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03.03 | a brain dump about ukraine
Recently, a surprising number of people have asked my opinion on what's China's deal with this whole fiasco.
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02.24 | dream states
It turns out that state between sleep and awake actually has a name: hypnagogia.
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02.12 | finding a place was just step one of the journey
If you thought the process of house hunting was exhausting, it turns out that the process of furnishing an entirely empty apartment, all alone, is even more so.
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02.02 | happy year of the tiger
Turns out trying to supercharge apartment hunting across three very separate areas in a major cosmopolitan city by fitting all of them into three days actually takes a lot out of you.
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01.26 | being a good tourist
Looking back over the shots I took of Shaxi, I was reminded of how beautiful that part of the country was, and also about how much we need to do to protect that beauty.
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01.19 | on mishaps in east west cultural exchange
I went to the Asian Art Museum a couple of weeks ago and came across these wonderful Japanese prints of foreigners from around the Meiji Restoration era and wanted to write something about it. Who knew that this week would afford me that opportunity?!
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01.12 | historical hbics - SF's vivian hallinan
Years ago, I came across a podcast that was about the muckracker Vincent Hallinan, who amongst other things sued the Catholic Church to prove there was a god. A supporting actor in his story was his wife, Vivian, who I found to be much MUCH more interesting of a character.
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01.05 | the wisdom of grace lee boggs
To make a revolution, people must not only struggle against existing institutions. They must make a philosophical/spiritual leap and become more human human beings. In order to change/transform the world, they must change/transform themselves.
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12.29 | merry jetlagged xmas
Wow, I don't know if it's just because it's been two years and change since I've had to move time zones, or if the East Asia to West Coast America switch is just especially brutal, but my life since I got here a week ago has felt like one barely coherent haze.
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12.22 | goodbye shanghai!
And just like that... I'm out of here. I've got two suitcases and a cat to carry on the plane with me ASAP.
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12.16 | new life, new look
Well! It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks since officially ending my time at RADII. Which is my excuse for pushing this out a day late when damn it, I already even had it completely finished in drafts days before.
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12.08 | travel vlogging again with this wuhan meet cute
As you might recall, I went to Wuhan recently for one of my last work trips. I liked the quick taste of it so much that I decided to get my friend/colleague Lu to talk to me more about it, and to go back and enjoy it again.