I’ve got this knack for making quite an impression on people. For example, shortly after meeting Matt, he brought me to his favorite restaurant, Taco Bell (it was my first time). We were happily eating what resembled, and tasted like, dog food wrapped in a beige piece of paper when I said something incredibly witty. You […]
I’m back! I feel so loved that so many people emailed me about where my blog went. I guess people really do read this thing. The origin of my blog failure is a rather embarrassing story, actually. I’ve been getting lots of spam in my comments lately. These people find old blog entries and instead of […]
One thing I’ve learned over the years is that I have little tolerance for stress. I left my previous job 5 years ago because I was so miserable with the stress involved with it. It was eating me up inside so badly that I had constant stomach cramps and anxiety. I quit that job without even […]
Have you seen the new KFC commercial? It’s the one where a mother arrives home with a gigantic red and white bucket of fried chicken. As she walks up the driveway, the husband drops what he’s doing and follows her into the house. Then she passes the children (one playing a video game, the other […]
In anticipation of a possible trip to Paris in October, I began the process of getting a passport. But first, since Harvard is changing their ID cards so that they no longer indicate your affiliation (staff, student, officer), Brad and I went out at lunch to get our new photos taken (but not after, I’m […]
Ah, New York. It’s so energetically beautiful in such a physically ugly way. As always, I had a wonderful time. My friend, Chris, picked me up in Chinatown after a speedy little ride on the Fung Wah (there was no highway traffic). We strolled through Chinatown to this little shop (not of horrors, though) called Homer, […]
True, the country is falling apart around us as religious zealots destroy the country (and the world). But as I’m sitting here at my desk, it dawned on me that my new salary (pay raise) starts today! Granted, it’s only 4.2%…but that beats nothing. And it’s also July first, but the current temperature outside is […]