It's been a full year since I've updated this journal. Thinking of bringing it back, but not a fan of livejournal's new, (to me, at least) obtrusive ads. May migrate to another blogging platform.

A lot has happened in 1 year. And I want to document what's to come.

April is crunch time! Time to sprint that last leg in the master's program race. So please help me graduate by taking my Celebrity Twitter survey for my final thesis ( Read more... )

Why update livejournal when you can efficiently microblog with 140 characters or less? Follow me at twitter.com/sujinchang.

I've changed my thesis topic from Youtube to Twitter. I would elaborate but I am well out of characters.

This past weekend, I spent my Saturday night in San Diego with some friends playing Settlers of Catan while watching the U.S. Figure Skating Nationals on TV. There are many things that happened that night I can choose to blog about, but figure skating trumps all the options.


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Last year I wrote my LSE dissertation on new media's role in the creation of microfame, and the transformation of traditional meanings of celebrity. For my current year at USC, I have to write a second thesis, and we have the option of elaborating on our first paper ( Read more... )

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While the scene outside was becoming hectic and noisy that orange morning, I was quietly standing in the middle of my room and cautiously trying to balance necessity and sentimentality. Having to pick favorites with my possessions was more difficult than I had thought. But in the end, superficiality won over all as I packed up anything and ( Read more... )

It was the night of an historical election, and where was I as Obama was named the President-elect? Stuck inside the four pale walls of a cinema class, pathetically receiving text message updates from my more fortunate compatriots who were roaming freely on the outside ( Read more... )

I baked a batch of Sprinkles cupcakes last night, and decided to take a few to church today to give to the first graders I teach in my Korean class. At first the kids seemed excited to eat the cupcakes, but then I said "I know it's break time, but you have to eat these at this table because I don't want you to make a mess anywhere else." And they ( Read more... )

( Two-month waiting period )