I have to share this endearing home video of two Chinese students lip-syncing to the Backstreet Boys, even though I suspect it is making fun of Asians (but I’m Asian so this is okay?), because they are cute like Wookies. Or maybe Ewoks.

[Read more →]

Sometimes I need to take a few moments to recenter and refocus on what is most important to me. Here is my vision for the near future: I will build a deep core of peace and compassion. I would like to move through life with quiet confidence. I believe I can accomplish this by training [...]

[Read more →]

I just realized that I’m hanging with a new crowd. These people are really important to me. As I spend more time with them, I find myself laughing when they laugh and crying when they cry. I can’t wait until I get to spend another 44 minutes with them again. They’re an oddly named bunch [...]

[Read more →]

Is anyone surprised? Jana encouraged me to take this quiz. Existentialist   81% Postmodernist   75% Materialist   75% Modernist   63% Idealist   63% Cultural Creative   63% Romanticist   56% Fundamentalist   19% I’m sure that I would have different results if I took this on Sunday or pre-caffeination or after watching CNN.

[Read more →]

I began this blog back in 2001 as an experiment in honesty. I felt that I was living two separate lives, like Spiderman, except with all the angst and none of the cool superpowers. (and no skin-tight costume. Ballet dancers and superheroes must shop at the same place.) I think I’m gearing up for a [...]

[Read more →]