You might recall my beef with the show Alias not too long ago. You know, where I ranted about the show and how it's falling apart and how I refuse to watch another episode so help me God. Those of you who have been reading me for a while will also know that I contradict myself every other day. Well here's another one for the books because I've ( Read more... )

The water is wide, I can't cross o'er
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I____________________________________ ( Read more... )

Really, count 'em. My Korean friends. Now, subsiding_leaf gets on my back about this issue all the time. See, I don't have a single Korean friend ( Read more... )

When I saw the first Underworld, I thought it was the worst movie ever made. I quickly changed my mind after seeing Van Helsing, but that's a story for another day. I don't particularly like Kate Beckinsale, the vampires in Underworld were mere pussycats compared to any self-respecting vampire I can imagine, and Victor the "head vamp" was a pansy ( Read more... )

Every college student knows that sense of loss from the first time they get to go back home. You know your dorm isn't home, but suddenly, neither is the place you've called home for however long before you left for college. Before I came here to Philadelphia, I called one place home for 14 years ( Read more... )

Every time I go away for the holidays, it's always so difficult to get back into the LJ swing of things. Hell, I don't even know if I'm completely back yet. I'm just a lurking spectre--it's an existence that, for now, isn't much different from the one in real life. I feel so disjointed--disconnected--I may as well not be here at all ( Read more... )

Every minute that passes brings me closer to glorious sushi. Come on Friday, come on, come on, Friday. Sushi, I'll walk through wind and snow to feel you on my tongue. Fish, raw slivers melting in my mouth the way you were meant to. It's right. On my plate, fillet of mine, you will fulfill your destiny, your life's plan, your spiritual journey ( Read more... )

It's a dangerous age for me, although I think I might deserve it, having never gone through a rebellious phase during my teens.


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The stories about my family, my mother and father, must be misleading to those who don’t know me in real life. They’re misleading enough to those who have known me for a decade or more. You see, I almost never feel the need to write about them unless I am either angry with them, or am feeling somewhat melancholy and nostalgic. The former tends to ( Read more... )

The anthropology department here at Penn is pretty damned interesting. I'm not talking about our museum or the classes themselves, although they're pretty good, too. I'm talking about the faculty. One in particular stands out to me since this guy, I kid you not, is the spitting image of Peter Griffin.
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