Movie #02: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Summary: Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in...
View ArticleMovie #03: The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Summary: A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect...
View Articleunnoticed until they are already deeply rooted
from a bunch of people in the circle:When you see this, make a post in your journal or in a community. It can be anything: a crosspost something you've posted on Tumblr, a few words about the last...
View ArticleMovie #04: Seeking Asian Female (2012)
Summary: Two strangers -- an elderly American man and a young Chinese woman -- pursue a marriage brokered by the internet, but they get more than they bargained for when she moves across the Pacific to...
View ArticleMovie #05: 激战 (2013)
Summary: Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and...
View ArticleHappy Valentine's Day if you celebrate it!
It's increasingly common now for people to celebrate the new year on holiday, but doing so personally would feel wrong to me, as for me, the new year is tied with visiting with (extended) family, which...
View ArticleBook #01: The Curious Incident of the WMD in Iraq by Rohan Candappa
Summary: The Curious Incident of the WMD is a mystery like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Anthony Algernon St. Michael Blair, the Prime Minister of Britain. He knows a great deal about New...
View ArticleBook #02: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Summary: Harry is waiting in Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him safely away without Voldemort and his supporters knowing - if they can. But what will Harry do then? How can...
View Articlei am so old-fashioned
Went to pick up the 漢服 I had ordered more than three months ago this afternoon. I had ordered five articles of clothing...and 1. the shop couldn't find two of them and 2. I ended up rejecting two of...
View ArticleMovie #01: Lockout (2012)
Summary: In 2079, in Washington, the ex-CIA Operative Snow is brutally interrogated, accused of treason against the United States. The chief of the secret service Scott Langral believes that he shot...
View ArticleMovie #01: 狼圖騰 (2015)
Summary: In 1967, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional...
View ArticleBook #01: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (2001)
Summary: Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a...
View ArticleBook #02: Boxy an Star by Darren King (1999)
Summary: Boxy the black transvestite drug dealer and Star the teenage nymphomaniac trash junky are the two poles of Bole's universe. Fourth generation pill-takers, born thru a sieve and growing up on...
View ArticleBook #03: Machine of Death, edited by North, Bennardo, and Malki (2010)
Summary: The machine had been invented a few years ago: a machine that could tell, from just a sample of your blood, how you were going to die. No dates, no details. Just a slip of paper with a few...
View ArticleBook #04: Brothers of the Head by Brian Aldiss (1977)
Summary: Imagine this, if you will. Conjoined twins are sold by their father to a pop guru in the '70s who then go on to lead a cult punk band called The Bang-Bang. Excess overload, sex, drugs and...
View ArticleBook #05: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (2009)
Summary: Welcome to Chromatacia, where the societal hierarchy is strictly regulated by one's limited color perception. And Eddie Russet wants to move up. But his plans to leverage his...
View ArticleMovie #02: 危巢 (2011)
Summary: A young girl stands stubbornly in a frozen wasteland, gazing into the distance at brand-new buildings far beyond her reach: this opening shot underlines the theme of When the Bough Breaks, a...
View ArticleWow, I haven't joined a fic exchange in several years....
Dear chocolateboxcomm match,It's been a while since I've joined a fic exchange or even posted any fic, so I'm very excited to see what you will be writing for me.( General likes and dislikes. )And here...
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So I've been on Habitica for a while and it's been a great way for me to be productive...anyone want to join in? XD comments
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So, er, I meant to post this at the beginning of the month, but I forgot. But yeah, Lethe Press is having a $1.50 e-book sale (minimum 3 books). It's too bad that I don't read e-books, but I figure...
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