I'm in Xi'an right now at the Howard Johnson Hotel, watching an animated history of tofu. Off to see the terra cotta warriors in a little bit. I'll be making a nice detailed update to my blog tonight. But in any case, it's very nice here, in that smoggy way.

I'm in Hong Kong right now. It is incredibly fabulous and I can't wait for tomorrow. Updated the blog linked below, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD CHECK. I will even have photos tomorrow!

I also saw a GIGANTIC NUCLEAR snail. I LOVE this place.

I am going to be in the Mysterious East from tomorrow to August 10th. (China.) I will be going to Hong Kong, Xi'an, Urumchi, Turfan, and Beijing, staying in Beijing for four weeks to work on my Mandarin/explore the exciting world of Beijing punk rock shows. I'll be on the internets incrementally, depending on internet cafe access/my own laziness/ ( Read more... )

I made the Dean's List. All A's, one B in Chinese which I am extremely proud of, given how difficult the subject was for me. (The professor was proud too! Yay ( Read more... )

I spend a lot of time at the gym. I try to make it everyday: something feels curiously wrong with me if I haven't managed to drag my reluctant ass onto an elliptical machine on a daily basis. All the health magazines would probably consider this a very good thing and applaud me, but sometimes I am not so sure. In my experience, gyms are not ( Read more... )

I am going to be keeping a daily journal of my trip to China, which I will then convert into a blog when I return, complete with many many pictures. However, I need to get myself into the habit of writing something daily now. This means I will make a concentrated effort at writing something either here or in my food blog every day. Mostly inane ( Read more... )

Mmm, just went for a nice long solo hike in the mountains outside of town. I so wasn't wearing hiking shoes or clothes, and now I smell like death and have dirt in my underwear, but I feel good again. There's this neat system of rocks that keep on going and going for literally a couple of miles in front of Mulvaney's Liquor Store in Great ( Read more... )

I got all my classes for registration! Yay! Maybe I can calm down now ( Read more... )

Mm, throwing tons of stuff away makes me sooo hot ( Read more... )

Pointless Questions

1. Why are there five jillion websites for people who overeat when they're stressed out or ill, but insofar as I can tell absolutely none for people who under such situations stop eating? I mean, isn't that kind of a problem too? I know there are more of us out there ( Read more... )