May 2011
46 posts
“In the memorial service (for the victims of the deadly tornado that struck...”
– The Telegraph, “Joplin Tornado: Barack Obama Pays Moving Tribute to the Victims” (via inothernews)
Stories of sacrifice and courage don’t often get enough attention. You don’t come across news that is this reblog-worthy everyday.
Conflict over Compassion
My mother always had this saying, “When life gives you lemons, eat them.” (Not really.) So when I’m feeling down, I visit my friend Ronald, who offers warmth and love in the form of golden, crispy french fries, USDA certified beef-like products, and enough sodium to dry up the Red Sea. Although this form of therapy may in fact be considered an eating disorder, everybody seems to...
Third Eye Blind - Graduate
This is either a week...
Rap About Rapture
(Note: this is not an actual rap, more like an really long extended rant.)
Since judgement day is upon us, I may as well confess something. I kind of wanted to be a writer, you know, before the apocalypse and all.
It’s cliche to aspire to be a writer, the stereotype of a pretentious, delusional hipster is just dying to be mocked. I can only imagine how annoying it would be to enroll the...
Edge of Seventeen
Two semesters and enough student loans to finance a high end luxury sedan, I now have a master’s degree. Given that I studied higher education, I was naturally curious as to exactly how many Asian Americans have graduate degrees. The answer is 17 percent, which also is the estimated number of Indians in the entire world. So much trivia, so little time.
It’s funny because I have been a...
The Format - Oceans
I probably upload this song...
The Post-College Job Hunt
The Onion hits a little too close to home this week:
Members of the class of 2011 are facing an anemic job market as the national unemployment rate hovers around 9 percent. Here are some of the ways graduating seniors are getting a leg up:
Applying at places they happen to walk by and get a good feeling about
Getting the phone numbers of the 500 biggest companies in the United States;...
Movie Mashups
Just like songs, but with films.
Apollo 13 Going on 30: Tom Hanks goes into space but ends up being a 30-year-old magazine editor in NYC, which is not as great as he thought it was going to be.
I Love You, Iron Man: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark feels like he cannot connect with other men until he meets Jason Segel and they bond over Rush.
Joy Luck Fight Club: Chinese American daughters cope...
“Listening to this song as a festive assassination theme has a classic Bush-era...”
– “Why Miley Cyrus’s ‘Party in the USA’ Became the Osama Bin Laden Death Anthem,” New York Magazine
