"and it follows that I am, because you are:

it follows from ‘you are’, that I am, and we:

and, because of love, you will, I will,

We will, come to be."

p. neruda

dark and difficult times lie ahead harry

"never mind" i said "both of us have a lot of feelings we need to get out in the open. so if you want to take those feeling and smash somebody with  them, smash me. then we can understand each other better."

"so if you understand me better, what then?"

"you dont get it do you?" I said " its not a question of "what then." some people get a kick out of reading railroad timetables and thats all they do. some people make huge model boats out of matchsticks. so whats wrong if there happens to be one guy in the world who enjoys trying to understand you?"

"kind of like a hobby?" she said, amused.

"sure, i guess you could call it a hobby. most normal people would call it friendship or love or something like that, but if you want to call it a hobby, thats ok, too."

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

Thank you, Haruki Murakami

Point Reyes Station

skinny dipping

flea market find

sunshine queen

the golden gate bridge 

birthday festivities

CHINATOWN: Los Angeles

He knows me so well :) 

september

Ho boy.

Argentium 

t. mobile

buddle buns

happy birthday miss rachel

f. toto, we're not in kansas anymore

*Required:

Bacho, Peter. Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories.

Barroga, Jeannie. Walls

Bulosan, Carlos.  America is in the Heart.

Cha, Theresa.  Dictee.

Chin, Marilyn. Rhapsody in Plain Yellow.

Chin, Frank.  The Year of the Dragon.

Chin, Frank et al. Introduction to Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers.

Chu, Louis.  Eat A Bowl of Tea.

Eaton, Edith (Sui Sin Far).  Mrs. Spring Fragrance.

Hagedorn, Jessica.  Dogeaters.

Hongo, Garrett. Yellow Light

Hwang, David Henry.  M. Butterfly.

Kang, Younghill.  East Goes West.

Kingston, Maxine Hong.  The Woman Warrior, China Men.

Kim, Ronyoung.  Clay Walls

Kogawa, Joy.  Obasan.

Lahiri, Jhumpa.  The Namesake.

Law-Yone, Wendy.  The Coffin Tree.

Lee, Chang-Rae.  Native Speaker.

Lee, Li-Young.  Rose.

Leong, Russell. Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories.

Linmark, R. Zamora.  Rolling the Rs.

Louie, David Wong.  The Barbarians are Coming.

Mukherjee, Bharati.  Jasmine.

Ng, Fae Myenne.  Bone.

Okada, John.  No-No Boy.

Pak, Gary. The Watcher of Waipuna and Other Stories.

Santos, Bienvenido.  Scent of Apples.

Truong, Monique.  The Book of Salt.

Wong, Jade Snow.  Fifth Chinese Daughter.

Yamamoto, Hisaye.  Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories.

Yamanaka, Lois-Ann.  Blu’s Hanging, Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre.

Yamashita, Karen Tei.  Tropic of Orange.

for her birthday

A feast being spread in spring-time,
With a cup of green wine and a 
Joyous song, I repeat my salutation and
Offer my three wishes:
First, may you have a long life; second,
May I have good health; third, may we live
As the swallows on the beam,
Happily together all the year round

Ch'u Ta Kao

chinese love lyrics

summer reading