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Learning Chinese, with pronounciation and this guide to Chinese stroke order — and the other related lesson pages — are one of the coolest things I’ve seen this month. I’ve decided to start learning Chinese in time for Taipei next summer. At least to basic greeting & where’s-the-bathroom level… (chances of getting much beyond that [...]

I was planning to get up early this morning anyway, to go watch my uncle run a half-marathon, but I got up an hour too early and so have been spending the time chatting online. Extra hour of sleep: pwned! but at least I am more awake now & probably won’t be so cranky about [...]

my new bag came in the mail today. It is so sexy it makes me weak in the knees. OMG. Best present to self ever! Next up: I will have to buy a real purse, something I do not currently own as I have a fondness for larger bags.

My life is about as mundane as it ever gets at the moment. This week is the lull before another short storm of craziness. I am procrastinating and trying not to think about the presentation that I will give to an unknown (large) crowd of people in three weeks; or the poster that (thankfully) seems [...]

We are talking about web services. “I guess CDL has all those people they hired to program, so they have to go and program things” my colleague says. “Yeah, well, I wish I was hired to take a nap” I say. I am feeling very uncreative and rundown. And tired of being at work. That [...]

When you hear an awesomely titled awesome new band on KEXP; check their site on a whim; and discover they are playing a show in Davis, CA on the evening on which you return from Texas. Sweeeeet.

1) This time last year I was moving here. More precisely, I was driving a moving van filled with my crap down I-5 with (who was a huge help — thanks!) In the next day or two I got here, unloaded all my crap, and proceeded to spend a week or so unpacking boxes and [...]