April 2012
125 posts
the update
i took my first full length. 25 and i havent even opened the physics book yet, so it’s probable that i will get at least 28 once ive studied that section, but I know im still underprepared so I made the hard choice of postponing to may 12th. $70 was unbearably painful, so i have to be extremely sure and prepped this time. I have over 5 weekends. no fear. cant reschedule anymore. no fear. head-on
biol/orgo- 9
verbal-10
phys/genchem-7
this is what brown did to me yo, srsly, highest on verbal that i didnt study for? im a science student! dayummmm, what’s happening to me?
“Once social change begins it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.”
—
cesar chavez (via beautywood)
exactly why dictators suppress changes
March 2012
190 posts
PHENOMENAUT AEROSPACE: Good job, Katniss. Now, back in the corner →
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Good job, Katniss. Now, back in the cornerTo those of you who might think that The Hunger Games’ meteoric success will usher in a new age of female-driven, big-budget studio films … you’re adorable.
Look at it this way: Tyler Perry’s films have made a billion dollars. Are we in the midst of a black cinema boom? No…
Every year, there’s a romantic comedy that “breaks out” and makes a ton of cash. Does that translate into more work for the female writers and directors who make those romantic comedies — or, hell, more romantic comedies (which are cheap to make and deliver a good return on investment)? No.
There are 1.6 billion Asian people in the world, give or take a hundred million. And Hollywood has given us precisely one Asian, leading-man movie star in the past hundred years: Bruce Lee*. Wouldn’t you think that people in the business of making money would play to that gigantic audience by creating another Asian movie star the way we create Orlando Blooms? You might, but you’d be wrong.
In an industry where, famously, no one knows anything, conventional wisdom rules the day. Anything else is an anomaly to be thankful for, but not to be repeated.
* Jackie Chan was already a massive star before he came to Hollywood. And, lest we forget, they paired him with a black dude.
I wud argue for Maggie Q (Nikita). HEY! hapas count!
Also, for Contagion fans, is it in fact a prejudiced virus?
In “Contagion,” like most Western films, popular Asian actors have to contend playing less glamorous roles like Hong Kong actor/singer Tien You Chui who had to play a long-haired waiter but only to die so quickly. Luckily, Singaporean actor Chin Han got a better role but he ended becoming a conscientious kidnapper. Most interesting of all is the presence of actress Josie Ho. Macau actress/singer Josie Ho played Tien’s love interest. Josie Ho, if you do not know is the daughter of Macau billionaire Stanley Ho. Josie Ho has made a name for herself as an actress and singer in Hong Kong.I just wonder if director Steven Soderbergh knew that Josie’s father has enough Asian dough to produce perhaps a dozen “Contagion.”
also, try very hard and deep not to judge me if we ever meet and you somehow connect me to this blog ;)
baohouse: Nah, there’s no need to judge. I’d just say you’re hard to swallow. *drums: buh-duh-bum… pshhhhh!*
um…that’s the problem! you shudnt be tryna swallow anything. nothing, i swear, nothing.
“im soooo tried tonight, but giving yall sneak peek at the next 3 reflections:
i. so this is what dating a viet man could mean: intraethnic relationships?
ii. weight and wardrobe
iii. my big secret. yeaaa, i think im ready to reveal to the blogging world before my own friends” —
i. so this is what dating a viet man could mean: intraethnic relationships?
ii. weight and wardrobe
iii. my big secret. yeaaa, i think im ready to reveal to the blogging world before my own friends” —
