It was geniuses who engineered the Civil Rights Movement, with all of its moving parts and volatile variables. And when I sit back and reflect on the movement as a whole and its individual pieces and heroes and moments, I cannot help but to marvel at the extremely concentrated and potent nature of the sovereignty […]
Read more "I am overwhelmed."Don’t take this as a copout, but I’m not very concerned about the verdict. I don’t say this lightly; I have felt extra grief for the Martin and Zimmerman families this week as they have closed this insane chapter of their lives. But what has me so intrigued and brokenhearted is what the story reveals of America’s value for people.
Read more "the taste of blood in our mouths."Watching Lincoln in the same week as arguments are heard about gay marriage is confusing and challenging in a great way. I have so many unformed thoughts that i need to sort through, but some have emerged as being articulate enough to be shared…
Read more "Lincoln, Evangelicals, Ethnic Identity, and DOMA"It didn’t take long, but the shine of the East Bay has worn off. And let me tell you, what’s lying right below the surface is the makings of a shitstorm the likes of which you couldn’t imagine on your worst day. Sorry to burst your bubble, but this place is asking for trouble.
Read more "the east bay, and latent racism."For me and a few others, Urbana12 is the end of an amazing story that started over a year ago. My Urbana12 story starts in the fall of 2011, when I began to talk to Alison about being on the performing arts team. As we talked, I remembered what Urbana09 was like: the joy of […]
Read more "It is done. Finally."A while back, I externally processed an idea about house “concerts” on this blog. It was the brain child of a sabbath day’s worth of thinking and singing and dreaming and praying. And as time has passed, this dream hasn’t left me; nay, it has actually developed hope and structure inside my brain and my […]
Read more "conversations, not concerts."(Warning: you may be offended by the time you finish.) A few days ago my wife and I were listening to the radio in Kaua’i. There weren’t that many good stations available, so for this drive we happened to settle on the country music station. I didn’t know the song playing at all, and yet […]
Read more "Hollow"I remember the days when I would be completely satisfied with a fun jam session.Those days are gone. I remember the days when I would be perfectly content with writing a song that’s been stuck in my heart for days and days.Those days are gone. I remember the days when joining the band felt like […]
Read more "the danger of a growing appetite."I wasn’t going to say anything. I was very okay with being a casual, silent observer in all this madness about Asian-American identity. I had plenty of friends and coworkers chiming in with (intelligent) opinions, my Facebook feed was littered with links, and I watch ESPN just about every day. Don’t get me wrong; I’m […]
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