Having a unique name, such as mine is, has inadvertently led to a big personal surprise: people from my past are actually contacting me and…
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The curious persistence of memory (1 of 2)
I’m now on Facebook! I’m finding it a curiously fascinating window onto my own psyche. I’ve greatly enjoyed trying to find people from my past,…
Continue Reading‘The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream’ by Paulo Coelho
(Originally posted in June 2005) Well, crudpuppies. I’ve been so head-down in work and thesis writing that I realize I’ve let not one but two…
Continue ReadingSocial masks & other little lies we tell ourselves
Argh. It’s the little things that trip you up when you’re trying to focus on some huge project like a thesis. For example, I’ve realized…
Continue ReadingThinking about looks…
I recently participated in a photo shoot with some friends and classmates. The photographer (also a classmate) was experimenting with women’s perceptions of themselves, to…
Continue ReadingPunisher MAX: Butterfly (3 of 3)
There were a number of very nice “grace notes” in the story which I rather liked. The panel of Butterfly whispering her safeword, “Jamaica,” to…
Continue ReadingPunisher MAX: Butterfly (2 of 3)
Thinking about it, there are a number of religious themes running through Butterfly’s story, as well as some extremely common (and unfortunate) tropes. The narrator…
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I’ve been told I tend to ramble quite a bit in my book reviews, and that they’re consequently more interesting… so I thought I’d try…
Continue Reading“Richly Russian” at the symphony (2 of 2)
The closing symphony was by Prokofiev. The music was expertly performed, and it was clear by the end of the piece that the musicians were…
Continue Reading“Richly Russian” at the symphony (1 of 2)
Just got back from the Richly Russian program performed by the Symphony Silicon Valley — that’s the reason this blog entry is on the 21st…
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