I just bought tickets to India! June 26 - August 10 ( Read more... )

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Wow, I went all of 2010 without posting a single thing here.

Not sure how LJ came up on my radar again, but it has and I'm considering coming back to it, at least periodically.

2009: an overall fantastic year.
2010: many shitacular moments, but it ended pretty well.
2011: better be damn good.

Long time no see.


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Growing up, my family always had plenty of pets. We always had dogs and sometimes we supplemented with other animals: cats, parakeets, ducks, chickens, fish, turtles, and mice. If I'm asked about a childhood pet of mine, however, I really only think of one ( Read more... )

Stumbled upon this quote online and want to remember it:

When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they didn’t understand life.

I had a tongue piercing for about a month when I was a sophomore in college. I suffered through the pain of the piercing and the swelling that ensued (made worse by my daily consumption of honeydew and cantaloupe in the dining halls - it took me a while to realize they are acidic and were aggravating the wound ( Read more... )

Follow-up to yesterday's post.

The officer resigned today.

Meanwhile, protests on the streets of Oakland turn violent.

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An unarmed man was shot and killed by a BART police officer as he laid face-down on the ground with his hands behind his back. Very disturbing. People are in an uproar. A friend of mine witnessed the shooting.

One article here