Some life changes! At work, I've moved from a Mon-Fri schedule to a Sun-Thu schedule, to help handle/manage Sunday talk shows (political talking heads for the rest of my life, as 2016 election talk gears up already). Originally the plan was to move to that schedule after moving to Texas, but we've pushed it up since I can handle it now.

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So Fresh Off the Boat has been in the news recently as it's due to premiere soon, though I've been excited since I saw the trailer lst year. There's been a lot of good articles and commentary about the show recently (and its production, and what it represents), not least by the author of the memoir the series is based on, Eddie Huang ( Read more... )

DID YOU KNOW that one way to feel happy and accomplished is to be SUPER PRODUCTIVE? Alert the media: breaking news, right? I got a lot of things done this morning and I haven't even had lunch yet, and I'm feeling very pleased with myself. Look, ma, I'm not a totally useless waste of space ( Read more... )

Still watching the Olympics, still enjoying the hell out of BBC coverage, and still pretty much delighted at seeing awesome athletes be awesome, no matter the nationality or sport. Although Gabby Douglas is made of magic and seeing Zou Kai win gold on floor this morning made my heart clutchy with happiness. :D (At no point did I rewatch 2008 ( Read more... )

Well, gosh, nothing gives me identity crises like the Olympics ( Read more... )

Taiwan-China relations can be a touchy subject. I'm no expert on it, but I can talk about my experiences with it - even if anecdeta is so often considered the lowest form of evidence in any argument. Aha! But I'm not presenting an argument, at least not that I'm aware of. I'll reassess this at the end of my spiel. I have a lot of thoughts, per ( Read more... )

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Stuff about Kibum (injury, non-SSII participation, leaving SJ forevermore, etc.): I wrote him fic. I'm only sharing here because I think you guys need to understand how much I love him. Seriously. Haters need to sit down. >:|

Stuff about The Demon's Lexicon (by sarahtales and if you don't know about this book yet, shame on you): I will post a book review on ( Read more... )

So, um, I'm in Beijing and FOR SOME REASON UNKNOWN TO MAN, LJ IS ACCESSIBLE IN CHINA. I'm shocked and happy and confused, but there you go. It may be a temporary thing and access may go away as magically as it appeared, and with just as little warning, so I'm not actually going to stick around and post (sticking with the travel blog) but just a ( Read more... )

I'm going to be in Beijing this summer for a public interest legal-aid internship. I'll be leaving tomorrow and gone until Aug 3. So! This means I will be LJ-less for about two and a half months, which doesn't put me totally out of contact because Facebook and MSN and, most importantly, Gmail (god, I'd die without it - I leave the tab open whenever ( Read more... )