Dec 13-27, 2007: Japan
Jun-Aug, 2008: Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile

Daydreaming of things to come in faraway places, never living in the present -- that's what gets me through grad student life.

My (criminally neglected) pop culture blog [insert Britney joke] has received more than a 1000 hits. I do believe it's Cake Time.  

Tonight, dropping out of grad school, popping out a kid to put in tiny lacy dresses, and supporting the two of us by teaching English here in Mexico City doesn't sound like the worst idea in the world.

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Never have I cringed so much in embarrassed identification as I did while reading Daniel Clowes' "Ghost World."

A short excerpt:

Josh: So what's up?
Enid: Nothing. Sit over here. [points next to her]
Josh: Do you want something to drink?
Enid: Why? Are you trying to get me wasted so you can date rape me?
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It is 5 am. I have 15 pages of a first-or-second (depends on the paragraph) draft of my Foucault paper done. Since the paper needs two more pages, I will add a page-and-a-half of material and a half-page conclusion.

I have been working on this paper for almost a week now, and while I am relieved that it no longer reads (for the most part) like an ( Read more... )

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Korea Has World's Highest Suicide Rate ( Read more... )