Things I am obsessed with

February 19, 2012 random

… recently, and for the time being. I have never been addicted to anything. Not even to love. That’s the tragic burden I have to bear as someone who can never seem to manage to stick to anything. But once in a while, I have passionate, obsessive affairs with some things that abruptly break into [...]

Tagged as: i am a fan, things most likely only i find amusing

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Disobedience

February 12, 2012 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

Before we got married, The Husband and I talked about whether we should raise our children Catholic, his mother’s religion. I said “his mother’s religion” because like countless Catholics, he is twice-a-year Catholic. He gives up something for Lent (that usually make me exclaim, “Jesus died for you sin and you are giving up THAT [...]

Tagged as: Catholic church and me, how much is too much, psychotic foaming, the fascinating adventures of raising a teenager, the personal is political, Women's right to choose

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What he said.

February 11, 2012 random

  I came across this quote again tonight on the Interwebs, and it made me weepy. I know this sounds extremely pretentious but sometimes late at night I am overcome by a sadness from remembering that Kurt Vonnegut is dead. I truly miss him.   Many people need desperately to receive this message: ‘I feel [...]

Tagged as: i am a fan, Kilgore Trout, Kurt Vonnegut, so it goes, words i strive to live by

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Splendid

February 7, 2012 through the looking glass

Today is the Lantern Festival. I completely forgot about it. It was only when I noticed the headline on The Atlantic, “Chinese Lantern Festival 2012″ that I remembered. Today marks the end of the Chinese New Year. Looking through the beautiful photos, I wish I could say, “Yup. These remind me of home.”  Of my [...]

Tagged as: I wish I could see everything through the eyes of a tourist, Lantern Festival they should starting calling it Festival of Lights would sound cooler, lost in translation, walking down the memory lane, you can never go home again

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The Yellow Invasion

February 6, 2012 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

By now you probably have heard of “The Super Bowl commercial you probably did not see”.  Former Rep. Pete Hoekstra’s campaign advertisement aired during Super Bowl features a beautiful Chinese woman (or, as he called her later when he was made to explain himself, “a Chinese girl”), complete with a straw hat, bicycle, rice paddy, and [...]

Tagged as: Asian Americans, ignorant people exhaust me, posts in which i talk about race, psychotic foaming, seriously?, stereotypes, the personal is political, these pretzels are making me stabby, WTF Wednesday

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Out of My Mind

February 5, 2012 random

I went to a grade school talent show on Friday evening that lasted 2.5 hours. Yesterday we had Catholic brainwashing religious class, band festival at our local senior high school, gymnastics meet and team dinner. Today is the Chinese school New Year celebration performance: reporting for rehearsals at 9 am [it's now 3 am] and [...]

Tagged as: "a throbbing tooth ache of the mind", Calling this Stream of Consciousness because it sounds better than desultory, Catholic church and me, imma crazy like that

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WTF Wednesday

February 1, 2012 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

I have been thinking that I should make this a weekly feature. There are so many WTF moments, don’t you think? But sometimes when I finally found time, it was NOT Wednesday any more, so I waited, and then I missed another Wednesday… Anyway, 5 minutes before midnight. STILL Wednesday. And I always have the [...]

Tagged as: ignorant people exhaust me, posts in which i talk about race, say what, seriously?, the personal is political, these pretzels are making me stabby, WTF Wednesday

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Introverts are not shy.

January 31, 2012 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

My blogging friend Nance over at Mature Landscaping posted about the new issue of Time Magazine with a cover story titled: “The Upside Of Being An Introvert (And Why Extroverts Are Overrated).” Oh yeah. Oh yeah. It’s about time! I have written about Introverts, or rather, the misunderstanding, mishandling, and under-appreciation of this group of people in the past. [...]

Tagged as: Extraverts are overrated, how to care for your introverts, imma crazy like that, Introverts unite, psychotic foaming, the ability to stand up and BS overrated

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Sweatpants

January 23, 2012 marketing at work

  (Disclaimer: This post was written at airport lounge while I sipped on my 2nd and 3rd Bloody Marys. Also, it is posted in lieu of the Chinese New Year of which I have nothing to blog about. I am NOT celebrating it as I am on a business trip for the next three days… [...]

Tagged as: I really want to know who A&F is marketing to?, marketing at work, seriously?, the fascinating adventures of raising a teenager, what do you know?, what is good for the goose is good for the gander

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The things I do for my children

January 15, 2012 no manual for parenting

When last summer was over, finding pants that fit all of a sudden became my obsession. Oh not for myself (I mean, that’s another, sad sad story). For the strange teenager that took over my oldest boy. Overnight the pants from BOYS’ department no longer fit him and those from MEN’s department won’t for a [...]

Tagged as: imma crazy like that, my oldest, random pictures I took with my phone because i could, shopping as therapy, the fascinating adventures of raising a teenager

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