Archives

Welcome to the Liminality archives. This is where my journal entries make their permanent home, to make room for the latest entry on my front page. If you would like to link to an entry, please link to the archived version.

• February 2010
• 2.24 – #203: Chicago in Seoul
• Note #52: Dissertation update (2010.2.16)

• January 2010
• 1.16 – #202: The hibernation
• Note #51: Record snowfall (2010.1.5)

• December 2009
• 12.31 – #201: Backward and forward
• Note #50: In the thick of it (2009.12.10)
• 12.4 – #200: Liminal surge

• November 2009
• 11.26 – #199: Cupcakes and life
• Note #49: Some thoughts on interviewing (2009.11.17)
• 11.4 – #198: Throwing down the gauntlet

• October 2009
• 10.30 – #197: 10k followup
• 10.26 – #196: The Human Race
• 10.22 – #195: Review: District 9
• Note #48: Homemade farina (2009.10.18)
• 10.13 – #194: Nobel prize-winning sofa
• 10.6 – #193: New Writing from Korea

• September 2009
• 9.29 – #192: Son of soufflé
• Note #47: Pigeon man (2009.9.23)
• 9.7 – #191: New beginnings

• August 2009
• 8.29 – #190: Brief thoughts on life
• 8.15 – #189: Soufflé!
• Note #46: Home again (2009.8.1)

• June 2009
• Note #45: The home stretch (2009.6.12)

• May 2009
• 5.29 – #188: Review: Coraline
• Note #44: Gmail redux (2009.5.25)
• 5.22 – #187: Nitpicking the Matrix
• 5.11 – #186: Creative Writing 101

• April 2009
• Note #43: Promethean Candle Boutique (2009.4.27)
• Note #42: Dreamscape (2009.4.18)
• Note #41: Laid low (2009.4.16)
• 4.10 – #185: Thirty thousand little pieces of history
• Note #40: Seoul Podcast (2009.4.5)
• Note #39: Teatime wisdom (2009.4.3)

• March 2009
• 3.31 – #184: 140-character neurosis
• 3.28 – #183: A short trip down south
• Note #38: Important notice (2009.3.10)
• Note #37: Twelfth anniversary (2009.3.6)

• February 2009
• Note #36: Gearing up (2009.2.26)
• Note #35: On limitations (2009.2.19)
• 2.8 – #182: The power of prayer
• Note #34: Yeah, me too (2009.2.2)

• January 2009
• 1.27 – #181: On criticism
• Note #33: Some sentiments on translation (2009.1.21)
• 1.19 – #180: Season four of Lost
• Note #32: Not what you were hoping for (2009.1.15)
• Note #31: Happy (belated) new year (2009.1.8)

• December 2008
• 12.24 – #179: A little Christmas poetry
• Note #30: Madness (2008.12.15)
• 12.8 – #178: Mushroom lasagna

• November 2008
• 11.27 – #177: My introduction to Mr. King
• 11.20 – #176: Welsh Rabbit!
• Note #29: Priming the pump (2008.11.18)
• Note #28: Obama (2008.11.5)

• October 2008
• Note #27: The thing crisis (2008.10.30)
• 10.22 – #175: Voting
• 10.12 – #174: 10k report
• Note #26: Why I haven’t been writing much lately (2008.10.8)

• September 2008
• 9.28 – #173: Liminality doubleheader: bread and running
• Note #25: Korea’s international marketing (2008.9.18)
• Note #24: In training (2008.9.14)
• 9.3 – #172: Catching up

• August 2008
• 8.30 – #171: Five things I learned last semester

• July 2008
• Note #23: Nuts (2008.7.29)
• Note #22: Translator v. writer (2008.7.20)
• 7.13 – #170: Thin-crust pizza
• Note #21: Survey revisited (2008.7.9)
• 7.2 – #169: Back from the land of sun and surf

• June 2008
• 6.27 – #168: A light in the dark
• Note #20: Korean oral literature survey (2008.6.18)
• 6.13 – #167: Some literary translation news
• Note #19: The campus (2008.6.5)
• 6.2 – #166: Smash Lab vs. MythBusters

• May 2008
• Note #18: Kevin’s Walk (2008.5.28)
• 5.6 – #165: Review: Iron Man

• April 2008
• Note #17: Busy summer ahead (2008.4.28)
• Note #16: Another day, another year (2008.4.18)
• Note #15: Quick update (2008.4.7)

• March 2008
• 3.12 – #164: Liminality resurfaces

• February 2008
• 2.26 – #163: Cheese focaccia
• 2.22 – #162: After meeting some random evangelist
• 2.13 – #161: Visiting Namdaemun after the fire
• 2.10 – #160: Korean Beer Review: Cass Red
• Note #14: Some news (2008.2.5)

• January 2008
• Note #13: Omen (2008.1.29)
• 1.26 – #159: Season three of Lost
• Note #12: Interviewed (2008.1.21)
• Note #11: Talking seagulls (2008.1.14)
• 1.8 – #158: Gifts from the Hominid

• December 2007
• Note #10: On the disintegration of the family gathering (2007.12.28)
• 12.23 – #157: Korean Beer Review: Black Beer Stout
• Note #9: The results are in (2007.12.19)
• Note #8: Halt! Who goes there? (2007.12.17)
• 12.12 – #156: Thoughts on a recent conference

• November 2007
• 11.30 – #155: Random thoughts
• 11.24 – #154: Review: Light at the End of the World
• Note #7: This is not funny (2007.11.20)
• Note #6: Dori’s fable (2007.11.11)
• 11.7 – #153: Taking a step back

• October 2007
• Note #5: NaNoWriMo (2007.10.31)
• 10.29 – #152: Platinum Beer Buffet
• 10.24 – #151: Five writing strengths
• Note #4: Gmail update (2007.10.19)
• 10.16 – #150: Dear Gmail
• Note #3: Coding again (2007.10.14)
• Note #2: Calzones revisited (2007.10.10)
• Note #1: Autumn weather at last (2007.10.5)

• September 2007
• 9.30 – #149: Out with the old, in with the new
• 9.21 – #148: A difficult decision
• 9.11 – #147: Scattered thoughts on a recent visit

• August 2007
• 8.11 – #146: Review: D-War

• July 2007
• 7.29 – #145: Response to Water from a Skull

• June 2007
• 6.11 – #144: Translation and context

• May 2007
• 5.24 – #143: Review: Pirates of the Caribbean 3
• 5.20 – #142: Another milestone

• April 2007
• 4.25 – #141: Review: Water from a Skull
• 4.18 – #140: Reaction to the Virginia Tech tragedy
• 4.16 – #139: Review: 300
• 4.9 – #138: Trying my hand at baguettes

• March 2007
• 3.26 – #137: Calzones at last
• 3.15 – #136: Poetry in negotiation
• 3.11 – #135: Dinner and a movie
• 3.5 – #134: Ten years

• February 2007
• 2.28 – #133: Fondue and choucroute with the Big Hominid
• 2.12 – #132: Operation Stromboli
• 2.7 – #131: Ultra-efficient mode

• January 2007
• 1.19 – #130: Season two of Lost
• 1.6 – #129: Thoughts on the podcast

• December 2006
• 12.29 – #128: Christmas and its aftermath
• 12.24 – #127: The semester is over
• 12.5 – #126: Policing cuisine

• November 2006
• 11.19 – #125: After the novel

• October 2006
• 10.23 – #124: The quest for pie
• 10.13 – #123: The slow death of cursive
• 10.10 – #122: Crisis of purpose

• September 2006
• 9.29 – #121: What’s in a name?
• 9.16 – #120: Coming up for air
• 9.2 – #119: Sprinting for the mentally challenged

• August 2006
• 8.23 – #118: Night of the living ravioli

• July 2006
• 7.29 – #117: Some comments on comments
• 7.24 – #116: Miscellaneous ramblings, no. 4: New York state of mind

• June 2006
• 6.22 – #115: Breaking the Spell

• May 2006
• 5.14 – #114: Of denizens and civil servants
• 5.9 – #113: Review: My Wife Got Married

• April 2006
• 4.25 – #112: Sudden stories
• 4.16 – #111: Khrystos voskres!
• 4.2 – #110: What is religion?

• March 2006
• 3.26 – #109: The contemporary music exposure project
• 3.18 – #108: Chez Hominid
• 3.15 – #107: Three years and counting
• 3.5 – #106: Lent introspection

• February 2006
• 2.28 – #105: A visit from home
• 2.16 – #104: Ultrashort narratives
• 2.1 – #103: My outward face

• January 2006
• 1.23 – #102: Adventures in meatspace
• 1.17 – #101: Panis ex machina
• 1.2. – #100: Korean film week

• December 2005
• 12.24 – #99: Focal point

• November 2005
• 11.30 – #98: The aftermath

• October 2005
• 10.24 – #97: Once more into the breach
• 10.16 – #96: The big picture
• 10.6 – #95: Balance redux

• September 2005
• 9.25 – #94: The concept of ajumma
• 9.18 – #93: Anxiety
• 9.8 – #92: Get the balance right

• August 2005
• 8.31 – #91: Ten years
• 8.21 – #90: The adventures of Babelfish
• 8.15 – #89: It
• 8.9 – #88: Us versus them

• July 2005
• 7.29 – #87: Translating without a net
• 7.22 – #86: Life and fairness
• 7.15 – #85: Unexpected developments

• June 2005
• 6.30 – #84: Rain
• 6.19 – #83: Being right
• 6.14 – #82: Making time
• 6.5 – #81: Revenge of the Sith

• May 2005
• 5.25 – #80: Citizenship and ethnicity in Korea
• 5.12 – #79: What women really want
• 5.1 – #78: A look at Lomography

• April 2005
• 4.16 – #77: Crime scene investigation
• 4.8 – #76: Google scares me

• March 2005
• 3.31 – #75: Skin deep
• 3.14 – #74: Blog hysteria
• 3.9 – #73: Miscellaneous ramblings, no. 3: spring fever
• 3.2 – #72: Winter miserableness

• February 2005
• 2.23 – #71: Have internet, will travel
• 2.14 – #70: Peeling the onion
• 2.6 – #69: Super Monday
• 2.2 – #68: Under the weather

• January 2005
• 1.24 – #67: Old flame
• 1.20 – #66: The system is DOWN
• 1.12 – #65: Miscellaneous ramblings, no. 2: electric boogaloo
• 1.5 – #64: At the crossroads of communication
• 1.1 – #63: Taking stock

• December 2004
• 12.15 – #62: The tower and the sea
• 12.11 – #61: It’s that time of year again

• November 2004
• 11.27 – #60: Thoughts on NaNoWriMo
• 11.1 – #59: Organized insanity

• October 2004
• 10.18 – #58: Fictional tremors
• 10.12 – #57: Write something

• September 2004
• 9.27 – #56: The night before Chuseok
• 9.21 – #55: Always look on the bright side of life
• 9.9 – #54: Miscellaneous ramblings, no. 1: der Anfang

• August 2004
• 8.31 – #53: Citius altius fortius
• 8.23 – #52: Translation and writing
• 8.3 – #51: Meanwhile, back at the ranch

• July 2004
• 7.21 – #50: Through a glass darkly
• 7.9 – #49: Commentary on Black & White

• June 2004
• 6.26 – #48: On terror
• 6.22 – #47: A man with a plan
• 6.11 – #46: Much ado about nothing
• 6.3 – #45: The other side of the fence

• May 2004
• 5.21 – #44: The fine line revisited
• 5.12 – #43: The politics of apathy
• 5.1 – #42: On the inside looking out

• April 2004
• 4.26 – #41: Going digital
• 4.19 – #40: Walking the fine line
• 4.12 – #39: Ecce homo
• 4.9 – #38: The “b” word

• March 2004
• 3.31 – #37: Notes on the creative process
• 3.25 – #36: The secret ingredient
• 3.19 – #35: Deep thoughts
• 3.15 – #34: One year in cyberspace
• 3.12 – #33: Looking for my way
• 3.4 – #32: Two hearts, living in just one mind

• February 2004
• 2.23 – #31: A glimpse of the darkness
• 2.15 – #30: The fish
• 2.9 – #29: Thicker than water

• January 2004
• 1.30 – #28: Coming home

• December 2003
• 12.24 – #27: Some thoughts after arriving
• 12.15 – #26: Some thoughts before leaving

• November 2003
• 11.22 – #25: Planaria
• 11.15 – #24: Outside these ivory walls

• October 2003
• 10.15 – #23: Four hours
• 10.7 – #22: Lost and found
• 10.1 – #21: The safety net

• September 2003
• 9.11 – #20: Still waiting, and remembering
• 9.5 – #19: On the road again

• August 2003
• 8.26 – #18: I want to believe
• 8.15 – #17: The day that light returned

• July 2003
• 7.31 – #16: Catching up with Liminality
• 7.14 – #15: Great expectations

• June 2003
• 6.28 – #14: Memories: the early years
• 6.19 – #13: Going overboard
• 6.12 – #12: A football experience
• 6.3 – #11: It’s just a word, right?

• May 2003
• 5.29 – #10: The end of the beginning
• 5.12 – #9: Enter, stage left
• 5.03 – #8: The neighborhood wakes

• April 2003
• 4.28 – #7: Getting into the groove
• 4.22 – #6: Three generations
• 4.18 – #5: A bump in the road
• 4.7 – #4: Meaning and translation

• March 2003
• 3.29 – #3: The space in between
• 3.21 – #2: Storm clouds on the horizon
• 3.15 – #1: Breathing again