Archive for May, 2008
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Stars coming to the Showbox
Let me lighten the mood by telling you about the first time I saw Stars.
I was living south of Osaka, and my British friend, Laura, invited me up to see Broken Social Scene, as well as a bunch of other Canadian bands, playing a show in downtown Osaka. I had never heard of [...]
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
The Random Adventures of the Long Weekend
Long weekend! What did I do? A lot.
I posted about the Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and I also managed to watch The Baxter and Youth Without Youth. The Baxter is funny enough, but I kind of fell asleep during Youth without Youth. Meh.
Today I did about 7 or 8 miles on my bicycle – I [...]
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
Today I watched The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. It broke my heart. It is a great film.
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
No, but really, is a college education worth it for women?
While grabbing my cup of coffee from the business school, a headline from the NY Times business section caught my eye: “A Diploma’s Worth? Ask Her.” (registration required).
The collumnist, David Leonhardt, examines the economic advantages of a college diploma by comparing the average increases in salaries for men with vs. increases in salaries for women [...]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Honk! Sunflowers! Too many exclamation points!
Honk jr was a fun show, I even overcame my mental image of Homer from the Simpsons uttering his famous line:
Shame on all of you. Give me my dignity! I just came here to see “Honk If You’re Horny” in peace.
Besides AMC’s clever set, those little actresses sang their heart out. Cheers all around.
Have you [...]
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Sun! Glorious Sun!
Ra, the Sun God, has chosen to bless us for a weekend of unseasonable warmth. For that, I thank you. I personally chose to embrace the day by biking down to Seward Park for my usual exercise routine. I believe I did it in record time, although I’ve stopped keeping track. [...]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Better Super-Late than Never
I finally had a moment to clean out some photos from my mobile phone, and I was shocked, shocked to discover that I never posted this particularly sweet pic.
Yes, that would be AMC, smiling fearlessly under the hulking skeleton of a terrible dinosaur skeleton. I wish there was a better way to capture the [...]
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. Your package is in the mail. Seriously. I don’t know what’s up with the postal service. They must hate me because I never tip the delivery man. That’s why they ate my DVD package for 3 or 4 months once.
I just bought my [...]
