Right now my apartment is littered with boxes - packed boxes all taped up and reinforced for the long haul back to the West Coast, as well as empty boxes reminding me of all the packing yet to be done. I've been procrastinating on the packing bit, maybe because everything will seem more final. As if the fact that my lease ends at the end of this ( Read more... )

i really enjoy listening the podcast of this show. always gives me a few good laughs. here's an article about NPR's wait wait don't tell me ( Read more... )

i have high hopes for the new year but i didn't exactly get off to a running start. i blame my current addiction to House (among other excuses, this is the most recent). i've been struggling to cram in watching as many episodes as possible before my Blockbuster total access trial runs out. which is in a few days, thankfully. then i'll get back ( Read more... )

a friend from the lab recently lent me her book "interpreter of maladies" by jhumpa lahiri. i had recently read her other novel, "the namesake" which i really enjoyed and so she recommended that i read the interpreter, which won the author the Pulitzer. there are many aspects of her novels/short stories which i can identify with, and it's a very ( Read more... )

http://waiterrant.net/

each entry is a little short story, an anecdote about various characters who happen to dine at this particular bistro, waited on by this waiter. he writes quite well and each entry is a little insight about people.

went to the beach (Wingaersheek Beach) yesterday with friends from the running club. my first time at a beach since moving to Boston ( Read more... )

i was so excited to come across a picture of the yangmei fruit yesterday. i was reading the food blog Kuidaore and it showed a picture of yangmei. it totally reminds me of when i was 10, visiting relatives in china for the first time. i met up with my grandpa, uncle and cousin in Shanghai. one day they bought some yangmei (also known as a ( Read more... )

By MARIANNE J. LEGATO ( Read more... )

currently have many computer issues. why does it always happen at the worst time (when i'm writing a paper?). same thing happened two years ago. back then it was on my lemon of a computer but i've since replaced that piece of crap by a new IBM thinkpad. which is now 2 yrs old and never gave me problems before. i hope everything will be ok ( Read more... )

recently, i've been reading Frances mayes "A Year in the World" in which she writes about what else but her travels around the world. it's been a fun read, probably because she's doing exactly what millions of people hope and dream of being able to do someday. To travel around the world, learn of different cultures, taste different cuisines, listen ( Read more... )