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Thu

I'm the one who decides who I am.

About Me

I'm participating in Milpitas' Relay for Life for the first time, with my friend Peter Do and his team, Time is of the Essence. Peter lost his father to cancer four years ago.
Please donate! My team's goal is $2000. Any donation amount, little or small, will help!
You can find my personal page at: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/thuvngo
There, you will find directions for how to donate, as well as my team roster.
The Relay for Life takes place the night of June 20th - please come out and support us! I am an English teacher at Milpitas High School. I'm also a class advisor for the current freshmen, class of 2011. I’m 25, and have been teaching for two years. I hail from the Bay Area, but I went to college in Portland, OR. I have a Master’s degree in English from UC Irvine.
But don’t let my mild-mannered exterior fool you - I’ve got eleven piercings, five tattoos, and four years as a punk bassist under my belt. Chances are, my taste in music is as good as yours, if not better.
I’ve also completed four half-marathons and numerous shorter races, and am training for my first full marathon in October 2008. Full run reports available on my blog.
I’m irreverent and unladylike, strong and proud. I have mild aspirations to be a classic Forties pinup girl.
In short, my ultimate goal is to be a badass.
Visit me: http://web.mac.com/thungo

My Interests

Teaching, knitting, running, baseball, tattoos, piercings, Britpop/Indie music, independent film

I'd like to meet:

kindred spirits

Music:

Radiohead, Pulp, David Bowie, Elliott Smith, the French Kicks, the Beatles, T. Rex, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blur, PJ Harvey, Sondre Lerche, Belle & Sebastian, Bjork, Destroyer, Air, Roxy Music, the Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, Brian Eno, John Lennon, Flaming Lips, Fiona Apple, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, My Bloody Valentine, Neutral Milk Hotel, Rolling Stones, Rufus Wainwright, the Smiths, the Strokes, U2, Super Furry Animals, Sleater-Kinney, Feist, Tom Waits, Slowdive

Movies:

Pride and Prejudice (1995), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Tideland, Brazil, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, Much Ado about Nothing, Lost in Translation, Naked, Amelie, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live, Starman, 12 Monkeys, The Fisher King, Adaptation, Shaun of the Dead, Chocolat, Bladerunner

Television:

Giants baseball, Coupling (UK), The Office (UK), Extras, Kids in the Hall, Conan O'Brien, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Arrested Development

Books:

Pride & Prejudice, House of Leaves, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Fahrenheit 451, To Kill a Mockingbird, Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse

Heroes:

John Lennon, Carl Sagan, Elliott Smith, Terry Gilliam, Jane Austen, and Virginia Woolf

My Blog

Lesson learned

This is what I get for skipping a workout. I didn't do my Saturday long run, meaning I haven't run since Thursday morning and it's Monday now, so my Monday run was lackluster at best. I had to cut my ...
Posted by Thu on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:34:00 PST

I guess they were right: No one ever says, "I wish I hadn't gone to the gym."

Today's run was really hard, and it had nothing to do with the run. I'm really stressed out right now about a presentation I have to give tonight, and as a result, it was REALLY hard for me to put on ...
Posted by Thu on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:48:00 PST

Survey from Miranda

1. You have $5 and need to buy snacks at a gas station. What do you buy?Coke, spicy pork rinds, and an Abba Zabba. Breakfast of champions. 2. If you were reincarnated as a sea creature, what would you...
Posted by Thu on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:56:00 PST

The first day is always the hardest

but it doesn't mean that day 2 will be easier. Or does it?I have officially started my marathon training! Wish me luck. Better than that, wish me willpower, since that's what I really need. I got up t...
Posted by Thu on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:29:00 PST

sometimes

I really miss being a kid.
Posted by Thu on Fri, 25 May 2007 09:03:00 PST

Barry Zito is awesome

BARRY JUST NEEDS TO BE BARRY By Barry Zito I don't think Barry Bonds needs to do anything to reposition himself as a hero, and I'd say that even if I weren't his teammate and friend. The truth is, he...
Posted by Thu on Thu, 24 May 2007 02:31:00 PST

Don't stop believin'!

(Unless you're the Warriors.)So, I've searched and searched, and finally found a marathon training program that sounds right for me. I've given up on the idea of trying to run the whole thing - I don'...
Posted by Thu on Wed, 16 May 2007 12:55:00 PST

At freakin' last

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/10/SPG3 6POUV82.DTLIt's about time they got rid of him. He just wasn't doing anything to help the team, and finally, yesterday, he did something tha...
Posted by Thu on Fri, 11 May 2007 04:22:00 PST

Raising a glass to Elliott (x-posted)

So, there is a Myspace page for the new Elliott Smith release called New Moon, and on it, there's a short "About Section" that ends with "Elliott Smith died on October 21, 2003" and the circumstances ...
Posted by Thu on Sat, 05 May 2007 04:14:00 PST

One word survey from Justin

One Word QuizYou.Can.Only.Type.One.Word.1. Where is your cell phone?-->pocket2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse?-->Jimmy3. Your hair?-->unwashed4. Work?-->fatiguing5. Your father?-->engineer6. Your f...
Posted by Thu on Sat, 05 May 2007 08:48:00 PST