On Monday my dad (what I thought) spontaneously messaged the family group chat and asked if we could have a family dinner. Initially I thought, “Awwww, that’s cute, dad wants to have a family dinner,” but I completely neglected to read the chunk of message before stating the occasion it was for, which was toContinueContinue reading “Year 16”
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Reviews – Spiderman: Homecoming, Baby Driver, & Dunkirk
Last week I watched 3 movies, and while I fully intended on sitting down to write more thought-out and extensive reviews, I decided that if I don’t do this now I will probably forget the initial feelings I had coming out of the theater. So in lieu of a more well-written entry, here’s a quick,ContinueContinue reading “Reviews – Spiderman: Homecoming, Baby Driver, & Dunkirk”
Searching for Home
I’m about two months late on this recap, but things just picked up so quickly as soon as I returned to New York from my travels that I never got the chance to sit down and write anything longer than a social media post about it. Over the course of 3 weeks, my journeys tookContinueContinue reading “Searching for Home”
Chile
Selects from my trip to Santiago and its surrounding areas in May: Viña Del Mar, Valparaíso, Cajon Del Maipo
Fishing for Tunes
Fishing for Tunes from Samantha Yu on Vimeo. Here’s a dopey little stop motion I made earlier in the year but forgot to share.
Pavements
When I was in high school I hated running distance. During practices, the entire softball team would do almost anything to get out of taking laps: sprints over laps; suicide drills over miles. If we did somehow end up taking to the tracks, at any given moment when coach wasn’t looking, someone would undoubtedly beContinueContinue reading “Pavements”
A Changing Posture
Like the most of the rest of the world, I bypassed January 20, 2017 attempting to pinch myself from the reality of the new American administration. I have still yet to refer to him to his newfound title, and I’m not sure when that’s going to happen. There is a sense of fear, in the absoluteContinueContinue reading “A Changing Posture”
The Briefest Summary of my thoughts over the last few days
When I woke up around 3:30am EST on Wednesday morning, the first thought that went through my head was about how one of my favorite theologians, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, was so convinced that Hitler needed to be taken down, he became a part of Operation Valkyrie, though he knew that murder was wrong. I subsequently wonderedContinueContinue reading “The Briefest Summary of my thoughts over the last few days”
Ping Pong Dialogue 2
Ping Pong Dialogue 1
I am a fan of Aaron Sorkin’s work. Some people find it formulaic, some don’t appreciate how he tends to recycle certain plots or phrases, but boy does the man know how to write dialogue. I am fascinated by the pace he is able to create through dialogue, and with the wordsmith that he is,ContinueContinue reading “Ping Pong Dialogue 1”
Samantha Yu 