http://www.vivekmittal.com/blog Vivek Mittal is a creative writer, researcher, and law student based in Los Angeles, CA. He is awaiting comments from you. You can find out more about him by clicking on 'about' above the goat or you can email him at vivek at vivekmittal.com. Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:45:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en a long time to check out.  now its time to check in, i suppose.  i think today i will write in no-caps. i had a good visit from bad texas recently, and now i realize that i need to write some more.  went to the law school for a nice reunion ... http://www.vivekmittal.com/blog/2009/11/20/trying-to-dig-myself-back-up/ I like M83.  I'm slowly working on some posts, and will get them up soon. Enjoy this video in the meanwhile: http://www.vivekmittal.com/blog/2008/05/26/m83/ [you and me. imagine a picture.] i was tagged by Sebha. i am tagging JP losanjalis tazzystar sockrebel mareekho The six word memoir rules are: write your own six word memoir. post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like. link to the person that tagged you in your post. tag five more ... http://www.vivekmittal.com/blog/2008/04/23/6-word-memoir/ Its been a while since my last post. I'll start with a video I like by TV on the Radio... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqI0FYN-r5c I would have linked it but the record company doesn't let me. http://www.vivekmittal.com/blog/2007/09/24/province-by-tv-on-the-radio/ A bit of apprehension, but more so a state of consideration for what might come this year. A few hours spent reading in preparation. And a last look at the television and other local purveyors of leisure. A washing and drying of clothes. A cleaning out ... http://www.vivekmittal.com/blog/2007/08/20/something-is-about-to-start/ There are a lot of things that I would rather do right now than face the nasty prospect of writing 20 pages of pithy legal memoranda in the next four or five hours.  I really don't revel in it.  Really. But I've dug myself into a whole hole this time, procrastinating ... http://www.vivekmittal.com/blog/2007/08/03/on-the-verge-of-completion/ Its been a while. So time for something new. A friend turned me on to an article in the NY Times detailing the post-Iraq life of Shaheen Khan, a Pakistani woman who is now paralyzed after a few months as a laundry worker in the Green Zone in Baghdad. ... http://www.vivekmittal.com/blog/2007/07/18/the-green-zone-is-where-america-happens/ Midnight and after, flying on the pavement that cuts through the field of wheat abutting Sugarland's very own prison, the air unflinching in its heaviness. It renders itself inscrutable, this air. And my thoughts stop as I take it in, my probing ceases the moment the thickness invades ... http://www.vivekmittal.com/blog/2007/05/21/what-i-miss-the-most/ There are those times when an exegesis on some current event, local or abroad, has substantial appeal. When exploring multiple takes on a story in India, in Palestine, in South Central provide ample fodder for a unique take on some feature of the human condition. When understanding ... http://www.vivekmittal.com/blog/2007/04/28/those-times/ Dear Friends - Please come out to this conference on April 13th and 14th, 2007 at UCLA School of Law. It will be an opportunity to discuss some of the most critical issues of our time, to discuss Critical Race Theory and where its been and where its going, ... http://www.vivekmittal.com/blog/2007/04/05/critical-race-theory-mapping-the-movement-across-disciplines/