I've been thinking about this for a while. It's time to let go of Livejournal - blogging on it, anyway. I could detail my reasons, but that would just defeat the purpose of ending this LJ.

Nevertheless, I've had my LJ for four years (first post April 2, 2004) so I think it deserves a proper goodbye. And here it is.

I picked this meme up from some celebrity blog. Strikethrough for books I've read before. Italics for books I've read before but haven't finished.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights
The Silmarillion
Life of Pi : a novel
The Name of the Rose
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
Ulysses
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It's hard to love the world when you have to share it with the Roman Catholic Church. I'm not just "upset"--I'm fuming mad.

Gotta love the British.

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In brief, a couple of medical personnel used a cellphone camera to film a rectal surgery extracting a perfume bottle from a gay man's rectum. The video showed them making fun of the patient. This video was posted on YouTube.  The unwarranted violation of the person's privacy has been harped on and people have made their indignation known. I don't ( Read more... )

Marriage seems like a really hot topic these days.

First there was that PIDC Quarterfinals motion on legalizing polygamy, followed by the news the next day about the raid of a polygamist house somewhere in the U.S.

Then yesterday I saw The Other Boleyn Girl. The movie's a must-see, by the way. I'm not much of a history buff, much less a European ( Read more... )

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This is pretty cool. I can name one person for every category. Can't figure out where I'd fall into, though.

The only thing standing between me and my summer vacation is the comprehensive exam on Friday next week. And since this is just a no-bearing evaluation of how much we've retained from the past 2 semesters, I think I can say I've successfully completed my first year in med school ( Read more... )

Yes, I don't know how to ride a bike. But this is still really cool.