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9/17/07 about twenty five hours ago, my grandfather died. my mom's dad. my wai gong. it was expected, i suppose--about as expected as...

8/13/07 the morning may have been my favorite kind, mild and damp and gray, but it didn't matter because everything hurt. getting out...

7/17/07 western medicine's all about quick and painless. chinese medicine laughs a badly dubbed bruce lee i'm-gonna-kick-your-beep laugh...

6/10/07 don't let my parents trick you into trusting them just because they're pastors. don't let their smallness and cuteness fool ...

5/23/07 today i got a letter in the mail. 5/20/02 Dear Me, Take a look, here. Now. See the date? See the name? This is your past...

5/15/07 how can i know all the sins lurking in my heart? cleanse me from these hidden faults. keep your servant from deliberate sins...

5/7/07 there's this little girl at my house. her name is grace and she doesn't talk so much as sing-song words. my sarcasm doesn't...

4/22/07 i like transitions. spring and fall, for one. and i like the beginnings and endings of semesters. as a kid, when we moved...

4/22/07 i like transitions. spring and fall, for one. and i like the beginnings and endings of semesters. as a kid, when we moved...

4/17/07 people will resent you for not making the same mistakes that they did, just as you will resent them for the same reason. don't...

3/27/07 i went running jogging laboriously walking yesterday because i had a dream between 7am-8am where connie lifted me onto her...

3/18/07 is there a cure for annoyingness? can you just say, "hey you're annoying" and then the person will stop being annoying and thank...

3/13/07 this is a pattern i have noticed: 1) i have plans 2) they fall through 3) therefore, 4) i eat cookies perhaps the thing to do...

3/10/07 it's ludicrous, how many unnecessary fasteners are appearing on my pants. clothing manufacturers are making it very difficult...

3/8/07 "i'm not going to be friends with a slut, either," says a girl to her two friends. i am reading a book, a.k.a. flipping pages...

2/21/07 in new developments, i am officially a "partner" at starbucks. i blush prettily to think that two years ago, i was still...

2/6/07 i think i'm going to try speed-dating. you know, the thing in all the movies... where the first guy you meet is boring as heck...

1/31/07 "caren" never struck me as such a hard name to get. so how come almost nobody gets it right on the first try? it's always,...

1/22/07 excuse me for saying this on something as distancing as xanga. it may be a result of my own cowardice. anyway, afterwards,...