A Dozen Alarm Clocks

I have two alarm clocks. More specifically, I have two alarm clocks in my room. One goes off at 8am to wake me up, the other is on snooze rotation until around 8:30am, when I debate whether I really need breakfast that morning. Neither is really necessary, however, because outside my door I have perhaps […]

Panda Bear (Metaphorical)

Because I do theater, I accept that people will watch me. That’s actually the goal – to get an audience. But I also am used to my day to day activities going unnoticed. It’s not the case here. Here, everything I do in public is observed obviously. People stare at me when I walk down […]

Western Welcome

I found the consulate in Chengdu during my weekend. I used the metro (huzzah!) but I got off too early and still wound up walking quite a ways. The consulate was closed (it was Sunday), but I got the information I needed to register. Nothing like seeing a wall ringed in thick barbed wire to […]