This journal is friends-only! Comment to be added. :)

Edit 9/15/06:
People who were originally in my friends list are still there, no worries.

Edit 7/2/08:
Moved this to the top of the page.

Edit 1/4/11:
Made all friends-locked posts prior to 12/30/10 private.

Come join us at ljteaswap --We're a friendly, safe comm for swapping unique leaves with fellow tea aficionados. Once a month there will be a swap between members of the community and every once in awhile, there will be special themed swaps. :) If you have way too much tea and you'd like to give away some, or if you're just looking to try new teas, this is ( Read more... )

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Hello --
I just did a pretty massive friends cut of dead/inactive journals, folks who don't really comment, folks I don't really consider to be friends, and folks I didn't know were on my flist at all. If you have been cut by mistake or want to be put back onto my flist for some reason, please let me know.

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I just saw a great documentary and thought I should share it with y'all -- it's called Crips and Bloods: Made in America. It's available on Netflix to watch online, so if you have an account, get on it!

Trailer:

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It's about the origins of the Crips and Bloods gangs of South LA (and beyond), as well as current situations and personal stories about ( Read more... )

And I didn't really know what to blog about at first, since I'm constantly throwing out random thoughts about race without ever really focusing on it...but then I saw this Youtube video

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It's a short, very interesting documentary about eyelid surgery ( Read more... )

shirogirl and I recently started a community that might be of interest to some of you -- it's called asian_outrage and it's a place for Asians and their allies primarily to vent out frustration about racism against Asians, but also to have a discussion about those issues in a space that is Asian-friendly ( Read more... )

I thought it was about time I changed my frigging username!

apis_cerana means Asiatic honey bee. :))

Edit: I used to be vash_donutangel.

Finally! A huge-ass post of all the photos that were sent from the friends I made at Viet Nam. My camera was stolen, so I can't upload any of my own photos. :(

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