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Change Of Address
My long battle with the Great Firewall is coming to an end, I’m finally moving off Blogspot. My new blog is at SimpsonsParadox.com. Come see my new home! Since I’ve brought all 762 posts (not an exaggeration) over, it seems … Continue reading
Alive And Well
Just wanted to reassure everyone that the earthquake was very far from Beijing, and Stick and I are fine! If I weren’t so classy, this is where I would put a joke about the earth not moving for either of … Continue reading
Semi-Literate
We were coming out of the Hou Hai Starbucks this afternoon, and saw a water poet. I’ve written about this before, I think it’s awesome to watch them paint disappearing poems with their giant brushes. We went over to watch … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged awesome, Chinese life, dictionary, e3, Eric, mail, New York City, Starbucks, Stick
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Displaced Jersey Girl
Stick and I went to look at a possible new apartment in a hutong. We met with the rental agent at the subway station, and he led us down a maze of twisty little passages, lined with stands selling beige … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged China, Chinese life, garden, hutong, Jersey girl, mail, New Jersey, Stick, subway
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Still Life With Beer
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Posted in New York City
Tagged Chinese life, e3, mail, New York City, photoblog, still life with
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Cow Cow Steak
“Stick! Look! That sign says ‘Cow Cow Steak Restaurant’!!! Check me out, I read the whole thing!” “Hooked on radicals worked for Meg,”
Posted in New York City
Tagged adventures with Stick, as seen in Beijing, Chinese life, learning Chinese, mail, New York City, Stick, Stick's China
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Undiscovered Powers
Basic Chinese is my new superpower. I’ve been making a lot of progress with vocab and the hellish tones, and I’m starting to feel like Matt Parkman on Heroes, magically given the ability to hear what people around me are … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged BeijingRRR, China, chinese, Chinese life, e3, life in China, mail, Monty, podcast, Stick, telephone, waiguoren
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Demolition
I like this street next to my school because it’s a very active street of small shops, raised up a few steps from the street, the way I imagine a medieval town would have been. Unfortunately, the road functions like … Continue reading
Lies!
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Yanjing
My specs had a tragic accident today. After Sven helped me out at school with a superglue temporary fix, I went to the specs store to get new ones. We get Stick’s contact lens solution at a little glasses shop … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged chinese, Chinese life, glasses, mail, mandarin, mei you, New York City, Stick, Sven, Yanjing, Young
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