Farewell to a music idol- Michael Jackson

I was on the phone with my boyfriend a little after 2 p.m. today when I heard the sad news.  Like many others, I too couldn’t believe my ears and eyes.  Regardless of his public reputation, I don’t think that  anyone can honestly deny the talent that Michael Jackson had.  I have yet to see [...]

Happy Father’s Day

For most people, Father’s Day is celebrated with a warm classic breakfast, or an evening out with the family at Dad’s favorite restaurant.  Sometimes it’s not even an elaborate ordeal, and could just be a casual day out in the yard, or fishing perhaps.  Within the past 21 years of my life however, I have [...]

Sunday Throwback: “Cross My Heart”-Eighth wonder

I remember listening to this song while I was growing up, along with some of my mom’s other 80s records. Patsy Kensit is so pretty

Spiffy T-shirt designs with the fob in mind

I was surfing around the internet the other day when I came upon a nifty little website: http://www.anhoi.com/shirts.htm.  They carry a variety of t-shirts with witty play on word lines that any Vietnamese at heart would smirk at.  One of my favorites in particular bears the phrase: “It’s a Nguyen Nguyen situation”–because you know it’s a [...]

Que Sera, Sera

The weather took a more pleasant turn today; it was sunnier than it’d been all week.  I spent most of my time squandering hours away in the lower levels of the campus library.  Well, in all fairness, I was quite productive for the first half of the day.  It wasn’t until my fatigue caught up [...]