tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55673632012-02-16T09:18:19.176-05:00between adequaciesdaily specials:<br>
drew's tasting menu:<br>
appetizer: unflaming, whiskey-soaked inari<br>
soup: whipped rice congee<br>
entree: seared duck breast (from a young, but fed-up bird)<br>
dessert: fresh asian fruit salad with bitter melon-lemon dressing<br><br>lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16406689024280220902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-55764422097502602192008-07-16T23:10:00.000-04:002008-07-16T23:11:16.569-04:00Relocated!!!!!feralpanda.wordpress.comDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-90655299899085736492008-07-14T15:40:00.002-04:002008-07-14T16:09:52.423-04:00So somehow I neglected to commemorate in full splendour my five-year bloggiversary which was sometime last week, as like Friday as not. As you might be able to tell, I've been doing my best summer to resume my daily pace now that the usual excuse of not having consistent access is gone. I won't bother now to revisit in detail where I was at five years ago--such exercises are moot at such an Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-66484994401363218622008-07-13T22:26:00.002-04:002008-07-13T22:52:20.564-04:00So today should have been lazier, given that we got back from Hellboy around 2am after dodging some drunken mics on the train who trampled poor Mark's sandal to the point where it snapped and I had to step in and walk half-barefoot all the way home, and then lingered online for a while before hitting bed, but it felt good to hit keiko and then Rob Chin up for some authentic Frisco-beer bought in Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-82225488231018891742008-07-13T10:55:00.001-04:002008-07-13T10:59:34.116-04:00So summer is so nice and lazy but at the same time I feel the danger of it. I should promise myself this week to finish this long-overdue paper. Or at least something. I can feel the summer slowly slipping, dripping away, and already vaguely dread yet another school year--#7. I guess that's not completely fair: Friday's interview was deeply encouraging in terms of the possibilities presented Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-4955616235734557292008-07-11T08:52:00.002-04:002008-07-11T08:57:14.751-04:00So I'm descended back into idleness after a week of three-hour commutes and a modicum of planning. It's summer, for real, now, and I don't know what to do with myself, as tempting as it was to go and buy a bat and ball the other day, fetching said ball is still rather tedious, all by yourself. I guess I can always exercises, one way or the other, but it's good to just relax--I really can't Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-7070116861750811602008-07-09T22:03:00.002-04:002008-07-09T22:10:23.870-04:00So it's still sweltering sweaty sweat: it's interesting, this daygig, as the kids are so like, "What's a hexagon?"--future math teachers of America!Alric has big news.I like having the free time to wander around in Target and buy nothing, just wondering at the cheapness, except the books section, which is a slice of what real people read, if they read at all, which is also fine, although it wouldDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-64369310385663986832008-07-09T00:25:00.004-04:002008-07-09T00:27:47.294-04:00So I don't know what to make of my kids--the honeymoon is over and they're all draggy about learning the math alongside the problem solving I'm supposed to be teaching them, and there's in general very little patience in terms of trying to solve prolems with more than one-step formulas once they are given a new kind of formula. It's tricky, yes, but it's the time span more than anything else Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-2866280351941902142008-07-07T22:57:00.003-04:002008-07-07T23:01:50.258-04:00So I don't know what it is about PIXAR movies, but they always make me cry. Mark and I enjoyed WALL-E, though I was a little confused as to why so few Chinese people actually made it into space.Today's trip out to Brooklyn College was a success--my students are amusing, and very young--they still call me "Mister." But my interactions with the Taco Truck guys was less successful, partly because Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-69168065598649912832008-07-06T17:19:00.003-04:002008-07-06T17:21:27.388-04:00So it's been a very lazy weekend in terms of any of the work I should actually be working on myself, wandering around Astoria and Sunnyside looking at apartments and making such plottings amid some other movies at the expense of kendo, unfortunately. At least the apartment is clean, if somewhat strongarmedly.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-30379802843632352672008-07-04T20:02:00.002-04:002008-07-04T20:05:11.457-04:00So last night we were out late with Mark's future roommates at what had to be the worst places to eat or drink in the W Vill--sangria like blood and Guinness, well, still like Guinness. We got home late but happy, and today I was relieved not to have to go all the way out to Brooklyn College for unappreciative Asian girls with bad Bronx accents and doughy thighs--today was just half a workout Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-49223608033751330212008-07-03T01:55:00.003-04:002008-07-03T01:57:40.728-04:00So three pilsners (urquell if lukewarm) with Rob are just about enough to cure what it was that was ailing me. Which is not to say that I wasn't a little moonish earlier, but after a late-night session discussing crossword puzzles for mathematics learning with graduate students, a little levity is quite overdue.Pendant lamps, meanwhile, are quite overdue to alleviate Mark's persistent complaintsDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-57531238908971053202008-07-02T13:04:00.001-04:002008-07-02T13:06:03.021-04:00So the problem with this vacation is that there's nothing to do msot days, other than watching some good old Kurosawa films on the exercise ball. "I'm smarter when I"m drinking" as Sanjuro says.I really do need to set more and better goals for myself before the weeks just melt away.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-74857701732985405562008-07-01T17:23:00.002-04:002008-07-01T17:27:27.667-04:00So it's been a good long while, and year six of teaching is over, but I can't say that I'm very relieved. Today at least, I'm trying to kick the third quarter off right, but I'm a little ill at ease when it comes to that mix of career and school. In part this is because I've still not finished this paper on the ways in which critical social theory (no capitals, e.g. Foucault, Bourdieu, Gramsci,Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-60731135017569978352008-05-30T00:35:00.002-04:002008-05-30T00:36:39.165-04:00So the exciting news is that Mark is temporarily moving in to save up on commuting and other expenses as he saves up for his own place with his college buddies. It's only for two months, but it will be a good run and nice to have him around. The problem will be what to do with the dating log I've been faithfully maintaining.There are worse dilemmas.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-58724074871030278782008-05-01T00:19:00.002-04:002008-05-01T00:30:56.545-04:00So I miss Mark even though it's been a day after our nine-day streak, as he's all sniffly-like, and I sympathize with the sudden wall-hitting exhaustion. Rob is also off to Taiwan for a family thing.The exciting thing at work is not so much the mysterious baby that was bornded on Monday even though we'd heard or seen nothing about it, bht the possibility that I could move into a more Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-33720902023291009792008-04-28T00:56:00.004-04:002008-04-28T01:03:49.580-04:00So spring break is over but I'm happy with the progress I've made on my floors and such The long roadtrip with Mark upstate was a smashing good time, I'm just sad and unable to sleep still because it and all of braek is all over, but I suppose there are plenty more good days to come.The only question is how to account for the date number when it's a 72+ hour thing. I guess there are worse Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-25686709675014476452008-04-21T10:54:00.002-04:002008-04-21T11:08:44.886-04:00So it's now spring break and I should give some small update as to what it is what I've been up to.The conference went off rather well, all things considered, without much of a hitch, to rave reviews and people were generally quite pleased, with a promise of a future reprise. This is encouraging, the more so because it makes me almost care about graduate school again.Despite my embarassing, Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-28146310517373833602008-03-30T22:36:00.003-04:002008-03-30T22:45:26.602-04:00So Mark (clever, handsome devil that he is) has managed to find this blog by googling some of the SIPs which were in a month's worth of posts I sent him. So, hi, honey. I won't go back and sanitize the silliness, drama, sadness, flippery, and so on, but now blog with perhaps a bit more discretion and a little less gushing.I've been really phoning it in in terms of work of late, but that's okay,Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-22030872426477951412008-03-25T00:14:00.003-04:002008-03-25T00:42:07.245-04:00So here is my life after 5 today.Ran downtown for my presentation. A/V problems like mad. Mac Minis are cute and wireless keyboards are hot, but the lack of hotkeys renders GSP almost stupid.Did some adlibbing, made some jokes about cravats and the Siamese. Rob and Laser were mostly appreciative of my jokes, which were hedges against something or another. Several choice moments include the Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-5690034570115691852008-03-19T00:45:00.003-04:002008-03-19T00:48:34.859-04:00So seven dates later Mark and I are still going strong.The funny thing, however, is desire. Desire is when you can't have exactly have what you want--when you long and yearn and crave it at a distance, growing ever fonder, and storing up the things you say, or interrupting your hum-drum day with cheesy affectionate emails which push the envelope of what is work-appropriate but well enough Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-71218759144205564282008-03-10T00:13:00.002-04:002008-03-10T00:19:39.494-04:00So for all you faithful readers out there:Asianboi RndpAnDee is holding it together.AllRick is waiting to hear from his literary Asian.AwwStin is epononymously marooned, still.HoEn lost his phone again.RoChin is trying to quit alcohol.And then there's Mark. I've only known him for a week, but I dunno... he's the kind I'd take home to meet the parents (which contrary to his belief, does not at Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-39073306763297683692008-02-26T00:09:00.002-05:002008-02-26T00:29:08.465-05:00So it has been a long week.Chats with Kris, with Brian, with Steve, with Dan again, but no Thet.Ran off to EVill with Rob to make a 16 bean soup (types, not tokens) with Mesclun greens (missing the toasted pumpkin seeds) and colombian-chorizo pupusas as croutons.PB has ended well enough, but not a single Asian all season.I've become a lover of tea.It's good to be back to work.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-78125024603657120932008-02-24T18:43:00.003-05:002008-02-24T18:52:39.073-05:00So more and more in my old age I realize I should have been some species of a sociologist. Rob and I went snowboarding yesterday, and I finally understand why the Japanese are so damn good at kendo.The representation in terms of New York City-ers was relatively low despite the perfect weather, coldly crisp and still lightly snowing with no wind to attack my delicate pores. What was interesting Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-72729940517020405472008-02-22T22:32:00.002-05:002008-02-22T22:39:30.759-05:00So the standard part of my evening adventure was pints with Michael at the local pub, amidst talk of politics, operations research, and faux communities of practice.But after some delays I finally managed to meet up with Hat, a Taiwanese emigree on the closeted side of things, whose life is crazy enough that he is quasi-nocturnal, always running across the boroughs and impossible to pin down Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-62383288613330778272008-02-18T23:40:00.003-05:002008-02-19T00:00:00.161-05:00So as my annual trip "home" draws to a close, I find myself again anxious to return to New York and the more normal course of my life, as busy as that is going to be right when I hit the ground. It's been more of the same, I could tell the same stories of sweat pants, pirated wireless, procrastination, overeating and underheating that I have been for years. Things never change, until two Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-48785103346418433222008-02-14T22:33:00.001-05:002008-02-14T22:37:40.309-05:00So I haven't written a sonnet in years, and even then that was by accident. Anyway, this one's for Thet:We walk our weeks in lives which are disjointwith only -ends when we might meet with cheekto cheek. And still the rush may disappointour plans—my days pass by and still I seeka day when we, without a sacrifice,can be both close and close without a phonewhich lets us wander all around, Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-17552925870654138762008-02-11T23:14:00.001-05:002008-02-11T23:21:38.369-05:00Since the last post, one long sentence per day:Th: managed to get a nap in before winning my shiai match with two kote after having my men taken. See the other blog.Fr: didn't get a date, went home and passed out, was already observed in class, and managed not to chaperone the school dance.Sa: woke up, dim summed with gbf in the F-shing, walked to the Horace Harding Expwy, went to the mall, Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-43991264873372958532008-02-06T01:57:00.000-05:002008-02-06T01:58:33.592-05:00So I was watchin the coverage tonight and was truly pissed. This is because American Samoa was a caucus that went to Hillary, and on ABC they spent several moments (Gibson, Sawyer, Stephanopoulus) making fun of how no candidate has ever visited for the three delegates, despite the 30 NFL players, to keep Obama from a clean sweep.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-9540423842590568932008-02-04T01:14:00.000-05:002008-02-04T01:25:32.036-05:00So two things: first an Asianboi roundup (thanks to reviewing my blog from four+ years ago):DoEun has gone dark, but I've gone matchmaker.EnDee has finally arrived, but I'm not helping him enough.HoEn has graduated, but still wants more.PeeTrk has plenty of nice clothes, but still worries about everything.RoCh has painted his room, but might miss tomorrow night.xyFee has a new secretary, but is Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-80394873280106291952008-01-25T23:52:00.001-05:002008-01-26T00:02:20.072-05:00So the date was perfect. We were chatting for a while over the phone before we finally met. He drove in from Staten Island. We have Scholar Garden plans in the future.We started out in the West Village before we both realized that we don't know any places, which meant we ended up at Pongsri.Several stories were shared: of mine, these include "Are you Chinese?", Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-18381115963708246432008-01-11T21:12:00.000-05:002008-01-11T21:13:31.977-05:00So the really troubling about NBC Dateline's To Catch a Predator is that not only is it entrapment but when they vocalize the chat/IM transcripts they use real sound effects for "LOL" and so on.Scurry.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-24987791441813545082008-01-01T21:50:00.000-05:002008-01-01T22:07:07.975-05:00So it’s been a rejuvenating vacation in a way that the Thanksgiving break didn’t quite get around to being. I’ve rediscovered cooking, and have made a variety of things and near disasters: lamb/goat stew; recreating: very runny eggs benedict; and now short ribs with chard and couscous. It’s these pairings which are a bit ridiculous but get me to thinking of how couples of movies could also thusDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-73892138468787496502008-01-01T02:07:00.000-05:002008-01-01T02:16:23.636-05:00So it's a brave new year, or something. I stayed home, watching In the Bedroom from what must have been 6 years ago (it's just as good), cooking radicchio-peas-artichoke spinach fetucchine, two manhattans, and then passing out, waking up 5 minutes after midnight. I can't remember what I did last year, adn due to the writers' strike, the Tongiht Show was a rerun. I've done extensive cleaning andDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-29192461281107506432007-12-30T21:22:00.001-05:002007-12-30T22:02:29.464-05:00So it's been a long time. It's been a long run since the bkup. There was Dennis who was too PC for even a Macintosh. There was Jung the Korean pupil. There was Mee too who kept on leaving me in the middle of the night.I feel old. I feel old because the entire ed research biz has lost its appeal for me. After great proposals get rejected from Division G, what's the point of trying when I got my Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-50030533964535950072007-09-15T15:01:00.000-04:002007-09-15T15:08:07.027-04:00So the aforementioned hope/possibility has since fizzled, perhaps hilariously, into a case of he-said/she-said.That's funnier than it sounds, really. In better news, however, ex-Wifey passed the bar!! Whee!! He says that this leads to a payraise of $300. Per annum.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-16379179862506610072007-08-26T16:26:00.000-04:002007-08-26T16:59:06.606-04:00So it's been a good while--nearly two months--an entire summer--and plenty of stuff has happened. I guess this entry will need to serve as an omnibus for all that...I did plenty of academic mercenary work this summer, and got paid a pretty penny, though that ate up two weeks of my time that in retrospect could have been spent elsewhere. But it was good times, and it meant my first out-of-dojo Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-58911204444357040512007-06-30T00:56:00.000-04:002007-06-30T00:59:02.294-04:00So I miss WifeyI miss Wifey so much I waited (even though I needed to poop, badly) in line for an hour today amidst the ill-educated mexicanos (con los chiquitos ruidosos), Czechs, and peruanos para obtener un pasaporte (en caso de necesitar uno cuando estara' en japo'n este verano cuando estoy volando a mi esposa), pero teni'a suerte porque la cajera era coreana, y entonces aunque estaba Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1177224849665663342007-04-22T02:44:00.000-04:002007-04-22T02:54:09.683-04:00So I am back...in the saddleAsianboi RoundupAnnHwy is forgiving me.ArrSee is unemployed as of yet, but that's just a matter of time.HoEn is happy and unabused.LawYee didn't shoot anyone: but that's because he fucks Korean girls (as opposed to no one.WhyFee is too far away, but hopefully temporally close.You don't know what it's like to be someone else until you've walked a mile, barefoot though Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1171254338076678862007-02-11T23:22:00.000-05:002007-02-11T23:25:38.096-05:00So I have fallen off so many wagonsinto the dirt.My kendo is wretched--quite a losing streak, and not even blogging about it.My only hope is to get accepted proposals.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1169533751551529532007-01-23T01:28:00.000-05:002007-01-23T01:29:21.966-05:00So the name of my favorite Sputnik is "Sputnik"Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1168923458821734192007-01-15T23:56:00.001-05:002007-01-16T00:11:35.230-05:00SoResquiecat en pace citigroupDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1168917610887592992007-01-15T22:11:00.000-05:002007-01-16T00:09:44.723-05:00So there are several great things about the new season of 24Curtis \spoiler>President Palmer \spoiler>Doctor Bashir \spoiler>Chloe \spoiler>Karen Hayes Buchanan and Bill "William" Buchanan Hayes That Guy From Ally McBeal \spoiler>Martha Logan spoiler \spoiler> (well not yet)Graham Cracker \spoiler>Jack \spoiler>But the best thing everis how the only Araby speaker/reader on staff for all of the Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1168318634381301942007-01-08T23:53:00.001-05:002007-01-08T23:57:14.383-05:00Sothis sounds like a job for SuperNanny!!The funny thing about Antiques Roadshow, Hawaii is that the natives don't realize that they themselves are the said antiques.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1168318620265074942007-01-08T23:53:00.000-05:002007-01-08T23:57:00.286-05:00Sothis sounds like a job for SuperNanny!!The funny thing about Antiques Roadshow, Hawaii is that the natives don't realize that they themselves are the said antiques.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1168148275416050142007-01-07T00:11:00.000-05:002007-01-07T00:37:55.436-05:00Sosweet spotmy life (my card)http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=14159673&RN=685http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=13712174&RN=515http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=11170544&RN=777 x 2http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=13411646&RN=837&KSKU=105726http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1165555734127768222006-12-08T00:23:00.000-05:002006-12-08T00:28:54.146-05:00So all the developments of the past month-plus can be summed up as: FUCK WHITEYI've been more and more entangled with multiple things--it's not that I have too many things on my plate, but I have too many plates.Perhaps this is due to my current addiction, to Bed, Bath and Beyond. I have become quite domestical.But no--I really don't need the condescension, the noblesse oblige, the Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1162078108130549022006-10-28T19:28:00.000-04:002006-10-28T19:28:28.150-04:00So what does Memphis barbecue have in common with Rob Chin's sexlife?Dry rub.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1161659044829123582006-10-23T23:02:00.000-04:002006-10-23T23:04:04.850-04:00So I know why pirate always say, "ARRRRRRRR"--there are plenty of local wireless routers, but only one works with at all, and it's only reliable when decent people are asleep. Still, it's a good life. But then again, there's tons of work to be had, both here and there--what can ya do?Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1161317428672652462006-10-20T00:08:00.000-04:002006-10-20T00:10:28.690-04:00So how did this month all pass me by? Well, not quite, but I've fallen quite behind on this blog and even kendo-blog, and am in the midst of a kendo drought. But life is good, I'm all moved in, and now have laptop and therefore more regular blogging at long last... So I'm back, blogwise...Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1159132691172210222006-09-24T17:13:00.000-04:002006-09-24T17:18:11.216-04:00So I'm all moved in. Granted, I should go and buy some groceries other than beer, but all my stuff is moved in, after great frustrations with the Chinese--first noon, then two, then three, then at last at 350, but then it was very fast--we were done in less than an hour, miraculously. I just feel bad for the poor Chinaman whose turn it was to sit in the back of the truck with all my stuff. ButDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1157318802665227592006-09-03T17:07:00.000-04:002006-09-03T17:26:42.700-04:00So a lot has gone down: goodbye to all that. Farewell Astoria apt with the new doors after four years and now completely gayed-up though not very well, I'd think: Samir is now living in my room, and since we left on bad terms, I don't think I can crash there in my newfound homelessness before closing. So it's back to Alric, and it's made me realize that although there've been plenty of Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1156822258084212662006-08-28T23:19:00.000-04:002006-08-28T23:30:58.113-04:00So there have been so many hellos and goodbyes--in moving I've thrown out the tiny items accumulated over four years: the clip from Brooklyn College's old ID, my first wallet what my dad gave me, assorted remains of mechanical pencils. Hellos, though, have been to students who seem smaller than ever and new teachers younger than ever too.Lost habits included kyudo, sacrificed for the sake of theDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1154875526150725982006-08-06T10:44:00.000-04:002006-08-28T23:37:08.566-04:00So wouldn't you know that at just the moment when I'm finally moving out of the apartment after four years, Our Lady of the Land sees fit to install double french doors!Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1154745322671919842006-08-04T22:34:00.000-04:002006-08-04T22:35:22.680-04:00So this week's workshop was surprisingly great, and conveniently located, but also troubling: of seven teacher-groups tasked with coming up with a definition of function yesterday, three were outright wrong, and two were incomplete or misphrased. Fucking sad.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1153953014265641902006-07-26T18:27:00.000-04:002006-07-26T18:30:14.280-04:00So at last count, there are now six different organizations for which I now work and derive income, which makes these summer days quite hectic in themselves, but means at least that I do have office space in more places.I've been amused and pleased for many reasons, even though Wifey has endured the Bar. It was funny because I was on the N train when someone came on and started playing songs (Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1153532312114180862006-07-21T21:35:00.000-04:002006-07-21T21:38:32.123-04:00So I've left a lot out: an accepted offer and now into contract on a Sunnyside apartment, the conclusion of my first real grad course, progress on fellowships, advancement kendo-wise, the departure of old friends and the imminent rearrival of others. It's been a strange schedule mostly because wifey's completely inverted his sleep schedule and imminent bar. The summer is 2/3 the way to half Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1151694933851486992006-06-30T15:11:00.000-04:002006-06-30T15:15:33.916-04:00So now that I've gotten rid of my two-week gig in August, I feel a lot better and have started thinking about planning some sort of trip, provided that the current house-search and languid negotiation process actually picks up--the parents have been very hagglingly dragging their feet, but it looks like it might be okay because the market is small enough and few people are operating in cash quiteDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1151692368012689802006-06-29T23:20:00.000-04:002006-06-30T14:32:48.033-04:00So I have been neglectful, but busy in many things--this class I've been teaching has finally ended, at least my component, and so I can relax a little, and even get up in the morning earlier than 7 am without feeling horribly guilty and irresponsible.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1150606640219550032006-06-18T00:54:00.000-04:002006-06-18T00:57:20.226-04:00So although I've now taught four classes' worth of this grad course, due to my lack of a social security card, I'm still not on the payroll... I've managed meanwhile to book my entire summer, which will be lucrative, but..Said class has been going well, with some ups and downs, but exactly what I'm tryin gto accomplish five years from now.While my kendo has suffered, I have meanwhile taken up Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1149655242628994112006-06-07T00:38:00.000-04:002006-06-07T00:40:42.640-04:00So it's been a whirlwind: Saturday I was offered a teaching job what begins tomorrow, so it's been a scramble to devise a syllabus and so on, while Saturday was a Jerseyan affair, with Rutgetsr and Princeton, but still home in time for practice after a drive down with Lotte from quiet Columbia. Sunday I went to an open-house before practice and wanted to amke an offer, but deciding to take this Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1149142173363183202006-06-01T02:02:00.000-04:002006-06-01T02:09:33.376-04:00So after Alric's birtday festivities, I ended up at Yucky story Rye Shoe with Rob Chin. There was a horrible legalistic dispute: despite a low $7 per cap min the party of 4 didn't somehow even after all the carding and such want to pay for everyone, so there was some protracted discussion about how said percapmin doesn't apply at the bar, and so with a transplant of the two nonconsumptive Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1148959137251413452006-05-29T22:49:00.000-04:002006-05-29T23:18:57.306-04:00So almost four weeks is far too long between posts, though of course the kendoblog has been taking away from all this--I've managed to run another gauntlet of final presentations and projects, and I've also managed somehow to almost completely book my summer, granted to the tune of quite a few dollars, but hopefully enough to admit a few new hobbies--kyudo and dizi, perhaps. What with Wifey all Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1146800265619453792006-05-04T23:34:00.000-04:002006-05-04T23:37:45.630-04:00So today I was as close to quitting as I've ever been.It's been a hectic week, and today's PD was very frustrating. In the visitations, worse than the atopical interest-survey nonsense, there were two egregiousnesses today--one visitor decided to ask my students about squaring the circle, even though said student has no real conception or understanding pi, nor the experience with ruler and Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1146105269181382672006-04-26T22:16:00.000-04:002006-04-26T22:34:29.266-04:00So if you're going to speak to me in Korean, you really should serve me more promptly and courteouslier.Wednesdays, once again, though without teaching, really are nonstop:Devising new schedulesPoliticking for lab spaceDesigning perspectiveAnnotating research questionsPlanning a math workshop next weekTutoring students (determinant)Grabbing lunch while editing a paperApproving schedulesReviewing Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1145851072682401572006-04-23T23:57:00.000-04:002006-04-23T23:57:52.790-04:00So she's really not dumb anyway.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1145339039077457282006-04-18T01:37:00.000-04:002006-04-18T01:43:59.090-04:00So now that it's halftime on this spring break, it's time for a brief recap:Thurs was sleepy sleepy until time for keiko. Wifey then met me for a Petite Abeille dinner amid news of the arrival of the new tv. The pommes frites were great.Fri was an expedition to work in order to pick up a library book soon due, and then a big expedition to the DMV to try and get a new ID for Lelaina, and then Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1144726572543646192006-04-10T23:35:00.000-04:002006-04-10T23:36:12.556-04:00So spoiler:the 24 traitor is Rob ChinJizzwant my ass!Now, it's great, though the entire to-do. Poor EvelynDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1144293660774491552006-04-05T23:20:00.000-04:002006-04-05T23:21:00.786-04:00So today was such a bonanza day for comics:DeadworldMarvel ZombiesWalking DeadPlanetaryI can't believe I ever stopped reading comics, although admittedly these days there do seem to be fewer than in the past.Somehow, though, I managed to run out of time again at work, even though I ditched early in order to go to a research meeting, I just can't enough done at the office. It's only going to get Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1143511372111195672006-03-27T20:59:00.000-05:002006-03-27T21:02:52.126-05:00So I don't think I mentioned how I was accepted into a certain doctoral program. The disappointing thing about this certain program, however, is the heft of their admissions packet. That is, it consists of one generic page from the Director, a second more personalized page of disclaimer about how the moneys I gets won't bes for a whiles (I should haves my own moneys for at least a months), and Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1143506773972051482006-03-27T19:42:00.000-05:002006-03-27T19:46:13.983-05:00So these days especially it's not a good sign when it's been a week on this, and I haven't even posted on my kendoblog in about as long. With conferences Thursday night, a mysterious neckal injury which incapacitated me, a fever all weekend, andyet more shenanigans today with the N/W running never/whenever, it's a miracle I'm still conscious. It's just been a bad bad week. Luckily, Wifey has Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1142919153668381392006-03-21T00:16:00.000-05:002006-03-21T00:32:33.723-05:00So I am deeply exhausted, but can't resist the last two episodes of Day 1. Tonight's episode was just great. It's decided--Friday I'm bringing mawari-geiko to my class. I just need to somehow figure out how the hell I'm going to get the blocks to signal the end of each practice. Luckily, I think that the activity I have in mind, which is focused on "similar equations" will actually allow for Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1142835634089047912006-03-20T01:15:00.000-05:002006-03-20T01:20:34.100-05:00So this weekend posed me with a number of tasks:grading 75 projectsreport cardsrecommendation letter, for myselffellowship applicationshort paper on an urban issuelesson planning and unit planning for the far futurebut after sleeping in a little on Saturday, and then a little more, I ended up passing out and getting absolutely nothing done, which was further abetted by my decision to start Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1141791303651497842006-03-07T23:00:00.000-05:002006-03-07T23:15:03.710-05:00So absence always brings plenty of news:After Wifey's birthday bash Friday, I passed out at Rob's, staggered home drunk, woke up at 6am, and took three hours of math testing completely hung over. I had forgotten that a graphing calculator was required, so I had to throbbingly falsify graphing calculator graphing windows, and to try and compute logarithms and trig ratios by hand. My tour de Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1141189099643776142006-02-28T23:50:00.000-05:002006-03-02T00:21:42.390-05:00So this weekend was the big Philly trip. Rather than leaving on Friday in a rush and tizzy, we waited until Saturday, arriving in Philly at noon-thirty, rather than early enough for the morning sessions. We grabbed lunch, walked around and revisited all of Wifey's old haunts back in the day with ex-Husbandry, though we couldn't locate Woody's and the old bujii art-cafe was be-shuttered. It wasDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1140843896193419102006-02-24T23:49:00.000-05:002006-02-25T00:07:55.210-05:00So Ibn meaninta blogabout Marvel Zombies. Neither Wifey nor Rob understand my obsession adequately. But Kirkman is a genius, and this here comic is pure brilliance--a virtuouso revisitation of all things Marvel, although with perhaps too much of an Avengers focus for my taste, which has a wonderful logical conclusiveness to it all. It's amazing the things which you can eat, the philosophical Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1140669346172964072006-02-22T23:25:00.000-05:002006-02-22T23:35:46.213-05:00So it's nice to have a Wednesday routine which doesn't have the usual school-parts of the routine. That is, just the office sitting around and writing grants (I have a supersecret 100k-waza I'm trying to tokui) and such rather than the actual pretending to teach students. I mean, my new Wednesdays are overbooked but rather nice in terms of the relative lack of teaching. It's a nice space to Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1140582993837257032006-02-21T23:19:00.000-05:002006-02-21T23:36:33.900-05:00So I am trying to reconstruct the menus from my time visiting at home for my annual tournament dropby:Saturday:Greenbeans with shredded porkBaked chickenTofu with mushrooms and porkSunday:Beef stew (american style with tomatoes, celery, and so on)Rainbow troutGreen beans with blackbeansSpring rolls (pork, zucchini, bean sprout, and carrot filling)Monday:Red-braised pork, daikon, and eggsBeef withDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1139894075910103202006-02-14T00:12:00.000-05:002006-02-14T00:14:35.923-05:00So turnout was low, which meant that there was more tomfoolery, although tom was absent today. I don't even remember, but I was amused more than once today, or something. Meanwhile, today I managed to defeat 32 cubic feet of snow. In particular, it was 2 feet x 2 feet x 8 feet, which is plenty enough to allow me to skip suburi. Jack Bauer doesn't do suburi, though. Still, he kicks ass, Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1139543808272404952006-02-09T22:45:00.000-05:002006-02-09T22:56:48.296-05:00So I'm more a little than annoyed by the ignorance of my peers. The topic is so middle school--prime factorization, gcd, and lcm. The point that I was trying to make was that prime factorization in order to calculate the gcd is stupid, especially since you already have the two numbers in question, so you had better use the fucking Euclidean algorithm. Prime factorization is in practice Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1139372312768386072006-02-07T22:24:00.000-05:002006-02-07T23:18:32.836-05:00So I had to break up a fight today, which was probably due to how I dropped my kamae in that first period of that class on this day this year. So the rest of the day i was fully of fury, and the students were somewhat unsympathetic. So tired now.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1139193087853560122006-02-05T21:28:00.000-05:002006-02-05T21:31:27.866-05:00So I forgot to mention how Wifey ambushed me after practice on Thursday at the dojo having stayed late at Federal Court. We ended up in Little Italy where the waiters complimented his pink "corbata" in an effort to woo him in. But to little avail.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1139115577497909522006-02-04T23:47:00.000-05:002006-02-04T23:59:37.566-05:00So today was a trip to the Brooklyn Museum with the kiddies, and we pulled off the miracle of going through the entire bloody museum in under an hour. But that meant that I at least managed to lunch with Alric in his neighborhood at a very pleasant and cheap Thai restaurant. I am still amused how he lives in "Bore-em" Hill. Hehehe. I also scored a major shoe-coup today, and should probably goDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1138769472640544382006-01-31T23:47:00.000-05:002006-01-31T23:51:12.653-05:00So I've been loving "His Dark Materials"--which is much more touching, moving, and sad epically than its other counterparts. I went down to the main office of one of the consortia our school belongs to. So much hugging. Somehow I've become the school liaison. This was a tricky waza.At the Thai restaurant tonight, one of the cute waiter-people asked Wifey, "I'm sorry to be asking this, but didDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1138245611167309222006-01-25T22:19:00.000-05:002006-01-25T22:20:11.183-05:00So Wifey says,"I think it's ironic that a dog can kill a cat, but a tiger can kill a wolf."I still think that wolves hunt in packs.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1138163439081517442006-01-24T23:26:00.000-05:002006-01-24T23:30:39.093-05:00So I caught a decent glimpse of myself in the mirror today, but that was probably because all the vegetables I ate at teacher's group cleaned me out, so my stomach actually looked flat. But of course with the post-practice options (Vietnamese: grilled pork chop, lemongrass, pho; Malaysian: Green Curry, Penang Beef, Malaysian Brown Curry; Pakistani: earthy lamb, gloppy spinach, crisp spicy Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1138105418495736762006-01-24T07:21:00.000-05:002006-01-24T07:23:38.513-05:00So I don't know what's more ridiculous--the new AmEx card which "deposits money into a savings account" (at the rate of 1% of spending), or the fact that White Castle is currently plugging a special Valentine's Day dinner for you and your sweetheart, featuring hostess seating, private server, and a candlelit dinner. Of course, they may actually serve recipes based upon White Castles themselves...Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1138075200446180172006-01-23T22:59:00.000-05:002006-01-23T23:00:10.226-05:00So this takes care of kendo.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1137905061165725352006-01-21T23:38:00.000-05:002006-01-21T23:44:21.180-05:00So I remember back when I used to think that Christopher Hitchens was the shit. I mean, Mother Teresa, not-so-saintly? The Clintons power-hungry opportunistic? Henry Kissinger a war-criminal? In Harpers? ! Who else would dare! Wear a trenchcoat, dangle a cigarette! Be a contrarian, just like me!These days I'm somehow less impressed. I don't know whether this is because I've mellowed, as Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1137881279916366812006-01-21T15:03:00.000-05:002006-04-10T23:41:32.903-04:00So my plans to go into work and get some work done, some shelves organized, a personal statement written, some derivatives priced, and so on, have been thoroughly quashed by Wifey-snuggling, CUP-burgers, and PBS. I guess I still have practice to think of, as there'zDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1137634207494380462006-01-18T20:01:00.000-05:002006-01-18T20:30:07.566-05:00So somedays you feel like you're phoning it in, just attacking for the sake of attacking, not really controlling center, no seme to really speak of, and rudely (at least some would say) knocking down your opponent's shinai without even performing a real hiki-waza, or elsewise tapping a hiki-kote for contact only zanshin-less, kiai-less, fumikomi-less. And yet, you get decent reviews--as if it's Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1137391752842796842006-01-16T01:03:00.000-05:002006-01-16T01:09:12.853-05:00So I must say the first two hours of the new Day of 24 is a little disappointing, mostly because Kim Bauer still lives, and she's the first person I'd shoot in the neck if I had a choice. Because if she's still alive, she'll probably still need to survive and run away from suvivalists, cougars, racist hicks, cars falling down cliffs, and the like The sad thing is that the anticipation had me soDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1137288893422192402006-01-14T20:29:00.000-05:002006-01-14T20:34:53.436-05:00So this dialogue is paraphrased from tonight's second syndicated episode of King of QueensArthur: A chair that folds into a bed? Now I've seen everything!Kerry: It's a futon. It's Japanese.Arthur: Those Japanese are clever. What I'll never understand is how we beat them in World War II.Kerry: Well, we did destroy two of their cities.Arthur: Mystery solved.I've relatively little to Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1137038319482775552006-01-11T22:30:00.000-05:002006-01-11T22:58:39.546-05:00So as nice as it is to wake up to an energetic, goofy, affectionate, and thoroughly awake Wifey in the morning, it's still a little sad to come home to a snoring and sleepy Wifey who's all grumpy when you try and show him the various Asian geek interviewees on the newest iteration of Beauty and Geek. I really should take this opportunity, this off week, to get some extra sleep in. But of courseDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1136704036298151072006-01-08T02:05:00.000-05:002006-01-08T02:07:16.310-05:00So some unacceptable ethnic moments--Thursday, the horrible Chinese-orphanette adopting woman who also happened to get knocked up at the same time she was adopting so she's double happiness but her chinkette will surely end up lesbo or at best bi, asked me, "Drew, do you have any soy sauce?... I just thought I'd ask..."Playing cards with the kiddos today, we were about to play Indian poker, but Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1136438403309534572006-01-04T23:43:00.000-05:002006-01-05T00:20:03.353-05:00So we all know from the Doctor in Claudius the God just two things: never hold in a fart or belch, and never get up from the table without wanting to eat a little more. To this latter in particular I am now tring to adhere, even if it means denying myself Wifey's wonderful Broccoli-Chicken-Spinach-Fettuccine and Corn Cotijado. but all for the greater good.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1136433449241123382006-01-04T22:08:00.000-05:002006-01-04T22:57:29.330-05:00So I'm quite impressed by how well-stocked the foreign section at the local ethnicky Blockbuster is, and not even with the crowd-pleasing Spanish selections (whatever that might be), but rather an eclectic mix of Strand-releasing-released coming-of-age/ethnic-soft-erotica/comedy-of-manners/gay-parade.Meanwhile, it's encouraging to find blogs such as this one.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1136338316380202412006-01-03T19:40:00.000-05:002006-01-03T20:31:56.433-05:00So having slept for but a few last night, I am dead-tired now, having taught another terrible Tuesday, amid a stock rally, mounting future tax bills, and no kendo practice (or even suburi energy), I should just take out my contacts, snuggle with Wifey and pass out.I blame Wifey. We were up late last night, me out of jitters, and Wifey out of his commitment to avoiding daylight, or something, notDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1136228933255381802006-01-02T13:29:00.000-05:002006-01-02T14:08:53.340-05:00So here I am, trying to write my personal statement at last for grad school, but somewhat at a loss.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1136069780314975782005-12-31T17:37:00.000-05:002005-12-31T17:56:20.340-05:00So 167. That's the grim verdict, according to a scale, at least. Maybe that's not wholly accurate owing to the scale, but it feels at least one stone above what I should weigh, given my height, more or less. So it's time to get serious, which probably meant that I shouldn't have had five pan-fried wontons a whole plate of singapore chowmeifun, and a dish of ice cream just now. Crap.Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-1135974348652161432005-12-30T15:19:00.000-05:002005-12-30T15:29:09.306-05:00So the other night at L&L we were watching the little Chinese kids pretending to do Hawaiian math. No, wait... Ummm... actually, no.. it was just Chinese kids doing two and three-digit multiplication, although I doubt they were more than single-digit in terms of age. This led us to reminisce about our Asian careers in mathematics on the SAT... as Wifey put it, "I remember trigonometry... Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.com