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"The truth shall set you free." -- Caltech

Thursday, July 21, 2005

Sex in video games.

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I'm currently googling for the sex video in Grand Theft Auto. It is taking longer than I expected. ... Once upon a time, when I worked...
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Saturday, July 09, 2005

Netflix.

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I love that I can watch previews using Netflix. Go Netflix!
Monday, July 04, 2005

Couplets

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We went to the outlet mall. I bought a long red strapless dress and a fancy costume headdress with feathers and fake fruit. Tom put on the ...

Eggs.

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For dinner last night, we cooked meat on a griddle, then wrapped it in romaine lettuce with hoisin sauce. "I'd like an egg," T...
Thursday, June 30, 2005

Boxes.

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We rented a U-Haul on Friday to carry back all of our furniture from Bombay Company. There were 9 boxes total -- our chair and ottoman, two...
Wednesday, June 22, 2005

New York Times calls it...

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The trailer for "In the mood for love", The New York Times says, 'Dizzy with a romantic spirit that has been missing from the ...
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Thursday, May 26, 2005

Lunchtime conversation.

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(Edited. Note this conversation is from 2005.) With my coworkers. We're having a conversation about bonds and stocks. Jordan: [explain...
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Friday, May 13, 2005

Tom.

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me: Tom, who wears the pants in your relationship? Tom: She does. She has the pants and the belt. Peter: Oh no! At least get the belt bac...
Saturday, May 07, 2005

Pruning.

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I started to prune my roses today. Peter kept me company, working outside on the black wrought table and chair, while I was pruning. Halfwa...
Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Funny moments of my job.

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Today we get a report that this email: > Date: May 3, 2005 5:03 PM > Subject: Running late > > Be there for the meeting as soon ...
Thursday, April 21, 2005

Public perception

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me: [reading a press article praising my team's accidental feature leak as a brilliant strategy for trickling out the word slowly] They ...
Sunday, April 17, 2005

A passage I like.

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From Shanidar , a story about a man who was a rich noble in a futuristic alien world but who decided to abandon his wealth and live with nea...
Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Phone call with my little brother

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me: "So I hear that Mom is advising you every day to dump your girlfriend." Tom: "Yeah." me: "Aha, now you are in t...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Angry at self.

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I am once again taking my body for granted and not sleeping enough. It's 3:45am and I'm working. I'm going to sleep 5 hours an...
Friday, March 18, 2005

Biased?

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In China, this January, in a cab with my entire family. I'm due to fly out the next morning at noon. My mom, lamenting: We only have on...

Tonight.

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A lot of conversations tonight. I'm still at work and it's 1:30am! But it's not due to working late. It's due to staying ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Little miss muffet

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Apparently all spiders in the US are harmless except for black widows and brown recluses. How can you tell whether a spider is a brown recl...

Spider.

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I just got bitten by a spider, for the first time in my life. I was sitting in my cubicle, working, and my wrist suddenly experienced a shar...
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Friday, November 19, 2004

Conversations from India.

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Chris: The cleaning staff threw away some of my stuff. me: Like what? Chris: One of my half-used candles. me: You brought candles a...
Friday, November 12, 2004

Bangkok

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Sitting in bed in our lavish Bangkok hotel room, typing away. It's been 5 days since we left Mtn View (a bit confusing due to time diff...
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I was born in Beijing and moved to the US at age 5. When pronouncing my name, the "e" is silent.
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