don’t burst my bubble!

xxxxxx: dude
xxxxxx: kun ju
xxxxxx: do u have any idea????
xxxxxx: it’s gonna be noisy ching ching ching ching all the time
xxxxxx: hahaha
neyiah: have you seen kun ju?
neyiah: i thought that was only peking opera
neyiah: that does the ching ching ching…
neyiah: but i’m not sure what the difference is
xxxxxx: all chinese opera do ching chin gching
xxxxxx: hahaha
xxxxxx [...]

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Calperfs is showing “The Peony Pavilion”

In three parts, Friday Sept. 15, Saturday Sept. 16, and Sunday Sept. 17. I can just imagine that the number of people attending would decrease each day as the three part opera progresses.
The Peony Pavilion is considered one of the world’s greatest artistic accomplishments — the supreme achievement of Chinese kunqu opera, an art form [...]

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Web Economy Bullshit Generator

my favorite one is “transform sexy action-items.” I don’t know why techy business people like the word “sexy” so much. I suspect it’s an unconscious effort to counteract the perceived inherent geekiness of the field.

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finaldistance.berkeley.edu is dead

right now. I think the server has been hosed by millions of freshmen checking their schedules. Actually they haven’t been advertising finaldistance on campus for a while, so it’s probably non-freshmen. It was working this morning though…

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Trying to figure out what I can possibly carry on my flight on Friday

[Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff] said the government was putting “less emphasis on the nail clippers and the nail scissors” and more on training additional screeners “specifically to look for modern-type detonation equipment that might be concealed in baggage. (abc news)
Well at least they’re over the nail-clipper paranolia. Now however there are no liquids and [...]

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周杰倫 = 孫悟空??

周杰倫 = 孫悟空??
江蕙第三度唱周杰倫的歌: 愛作夢的魚 I’ve been listening to the really old song (in Taiwanese) he wrote for her recently, and it’s really nice. Apparently it’s the first song Jay wrote that was recorded (in an album…). I’ll put it up sometime. This new song is probably really really nice too. 江蕙 sings incredibly well, and [...]

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new blog template is less pretty

but very cool looking

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Golden Gate Park Excursion

Stow lake boat-rowing chapter:

Nick rowing boat

Amy rowing boat (and wearing matching sweater!)
wordpress.com’s photo upload function is pretty quirky…but if you click on the thumbnails you get a bigger pictures.

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Moving to WordPress (from blogger)

Issues noticed so far (in relation to blogger) :
pros:

You can make private posts (as opposed to drafts that you can no longer kinda see in blogger because you can only view the first 300 drafts). And there are a LOT Of private posts/drafts…This is the major reason for moving, BTW. The other reason is that [...]

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Now starting a list of good LeanCuisine entree flavors

Almond Chicken – “Asian” (?) and really good. I guess it’s like teriyaki chicken with almonds on it and rice with brocolli and random yellow vegetable (squash?) mixed in.
Three Cheese Stuffed Rigatoni – decently filling and good

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