Category: personal
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[Writing Meme] Day 3: Your Favorite TV Show
I currently don’t have cable TV so I have to turn to DVDs or the internet for my TV fix. I am addicted to crime dramas, especially to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. If you’re not familiar with the series, L&O:SVU focuses on a special team in the New York Police Department tasked with…
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The Word of Mia: The Walk to Remember Formula
Warning: This is a work of satire. I know living with a terminal illness isn’t funny, but the movies make it a little too cool for comfort. So take this with a grain of salt, and I hope you laugh as hard as we did. If you don’t know the movie, you’re not missing much.…
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[Writing Meme] Day 2: Your Favorite Movie
When I’m really into something, I tend to babble. I try not to babble in this wordpress, but I’ll take exception to that now. ‘In the Mood for Love’ is a cinematic masterpiece for me. I love Kar-wai’s lush visuals, I love vintage China, I love Maggie Cheung, I love Tony Leung. I love how…
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[Writing Meme] Day 01: Your Favorite Song
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6E2Mooz_LA] Don’t Rain On My Parade by Barbra Streisand I first caught ‘Funny Girl’ on the old classic movie channel when I was much younger, but I just viewed it as a Barbra Streisand vehicle. I have heard the Streisand jokes and the horror stories, but I still admired her for being able to produce-direct-write-sing-dance.…
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Stream of Consciousness
J.D. Salinger Dies at 91. R.I.P. I survived the miseries of high school by being schmartsy. It helped that my dark period in literacy (marked by Sweet Valley Kids, Twins, and Babysitter’s Club) hit me when I was 9. When I entered high school at 14, not wanting to call attention to myself, and finding…