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I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. Christmas in Wales was good; I was very well-fed to say the least and the Wilsons didn't let me come back to Manchester without armloads of chocolate. I'd better eat that all fast, before the new year starts, so that I can make an attempt at sticking to my resolutions (I predict that my resolve will last one week, two at the most). Pictures to follow...

But first, I must address a certain topic. Do you know Grace Lee? Well, I do (by default), seeing as how I am one. There is a film maker named Grace Lee who has dedicated a couple of years to making a documentary about what it means to be Grace Lee. I've known about it for a while, and I even filled out the survey and submitted some photos, but unfortunately, I missed all of the California screenings because I was in Japan. Interestingly enough, it hasn't been until the last couple of weeks that several unrelated people have all asked me if I had heard about the film or seen the movie poster, etc etc. People I knew in Japan who are now living in the NY area have apparently watched the recent showing and emailed me cuz they saw my photo in the movie. Weird.

Anyway, here is a poster advertising the flick and guess what? I'm in it. It's like Where's Waldo but with a bunch of Grace Lees. Can YOU find me?

Some interesting Grace Lee related facts:
61% of us are Korean.
50% of us are currently in our 20s.
49% of us have had over 5 years of piano lessons.
58% of us know other Grace Lees.
42% of us have been mistaken for a different Grace Lee.

And I fit into every one of those above groups. Apparently, I am a very typical Grace Lee.

posted by Grace @ 12/30/2005 01:41:00 PM 0 comments

I'm heading off to Ruth's parents' house for Christmas and I just wanted to take a little time to wish everyone a super-duper happy holiday season!

You guys should now all have some time off, so here is something to help pass the time. Try to figure it out: GROW CUBE! (Courtesty of Eric's blog)

posted by Grace @ 12/23/2005 12:26:00 AM 0 comments

I'm sitting at a computer in the ugly ugly Stopford building (the OLD biology building here at Manchester), trying to work on my lab write-up to the tune of buzzing fluorescent lights, so instead what do I do? Procrastinate, of course. Another not-very-fun-but-so-useful-for-wasting-time google search. Search for "YOUR NAME looks like" (don't forget the quotes!) and post the best one from the first page of your results here. Apparently,

"Grace looks like hell."

Thanks, google. Looks like you are no longer on my side.

posted by Grace @ 12/20/2005 01:06:00 AM 0 comments

Thanks for the moral support and for putting up with me being a lame-ass blogger. As a begging-for-forgiveness-for-never-posting offering, I'll post some photos of our recent lab Christmas dinner party. Without further ado, I bring you "Silly Party Hat Shenanigans":

Stacey and Karine sporting their vaguely fez-like party hats.


Laila as Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. I wonder if Rudolph just had a red nose because he drank too much wine?


My supervisor, Dr. Reece, looking not very professor-like in his shiny silver paper visor.


And if you flip the visor upside-down, you get a princess crown instead.


Madonna must have found inspiration for her vogue-licious fashion statement from Dawn and her cone hats.


If I wasn't laughing so hard in this picture, I might have looked like a sinister anime-style villain. Having blue hair wouldn't have hurt either...


We also did a secret santa and I got a kick-ass present. Little alphabet and mathematical symbol magnets. It even comes complete with a long-division bar and enough E's to spell out my first and last name.

posted by Grace @ 12/11/2005 01:16:00 PM 0 comments