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MySomething
I keep hearing that all the cool kids are on MySpace, so even though I think the ads/content ratio is off, here’s my profile.
Saw this today as I was leaving work
Saw this today as I was leaving work. I don’t know how I missed it before, maybe my editing skills are improving. PS I parked before I took the picture!
High Romance
I knew that there would be an adjustment period as Stick and I reaclimated to each other, but I didn’t know there would be a honeymoon period, too. I’m always delighted when Stick gets me a drink or picks up … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged Chinese life, high romance, New York City, Stick, WarCraft, World of WarCraft
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Best Rejection Ever
Today I received the funniest rejection letter in the history of people telling me to take a long walk off a short pier. I pitched an article for a magazine in October, and I heard back from them today saying … Continue reading
Repatriation Blues
When I was in Yantai, pining for the smell of my beloved Herbal Essences shampoo, they stopped making it. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that this happened while their best customer (me) wasn’t able to buy any. Yesterday I went to … Continue reading
Posted in Yantai
Tagged Chinese life, Herbal Essences, repatriation, Rome, Stick, Yantai
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I Love Aardvarks?
Saw this at Rao’s and thought it would be a great chance to try out my phoneblogging.
Jeb on Playboy, Bully and more
Sometimes I have girl-gamer blinders on, and I forget that there are other subcultures in video gaming. This interview with Jeb Havens (formerly of Cyberlore) on gay content in games talks about the testosterone zone of game design and game … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged Chinese life, Cyberlore, game culture, game design, games, gaming, girls play that too?, my boyfriend, New York City, reading
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But Don’t Blog About It, Ok?
Sorry I’ve been updating kind of sporadically recently. My free time has been sort of feast or famine these last few weeks. I had quite a bit of free time today, but it was while I was at the auto … Continue reading
From Tom Friedman’s column The Silence That Kills:
On Feb. 20, The A.P. reported from Afghanistan that a suicide attacker disguised as a health worker blew himself up near “a crowd of about 150 people who had gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open an emergency ward at … Continue reading