I feel so useless at home.
All of this doesn't matter.
I want to be back in China.
In Beijing with those migrant workers' children.
In Shanghai dancing on that packed club's stage.
In Hangzhou on West Lake.
In Yiwu getting plastered drunk with friends.
In Xi'an having class next to the Terra Cotta Warriors.
In Duonghuang riding camels in the sand dunes at ( Read more... )

Hello all. I made a new blog for my trip to China (so that people see only what I want them to see and not my nitty gritty past on this thing). If  you want to read what I'm up to, I'll be posting on there for the next two-ish months.

it's:

katietinchina.blogspot.com

Enjoy!

Once I leave the library this morning (after having spent all night here), I will have spent over 22 hours in the library in the last three days alone. 3 days.

My mind is melting.

Last night was so much fun. The play was amazing--funny, witty, and heartfelt with music to die for--and afterward we just sat and talked for hours...until the sprinklers made us leave. I honestly can't remember that I had such a good (and sober) time just spending time with someone. The issue: I didn't want to start liking him. I didn't want to ( Read more... )

Serious question:

WHY IS IT WHEN I DON'T WANT TO DATE ANYONE, I GET ASKED OUT CONSTANTLY?!?

I just don't understand it.

I think this might be the first time I actually, truly, wholeheartedly believe this:

I don't want a boyfriend. Not now.
Especially not him.
This might sound bitchy and self-aggrandizing, but I can do better than him. I'd be dating him just to date someone, and neither he nor I deserve that.

To put a stop to the questions: yes, there is another guy I ( Read more... )

So I just read this rather harsh yet funny yet thought-provoking article for my English course and I loved it...and seeing as I'm procrastinating, here it is ( Read more... )

What the hell am I getting myself into?

I just love that I'm not even a second thought.

I'm a never was.

I am OFFICIALLY starting my thesis this summer...and will have it completed by the end of next year. I'm so excited, it's ridiculous.

Why the fuck am I this crazy?!