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Yen Mingoo

Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lack

About Me

world traveller. worlds slowest marathon runner. tennis protege. guitar class drop-out. sinner. smarty pants. smart ass. pain in the ass (occasionally).
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My Interests

travel to far away destinations. happy hour that stretches accidentally into bar time. quiet afternoons reading a good book at the coffee shop. running down by the lakefront. cheesy high school movies. singing along with my favorite songs - off-key and at high volumes in my car. laughter till my sides hurt. easy conversation with a good friend or a new acquaintance.

Music:

currently listening to... joshua radin, eric lindell, golden smog, my morning jacket, damien rice, david ford, lucinda williams, kathleen edwards, the shins, the strokes, nick drake, sun kil moon, ray laMontagne, the stands, the arcade fire, aqualung, sondre lerche, jimmy newquist, the greenhornes, david gray, the pernice brothers, cat power, billy bragg, doves, jenny lewis, the decemberists, the new pornographers, the flaming lips, gorillaz, iron & wine, calexico, the postal service, jeff buckley, travis, beck, the jayhawks, snow patrol... and the list goes on...

Movies:

too many to list.

Television:

no thank you.

Books:

a heartbreaking work of staggering genius (dave eggars), american pastoral (philip roth), still Life with woodpecker (tom robbins). and then there is the daunting stack of books bought but not yet started. *sigh*

Heroes:

my father. hard to imagine enduring what he endured without complaint. an important life lesson learned - you have to play the hand you're dealt... nothing lasts forever.

My Blog

beautiful ireland

a few scenic shots from the emerald isle... no editing required!  beautiful! ...
Posted by Yen Mingoo on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:35:00 PST

welsh balls

one of our more amusing afternoons in ireland:   one of the warmest, nicest days we had weatherwise in ireland was in galway... and we found our way to a cute little pub right in the middle of a ...
Posted by Yen Mingoo on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:41:00 PST

how not to drive in ireland

after arriving in dublin, we hopped a connecting flight to kerry airport.  if you want a visual for what this place looked like, remember the tv show wings - where literally one person did every ...
Posted by Yen Mingoo on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:50:00 PST

finally, the good stuff...

a month and a half later and i am finally getting around to posting some of my nice pictures of scandinavia.  sadly these didn't turn out as great as i would have liked - since i was a moron and ...
Posted by Yen Mingoo on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:46:00 PST

separated at birth? quite possibly.


Posted by Yen Mingoo on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:33:00 PST

the ghost of jeff tweedy


Posted by Yen Mingoo on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:22:00 PST

WWBBD?

i give you the most fantastic halloween costume(s) in recent memory, my relatives tonya harding & brian boitano: love it!...
Posted by Yen Mingoo on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:19:00 PST

welcome to sweden - schnapps & crayfish

our first day in sweden is a little bit of a blur - we arrived early in the morning, took a very quick power nap, and then began our exploration of stockholm.  the highlight of the day - our fri...
Posted by Yen Mingoo on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:10:00 PST

i am in love...

... with my friend's dog.  who could ever resist this face:  ...
Posted by Yen Mingoo on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:27:00 PST

the grand finale - flaming lips

last blog entry about austin, i promise.  just had to show some of the crazy pics we got from the flaming lips show.  everything about their performance was crazy and weird... and COOL. :) t...
Posted by Yen Mingoo on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:26:00 PST