July 2010
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another parent story
I know I talk about my mom a lot, but I don’t think I ever shared a story about my dad yet. Here’s one:
My dad’s co-worker’s birthday is coming up and he wanted to give her some kind of courtesy present. So he asks me, “You’re Americanized. What do you give to someone you casually know on their birthday?” He decided on a Times Supermarket gift card. We...
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June 2010
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dear july,
Don’t expect to see much of me. I will be endlessly working at Nordstrom.
My manager just sent out an email to our team and she specifically told us, “You will be tired…There will be days when you work more than 8 hours, more than 6 days in a row. Schedules will be changed. Lunches will be postponed.”
Shit.
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eclipse
No, not the Twilight saga one.
There was an eclipse last night. We’ve been in a drought for the past week and the one night when the sky was about to feature a magnificent show, it decided to rain. Clouds completely covered our view. We tried driving around to run against the clouds but that didn’t work out. In the end (after a couple hours of aimlessly driving), we didn’t...
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it comes with the culture
So my mom is very traditionally Chinese. She’s superstitious, religious, cultural, loud (yeah Cantonese is a very angry language) and everything you could imagine in a Chinese woman. We constantly bicker about the smallest things. Needless to say, I get frustrated and annoyed by a lot of our conversations…but there are some conversations that are so ridiculous, I need to laugh.
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“Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou...”
– “Death, be not proud (Holy Sonnet X)”
by John Donne
A girl from my school (same year) recently passed away. I didn’t know her and probably wouldn’t have passed through social circles with her, but the mere thought of death is scary. Well, actually…I don’t know how to eloquently put this into words, but I feel like the response or the realization of a loved one’s death is scarier than the actual act of death. Do you...
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my room is a mess...
I should really tidy up.
Today was my first day off in eight days. Many of them being back-to-back closing and opening shifts.
I have another one of those for the next two days.
Scholarships came in! Phew, I was getting worried.
My dad is so small, he has to shop in the junior boys’ department.
Band of Horses did a secret show at Grand Central last week. Damn.
I feel like picking up a...
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toy story 3
“Move aside, children. I’ve waited 11 years for this.”
1995, 1999, 2010
My favorite movies are, hands down, animations.
P.S. Screw 3D. I’m so glad Ward offered it in 2D.
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Counting Down the...
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CELTICS....
holyfuckboston:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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rambling again
I once heard the state “Missouri” pronounced “Missoura”. I was told that locals call it Missoura. I asked my co-worker who is from Missouri if this was true. She said only the redneck types do. They also say “fark” instead of fork, “Warshington” instead of “Washington.
Today, two Japanese ladies (mother and daughter) tried to tip me for...
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Not liking how Game 6 of the NBA finals looks so far. C’mon Celtics.
Also, I got called into work. I’m going to miss the end of the game. >:O
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Rule #51: Sometimes You're Wrong
(via carolinethecurious)
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Watchthedailywhat:
MGMT Music Video of the Day: “It’s Working”
Director: (The inimitable) So Me. Third single off the duo’s recently-released sophomore effort Congratulations.
[mgmt.]
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(via famoussoundingwords)
Arcade Fire - We Used...
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The Dandy Warhols - We Used to Be Friends
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Spell your full name without an...
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hisashiburi ne
Today was a day for catching up with friends I haven’t seen in a while. Naomi called a couple of days ago. That came as a surprise. So this afternoon, Angie, Naomi and I had lunch and then walked around the mall (somehow we always end up there). I wasn’t sure I’d ever see Naomi again, so I was really glad we got to catch up. It was like…normal?
James also dropped a...
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Golly (yes, golly), everyone and everything didn’t seem to want me to sleep well last night.
I decided to crash about at 1:30 am, but around 4, my face decided to have a sneeze attack. My nose ran like a Mark Twain run-on sentence and my face felt clogged. 4:30, I hear my neighbors carrying a very loud conversation. I quickly fall back asleep. Soon after, I receive a text message from a...
where everything's made up and the points don't...
I walked into the living room to find my mom watching Whose Line? She doesn’t understand English very much, but she somehow finds the show hilarious.
Colin, Ryan, and Wayne…universally funny.
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Leona Lewis - Run (Snow Patrol cover)
