Posted from: Beijing

As I clicked on the “Place Your Order” button, having once again spent more money than I make in a week on Amazon, I realized I didn’t care. Because I am getting books. Deliciously bad books, the reviews say. If I end up destitute, selling potatoes roasted in a rusty barrel, it will not matter, because I will be the most obnoxiously well-read roasted potato(e) vendor in Beijing, and all anyone wants out of life anyway is a little originality.  

Posted from: Beijing

I don’t really understand what’s happening.

Russel pointed out once – and yeah, ok, this has probably been widely circulated in some chain email and has lost all its novelty to everyone else but me – but Russel pointed out that Keanu Reeves has exactly two facial expressions: confused and determined. In which case my hair just got shorter, my eyes got beadier, and my chin just got more feminine, ‘cause it’s been one or the other all day.