Yesterday, I was outside late at night. Some lights were reflecting off the water of the pool. It reminded me of the pool in 重庆 (Chong2qing4). I would go swimming at night, so that people wouldn’t stare as much. The neon signs would reflect off the water surface in neverending color patterns, and standing on […]
Entries from July 2008
Pools
June 18th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Distant Proximities
Old-fashioned vs. Exotic
June 14th, 2007 · No Comments
I took a 太极拳 (Tai4ji2quan2) class in 重庆 (Chong2qing4) sort of to have something to do over the summer. It was nice to get to know some of my traditions. I liked it, even though it’s not really something someone my age “should” be doing. I can’t help but want to be one of those […]
Tags: Global Culture · Third Culture
The New American Century and Fascism
June 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Listening to Pandora at work, a song called New American Century by KMFDM came on. The lyrics caught my attention. In context of what I’ve been reading (and re-reading) this seems right on the money. There are strong directions in American politics that could endanger not only democracy and freedom in America, but given America’s […]
June 4th Massacre Ad
June 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Reuters reports that an ad saluting the mothers of the June 4 天安门广场 (Tian1an1men2 Guang3chang3, Tiananmen Square) massacre got published in the Chengdu Evening News! The person who placed it also tried other newspapers, and the clerks who handled the requests didn’t know what June 4 referred to. The other clerks called a supervisor. This […]
