... but I'm pretty sure that the further I get  from America, the more American I become. I suddenly find myself clinging to facets of American culture that I would never dreamed of partaking in while I was in the US.

The other night, my friend Uyan and I watched the MTV Video Music Awards, which were being broadcast on MTV China. I had of course ( Read more... )

I just realized that I now have three versions of "Somebody to Love" on my iTunes, and only one of them is actually sung by Queen.

I just got to be alone in the room for an entire twenty minutes. Upon which, Katya came back and told me my bed was too messy, please clean it. What the hell does it matter to her if MY bed is cluttered? She has taken over 3/4 of the room with her stuff, which is fine, I don't need more space.... but FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING, me having a few ( Read more... )

Hollow-in-the-middle slide was actually really fun. I only think it would be scary if you were very small and could fit between the two poles. There was only one little kid there yesterday (it was kind of cold yesterday, plus it was another holiday - one that doesn't usually fall so soon after national day) but he sure looked confused as I climbed ( Read more... )

So, yesterday was the PRC's 60th birthday, and most of the other foreign students are off running about various other cities in China, but I really didn't have this unexpected month-long break budgeted into my time here, so I can't afford to travel. (Of course, my awful roommate didn't go anywhere either. She sits in the room all day, every day, ( Read more... )

Today while I was walking down the street, an old lady yelled at me to put a sweater on and asked how I could possibly not be cold ( Read more... )

I'm not sure why I'm so bad about updating this, especially seeing how many times a day I check my friends list, but that's apparently the way it goes ( Read more... )

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I am of course struggling endlessly with the alto part for Seussical, as there are never any altos anywhere near me, it makes no sense musically to my ears, and I am the only alto in Whoville with a microphone. So I need to sing it right ( Read more... )