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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Jan 01. 2014

In the past 6 weeks, my family has had 4 hospital stays. J is actually still in the hospital and has been admitted for over a week. Additionally, the virus I had caught a few weeks back migrated to my left eye. I am still being treated — it hurts to look at screens, to do anything that requires concentration with my eyes open (even driving, which sucks because J's hospital is over an hour drive each way), and I'm constantly getting headaches. And this is just the medical stuff. NYE 2013 at the hospital. At least I was able to bring some smiles to thedoctors and nurses who were working that evening by gifting thembottles of sparkling grape juice and cookies. When your...

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Movies, Personal, Relationships

Delusion Angel*

Dec 23. 2013

1995. I remember it was my last year in junior high. I remember being awkward and unsure, desperately wanting to fit in, longing to be just like everyone else yet still wanting to leave a unique imprint as a burgeoning adult. I remember sneaking peeks at issues of YM and Seventeen at the school library. And I remember reading about Before Sunrise, a movie about two strangers (Céline and Jesse, played by Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke) who meet on a train and spend an unforgettable night in Vienna together. I remember all the girly magazines raving about it, and I remember renting the flick from my local Blockbuster later that year. And I remember I fell asleep watching the movie. My favorite scene from "Before Sunrise"...

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Claire, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal

Neglected

Nov 20. 2013

Last week, my mother told me something that made me want to lock myself in a dark room and sob like a little girl. You see, Claire had told her, "엄마는 다정이 안좋아해. 엄마는 효정이만 좋아해." ("Mommy doesn't like Claire. Mommy only likes Aerin.") Now, I know that kids often say things they don't necessarily mean. And both J and my sister think that she was probably trying to get extra attention (and gifts!) from my mother. After all, she's been playing off, and sometimes even taking advantage of people's emotions since she turned 1! But I can't help but think that at least a portion of that statement must be rooted in the truth. Because Aerin's hearing is still impaired and she requires extra...

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Aerin, Claire, Entertainment, Funny, Geek, Movies, Personal, Web

Because Sharing is Caring [Memos from Nick Fury]

Nov 17. 2013

Last week, both kids received their flu vaccines…and they’ve been coughing since. Claire seems to be holding up pretty well, but Aerin’s dry cough turned into phlegm-y, hacking fits which progressed to a fever. And with her surgery date so close, the doctor advised us to keep an extra watch on her.

Like most kids, Aerin tends to get overly clingy when she’s not feeling well. So it’s no surprise that I got a little sick too…

I think it goes without saying that these past few days have not been fun. And while I have a ton of half-finished posts in my drafts folder, I’m having trouble mustering up enough brain power to complete any of them.

But since I love sharing interesting things I find online, I felt the need to drop by and plaster this blog with these mock memos from the desk of S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury:

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The agents responsible for taking Captain Rogers to a screening of Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’, and convincing him that was how the war ended, have been identified, and have forfeited their furlough time until they provide him with a proper History textbook and debrief him.

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