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Rock the Boat: The Sunshine Post #30: On Learning Something I Cannot Spell
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Monday, July 14, 2008. The Sunshine Post #30: On Learning Something I Cannot Spell. And so I am doing capoeira. I am doing capoeira. (I know, right? Sheesh. I guess I have to learn Portuguese now, too. Lech. And I haven’t even gotten my black belt in taekwondo yet. Talk about a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.) I couldn’t even pronounce this, let alone spell it, years ago. After the first class, I welcomed the familiar feeling of being so sore and achy, with my feet black from the mat, and the unde...
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Rock the Boat: The Sunshine Post #27: Bugged and Bothered
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Monday, June 16, 2008. The Sunshine Post #27: Bugged and Bothered. Dang it, I’m mad. I have been stood up by a record eleven people in four days on six different occasions. Eleven! Dear God. Do I look like someone who has a lot of idle time on her hands? Leche*. Argh, if there’s one thing I hate worse than being late, it’s not showing up at all. Tsk. Such an insult to my feminine charms, yo. Am I this cancelable? Ok, deep breath. And release. Ahhhhhh. Off to yoga! No humans for a week! I’m a little...
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Rock the Boat: The Sunshine Post #25: Twenty-Five and Still Alive
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008. The Sunshine Post #25: Twenty-Five and Still Alive. Dalawampu’t lima. Er sher wu. Di tsah goh. Viente cinco. Vingt-cinq. Twenty five. Hmm I’ve written this in all the languages I know but it still feels strangely new to me. Ah, but yes! What good is a blog without the necessary reflective post that I will cringe at years from now? Here are twenty-five points to commemorate twenty-five years:. Five Things I Will Do For a Long Time, if Not Forever. Long live the power of the Whee!
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Rock the Boat: The Sunshine Post #26: Retroviral Reflections and the Wonders of 'Wawa'
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Monday, June 9, 2008. The Sunshine Post #26: Retroviral Reflections and the Wonders of 'Wawa'. My unspoken vow of silence and isolation was broken this Saturday, when I had to speak the whole day for work. I know, right? For a “Director of Communications,” I’ve been pretty silent and anti-social, yo! I can explain stuff without making people fall asleep! See, science isn’t that boring and hard! Something I can eat! Amazing. I am so happy to be here! But yow, you guys, I am glad for the more stoic, non-Fi...
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Rock the Boat: June 2008
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Monday, June 23, 2008. The Sunshine Post #28: Can Vegetarians Eat Marmite? And Other Times I Think I Slipped. The road to vegetarianism has its share of road kill, especially for one whose cultural heritages are notorious for eating anything and everything. To announce that I'm vegetarian has usually resulted in dismayed groans, and I've limited going to lunch with people, else to give me yet another nail to pound in my coffin of guilt for being such a burden. I'm very hard to feed. There are culinary di...
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Rock the Boat: January 2008
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Monday, January 21, 2008. Entering the Creative World. My internship with WYA was unexpectedly one of the more creative phases of the past few years. Suppressed creativity is like a dormant volcano; it will stew and explode when the time is right. I'm so happy that originality is a requirement for my job right now. But to always think outside the box can be quite disconcerting. I do not understand how this:. WYA Christmas Card, front. WYA Christmas Card 2007, back. Dude, I just really want to make stuff.
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Rock the Boat: April 2008
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008. The Sunshine Post #17. There are two things that Mexicans and Filipinos will happily argue about who has the better one: mangoes and boxing. As for the latter, it’s something I’ve found myself doing. Whoa, guys! I am temporarily retiring from yoga and taekwondo for a month. Gasp! The one with the picture of the cookie and the milk carton holding hands, with one of them is saying “I love you! It was slightly better than my first (and only) boxing class in New York City. The ...
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Rock the Boat: J.K. Rowling's Commencement Speech at Harvard University
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Monday, July 7, 2008. JK Rowling's Commencement Speech at Harvard University. President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates,. The first thing I would like to say is 'thank you.' Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honor, but the weeks of fear and nausea I've experienced at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! I have come up with two answer...
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Rock the Boat: July 2008
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Monday, July 14, 2008. The Sunshine Post #30: On Learning Something I Cannot Spell. And so I am doing capoeira. I am doing capoeira. (I know, right? Sheesh. I guess I have to learn Portuguese now, too. Lech. And I haven’t even gotten my black belt in taekwondo yet. Talk about a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.) I couldn’t even pronounce this, let alone spell it, years ago. After the first class, I welcomed the familiar feeling of being so sore and achy, with my feet black from the mat, and the unde...
