International

Bin Laden’s dead, thank you all!

Tonight, The White House and President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden. I’m not going to go into the details — those are available all over the Internet. What I will say is even though he was killed halfway around the world and the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks he was responsible for are [...]

Ron and Lina’s wedding highlights

I just recently returned from Mexico for my sister’s best friend’s wedding. It was on the island of Cozumel. The ceremony was on the pier at a private beach club. It was beautiful. Here are some highlights:

If I had a choice between…

My mind wanders a lot. I’m not going to lie. Sometimes it seems like I’ve got a mean case of ADD. Here’s what today’s wanderings were about: If I had a choice between: Superman or Clark Kent, I’d go for Clark, no contest. It’s my love for the underdog as well as the geeky guy. [...]

Europe: Three months in review

The other night I couldn’t sleep so I decided to look through my scrapbook from Europe (which I finally put together when I got to IF). As I looked through it, I realized that exactly one year ago, I would’ve just returned from my three-month adventure. So, in honor of my anniversary, here are some [...]

Highlights from my 22nd year of life

With my 23rd birthday two weeks away, I’ve decided to do a little reflection on how I spent my 22nd year of life. For the first week and a half or so, I was in Europe. On my actual 22nd, I was in London by myself. I’d just spent three months studying in Rome and had [...]

Harry Potter turns 10, although if he were real, he’d be 28

On Tuesday Sept. 23, Scholastic released a 10th Anniversary edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone with cover art done by Mary GrandPre, who has done illustrations for all of the American Potter editions. I came across the cover the other day when I was at Barnes and Noble and I’ve got to say that I [...]

A list of lists (part 2)

No small talk. Just a continuation of my last post of lists. My five “hot celebrity guys”: Shane West - Not only is he good looking (at least, I like to think so…y’all can disagree if you want), he’s a pretty talented actor. With credits to his name such as “Once and Again,” “ER,” “A Walk to Remember” [...]

A list of lists (part 1)

In honor of one of my BFFs who is big on list-making, I’ve decided to make this blog a list of lists of random facts about myself (I’m having one of those “It’s all about me” moments…humor me and read on). I already know that they’re going to range from pretty normal to ridiculous to the [...]

Olympic introspection: Am I more senistive than I thought?

Just like during the Superbowl, the Olympics are an opportunity for advertisers to really take advantage of the increase in viewers and pull out all the stops when it comes to the commercials they air during key viewing times. In their Go Wolrd campaign, the folks over at Visa have capitalized on this by celebrating the human accomplishments [...]

China Gold at its best: Chinese win gold in Men’s All-Around Team Final in Gymnastics

The victory of China Gold has never been sweeter that won by the Chinese Men’s Gymnastics Team. Favored to win the gold, the Chinese entered the Beijing National Indoor Stadium with, maybe not the weight of the world, but at least the weight of a nation on their shoulders to bring home the gold. If you think that [...]

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