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it’s saturday night.
alone, i’ve canceled my plans
because it’s snowing.

What a great day . . . went to work, got about 90 pages worth of biology work graded, saw tyler wright et al(very briefly, but for some reason was meaningful, at least to me . . .), drank hot water while i watched the snow fall,  and now i get to finish it off on wordpress.  Time for a little update.

Sexy & Sublime.

 

Two of my best friends got married.  Congratulations to Jeff and Carrie Lam.  Everyone is happy for you two.  [I would normally insert inappropriate joke about Jeff becoming a man here, but my superiors at Crista are watching.  haha]  But more importantly: we got to drink Cristal.  Cristal!  I felt like a super star, like a true baller letting those million dollar bubbles dance on the tip of my tongue.  Did you know the “plastic” wrapping that it comes in is actually a UV shield????  Sexy and Sublime.

Carnal.

My first Seahawks game!  I got to go with one of my students from school (Seattle Urban Academy).  I was privileged to hear stories from his life as we searched desperately for parking, walked through China town, and watched the Seahawks play a great game and lose like suckers in the last 2 min.  heh.  Thanks Charles, I had a great time.  Now, I’m not gonna lie.  I don’t know much about football – I never  fully understood the appeal.  But that day at Qwest Field inspired me.  It was like we were at war battling for everything we held dear in life (Charles and I were ninjas) . . . and I loved it.  Something carnal in me was awakened that made me want to read the sports section, learn players stats, drink beer and curse loudly.  We’ll see what happens . . .

Cute. 

My mom moved to Thailand a few months ago (don’t forget to checkout her blog here.  She updates more than I do!)  This is a picture of my grandparents talking to their daughter over Skype.  If this picture doesn’t make you smile a little bit you have no soul.

Hillarious.

Lindak posted this on facebook.  It made rejoining soooo worth it.  It’s pretty amusing up until about 2:40.  Then it just gets freaking hilarious.

Kozu.

Kozu, we’re glad you’re still alive.  Bwahahaha.  >_^

My First WordPress List

1. NEW GLASSES
so you all know me and my ghetto self . . . my last pair of glasses started falling apart . . . but i wasn’t until both the side pieces fell off, numerous bouts of trying to super glue them back on, and finally wearing them as a “bi-monocle” for a week that i decided it was time to get some new ones. and they’re ecko. i feel so urban. ^^

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2. LOST
ughhhh . . . my stomach has been cramping with excitement the last week over the upcoming season premier of lost (or maybe it was that questionable looking piece of bok choi that i ate off the ground). but seriously, i’m screaming like a little girl (on the inside) waiting for thursday night to arrive.

aaand … $20 says that the funeral that jack went to at the end of season three was sawyer’s.

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3. ATTN: ALL MY KOREAN SPEAKING/READING FRIENDS
in case you did not know, i am a 5th generation korean american on my dad’s side. this makes me quite rare, and information on my family’s story is pretty scarce. one of my cohort members is an intervarsity minister from S Korean, and when i told him how long my family has been in the states he got スーパー excited. anyway . . . he started telling me about this historical novel series called Arirang (named after the folk-song) by Jungrae Cho. apparently, one of the characters has the same last name as my family . . . and immigrated to the states around when my family did. if anyone knows anything about this, please help a brotha out. 감사합니다.

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4. IT’S BEEN A WHILE . . .
since i’ve walked out of a church. i won’t go into too much detail, but i got pretty offended at a local “hipster” church gathering, when they started throwing around everyone’s favorite Christian culture catchphrase: diversity. it a horrible feeling to be seen and treated as a novelty. i was one of maybe 5 people of color (and one of 2 asians amidst 120+ attendees) at a potluck where every kind of casserole under the sun was displayed. i came up with this phrase to describe the atmosphere of the church: “unique homogeny”

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5. CLASSES FOR THE SEMESTER
here’s the list of classes i’ll be hacking my through over the next few months:
LEAD 576 – Applied Research & Evaluation
EDEV 590 – Program Planning, Management & Marketing
ECON 514 – Urban Economics (i LOVE economics … should have been an econ major …)
INST 576 – Urban Sociology (with prof. TONY CAMPOLO … haha)

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well, that’s all for now.

next time: Why I’m Almost a Catholic (hopefully i’ll come up with a title with a little more wit to it).

pl&h,
chris