John Lennon was the one who sang, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." But what if life doesn't happen to you when you're following your plans? What if, instead of delaying your life like you believe you are doing, you're actually molding your life into what it's going to be ( Read more... )

Somehow, two decades have passed since I moved to the United States (for good). Twenty years. How did that happen? That's first grade through high school, four years of college, two years of hanging around, and two years of law school. And in all that time, I have not been able to become fluent in Korean ( Read more... )

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It's fitting that I end this less-than-stellar week with a Stars Align concert. In the ten years I have been following all the different permutations of this band, I have changed so much. All the ups and downs, it seems that this band has been the background soundtrack to it all ( Read more... )

Would twitter folks appreciate being notified that I have a new blog entry?

Strangely, I've always kept tabin.net on the down-low, which has both negative and positive consequences (depending on how much of an exhibitionist I feel like at the moment).

Any thoughts?

Originally published at tabin.net.

For example: I should not cut my own bangs. I can explain Constitutional Law, but I cannot cut hair; I must accept this. Unfortunately, I come to this realization one decision too late. Hopefully my hair stylist doesn't give me too much grief over this.

.... Yes, definitely not a good idea.

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Three today. I made it until 6pm without one ( Read more... )

It's hard to break a habit. I'll be the first to admit that. Most of my life has been about habits and my inability to change. Today (well, yesterday), I had a plan to break a habit. I'll admit that I wasn't very successful in quitting cold turkey, but I cut back more than half. It'll be better tomorrow. And the day after that. Just one step at a ( Read more... )

Because I'm going crazy studying for finals...

Gibbons v. OgdenOgden: NY seys I can has francheyez ( Read more... )

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Five by Five Prompt Table

effectiveness
pint
handbook
hesitate
supervised

waves
undone
merge
rain
diagram

scuttle
icebreaker
soothsaying
sadomasochist
bestial

haywire
tutor
restless
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