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...still, i do envy his life in some ways. the normality, the predictability, the stability, there's just something so compelling about that. it must be nice to fulfill every social expectation with flying colors--to be working on your residency at a prestigious hospital, to be married to an accomplished woman, to live in a flashy condo furnished ( Read more... )

if you believe in god, why? what compels you? it's something i've been trying to answer for myself these past few months. i'd like to hear some of your thoughts on this, it doesn't have to be long or complicated.

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...he's a japanese boy!

i wish i had dated and been dumped by my friend ira [who grew up in japan] so i would have an excuse to listen to aneka's stupefying 1981 chart topper 'japanese boy' non-stop. it combines every single [east] asian music stereotype possible with early 80's disco. it's like that everybody was kung fu fighting song on drugs ( Read more... )

i'm sitting at a vegan hot dog-internet cafe listening to cat stevens with jamie and watching a bunch of costumed anime fans stream out the big manga con next door. meanwhile, the weather is mild and the plum trees are in full bloom. i love seattle.

last week they dyed the chicago river neon green for st. patrick's day. i was out and about, taking in the sights of irish-americana, when i came across my worst [assimilationist] nightmare: an extremely obese desi strutting across michigan ave in an ill fitting green "irish pride" shirt, drowning in layers of green mardi gras beads, and carrying ( Read more... )

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