January 2012
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PaperBack Swap →
Had forgotten about paperback swap until reading about the increase in postage rates. I’ll have to update it and put up some books I have sitting around, and if no one wants them, I’ll re-donate them to Housing Works.
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WatchThis is a great scene from the Parks and Recreation episode last night.
When the red carpet ends..and getting to the podium.
I was talking to the dog (Maggie), not even my dog, because I gave her a few pieces of my roasted chicken, which was amazingly good. I was worried that dogs could not eat chicken marinated in lemon garlic sauce, so I was frantically googling whether dogs can eat chicken or not (they can). She wanted more, but I finished the rest of the chicken while leaving another piece for her. I think she...
I just read Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha a day or two ago. Granted, I was half skimming the last chapter, which was probably one of the more important parts. For some reason, I found the development and growth of the main character weaker in this book than the other’s I’ve read.
Of all his books, his characters go through some sort of personal development, and sometimes it’s...
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Sherlock
Wow, Sherlock is a really good show.
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le club
On New Year’s, I went to a club in meatpacking with a few friends. Earlier, I had lunch with them and found out the friend visiting from Canada works in the same industry as I am! and my company is actually one of their smaller clients. Work excitement!
Anyway, we went out past midnight..after watching the ball drop when my mom turned it on the tv. I would have been satisfied ignoring that...
December 2011
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miyazaki marathon at home..best christmas ever?
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Design with the other 90%: Cities
Went to this exhibit yesterday about ways to improve living in cities in developing countries, the theme being that for the first time in history, a majority of people are living in cities. There was focus on solutions for cheap and affordable building materials and housing designs for informal settlements, with a convergence of architecture and design firms working on improving different...
A few weeks ago I helped a family friend with their son’s private school application. For that school, parents fill out a short questionnaire about their kid’s academic abilities, why they want the child to attend that school, etc. Because their English is not good, my mom referred me because apparently I was a good word smith (not really…at all) and went to private school. Now...
Social Impact Investing Had a Breakout Year →
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In 2011, investors started to get serious about combining financial return with social impact. Impact investors shared their approach with GOOD readers. New tools, like the Global Impact Investment Rating System premiered this year to help investors identify which funds and companies are providing the most value, which brought with it an obsession on measurement for ...
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(sad?) secret santa →
I used this site with 2 other friends to do secret Santa, among the three of us, the smallest number you can use. wheee…?
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“Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the
Ranges -
Something...”
– The Explorer. Rudyard Kipling
Been feeling a bit more stronger sense of wanderlust / need to disrupt a boring rut of everyday working existence…
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We are far too excited for the Ghibli movies
C: http://www.ifccenter.com/series/castles-in-the-sky-miyazaki-takahata-the-masters-of-studio-ghibli/
ooo!
me: ooooo
omg we must go see totoro
is it in japanese? or dubbed
ive never seen castle in the sky
C: not sure but can we go but if it's subtitled can we go can we go
neither have i
me: we must
we will use all of xy's tickets
princess mononokeeeeeeee
C: hahhaha
me: i love that movieeeee
C: i knowwww!
me: For all showtimes 6:00pm and later, the film will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles
!!
japaneeeeeese!
C: i also love nausikaa
PERFECT
ok ok let's see like a bajillion
me: i liked that too, but i feel like, it sort of pales in comparison to mononke
which seemd to have more depth
but i love the ohmus
ohmuuuuuuu
C: and teh baby ohmu!
me: that is impaled and stabbed :(
C: :(
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neelesh20 replied to your photo: I want one. They are also incredibly cheap - the…
I think the Hyundai Elantra is a much better (and safer) bet. MPG is similar. One hit on this car and you’ll be flying across the road.
But..imagine all the parking spaces you can take advantage of with a smartcar…though I would be nervous about driving in strong wind :\
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Glycolysis, citric acid cycle and oxidative... →
I was just looking up the citric acid cycle because I remember a classmate who took biochem (which I didn’t take) answer that metabolism was badass when I asked how that class was. Found via Hacker News
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