tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55673632009-10-17T11:40:46.011-04:00daily specials:<br> drew's tasting menu:<br> appetizer: unflaming, whiskey-soaked inari<br> soup: whipped rice congee<br> entree: seared duck breast (from a young, but fed-up bird)<br> dessert: fresh asian fruit salad with bitter melon-lemon dressing<br><br>lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16406689024280220902noreply@blogger.comBlogger872125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-55764422097502602192008-07-16T23:10:00.000-04:002008-07-16T23:11:16.569-04:00

Relocated!!!!!feralpanda.wordpress.com

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-90655299899085736492008-07-14T15:40:00.002-04:002008-07-14T16:09:52.423-04:00

So somehow I neglected to commemorate in full splendour my five-year bloggiversary which was sometime last week, as like Friday as not. As you might be able to tell, I've been doing my best summer to resume my daily pace now that the usual excuse of not having consistent access is gone. I won't bother now to revisit in detail where I was at five years ago--such exercises are moot at such an

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So today should have been lazier, given that we got back from Hellboy around 2am after dodging some drunken mics on the train who trampled poor Mark's sandal to the point where it snapped and I had to step in and walk half-barefoot all the way home, and then lingered online for a while before hitting bed, but it felt good to hit keiko and then Rob Chin up for some authentic Frisco-beer bought in

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-82225488231018891742008-07-13T10:55:00.001-04:002008-07-13T10:59:34.116-04:00

So summer is so nice and lazy but at the same time I feel the danger of it. I should promise myself this week to finish this long-overdue paper. Or at least something. I can feel the summer slowly slipping, dripping away, and already vaguely dread yet another school year--#7. I guess that's not completely fair: Friday's interview was deeply encouraging in terms of the possibilities presented

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-4955616235734557292008-07-11T08:52:00.002-04:002008-07-11T08:57:14.751-04:00

So I'm descended back into idleness after a week of three-hour commutes and a modicum of planning. It's summer, for real, now, and I don't know what to do with myself, as tempting as it was to go and buy a bat and ball the other day, fetching said ball is still rather tedious, all by yourself. I guess I can always exercises, one way or the other, but it's good to just relax--I really can't

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-7070116861750811602008-07-09T22:03:00.002-04:002008-07-09T22:10:23.870-04:00

So it's still sweltering sweaty sweat: it's interesting, this daygig, as the kids are so like, "What's a hexagon?"--future math teachers of America!Alric has big news.I like having the free time to wander around in Target and buy nothing, just wondering at the cheapness, except the books section, which is a slice of what real people read, if they read at all, which is also fine, although it would

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-64369310385663986832008-07-09T00:25:00.004-04:002008-07-09T00:27:47.294-04:00

So I don't know what to make of my kids--the honeymoon is over and they're all draggy about learning the math alongside the problem solving I'm supposed to be teaching them, and there's in general very little patience in terms of trying to solve prolems with more than one-step formulas once they are given a new kind of formula. It's tricky, yes, but it's the time span more than anything else

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-2866280351941902142008-07-07T22:57:00.003-04:002008-07-07T23:01:50.258-04:00

So I don't know what it is about PIXAR movies, but they always make me cry. Mark and I enjoyed WALL-E, though I was a little confused as to why so few Chinese people actually made it into space.Today's trip out to Brooklyn College was a success--my students are amusing, and very young--they still call me "Mister." But my interactions with the Taco Truck guys was less successful, partly because

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-69168065598649912832008-07-06T17:19:00.003-04:002008-07-06T17:21:27.388-04:00

So it's been a very lazy weekend in terms of any of the work I should actually be working on myself, wandering around Astoria and Sunnyside looking at apartments and making such plottings amid some other movies at the expense of kendo, unfortunately. At least the apartment is clean, if somewhat strongarmedly.

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-30379802843632352672008-07-04T20:02:00.002-04:002008-07-04T20:05:11.457-04:00

So last night we were out late with Mark's future roommates at what had to be the worst places to eat or drink in the W Vill--sangria like blood and Guinness, well, still like Guinness. We got home late but happy, and today I was relieved not to have to go all the way out to Brooklyn College for unappreciative Asian girls with bad Bronx accents and doughy thighs--today was just half a workout

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-49223608033751330212008-07-03T01:55:00.003-04:002008-07-03T01:57:40.728-04:00

So three pilsners (urquell if lukewarm) with Rob are just about enough to cure what it was that was ailing me. Which is not to say that I wasn't a little moonish earlier, but after a late-night session discussing crossword puzzles for mathematics learning with graduate students, a little levity is quite overdue.Pendant lamps, meanwhile, are quite overdue to alleviate Mark's persistent complaints

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-57531238908971053202008-07-02T13:04:00.001-04:002008-07-02T13:06:03.021-04:00

So the problem with this vacation is that there's nothing to do msot days, other than watching some good old Kurosawa films on the exercise ball. "I'm smarter when I"m drinking" as Sanjuro says.I really do need to set more and better goals for myself before the weeks just melt away.

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-74857701732985405562008-07-01T17:23:00.002-04:002008-07-01T17:27:27.667-04:00

So it's been a good long while, and year six of teaching is over, but I can't say that I'm very relieved. Today at least, I'm trying to kick the third quarter off right, but I'm a little ill at ease when it comes to that mix of career and school. In part this is because I've still not finished this paper on the ways in which critical social theory (no capitals, e.g. Foucault, Bourdieu, Gramsci,

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-60731135017569978352008-05-30T00:35:00.002-04:002008-05-30T00:36:39.165-04:00

So the exciting news is that Mark is temporarily moving in to save up on commuting and other expenses as he saves up for his own place with his college buddies. It's only for two months, but it will be a good run and nice to have him around. The problem will be what to do with the dating log I've been faithfully maintaining.There are worse dilemmas.

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-58724074871030278782008-05-01T00:19:00.002-04:002008-05-01T00:30:56.545-04:00

So I miss Mark even though it's been a day after our nine-day streak, as he's all sniffly-like, and I sympathize with the sudden wall-hitting exhaustion. Rob is also off to Taiwan for a family thing.The exciting thing at work is not so much the mysterious baby that was bornded on Monday even though we'd heard or seen nothing about it, bht the possibility that I could move into a more

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-33720902023291009792008-04-28T00:56:00.004-04:002008-04-28T01:03:49.580-04:00

So spring break is over but I'm happy with the progress I've made on my floors and such The long roadtrip with Mark upstate was a smashing good time, I'm just sad and unable to sleep still because it and all of braek is all over, but I suppose there are plenty more good days to come.The only question is how to account for the date number when it's a 72+ hour thing. I guess there are worse

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-25686709675014476452008-04-21T10:54:00.002-04:002008-04-21T11:08:44.886-04:00

So it's now spring break and I should give some small update as to what it is what I've been up to.The conference went off rather well, all things considered, without much of a hitch, to rave reviews and people were generally quite pleased, with a promise of a future reprise. This is encouraging, the more so because it makes me almost care about graduate school again.Despite my embarassing,

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-28146310517373833602008-03-30T22:36:00.003-04:002008-03-30T22:45:26.602-04:00

So Mark (clever, handsome devil that he is) has managed to find this blog by googling some of the SIPs which were in a month's worth of posts I sent him. So, hi, honey. I won't go back and sanitize the silliness, drama, sadness, flippery, and so on, but now blog with perhaps a bit more discretion and a little less gushing.I've been really phoning it in in terms of work of late, but that's okay,

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-22030872426477951412008-03-25T00:14:00.003-04:002008-03-25T00:42:07.245-04:00

So here is my life after 5 today.Ran downtown for my presentation. A/V problems like mad. Mac Minis are cute and wireless keyboards are hot, but the lack of hotkeys renders GSP almost stupid.Did some adlibbing, made some jokes about cravats and the Siamese. Rob and Laser were mostly appreciative of my jokes, which were hedges against something or another. Several choice moments include the

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-5690034570115691852008-03-19T00:45:00.003-04:002008-03-19T00:48:34.859-04:00

So seven dates later Mark and I are still going strong.The funny thing, however, is desire. Desire is when you can't have exactly have what you want--when you long and yearn and crave it at a distance, growing ever fonder, and storing up the things you say, or interrupting your hum-drum day with cheesy affectionate emails which push the envelope of what is work-appropriate but well enough

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-71218759144205564282008-03-10T00:13:00.002-04:002008-03-10T00:19:39.494-04:00

So for all you faithful readers out there:Asianboi RndpAnDee is holding it together.AllRick is waiting to hear from his literary Asian.AwwStin is epononymously marooned, still.HoEn lost his phone again.RoChin is trying to quit alcohol.And then there's Mark. I've only known him for a week, but I dunno... he's the kind I'd take home to meet the parents (which contrary to his belief, does not at

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-39073306763297683692008-02-26T00:09:00.002-05:002008-02-26T00:29:08.465-05:00

So it has been a long week.Chats with Kris, with Brian, with Steve, with Dan again, but no Thet.Ran off to EVill with Rob to make a 16 bean soup (types, not tokens) with Mesclun greens (missing the toasted pumpkin seeds) and colombian-chorizo pupusas as croutons.PB has ended well enough, but not a single Asian all season.I've become a lover of tea.It's good to be back to work.

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-78125024603657120932008-02-24T18:43:00.003-05:002008-02-24T18:52:39.073-05:00

So more and more in my old age I realize I should have been some species of a sociologist. Rob and I went snowboarding yesterday, and I finally understand why the Japanese are so damn good at kendo.The representation in terms of New York City-ers was relatively low despite the perfect weather, coldly crisp and still lightly snowing with no wind to attack my delicate pores. What was interesting

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-72729940517020405472008-02-22T22:32:00.002-05:002008-02-22T22:39:30.759-05:00

So the standard part of my evening adventure was pints with Michael at the local pub, amidst talk of politics, operations research, and faux communities of practice.But after some delays I finally managed to meet up with Hat, a Taiwanese emigree on the closeted side of things, whose life is crazy enough that he is quasi-nocturnal, always running across the boroughs and impossible to pin down

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032232696135141397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567363.post-62383288613330778272008-02-18T23:40:00.003-05:002008-02-19T00:00:00.161-05:00

So as my annual trip "home" draws to a close, I find myself again anxious to return to New York and the more normal course of my life, as busy as that is going to be right when I hit the ground. It's been more of the same, I could tell the same stories of sweat pants, pirated wireless, procrastination, overeating and underheating that I have been for years. Things never change, until two

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