DON'T JUDGE ME ( Read more... )

all I can think about right now is that time when we were on that little boat at the end of our bike odyssey at the summer palace, that pearly color of the fog and the arched bridges and the lake, pink through my sunglasses, and how we took swigs of brandy from the flask I kept in my bag, and I didn't help you pedal, not even once ( Read more... )

cao cao cao cao cao caocaocaocaocaocaocaocaocaocao.
cao 我妈。
cao 这傻B的国家。
nothing's going to make this okay.
i wanna 回家。

and cao this software for not recognizing 'cao' as a character.

...namely, the date.
WEDNESDAY MAY 31
9:17 PM.

see you then.

I will be back at 9:17 PM, CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.
Tulsa - I return to thee.

I was stuck on the bus for forty-five minutes this morning, and had a lot of time to think - I realized, just suddenly, what should have been obvious, which is that I have less than two weeks left in this city. I have less than two weeks of Beijing: then a week of Gansu: and then I'm back, home, and China-time is finished ( Read more... )

I scraped my leg on a rusty bike-part sneaking over the compound fence at 2am: I broke my back in the mosh pit: my shoes fell off. I saw Huar. Discovered China to be a bad kisser. Took silly pictures with my host sister.I danced and danced and danced. Sometimes with glo-sticks. And oh man, oh man, oh man, China I will miss you when I'm gone.

this is for all the zhongguotongs:
I SAW HUAR IN CONCERT!
HUAR!
HUARRRR!!!!!!

i'll write another one later.

THE HOUSING APPLICATION IS IN THE MAIL.
THE INTERVIEW IS TRANSCRIBED AND ALSO TRANSLATED.
THE ENGLISH PAPER HAS BEEN PRETENTIOUSLY TITLED AND PLACED UPON THE TEACHER'S DESK.
WHEN THE COMPOUNDED COFFEE HIGHS OF ALL THE PREVIOUS CRAZY DAYS HAVE WORN OFF, I MAY JUST GET TO SLEEP.
and the people said, amen.

Despite the fact that they are GOING TO CHAI MY HUTONG ( Read more... )