Monthly Archives: May 2009

A first look…at failure

Posted on Saturday, 23 May, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

Via the facebook group for the racebending of Avatar I find this USA Today article in my inbox this morning.  The “First Look” at the cast for the upcoming Last Airbender movie. The article, for the non-link followers, features pictures … Continue reading →

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Pause

Posted on Friday, 22 May, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

The five of you that regularly read this blog may have noticed a lack of content in the last few days. “Migraine” doesn’t cover it. A few years ago when I was still in language training I started having the … Continue reading →

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Divided we Fall

Posted on Sunday, 17 May, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

Cliche?  Yup.  You betcha. Almost as cliche as the war between moms and non-moms. I didn’t come into the feminist sphere until well into my motherhood days.  Sure, the ideals were all there but there was this huge disconnect in … Continue reading →

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Blog Note…

Posted on Saturday, 16 May, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

I am toying around w/ the theme settings. Let me know what you think. XOXO

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Racism in Twilight?

Posted on Saturday, 16 May, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

So I have taken us to about the middle of the second book in the fangirl acclaimed Twilight Saga, New Moon. We have discussed many things, such as intimate partner abuse, personal autonomy, agency, and myriad other topics on this … Continue reading →

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People I respect b/c I could never do what they do…

Posted on Friday, 15 May, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

  I am most incredibly afraid of heights. I went rock repelling once, and while in the end I had fun, I spent the whole time freaking out and crying in fear.

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ZOMG!

Posted on Friday, 15 May, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

SEASON FINALE!!!1!1!1ONE! Please, for the love of everything sacred, please no one tell me if Izzy lives or dies.  I can’t take it.  It will determine if I am able to watch again next season. Feel free, however, to leave … Continue reading →

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A PSA

Posted on Thursday, 14 May, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

If you are engaging in discourse on a particular blog, and you use a word after which someone, and the blog’s owner, politely, saying “Please” and everything requests you stop using said word, the correct response is to stop using … Continue reading →

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Nobody

Posted on Thursday, 14 May, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

Ever since Petulant linked to this hilarious video earlier this week I have had this song stuck in my head.  So, here is the original Korean video to the Wondergirls “Nobody”.  This video is almost as good as the one Petulant … Continue reading →

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Loving your hallucinations…

Posted on Thursday, 14 May, 2009 by Ouyang Dan

New Moon, chapters 4-9 I can cover most of this section of the book easily.  It is mostly the same for five chapters. Bella’s sad.  Edward McDreamyVamp is gone.  Life holds no meaning for her anymore, in true teenage melodramatic … Continue reading →

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