annoyances...

whenever people have asked me about my pet peeves, i've had a hard time giving them a definitive answer, mostly because i'm a rather easy going person. this christmas season however, i've finally nailed down my pet peeves. well, 2 of them at least:

1. secular holiday music

2. cheap umbrellas

i cannot express in words how much i DEPISE secular holiday music, so i'm not even going to try. as for cheap umbrellas, we can all learn something from the british. if you want to see a man's umbrella, check out this site. apart from being the leading umbrella company for 170 years and the first name in sticks and canes, the shop on new oxford street is a legend in itself--a perfect example of a victorian front shop design and has remained virtually unaltered in 140 years.

cheers.

while i'm at it...

some of you may know that i also moved into a new apartment in williamsburg, brooklyn (aka hipster central) on december 1 and signed a 1-year lease. after a few weeks spent cleaning and buying various necessities, i've finally settled into a very modest but comfortable living arrangement for the next year. the great thing about the place is that it's quite close to the subway, which takes me to work in 15 minutes. also, i can now host guests overnight if need be, so if you're in town, come on over! here's my new address:

121 graham ave #3

brooklyn, ny 11206

new e-mail...

i thought i should have something a little more professional than effareedee@gmail.com and a little less pretentious than andrew.li@alumni.duke.edu, so my new address is andrew.fred.li@gmail.com.

boring, i know, but useful nonetheless. i will no longer be checking the effareedee account, and my alumni address now forwards to my new gmail address.

it's official...

bill blass finally has a new designer!

so who's going to run jeffrey monteiro, then?

;-)

well, it's about time...

look who finally came to visit:

who's number one...

check this out!

in other news, arsenal came from behind today to beat liverpool at anfield! va-va-voom!