So I was teaching a group of 8/9 year olds, and the lesson was animals. As a way to practice the names of the animals, I started asking questions like "Which animals have four legs?" "Which animals eat grass?" and so on. I got to "Which animals are good to eat?" and the following conversation ensued ( Read more... )

yearinyulin.livejournal.com

Ok. yearinyulin.livejournal.com is now my official China blog. Its not interesting yet, but it will be.

So apparently China has blocked both Facebook and Blogspot. Facebook should be back online once Xinjiang calms down, but Blogger is probably gone for good. So I can't access my new China blog. If necessary, I'll just start a new lj, but I'd really like something people can subscribe to so it shows up in their email. Any suggestions?

I have a new China Blog. It is not interesting yet, but it will be. yearinyulin.blogspot.com

Consider yourselves informed.

So I have this habit, where, whenever I have a lot of cash, I like to break it up and keep it in lots of different places so that if I lose my wallet, or pants, or someone breaks in and tries to steal stuff from my apartment, I won't be left with no money ( Read more... )

How is it that I just saw Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog for the first time ever tonight?

...is fun. I get to meet lots of cool people and help them feel better about themselves. And I get good stories out of it ( Read more... )

Three things that happened to me recently ( Read more... )

So this was going to be a really funny entry about my adventures trying to leave Baltimore by bus on Wednesday. (It involved sitting by the side of the highway for three hours while taking pictures of everyone looking like refugees, and getting rides from awesome people who were in town to work the Erotic Arts Festival) However, I managed to lose ( Read more... )