Monthly Archives: May 2009

on looking French and reading for grown-ups

Posted on May 20, 2009 by dichroic

I’ve concluded that something about my current hairstyle (actually my current unwieldy growing out stage and attempts not to have it stick out too far or in funny directions) must look French, at least in bad light. I suppose femmes … Continue reading →

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corporate gobble

Posted on May 19, 2009 by dichroic

Crap. Athleta is becomng part of what it refers to as the “Gap Inc. family of brands”. Much as I like Gap clothing, I’m not thrilled about this, because I liked having them as a more quirky independent kind of … Continue reading →

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argh

Posted on May 16, 2009 by dichroic

11:00 PM: I decide not to turn on the dehumidifer we’ve been using, out of curiosity to see if it really makes that big a difference to the A/C. 4:15 AM: I wake up briefly, notice the air conditioner is … Continue reading →

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eek!

Posted on May 15, 2009 by dichroic

I’ve always kind of liked the look of lots of eyeliner, only not on me. This is why.(I think you need big eyes and big lips for black eyeliner and red lips to look right. I have small features.) On … Continue reading →

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your assignment for today:

Posted on May 15, 2009 by dichroic

Convey the message “If you spend NT$300 more [~US$10] you can get a VIP card worth 10% discount,” using only a calculator and body language. Yeah, me neither. But the clerk at Burt’s Bees managed it, after we established that … Continue reading →

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YA recs

Posted on May 14, 2009 by dichroic

I’ve been reading a lot of young adult books lately. I love them at any time, because I think they are not afraid to address essentials that adult books dance around, but I also notice that the more going on … Continue reading →

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out of the sense-dep chamber

Posted on May 14, 2009 by dichroic

It’s astonishing how traumatic a couple of hours without the internet can be, especially when it’s due to an unpaid bill, not just an outage. (Very easy to make mistakes when you can’t actually read your bills. It wasn’t clear … Continue reading →

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Hmm.

Posted on May 13, 2009 by dichroic

It’s 10:45 and I’ve just gotten home from the bar. (Dry-land dragon-boat practice – more useful than you’d think, but not enough to count as exercise. Up at 6 tomorrow to work out or take a rest day after only … Continue reading →

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progress

Posted on May 12, 2009 by dichroic

The mirroring worked, yay! But the posts showed up with comments disabled on the other sites. I’ve now changed the settings so they should be allowed – after all the whole point of my being on LJ and DW was … Continue reading →

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second try at cross-posting

Posted on May 12, 2009 by dichroic

First one didn’t work, not sure why. I think this is a new record for me in Taiwan: *four* social engagements in a week. Three are with the same people, though: one regular monthly dinner, one indoor dragonboat practice, one … Continue reading →

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