Why I can’t keep my resolutions.

Monday, 21 June 2004, 18:45 | Category : Chinese life
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“I have resolved to be more positive.” I told Eric, “From now on, I will only say good things. For example: A few of the books we sold at the lit conference today were interesting and attractive.”
“How’s that positive?” Eric asks.
“Because what I actually think is that some of the books were the moronic [...]

Playboy: The Mansion

Saturday, 19 June 2004, 17:01 | Category : Chinese life
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“I got a job,” Stick says proudly. “I’m going to be playtesting for Cyberlore!”
While I’m shrieking “That’s great, honey!” my gamergirl gears take a second to catch on. I almost wish I hadn’t. “Aren’t they doing that Playboy game?”
“Yeah!” he says.
I am a dedicated gamer chick. I have my own dice, my own copies of [...]

A dangling what?

Thursday, 17 June 2004, 2:42 | Category : Chinese life
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Here’s a amusing line from an otherwise unremarkable MSN blurb. The article’s about delaying the release of “The Hunting Of The President”, a new documentary about Clinton, because of the death of Reagan.
“We decided it was wholly inappropriate during a week of mourning in the country for a much-beloved president to be having a celebration.”
Er, [...]

Unreliable Narrator

Thursday, 10 June 2004, 19:27 | Category : Chinese life
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The other day in English we had an in-class assignment to write a short piece of fiction that showed an unreliable narrator. Mine was:
“I used to be obsessed with my ex-boyfriend, but I haven’t thought about him in six days, four hours and seventeen minutes.”