My Rectilinear Life
overworkedtiredandnumb
- Location
- Dalian, China
- Birthday
- December 11
- Bio
- US expat living in China. Another 40-something woman experiencing mid-life crisis, only this time in China, with dumplings.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Job Hunting
September 20, 2011 04:46PM - Home Again
September 16, 2011 04:38PM - What does it mean?!
April 20, 2011 01:42AM - Reality Check (India, part 4)
February 16, 2011 04:19AM - Tiger, Tiger (India, part 3)
February 13, 2011 04:35AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Oh shit. I think I might
be one, too.”
February 16, 2011 12:12PM - “In my experience, the
peasants of China are much
harder to
find. They are
mostly…”
February 16, 2011 08:05AM - “I think the Mahajahs
took two years to give up the
land. :-)
It was
awesome!”
February 13, 2011 06:57AM - “Control? We always act
like we can control every
minute
detail. What a
crock.…”
February 11, 2011 09:32AM - “Uh oh, now I'm on the
hook. Working on Day 3 now.
Thanks for
reading!”
February 10, 2011 10:59PM
Overworkedtiredandnumb's Links
- My Posts
- 83. Tiger, Tiger (India, part 3)
- 82. Ridin' That (Turns Out to be Midnight) Train (india, Part 2)
- 81. A Passage to, uh, India
- 80. A Dream
- 79. Learn the Language
- 78. When My Morning Comes Around
- 77. 2010: The Year in Quotes
- 76. The Immigration Bunny
- 75. Google Translate, 一半半
- 74. Motherhood, a photo essay
- 73. Special Friend: Clay
- 72. US-Chinese Relations: Slowly Warming Up
- 71. Good Job, Bad Job, Any Job, Please
- 70. Ideas That Shake My World
- 69. Would you like some hot water with that?
- 68. Special Friend: Brandon
- 67. Special Friend: Jane
- 66. A Visit to Hong Kong
- 65. Pork Pastries 不好吃!
- 64. Rock, Paper, What?
- 63. 很可爱的女儿 (Very Cute Daughters)
- 62. Digesting China
- 61. Adapting (?) to China
- 60. Christmas in China
- 59. Expat Drunk Blogging
- 58. Adventures in Translation
- 57. Settling In - In China's Rust Belt
- 56. And we're off
- 55. Preparing for Our Move to China, Part V
- 54. Preparing for Our Move to China, Part IV
- 53. Preparing for Our Move to China, Part III
- 52. Ft. Hood: Potential Lessons
- 51. Things We Are Doing to Prepare for Our Move to China, Pt. II
- 50. Cyber-Anger: Not New, But Lasting
- 49. Things We Are Doing to Prepare for Our Move to China, Part I
- 48. Attending the Theater
- 47. Gloves On: Slightly Better Than Awful Pizza Now Available
- 46. Old Couple Overheard on Flight from Chicago to Phoenix
- 45. The Toilet Reveals Something Deep. But What?
- 44. More Food Notes from China
- 43. Lunch in China
- 42. The Way We Made the Decision
- 41. Choosing a Home in China
- 40. House Hunting in China
- 39. 不看 Facebook (No Read Facebook)
- 38. Almost a Year
- 37. 15 in 15: The Quote Quiz
- 36. Thoughts on Southern Liberals (i.e., Mama and Daddy)
- 35. Notes To and From a Packrat
- 34. Dude, Where's My Brush?
- 33. Dad is Awesome
- 32. My American Idols
- 31. Dinah Washington
- 30. Spansion Lays Off Thousands While Spending to "Retain" Execs
- 29. She's Mean and Evil Through and Through
- 28. Signage
- 27. Who Could Resist?
- 26. A receipt
- 25. Saturday, July 25th, 1925
- 24. My Afternoon on OS: Or, I really need a new hobby.
- 23. 2008 The Year in Quotes
- 22. 25 is a lot of things
- 21. Open Salon Cherry Juice Debate, a call for volunteers
- 20. Open Salon Debate Format, Version 1.0
- 19. Debating Debating: A Proposed Open Salon Debate Format
- 4. Unearthing Treasures
- 18. Hard Times
- 17. Portrait
- 16. OS Collage: o please o please o please let me in
- 15. Hope Springs Eternal
- 14. Pre-school Civics 101
- 13. The Consolation of Laughter
- 12. Circling the Square
- 11. Compromise
- 10. Here I Am
- 9. Dull Ache
- 8. The Way of Clay
- 7. This is My Favorite Picture
- 6. Poor Cissy Hadn't Got a Mama
- 5. Some Beginnings
- 3. Maintaining Sanity
- 2. Mama Died Today
- 1. Death 'n' Shit
February 16, 2011 08:05AM
“In my experience, the peasants of China are much harder to find. They are mostly concentrated in the west, away from the burgeoning eastern seaboard a…”
About: Reality Check (India, part 4)
“In my experience, the peasants of China are much harder to find. They are mostly concentrated in the west, away from the burgeoning eastern seaboard a…”
About: Reality Check (India, part 4)
February 13, 2011 06:57AM
“I think the Mahajahs took two years to give up the land. :-) It was awesome!”
About: Tiger, Tiger (India, part 3)
“I think the Mahajahs took two years to give up the land. :-) It was awesome!”
About: Tiger, Tiger (India, part 3)
February 11, 2011 09:32AM
“Control? We always act like we can control every minute detail. What a crock. It is what it is indeed.”
About: My affair, my marriage and my choice
“Control? We always act like we can control every minute detail. What a crock. It is what it is indeed.”
About: My affair, my marriage and my choice
February 10, 2011 10:59PM
“Uh oh, now I'm on the hook. Working on Day 3 now. Thanks for reading!”
About: A passage to, uh, India
“Uh oh, now I'm on the hook. Working on Day 3 now. Thanks for reading!”
About: A passage to, uh, India
January 25, 2011 10:21AM
“8 inch disks. Huh huh, I said disks.”
About: Monkeys With Chimpanzee Dreams
“8 inch disks. Huh huh, I said disks.”
About: Monkeys With Chimpanzee Dreams
January 25, 2011 10:21AM
“8 inch disks. Huh huh, I said disks.”
About: Monkeys With Chimpanzee Dreams
“8 inch disks. Huh huh, I said disks.”
About: Monkeys With Chimpanzee Dreams
November 23, 2010 05:07AM
“I need your help on a little shopping trip I am planning to a local sex shop. Let me know when you're available.”
About: Sex Toy Shopping
“I need your help on a little shopping trip I am planning to a local sex shop. Let me know when you're available.”
About: Sex Toy Shopping
October 22, 2010 11:26PM
“Consider the flip situation: you and Eddie go back to India and you try to immigrate there. Talk about bureaucracy! I can't even get a visa to visit…”
About: Immigration Frustration
“Consider the flip situation: you and Eddie go back to India and you try to immigrate there. Talk about bureaucracy! I can't even get a visa to visit…”
About: Immigration Frustration
October 22, 2010 07:13PM
“I hate this season, too. Can you imagine yourself alone in a room dying, surrounded by your favorite wooden bowls?”
About: Tis the Season...
“I hate this season, too. Can you imagine yourself alone in a room dying, surrounded by your favorite wooden bowls?”
About: Tis the Season...
October 22, 2010 12:48AM
“Hi. Be well and love. It is what you were meant to do.”
About: Zizi & The Hula Hoop
“Hi. Be well and love. It is what you were meant to do.”
About: Zizi & The Hula Hoop
October 21, 2010 06:46PM
“Is nostalgia lying to oneself? Sometimes the only thing that sustains me is a selective memory, or, at the very least, the capacity to acknowledge tha…”
About: Elgar and My Dad
“Is nostalgia lying to oneself? Sometimes the only thing that sustains me is a selective memory, or, at the very least, the capacity to acknowledge tha…”
About: Elgar and My Dad
October 21, 2010 06:50AM
“Henrietta, Today my husband explained to a colleague (a Chinese woman with a Ph.D. from an American university!) that our daughter has a blockage betwe…”
About: Would you like some hot water with that?
“Henrietta, Today my husband explained to a colleague (a Chinese woman with a Ph.D. from an American university!) that our daughter has a blockage betwe…”
About: Would you like some hot water with that?
October 21, 2010 05:20AM
“Ann, the trade is more than worth it for all of us. We struggle with culture shock and probably always will, but the rewards are immense. My brain,…”
About: Would you like some hot water with that?
“Ann, the trade is more than worth it for all of us. We struggle with culture shock and probably always will, but the rewards are immense. My brain,…”
About: Would you like some hot water with that?
October 18, 2010 11:04PM
“David Sedaris.”
About: From a Reader to the Personal Essayists of Open Salon
“David Sedaris.”
About: From a Reader to the Personal Essayists of Open Salon
October 18, 2010 01:10AM
“Oh dear, I miss CA, too. It's like crack. Huh-huh-huh-huh, I said crack. Anyway, I don't have any ghost stories as good as this one, but I have been o…”
About: The Tours Are Never Haunted, well, almost
“Oh dear, I miss CA, too. It's like crack. Huh-huh-huh-huh, I said crack. Anyway, I don't have any ghost stories as good as this one, but I have been o…”
About: The Tours Are Never Haunted, well, almost
October 17, 2010 05:38PM
“Apparently, Thomas Friedman and I were puzzling over similar issues this weekend: http ://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/ opinion/17friedman.html?_r=1&a mp;re…”
About: A Visit to Hong Kong
“Apparently, Thomas Friedman and I were puzzling over similar issues this weekend: http ://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/ opinion/17friedman.html?_r=1&a mp;re…”
About: A Visit to Hong Kong
October 10, 2010 03:10AM
“The level of corruption and fraud here in China is indeed staggering to us naive Americans. I wonder if there exist any examples in world of nations o…”
About: Fraud and China
“The level of corruption and fraud here in China is indeed staggering to us naive Americans. I wonder if there exist any examples in world of nations o…”
About: Fraud and China
October 01, 2010 04:28PM
“I, too, agree with the bulk of your argument. China's cheap manufacturing was not the original or only cause for the loss of jobs and the erosion of…”
About: The China Blames Game
“I, too, agree with the bulk of your argument. China's cheap manufacturing was not the original or only cause for the loss of jobs and the erosion of…”
About: The China Blames Game
September 28, 2010 02:01AM
“MAWB- Singapore certainly enjoys a great reputation; I haven't been able to visit there yet. Beijing is endlessly fascinating and something of a cosmo…”
About: Digesting China
“MAWB- Singapore certainly enjoys a great reputation; I haven't been able to visit there yet. Beijing is endlessly fascinating and something of a cosmo…”
About: Digesting China
April 02, 2010 01:26AM
“I used to try so hard to listen for the voices of reason from the right. I was grateful for the few who didn't shout. I wanted to hear the other side…”
About: Bill Kristol is a Horse's Ass
“I used to try so hard to listen for the voices of reason from the right. I was grateful for the few who didn't shout. I wanted to hear the other side…”
About: Bill Kristol is a Horse's Ass
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