Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily episode 31 Before you start accusing us of focusing on the poor, fading laundry as part of our own Antonioni scheme to sabotage the world’s image of an entire nation, let us be clear: we are more interested in the one small bright square so carefully preserved like some tiny peep [...]
Mar 05, 2010 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily | Tags: Antonioni, beverages, cement, chai, Cina, consumerism, corn juice, corny, destruction, development, drinks, Expat, laundry, Progress, social commentary, tea, the future, Travel | 3 Comments »
While most travelers come to this great land in order to see the famous structures it has erected – ancient walls, temples, and fortresses, or even the more recently built stadiums and towers – they regrettably miss out on another important, and arguably more impressive, sightseeing possibility. Here, not only can one witness marvels of [...]
Jun 08, 2009 | Categories: China, This Ridiculous World Guide | Tags: bricks, destruction, detritus, Humor, Progress, Rubble, sight-seeing, smashing, social commentary, Tourism | Leave A Comment »
Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 61 “Baba, where is our roof?” “Aiyo! Do not be so ignorant. Even a simple man could see that it has been harmonized.” “But Baba, why our roof and not the Tailor’s next door?” “Ungracious too! Have I raised a horse’s ass? You know very well that we are [...]
Mar 21, 2009 | Categories: China, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week | Tags: baba, Chinese neighborhood, communism, destruction, Government, Humor, Noodles, Progress, roof, social commentary | Leave A Comment »
Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 60 See that mark? That carefully printed red symbol on the far right that looks similar to the tattoos American teenagers like to have injected permanently into their skin? Unlike those, this is not a sign of innocence. This is the chai, indicating the approach of doom. The mark [...]
Mar 13, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week | Tags: Anthropology, butcher, change, Chinese neighborhood, destruction, Progress, tofu man, vendors | 2 Comments »
Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 29 Men in sport coats. Men climbing blindly. Men grasping the railing. which guides and supports. Up stairs. Stairs to the top. Stairs made by men. Stairs narrow in direction. A direction as firm as the stairs themselves. Stronger, Swifter, Higher, Faster Stronger, Swifter, Higher, Faster The men repeat [...]
Jun 06, 2008 | Categories: China, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week | Tags: 2008 Olympics, climbing, destruction, developing, Expat, foreigner, Olympics, Progress, Ridiculous, Sport coats | Leave A Comment »
Corn Juice for the Masses
Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily episode 31 Before you start accusing us of focusing on the poor, fading laundry as part of our own Antonioni scheme to sabotage the world’s image of an entire nation, let us be clear: we are more interested in the one small bright square so carefully preserved like some tiny peep [...]
Mar 05, 2010 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily | Tags: Antonioni, beverages, cement, chai, Cina, consumerism, corn juice, corny, destruction, development, drinks, Expat, laundry, Progress, social commentary, tea, the future, Travel | 3 Comments »