New Zen Bija blog post: the Frenemy Within

So tonight's my "splurge night"--in the four weeks I've been in India, I've stayed at some mid-range places, some budget places, some funky interesting upper-mid-range places like the Apani Dhani Eco-Resort, which does not have AC but does have solar-heated showers. But for one night I booked a luxury hotel in Jaipur. The drawback of hotel ( Read more... )

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A walk in the park.

I haven't updated LJ since I got to India--the trouble with having a scattered web presence, I guess. When I get to a short-term Internet connection, I go all Facebooky and don't take the time to LJ. But I'll share my Bollywood story with you. I decided this evening would be a good one to spend in AC in the dark, so I got the hotel desk clerk to ( Read more... )

People say, "Take lots of pictures!" but they never tell me what to take pictures of. So, give me a guide here.

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Another from my other blog. Diverse views on white privilege.

For the curious, here's where I'm going, starting August 4:


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There's a new sitcom based on the teen movie Ten Things I Hate About You, and from the pilot episode it's strangely neutral. It's not bad, not stupid, not distasteful--but it's also not particularly intelligent or funny. As the AV Club's review says, it seems like most high-school based shows these days are all about navigating tricky social ( Read more... )

So drood challenged me to make a karaoke inventory like he did, so I dug through my iTunes and my memory to see how many songs I've performed. My list is long, but not as long as his, and my memory probably isn't entirely reliable--some of these I wasn't sure, but I think I sang them one time or another. And I'm sure I missed a couple; if you've ever ( Read more... )