i challenge you to a personality contest
i generally avoid reading the chinese media … because, well, it’s the chinese media. but during lunch yesterday at rendezvous cafe — my new favorite shanghai slop house — i happened to glance at a china daily. and now, dare i say it, i think i might be addicted … because, well, it was hilarious. unlike most newspapers, state-run chinese newspapers aren’t bogged down with real news stories. they don’t confuse readers by offering two sides to every story. hell, sometimes they don’t report on stories at all — thus saving readers valuable time.
all this free space allows chinese newspapers to print some pretty weird shit. the onion ain’t got nothing on these guys.
03.20.2004, 11:27 PM · Humor, News · Comments (5)
i have the jaspers in the elite eight. and you?
but now i feel the real thing. my brackets are all filled out and we’re just 13 hours from tip-off. i have the feeling, however, that i may be the only person in shanghai who cares about college basketball. please let me know that isn’t the case.
so check out my bracket if you like. and share your thoughts. just bear in mind that i haven’t seen a college basketball game in two years.
speaking of which, does anyone know any place in shanghai that is showing ncaa tournament games? if so, let me know. i’ll buy you a beer when i get there.
03.18.2004, 12:40 PM · Sports · Comments (1)
dirty american orange girl rider
you’ve seen all the other awards shows, now check out the, um, latest …
click here for the 2004 orange street oscars, the awards that have everyone in hollywood talking. (we just checked, people in hollywood are indeed talking … right now.)
here’s a sneak peak …
dan’s top twenty films of 2003
01. Lost in Translation
02. American Splendor
03. In America
04. City of God
05. Pieces of April
06. Owning Mahowny
07. The Triplets of Belleville
08. Capturing the Friedmans
09. Dirty Pretty Things
10. Mystic River
11. The Dancer Upstairs
12. Girl with a Pearl Earring
13. Spellbound
14. Master and Commander
15. The Last Samurai
16. Kill Bill, Vol. 1
17. Elf
18. School of Rock
19. The Man on the Train
20. Bend it Like Beckham
Also Receiving Votes
21 Grams, A Mighty Wind, Elephant, Finding Nemo, The Hulk, The Italian Job, Monster, Phone Booth, Run Ronnie Run, Seabiscuit, Whale Rider
Not Receiving Votes
Daredevil, Down With Love, Holes, In the Cut, Intolerable Cruelty, Laurel Canyon, Northfork, Old School
Definitely Not Receiving Votes
Bringing Down the House, The Core, The Shape of Things, Something’s Gotta Give, Swimming Pool, XX/XY
Movies I Own, But Have Not Watched Yet
28 Days Later, Buffalo Soldiers, Gerry, The Good Thief, Mona Lisa Smile, Pirates of the Carribean, Secret Lives of Dentists, Stuck on You, Thirteen, Veronica Guerin
Movie I Am Currently Downloading
Shattered Glass
Movies I Haven’t Seen, But Want To
Big Fish, Cold Mountain, The Cooler, The Fog of War, House of Sand and Fog
so get there, now! and don’t forget to leave your comments.
03.12.2004, 2:07 AM · Movies
i’m blaming the humidity
33 reasons why i got a hair cut.03.11.2004, 7:48 PM · Humor · Comments (6)
where the hell have i been?
in a cave? well, yes. but only part of the time.you know it’s been a long time when you start getting text messages from your students telling you to update your website. so here you go, bonny.
over the past several weeks, i chose to concentrate on money-making ventures — you know, freelance writing and standing next to cars — instead of this website.
03.11.2004, 1:06 AM · Guangxi, Movies, Observations, Photos, School, Sports · Comments (4)