Author Archives: Meg
Lantern Festival
Last night was Lantern Festival in China! This is the first full moon after Spring Festival / Chinese New Year. Lantern Festival is celebrated by spending the day with your family and eating a lot of a certain kind of … Continue reading
Last Post In The USA!
My visa has been approved, my tickets are here, and I am leaving New Jersey early Friday morning, arriving in Yantai on Saturday night (Chinese time!). I just told my school’s headmistress what I look like so we can find … Continue reading
Home Sweet Home
Modern Yarn, a shop in my lovely hometown, is hosting a knitters’ party this weekend. To make thongs. From licorice. Modern Yarn Project
Games and Relationships
Stick just sent me a link to this MSN dating article, in which a girlfriend writes for advice on dealing with her computer game-addicted boy. In the spirit of Dear Abby’s Wastebasket, I’ve written a different answer. Dear Tired, Did … Continue reading
Chinese New Year
Today is the first day of Chinese New Year. There is a tradition that whatever you do today, you will continue to do all year. So children aren’t scolded or spanked today, because if they cry, they will cry all … Continue reading
Missionary Work
This weekend Stick and I went to Steph and Jeff’s house for a boardgame sleepover. We played some party games like Taboo and led into more gamer-ish games like Betrayal At The House On The Hill. I usually think of … Continue reading
Lychee Lip Gloss
I got a call from my employment agency in China today. On the plus side, they’ve done this a million times before and are totally confident. Unfortunately, I haven’t and I’m not. So he’s saying things like “Z-visa” and I’m … Continue reading
Too Skeski For This Shard
Stick, Hugo, Diana and I spent today recoving for last night and watching The Dark Crystal, which prompted Stick to come up with one of his greatest songs ever: I’m too Skeski for this shard, too Skeski for this shard, … Continue reading
Getting Lucky
My parents just got a new dog from a sheltie rescue place. He’s a little bizarre, he only walks in clockwise circles and he’s scared of almost everything. He came to us named Lucky, which my parents say they would … Continue reading
Christmas Romance… with help from a GPS.
On Christmas Eve, I got up and showered and went to the jewelry store with my semi-brother Scep to pick up an engagement ring! No, not for me, it’s a gorgeous ring, but not nice enough to make me put … Continue reading
