I am not dead. Now that that's out of the way, let me apologize for having not updated for nearly a month. I have just been super busy and super sick for the past three weeks, which, when coupled with the boringness of the daily grind, makes for a distinct lack of new entries on the panda blog.

New entries to come soon, I promise, starting with a general roundup. In the meantime, I updated the Moblog below, as well as the Momentary Interest Links over to the right.
Or, if you're really bored, or new to the blog, you can check out a few of the more popular entries below:
- Wherein Panda battles Pornholio and The Greasy Woman
- The tenuous, fragile web of human interconnection
- Wherein the forces of evil try to run game on Panda
- Wherein my students learn a naughty word...
- Wherein a teacher tries to revive a comtose student with gum
- A Day in the Life of Panda...
- The passing of time and malleability of memory...
- Wherein Panda accidentally proposes marriage to a 15 yr old girl
- Wherein Panda muses on one of his happiest memories...
Some of the entries lost their images when I transferred them over from the old blog, so I apologize for that. I'll get around to fixing it one of these days!
But first... LUNCH TIME!
Now listening to: "Beirut - Scenic World"
the lights go on...
the lights go off...
when things don't feel right...
i lie down like a tired dog
licking his wounds in the shade
when i feel alive
i try to immagine a careless life
a scenic world where the sunsets are all
breathtaking...
breathtaking....
Comments
haha... HEY! You're NOT dead! Hope you get better from your sickness!
Posted by: Ben on December 10, 2006 01:02 PM
Ahaks, good to see you back! Get well soon, being sick is just jack. Tis' the season to be merry, n' all that. [translation : party and drink till you fall down]
Posted by: nishah on December 11, 2006 02:17 AM
panda panda!
good to hear from you again! :)
is that photo yours btw?
she's a pretty lil maiko ^^
oh, ive been here almost obsessivly lately; drop in sometime ^^ www.japanforum.com
take care =3
Posted by: Gwen_Goth on December 11, 2006 06:34 AM
Nish, just because *you* drink like a fish...
Posted by: ashan on December 12, 2006 07:17 AM
interesting point, maimai. i would agree that upon closer inspection yes, rosie o'donnell's actions weren't overtly racist in the way that her words directly oppressed someone. however, i wouldn't call them innocent either.
but how am i to ignore that horrible feeling when i watched that clip? i think it's an indication that something is wrong. what i infer from her actions is that no one is demanding that she learn chinese or that even language is a vital identifier of culture.
are you including me in your label of asian americans? it sounds rather hypocritical make such generalizations. although i do know of people like the type you describe, there's a lot of bitterness in those words.
Posted by: momolo on December 13, 2006 02:44 PM
Ashan, I will have you know my ayyy-lcohol intake has drastically lessened!! I am shocked, *shocked*, that you could imply otherwise! ^_^ I was merely advising panda as to the feelings of the general populace...
Posted by: nishah on December 16, 2006 06:13 PM