Archive for February, 2006

My gray Cal beanie fell out of my pocket while I was riding my bike to work on Monday morning. This was upsetting because I had pined for it for most of last winter, and then a few months ago was surprised to find it in a box of old stuff at my parents’ place [...]

On Thursday night I and apparently half of Shanghai squeezed into VIP to see Jin perform. The place was so crowded that we actually couldn’t get in at first; Kira had to leverage the lust that one of the VIP DJs had for her in order to sneak our group through the back door and [...]

My folks blazed into town last Monday from their vacation in Hokkaido. My dad only stayed a week, as he had a series of meetings across Asia and, my feeling is, was looking to get away from my mom a bit. The 2nd night they were in town I biked back from work and met [...]

My good friend Jamie, erstwhile blogger and man about town, often finds the time throughout the course of his busy day to send me links and reports on his pet concerns. Most of them are topics that carry far greater weight than the bullshit scatological meditations that this particular site proffers. However, one weighty subject [...]

The weather the past few days has taken a slight turn for the better, and during this part of the year it usually means that the weather gods of Shanghai have removed the “scrotum-sucking cold” finger out of your ass and are about the cram the “rain until your socks are moldy” finger into it. [...]

As I was mentioning to Keith this morning after I got up, I’m at about 90% “ready to dominate the world” stage. I feel fully recovered from the stupid cold that’s been bugging me, my throat feels fine and toke-ready, and I finally shaved. The only thing that’s nagging me is this pain I have [...]

A year ago this day, I was sitting in a recliner in San Francisco, drinking micro-brews, eating Shirley’s cheesy chili, and cramming handfuls of nacho chips down my throat while watching the Super Bowl with all my college buddies.
Right now, I’m bundled up in a huge parka, eating a bowl of ramen, watching the most [...]

I’ve finally put up pictures from my trip back home for the holidays, though a big chunk of the photos that I wanted to upload are not up there, as technical glitches prevented me from getting them from Harsh. Still, I think it captures some of the happier moments of the trip, especially the New [...]

Took a few days to visit friends up in Beijing (and to avoid spending Chinese New Year alone in Shanghai). Steve was nice enough to provide accomodations, and we had a great time singing and eating and going to the Temple fair…and eating some more. Beijing rules.

Back home in States for Christmas and New Year’s. Good to be home with family and friends, and it just goes to show you that you can never really leave everything behind