Dragonlance Companion

I live on the fourth floor of an apartment building, and just now coming home, as I lifted my bike to carry it up the stairs, I happened to bump into a motorcycle parked in the stairwell just a tad too hard. Immediately an ear piercing siren went off. I froze, just a little scared,…

For the past 4 years, I have been living a frugal life.  A lot of it stems from my first year or so living independently.  I basically lived hand to mouth; instead of making a budget and living within my means, I went out to lunch and dinner constantly, bought compulsively, and I took trips…

So a while back I took a bike ride out into the country side.  The city is surrounded by lots of farms.  It was a beautiful day, and I ran into these little girls.  They were walking down the street singing to each other really loudly.  They walked right up to me without seeing me.…

So I figure I should post at least something China related to give you an idea of what life is like here. There is a big stage in the center of town. Here is a picture at night – the stage has a big neon sign above it. They will do performances at the stage…

I haven’t updated this blog for months. Every day it nags at me. I see so much cool stuff, and I tell myself I need to blog. But it never happens. Initially this was because my parents went on a cruise to the Panama Canal for 3 weeks. I figured there went over two-thirds of…

It snowed yesterday! Pictures to follow.

So my English tutor took me roller skating the other day. It was pretty cool – there were some high school boys skating backwards, jumping up and down and doing 180 degree turns, all with their ridiculous mid-1980s poof hair. Some of them came and talked to me, and they were pretty funny. My English…

So I’m finally starting my blog. I keep telling everyone I will write a blog, but I never actually followed through.  As of about an hour ago, I ran out of episodes from The Wire Season 3, so I really have no more excuses not to write. First things first: I live in Zhangye, Gansu,…