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WHAT IS THIS? This is a space where I catalogue things I've done and share things I like. Viet Anemi is my family's name separated into two parts. We lost it at Ellis Island, but I took it back in 1986. If you'd like, please send any inquiries to viet.anemi@gmail.com
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15 March 2011
I have a spool of tinsel sitting on top of my bedroom mirror that I've kept since New Years. It started as a collar I wore to a little party. The hosts had shoveled snow from a blizzard into a bucket to keep the champagne cold. I've looked up why tinsel is so called, and the Oxford English Dictionary says it's from Old French estincele ‘spark,’ or estinceler ‘to sparkle,’ based on Latin scintilla ‘a spark.’ : 
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