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Tanya

You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi

About Me

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." - Albert Einstein

My Interests

My children, husband, family & friends,issues within underserved communities (POCs, LGBTs, etc.), cooking, fitness & health, my pit bull Remi and German shepherd puppy Jax, etc.

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Movies:

The Constant Gardener, The Life of David Gale, The Phantom of the Opera, Bring It On, Zoolander, The Sound of Music, Cars, Hotel Rwanda, About a Boy, The Little Mermaid, Brokeback Mountain, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc., E.T., Forrest Gump, Crash, The Namesake, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Television:

Anything on Food Network (Barefoot Contessa, Easy Entertaining w/Michael Chiarello, Paula Deen's shows, Good Eats, etc.), Discovery (Dirty Jobs, Survivorman, etc.), & A&E; the Boondocks; my kids' shows (Dora & Diego, Backyardigans, Handy Manny, Little Einsteins, etc.); Nip/Tuck

Books:

Books by Eric Carle & Mo Willems & Lauren Child, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, The Quotable Rebel, Barefoot Contessa Cookbooks, my kids' books...especially the ones that discuss social justice issues and include characters from underserved communities...Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds, Coolies, In the Time of Drums, Uptown, etc.)

Heroes:

My parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, sister, husband, kids, best friends, my Asian American Studies advisors/instructors/professors @ UMD...

My Blog

Family & Relatives

I finally got it!!!  There is a fundamental difference in the people in our lives.  My slow mommy/out-of-school brain took almost a decade to figure this out!  ;o) We just got back from...
Posted by Tanya on Wed, 30 May 2007 02:26:00 PST

From the MoCo website...

http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Apps/Police/News/NA_detail s.asp?NaID=3177 2/26/2007Fatal Collision on Columbia Pike In Silver SpringDetectives from the Montgomery County Police  Collision Reconstru...
Posted by Tanya on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:38:00 PST

Irreplaceable

This weekend, Thong Nguyen was killed by a drunk driver.  He will be extremely missed by all who loved him dearly.  If you knew Thong, consider yourself blessed to have had him in your life ...
Posted by Tanya on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:06:00 PST