Finding a wife is on the other side of this fucking book

Average day in Lanzhou. Uncle is hauling wood. The firemen are hooping it up. Fat pub cat is sick after kicking some other cats ass.

Oh boy new Mountain Goats album. I hope he sings about a car and I hope it’s a metaphor for freedom or perhaps … love

I think long-term foreigners will look back on the Covid-era with rose coloured glasses. China is beginning to fill up with dregs again and social media is inducing an influx of annoying sexpats

Chinese pet culture - what do you mean you named your dog “twelve”?

More pics from my little lovely weekend in Xi’an. It’s a great autumn city and I wish I could go back again this weekend

Kava is legal in China and we are excited it has arrived! Calling all the boys over to get real relaxed

Auntie had a (drugged) fox in the park and was hustling money to take photos. How does one even acquire a fox

Student submitted this draft of a poem today. She said it was about autumn and the feeling of trying to keep up at school. I think it’s really really nice.

Gansu “ski coach” asked if I knew how to ski. I am unfortunately going to have to humiliate him.

They are pleased with going viral

It is a beautiful autumn day in Xi’an.

Thank you for being so interested in this post. A Swiss man saw it today and happened to be in Xi’an as well and we hung out and had a wonderful conversation. New friend made through pizza and Twitter

Tofu and some coffee to start the DaYan pagoda wander day

A lot of people would be mad at me if they found out I’m eating this because it’s the closest to western Canadian “Regina style” pizza

In the suburbs of Xi’an there is a tiny mom and pop store making Chicago deep dish pizza.

Going up to all the tourists in Xi’an in HanFu and saying “Happy Halloween”

Lanzhou Auntie has that shit on

Average Guangxi Miao village wedding experience

The aliens go to Guangxi