superlative comedy
Doctor Smithsonian
I asked my Chinese friend what her type is in men. She said, Buddha-types: big belly, double chin, seated.
I found the Chinese version of me and my older sister Britta. Maybe the world is better off with just one child.
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Oh wait.
-On Purple Mountain, Nanjing, China
I, for one, am excited for China to get EVEN OPENER in the future.
-National Porcelain Museum, Hangzhou, China.
i am great at chopsticks
The other night, I ordered some noodles for dinner in my little community Suo Jin, north of the lake in Nanjing. And, six grown men came out from the kitchen, placed chairs in a semi-circle around me and literally just watched me eat. It was like performance art. Unwilling performance art. Feeling mighty uncomfortable, I could not stop laughing, which intrigued them more.
I must learn more mandarin.
On living with geckos in Cambodia
I’ve been here for five months now. I’ve started to notice that there’s a lot of in-fighting amongst the geckos who live in my room over who gets to walk on my face when I sleep. Nestle in my mouth. Do they actually do this? This is one of my greatest fears.
A group of them live in my air-conditioner. I’ve named them after the Royal Family, but can never remember who is who. Camilla’s the fat one. Princess Beatrice is the one in the hat.
