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Virtual Mooncake Exchange
A friend of mine, who’s going to go nameless in this post, called most Facebook social games “window dressing on the poke application.” He wasn’t specifically referring to FarmVille, but it fits. FarmVille’s genius is turning our contract with society … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Gaming Culture, Raleigh
Tagged chinese, coffee, Facebook, Farmville, Game Reviews, games, Grace, mac, MyTribe, Raleigh, random, Sims, social media, Zynga
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Apex
Buckwheat Farm is out in Apex, so we drove through old Apex on the way home. Last summer, when we were looking for an apartment, I secretly wanted to live in Apex. Not because I know anything in particular about … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged Beijing:Raleigh, e3, Grace, Harvest Moon, hutong, North Carolina, Raleigh
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Liu Gong Island
I have no idea how I went from running to the mailbox each afternoon in hope and expectation, to utterly forgetting to mention this, but… I have a travel piece in the March-April issue of Adventures For The Average Woman. … Continue reading
Bradford’s Ordinary
I once had an English professor who told us that foreshadowing, symbolism and irony are literary terms, and by definition, can not happen in real life. It is our desire to see our life as a coherent story, he believed, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged cary, China, e3, Eric, garden, Grace, moving, New Jersey, North Carolina, Raleigh, reading, tech, Twilight
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Bluestone, Red Face
My dad and I drove back to Montclair from Middletown last night. This morning Scep and Katie came to get me and we went to the Bluestone Cafe in Watchung Plaza. We walked past Watchung Deli as we waited for … Continue reading
Posted in New Jersey
Tagged Bethie, coffee, dating, e3, Garan, General, Grace, Katie, Montclair, New Jersey, Scep
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Visiting Bethie
At Wesleyan, visiting my sister’s lab.
Suprising Advertising
Looks like American battery manufacturers are taking a cue from their Chinese counterparts! Now you won’t have to buy a duckie bath thermometer separately!
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged as seen in Beijing, Beijing:Raleigh, chinese, e3, Eric, Grace, photoblog, Raleigh
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Southern Mandarin
Raleigh graffiti artist Wang tags a downtown street.
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged Beijing:Raleigh, e3, Grace, graffiti, mandarin, Meg Vs. Mandarin, North Carolina, photoblog, Raleigh
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North Carolina State Fairgrounds
I like the state fairgrounds because they allow me to use bucranium in everyday conversation.
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged classics, e3, Grace, North Carolina, Raleigh, Raleigh:Rome
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Wolverine
Going into a superhero movie, we all know that we have to suspend our disbelief just a little bit more, but ill-defined powersets abound in the new X-Men Origins. Really, how many extra-strong, invulnerable guys with extendable knuckle claws can … Continue reading