5 Reasons Why Miami WILL win a Championship in 2011 July 13, 2010

Our brother blog, http://dappledawndrawn.wordpress.com, has recently posted a well-thought out and declarative article stating 5 reasons why the Miami Heat will not win the NBA championship in 2011. This post has enraged me, engaged me, and ENTICED me to respond with 5 counter points to each one of his reasons. This is not meant to [...]

airplane noir June 21, 2010

- there is nothing more terrifying than a person with a fear of heights than when the aluminum turkey you’re flying in decides to hit a patch of “rough air”. Though it isn’t turbulence in general that’s pant-shittingly frightening, moreso the moments in flight when gravity decides to do its damn job and the plane [...]

xxelectricdookiexx June 6, 2010

Midwestern, white people are too nice. Too courteous, too polite, too genteel, too damn accepting of any and all faults that you may harbor within that pitiful shell you call “self”. I hate it. Why? Because that means this “courtesy” needs to be reciprocated in order for you not to feel like the biggest asswipe [...]

A Second Look at Racism at Vanderbilt November 9, 2009

After re-reading my article on racism at Vanderbilt (here), I can’t help but to feel like I overstated my case. Racism is a very strong word. The Ku Klux Klan murdering 197 and assaulting 548 blacks within an 18 month period in 1867  is racism. Plessy v. Ferguson standing for over 50 years is racism. [...]

Catnap March 26, 2009

There was something amidst in the air as I was seeing my family off in the airport. And that something told me that I forgot to feed the cat. Waving my hand farewell, I grinned hesitantly and impatiently until they were out of sight. One whole week on my lonesome- the American Dream- family in [...]

The Twilight Zone August 2, 2008

Lives can be turned around by the smallest of decisions and tonight, when my friend Mr. Chu and I agreed to accompany two of our friends to the midnight release of “Breaking Dawn” (The Twilight Series) I sincerely believe our lives have been warped. I have been to two Star Wars Movie premiers at midnight [...]

American Healthcare System July 23, 2008

Now I’m by no means a fan of Micheal Moore and his tactics of humiliation to get a point across, but the events that unfolded last night have convinced me that something has to be done. Last night, my sister and I prepared a pleasant dinner for my family- sans my mother, who was out [...]

WALL-E & EVE sittin’ in a tree, uh… s-p-a-r-k-i-n-g? July 6, 2008

If you haven’t already seen the new Pixar movie WALL-E, then get up off your ass. In a summer where box office gold is being pumped out on an almost weekly basis WALL-E definitely stands out as one of the more, how could I word this? Epic movies of this summer. But as always with [...]

The Curious Relationship Between Yes and No July 3, 2008

He sat drearily in the back row of an English class, illuminated by the depressing fluorescent lights. What is it about fluorescent lighting that takes all the cheer out of a room? They shone and they made him quite melancholy. Now, a proper student would be enthralled with his current studies and would be able [...]

The Protracted Commute of a High School Freshmen. July 1, 2008

I was looking through my old Live Journal, circa late middle school early high school, and I found this charming little entry that I wrote on the lat day of Freshmen year that documented my unique morning routine. I’ve included two poorly-lit photographs for setting purposes. It rained that morning, for the first time the [...]