Monthly Archives: August 2007

Random Guy at the Chinese Consulate.

Told him I like the shirt + asked if he wanted to be internet famous! PS I got our visas today!

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Moving Out

Some thing about moving aren’t so bad. There’s a lot of fun stuff to use up before we go! Junk food, candy, my super-special lavender bath oil (Stick doesn’t think this is so special, he says things like “what’s all … Continue reading

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Stuff I Wish I Had Last Time

Whenever anyone visited me in China, I asked them to bring deodorant, tampons and lotion-without-skin-whitener. (Thanks again, by the way, I really do appreciate the international tampon run) Um, yes, that’s a dozen tissue packs and 5 bottles of hand … Continue reading

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Something Seven Something

Whenever I heard someone speaking Chinese, I try to eavesdrop. It’s usually pretty unsucessful, I have trouble recognizing even words I know in a different context, so usually I’m all “Seven! He just said something seven something! Yes! I’m so … Continue reading

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Cocoon Banquet

I found this on my fridge today, as I was packing up the kitchen. I don’t know who wrote it, or if it has to do with our impending trip. Hugo? Diana? Maybe Eric? It’s probably someone who’s going to … Continue reading

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Beijing

Our new adventure starts next month! Stick has agreed to come with me to China, which still sort of boggles my mind, even as it’s progressed from vague possibility into packing and plans. After some confusion over whether there was … Continue reading

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We Also Have Three Latin-English Dictionaries…

“Stick, are we going to be together for a long time?” “Why are you asking me this? Are you going to get all clingy now?” “No, but we have two copies of Images in the Age of Augustus, two of … Continue reading

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One More Turn

Yesterday Stick and I picked up the new Civ 4 expansion. I don’t know how it is yet, but I do know that when I woke up about around 6AM, Stick was sitting in front of the computer saying he … Continue reading

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Zoodoka

I was asked to look at Zoodaka, a new blog broadcasting service. It makes a blog’s RSS feed into an email, which can be delivered whenever there’s new content, or sent as a digest, weekly or monthly. They have fun … Continue reading

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Azeroth News

Azeroth World News asked me to write a couple WarCraft culture pieces, the first is here, there should be another up shortly.

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