A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

When I was a kid my sister and I would get what my mom called the Sunday Night Sillies. You know, we'd have a great weekend, and then all of a sudden on Sunday evening at dinner we'd burst out laughing, unable to stop. My mom always said, "this always ends in tears;" and it usually did because one of us would say something hurtful to the other. My sister and I have always been close, but such is the nature of sisterhood, I guess. Thius being Sunday night and all reminded me of those moments. I... Sign in to see full entry.

What categories do you read on blogit? What categories do you stay away from? I most often read the Opinion, Journal, and Everything Else categories--mainly because those are the topics that interest me and because you never know what you'll find there. I also read humor, occasionally, but only when it's truly funny and not someone who's trying to get canned laughter out of their readers. Sometimes reading from the Relationships and Single Life categories is fun. I tend to stay away from the... Sign in to see full entry.

All over the place, I see people who are closing up shop, thinking of closing up shop, or complaining of either or both of those groups of people. They say that blogit is dying. Well, my friends, I am here to tell you that blogit is not dead or dying! All over the place, I see new writers, new talent. More and more people are joining as we speak. And some of these people are really great writers and have some really interesting things to say. I don't know if you're just reading the same people... Sign in to see full entry.

My roommate's little brother (little? He's 6'1!) is here for the weekend. He's a freshman at Penn. Going along with what I posted this morning, I've known N since he was three years old, at the Nursery Kindergarten. These kids grow up so fast! Growing up my family spent summers in Pittsburgh. Both my parents grew up there, and we still have family living there. At the time all three of my living grandparents were in Pittsburgh (my maternal grandmother has since moved to Philadelphia and she is... Sign in to see full entry.

I was born in Tokyo, Japan, and spent the first ten years of my life in Asia. My dad was working for Accenture and he got moved around a lot. When I was about six months old, we moved to Singapore, where my sister was born in 1986. At the age of five, we moved back to Tokyo, where my sister and I went to the American School in Japan--Nursury Kindergarten. After kindergarten, I moved on to the "big kids" campus at Chofu, which is a suburb of the city. I remember the bus ride as being extremely... Sign in to see full entry.