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July 10, 2008: For once I watched something educational
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Thank Ted Koppel from saving you from another nap post. (Although I seriously can't help myself: three hour morning nap, people! THREE HOURS. No afternoon nap and a HELLISH time going to bed! Gah!) But anyway. Ted Koppel. We saw...

September 13, 2004: Insomnia
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We made it home to 60 degree cloudy weather in Seattle, a much more familiar gray sky. We flew straight over the Olympics, then the Sound, then my aunt's house in Magnolia, then skyscrapers, the stadiums, I-5, and finally landed...

September 10, 2004: These crazy Communists
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Xi'an had 4 or 5 street food vendors across the street selling an assortment of meats and tofus and vegetables on sticks, ready to be dipped into the vat of oil and fried to lovely perfection. Beijing has an entire...

September 8, 2004: Last Day
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Usually when you go on a trip, especially one that lasts longer than a week or so and even if you're having a great time, you're kinda sorta looking forward to going home, getting back to normal, having your own...

September 5, 2004: Chinglish
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***UPDATED PIX*** I've seen a few girls around the city wearing a shirt that says“Suicide Impact" in great big scary letters. Blondie told me about a previously popular shirt that read “I Eat Your Skin". The other day we finally...

September 1, 2004: For you? Best price!
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I thought I would be used to the apartment bathroom by now, but I'm not. It's hard to take a shower, use the toilet, brush your teeth, shave your legs, and wash your clothes in the same two foot by...

August 30, 2004: Tour de Xi'an
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It was sunny yesterday with a tiny bit of blue sky peeking out. We even saw clouds! Just being able to differentiate between the color of the sky and the color of the city made my day. So instead of...

August 27, 2004: Our brush with celebrity!
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The other night Blondie and Phillip and I took a taxi downtown in search of a dumpling restaurant recommended by another English teacher. The taxi driver said he wouldn't be able to drop us off right by the restaurant, but...

August 25, 2004: Some wine with my cheese
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Yesterday I saw some bottles of Chinese wine in the little convenience store down the street and thought it might be fun to try some. BLONDIE: Chinese wine is like grape juice. MAGGIE: Well, which bottle has the highest alcohol...

August 23, 2004: Staying inside the lines
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As I have now experienced exactly three taxi rides in two different Chinese cities, I think I am qualified to say that those little stripey things they paint on the roads? Mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. One wonders why The People Who...

August 20, 2004: Leaving on a jet plane
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This is what I was dealing with this morning: And this is what it looks like now. This was accomplished while watching the entire 4 hour womens' gymnastics all around finals on the TiVo. Thanks to the suspense-ruining force that...

August 16, 2004: Five days and fourteen hours
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Dear Matt Drudge: Stop posting Olympic swimming results before I have a chance to watch the races! In other news, Phillip and I now have all of our China tickets plus a hotel reservation. We leave Saturday afternoon and get...

August 9, 2004: What do you mean, I'll have to bargain?
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I know how to say two different phrases in Chinese: ni hao which I think means "hello" and and wo ai nee which is woefully mispelled and means "I love you". But I've been thinking about our upcoming trip and...

July 28, 2004: Reading at the zoo
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I bought the plane tickets today. I walked into the travel agency and Charlotte didn't remember me. It was a little disappointing. But I walked right up to her and said, "Hi, I'm Maggie, I'm the girl who reserved the...

July 20, 2004: Domestic Goddess
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Welcome to my third week of Blissful Unemployment. Unemployment is being very good to me. Except for the laundry. What is UP with the laundry? And who was doing the laundry before I quit my job and became a Domestic...

July 12, 2004: Chinese Red-Tape
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Anyone out there know how to get a Chinese tourist visa? Anyone? Anyone? I've spent the past hour in the company of the friendly recorded voices who answer the phone at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco. I kept telling...