Category: Life Narrative
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hello 2025
If I had Instagram, maybe I wouldn’t need to write this. But the fact of the moment is that I do. I’ve been feeling an urge lately to get my story straight, in hopes that I can–get ready for it–learn! No doubt, you heard it here first: me, giving myself the benefit of the doubt.…
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Things that keep Marching on
And so we land in March, But the references that have been coming to mind a lot lately aren’t limited by recency, as I shall attempt to list… Mindhunter – I’m so glad I sat through this with my parents early-mid-summer last year (which was 2020, if you’re not reading this too late). Of all…
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Communal Glasses
I’ve always been a shy person, but somehow in high school, like 10 years ago, I had the guts to make my classmates put on a pair of fake glasses and pose! I didn’t approach the most popular kids, though–just the adequately social geeks and the wannabe emos. Funny to find these in my hard…
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Relating Free Speech, Empathy, and Race
“Skepticism about government control over speech is a deeply rooted American tradition. A bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment is that government cannot censor the expression of an idea because society finds the idea itself offensive or distasteful. We distrust government to pick winners and losers in the realm of ideas because it might silence…
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My Favorite Things This Week
Because you don’t stop liking things you loved; you just forget about ’em! It’s Tuesday, but I thought I’d come out of my shell and report on what I’ve been consuming between righteously eating my meals and unhealthily burrowing through Twitter rabbit holes during this Reign-of-Terror, free-speech-impeding political climate! I. On YouTube, cuz we know…
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Plunging into Protests: the Beginning
The last time I really blogged for myself was in Hiroshima, when I started to tire of travelling in Japan after a mere month. Well, it didn’t stay that way, I assure you, but before I recap some Japan moments (“for memory’s sake,” as aptly described by my best friend Mandy) I’d like to address…
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OEH Pt. II
Originally published 2020.05.28, before a quick kiss–a swift kick–goodbye to the oncoming swell of summer! As a foreign visitor, I took on a mere cameo role in the house but have still managed to incorporate some quality time with the people that make OEH. Read on for a glimpse of those very beings. Irrashaimase! Enter…
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It’s been more than a month in Japan…
I’m more than one-third of the way through my 3 months’ allowed stay in the country, and I’m quite tired of sightseeing! It could be that my current city, Hiroshima, is just not that stimulating, as I find myself wanting to return to the hostel and read or watch TV after barely an hour after…
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