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Summer Issue of Bleech Magazine
My article on gaming and dating is in here! PS. It’s Bleach, not Bleck.
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
Spokeo Beta
I finally got onto a social networker before Kristin. I signed up with Spokeo, a new combination blog/RSS reader and profile network. Unlike MySpace, Spokeo seems to have users who are out of their teens. You don’t have to declare … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged beta, China, China blog, Chinese life, dating, greek, mail, movies, New York City, Rome
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Murlocs and Dating
Just letting you know that my article on MMORPGs and relationships is now on WomenGamers.com
For Love Or Money
This story on Laowai!Laowai! talks about running a speaking exercise for high school age ESL students. This exercise asks each student to choose between Love or Money, and explain why. Without exception, the boys in his class chose Love while … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged China, chinese, Chinese life, Cosmo, dating, Eric, ESL, Mao, my students, New York City, Stick, teaching
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China’s New Altruism Videogame
Usually my local net cafe is full of boys and young men playing CounterStrike for hours on end or staring at the lao wai girl (your results may vary). As internet gaming becomes more popular, it’s having some surprising effects … Continue reading
Imperfect, Tense
Stick called midway through my teenage girls class — I was telling them that they had to be more focused, that they needed to pay attention instead of coming to class with their minds somewhere else, and then my cell … Continue reading
Dragon Boat Day
(Written on 6/1 but Dragon Boat Day is 5/31 so I’m backdating this) Once there was a Chinese poet called Qu Yuan (??). Depending on who you ask, Qu Yuan either jumped or fell into a river and drowned, and … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Yantai
Tagged awesome, British, chinese, Chinese customs, Chinese food, Chinese life, dating, dragon boat day, ESL, family, frustrations, Wesleyan, Yantai
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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
Posted in New York City
Tagged Chinese life, dating, games, games and relationships, gaming, letters, Lynn, moving, New York City, reading, Stick, WarCraft, World of WarCraft
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LoveStickness
Stephie and her new boyfriend are walking around in a perfect haze of love and adoration. I’m afraid to listen too closely in case I hear “I love being stuck in traffic with you!” or “Isn’t this hailstorm just beautiful?” … Continue reading