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The Evolution of the Geek in Heels Girl

Before making the official switch to Squarespace, I have decided that a site redesign is in order. I like the current design - it's cute and minimalistic, which is my style. However, the Geek in Heels girl was bugging me a bit. I was pretty lazy when creating this blog and so bought this vector image from iStockPhoto: I hardly ever wear my hair up so I changed the hair, got rid of the glasses (I wear contact lenses), and changed some colors here and there. I changed the laptop into an Apple MacBook Pro, which is the computer I use at home. I also made minor changes to her face to make her look a bit less perky, as I am as boring and monotone as...

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Why I’m Single Again

As a fairly traditional woman, I always knew I would change my name after marriage. I took a trip down to the local Social Security office this morning to get the ball rollin' on the name change process. Guess what happened. Due to a name mix-up, it turns out that our marriage certificate is NOT valid. We are not legally married. Awesome. Now I have to go through the long and costly process of having my name legally changed, then the marriage cert corrected. There has been so many hurdles in the engagement and wedding process that I'm starting to think someone out there doesn't want us together. At least we're trying to see the humor in this. J suggested that we change our relationship status...

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Thursday Geek-isms

When I was in college, I used to download new Korean songs every day. Now, I barely have time to check the Korean charts, let alone look for the mp3s and organize them. Nonetheless, I still have a very healthy Korean music collection that I play quite often, so I guess it's been rubbing off on my Chinese husband. J now knows more about popular Korean songs, downloads them, and listens to Korean music more than I! He even sings along to some of the songs. Of course, he has no idea what he's singing about (it's more like mimicking the sounds), but it's still pretty startling. He has a plugin installed on his computer that sets his IM status to whatever...

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