I'm in it now - feels like I'm a hundred years old, and I've been living in Seattle for at least 70 of 'em. Speaking of age, my family had a birthday dinner for my grandma tonight, she's 85. And she's been healthy as a horse, until recently. She's forgetting stuff, near & far. She can't remember last time I came to see her, she doesn't remeber ( Read more... )

Well, it's late Tuesday night, which means I'm in the office at POTS, staring at a computer. My eyes are failing me. No surprise...I am getting older ( Read more... )

I've told my roommate Magda that I might not be coming back. It sucks to give up a good roommate, that's for sure. And I secured a sublet for my room, so I can be gone from Taiwan for at least four months ( Read more... )

http://www.sorryeverybody.com/

Last night my editor asked me when I'm leaving for Christmas...I had to tell him that I don't know if I'll be coming back. It's sucks to have to leave that job, I've really loved working at the paper. If they had any kind of budget to pay me as full-time staff, I don't think I'd be so eager to leave Taipei. It's been cool to work on a publication ( Read more... )

On Sunday I went out of the city, it was my first real trip out of the city, and long overdue, I think. I went with my co-worker to a little pottery town called Yingge. There were tons of people, and tons of vases and plates and incense holders, all very beuatiful. The best part was just being in a small town, where the kids were still surprised to ( Read more... )

I'm thinking about leaving Taiwan...things aren't working out the way I had hoped, and I'm not sure how to adjust my expectations ( Read more... )

So, I've been looking for a roommate for over a month, and we've had a ton of people come by, but to no avail. At first we convinced ourselves that we're being picky, but really, I think we have bad roommate karma or something. Or it might be the graveyard in the back ( Read more... )

Dude! What is the deal with all of the seismic activity these days? I've felt five earthquakes in the last month. I know they happen all the time, but these last few have lasted longer than the little ones. I don't like waking up to an earthquake, either, it's worse than an alarm clock!

url for an article about architecture & city design of Taipei, kind of cool if you ever get a chance to see Taipei for yourself:

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fairbank/tsw/allen.html