a shameful waste of madhouse time

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Movies I’m Watching: Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay

August 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Let me say that I am big fan of the Harold and Kumar enterprise, if only b/c yes, it is nice having some non-white, and not especially handsome boys as the leads. The same dynamic and humor is there, John Cho being the uptight choad and Kumar getting all the gross-out jokes. I have to [...]

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Tags: America · movies

Mr. Obama goes to Europe (my thoughts)

July 25th, 2008 · No Comments

I like the title of the IHT article: Obama get’s Europe’s ear, pleasing crowds without specifics. Because, this is exactly what happens with Obama. I know that politicians have to do this whole song and dance–they have to talk about our shared ideals, about WWII, about fighting fascism and communism together, and the new challenges [...]

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Tags: America · Middle East

Movies I’ve watched: Lars and the Real Girl

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Manohla Dargis of the New York Times thought that this film was a bit hokey because it takes the issue of mental health and makes something Capra-esque out of it. Lars was abandoned and abused when he was young and finds it difficult to connect with other human beings, to the extent that he ends [...]

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Tags: America · movies

Poet Billy Collins: the theme of poetry is death

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: America · books · literature · poetry

Shangby.com

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

came across this on my Google reader…guess the site’s supposed to use video and some other bells and whistles to make you feel like you can shop Shanghai’s stores without actually boarding the plane.

Pearl | Shopping pearl at ShangBy.com via kwout

anyway, you can buy pearls and some other stuff. don’t know if it’s all [...]

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Tags: America · China · Tech