Aloha Hawaii folks. I hope that all is well, and everyone is safe ( Read more... )

So I was at a college friend's wedding last weekend, and got to see lots of my old college friends there. Besides gushing about how wonderful it was to see my old friends, and talking about old times and old friends in new times, I'll just cut to one of the interesting moments.

One of my friends, who had a wonderfully compatible boyfriend (finally ( Read more... )

For a full day, we never heard from Akiko, but sure enough, someone found her this afternoon. Amazingly, she was a block away, in an area that I would never look in, but close enough that I could have ( Read more... )

Today, my cat, Akiko, left us as mysteriously as she came to us. It's not as if she didn't give us indications in the last few months, but she left the house this morning, never to be found again ( Read more... )

Hey hey. I managed to get myself a job this week. After months of searching, applying, and interviewing, I finally landed a position. Funny enough, one of the positions that I interviewed for, and received a call back saying it was closed, opened up again in the same week. So I just agreed to one position, and the old one came back up again ( Read more... )

Opera in the Park: Coolest thing ever.

Yay! I finished writing a draft of a meditation book. I haven't reread it or anything yet, so I have no idea if it's any good or not. I personally got a lot out of writing it, and it just remains to see if others will get something out of reading it.

So I decided to make a few test copies (after I edit it, which will be who knows when) and send ( Read more... )

So, even though I still haven't found a job, at least I have folks that are willing to take me out to dinner. For example, today, while waiting (maybe ad infinitum) for two potential jobs to call me and tell me that they want to hire me, my friend,
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Hey all you Bay Area folks. 
If you are at all interested in good theater and/or Asian American issues, GO SEE M. BUTTERLY at the Mountain View Performing Arts Center. It is awesome. Totally amazing. Acting, dancing, writing, overall delivery. Awesome. I just went, met Francis Jue, had a wonderful conversation. Totally blown away, and that's saying ( Read more... )