Summer has announced itself in DC. Last week saw a string of muggy 90°F days, giving way this week to dry, cool breezes, plentiful sun, and clear skies. This took the edge off my nostalgia for Maine. But I have another kind of homesickness. It’s been five years since I last saw China, and of (More…)
It’s 9pm in San Francisco–12am the next day for my East-coast internal clock, but feels like it could be the year 2100 for my frayed nerves I’ve been waiting in this damn line for so long. The United customer service agent at the counter in front of me is expounding on his life experiences. “Let (More…)
Spent a 4-day weekend at Zach’s vacation house. Best food and rest I’ve had in a long time. The house was in the woods, at the foot of the Berkshires, on the border of Western Massachusetts and upstate New York. Brought In Patagonia and The Rest is Noise to read. Didn’t get far into either. (More…)
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Music: “Nude” — Radiohead, remixed by Holy Fuck (because that’s what you say when you hear it) Went to Hong Kong over spring break. It’s sort of a cross between a tropical rainforest and Beijing. Plus a lot of banks. When you go to the top of a (More…)
The “I’ll blog this” moment has been coming up quite a bit lately; if only it were remotely matched in frequency by the “I’ll sit down and write” moments. Too bad those are usually displaced by “I’ll sleep and do my homework in the morning” moments, followed by “shit I woke up later than I (More…)