Chris and I received some distressing news last week. We can’t go to China until mid-September now. Curse you Olympics! We had bought tickets for August 14, 2008. Silly move, I realize. Remember for next time: wait until you’re absolutely positive the government will allow you into the country before purchasing plane tickets that are [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Dear Olympics: I Love You, I Hate You
Posted in Musings, tagged China, Government, Olympics on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Those Damn Doodles!
Posted in China, Musings, tagged characters, Chinese, doodle, language, learning, Rosetta Stone, tones on July 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Chris and I had our regular Chinese language “class” on Tuesday. Class meaning we sit on his bed with a laptop and try (try so hard) to put in at least one hour of Mandarin lessons with Rosetta Stone’s program. Usually our brains check out well before the end of that hour. I twirl my [...]
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Posted in Music, YouTube, tagged Feist, Sesame Street on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Feist on Sesame Street
Dear Sister,
Why you gotta be hatin’ on Feist? She teaches the wee ones how to count! (But only to four because she doesn’t know about “seven” and “eight.”) Eh. Who am I to judge? I get lost after ten because I run out of [...]
I’m outta here, suckas!
Posted in Adventures, China, Musings, tagged abroad, anyang, camel, China, english, expat, quitting, sucker, teaching, wanderlust, work on July 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I finally mustered the courage to tell my manager I was “handing in my two weeks notice.”
Ho, ho!
It was a little awkward because, of course, no one saw this coming. I am stealthy like a ninja that way, but I did feel a smidge guilty for keeping this secret for so long. You [...]
The Most Adorable Thing I’ve Ever Seen
Posted in Adventures, Musings, tagged fuzzies, grooming, Lincoln, monkey, Park, swing, warm, Zoo on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple friends and I went to the Lincoln Park Zoo a few days ago. It was great as far as FREE zoos go. We saw kangaroos, snakes, penguins, seals, a polar bears (in 85 degree heat), a hippo, a giraffe, and lots of others.
I enjoyed wandering around with the bright sun in my eyeballs [...]
Color Blind
Posted in Musings, tagged color blind, existential, green, red, yellow on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m color blind! Blind blind blind!!!
My world was unhappily rocked a few days ago at the doctor’s office. It was during the easiest and least embarrassing part for me- the color vision test. I’m plenty embarrassed by my inability to see much besides the giant E at the tiptop of the eye [...]
