“ Taking one’s chances is like taking a bath, because sometimes you end up feeling comfortable and warm, and sometimes there is something terrible lurking around that you cannot see until it is too late and you can do nothing else but scream and cling to a plastic duck.
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“ It appears to be the work of unbelievable motherfuckers, working in tandem with giant assholes.
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“ Society is like a stew. If you don’t stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.
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Outside D-22, a shimmer of sweat after the sadness-exorcism-via-rock that was The Linga set.
fat lady, singing
Crouched on a mattress on a floor in Shanghai right now tapping quickly to beat back the night. Yesterday was a sad goodbye to Beijing and all its great friends, a plane ride, a dinner at Charmant, my last 5 dollar haircut, a drop-in on a friend.Tonight was dinner at Charmant (whoops) and drinks at the Hut and then a meandering cab ride down dark familiar streets.
Very soon my little China clock will groan and creak and begin to slow to a crawl and I will pack my things and make a dash for the pleasant shores of Canada.
I bought these shoes the other week in my post-exam revelry and took them out for a spin to our fancy sushi dinner at Haiku last night. The frills, said my friend, are very cowboy-like. Cowboy-like? Sure, but to me they look like little moustaches and I love love love them, despite the fact that they’re kind of grotesque in a beautiful sort of way.
Soon to be flopping about the streets of Toronto.
The new CCTV towers. Our taxi driver said he thinks they are ugly. I said I think “they are interesting.”
And then ten minutes later I realized someone had stolen my phone, and I was sad.
Beijing Language and Culture University is outfitting itself in Olympic frills. Rumour has it the American Basketball team will be training here. I’ll let you know if I see any 6 foot 9 heavily muscled guys loping about the area…
Campus is in lockdown mode and you need a student card to get through the gates, but the fences are scalable, friends!
