does anyone know why when you send or read an email to someone in gmail - sometimes their name is bolded and sometimes it's not? it's always another gmail user and i'm not talking about when it's a new email. you go back another time and it's not in bold anymore. is it that they are online? or that they haven't read the email?

i'm just curious.

1. Coffee -- According to the National Coffee Association, the average price for brewed coffee is $1.38. There are roughly 260 weekdays per year, so buying one coffee every weekday morning costs almost $360 per year ( Read more... )

it seems like there's always some "natural" disaster happening in nk ( Read more... )

since i haven't been working this summer i've been trying to keep a good record of my budget. have you noticed that when you're not working, you spend more money? it's ridiculous. every time i walk out the house. damn. a lot of my money goes to eating out. i have to stop watching all the food shows. it just makes you hungry ( Read more... )

i know the japanese colonized my people and all and it's so overpriced but i have a complete sushi addiction. i could eat it every day if i had the $$$. right now it's ikura (salmon roe) and uni (sea urchin) which are things i never really ate before this year but they are so good. it's funny how your taste buds kinda change as you get older. at 20 ( Read more... )

does anyone need the following:

xGeorge Foreman grill (Medium to large size)
xBlack and Decker Chopper (Small - good for garlic, onions, etc)
Electric Hand Blender

don't ask why someone who rarely cooks has so much kitchen goods.

our school is having a "spirit day" tomorrow. our school colors are blue and gold. i don't own anything gold cuz asians (at least east asians) don't look good in yellow/gold. bummer. i got no spirit.

the namesake - it was so good. thanks for the suggestion sylliegurl. my favorite part of the movie was seeing the parents relationship, how loving and deep it was. it was nice to see some positive images of asian male characters. i liked the ending too. it showed how life can be complicated.

host is playing at the parkway. go check it out! it was really good and has a good anti-us imperialism message. if you have some understanding of south korean history, you will notice a lot of symbolism at the end of the movie. it's more than a monster movie! i heard it's been very popular in south korea which is a good sign that people recognize ( Read more... )

do folks have songs with positive messages for youth that they can suggest for my middle school students? limited "curse" words. simple but positive lyrics? thanks for any help you can give.