October 2009
2 posts
Sharon Olds Stuck it to Laura Bush Using Poetry,...
In 2005, First Lady Laura Bush invited Olds to the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Olds responded, declining the invitation in an open letter published in the October 10th, 2005 issue of The Nation. The letter closes, So many Americans who had felt pride in our country now feel anguish and shame, for the current regime of blood, wounds and fire. I thought of the clean linens at your...
September 2009
2 posts
August 2009
1 post
“I would cook you omelets with like, goat cheese ‘cause I care about food.”
– Bobby Bottleservice
July 2009
2 posts
Ode to The Sims
I could (and have) listened to this music for hours on end. Not only is it nostalgic, it really is beautiful. The original Sims forever, baby!
Build Mode Music 1
Build Mode Music 4—gorgeous!
Buy Mode Music 2 This buy mode music really takes me back. When I was 14, I used to spend all afternoon scouring the stock wallpapers for something good to put in my house. I never wanted...
June 2009
6 posts
Too Busy
Hi everyone who still maybe reads this! This week has been busy. Busier than last week. As usual I have a ton of things to catch up on this weekend. Aside from doing 3 weeks worth of laundry and cleaning the entire apartment, I desperately need to buy a new cell phone. Anyway, you don’t really care about any of that, do you? I know what you came here for: my reaction to M.J.’s untimely...
The Sky (Bathroom Ceiling) is Falling (is Falling)
This is just perfect. The ceiling in my bathroom is caving in and I have no time to take care of it. If only I could hire someone to call a handyman, schedule a time for them to arrive, wait in the apartment until they arrive, stay until they finish, and clean up a little after they leave, I would. I would pay someone to do all of that for me, because I’m tethered to my chair at work and I...
Saturday Morning
Hello Weekend! Note: I just realized the dates on all my posts are still according to EST. I’ve since changed my time setting to Taipei time. Small shout out goes to Tumblr for making the changes retroactive. Thanks!
Spice Girls Thoughts 2009
The first cassette tape I ever bought was a copy of Spice by Spice Girls from a Wal-mart in Orlando. I listened to it about a million times in my dad’s walkman which became my walkman. Despite the decade+ that’s passed and my various degrees of embarassment, dislike, and apathy towards the Spice Girls over the years, listening to this album now I can’t help but feel a place...
May 2009
6 posts
Currently...
Reading - Love in the Time of Cholera
Listening - Slowdive: Pygmalion
Watching - Network (1976)
Downloading - Aladdin, Tim and Eric Season 3
Wanting - a hamburger, chandelier earrings, gladiator sandals, time off from work, peppermint schnapps
Learning - Adobe Framemaker, Indesign CS4
Ideas - I have an idea to write and illustrate a fake teen magazine. Like YM but sarcastic and in...
“No Cartier charms, just you in my arms. No Chandon, just a bottle of Evian.”
April 2009
14 posts
Motorcycle Accident + Blood on the Pavement x Shit...
The Legend by Garrett Hongo In Chicago, it is snowing softly and a man has just done his wash for the week. He steps into the twilight of early evening, carrying a wrinkled shopping bag full of neatly folded clothes, and, for a moment, enjoys the feel of warm laundry and crinkled paper, flannellike against his gloveless hands. There’s a Rembrandt glow on his face, a triangle of orange in the...
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
Just as the title implies, a memorial to Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo 1928-48.
His effigy in bronze.
The view from the top of the steps. On either side is an ornate recital hall.
I happened to visit during sunset so I also saw the flag ceremony.
Don’t you think marching like that is good for the hamstrings? The award for Sexiest Military Thighs goes to… those guys!
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In The Style of Addonizio
I want a slice of pizza. I want the gooiest, greasiest, saltiest, burn-the-roof-of-my-mouth, cured meat-covered, garishly advertised, slice of pizza.
It’ll be the pizza they bury me in.
If you want to improve foreign relations, start...
“This video is not available in your country.”
It’s been quite of a while since I could...
I know what you're thinking
I was researching the school I’ll be working for and I came across a strange typo? on their webpage. I cut and pasted the ad copy. Tell me if you notice something strange.
Across street from National Taiwan University (best in Taiwan)
University facilities available including Mandarin classes
More than 50 bus lines to all parts of Taipei and suburbs
Student district
Next to one of...
Meditation
Breathe.
Life is full, the world is open.
MOS Burger
The Burger Borrower’s Oath:
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*Payments made the 3rd Tuesday of every month during office hours from 9 AM to 1 PM, except on national holidays and select international holidays. Please provide proof of purchase, income tax reported earnings for the years 1993-2001, and other relevant documentation notarized and/or certified by your regional Bureau of Burger Payments branch. Please allow...
That's What I'm Made Of
shalanda:
Beat-up notebooks with wrinkled scraps of receipts, proof of purchase and life; crumpled papers that keep the silver wastebasket overflowing; pencils without erasers; pens running out of ink and stashed in varous locations around the bedroom; corner bookstores with dusty, smelly old books; life (and complaining of the lack thereof) in The Sunshine State; 3am scribblings; high heels;...
March 2009
1 post
Guess where I am.
Hi everyone! I apologize for not writing sooner. Rest assured I have made it safely to Taipei and am doing very well. Today (April 1st) marks my one week anniversary here. I can’t believe it! Everyday is a learning experience. I will definitely share some stories when I have more time to write.
I’m able to update because I finally have internet at my apartment. It feels like forever...
