Monday, October 31, 2005
Feminism, redefined.
After reading this article by Maureen O'Dowd, I am convinced that I am a staunch feminist in some respects (I like to use "Ms.", I will keep my name after marriage, I don't mind paying for my own meals, and I hate playing games) and I wonder if that will change if I'm not married with 2.4 children and own a house with a white picket fence within 10 years.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Whiners
Why is it that people from cold climates (i.e. New England) complain so much about the cold. I mean, it's barely below 50 and everyone's complaining about how "freezing" it is outside. Do people forget that we still haven't reached mid-autumn yet? Do they have a collective amnesia every year about zero degree weather and blizzards?
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005
What am I?
Being the token Asian in Maine, I have come to realize that people really are ignorant (and crazy). The only people who have commented on me being the only Asian in Maine (can that become a title?) have been patients.
One, when meeting me for the first time, yelled out (to no one in particular), "Why are there so many Chinks working here?" (Ok, so there is one more Asian person in Maine, who happens to work on the same floor of the hospital.)
Another patient today asks, "Are you Oriental?" to which I respond, "Yes, I am Asian." Then, he began to accuse me of having "Oriental mind reading abilities" and when he began guessing what "kind of Oriental" I am, named Chinese and Japanese and said, "I can't name any more countries."
In summary, I am apparently one too many "Chinks" in the hospital and have recently acquired mind-reading abilities.
One, when meeting me for the first time, yelled out (to no one in particular), "Why are there so many Chinks working here?" (Ok, so there is one more Asian person in Maine, who happens to work on the same floor of the hospital.)
Another patient today asks, "Are you Oriental?" to which I respond, "Yes, I am Asian." Then, he began to accuse me of having "Oriental mind reading abilities" and when he began guessing what "kind of Oriental" I am, named Chinese and Japanese and said, "I can't name any more countries."
In summary, I am apparently one too many "Chinks" in the hospital and have recently acquired mind-reading abilities.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
"Maine"
What is wrong with just "Maine"? Everything that deals with "Maine" is preceded by "The State of." Why is that? "State of Maine this," "State of Maine that," "State of Maine!"
What happened to plain old "Maine"?
What happened to plain old "Maine"?
Monday, October 17, 2005
Bubble Rock, Acadia National Park
However precarious this rock looks on the ledge, I wanted to push it off with all my might because my friend and I took the hard way up, climbing up the side of this mountain to get here.
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