once again, i’ve realized that it’s been far too long since i’ve written on here.  recently, i was thinking about the state of technology when i was starting college some ten years ago.  it was still quite normal for people not to have cell phones, there was no such thing as facebook, twitter, wifi (practically speaking), etc.  for most students, college dorms were our first taste of high speed internet.  and if we wanted an online profile, well we could make our own webpage!  man, technology sucked back then.

after stressing like crazy over the past year for my phd qualifying exams (which i passed!), i seriously did a whole lot of nothing this summer, and it was wonderful.  few trips to tahoe to unwind, lot of volunteering at the japanese american museum of san jose, plenty of baseball games, performing arts (symphony/ballet), and of course televised sports.  speaking of sports, i just tore my right hamstring at judo last week.  sucks.

anyways, it’s good to get back into the academic year.  this fall i’ll be teaching “asian americans and hip hop” at harvey mudd, for the intercollegiate department of asian american studies at the claremont colleges.  really looking forward to this class; just hope this syllabus i put together works.  i figure my students have already googled me and come across this site, so what’s up students.  don’t worry, i can google you too.

since i’m back teaching in socal, i’m also back living in socal.  covina is home for the next few months.  nice spot, pretty convenient to both claremont and los angeles.  it is supposed to hit 104 today, which can’t really be helped, but i guess that’s just to be expected.  also volunteering 1-2x a week at the japanese american national museum in little tokyo, so do let me know if you ever decide to roll thru!

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