- Sophia's e-mail to apartmentmates: If you want to have your name in the program for general convocation, buy tickets today.
- me: i am doing it right nao
- Sophia: that was mainly for Sarah and Manzini
- and just in case your hippocampus was recently damaged in the last 10 minutes
- me: lol
- Sophia: YOU NEVER KNOW
- SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE INJECTED YOUR WITH A DRUG THAT TEMPORARILY BLOCKS FUNCTION
- OR IMPLANTED YOU WITH AN ELECTRODE
- AND YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW
- until someone realized you were acting funny
- but you would still never know
- -ominous-
April 2011
33 posts
Small things
Coming back to a cool apartment on a hot day, washing your feet, taking off most of your clothes, and taking a nap.
March 2011
39 posts
piledriver waltz
alex turner
piledriver waltz // alex turner
download: amazon mp3 | itunes
Play
Trying to land with my bum in the butter
Week 1:
Dance practice x4
watching Li Yundi concert, Elijah’s theatre thing
Week 2:
Dance practice x3
FTD Showcase
watching [M]
Week 3:
Midterm
Danceworx
watching TR, PCN
Week 4:
final paper x2
AAA dance showcase
watching barestage
ES senior thesis symposium
heartless [kanye west cover]
william fitzsimmons
heartless // william fitzsimmons [kanye west cover]
Thursday night before spring break
5-6:30pm Urban Studies midterm
7:30-8pm Autumn office hours
8-10pm prepping for Autumn
10-11:30pm Autumn practice
11:30pm-12am Dai Girl practice
12am - Triple Rock with roommates
Dance will only get more intense after break. When we get back, less than 2 weeks until showcase!
An Open Letter to Chancellor Gene D. Block
Dear Mr. Block, Mr. Naples,
It should come to no surprise that I, like many others of the UCLA community, am writing in response to the YouTube video posted by Alexandra Wallace.
Beyond finding her remarks and general indiscretion abhorrent and grossly misrepresentative of the UCLA (and greater) community, I am insulted both as an Asian-American and as a lifelong Bruin.
For Ms. Wallace to typify herself as the quintessential “all-American girl” is especially offensive: I was born and raised in America, and there was no end to the joys of being surrounded with classmates, friends and family from all cultural backgrounds and creeds. But let’s be clear: the opportunity to learn from one another is not limited to or contingent upon a national identity. Airing out her bigotry to the entirety of the Asian student body is not only a ridiculously ignorant generalization of an entire hemisphere of the world, but on an individual level, she touched upon that darkest recess furrowed inside a collective consciousness, one that has touched many of us at some point in our lives: am I American enough?
Throughout my childhood, throughout my teens, and throughout college, I moved around constantly due to my family’s economic hardship. However, there is not a day I did not count myself lucky to have parents who, like many others, made the brave, enterprising and sometimes lonely decision to emigrate to an entirely new country with nothing in hand. The places I went, the people I met, and the things I learned —well, that is what makes us all who we are, as is oft said. What I’m trying to find the words to say is that she’s not only offended me, but also set off something greater than myself and my own feelings.
Lovesong
Adele
lovesong // adele [the cure cover]
Adele’s second album, 21, was released this week and it is getting a lot of attention. Go download it and see for yourself!
download: amazon mp3 | itunes.
The Culture of Busy →
scottberkun.com
I deliberately try not to fill my calendar. I choose not to say Yes to everything. For to do so would make me too busy, and I think, less effective at what my goals are. I always want to have some margin of my time in reserve, time I’m free to spend in any way I choose, including doing almost nothing at all. I’m free to take detours. I’m open to serendipity. Some of the best thinkers throughout history had some of their best thoughts while going for walks, playing cards with friends, little things things that generally would not be considered the hallmarks of busy people. It’s the ability to pause, to reflect, and relax, to let the mind wander, that’s perhaps the true sign of time mastery, for when the mind returns it’s often sharper and more efficient, but most important perhaps, happier than it was before.
Challenge: Try not to use the word “busy” for the next 3 days.
