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Category Archives: gifts
birthday gifts from friends
My coworkers are really big on gifts, so a few days before my birthday, I told them that I can’t accept anything because I have to move back to the U.S. in a few months and I can’t possibly take … Continue reading
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Tagged A Chance of Sunshine, awesome, awesomeness, birthday, body shop mango body butter, bust, china, Chinese music, chocolate, Confucius, cookbook, Jimmy Liao, mirror, mix CD, poetry, San Zi Jing, scarf, taobao.com
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’twas a few days after Christmas
i feel like i’ve really let down my readers (yes, all four of you) by not writing anything about christmas. i mean, this is, like, the most commercial, consumer-driven time of the year, isn’t it? shouldn’t this be my time … Continue reading
Posted in fakey makey, gifts, something awesome
Tagged Amazon.com, awesome, awesomeness, backpack, chocolate, christmas, commercialism, consumer-driven, counterfeit, family, gifts, kindle, Marc Jacobs, marketing, millet, pajamas, paralysis by awesomeness, secret santa, shopping, trademark
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