Yes, China IS strong, and also great
This was one of the funniest Onion articles I’ve seen in a while:
According to all sources, the People’s Republic of China is strong. The nation is united, the military unmatched, the economy vibrant, and the people ever joyful.
Similarly correct sources verified that China has always been triumphant.
In other news, the Chinese government is fair, all-knowing, and wise, propelled by the strength of two billion loyal hands, all pulling together as one under the Great Celestial Bureaucracy high above.
Experts all agreed that there can be no question of this claim, as this claim is the truth.
As of press time, the brute and inexpressive English language could not convey the full magnificence of China, nor its excellence in every arena, nor the protective warmth of the red sun that shines forever on its borders, nor the innumerable glories of its Great Leaders.
New reports also indicate that China will grow stronger yet.
The article ends with the Chinese character for fish (鱼), part of the Onion’s equally hilarious “takeover” by the Chinese company Yu Wan Mei: Amalgamated Fisheries and Polymer Injection Corp. Their website is precious.
Human rainstorm
Intro = so awesome. I also like the remainder, but I realize that not everyone shares my fascination and deep love of a cappella. (Cue dreamy sigh.)
Between lives
I haven’t been blogging a lot since coming back, mainly because I feel like I’m in a daze.
It’s strange being back in the United States, though not nearly as strange as I was expecting. I haven’t really experienced any sort of reverse culture shock, which I attribute to the fact that I’ve gone out relatively little since coming back, and I’ve interacted with very few people other than B and some of my closest friends. Other than the whirlwind weekend in DC, during which we found an apartment and I interviewed for the job that I now have (yay for employment!), my life has been eerily quiet and still.
Beneath all this stillness, I’m wicked excited to move. I got a very good impression of DC and the town we’ll be living in during that whirlwind weekend, and since B got accepted into law school there, everyone’s been raving about what a great place DC is. However, if I had been continuing to work for my alma mater these last few months, living in the area that has been more “home” for me than anyplace I’d lived previously, I would probably not be nearly so enthusiastic. It helps that right now I’m kind of in between lives, done with my China life and close to starting my DC life. Despite my love for it, right now Western Mass is so temporary, and while I’m sure I’ll always miss it, I don’t currently feel connected enough to it to dampen my excitement for moving.
It’s also crazy to think that I’m going to start teaching Chinese in just over a month. I’ve been working for this for many years, and now that it’s almost here, I’m a little bit dumb-struck.
Anyway, just some recent thoughts.
Happy Fourth!
Well, I’m back, and I expect I’ll be updating this blog a little more. For today, though, happy 4th of July! Words cannot express how happy I am to be back in this country. Freedom of speech is so freaking awesome.
Here’s a photo from last December, one of the few that I have of the flag … and of course it’s backwards. Oh well!
