So i went to bed last night around 2:30 am, got up at 7:30 pm when my phone rang. I tend to oversleep when i neglect to take meds the day prior, but damn, 15 hours? Gotta remember everyday means not missing a day. Going to have pancakes for dinner tonight, yum.

40 years after the federal law passed, only 3 major US cities so far have enacted city laws to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The article below appeared in the Washington Post today.
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( DC Council Mandates Translaters, Agencies Will Assist Non-English Speakers )

When I came into work today I met a co-worker's sister and the daughter of that sister. Co-worker was on the way to driving them to the airport. Kids are cute as long as they're not fugly newborn babies. This kid was kind of punky, spiky hair with a rainbow beaded strand, and wearin a rainbow bead necklace. I should have said something chee-zee ( Read more... )

Yesterday at Eden Center, I got most of my hair chopped. I had grown out my hair before coming to DC area to sellout and get a job more easily. Previously, I had gone to a job interview at a Fortune 100 company where the interviewers expressed confusion about my gender. Not cool. Freakin corporate types, damn it Bank of America ( Read more... )

Eden Center in Falls Church is a real comfort. It's like the viet version of what chinatown could have been (see LJ March 17 complaints about chinatown), but located in the burbs. Recently i made a new friend at NAPAWF, Anh, who has this meet-up vietnamese language group, so there is hope yet for me learning to speak Viet. Roomates are hollering ( Read more... )

The NAPAWF National Economic Justice Gathering 2004 was a success. I did "speaker buddy" duty as a volunteer. It was a simple exercise on the way to becoming more assertive, and yet I was nervous during both those workshops. The good thing about being nervous is that it kept me from falling asleep during those workshops.

Hearing Mee Moua, Hmong ( Read more... )

i'm too tired to write anything substantive so...

What Sign of Affection Are You?
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hug from behind - you like to feel what the other
person is feeling and see things how they see
them. you tend to be serious and emotional.

Last Kiss: few months ago. i should get out more.
Last Cry: too hard to do. sleeping is easier.
Last Library Book Checked Out: ? hadn't gone back to a library since returning books several months overdue last year.
Last Movie Seen In a Theatre: "Triplets of Belleville"
Last Beverage Drank: decaf tea
Last Food Consumed: granola
Last Phone Call: ( Read more... )

mrbunbun and I headed to Myanmar, a Burmese restaurant in VA to get our eat on. Just about everything on the menu is $7 or less, so we had a 5 course meal. The food was home style like someone's mama made it.

There are only 3 Burmese restaurants in the DC area. One in VA, one in MD, and one in DC. I've heard Burma restaraunt in Chinatown is the best ( Read more... )

Now it's just cold 36° even though last week we got highs in the 60s. I've done absolutely nothing today except sleep.