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“How to Be Alone”

August 10, 2010 this i believe

I was going to write something about BlogHer… But my besties that I have had the good fortune to meet and grope in magical New York City have all done a much better job than I could have, esp. since after three days, I am still pissing and sweating vodka… So if you haven’t been [...]

Tagged as: BlogHer Fuckyeah, how to be alone, i am a fan, i am not insane, strangers I am grateful for

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Making new friends is mentally exhausting even if you love them at first sight (#BlogHer10 Day 2)

August 7, 2010 mark my word: twitter will doom us all

10:05:09 AM: Now @marymac session. Was able to get ready in 20 minutes because I never blowdry my hair & I don’t need to shave my legs. #YouHateM eNow?! 10:11:07 AM: sayz: Making new friends is mentally exhausting even if you love them at first sight… http://goo.gl/fb/aSIjV 10:13:19 AM: Love this! “We may just need [...]

Tagged as: BlogHer Fuckyeah

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BlogHer, fuckyeah! (live blogging through tweets)

August 6, 2010 mark my word: twitter will doom us all

1:51:24 AM: Seeing how it is almost 3 am and my flight is at 7. How I haven’t even started packing. Methinks I should just stay up & go straight to ORD 1:54:29 AM: Do you think it’s excessive to pack 5 pairs of shoes & my whole closet for 1.5 days? So I don’t [...]

Tagged as: BlogHer Fuckyeah

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I Blog Therefore I Am. Corny yet true.

August 6, 2010 mark my word: twitter will doom us all

. I have been chosen to be one of the employees featured on the recruiting page for my company’s website. Not to be cynical, but I do believe that they intend to show the diversity within the company and that’s the main reason why I have been chosen: Asian, female, liberal arts. So I had [...]

Tagged as: BlogHer Fuckyeah, metablogging

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Wanted: Crazy Bitches to Party With at BlogHer

August 4, 2010 random

Warning: The following is BUI – Blogging Under the Influence. Like, now. I went to a company shindig tonight. Great people. Fun people. People that I have worked with for five years and with whom I have been through a lot. The company is celebrating a wonderful event and everybody is in a good mood. [...]

Tagged as: blogging under the influence, BlogHer Fuckyeah, vent

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Lost in Translation

August 2, 2010 through the looking glass

The comment by Justin from Here where I Have Landed on my earlier post Things I Missed echoed my experience and feeling: … when I tell people that I wasn’t born here, and that I came here to go to college, they’re consistently surprised, “What? But your English is so good!” like it’s completely unnatural [...]

Tagged as: ability to be oblivious, Asian Americans, Becoming American

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Camping is for Bears: Live Blogging My Misery

July 31, 2010 mark my word: twitter will doom us all

2:19:39 PM: We didn’t get on the road till 2 pm. Just lk “Stuff White People Like” says about camping: we stopped by friggin REI! I’m driving now. 2:23:16 PM: sayz: Camping is for Bears: Live Blogging My Misery http://goo.gl/fb/DuYyx 3:46:31 PM: Tis a good thing I drove. Parking lot half of the way. Husband [...]

Tagged as: Camping Fuckyeah

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Crazy week ahead… How to keep my Tamagotchi alive?

July 29, 2010 mark my word: twitter will doom us all

2:59:29 PM: sayz: Crazy week ahead… How to keep my Tamagotchi alive? http://goo.gl/fb/74Hr6 3:00:14 PM: Let the live blogging begin! 3:02:08 PM: Here’s my schedule starting this Saturday: Camping till Mon. Tue 6 am flight out on biz trip. Back Thur evening. Friday 7 am flt 2 NYC. Nuts 3:12:16 PM: Thought I’d try out [...]

Tagged as: BlogHer Fuckyeah

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Things I Missed

July 27, 2010 this i believe

I have been back to my real life since two Sundays ago. After a week on the beach, doing nothing, having no appointments to make, no place to rush to, I find it hard to adjust back to life in the suburbia 100%. On the first few days after The Beach, I caught myself thinking [...]

Tagged as: because i srly need to talk about myself more, Becoming American, posts in which i talk about race, raindrops on roses

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What ya doin’?

July 27, 2010 a picture is worth a thousand words

If you don’t count the works that were not supposed to be mine but when it all of a sudden became mine three precious days had passed and there were only two days left to work on it. If you don’t count the general assholery that’s thrown over the wall to my cubicle. If you [...]

Tagged as: I speak Dilbert, pardon me while i clean the house, working

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