The Joy Luck Club sucks

I found this old essay online today, titled Why the Joy Luck Club Sucks. I was happy to find it, because for years I’ve had the same opinion, yet whenever I’d tell people that I hated this film, they would say, “Why? It’s such a great...

Lovely

She’s Marie Digby, youtube.com success story. See more here. I like seeing what musicians do to build their own fan base, now that the traditional model of making and selling music is dead. Go Marie! In other news, here’s a video filmed in...

Don’t say I never do anything for you

Ok I think I had mentioned how poor my Internet connection is in Shanghai, but let me give you a more specific example. This morning I was trying to upload yesterday’s blog entry which has a lot of pictures. To be safe, I used the encrypted VPN tunnel to...

Blogging by email

Last time I tried this, the formatting got all messed up, and line wraps were funny. But, it might be necessary, especially since my Dad said he couldn’t read my blog when he was in China. China has a way of blocking websites. So, I’ll need some way to...

De la Montagne

I went to the Hotel de la Montagne for some drinks tonight. The view from the terrasse up top was amazing.