A Travelogue and (occasional) Sketchblog
…in my stomach, as we speak.
Which brings me to my next point:
I created life today. Not much of it, but after a bit of nagging, I managed to wrangle a new frying pan out of the powers that be at my school. The previous one both sucked as a cooking implement AND seemed to be [...]
Today was an odd day of firsts.
I had my first professional hair cut in 10 years. Before, I’d just have someone grab the bottom of my ponytail and hack the damned thing off with a pair of regular office scissors. Today, I went out and spent a cool 21 yuan (about 4 dollars) in a [...]
It was 77 degrees today. I’ve been really cold all day. Go figure.
I’ve discovered, recently, that 6 hours of sleep is an inefficient method of getting the requisite energy for teaching 6 hours of classes the next day. In fact, I have discovered, the energy to activity ratio is hardly 1:1. This, sadly, made today and yesterday a time wherein it, as they say, “sucked to be [...]
I’m going to start experimenting with shorter posts so I don’t end up getting overwhelmed by the volume of things I’d like to talk about.
During my public demo today, which took place at a local elementary school (today was the second of such events), I received the full brunt of my foreigner celebrity status. The [...]
I forgot to mention in my last post.
I accidentally ate a bunch of pig kidney yesterday. I thought it was squid.
(In Chinese) Someone only said it “looked like squid,” not that it “was squid,” which was what I heard. I was… very upset. At least it didn’t really taste like pork, and it did have [...]
You’ll have to pardon me, I am, once again, slightly tipsy – save this time, I’m writing a post. With A. on his way out, tonight was his treat to the girls (the CTs) as a kind of parting gift. After a fairly good dinner at a nearby Brazilian barbecue place (for whatever reason, these [...]
Well. It happened… I guess it was bound too, considering how much exposure I’ve had, lately:
I’ve become inured to the taste of beer.
I’d say that I’ve acquired a taste for it… but really – it still tastes like someone stuffed a piece of bread into a bottle, peed into it, then sealed it. The problem [...]
I ran into this a few weeks ago and only got around to watching it now:
(includes Tom Waits anecdote, be forewarned)
(It came highly recommended from a webcomic artist I enjoy)
For simplicity’s sake, this is a two part post.
First, as promised – here are some photos of my “new” apartment. New, of course, when I took these pictures several weeks ago. And by several weeks, I mean about three weeks ago, almost.