ha ha ha
score +1 for the hipster points. i just got an invite from someone i don't even know to a really hipster party, more hipster than the wrct spring show afterparty with all the indie rock kids dancing to hip-hop in tom's basement. i would totally go if i were in pgh, because i am a total wanker.
it's been interesting seeing my roommate's observations on and interaction with chinese culture and my instinctive reactions. she likes to make sweeping statements about "the chinese" a lot... i think she does have some familiarity with chinese culture - knows more chinese history than i do - but she approaches it with sort of an arrogance, like she understands everything because she's studied it in a classroom. she doesn't, but meanwhile it's been interesting to note that my prejudiced self responds, subconsciously and reflexively, "oh, she is just a gwai lo, what does she know?" she knows a fair bit, in fact, but she misses some subtleties that can't be conveyed in the classroom, especially since most people in america study other cultures with a certain sort of arrogant attitude. this arrogance definitely comes off in conversation, though it's not her fault.
i got really sick yesterday.
i'm feeling better today, though.
i have also lost a bit of weight (at least, my boobs have totally shrunk) - don't ask me how. i told someone that i would lose weight in china, but he didn't believe me. well, i'm not skinny now, but i lost weight. ha. i would guess a good 5-10lbs. too bad i'm still teh fat. whatever, though, i'll get unfat by biking.
it's been interesting seeing my roommate's observations on and interaction with chinese culture and my instinctive reactions. she likes to make sweeping statements about "the chinese" a lot... i think she does have some familiarity with chinese culture - knows more chinese history than i do - but she approaches it with sort of an arrogance, like she understands everything because she's studied it in a classroom. she doesn't, but meanwhile it's been interesting to note that my prejudiced self responds, subconsciously and reflexively, "oh, she is just a gwai lo, what does she know?" she knows a fair bit, in fact, but she misses some subtleties that can't be conveyed in the classroom, especially since most people in america study other cultures with a certain sort of arrogant attitude. this arrogance definitely comes off in conversation, though it's not her fault.
i got really sick yesterday.
i'm feeling better today, though.
i have also lost a bit of weight (at least, my boobs have totally shrunk) - don't ask me how. i told someone that i would lose weight in china, but he didn't believe me. well, i'm not skinny now, but i lost weight. ha. i would guess a good 5-10lbs. too bad i'm still teh fat. whatever, though, i'll get unfat by biking.