I like walking around, but Shanghai, at least where I was walking today, isn’t really suited to walking. Of cities I’ve enjoyed walking around before, I’d definitely put Boston and New York toward the top. I didn’t spend enough time in DC to walk around much, but it seemed more suited to a bike or [...]
Entries from March 2007
anywhere is walking distance, if you’ve got the time
March 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: personal crap · quotes
took a walk today
March 31st, 2007 · 3 Comments
I took a walk today. I tried to walk from my apartment to near where I work, but I didn’t succeed. I only got as far as the Maglev station at which point I got frustrated by walking along highways and decided not to try and cross any more in getting to my ultimate destination. [...]
Tags: china · personal crap
illinoise
March 31st, 2007 · No Comments
I wonder if I will ever listen to Sufjan Stevens‘ Illinois (wikipedia, metacritic) album without feeling incredibly nostalgic. Ah, 2005. It was a good year. (what the hell, nostalgic for two years ago, at my age?)
founder paradox
March 30th, 2007 · No Comments
hmm…
Tags: links out
History Boys
March 27th, 2007 · No Comments
I wasn’t really watching, just sitting in the room while somebody else was. I was not terribly impressed by what I did see. One quote that I caught: a: Do you ever want to go back?b: To Oxford? I’m not not clever enough. I’m not anything enough, really.