• RT @raykwong: Asian Tigresses: Half the world’s 14 self-made female billionaires have struck it rich in China. http://twurl.nl/xrd3iu#fb #
• RIP Corey Haim. while in the process of trying to pick his life back up http://is.gd/aaoU3 #fb #
• “check your ingredients–before you overdose on the cool” –lupe fiasco #
• isohunt seems to have been #GFW ‘d #fb #
• “mais c’est quoi, la dialectiqiue?” “c’est l’art et la maniere de toujours retomber sur ses pattes, mon vieux!” #fb #
• book buying strategy in china: 1. kindle 2. taobao 3. ask mom and dad to bring it over if luggage room permits #fb #
• sohu has all of the new LOST episodes up fast http://is.gd/acFH9 #fb #

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• if the last few days were your first in shanghai, sorry, but the weather is usually a bit better than this #fb #
• just finished watching the 7 year itch. man they dont make comedies like they used to #fb #
• are these iron man 2 DVDscreeners real? http://is.gd/a07Ur #fb #
• well a fairly high res copy of “From Paris with Love” on 56.com for china peeps http://is.gd/a08pP #fb #
• these french chinese gangster are no match for john travolta 　 #
• iraq vet talks about his experience of seeing “the hurt locker”–through the one eye he has left http://nyti.ms/bT0ETz #fb #
• one iraqi said, after voting: “we’re not free yet. we have an american occupation and an iranian administration.” #fb #
• youku has chomsky speaking on Gaza http://is.gd/a1v3R #fb #

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• RT @StephenAtHome: so excited about my office oscar pool - not every office has a pool full of dead guys named oscar #fb #
• trying to watch livestream of the #oscars but a bit slow here in china #fb http://is.gd/9V3hh #
• @tylerbreed i guess thats the good thing about pirated dvds in china–i own most of those films #
• 四川的眼泪（The Tears of Sichuan Province） is nominated for best docu…never watched it #fb http://is.gd/9VahL #
• havent any of the foreign flicks except Un Prophete which was darn good http://is.gd/9VahL #fb #
• http://twitpic.com/17bq2j - #
• watching “capitalism: a love story”. given my long history of anticapitalism sentiments i oughtta like it #fb #
• mao zedong’s grandson is a fat fucker. chip off the old block, squared http://is.gd/9WTWh #fb #
• michael moore section on “dead peasant insurance” is really damning. so this is america #fb #
• the michael moore section with Jesus being dubbed over as a capitalist is hilarious #fb #
• well at least Star Trek won one award #fb #
• like that jazzy version of the INternationale at the end of “Capitalism: A Love Story” #fb #
• jimmy carter talking about foreign oil dependence makes me laff. doesnt talk about oil price as arab reprisal #fb #
• carter didnt talk about how the energy battle was related to mideast policy/cold war entanglements #fb #
• it just goes to show that American presidents perpetually lie or obfuscate to the american people #fb #
• RT @dailytelegraph: Depp admits to being a recluse http://bit.ly/aBcV9A #
• a new biography about Jean Luc Godard…or something like that http://is.gd/9XsJa #fb #
• @davesgonechina i usually wouldnt recommend this movie since i’ve observed most ppl arent as far left as me #fb #
• RT @nytimes_wire: Children With Cellphones: The proportion of children with cellphones has nearly doubled since 2005. http://bit.ly/9JwxxV #
• RT @sinoconnexion: Wuxi to receive Mexico Pavilion after Shanghai Expo:- http://bit.ly/bmu2c4 #
• RT @nytimes_wire: Biden Arrives in Israel on Trip to Restart Peace Talks: http://nyti.ms/bdOY2f #fb #
• instead of being productive i went to a bar and drank alone. strangely i dont regret it, in fact dont think i ever have #fb #

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• RT @teacherdude: Greek riot police attacking photographers in Athens during demo #griots http://flic.kr/p/7HReLW #fb #
• i’m not familiar with #TED but i prefer getting ideas from philosophy, history, etc and not from “thought leaders” #fb #
• internet addled generation spends more time at talks and conferences than it does reading books of quality #fb #
• Now we’re Bollywood West (Ontario gets govt sponsored Bollywood acting school!) http://bit.ly/cJtLL9 #fb #
• “the hurt locker” is politically acceptable. make a real anti-war film, or one from iraqi perspective, no way #fb #
• there were some powerful films about vietnam, some made 15 or more years after end of war. how about iraq and the war on terror i wonder #fb #
• ironic george clooney is making Ewan mCGregor say “i dont know what a Jedi Warrior is” LOL #fb #
• han zheng says SHanghai expo cost 18 billion not 400 billion as some said http://is.gd/9SYJp #fb #
• Bai Keli says that learning Mandarin Chinese is the wish of the xinjiang ppl–not being coerced http://is.gd/9SYRI #fb #
• @KellenParker there is an mac emule client isnt there? recall seeing on on soft.macx.cn a while ago #
• @niubi i want to click on that link but i love cats and dont think i’ll have the stomach for whatever i see there #
• @catshanghai im not sure what the movie was about #
• in this interview Bai Keli doesnt respond to questions about inequality of hans and uighurs http://is.gd/9SYRI #
• chinese officials muse clamping down on celeb gossip and scandals in media http://is.gd/9T1g4 #fb #
• @KellenParker if you harbor hope for the US can you at least start spelling correctly again? #
• @niubi makes me wish i could take in more cats. unfortunately i would need a bigger bed. #
• what some dude killed by tiger in the shanghai zoo? nasty. http://is.gd/9T2zT #fb #
• tibetan officials says the ppl realise that only the communist party can save them http://is.gd/9T3py #fb #
• reading Tony Judt on Primo Levi. man i wish i had this job #fb #
• war is only the final flower of an evil tree #fb #
• @KaiserKuo yeah i have Postwar. I just bought reappraisals and reading it on kindle/PC #
• reading henry adams makes me miss a new england childhood i’ll never have #fb #
• @joonian i use it on PC…on amazon.com i just say my region is the US and i get all the books the US has. #
• i knew of the word “pine” but i didnt know of the word “repine” #

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• wow, emile de antonio’s “Year of the Pig”–great doc about vietnam. #fb #
• to call Meryl Streep’s oscar record as a “losing streak” is idiotic, what, should she win half the time? Have 13 oscars? #fb #
• Dubai Killing: We Have DNA Samples, Say Police http://is.gd/9NknC #fb #
• yet another munchies session ruined by a real american douchebag in love with his own voice #fb #fml #
• Next Firefox to drop Mac OS X 10.4 support http://is.gd/9O4CP #fb #
• reading about the CIA, Chile, Guatemala, Iran–all i have left is faith that the US can learn from its mistakes #fb #
• i am sick of seeing the iPad “magical and revolutionary” copy on the apple page. LSD is magical ok? so is jesus #fb #
• earthquakes in both tangshan and beichuan today at 11 am #fb http://is.gd/9Oxzy #
• who is this robert shrader on @shanghaiist that refers to chinese olympics team using first person plural #fb #
• @KellenParker the accent seemed clearly american plus numerous references to US of A #
• Liao Yiwu stopped from attending German literary festival: Liao Yiwu. Photo by AP On Monday, outspoken Chinese poet Liao Yiwu had b… #
• @asteris yeah there’s not a lot to be optimistic about, rationally. hence ‘faith’. #
• reading about senator fulbright and “the arrogance of power”. at least some politicians were sane http://is.gd/9OSXA #fb #
• The Nation on keeping Bill Moyers’ flame alive: The Moyers Legacy http://is.gd/9OYOO #fb #
• Arrestation du cinéaste Jafar Panahi et de sa famille http://is.gd/9P0vj #fb #
• can we english speakers sometimes use ‘internautes’ instead of ‘netizen’–just for variety’s sake? http://is.gd/9P2k7 #fb #
• @Mal_Asian is this your first time to HK? not sure why else you’d find this surprising #
• RT @ellachou: 2010 两会有关互联网治理的发言 http://tr.im/QPCo #lianghui #fb #
• “Precious” sweeps indie film awards http://is.gd/9P4iB #fb #
• Was woman duped into sex with lover’s twin? http://bit.ly/aTdw0c #fb #

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• colbert on health care: dems and republicans all in bed in with insurance co #
• 提倡低碳生活–不是过苦日子. just to be perfectly clear about it. even the officials are calculating 碳足迹. #fb #
• chinese officials can live low carbon life but the miners are still high carbon (ie coal) and dying for it #fb #
• i think most ppl would prefer if chinese officials were more concerned w/ their corruption footprint #fb #
• @sueannetay i think my vision of an ideal US would be a bigger, hipper, more athletic version of Canada #fb #
• watching Shutter Island on youku.com http://is.gd/9JR8I #fb #
• haha Shutter Island, what a predictable mindfuck. but enjoyable in a way #fb #
• Pub Crawl Leader Wanted (finally a job in shanghai that i am qualified for) http://is.gd/9Kjrl #fb #
• just heard ‘douchebag’ in “return of the secaucus 7″–wonder if it was in vogue in 1980. #fb #
• the only person i recognized right away in return of secaucus seven is David Straithairn #fb #
• starting the michael caine movie “harry brown” http://is.gd/9KPPZ #fb #
• michael caine as geriatric vigilante is a bit too much disbelief for me to suspend #fb #
• emily mortimer was in 2 of the movies watched today: shutter island and harry brown http://is.gd/9L7el #fb #

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• the nation says it has facts not found on Fox News. I was unaware that Fox News had any facts #fb #
• if education developed faculties of fact analysis as well as imagination, all of america would move left #fb #
• RT @alexbkane: My latest from @Mondoweiss: Nonviolent protests are also taking place in Gaza http://bit.ly/cCeFaV #fb #
• RT @asteris @novaspivack Rare Buddhist flower (blossoms once per 3k yrs) found under nun’s washing machine in China http://bit.ly/dv1yEv #fb #
• RT @asteris: A Decent Factory - A Thomas Balmès docu (2004) http://bit.ly/cLuDcz on Nokia’s ethics inspections of Chinese factories #fb #
• RT @davesgonechina @neiltyson: State lotteries typically pay for education. To keep it going, probability & stats is rarely taught K-12. #fb #
• Murcia region of spain, a new little hotbed of art #fb #
• sorry that murcia article from the NY Times is here http://is.gd/9DL3a #fb #
• some of my new pictures of Macau on my flickr http://is.gd/9DWJi #fb #
• have you ever wondered why there is no kindle version of Foucault’s Madness and Civilization? http://is.gd/9FgSZ #fb #

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• in case you wondering ZH-airport-7 is free wifi network in zhuhai airport near gates #fb #
• in china its easy finding your way from airport to city but not vice versa. not enuff signage #fb #
• back in cold and rainy SH. at least i got some cats, munchies cheeseburgers and warren G to keep me company #fb #
• mossadegh was the first iranian to earn a doctorate in law in europe #fb #
• the lostpedia really helps but also fucks with my mind #fb #
• having lotsa problems uploading pictures to flickr without the VPN. lightroom, uploader dont work, might resort to emailing #fb #

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• woke up from a dream where i was arguing w/ everyone & no1 agreed with me, which means it was like real life #fb #
• smoking ban in Shanghai started on March 1 http://is.gd/9uxAn #fb #
• 1. i’ve always felt having too much money meant inability to empathize w/ those who dont have it. #fb #
• 2. thats not entirely true–but having too much $$ does soften ppl–its the limo vs. walking #fb #
• ironic when heidegger gets quoted for management advice http://is.gd/9uBI4 #fb #
• Mexican journalist dismembered, burned, officials say. http://is.gd/9uE1H #fb #
• local/regional chinese govts mired in debt http://is.gd/9uHaB #fb #
• Chinese education officials: dropping humanities/science distinction in the future http://is.gd/9uHwD #fb #
• interesting: Guangdong Prov. has online petitioning forums. http://is.gd/9uIeb #fb #
• platt amendment: cubans can rule themselves only if the US can veto any decision they make. pattern in Latin America #fb #
• more n more i think “achieving our country” means turning the US empire back into a republic #fb #
• were foreign wars necessary to heal the rift caused by the civil war? or was it just pure capitalist greed? #
• George Frisbie Hoar, a senator from MA. George Frisbee Whore: Stanford University student #
• the thing i dread most is ppl more cliche than me thinking that im a cliche #
• some kinds of dogs r 2 ADD and hyper. cats are quiet, solitary, mind their own business. #
• NASA says humans will leave for mars by 2030. http://is.gd/9vN7K #fb #
• think i am going to start a new blog or just migrate the old one to non blocked host #
• should i order a dedicated IP for $2.50/month so that my website is possibly accesible in china ? #Fb #
• @joonian now that’s an innovative business model for media. i might fund my own journalistic forays w/ lollipops #

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