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Oscar Watch: Up In The Air Is About Loyalty Redefined…And Lonliness

By Patrick, on February 11th, 2010 at 01:00 PM

Note: This post is additional commentary to the weekly post I have up today at GoGameFace. I try my best not to spoil the film too much but you might want to watch the film first before going any further- and I hope you do because it is a great film.

Shopgirl, The Weather Man, Adaptation. [...]

2009 In Review

By Patrick, on January 6th, 2010 at 08:30 AM

2009 will be the year of the recession. My personal recession.

Sure the economic recession started in late 2007 but it didn’t really hit me til the beginning of 2009; when my office laid off two employees and all of a sudden the mood around work started to change.

I felt somewhat secure with my own job [...]

The Single Life: Nobody Wants To Date Me Because I’m Asian

By Patrick, on October 14th, 2009 at 08:30 AM

OkCupid recently started a blog where they took all the data it’s collected as an online dating site and analyzed it. I was particularly interested in their most recent post on race. They took a look at whether a person’s race played a factor in getting a message back from someone they wrote to.

Their conclusion: [...]

Why I Will Never Be A Social Media Guru (What I Use Social Media For)

By Patrick, on October 5th, 2009 at 03:37 PM

Photo: FredCavazza.net

When it comes to blogging, I enjoy saying that I’ve been blogging before it was called blogging. Thanks to the Internet Archive I know that I’ve owned my own domain since 2001, and I’ve been keeping an online journal of sorts since middle school. Also, I just read a few of these old [...]

On Kanye West’s VMA Meltdown: Why You Shouldn’t Be Mad

By Patrick, on September 14th, 2009 at 01:44 AM

I'm not going to say you are a jerk- instead I'm going to ask why did you think it was cool to turn your hair into a maze? Also you are a jerk. (Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

If you look at the footer, you see I’ve already categorized this post as a rant. In fact [...]

Getting Real With The Real World Part II

By Patrick, on July 27th, 2009 at 08:30 AM

Last week I wrote about my run-in with The Real World DC cast and it appeared to have picked up some buzz:

My blog traffic by day

Thanks to everyone for reading, it’s a story I enjoyed telling and telling it this past Friday led to yet another encounter.

My friends Sara and Ryan invited a bunch [...]

Getting Real With The Real World DC Cast

By Patrick, on July 23rd, 2009 at 08:30 AM

Real World DC Cast at DC United Game (Photo: Kyle Gustafson)

I’m going to make a bold prediction.

One of the more buzzed about topics around DC (or at least around me) is the filming of The Real World DC around the city this summer.

Given the space and the time they’ll be here, there’s no doubt [...]

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