James Mar

Stuff I Did Last Week

jamesmar — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:59:22 GMT

Between now and my last entry, there's some exciting "highlights" that happened.

I found a fat black widow in my backyard.

So then I smashed it till it's b

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So I Guess I'm Allergic to Kiwi...

jamesmar — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:48:00 GMT

(this entry if full of gross reactions so don't read it if you're sensitive to that sort of stuff)

About a year ago, I discovered something quite dastardly about kiwi fruit quite by accident. A few hours afte

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Asians, the Generally Smarter Race

jamesmar — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:19:00 GMT

Here's an interesting article I read in the LA Times:

Why do Asian students generally get higher marks than Latinos?
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lincoln16-2008jul16,0,3712530.story
In summary, the article exami

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Cantonese vs. Mandarin

jamesmar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:32:00 GMT

Mandarin seems like the Chinese language to learn in America. Even among some of my Cantonese speaking

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Earthquake and Random Artwork

jamesmar — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:13:00 GMT

Before I talk about the Sichuan Earthquake, here's a random drawing of a cute nerdy girl.

Gross, yet appealing. Other students throw stuff at her yet she still

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Artwork: Life Ages

jamesmar — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:14:00 GMT

When it comes to drawing people of different ages, there's several things you can do to indicate age. Mostly basic things like: proportion, costume, attitude.

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Cartoon Musings: Mickey Mouse

jamesmar — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:50:00 GMT

When I look at the world of cartooning, success, and mascot popularity, several characters come to mind: Mickey Mouse, Snoopy, Doraemon, Hello Kitty, Winnie the Pooh, Totoro, Bugs Bunny, Mcdull, etc... These ar

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Thread of White Hair

jamesmar — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:11:26 GMT

Here's my first irreverent post.

I was admiring how tremendously sexy my hair looks in the mirror the other day, and as I was doing so, something caught my eye. In the sunlight, a gleaming line of white contrasted with a sea of bla

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Chow Yun Fat is the King!

jamesmar — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:07:00 GMT

Photo Courtesy www.templeofchow.com

Since this is a site of Asian movie origins, I might as well start the early blog with a small tribute to one of Hong Kong's

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Comics

jamesmar — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:44:00 GMT

Pictures: 5

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