Comments on A Song Heard Far Away: Guangzhou - Day . . Um. . I forget.

Well said.

2008-11-11T07:48:00.000-08:00

Well said.

I hope you'd help the goat herder, too. I'm sorry...

2007-06-22T07:56:00.000-07:00

I hope you'd help the goat herder, too.

I'm sorry it doesn't work out fairly, that what goes around comes back EXACTLY around (yah. I know. That was the polar opposite of elegant, but you know what I mean), but it doesn't.

That's what you have two beautiful girls for, so you can teach them to see the world with empathy.

Ugh. Not a good feeling. When this would happen ...

2007-06-19T08:39:00.000-07:00

Ugh. Not a good feeling. When this would happen to me (like in an Amish market), I'd always be tempted to stare back. Engage in a kind of stare-off if you will (I wouldn't). I just appreciated getting home as I'm sure you're ready to do...

Oh, meanwhile my mom is staying with us this week, and we activated the Chinese cable channels here. Watching along with her, there is a talk show where the "entertainment" are all non-Chinese people speaking Mandarin perfectly. It's a good thing they're on a stage cuz not only is everybody staring, but their jaws are agape!

Aw, that sucks. Hopefully you were able to find th...

2007-06-19T08:15:00.000-07:00

Aw, that sucks. Hopefully you were able to find the elevator, get out of there, and go back to where the nice people are.

When I studied in Italy in college, everyone warned me about how Italians have no regard for personal space, or at least they don't hold it as sacred as Americans do. I was willing to accept this until I learned that a "disregard for personal space" also included the lecherous weird men in the flea markets who insisted in trying to pinch my nipples at every opportunity.

Thus, I see your staring and raise you a painful nipple pinch.

Oh, and Georgia is just so darn adorable there are no words.