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It's been ages since I made an entry, mostly because I've been using facebook like a mini LJ. The things that I would normally make entries about here, I've been just been condensing and dumping there mostly because of sloth. That said, the one advantage of LJ over facebook is that at least there's a record here. Everything on facebook just ( Read more... )

I've never been any good at languages. The picking up of a language usually requires a more or less continuous dedication that I've never quite managed. Instead, I have this tendency to pick up information in spurts and then stuff it into the noggin for later short term regurgitation. It's very seldom that I actually 'exercise' the knowledge which ( Read more... )

I've been sort of AWOL ever since Thanksgiving but not for any one particular reason. The holiday went pretty well with everyone trucking over to Connie and Jeff's place for Thanksgiving. It's become the new tradition the past couple of years and is a clash of East meets West. As I was telling some people there, it takes a special sort of person to ( Read more... )

I always get a bit of a thrill whenever I see a movie with mandarin in it and I can understand the meaning without the need for subtitles. This most often happens with kung-fu movies, a genre that I have a lot of affection for starting from when I was just a kid. I still remember watching long soap operas on VHS featuring kung-fu and even if my ( Read more... )

It shouldn't be surprising that my knowledge of media has been put through quite a filter over the past couple years. I no longer watch any tv and haven't for well over a year now, I visit no entertainment sites online, and I haven't so much as seen a movie in theaters since Sweeney Todd. For instance, I had no clue that there was even a remake of ( Read more... )