Show us who you'd like to kiss under the mistletoe.
Oh, too easy.
Show us who you'd like to kiss under the mistletoe.
Oh, too easy.
Thanks to my friend Erin for giving me this heads up.
Harvard may allow gender neutral ("co-ed") rooms - which sure does piss Fox Boston off.
Full of so many gender clichés, I don't even know where to begin. I could barely get through the whole thing due to my desire to punch the satellite anchor in the face, but here are a few of the highlights:
- "Some male students have said some of their best friends are female... they keep the same hours, go to the same classes, sleep at the same time. Are they going to share that time of the month too?"
- "I believe Ted Kennedy went to Harvard. What more do you need to know?"
- "She's smart. How good can she look?"
- "It's like it's a huge orgy at Harvard!"
Let's get to the real point. I'm SO SICK of people perpetuating gender differences. You know what? Most women I know do not act a thing like the stereotyped image that Fox Boston puts out. In fact, many women I know don't mind farting or burping in front of men and even (gasp!) enjoy watching football.
Men and women have differences, yes. But these differences are simply not as wide and distinct as the mainstream media wants us to believe.
And lastly, I don't know anything about the Harvard policy. However, I'm wondering if maybe one of the reasons that Harvard students are spearheading this is to make it easier for transgendered students to assimilate. Part of overcoming transphobia is providing alternatives for folks who don't fit 100% into black & white binary gender.
Someone really badly does not want me on the Internet. This semester, my hard drive has died, my keyboard has fallen apart, my Internet has consistently not worked, and this week, my motherboard fried. So, after a trip down to the Financial District, which is where Dell sent me to get it up-and-runnin' again, I am now wasting time downloading music instead of working on my Chinese history final.
Anyway, friends! I have a goal for you. Y'all know I'm moving to Queens in May. (And for those of you who don't - I'm moving to Queens in May.) I am very excited about this, not only because I have a sick fascination with Queens but because this is my very first apartment ever! It'll be me and my cat in a one-bedroom in either Jackson Heights or Long Island City.
So here's where you come in. In honor of my move, I'm hoping to have a flurry of houseguests this summer. Yup. I want you to come visit - especially all of my Michigan friends who have left the state only to visit Chicago! My mother's already supplying a pull-out couch (since she anticipates making my living room her guest suite) so in exchange for room and board in one of the most exciting cities on Earth, you get to come have fun with me while we visit all of the rad places I talk about on my blog.
For reservations, get in touch!
]]>Each year they come a little earlier. I've never been particularly good at keeping mine, and every year I swear that This will be the year! and that everything will be different!
Well, of course this year's going to be no different than any other year, but I'm going to make a valiant effort to try.
"Most Likely Happen" Resolutions:
Every once in awhile, you find a blog posting that makes a shitty week seem like it was all worth it.
What am I talking about?
Filles Sourires has posted MP3s from Princess Stephanie's short-lived recording career. With English lyrics that translate to "he's a magical potion / tearing up my emotions", I feel as if I've discovered the holy grail of horrible, kitschy, francophone pop songs. And if the French original wasn't enough, we're given not only Princess Stephanie singing the song in English, but a host of covers as well.
I'm not gonna lie - this is as corny as it gets. It's one of those songs that has the tendancy to make your ears bleed, yet before long you notice it's in your Itunes Top 25. I can imagine this being played during one of those cheesy anime videos you find on YouTube.
Show us something sweet.
Submitted by Gina Argentina.
I haven't posted in awhile - the Internet in my building's been shut off for a few days now, for whatever reason. I'm pretty much counting down the days until I can move.
I stayed in New York for Thanksgiving, which ended up being pretty lonely, since all of my friends had either a) gone home to visit their families, or b) were busy entertaining their families. It left me a lot of time to work on my Chinese history report, and stumble around the New York Public Library.
On Thanksgiving proper I ended up going to Flushing, where I'd never been, and boy was I amazed. Flushing obviously has a significant Chinese and Korean population, because downtown I saw a ton of restaurants and cute little shops just like the ones I saw in Toronto two years ago.
I started off by hitting up Morning Glory and another stationary type shop. I tell you, the Sanrio store is fun - but when I walk into a space that's larger than my mom's house in Michigan. I was surprised - the Morning Glory store seemed to have more Sanrio items than Morning Glory items. I picked up a few things for myself and Alyssa before I headed down the road to the Flushing Mall.
The Flushing Mall was probably my favorite part. Right off of 39th Avenue, it was only a jump away from Main Street. The mall isn't like typical American malls - these stores catered to the Asian population. Inside were stationary, jewelry, makeup, homeware, and jewelry stores. One of them even carried Blythe! I ended up buying some bento accessories before heading out and picking up some tofu and rice before getting on the train home.
I think I'm going to get on the train and go there again this week, to explore a little more. Honestly, everytime I think I like Queens, I find something about it that makes me love it a little bit more. I can't wait to move there!
What is your stupid human trick?
Submitted by Scarlett.
I use my hand to show people where I'm from.
]]>Today, not thinking that it was the day before Thanksgiving, I went shopping in Chinatown. My mom sent me some money this week, so I finally had money to start Christmas shopping. I've never gone overboard on gifts (well, I bought my mom a set of serving plates for $70 when I was 13... I still have no idea how I got the money), most of my presents consist of putting together packages of knick-knacks, useful items (like socks) and handmade items. In past years I've totally had to scramble - it's really hard to find things for cheap in little Michigan towns.
Chinatowns are basically like one big dollar store: it has a bunch of mass-produced crap that you don't know you need until you see it. I spent about $20 today and got Katie covered, something small for my mother and grandmother, and even some things for myself.
+ 3 "pashmina" scarves ($10)
+ 1 neko bank ($2)
+ 2 Hello Kitty coloring books ($1.50 each)
+ 1 sheet of stickers $2
+ 1 origami pad $3
+ 1 custard bun (60 cents)
+ all of the change in my coinpurse to a homeless man
I have a love/hate relationship with the New York City Chinatown. I think it mostly has to do with being spoiled by the Toronto, which is supremely better. The most in depth I've been in Chinatown is when Neal and I went last year and I fruitlessly kept searching for San-x items, and of course Canal Street, which for the most part annoys me with all of the knockoff handbags and the tourists who come to gawk at the residents. ("Look, Helen! It's someone who's not white!") But today I searched a little more thoroughly, and realized that the southern tip of Mott Street is the Chinatown I'd been searching for. Cute bakeries, stereotypical junk shops (yes, I do need eight different sizes of the same neko bank) and best of all, several stationary stores! I even found one that sold mostly Sanrio items, and even a few San-x, even if they were a bit overpriced.
Chinatown, you have not failed me!
Show us why you love the city you live in.
Submitted by meg.