February 2012
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tries not to anthropomorphize everything: marriage... →
This whole post made me laugh at 1.11am at night! Thank you, Debra! <3
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1. how do you decide who to marry?
You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. - Alan, age 10
No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God...
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WatchThis skit. Endless funny. Best bits: Maya Rudolph’s Beyonce sing-scribes childbirth, Kristen Wiig’s Taylor Swift gawking, then Justin Timberlake’s spot-on Bon Iver impression. And White Butler digging it.
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Elaine Kim, Charmaine Poh, and Jane Yoon from... →
These ladies = amazing. So completely inspiring.
Why All You Really Need is Love
I’m a fan of the Beatles, but I have to admit that “All You Need is Love” was never a favorite. The opening line “love, love, love” makes me shudder and nauseous. In a world where divorce and break ups conquer, true love seems to be some sort of fictitious and overtly idealistic concept that I can’t buy into....
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I’m Not Okay with Chris Brown Performing at the... →
UPDATE: The Hollywood Reporter published a very comprehensive article on the various viewpoints out there on this issue and why Chris Brown’s apology hasn’t convinced most. Taking into account their observations on Brown’s terrible post-incident behavior, I definitely feel less sympathy for Brown now. (Feb 17, 2012)
Just to qualify: I personally have a more forgiving attitude...
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Karmin, 'SNL': Pop Duo Brings Much-Needed Levity... →
Amy Heidemann has so much going for her: great vocals, sick rap, blow-it-out-of-the-water showmanship, beauty. What kind of music can’t Karmin make? No clue. Sky’s the limit.
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Jeremy Lin puts in it, I cheer. Olivia goes, “Nooo, Limi, you are an LA citizen now!”
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon winning an Oscar® -... →
Back when the Boston boys were nobodies. Love it!
Thank you to everyone in Boston who’s watching this at home—thank you to the city of Boston!
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Year of the Dragon is also the Year of the Baby -... →
Ok, so I’m really not a superstitious/zodiac-following person in the least, but this just made me happy—I’m a proud Dragon baby. Plus, the article is written by a fellow Tufts Class of 2011 graduate, Rosanna! :)
The dragon is also the only mythical creature in the Asian zodiac, a cycle that features 12 animals that embody unique characteristics — a dog is shy but loyal; a tiger...
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"So here's what you missed on..."
Hm. “Limmy’s first month in LA” just isn’t catchy enough for a TV show name. I’ll work on it—anyhow:
Hung out at the Farmers’ Market and The Grove—Disneyland for adults, really—and saw Johnny Galecki, just buying stuff from the meat counter, whatever. Marwa ran up and talked to him and got him to wave at Liza! That girl knows what she’s doing.
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January 2012
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“The sun in Holland is like a painting: you can see it, but it’s totally...”
– Marwa’s emphatic indictment of the non-heat-giving Dutch sun.
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“They try to squeeze in as many beats as possible, so everyone has a chance, but...”
– Liza, on songs nowadays, and the persisting inability of some (Dutch male) people to dance in rhythm.
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King of All Nations →
Dr. Tuck of Pembroke College, Oxford, raises an important point about the use and abuse of Rev. Dr. MLK Jr’s image and legacy.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an international as well as an American icon. But his legacy was used to serve a range of purposes.
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Some Like Her Hot: GQ.com →
Michelle Williams, tenderly rendered. I must be clear: I’m not a fan—I did not grow up on Dawson’s Creek, and My Week with Marilyn has only just joined Blue Valentine on my endless to-watch list; I’ve not seen her work. Her life story itself moves me. A real tale of working hard, taking risks, challenging yourself, persisting—and loving oh so incredibly much. Thank you, Chris...
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John Krasinski voices esurance commercials →
The dry-yet-cheeky delivery was unmistakeable. It had to be John Krasinski. (Go Boston!)
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Live music soothes veterans with PTSD at Fresno's... →
Live music at Fresno’s VA hospital makes a big difference
Musicians in the hospital waiting room were meant to provide simple distraction, but doctors noticed improvement in many patients, especially those with PTSD or traumatic brain injury.
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In the Fight Against Poverty, Time for a... →
Really proud to be a LIFT alum.
Many Americans struggling in poverty today need more than financial assistance; they need help figuring out how to plug into a changing economy. They need help devising a plan forward. One of the most innovative organizations working to re-imagine poverty alleviation along these lines is called LIFT. It was founded by college students in 1998, and most of the work...
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WatchDrunk History Christmas with Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey and Eva Mendes from Ryan Gosling
Jess, my old housemate, introduced the Drunk History series on Funny or Die to us a few weeks ago and I have to admit I ate it up. Too funny. And very cool that such household names have participated in the project.
WARNING: Shots of puking and frequent use of expletives.
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“Why do people stop at Plan B? There are 26 letters in the alphabet, just use...”
– my new housemate in Los Angeles, Marwa, on rolling with the punches and winging it in life. You go, girl!
December 2011
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The Goodbye
A souvenir, for my time in Greater Boston.
4 years on, and I still love this place; it’s always going to have a special place in my heart.
I’ve seen this city in every season, and in every season, its been beautiful. The reds of fall, the weight of winter, the burst of spring, the blaze of summer—all beautiful, quietly so. Never in your face, never overwhelming, just in the...
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WatchRecalled this moment, after reading the tragic news about Private Danny Chen.
Look at the faces; listen to the voices. What I saw and heard in that room: proud Americans of the United States. Enough said.
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November 2011
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Clinton’s Visit to Myanmar Raises Hopes and... →
Political bubbling in Burma/Myanmar. The parliamentarians’ model for democratic politics? The West Wing. A great example of the operation of entertainment in global society.
Hoping to nurture what President Obama called “flickers of progress,” Mrs. Clinton will make the first trip to Myanmar by a secretary of state since early in the cold war.
One senior administration official familiar...
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The Economist: The Trouble With Newt →
In an Esquire profile last year, Marianne said her former husband “was impressed easily by position, status, money” and believed “that what he says in public and how he lives don’t have to be connected”.
I wish I could say that the rest of us don’t suffer from this problem. I know I struggle with it.
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The last word: He said he was leaving. She ignored... →
Found this through my friend Ivee’s facebook wall post. Incredibly moving.
When Laura Munson’s husband asked for a divorce, she ducked instead of fighting. He needed to learn, she says, that his unhappiness wasn’t really about her
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Three Home Bases
About to embark on a flight journey that’ll have me touch down in all three of my home bases!
Best part is, I get to do it again in a week. ;)
USA->UK->SG
I promise to return to writing and photo posting when I reach home. It’s been a PACKED Fall!
October 2011
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Alright—if I blog housemate chatter, I too must be...
All three of us are in the common room, chatting.
Me: Eddie, you come out of your room so rarely, I forget how nice and funny you are.
Jess: ..That's.. a back-handed compliment...?
Me: More like a front-handed insult.. or chiding.
Jess: That's true.
Eddie: (says nothing.)
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The Paradox of the New Elite →
IT’S a puzzle: one dispossessed group after another — blacks, women, Hispanics and gays — has been gradually accepted in the United States, granted equal rights and brought into the mainstream.
At the same time, in economic terms, the United States has gone from being a comparatively egalitarian society to one of the most unequal democracies in the world.
The two shifts are each huge and...
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Girl on a Swing
I saw a girl on a swing in her yard today, from the bus It was by the roadside of a highway lots of cars whizzing by Now I have to stop and think about how you imagined the girl to look like Could be any number of girls swinging through your minds based on who you are where you come from or what you know of me and who I am and where I come from or where I’ve lived Let me tell you now that...
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“Politics without principles,
wealth without work,
pleasure without conscience,...”
– The seven social sins, quoted by Gandhi in Young India (1925). Read them off a poster in the Hammer Museum, in Los Angeles, this weekend. Every statement hit home. The problems of the world, summarized.
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Checking In, Checking Out
In just a few hours, I will be on my way to the West Coast! More specifically, Los Angeles. I hear the high will be NINETY-FIVE degrees tomorrow. Yikes!
Here’s to coming back to Boston with tan.