It's just me yo.
No, really. THIS is how I do it.
I think about a lot of random stuff and I like to write it down. I believe in a lot of things and I think an equal amount of stuff is total crap. I am a cynical optimist. I am real. I like synchronicity and idiosyncrasy. My brain works quickly, which does not guarantee accuracy but is not A.D.D. Usually my mouth works even more quickly. I thought being really tall and living in Asia was pretty cool; but I am super glad to be back in California now. I want to be happy, bendy and satisfied... Because really, who wouldn't?-
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Tag Archives: Holidays
Three day weekend – pfffffffftttttttttt!
Malcolm X Day is a public holiday in Berkeley, and there is much that could be said of that, but what it translates to most immediately is a three-day weekend for me. Or, rather, it should. Instead of enjoying the pure … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged California, CCTC, CTEL exam, EL standards, Holidays, licensing, Malcolm X, memes, teaching, teaching credentials, teaching EL students, tests, three day weekends
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“So, tomorrow I’m going to jog to New York”
Back in the day when I was living in Del Mar and mostly attending UCSD as a reticent sophomore my roommate and still very dear friend E and I would, as many nearly 20-somethings were prone to, sit around and … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Holidays, The Future
Tagged Friends, Holidays, New Year's, New Year's Resolutions, San Francisco
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it came upon a midnight clear…
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. ~William Blake, 1790 Christmas Eve, Sandpoint, Idaho – Last year I said I would be home for Christmas. And here I am. Though … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friends, Holidays, Life, Movies, Music, Perception
Tagged Christmas, Family, Holidays, impermanence, Jim Morrison, Movies, Music, personal histories, The Doors, The Fifth Element, William Blake, winter
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Thank you very very much.
Last year a friend from home suggested posting something on your chosen social media outlet, for which you were thankful everyday in November up until Thanksgiving. I took the bait. I was going to be working through my fifth Turkey-free … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friends, Holidays, Home, Life, Perception, Philosophical Underpinnings
Tagged Family, Gratitude, Holidays, Thanksgiving
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The worst idea for an invention I never followed through on.
I used to think that a “Cat-Cam” would be a super-cool little gadget to come across. I wanted to figure out a way to rig a tiny, relatively indestructible, wireless webcam onto my cats’ heads somehow, and then get to … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd Shit, Holidays, Home, Hong Kong, Silliness, Things I Wish I Would Have Thought Of
Tagged cats, Holidays, laziness, non-inventions, pets
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My year in lists…
It is a new year again. And this one began with a Blue Moon too – pretty auspicious beginning, I would say. [Actually, I understand a true Blue Moon is a fourth full moon within a season (quarter), not just … Continue reading
Sometimes it really is all in the details…
My cousin Lorena asked me yesterday when I had my last Christmas at “home.” I told her I have not had Christmas at home since I came to Asia. I have just spent my fifth Christmas here… my third in … Continue reading
Posted in Chasing the Life I was Supposed to Want, Family, Friends, Holidays, Hong Kong
Tagged Family, Friends, Holidays
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Amanda
