February 10, 2009 – 2:11 am
He said, “Let me tell you how it is with me..”
“…I’m the kind of person who…”
I tuned out.
“When x happens, I y…”
I tuned out yet again. Until I realized he had stopped talking about himself long enough to feign interest in myself. Yes, he made an inquiry:
“So describe yourself.”
I guess it was my turn.
I wouldn’t [...]
January 20, 2009 – 1:53 am
I was born in January. I was told that when my mother was having contractions in the dead of winter, it was during a heavy snowfall and my father had to shovel the driveway before he could drive her to the hospital. I thrive in the winter.
Right.
I am the impostor “winter baby” who picked Southern [...]
December 4, 2008 – 1:44 pm
You may be beautiful. You and I might have great conversation. And I might tell my girlfriends about you (and you, and you) to have them groan when I get to the part that you have a girlfriend.
But don’t be mistaken. It’s not that I’m sad you are already committed. If you weren’t, I would [...]
October 22, 2008 – 7:01 am
I rounded the corner from the parking lot along the sidewalked path to Amoeba Records on Cahuenga. There they were, the post-college Asians crowded outside as they were lined up to get into the club. Now, I wasn’t wearing the club gear I usually do the two times per year I even visit a nightclub, [...]
October 8, 2008 – 10:43 am
The issue with working amongst a 90% male work force (and one of your women representatives is not necessarily at the top of the totem pole) is that you essentially cultivate your career inside a bathhouse of testosterone. The guys are in their ties and slacks, sure, but you’d think with the talk that goes on inside here you [...]
September 9, 2008 – 9:22 am
Growing up in a family with no sisters and three brothers ultimately had a big impact on my life. They are all significantly (9+ years) older and therefore had all left the nest by the time I was in junior high. Actual memories I have of them were from my limited, prepubescent personal interactions with them. Hiding [...]
September 5, 2008 – 12:39 pm
I have a few pairs of jeans that I’ve had to fix in the right knee. I guess it’s kind of like guys and their workshirts. The elbows wear down because they slide their arms around on the desk. With me and jeans, though, the holes I’ve managed to put in those pants is caused by merely [...]
September 3, 2008 – 9:48 am
Slash’s autobiography has been on my coffee table for awhile. It’s a steal-borrow from Roycifer, who was done reading it. I kept the book there because indeed, I was reading it. And while I meant to finish it, the truth of the matter is that I’m simply not good at finishing much of anything. Now [...]
August 18, 2008 – 1:35 pm
Zhang Ziyi said back in July, “I don’t know why people are so negative.”
It was before the games even started, around the time of the Tibetan protests. Before the cuter 9-year-old miming the ugly 7-year-old, the 14-year-old girl gymnast(s), the fake digital fireworks, the BSOD (I don’t think the latter 2 were a big deal) – [...]
August 14, 2008 – 10:34 am
So tell me, Spain. How exactly do you get your eyes to look like my eyes, again? (Because it’s been a long time since I was an Asian girl in grade school in the American Midwest.)
Ahh…I get it. My eyes kind of go off to the sides like that. I get it now. Haha. That’s funny. In fact, I’m so honored you [...]
