Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sterling spoon
On the chipped saucer
Like a whiplash tiger,
Vibrant and alive.
The spoon of curves and sighs
The mud cloth and
a threaded, swollen tunnel
ready to wrap its prey
like the scratch of a sea urchin
on a hideous fingerling’s shell.
Don’t mistake light for peace, she says
The spoon for the sugar, the gasp for the kiss.
You’re bent and tiled-eyed,
The floor with [...]
Posted in Update on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a weekend of surprise dance-club-staying out ’til 4:30 Friday and whipping up something yummy for a long chili cook-off Saturday, Nick, Duane, and I are off to Kending for a 3-4 day mini-holiday.
Basically we’re bringing out swimsuits and a few liters of: fresh pineapple juice, coconut milk, orange juice, and lemon juice, as well [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged battle, bugs, cleaning, cockroaches, creepy, trilobite on April 7, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I didn’t know that I hated/slightly feared cockroaches until I moved to Taiwan.
They are everywhere here, just everywhere.
And it isn’t just their appearance (which is like a creepy trilobite) that gets to me, its the way I discover them.
It’s never like, I am outside walking around and a cockroach crosses the sidewalk perpendicular to me [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 100%, characters, Chinese, dum-dum, happiness, pride, test on April 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I got 100% on my dictation test*!
This is the first time I have EVER gotten 100% on any type of Chinese test, EVER!
I’m really, really happy.
It makes me feel like I’m not a total dum-dum, and not being a dum-dum for a day is a pretty good thing. For a very brief time, you can [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a few bellydance pictures from Sunday.
Also, if you have facebook, you can see more by clicking on the “More photos of Jen” link under my profile picture. Enjoy!
