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Every time I pack up and get ready to move, be it a quick trip across an international border, or a all-out every-posession-I-own kind of move, I spend between 30 minutes and two hours in a state of absolute total fucking panic, trying to remember where I tucked away my passport for “safekeeping.” Tonight was [...]

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Tomorrow is the last day for a while that I’ll be spending in the US. Tuesday, I fly to Shanghai and I expect I’ll be there for some time. I’m pretty much totally not packed yet, and instead I am sitting here by myself playing video games*, while the rest of my cousins and aunt [...]

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From “A Bigger Bang“, in Guardian Unlimited: It struck me that everybody on the net is sitting alone at a computer screen, and many of them are wishing they weren’t alone, while also, often, in some deep way, preferring that they are alone and being nervous of the alternative. Sit someone at a computer screen [...]

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I am a big fan of the show [tag]Weeds[/tag]. Just now I rewatched the season finale of the second season, and I’m still sitting here thinking “Wow, what crazy shit. I don’t want to wait until next Summer!” But, this is unfortunately how it is, and so I shall wait. Anyhow, the show is excellent, [...]

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“As writer John Seabrook put it, “This may be the most depressing thing about the casual movement: no clothing is casual anymore.” In general, I’d say [tag]The Paradox of Choice[/tag]: Why More is Less by Barry Schwarz has been a very interesting read. It addresses all sorts of things related to how we have lots [...]

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