cindy pon
a little sweet, a little sour

Category Archives: ramblings

christmas clean up

happy christmas to those who celebrate!
my family isn’t christian so we used to go
to las vegas a lot on christmas day–which
actually was a lot of fun. circus circus, buffets
and random shopping. that was back when vegas
wasn’t as out there as it is now, of course.
this is the first time in quite a few years that [...]

neither here nor there

*all dressed up with somewhere to go! =D
hello my lovely blog readers!!
i turn 37 today!! i love the odd number years,
because i love odd numbers in general. but
i’ve been mooching up the birthday loving all over
the internets rather shamelessly. i joke that i have
Summer Birthday Complex. you know. when you get
your lockers decorated on your [...]

a concert at noon

i was able to go to a free concert and panel
on chinese music, then and now, at lunchtime
today. i wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but enjoyed
myself so much! i never did learn a musical instrument
and know nothing about music in general, but i’m
always humming and singing (not well, either =) just
like my mom does [...]

fighting the gloom

it feels like monday.
and the weather has been overcast
for three days. which makes me feel
all bleah and lethargic.
i’m taking solace in my Fury edits.
will be reading the prose aloud. i highly
recommend this to writers. it allows you
to hear things (redundancies, stilted dialogue,
awkward prose) that you normally wouldn’t
notice while simply reading.
i’m also having instant ramen for [...]

leafing through the pages…

a stack of books.
dogeared pages.
nose in a book.
creased spine.
the well worn pages of a treasured favorite.
the smell of a new book.
to judge a book by its cover.
to curl up with a book.
to flip the page.
yesterday morning, on a whim, i decided to do
an impromptu twitter and facebook poll asking :
with all the talk about ebooks, [...]