garden of eden

I REALLY want to see this movie. Because it’s the film adaptation of Hemingway’s Garden of Eden. Because it has to do with androgenous characters who drink absinthe. Please please please this is a dire craving.

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wishlist

Here are three things that I want right now: To watch the movie “White on Rice” To have a mini version of Lynn Chen, this super duper cute girl in “White on Rice” To eat Yogurtland while watching Lynn Chen in “White on Rice” Is that too much to ask for?

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warning: scenario ahead

If I had Twitter on my imaginary Blackberry with my imaginary unlimited texting, my mornings would look something like this…in reverse order: I am up. The world may resume now. 10:47 AM Still curled up in bed. Maybe if I don’t move, no one will make me get up. 11: 19 AM Phone call from [...]

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korean proprietorship

This post originally began with “While she is off in the mountains without internet and/or Korean music videos, I’ve prepared a gift-post filled with some of my favorite Koreans,” but as you may know, Jo is already home from her outventures. So instead take this entry as a belated welcome home present! Jo, here are [...]

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korean packed

Now, I’m no fan of movies and definitely not of the action-packed ones that the Boy seems to favor, but the new G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra movie has a few redeeming features. Besides featuring the delicious Channing Tatum of Step Up fame, the trailer shows scenes of an Asian actor debuting in Hollywood. Quadralingual [...]

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oh my, maurice

The following is an excerpt of #127 of Stuff that White People Like entitled Where the Wild Things Are. It is a guarantee that whenever it is announced that a popular book is being turned into a movie, white people will get upset. This is partly due to their fear that something they love will [...]

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huluhooping

My adventures in Hulu land have not been for naught because I stumbled across the trailer for the movie Coco Before Chanel! Detailing the life of Coco before her success, there is intrigue, romance, drama, and sorrow all rolled up into one (trailer). I am pretty excited because Coco is to be portrayed by Audrey [...]

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fat grey panda

I wish Hayao Miyazaki could be my cute Japanese grandpappy. But I don’t think we’re actually related (nor does he know of my existence) but I think I’m okay with that as long as he continues to make his movies. However, I’ve only seen 7 of his movies. As a kiddo, my favorites were definitely [...]

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aping around

Here’s an excerpt from my LS 15 professor’s book Mean Genes (which I have!) from his chapter on debt: It’s as though our brain can’t quite grasp that money doesn’t lose its value over time. As a matter of fact, that’s exactly the problem; our brains were built for a world in which the currency [...]

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membership specific

I am pretty sure that I am a born troublemaker. The Boy and I were talking on Friday night and of course, because I am a girl evil, I threw an offhand comment that Jojo had banged me last week. He suddenly stopped and gave me the most worth-it “What?” that I’ve ever heard. I [...]

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