"You're nobody 'til somebody loves you." -Dean Martin, 1964
Writing and maintaining a blog is no easy feat; it requires a mastery of knowledge over far more than curating content, writing blog posts, and sweating blood and tears in order to produce. I knew this well before starting mine, and almost didn't create it for that very reason, had it not been for the encouragement of my friends, family, and loved ones. I would like to thank them all (you know who you are), with an especially large shout-out to...
Adelle, Kathleen, Aglaia, and Lisa, for pushing me to do this and for loyally reading this,
Chian, who I will probably have to force to read this,
Samantha, Jennifer, my PhD comrades until the very end
Giancarlo Fiorella, whose sage determination and resoluteness in blogging consistently, on the daily, in our shared office greatly influenced me to do the same,
Joshua Freedman, whose witty conversations about the law, politics, and The Bachelor I could not live without,
My grandparents - Ông Ngaoi, Bà Ngaoi, Ông Noi, and Bà Noi - for being brave enough to forge a life and family for themselves in a country overseas that was not initially their own, in a language they did not yet know,
My supervisors Mariana and Audrey, for their wisdom, knowledge, and sheer brilliance beyond the books,
Huy Phuong Nguyen, my partner-in-crime,
And lastly,
My parents, Ky Tran and Kieu Anh Tran, for your unwavering support for all that I am, all that I do, all that I value. Again, forever, always.