Fiberoptic-like data on Immigration

A pretty video showing immigration from different parts of the world to the U.S. !


Immigration to the US, 1820-2007 v2 from Ian S on Vimeo.

Love my friends....

My good friend, S, is giving away some books. I got dibs on the below. While they're all old titles, I've just never gotten around to them. I'm pretty excited, and I love it whenever I can somehow take advantage of media mail rates!

Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung "Dictee"

Pound, Ezra "Selected Poems"

Wright, James "Above the River"

Alexie, Sherman "Reservation Blues"
Borges, Jorge Luis "The Book of Imaginary Beings"

Kingston, Maxine Hong "The Woman Warrior"

Kundera, Milan, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"

Lahiri, Jhumpa "Interpreter of Maladies"

Here's a strange graphic I found (source)

this is my prom date's niece

you should vote for her as the GAP kid. also, audrey's mom, jen, is a solid woman. oh, jersey city, how you bring me back!

daniel henney and i had a baby.

dumb meme time!

what better way than this to start updating this space regularly?

Things I've done so far in my life (in bold.)

1. Started your own blog (ha!)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (I was in choir?)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis (Scary! It will ty to bite off my head after having sex with me)
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee Jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child (Most likely)
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train (UGH! my dream!)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (Scary!)
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort (AND! my very own igloo back in 1994..)
25. Held a lamb (SALMONELLA!)
26. Gone skinny dipping (too large a window for hijinx!)
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse saw a partial eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (Oh, Port. Love you.)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (I'm happy with no money. That counts.)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (I gave a stranger a dime once to make a purchase at the food trucks on campus?)
44. Visited Africa (That's a mighty big continent. I want to go to Ghana, South Africa, Madagascar, and Mauritius.)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted (I had my caricature done at 6Flags?)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater (I want to do this before they all go extinct!)
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China (this will be done.)
57. Started a business (Uhm. I've claimed sole proprietorship?)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia (I just wanna go to Moscow; I don't really know what's further out in the eastern portion.)
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching (M told me that there are fantastic places in Cape Cod to do this.)
63. Got flowers for no reason (Oh, boyfriends! <3)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving (I want to prioritize this over bungee jumping.)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (My mama told me that I will cry.)
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (Sighhh...)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (Thankfully not)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem (I'm a lil scared to due to political conditions.)
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (I feel like I should understand it from a literary perspective.)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had Chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person (I find San Antonio charming...)
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (Ew. That's kinda gross to me.)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

Temp page!

www.hanaleihanalei.com has been updated! It's clean and connected to everywhere else I frequent.
Not so sure how "temporary" this layout will be, but I like it for now while I get the rest of it together! :)

Been M.I.A. because life is fantastic. Hope you've been well in the along...

More "personal" updates to come! You know, about my life and all that. :)

love,
hanalei!

New Media Site!

Hey y'all!

The work I did with Jiny Ung has a new home!

Project Rowhouses has moved its site for Round 27, and you can get a fun flash experience of the house she and I made over the course of a month. The theme was race and class, and our work tackled the politics of space and community.

Just click on Ung & Ramos on the bottom menu!

love,
hanalei!


ps: some small projects in the works, don't worrrrry, you'll be the first to know :)

FYI

in case you've forgotten...it's lyingtobabies that i enjoy.

performance

heya! i'll be performing here:





WeSpeak: Community Voices in Art and Activism

Featuring: Aja Monet
Hanalei Ramos
Jimmy Le
James Jacobsen (Dramatic)
A video by Kelly Tsai and Karen Lin
Capoeira Brasil
And performances by Urban Word NYC Youth!

Thurs., Apr. 10, 2008 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location:
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service,
New York University
the Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue
The Puck Building, 2nd Fl.
295 Lafayette Street

Suggested donation: $5

All proceeds benefit Urban Word's youth art programs!

Hosted by the Asian Pacific American Student Alliance, Students of African Descent, Alliance of Latino and Latin American Students, and Student Network Exploring Arts and Culture

Please join us for an evening of spoken word and performance art from featured performers and youth, reflecting on themes of social justice, public service, and multiculturalism. Suggested donations will benefit a NYC community-based arts organization that works with underserved youth. Refreshments will be served.

Questions? Please contact Cynthia at cmb484@nyu.edu.


RSVP: http://wagner.nyu.edu/events/wespeak.php

Co-sponsored by: NYU Wagner School of Public Service Asian PacificAmerican Student Alliance, Students of African Descent Alliance, Alliance of Latino and Latin American Students, and Student Network Exploring Arts & Culture