thoughts & musings

stuffed: soup dumplings & cream puffs

stuffed: soup dumplings & cream puffs

A deceptively complex but incredibly delicious Shanghainese delicacy

foodjayemseyMay 11, 2016soup dumplings, xiao long bao, Chinese food, Chinatown, cream puffs, Shanghai Asian ManorComment

personal branding 101

personal branding 101

On finding your voice, telling stories, and being Kim Kardashian

culturejayemseyMay 5, 2016Kim Kardashian, branding, personal branding, bloggingComment

minute thoughts 4.27.16

minute thoughts 4.27.16

On supervillain agendas and the introversion spectrum

minute thoughtsjayemseyApril 27, 2016celebrities, politics, election, Freakonomics, Butterfly Effect, supervillains, sex education, introversion, UCSB, bucket list, graduation, drugs, friendshipComment

salt

"I know a cure for everything. Salt water."
"Salt water?"
"Yes," he said, "in one way or another. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea." —Seven Gothic Tales

lifejayemseyApril 21, 2016salt, ocean, Santa Barbara, FT, Santa Catalina, graduationComment

a non-political voter's guide to voting

a non-political voter's guide to voting

Your guide to voting in the 2016 election

culturejayemseyApril 18, 2016politics, Democratic, Republican, Independent, voting, president, electionComment

minute thoughts 4.10.16

minute thoughts 4.10.16

On "last lectures" and long-distance friends

minute thoughtsjayemseyApril 9, 2016traffic, China, small world, Brooklyn Blackout, YouTube, blog, blogging, vlogging, feminism, hotels, North Korea, last lecture, Alan Fridlund, Tuesdays With Morrie, separationComment

something fishy: seattle travel blog

something fishy: seattle travel blog

A quick trip to Seattle, in which we eat copious amounts of fish and learn about the Public Market’s origins in onion monopolies

traveljayemseyApril 5, 2016Seattle, Pike Place Market, fish, University of WashingtonComment

meditations on language

meditations on language

On linguistic relativity, competence, and expression

meditationsjayemseyMarch 19, 2016language, English, Literature and the Mind, red thread, meaning of life, body language, metaphors, linguistic competence, linguistic relativity, Noam Chomsky, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, synesthesiaComment

minute thoughts 3.8.16

minute thoughts 3.8.16

On false memory and “constructive” criticism

minute thoughtsjayemseyMarch 8, 2016apathy, Mad Max: Fury Road, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, memory, John Oliver, Donald Trump, UCSB, Alpha Kappa Psi, Reddit, makeup, poetry, constructive criticism, Tumblr, calligraphy, lettering, separationComment

torched: crème brûlée

torched: crème brûlée

Perfectly crunchy and lightly sweet, this is one of my favorite desserts

foodjayemseyMarch 4, 2016crème brûlée, vanilla, bakingComment