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Unpacking
Most of our boxes look something like this: …or this: But some times Stick was a bit more honest in his labeling:
Posted in Books, Raleigh
Tagged adventures with Stick, Books, game culture, games, packing, Raleigh, repatriation, Stick, unpacking
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Provincetown
Phone conversation with Allison tonight. Friends of ours got married on the Cape this weekend, and I’d already talked to Eric, who’d officiated the ceremony as a temporary justice of the peace, about the wedding. But when girls talk about … Continue reading
Posted in Books, quotes, Raleigh
Tagged allison, Books, Eric, quotable friends, quotes, Raleigh, UMass, WarCraft, World of WarCraft
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“History”
Maybe these books werewritten by “professors” or published by a “university”. I would have included a second shot so you can see which “historians” made this category, but the salesgirl told me I wasn’t allowed to take pictures since the … Continue reading
Game Connection, Waffle House
When I first visited Raleigh, for Stick’s brother’s wedding, I found slow southern chattiness surprising, but I’m really enjoying it right now. I’m so proud of my Chinese skills but really I’ve just mastered the simplest essentials, I can’t really … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Books, Gaming Culture, North Carolina
Tagged back in the US, Books, China, chinese, d+d, family, game connection, game culture, games, gaming, new game, North Carolina, Raleigh, Stick, tabletop games
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Still Life Without Stick
Stick left today, which was just as miserable as the last time he left China. Airport goodbyes don’t actually get any easier with practice. We had a really insane 36 hours getting him ready to go. Finally, as he was … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Books, North Carolina
Tagged awesome, back to China, Books, China, Chinese life, Facebook, family, mail, North Carolina, Raleigh, Rome, Stick, still life with
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One-Way Street
Yesterday, we went up to Wudaokou to visit Sven. Wudaokou is a cool college-town area in northwest of the city, Propaganda is down the street, and a Pizza Hut, and an English bookstore. Our favorite Indian restaurant, Ganges, is just … Continue reading
Wangfujing Snack Street
It’s time for another trip to Wangfujing to visit the foreign-language bookstores! I’ve read everything in the house at least twice (Except for Scarlett, because seriously, once was more than enough.) and needed to restock, and Stick was looking for … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Books
Tagged Books, chinese, Chinese food, Chinese life, dictionary, noodles, Stick, strawberries
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Shenme?
There’s a boy in our school, his English name is — well, it’s not important because no one calls him that. The foreign teachers call him Huh? and the Chinese teachers call him Shenme? It’s the word he says when … Continue reading
In My Bookmarks…
Short but awesome post on Assumed Knowledge from Teaching Game Design about being a game designer: If you tell people you’re a game designer, one of the two typical reactions is “hey, I have this great idea for a game…” … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Other Blogs
Tagged awesome, Books, chinese, Eric, game design, in the news, New Jersey, other blogs, teaching, World of WarCraft, WoW
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Wangfujing Dairy Queen
This is a not-so-typical dinner for us. We actually didn’t get ice cream here… we were still too full from Sizzler. Oh yeah! (This is downstairs in the Xin Dong An mall next to the Wangfujing Bookstore, follow the signs … Continue reading