with social justice.
- Spending time with hannah who kept me entertained and well fed throughout the trip. Had it not been for her, I would have been hungry for most of the trip.
- All you can eat shredded bbq pork sandwiches with $5 pitchers of beer. Orange shakes, brunch and fried chicken(not all together). Yeah!
A few low-lights:
- Being hit on while getting on the bus by Andre 3000-wannabe. He was so ridiculous, it was hard to be offended. Lens-less white rimmed glasses, suspenders, plaid pants and a dress shirt... in 90 degree weather I can't even describe it but to say that it was purely ri-diculous. Aw-right, Aw-right, Aw-right...
- Missing out on the API mixer because after going to 2 hotels, I couldn't find the meeting place and then being rained on. Turns out, they had the mixer at a hotel next to the one they said it would be at, in the basement, with the door closed. Stupid APIs. I guess we are exclusive and cliquey.
- Humidity and heat. I thought one of my co-workers (who's over 50) was going to keel over and have a heart attack. I'm not kidding. At one of the subway stations, there's this long escalator going down into the station. It felt like a descent into hell.
- People who don't wear deodorant. A lot of the "hippies" at our forum went eau natural and did not believe that getting cancer from deodorant is a far better way to go than passing out from smelling each other.
- Being asian in the Atl. It's like having a sign that says "HEY, LOOK AT ME. I'M YELLOW. PLEASE STARE AT ME AND ASK ME WHERE I'M FROM BECAUSE I SURE AM NOT FROM HERE." I'm sure there are a lot of us in the outerlying areas, but I did not see any in the inner city.
Anyway, lots more to come. Glad to be back home.
6/25/2007
this i believe...*
1. RoyPearson is a crazy litigious tool who should be disbarred. (In case you've been living in a hole, this is the mofo that sued a dry cleaners $54M for losing a pair of his pants. Read the news suckas!)
2. The new BBC show "The Planners" is the most awesomeness idea I have ever heard of. I'm sure only me and my urban planning friends think this show is going to rock, but you wait and see. You wait and see.
3. Many of my male and female single friends live on the wrong coast (or not close enough to a coast). Below is a diagram showing ratio of single males to single females in the US. I won't call you out but you know who you are.
*For those of you NPR lovers
2. The new BBC show "The Planners" is the most awesomeness idea I have ever heard of. I'm sure only me and my urban planning friends think this show is going to rock, but you wait and see. You wait and see.
3. Many of my male and female single friends live on the wrong coast (or not close enough to a coast). Below is a diagram showing ratio of single males to single females in the US. I won't call you out but you know who you are.
*For those of you NPR lovers
6/19/2007
good news
Whew. What a month.
I've been MIA because I haven't felt like writing lately. Plus I felt like anything I'd write after the last post would seem superficial or not thoughtful enough.
Anyway....
Good news is blog-worthy, so....
Minsoo and I....
(I know what you're thinking and it's not that!)
...got promotions. Praise God! I've never wanted to be rolling in the bucks, but knowing that we are becoming a bit more financially settled is a blessing. Gah, I guess this means we're adults.
I've been MIA because I haven't felt like writing lately. Plus I felt like anything I'd write after the last post would seem superficial or not thoughtful enough.
Anyway....
Good news is blog-worthy, so....
Minsoo and I....
(I know what you're thinking and it's not that!)
...got promotions. Praise God! I've never wanted to be rolling in the bucks, but knowing that we are becoming a bit more financially settled is a blessing. Gah, I guess this means we're adults.
5/25/2007
Family drama sucks anus.
I'm going up north this holiday weekend for a mid-week funeral and then driving down the same day after the funeral for the burial in LA.
So Sad.
On top of all of that, some of my extended family members are causing trouble and making this time even hard for all of us. They made it hard for us while my grandmother was dying and now are making life miserable for all of us as we struggle to deal with the sadness and stress of losing a loved one. Even my 71-year-old Dad is feeling the stress -- last night, almost got arrested at the airport for arguing with a cop when he was trying to pick up my cousin. I know, crazy and weird.
If you guys can pray for me I'd appreciate it... because all I want to do right now is go up north and kick the crap out of one of my (not blood related) aunts and cousins.... and what I really should be doing is going up and spending quality time celebrating my grandmother with my relatives.
When this is all done, I think I need a spa day.
So Sad.
On top of all of that, some of my extended family members are causing trouble and making this time even hard for all of us. They made it hard for us while my grandmother was dying and now are making life miserable for all of us as we struggle to deal with the sadness and stress of losing a loved one. Even my 71-year-old Dad is feeling the stress -- last night, almost got arrested at the airport for arguing with a cop when he was trying to pick up my cousin. I know, crazy and weird.
If you guys can pray for me I'd appreciate it... because all I want to do right now is go up north and kick the crap out of one of my (not blood related) aunts and cousins.... and what I really should be doing is going up and spending quality time celebrating my grandmother with my relatives.
When this is all done, I think I need a spa day.
5/23/2007
Wen Yei Fung Lee
My grandmother passed away on Tuesday afternoon. She was 99 and a tough, tough lady. I will always remember her strength and faith... and her love of strong drinks and peanut butter. Thanks for everything, Ma-Ma. I hope you have fun in heaven. *sniff sniff*
5/21/2007
a case of the mondays.
This weekend I went to see my grandmother + all of my extended family in the 'Jo. It was a doozy and I'm still recovering. I'll post about it later.
One clue about how I'm feeling after this weekend: It's 12:13pm and I'm at work but I could really use a drink about now.
One clue about how I'm feeling after this weekend: It's 12:13pm and I'm at work but I could really use a drink about now.
5/15/2007
My grandmother is tougher than your grandmother
These past few weeks I've been sort of in a holding pattern. My grandmother is close to death and my family and I have been preparing for it. We were told that it might be this week so we've been preparing the slide show, eulogy, the funeral services, etc. and travel arrangements for us to go up north for the ceremony at the end of this week. However, my Ma-ma is as tough as nails and has continued to surprise us. The doctors and nurses did not expect her to last this long. It's Tuesday and her vitals are still strong, despite being off her IV and not eating. It's hard because she's up north and I can't see her everyday, all I can do is wait.
My grandmother turned 99 on Friday!
My grandmother turned 99 on Friday!5/13/2007
5/08/2007
one more day
I've been feeling really worn out -- from my grandmother to my sick stomach to work. So I just sat down to write an entry all about my woes.
But just when I feel like complaining about the things in my life, God reminds me that hey, I don't have it so bad. I flipped on the news and saw the brush fires burning on the east side of LA. And it humbled me.
War, poverty, corruption, injustice. That crap is serious. Not that my stuff isn't sad, stressful and important to me, it's just that there's more to life. On days that I put it all into perspective, I can put off complaining until another day. And that's one more day I can spend being grateful for what I have. Because this cranky girl needs all the days she can get.
But just when I feel like complaining about the things in my life, God reminds me that hey, I don't have it so bad. I flipped on the news and saw the brush fires burning on the east side of LA. And it humbled me.
War, poverty, corruption, injustice. That crap is serious. Not that my stuff isn't sad, stressful and important to me, it's just that there's more to life. On days that I put it all into perspective, I can put off complaining until another day. And that's one more day I can spend being grateful for what I have. Because this cranky girl needs all the days she can get.
5/02/2007
it's been a fun 3 days
Monday morning I was rudely awakened at 6:30am by nausea, followed by the big D, followed by throw up. lots of it.
And... repeat. And... repeat.
Almost 9 hours later, my body finished its hourly purge. I laid down to try and sleep but couldn't because of pain in my abdomen. I called Dr. Nakji to ask him where the nearest ER was and he came by and went with me and minsoo to the ER.
Four hours and 2 bags of fluids, 1 blood/urine test, 1 anti-nausea med later, I left the ER feeling a tad bit better. I guess. Or maybe it was the cute intern taking my blood that clouded my judgment, I dunno.
When I woke up on Tuesday I felt better, but as the day progressed, my stomach kept hurting. I'm assuming it's from all of the trauma of Monday, but it made it impossible to eat or sleep or even move comfortably, so I still sort of felt like crap.
Today I woke up and felt better and was able to move around without pain and even do some work from home. Next step: a meal with solid food.
I hate food poisoning. Although had it not been for this, I would have been at the Tuesday marches and might have been at all of the craziness that ensued with the police. I'm not sure which one would have been better.
And... repeat. And... repeat.
Almost 9 hours later, my body finished its hourly purge. I laid down to try and sleep but couldn't because of pain in my abdomen. I called Dr. Nakji to ask him where the nearest ER was and he came by and went with me and minsoo to the ER.
Four hours and 2 bags of fluids, 1 blood/urine test, 1 anti-nausea med later, I left the ER feeling a tad bit better. I guess. Or maybe it was the cute intern taking my blood that clouded my judgment, I dunno.
When I woke up on Tuesday I felt better, but as the day progressed, my stomach kept hurting. I'm assuming it's from all of the trauma of Monday, but it made it impossible to eat or sleep or even move comfortably, so I still sort of felt like crap.
Today I woke up and felt better and was able to move around without pain and even do some work from home. Next step: a meal with solid food.
I hate food poisoning. Although had it not been for this, I would have been at the Tuesday marches and might have been at all of the craziness that ensued with the police. I'm not sure which one would have been better.
4/23/2007
ma ma
My grandmother is 98 years old. I know, NINETY EIGHT! She's lived a full life.
Anyway, she had a stroke this weekend.
I'll be up in SJ on Wednesday for a day just to see her. I heard she's pretty much in a coma. We've gone through a few scares and she's always managed to pull through. This time, it's not looking good.
One of my favorite memories of her is when she taught us how to make ghetto char siu baos using pre-made bisquits in that pop-up canister. So wrong, yet so yum.
Anyway, she had a stroke this weekend.
I'll be up in SJ on Wednesday for a day just to see her. I heard she's pretty much in a coma. We've gone through a few scares and she's always managed to pull through. This time, it's not looking good.
One of my favorite memories of her is when she taught us how to make ghetto char siu baos using pre-made bisquits in that pop-up canister. So wrong, yet so yum.
4/16/2007
i OD'd on tragic news
Part of my job is to track latest news on all things related to my work (especially when I'm procrastinating). This means that part of the day, I'm on the "internets" tracking news outlets -- and this means that todayI OD'd on news coverage of the V1rginia Tech sh00tings. I couldn't stop refreshing on my RSS feeds, reading the student blogs, watching the horrible grainy cell phone clips. So tragic. Anyway, don't really know what else to say, given that I'm so removed from that situation yet feel strangely connected. Those buildings reminded me of my own college experience which made me remember how safe and insulated I felt wandering campus.
So anyway, now I'm watching danc1ng with the stars to try and neutral1ze it all.
Sad sad day. [Insert cliche statement about life here.]
So anyway, now I'm watching danc1ng with the stars to try and neutral1ze it all.
Sad sad day. [Insert cliche statement about life here.]
4/11/2007
carz in the hood.
Today i saw
- A yellow car on hydrolics.
- A car parked in the middle of the jack-in-the-b0x parking lot (not in a space), radio blasting, no driver in sight.
- A car start to pull out of the gas station -- with the pump still in the car's nozzle. The dude driving the car screeched to a halt and screamed, "NOT AGAIN??!!"
Just another day workin' in the hood.
- A yellow car on hydrolics.
- A car parked in the middle of the jack-in-the-b0x parking lot (not in a space), radio blasting, no driver in sight.
- A car start to pull out of the gas station -- with the pump still in the car's nozzle. The dude driving the car screeched to a halt and screamed, "NOT AGAIN??!!"
Just another day workin' in the hood.
3/27/2007
thank you m1ss manners
... for agreeing with me on this one. I've always found it offensive when strangers stop me and tell me to smile and only when I'm alone. Every time I've shared this people makes me feel like I'm crazy for thinking this. They make excuses or make me feel as if I'm being rude. Now, I can stick out my tongue and tell people, "M1ss Manners told I don't have to smile at you!!"
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I'm a bit unsure how to respond to strange men who greet me on the street. (I work in an area where this is common.)
While we're on this topic, during work functions I've had two men ask me if I work out. What is that about? Ew.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I'm a bit unsure how to respond to strange men who greet me on the street. (I work in an area where this is common.)
I feel rude ignoring a friendly greeting, yet I can't help but notice that this does not happen when I am in the company of others, nor do these apparently very outgoing folks seem to greet single men. Usually I smile weakly and hurry by. Do you have any better advice?
GENTLE READER: Yes: Don't smile weakly.
This society is in dire need of a clear understanding of the word "friendly." Miss Manners notices that nowadays it is mostly used to describe meager service at impersonal institutions or unwelcome liberties administered by strangers.
"I was only trying to be friendly" is the argument by which the intrusive make their hapless targets feel that they are the ones who have transgressed. It is not only predators who ogle lone females but also grabbers who administer hugs on anyone they have diagnosed as being in emotional need; busybodies who probe for personal information, critics who offer unsolicited assessments and advice; and all those who address adults they have never met before (or, as in the case of telephone solicitors, whom they never will meet) by their first names or nicknames.
Are these people actually friends? Are they promising candidates for friendship?
No, but the fear that failing to respond would be rude works, as it did on you, because we Americans pride ourselves on being a friendly people. In a mobile society, as in the frontier circumstances that preceded it, it is pleasant and necessary to be open to new friendships.However, this does not mean that we have surrendered the privilege of choosing our friends. If your greeters were simply full of harmless good cheer, why would they ignore you when you happen to be accompanied by, say a big burly gentleman? Unless you consider that rude, you should realize that you may also ignore them without being rude.
While we're on this topic, during work functions I've had two men ask me if I work out. What is that about? Ew.
3/17/2007
an LA day
There are some days when I think that living in LA is awesome. Today was one of those.
I went to the anti-war march/rally with messy in Hollywood today. One of the speakers was President Bartlett, uh, I mean Mart1n Sheen. He gave a really inspiration talk, messy said MS was probably channeling the WestWing. There are a lot of crazies in the anti-war/peace movement. We chose to walk by the "Immaculate community" -- a bunch of senior citizens holding signs that spoke messages of peace and hope. We liked it better than standing with the flag-covered coffins.
The march started at Ho11ywood/Vine. We were standing in front of the PantagesTheater debating whether or not we should go back to the theater and get cheap W1cked tickets for the evening show. The march was very Hollywood -- where else can you march against the war AND get tickets for a show? Okay, maybe NYC. But can you see a Jedi, Spongebob Square Pants AND batman along the march route in NYC? I think not. Hollywood is an awesomely weird place. Last time I went with Minsoo, Sarah, Secret and Secret's sister, we saw a dude bleeding by the metro station. Awesome.
Today, we took the metro -- yes, LA has a (limited) subway system. It was very convenient. It's super clean (because no one really takes it) and the trains feel new. It's like BART, only nicer. When I ride the metro I can see and appreciate the hard work of my urban planning bretheren (as a lot of metro employees were ucla_urban planning grads). Nerdy.
On another LA note, I rented Quinceanera today, which is about life in Echo Park, through the eyes of a Latino family. Echo Park is near Chinatown in LA -- a working class predominantly Latino community that is being transformed into a "hip" area. There were a lot of gentrification undertones and a lot of cool scenes of LA in the movie -- two of my favorite topics. My coworker was even an extra in one of the scenes! Yay for LA.
I went to the anti-war march/rally with messy in Hollywood today. One of the speakers was President Bartlett, uh, I mean Mart1n Sheen. He gave a really inspiration talk, messy said MS was probably channeling the WestWing. There are a lot of crazies in the anti-war/peace movement. We chose to walk by the "Immaculate community" -- a bunch of senior citizens holding signs that spoke messages of peace and hope. We liked it better than standing with the flag-covered coffins.
The march started at Ho11ywood/Vine. We were standing in front of the PantagesTheater debating whether or not we should go back to the theater and get cheap W1cked tickets for the evening show. The march was very Hollywood -- where else can you march against the war AND get tickets for a show? Okay, maybe NYC. But can you see a Jedi, Spongebob Square Pants AND batman along the march route in NYC? I think not. Hollywood is an awesomely weird place. Last time I went with Minsoo, Sarah, Secret and Secret's sister, we saw a dude bleeding by the metro station. Awesome.
Today, we took the metro -- yes, LA has a (limited) subway system. It was very convenient. It's super clean (because no one really takes it) and the trains feel new. It's like BART, only nicer. When I ride the metro I can see and appreciate the hard work of my urban planning bretheren (as a lot of metro employees were ucla_urban planning grads). Nerdy.
On another LA note, I rented Quinceanera today, which is about life in Echo Park, through the eyes of a Latino family. Echo Park is near Chinatown in LA -- a working class predominantly Latino community that is being transformed into a "hip" area. There were a lot of gentrification undertones and a lot of cool scenes of LA in the movie -- two of my favorite topics. My coworker was even an extra in one of the scenes! Yay for LA.
3/15/2007
people never get it right.
Yesterday I was walking down the street in the 'hood with a co-worker, on our way to a workshop we were facilitating, when an African American man (possibly homeless) walked by us and exclaimed, "Wow an Asian and a negro, together! Wow! Korea and Africa."
We just shook our heads and I said, "People never get it right." My co-worker said "Oh my gosh... some people...all you can do is laugh." I know he had good intentions and was probably genuinely impressed with us, but he just expressed it in a weird way.
The other day, my boss told me that one our leaders (I work for a community organizing group led by community residents who are members/leaders) asked her how old I was. When my boss told the leader, he said, "What? I thought she was 12!"
People have weird observations and assumptions of me. I think it's also because I don't work in a community of people that look like me. I don't think I've ever work with people that look like me. Eventually I hope to. It's hard because I definitely feel marginalized by the assumptions people have of me based on my assumed race/ethnicity, age, gender. People who say those things don't matter in life must live in a hole. I notice my identity everyday.
We just shook our heads and I said, "People never get it right." My co-worker said "Oh my gosh... some people...all you can do is laugh." I know he had good intentions and was probably genuinely impressed with us, but he just expressed it in a weird way.
The other day, my boss told me that one our leaders (I work for a community organizing group led by community residents who are members/leaders) asked her how old I was. When my boss told the leader, he said, "What? I thought she was 12!"
People have weird observations and assumptions of me. I think it's also because I don't work in a community of people that look like me. I don't think I've ever work with people that look like me. Eventually I hope to. It's hard because I definitely feel marginalized by the assumptions people have of me based on my assumed race/ethnicity, age, gender. People who say those things don't matter in life must live in a hole. I notice my identity everyday.
3/11/2007
flying solo
Minsoo's in the motherland this week and I already miss him.
On Friday night, when I returned from dinner with hannah and messy, I walked by my neighbor's apartment and saw my neighbor sitting at his dining room table in front of the window... cleaning his rifle.
I didn't sleep well on Friday night. 7 more days to go.
On Friday night, when I returned from dinner with hannah and messy, I walked by my neighbor's apartment and saw my neighbor sitting at his dining room table in front of the window... cleaning his rifle.
I didn't sleep well on Friday night. 7 more days to go.
3/01/2007
honolulu here i come
I'm off to Hawaii tomorrow afternoon for my cousin's wedding... Yes, my other cousin who lives there is getting married there this weekend. It's nice to have relatives over there. Minsoo is going to freezing cold-ass Boston this weekend. So sad!
I don't think it's going to be a very restful vacation, but at least I'll be somewhere warm and I dig the local island food. I also like flying Hawa11an air. I immediately feel the "Aloha" when I step onto the plane. I guess that cheesy ukelele music, island patterned seat covers and flight attendants really get me in the island mood.
Gahhhh It's too bad I'll be doing work on the plane! Aloha.
I don't think it's going to be a very restful vacation, but at least I'll be somewhere warm and I dig the local island food. I also like flying Hawa11an air. I immediately feel the "Aloha" when I step onto the plane. I guess that cheesy ukelele music, island patterned seat covers and flight attendants really get me in the island mood.
Gahhhh It's too bad I'll be doing work on the plane! Aloha.
2/24/2007
2/18/2007
my parents and their scary pop culture knowledge
In the car, on the way home from dinner, I was talking about the movie Id1ocracy:
me:Speaking of ...BritneyS is one of those idiots who's procreating like crazy. I mean she cuts off all her hair and --
mom: And you know what she did after that? She went and got some tattoos!
dad: No, she got the tattoos BEFORE she cut her hair --
me: -- Alright, let's stop talking about this. (to minsoo)I can't believe my parents are talking about Britney_Spears.
me:
mom: And you know what she did after that? She went and got some tattoos!
dad: No, she got the tattoos BEFORE she cut her hair --
me: -- Alright, let's stop talking about this. (to minsoo)
2/14/2007
a social justice love message
"Choosing love we also choose to live in community, and that means we do not have to change by ourselves... the moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move toward freedom..." -- bell hooks
2/04/2007
RIP favorite pajama pants
I have a favorite pair of blue pajama pants that I bought on a whim at AmericanEagle in '03. They've become my favorite because the length fits me perfectly.
As many girls might tell you, finding a good pair of comfy pj pants is like gold. In college, I used to wear pjs to class when I was feeling sick, lazy or fat. I used to go home and put on my pj pants immediately after eating at the dining hall because my jeans were too restricting. I know that many of the girls Anyway, we girls love them pajama pants.
This is why I was distraught when I put on my pj pants tonight and found a BIG ASS fat hole in my favorite pj pants... not only was it gigantic (I could fit my fist through it), but the hole was smack in the middle of my left butt cheek, providing an ample view of my underwear. The hole wasn't even really a "hole," but more of a spot in the pants that had worn down to the threads and then eventually expanded into a huge hole. Basically, my pjs were disintegrating, starting with the material covering my ass. Well, that's not totally true. I guess I didn't heed the warning signs: the holes on the waistband that revealed the elastic band and drawstring and the small holes on the semas on the side of the pant legs...
Minsoo thought it was really hilarious and made fun of me but I'm so sad. Do you know how hard it is to find pj pants for short girls? I might have to hit up the children's section.
As many girls might tell you, finding a good pair of comfy pj pants is like gold. In college, I used to wear pjs to class when I was feeling sick, lazy or fat. I used to go home and put on my pj pants immediately after eating at the dining hall because my jeans were too restricting. I know that many of the girls Anyway, we girls love them pajama pants.
This is why I was distraught when I put on my pj pants tonight and found a BIG ASS fat hole in my favorite pj pants... not only was it gigantic (I could fit my fist through it), but the hole was smack in the middle of my left butt cheek, providing an ample view of my underwear. The hole wasn't even really a "hole," but more of a spot in the pants that had worn down to the threads and then eventually expanded into a huge hole. Basically, my pjs were disintegrating, starting with the material covering my ass. Well, that's not totally true. I guess I didn't heed the warning signs: the holes on the waistband that revealed the elastic band and drawstring and the small holes on the semas on the side of the pant legs...
Minsoo thought it was really hilarious and made fun of me but I'm so sad. Do you know how hard it is to find pj pants for short girls? I might have to hit up the children's section.
1/30/2007
has hell finally frozen over?
No really, has it?
Rush hour on "the devil" (aka the 4o5 freeway) is usually from 2pm-9pm so when I hop on the freeway at 6:30pm I fully expect to inch along for a hellish 3 miles or 4 exits. Today, I hopped on the "devil" after work today and zoomed along... at 60 miles per hour on the far right lane... for the entire time! It took me 3 minutes to drive what normally takes me at least 20 minutes.
Wheeeeee!! I was giddy when I drove off the freeway and didn't even have to stop at the signal at the bottom of the ramp. It was a total rush.
I had to come home and immediately capture this moment. I have a feeling this was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Rush hour on "the devil" (aka the 4o5 freeway) is usually from 2pm-9pm so when I hop on the freeway at 6:30pm I fully expect to inch along for a hellish 3 miles or 4 exits. Today, I hopped on the "devil" after work today and zoomed along... at 60 miles per hour on the far right lane... for the entire time! It took me 3 minutes to drive what normally takes me at least 20 minutes.
Wheeeeee!! I was giddy when I drove off the freeway and didn't even have to stop at the signal at the bottom of the ramp. It was a total rush.
I had to come home and immediately capture this moment. I have a feeling this was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
1/28/2007
good, bad, ugly
The good: The book, The Namesake_by JhumpaLahiri. Minsoo and I got the book from hannah & sarah and I started it the week after Christmas and finished it up this past weekend. I usually like non-fiction books about politics & religion, but occassionally I get hooked on a really good novel or piece of children's lit (i.e. HarryP0tter). I can't wait for the movie.
The bad: Minsoo is sick... again! He had bronchitis, got better, went to Sundance and now is sick again! I've been sleeping on the futon for the past month to try and avoid the germies. I think Phil is getting annoyed at my attempts to help him get better. I can't help it -- I am obsessed with problem solving, which he calls "telling me what to do." I say it's "being a good wife."
The ugly: I had an "ug1y betty" moment this past week: While most of the time I muddle around, trying to figure out how to fit into my job and my workplace, I had a great meeting with the pres. of my organization -- the first time I'd ever met with him personally since I started interning/working TWO years ago. We talked about my background (i.e. frustrated journalism career, crazy weird non-profit work, urban planning school) and my aspirations (Asian American progressive organizing/capacity building/electoral power/research) and after the convo, I totally felt reinspired by my work. When I got into my car after the meeting, I turned on the radio to hear that KT Tunsta11 song "Suddenly 1 See" -- the same song that played after the first ep. of U.B. when she walks away feeling good about her work after having the worst first week ever. Anyway, when I heard it, I thanked God for reminding me that things will get better and that Betty Suarez is one of my new heroes. Shut up, it's cheesy but true.
The bad: Minsoo is sick... again! He had bronchitis, got better, went to Sundance and now is sick again! I've been sleeping on the futon for the past month to try and avoid the germies. I think Phil is getting annoyed at my attempts to help him get better. I can't help it -- I am obsessed with problem solving, which he calls "telling me what to do." I say it's "being a good wife."
The ugly: I had an "ug1y betty" moment this past week: While most of the time I muddle around, trying to figure out how to fit into my job and my workplace, I had a great meeting with the pres. of my organization -- the first time I'd ever met with him personally since I started interning/working TWO years ago. We talked about my background (i.e. frustrated journalism career, crazy weird non-profit work, urban planning school) and my aspirations (Asian American progressive organizing/capacity building/electoral power/research) and after the convo, I totally felt reinspired by my work. When I got into my car after the meeting, I turned on the radio to hear that KT Tunsta11 song "Suddenly 1 See" -- the same song that played after the first ep. of U.B. when she walks away feeling good about her work after having the worst first week ever. Anyway, when I heard it, I thanked God for reminding me that things will get better and that Betty Suarez is one of my new heroes. Shut up, it's cheesy but true.
1/23/2007
state of the uni0n
The annual address by the prez is always a fun political time. Today I got the chance to get home from work early so I got to watch the political show. Dang it, this is when I wish I got cable so I could watch Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
Some "Fun" stats I collected while watching:
- Number of times W used any words related to terr0rism: 19
- other fav words of W: security (9) & enemy (9)
... If we were playing a drinking game, I'd be wasted by now.
Significant moments:
- Addressing the speaker of the house as "Madame." Hells yeah, Nancy,you my girl! The first female speaker of the house and 3rd in line to be president. Historic. Work that pale green suit, girlfriend! I'm a little bit teary eyed at this point... but don't worry, the tears don't last for long...
- The Iowa senator started clapping like crazy when W mentioned ethanol (his state makes a lot of corn!) -- It looked like he was playing deal or no deal and just picked briefcase number 10 in hopes that it's filled with a dollar.
- The president briefly mentions diplomacy as part of his "plan" for Iraq... does he even know what that means? Beer almost spilled out of my nose.
- The camera was focused on Condi, who was staring really intently and looked drugged out. She has weird eyes.
- W mentions Sept 11th and connects the war in Iraq. Haven't we gone over this before?
- 92,000 soldiers deployed in the next 5 years :(
- The subway hero is honored in the gallery!! I wonder if it's the greatest moment of his life, but I guess saving a guy who's fallen onto subway tracks by jumping onto of them to hold them down while a train rolls over you is pretty friggin amazing and crazy scary. Being in the gallery during the state of the uni0n address is just kinda exciting.
- Some lady gets a huge old smooch from W as he's walking out of the gallery and signing autographs. She looks all giddy. Ewwwwww.
There you go, now you know some of the most insignificant details from W's speech.
Obama in 2008. Obama in 2008. Obama in 2008.
Some "Fun" stats I collected while watching:
- Number of times W used any words related to terr0rism: 19
- other fav words of W: security (9) & enemy (9)
... If we were playing a drinking game, I'd be wasted by now.
Significant moments:
- Addressing the speaker of the house as "Madame." Hells yeah, Nancy,you my girl! The first female speaker of the house and 3rd in line to be president. Historic. Work that pale green suit, girlfriend! I'm a little bit teary eyed at this point... but don't worry, the tears don't last for long...
- The Iowa senator started clapping like crazy when W mentioned ethanol (his state makes a lot of corn!) -- It looked like he was playing deal or no deal and just picked briefcase number 10 in hopes that it's filled with a dollar.
- The president briefly mentions diplomacy as part of his "plan" for Iraq... does he even know what that means? Beer almost spilled out of my nose.
- The camera was focused on Condi, who was staring really intently and looked drugged out. She has weird eyes.
- W mentions Sept 11th and connects the war in Iraq. Haven't we gone over this before?
- 92,000 soldiers deployed in the next 5 years :(
- The subway hero is honored in the gallery!! I wonder if it's the greatest moment of his life, but I guess saving a guy who's fallen onto subway tracks by jumping onto of them to hold them down while a train rolls over you is pretty friggin amazing and crazy scary. Being in the gallery during the state of the uni0n address is just kinda exciting.
- Some lady gets a huge old smooch from W as he's walking out of the gallery and signing autographs. She looks all giddy. Ewwwwww.
There you go, now you know some of the most insignificant details from W's speech.
Obama in 2008. Obama in 2008. Obama in 2008.
1/21/2007
an open letter to my neighbors at apt #15
Dear Sirs,
I respect the fact that everyone has different living habits, however, I'd like to address the way you like to wake up in the morning. Yes, I'm writing about the obscenely loud stereo system blasting bad -um I mean "rock metal hybrid"- music. Based on my observations, I can only assume that you may have the following ailments:
- loss of hearing (I can hear and feel the thump of each and every word of every song you play on your stereo at 6am -- is the thumping what wakes you up?)
- lack of taste (waking up to nickelback makes me want to rip my ears off in the morning)
- inability to hit snooze (i know that you must love that one song, but it's just mean to make us listen for longer than 5 minutes)
- lack of taste (come on now, blasting NICKELBACK???? At least pick a decent artist... some hip hop perhaps?)
- a sleep disorder (This is why you cannot set your alarm to a normal volume)
Everyday I consider banging the wall with my fist and shouting, "Shut the HELL up you freak with no taste!!" but I'm so exhausted from waking up at 6am to the sound of snow patrol's chasing cars (the cool song you've played, but is now tainted as I cannot listen to it without feeling cheated) I cannot drag my body out of bed to bang on the wall 1 foot from my bed. Sometime I sing along to this song while waving my fist and crying bitter tears, mourning the death of my slumber.
I've considered walking next door and telling you to shut up, but I think you already know. I think you already know because when I see you in the hallway, you don't look me in the eye. I think you know you already messed it up when your apartment smelled like ass for a month and the stench made me gag as I walked by your open window each day. And I'm not even going to go into your recent re-tiling effort and the way your creepy friends glare at me through the windows when you're playing poker and I walk by.
I'd like to ask for your consideration, however, I highly doubt you will change your ways. So I guess this letter is just a way for me to let you know that just in case you hear a thumping and shouting coming from the southern wall of your apartment, It's me, crying out for one more hour of sweet, sweet sleep.
Your neighbor,
Me.
I respect the fact that everyone has different living habits, however, I'd like to address the way you like to wake up in the morning. Yes, I'm writing about the obscenely loud stereo system blasting bad -um I mean "rock metal hybrid"- music. Based on my observations, I can only assume that you may have the following ailments:
- loss of hearing (I can hear and feel the thump of each and every word of every song you play on your stereo at 6am -- is the thumping what wakes you up?)
- lack of taste (waking up to nickelback makes me want to rip my ears off in the morning)
- inability to hit snooze (i know that you must love that one song, but it's just mean to make us listen for longer than 5 minutes)
- lack of taste (come on now, blasting NICKELBACK???? At least pick a decent artist... some hip hop perhaps?)
- a sleep disorder (This is why you cannot set your alarm to a normal volume)
Everyday I consider banging the wall with my fist and shouting, "Shut the HELL up you freak with no taste!!" but I'm so exhausted from waking up at 6am to the sound of snow patrol's chasing cars (the cool song you've played, but is now tainted as I cannot listen to it without feeling cheated) I cannot drag my body out of bed to bang on the wall 1 foot from my bed. Sometime I sing along to this song while waving my fist and crying bitter tears, mourning the death of my slumber.
I've considered walking next door and telling you to shut up, but I think you already know. I think you already know because when I see you in the hallway, you don't look me in the eye. I think you know you already messed it up when your apartment smelled like ass for a month and the stench made me gag as I walked by your open window each day. And I'm not even going to go into your recent re-tiling effort and the way your creepy friends glare at me through the windows when you're playing poker and I walk by.
I'd like to ask for your consideration, however, I highly doubt you will change your ways. So I guess this letter is just a way for me to let you know that just in case you hear a thumping and shouting coming from the southern wall of your apartment, It's me, crying out for one more hour of sweet, sweet sleep.
Your neighbor,
Me.
1/15/2007
crack tax?
Today I was in the car, talking to minsoo, when I caught the end of an NPR story about the "crack tax."
I was like...the what??
I didn't catch the whole story so I wasn't sure what they were talking about but I was hoping that it was a tariff on girls who wear such low riding pants that you can stick a nickel in their ass-cracks. Even better would have been to add a tax for the "muffin-top" offense. You know what I'm talking about.
It turns out, though, that the tax is on drug dealers in Tennessee. They pay it annonymously and if they are caught dealing drugs they must prove they paid the tax or else they'll get in more trouble for not only dealing but also not paying. Yes, a weird tax.
I was like...the what??
I didn't catch the whole story so I wasn't sure what they were talking about but I was hoping that it was a tariff on girls who wear such low riding pants that you can stick a nickel in their ass-cracks. Even better would have been to add a tax for the "muffin-top" offense. You know what I'm talking about.
It turns out, though, that the tax is on drug dealers in Tennessee. They pay it annonymously and if they are caught dealing drugs they must prove they paid the tax or else they'll get in more trouble for not only dealing but also not paying. Yes, a weird tax.
1/09/2007
Abundance of what?
It's been less than a week since I resumed work after our winter break and I'm already working long hours. There's already a bunch of changes that are going on with work stuff and it's only the second week of January!!!
We're heading into the year of the pig, which symbolizes abundance. I am hoping for an abundance of wealth. I have a feeling this year will be about abundance of work.
We're heading into the year of the pig, which symbolizes abundance. I am hoping for an abundance of wealth. I have a feeling this year will be about abundance of work.
1/04/2007
Oh-seven, schveven
This is the obligatory holiday overview/new years resolution post.
I had a lot of holiday fun with family & friends. From Christmas with my crazy family (our annual family gift exchange included swapping TWO copies of the new Flower Drum S0ng DVD... yes, we are interesting) and minsoo's cousin's baby party, we had a good time full of crazy Yu/Kim/Lee/Wu family craziness. I also think I hosted my favorite new year's party ever. I got to see NU friends, especially our favorite third member of the loser's lair and had a really fun time with friends from LA.
My favorite parts of the holiday?
2 copies of the Flower Drum Song DVD at our family gift exchange... my weird family
Hanging with my sister Jess and my other sisters Hannah and Sarah [beh-tah Not]
Baby Eric Turns 1
Margaritas @ New Year's Eve made by small group peeps
Father's 0ffice Steak Salad & Sweet Potato Fries & Anchor Steam/Red Sail
Messing with the messy
Seeing friends from out of town like Summer & LoloSu
Sleeping in
My two-week holiday vacation was cut short on Wednesday morning when I got a call from my boss telling me that I was supposed to come into work. I thought our office was closed THROUGH Jan 3, when in fact, it was closed UNTIL Jan 3. Uh-oh. I spent my first whole day back moving furniture from the first floor to the second floor and rearranging our new office space, which kept me awake and away from actual work, but made my first day back seem very strenuous. I think I already need another vacation.
In terms of a new year's resolution, I kind of don't believe that resolutions work because every year I think of the same resolutions. In reality, each year is an opportunity to continue doing the good things you started last year, or try and stop the bad behaviors you started last year. Resolutions are always a continuation of last year's. In any case, my new year's resolution
is that it will be sucka-free. Whether that means I will not be a sucka or that I will not be around suckas is up for interpretation.
There. I am done. Ah, this post was boring. Maybe I should make a resolution to write interesting posts in 2007.
I had a lot of holiday fun with family & friends. From Christmas with my crazy family (our annual family gift exchange included swapping TWO copies of the new Flower Drum S0ng DVD... yes, we are interesting) and minsoo's cousin's baby party, we had a good time full of crazy Yu/Kim/Lee/Wu family craziness. I also think I hosted my favorite new year's party ever. I got to see NU friends, especially our favorite third member of the loser's lair and had a really fun time with friends from LA.
My favorite parts of the holiday?
2 copies of the Flower Drum Song DVD at our family gift exchange... my weird family
Hanging with my sister Jess and my other sisters Hannah and Sarah [beh-tah Not]
Baby Eric Turns 1
Margaritas @ New Year's Eve made by small group peeps
Father's 0ffice Steak Salad & Sweet Potato Fries & Anchor Steam/Red Sail
Messing with the messy
Seeing friends from out of town like Summer & LoloSu
Sleeping in
My two-week holiday vacation was cut short on Wednesday morning when I got a call from my boss telling me that I was supposed to come into work. I thought our office was closed THROUGH Jan 3, when in fact, it was closed UNTIL Jan 3. Uh-oh. I spent my first whole day back moving furniture from the first floor to the second floor and rearranging our new office space, which kept me awake and away from actual work, but made my first day back seem very strenuous. I think I already need another vacation.
In terms of a new year's resolution, I kind of don't believe that resolutions work because every year I think of the same resolutions. In reality, each year is an opportunity to continue doing the good things you started last year, or try and stop the bad behaviors you started last year. Resolutions are always a continuation of last year's. In any case, my new year's resolution
is that it will be sucka-free. Whether that means I will not be a sucka or that I will not be around suckas is up for interpretation.
There. I am done. Ah, this post was boring. Maybe I should make a resolution to write interesting posts in 2007.
12/27/2006
New Look
This new look was not meant to be significant or symbolic. My blog was missing its archives so I had to change my template to restore my archives. Stupid blogger "upgrade."
I might just change it back. This one is too serious.
I might just change it back. This one is too serious.
12/17/2006
I am embarassed as I post this, but I must
Yeeeaaahhhh, my fav on surv1vor won! I can now stop watching that show. I was wayyy too obsessed with it.
I'm sure all of the Korean mothers out there are drooling over Yu1. He was even in people's m0st beaut1ful pe0ple list. I wish I knew him so I could set him up with my single friends. I'm sure my single friends wish I knew him too.
Yeeeaaahhhh, my fav on surv1vor won! I can now stop watching that show. I was wayyy too obsessed with it.
I'm sure all of the Korean mothers out there are drooling over Yu1. He was even in people's m0st beaut1ful pe0ple list. I wish I knew him so I could set him up with my single friends. I'm sure my single friends wish I knew him too.
12/16/2006
on tv
It's been a busy month so I've been getting my tv fix by downloading or streaming my fav episodes off of the networks. I enjoy the usual serial dramas like L0st, Her0es, etc. but I'm also a total sucker for the following shows:
The B1ggest L0ser: The premise of the show seems so exploitative -- fat people go to fat camp and get kicked off the show for not losing enough weight -- but is actually one of the most inspirational show out there. I'm so happy that they decided to go with the whole "changing lives by saving lives" thing instead of the "let's make fun of fat people trying to get thin" thing. I just finished the season finale and the dude who won lost like 200+ pounds (he was over 400 lbs). He has toddler-aged daughters and his goal was to walk them down the aisle. *sniff sniff* Also a bonus: how superhot the guys look after losing all the weight. It still weirds me out how much I like this show.
Ugly Betty: It's like my new Sex&theCity guilty pleasure. I L0ve Betty -- it's so cheesy and cute and girlie. It's the show that helps balance out all of the serious series dramas that leave me with more questions than answers. So far, my favorite new show of the season -- even though I know it's not as good as all of those other shows. Amer1ca Ferrer0 is awesome.
Friggin Surv1v0r: When I first started watching this show, I promised myself that I would stop watching the show when all of the Asians were kicked off. It's been months and I'm still watching because those friggin Asians are rocking the game... especially my favorite player -- yu1, the korean-am guy who is rockin the show with his smarts, athleticism and good strategy. I can't believe how obsessed I am with finding out if yu1 wins. The finale is on Sunday and I'm actually WORRIED about yu1's chances of winning because people think he is overplaying (and I know this because I've been watching the extra content on the show's website). How sad am I? I promise, after this season, I will never ever watch this show again. Girl Scouts honor.
That's my tv update.
It's been a busy month so I've been getting my tv fix by downloading or streaming my fav episodes off of the networks. I enjoy the usual serial dramas like L0st, Her0es, etc. but I'm also a total sucker for the following shows:
The B1ggest L0ser: The premise of the show seems so exploitative -- fat people go to fat camp and get kicked off the show for not losing enough weight -- but is actually one of the most inspirational show out there. I'm so happy that they decided to go with the whole "changing lives by saving lives" thing instead of the "let's make fun of fat people trying to get thin" thing. I just finished the season finale and the dude who won lost like 200+ pounds (he was over 400 lbs). He has toddler-aged daughters and his goal was to walk them down the aisle. *sniff sniff* Also a bonus: how superhot the guys look after losing all the weight. It still weirds me out how much I like this show.
Ugly Betty: It's like my new Sex&theCity guilty pleasure. I L0ve Betty -- it's so cheesy and cute and girlie. It's the show that helps balance out all of the serious series dramas that leave me with more questions than answers. So far, my favorite new show of the season -- even though I know it's not as good as all of those other shows. Amer1ca Ferrer0 is awesome.
Friggin Surv1v0r: When I first started watching this show, I promised myself that I would stop watching the show when all of the Asians were kicked off. It's been months and I'm still watching because those friggin Asians are rocking the game... especially my favorite player -- yu1, the korean-am guy who is rockin the show with his smarts, athleticism and good strategy. I can't believe how obsessed I am with finding out if yu1 wins. The finale is on Sunday and I'm actually WORRIED about yu1's chances of winning because people think he is overplaying (and I know this because I've been watching the extra content on the show's website). How sad am I? I promise, after this season, I will never ever watch this show again. Girl Scouts honor.
That's my tv update.
12/04/2006
lame deal
Minsoo is at some fancy dinner hobnobbing with Asian actors and I'm here at home, working on a draft presentation for work and trying to tune out "deal or schmo deal" on tv while I wait for Here0s.
I really don't understand the appeal of the show. I mean, half the time they're just standing around talking, clapping, and doing weird things -- in this episode the guy is showing off his lasso-ing skills and a woman is showing off her obnoxious canned horn. They do a lot of jumping and screaming and then occassionally stop talking to open up a briefcase. And it seems like it's supposed to be suspenseful, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what is entertaining about this show. I also can't believe that nbc has devised such a lame ass game into a money maker.
I'd rather watch Minsoo and Ooj compete for the "Hand-in-cooler-full-of-ice-until-it-hurts" Championship. Yeah, I said it.
Minsoo is at some fancy dinner hobnobbing with Asian actors and I'm here at home, working on a draft presentation for work and trying to tune out "deal or schmo deal" on tv while I wait for Here0s.
I really don't understand the appeal of the show. I mean, half the time they're just standing around talking, clapping, and doing weird things -- in this episode the guy is showing off his lasso-ing skills and a woman is showing off her obnoxious canned horn. They do a lot of jumping and screaming and then occassionally stop talking to open up a briefcase. And it seems like it's supposed to be suspenseful, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what is entertaining about this show. I also can't believe that nbc has devised such a lame ass game into a money maker.
I'd rather watch Minsoo and Ooj compete for the "Hand-in-cooler-full-of-ice-until-it-hurts" Championship. Yeah, I said it.
11/28/2006
bitch fight?
So apparently, there's some dude out in the internets making some claims surrounding minsoo's sexual orientation due to his website persona. It's pretty freaking hilarious. Anyway, here's a discussion between me and hannah on what to do about this little ahem, problem...
SIL: i think it's hilarious someone thinks my brother is gay
SIL: LOL
Wai-Ling: i wanna meet that guy
SIL: kick his ass jo
Wai-Ling: i'll be like, hey sweetie... BACK OFF!
SIL: hhahha
Wai-Ling: then we'll get in a bitch fight
SIL: wor
SIL: d
SIL: the don't call you spunky jo jo for nothing
Wai-Ling: you'd have my back right?
Wai-Ling: heeeeyyyy
SIL: i got your back. i'll cut him.
Wai-Ling: with the shank you carry in your laptop bag?
SIL: hell yeah
Wai-Ling: i like that i have a bad-ass sister in law
SIL: i think when you meet me, the first thing you think is-- she's a bad ass
Wai-Ling: or at least one that talks a good game
Wai-Ling: i know, you do come off as a badass. it just emanates from you
SIL: fake it till you make it
So apparently, there's some dude out in the internets making some claims surrounding minsoo's sexual orientation due to his website persona. It's pretty freaking hilarious. Anyway, here's a discussion between me and hannah on what to do about this little ahem, problem...
SIL: i think it's hilarious someone thinks my brother is gay
SIL: LOL
Wai-Ling: i wanna meet that guy
SIL: kick his ass jo
Wai-Ling: i'll be like, hey sweetie... BACK OFF!
SIL: hhahha
Wai-Ling: then we'll get in a bitch fight
SIL: wor
SIL: d
SIL: the don't call you spunky jo jo for nothing
Wai-Ling: you'd have my back right?
Wai-Ling: heeeeyyyy
SIL: i got your back. i'll cut him.
Wai-Ling: with the shank you carry in your laptop bag?
SIL: hell yeah
Wai-Ling: i like that i have a bad-ass sister in law
SIL: i think when you meet me, the first thing you think is-- she's a bad ass
Wai-Ling: or at least one that talks a good game
Wai-Ling: i know, you do come off as a badass. it just emanates from you
SIL: fake it till you make it
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