yes, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is brilliant. although i found jim carrey a little distracting.
my weekend was filled with mindless action. i'm finding that to be more and more common nowadays. i went to aron's parking lot sale and bought 12 cds for $20. v. good deal. and of course, i like to observe the psychos who bring in their own crates and fill 'em up with cds.
as for hedwig's question, i think asians do not openly discuss certain issues (i.e. asian families do not have the 'birds and the bees' talk). it is a weird balance being an asian and an american, especially the various levels of how deeply ingrained you are in either culture. i sort of find myself more deferential to authority and passive than typical americans. but also more open minded and resistant to patriarchy than typical asians.
now to go off on a rant: this reminds me of my colleague who was laughing at an article that reported a group was creating a fake society that would grant scholarships to whites, if they wrote an essay about their white culture. "white" doesn't really exist as a culture. there isn't a whiteland where this white culture immigrated from. it's not a double standard for asian americans or african americans to write about their dual culture experiences. they are identifying with how they marry the two and whether there are compromises in the process.