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is kissing cheating?

after watching season 5 of "the l word", my friend and i had a very interesting conversation on what constitutes cheating. you see, in one of the episodes the characters are all gathered around a fire and one of them... [more]

Posted on November 3, 2008 @ 9:07 PM | Comments (0)

my second quinceañera

tonight i attended my second quinceañera and again i was working it. this time it was a much smaller scale affair and i was the "photographer", probably because i'm the only one with a manual camera, will do it for... [more]

Posted on October 11, 2008 @ 11:54 PM | Comments (0)

one less grandparent

my mom called me. her mom died. she's flying back to japan for a couple weeks. another grandparent gone this year. i only have one left. this is getting weird. i can't imagine life without grandparents. that would mean that... [more]

Posted on September 18, 2008 @ 9:50 AM | Comments (0)

i have no friends

so friday wasn't a good day for me. i broke down crying because i thought that "i have no friends", at least no one in my area to hang out with and no one at work to have lunch with.... [more]

Posted on July 27, 2008 @ 10:13 PM | Comments (1)

la soledad para siempre

i was going to post something along these lines a couple days ago but now i think it's completely true. in the past year or so i've noticed that all my friends (with the exception of perhaps one) have done... [more]

Posted on July 7, 2008 @ 8:35 AM | Comments (0)

uncontacted tribes

the bbc reported that an isolated tribe was spotted in brazil. the anthropologist in me finds this truly fascinating. it's amazing that there are any uncontacted tribes left in this world. to find evidence of their existence arouses great curiosity... [more]

Posted on June 1, 2008 @ 7:05 PM | Comments (1)

what it feels like for a girl

yesterday it was so hot that i wore a dress to work. not too heavy, not too light, but airy enough to keep me cool. i don't usually wear a dress so i expect people to make a big deal... [more]

Posted on May 20, 2008 @ 8:01 PM | Comments (0)

how many countries do you know?

when i was about 10 years old, the teacher gave us a timed quiz where we had to write down as many states as possible. then we did the same thing but instead wrote down countries. i didn't win for... [more]

Posted on February 4, 2008 @ 11:34 AM | Comments (0)

gotta get some pride

i figured that if i'm gonna work at ucla, then i got to get some ucla pride. today i've been reading about the history of ucla, the department i've been working in, and the uc system in general. naturally i... [more]

Posted on December 19, 2007 @ 7:07 PM | Comments (0)

2008 presidential candidates

some people have already started talking about the 2008 presidential candidates but i haven't paid any attention to it. i say already because it's not election time. what's different this time though is that the campaigning is starting earlier. so... [more]

Posted on December 7, 2007 @ 10:18 PM | Comments (0)

never enough time in the day

i thought that being laid off would allow me time to work on projects, visit relatives, or catch up on reading but i'm finding that not to be the case at all. i'm spending a lot of time searching for... [more]

Posted on November 23, 2007 @ 10:04 PM | Comments (0)

i just don't know what to do with myself

right after i found out i was laid off, i went looking for a job. i even found one that was good but the deadline had just passed and since it as close by i rushed over to ask how... [more]

Posted on November 7, 2007 @ 9:43 PM | Comments (0)

everyone has a photographic memory but...

...but some don't have memory cards. i updated that one a bit but check out some other funny sayings. you should at least get a chuckle out of it.... [more]

Posted on October 10, 2007 @ 8:33 PM | Comments (0)

shinseki kara mail...

...or mail from relatives. today i got an email from brasil and a letter from okinawa. fu fu fu...i feel special. suddenly it just came into my head that last year in japan we ran into distant relatives from brasil.... [more]

Posted on September 25, 2007 @ 10:23 PM | Comments (0)

chodee without borders

there's a small group of us in "chodee without borders" (sort of like "brotherhood without borders") and we've been busy lately planning our activities. most of us live in the same county but it's hard to get together so most... [more]

Posted on September 24, 2007 @ 11:56 PM | Comments (0)

sister knows best

there's a topic that i've discussed with my friends before but recently it's come up again and each time it was the friend who brought it up and i wasn't trying to steer the conversation in that direction but nonetheless,... [more]

Posted on September 19, 2007 @ 11:29 PM | Comments (1)

carter the unstoppable sex machine

today i read a very interesting interview with jimmy carter. i don't know much about him or his term, other than i think america thought he was weak. he was president when i was a baby through to shortly after... [more]

Posted on September 11, 2007 @ 7:27 PM | Comments (0)

what makes a friend a friend?

i'm not sure if there's a magic formula for creating friendships or friendships that last. obviously there is communication, trust, likeability, commonalities, etc. but what makes a friend in the first place? how do you go from acquaintance to friend?... [more]

Posted on September 4, 2007 @ 10:17 PM | Comments (2)

the more time i spend with kids...

...the more i realize how i would do things differently if i had kids. spending time with some kids today though i finally realized how frustrated my mom must have been with my picky eating as kid. (though i'm sure... [more]

Posted on August 1, 2007 @ 11:59 PM | Comments (0)

a land of immigrants

a read a good post on a couple of blogs about various issues but at the time i didn't feel like commenting on it on my blog. what more can i add to it? they were so eloquently written. especially... [more]

Posted on July 18, 2007 @ 10:50 PM | Comments (0)

friday the 13th

it's funny how as a kid you make such a big deal out of friday the 13th. it can be scary or cool, depending on what kind of person you are. then as an adult it's no big deal at... [more]

Posted on July 13, 2007 @ 6:11 PM | Comments (1)

kids don't know they're ugly

i was in line at a grocery store, right behind a lady with her kid. the lady didn't seem to be paying attention to her kid. the kid was perhaps 1 years old. he just stared at me the way... [more]

Posted on July 9, 2007 @ 11:14 PM | Comments (0)

courtney love dream last night

here's my courtney love dream from last night. usually my dreams start off like i'm watching a movie and then it zooms in so that i'm a part of the scene. i go from voyeur to actor. this dream is... [more]

Posted on June 26, 2007 @ 10:15 AM | Comments (0)

i blog therefore i am

lately not only have i been thinking about blogs (this one and others i would like to start), but i've been reading about them as well. i've been reading about what makes a good blog and stuff like that. mainly,... [more]

Posted on June 19, 2007 @ 9:43 PM | Comments (0)

what do you want to be when you grow up?

i was never really sure what i wanted to be when i grew up. i never passionately want to be something that's why i've never pursued any career. i'm still trying to figure out what it could be. just being... [more]

Posted on June 14, 2007 @ 10:13 PM | Comments (0)

news you can't use

today i saw many news pieces on tv that i could write about. i've always been hesitant to comment on current events on this blog, especially if i just come across some new story. perhaps it seems sensational to react... [more]

Posted on June 12, 2007 @ 10:57 PM | Comments (0)

brainbloodvolume

sometimes i don't know why certain memories linger. it's not like there was anything significant about it but sometimes you just have these stupid memories you can't get rid of. or in my case maybe i did do something a... [more]

Posted on May 17, 2007 @ 7:49 PM | Comments (0)

all about photography

today i am all about photography! i've spent the morning reading about digital cameras that function more like the old days, you know, let you focus and tweek the settings! in particular i have been reading about the canon rebel... [more]

Posted on May 1, 2007 @ 6:28 PM | Comments (1)

where are my friends?

sometimes when i don't hear from friends in awhile, i worry. i know we all get busy. sometimes i ignore people too, even my friends, because i just need to be holed up alone and can't deal with talking to... [more]

Posted on April 25, 2007 @ 7:12 PM | Comments (0)

what do you smell like?

...and what do people think of when they smell you? it's really odd to talk about perhaps but just think about it for a bit. when i was little, i would smell my arm and think it smells like peanut... [more]

Posted on April 21, 2007 @ 10:58 PM | Comments (0)

earth issues awareness

i'm sitting on the couch, surfing the internet with the tv running in the background. a waste, i know. but a program is being shown for earth day with ideas to reduce/reuse/recycle in order to help out the earth. so... [more]

Posted on April 20, 2007 @ 10:43 PM | Comments (0)

in a japanese mood

lately i'm in a japanese mood. i've been working on redoing my buck-tick site for a long time now but lately i've watching buck-tick interviews on youtube and writing it out in japanese, then translating it into english. i've also... [more]

Posted on April 17, 2007 @ 7:24 PM | Comments (0)

then she did

my mom has been thinking about visiting japan because she feels like the end is near soon for her mother. although since she isn't literally on her death bed, to guess when she is going to die is incredibly difficult.... [more]

Posted on April 10, 2007 @ 7:07 PM | Comments (0)

mandatory conscription for american youth

sometimes i wonder what kind of country would we be if our military was not voluntary... or what if our youth, all of our youth had to serve in some sort of volunteering. whether it's the military, coast guard, police,... [more]

Posted on March 23, 2007 @ 8:47 PM | Comments (0)

early start of dst

today is the early start of daylight savings time and i must say this is gonna fuck me over. just when i get used to my sleeping pattern, even 1 hour difference will affect it. this next week at work... [more]

Posted on March 11, 2007 @ 7:41 PM | Comments (0)

in search of a better life

why are americans shocked when americans move away? i just feel like they are. that's my hypotehsis. whenever americans talk about moving to another country and stuff, it seems like you can hear a gasp, like it's an insult to... [more]

Posted on February 19, 2007 @ 8:36 PM | Comments (0)

age complex

in school, most of my friends were born 1 year before me. so why is that after all these years, they still think i'm 2 years younger than they are? we were only 1 grade apart. it's not like any... [more]

Posted on January 26, 2007 @ 9:31 PM | Comments (0)

the 5 senses

i used to think that if i had to lose any of my senses, i would pick to smell or to taste. it would be very hard for me to chose between sight and sound since i absolutely love art... [more]

Posted on January 25, 2007 @ 9:36 PM | Comments (0)

the people of the book

after work i swung by my mom's house to pickup some mail and she had the tv on a japanese station as usual. i watched tv, hisashiburi! i was thinking of leaving but it was an interesting program so i... [more]

Posted on January 19, 2007 @ 11:44 PM | Comments (0)

"darling am i getting old?"

so starts the song "age" by x-ray spex. you know you're old when you start thinking about getting old and look in the mirror for signs of aging. by that logic then it means that i'm old. i first realized... [more]

Posted on January 17, 2007 @ 8:33 PM | Comments (0)

holiday madness or this was my life

we had been doing a toy drive for charity at work and today i had to drop off the donations. the charity is based in hollywood so i figured i would stop by a couple of our locations while i... [more]

Posted on December 19, 2006 @ 11:55 PM | Comments (0)

what, am i some sort of comedian to you?

yesterday morning as i was taking a shower, i came up with a stand up routine. it just flowed. but i didn't try to write it down until night time. i thought it'd be cool to flesh it out and... [more]

Posted on December 12, 2006 @ 11:59 PM | Comments (0)

sick of being poor

i'm sick of being poor! just so tired of not being able to go places or do things for lack of funds. so lately i've been toying with the idea of returning to school to enter a field where $$$... [more]

Posted on December 4, 2006 @ 7:44 PM | Comments (0)

have you ever...

have you ever tried to spend a whole weekend at home, indoors, not leaving the house for anything? not even to check the mail? not even to answer the door for food deliveries? i have. have you ever spent a... [more]

Posted on December 1, 2006 @ 8:16 PM | Comments (0)

movie deficient

i haven't watched movies from netflix in what seems like forever. as we were getting ready to go to japan, we didn't watch much. after returning from japan, we finished a disc we had started. then we moved and have... [more]

Posted on November 14, 2006 @ 10:56 PM | Comments (0)

got buddha?

this morning i went with twiddle thumbs to visit an old friend of her family's. they were talking about buddhism and going to temples as twiddle thumbs is seriously considering buddhism after the trip to japan. the friend asked if... [more]

Posted on November 12, 2006 @ 9:09 PM | Comments (1)

quoting a food package

i'm not sure what to write about today so let me quote a food package from the alternative baking company of sacramento. did you know? "pesticide residue found in meat is 14 times greater than in plant foods, whereas dairy... [more]

Posted on September 22, 2006 @ 11:58 PM | Comments (0)

it's official, i have no gaydar

i just found out that my old boss is gay and some other people too. she even just married her girlfriend in vegas. (is that why i was hired? hahahaa) man, i had no idea...i have no gaydar! i guess... [more]

Posted on September 15, 2006 @ 12:03 PM | Comments (0)

i'd love you more if...

1. raymond watts (AKA pig) i'd love you more if i were straight. let's face it, if i were a guy, i'd want to be just like raymond watts and i'd be looking for my anna wildsmith. 2. gale harold... [more]

Posted on June 23, 2006 @ 6:18 PM | Comments (0)

america the melting pot

america has all sorts of people. they come from all regions and are the ingredients. their children mix together and the end result is americans. that's corny but hey, it's just a blog. the result is a bunch of mixed... [more]

Posted on June 19, 2006 @ 5:11 PM | Comments (0)

happiness in neutrality

i've been trying to think of things i want to do before i'm 30, or things to do during an indefinite time period as an adult, but i'm drawing blanks. i just can't think right now and don't seem to... [more]

Posted on June 13, 2006 @ 3:47 PM | Comments (3)

laughter is the best medicine

i love making people laugh. i can't think of anything else that gives me as much satisfaction as people laughing along with me at my jokes. especially people i know. especially when they laugh so hard that they lose control... [more]

Posted on June 9, 2006 @ 12:42 PM | Comments (0)

we'll make great pets

whereas most people come up with possible names for their children, twiddle thumbs and i come up with possible names for our pets! we loved the dog flaik in "umberto d" so we decided we should get a small dog... [more]

Posted on June 6, 2006 @ 8:21 PM | Comments (0)

rock band personality theory

i have a musician personality theory. ok, it's more like a rock band personality theory. while one could probably peg these personalities onto musicians from viewing a couple music videos, over the years i've noted that this theory holds generally... [more]

Posted on May 30, 2006 @ 1:13 PM | Comments (0)