11.10.2010

Spot the Fake Smile

Thanks for the responses for my previous post, guys! I just wanted to know what everyone's approach/thinking was on what determines love for you, so it was nice to read what people thought.

This test is pretty fun: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/index.shtml - how good are you at spotting fake smiles? I got 17 out of 20. What about you? :)

11.07.2010

On the Moment

It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.
~ Khalil Gibran (via Jason Mraz)

I'm extending the trend...discuss! Is it necessary to have that "moment" or not? If it is, how long should you wait to experience that "moment" to happen until you decide to move on?

11.05.2010

Do you think marriage can work between atheists and theists? What about between democrats and republicans? I guess individuals can make it work, but what about for their families?
thoughts please

10.20.2010

ten days

Poll!!!

a- angelasun913 ( a t ) gmail (dot) com
b- angelawu.sun ( a t ) gmail (dot) com
c- keep miss.angelawu (a t) gmail (doooot) com

10.18.2010

to be or not to be . . .

a hipster (?)
so in the spirit of not letting our beloved blog die I have a question
So the raj and I were talking and I told him about my idea for an outfit container my oxfords, high waisted pants, shirt, and suspenders. After a long pause he asked me if I was a hipster. I immediately said no, but now I looked it up, and am unsure. I really dont know why I said no,bc some definitions lead me to think that I am and just thought I was just your avg. freak. Hipster always equaled poser to me. What do you guys think?

Hipster
Aged indie kids, Hipsters still maintain the air of snobbery, still shop at salvation army, and still have a completely astonishing array of knowledge when it comes to obscure music, pop-culture non-sequiturs, and political sneers. Absolutely a blast to be friends with, hell to be enemies of, hipsters are the most bi-polar of all the stereotypes when it comes to how they treat you. Can be recognized by books like "The Clockwork Orange", "Everything is Illuminated", or obscure philosophy books, by authors akin to Dostoevsky.


or
Hipster
Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20's and 30's that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter. The greatest concentrations of hipsters can be found living in the Williamsburg, Wicker Park, and Mission District neighborhoods of major cosmopolitan centers such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco respectively. Although "hipsterism" is really a state of mind,it is also often intertwined with distinct fashion sensibilities. Hipsters reject the culturally-ignorant attitudes of mainstream consumers, and are often be seen wearing vintage and thrift store inspired fashions, tight-fitting jeans, old-school sneakers, and sometimes thick rimmed glasses. Both hipster men and women sport similar androgynous hair styles that include combinations of messy shag cuts and asymmetric side-swept bangs. Such styles are often associated with the work of creative stylists at urban salons, and are usually too "edgy" for the culturally-sheltered mainstream consumer. The "effortless cool" urban bohemian look of a hipster is exemplified in Urban Outfitters and American Apparel ads which cater towards the hipster demographic. Despite misconceptions based on their aesthetic tastes, hipsters tend to be well educated and often have liberal arts degrees, or degrees in maths and sciences, which also require certain creative analytical thinking abilities. Consequently many hipsters tend to have jobs in the music, art, and fashion industries. It is a myth that most hipsters are unemployed and live off of their parent's trust funds.
Hipsters shun mainstream societal conventions that apply to dating preferences and traditional "rules" of physical attraction. It is part of the hipster central dogma not to be influenced by mainsream advertising and media, which tends to only promote ethnocentric ideals of beauty. The concepts of androgyny and feminism have influenced hipster culture, where hipster men are often as thin as the women they date. The muscular and athletic all-American male ideal is not seen as attractive by confident and culturally-empowered hipster women who instead view them as symbols of male oppression, sexism, and misogyny. Likewise, culturally-vapid sorority-type girls with fake blond hair, overly tanned skin, and "Britney Spears tube-tops" are not seen as attractive by cultured hipster males who instead see them as symbols of female insecurity, low self-esteem, and lack of cultural intelligence and independent thinking. Hipsters are also very racially open-minded, and the greatest number of interracial couples in any urban environment are typically found within the hipster subculture.
Although hipsters are technically conformists within their own subculture, in comparison to the much larger mainstream mass, they are pioneers and leaders of the latest cultural trends and ideals. For example, the surge of jeans made to look old and worn (i.e. "distressed"), that have become prevalent at stores such as The Gap, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, and Hollister, were originally paraded by hipsters who shopped in thrift stores years before such clothing items were mass produced and sold to the mainstream consumer. The true irony here is that many of the detractors of hipster culture are in fact unknowingly following a path that hipsters have carved out years before them. This phenomena also applies to music as well, as many bands have become successful and known to mainstream audiences only because hipsters first found and listened to them as early-adopters of new culture. Once certain concepts of fashion and music have reached mainstream audiences, hipsters move on to something new and improved.
Because of the rise of various online photo-blog and social networking sites, insights into urban hipster culture is reaching sheltered suburban audiences at an exponential rate. Cultural "norms" have been deconstructed by hipster culture as a whole. Hipsterism is often dismissed as just an image thing by some, but the culture as a whole is effecting changes in society, leading to feelings of insecurity and resentment in people who are no longer a part of the cultural ruling class. For example, a lot of anti-hipster sentiment evidently comes from culturally-clueless suburban frat boy types who feel that the more sensitive, intelligent, and culturally aware hipster ideal threatens their insecure sense of masculinity. Anti-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can.

10.13.2010

huh

wait so now that you guys all have boyfriends and/or are getting married you can let this blog die?!?!

9.15.2010

i have no idea why that other blog posted.

my point was: sorry ive been sooo MIA girls... i work 12+ hours a day ever since i landed a job [thats asia for you!] and im exhausted!! xiao knows... she sees me online when she goes to bed... then im still at work when she goes in to work. IN CALI. tha's a 15 hr diff ladies n gents. SIGH.

miss ya'll to pieces. gonna be home frm 23rd oct - 6th nov. anyone around edison???

love,
P.
I JUST WROTE A LONG BLOG AND GOOGLE DELETED IT!! some stupid chinese error msg popped up!! AHHHHHH

9.12.2010

BUMP

That's what people do on forums to show their presence, apparently.

7.26.2010

elbows

does it bother you to see elbows on the dining table?

6.30.2010

Edison

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1999416,00.html

6.23.2010

hello

5.12.2010

who else has not yet gotten a pap smear?
(christopher is excluded from this question haha sorry. go get your prostate checked)

my friend just got her results back and she has cervical cancer. I need a smear!!!

5.07.2010

Thicker Thighs Could Lead to a Longer Life!!

http://news.discovery.com/human/thicker-thighs-longer-life.html

3.26.2010

PA?

Today I found out through my expert fb stalking that a certain individual from our past, whose mental capacity and wisdom left much to be desired (at the time..maybe not anymore?) is in school to be a physician's assistant. I don't mean to be a jerk or anything but I am very curious to know... what exactly does a PA do?

2.19.2010

list of high school regrets

1. giving a shit about honor societies

2. volunteering at the library

3. (your regret here)

2.01.2010

1.22.2010

Boardroom Animals

After having done a workshop with the client this week, I realized just how much I hate the metaphors consultants like to constantly stick in unnecessarily. Like, they'll explain they need to break down a big problem into several smaller parts...just like that, in a literal way. And then they follow it up with a metaphor like..."Like cutting the elephant into ten pieces." First of all, this is totally unnecessary, and I, being slightly slow, take longer to visualize this image and apply it to what was already literally explained. Second, I do not need the image of an animal chopped up. And I noticed that a lot of the metaphors consultants use relate to animals. Don't know why...and don't know why we feel the need to use them.

Some examples:
- the elephant one
- the 800 pound gorilla in the room (common one)
- we need to skin the cat (common one)
- it's like the tail wagging the dog (creative and weird visual)

I just really hate consultant-speak.