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David

I am here for Friends

About Me

I like me. You might. Not sure, though.

My Interests

travel, music, films, languages

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people in Dallas.

Music:

the cure, sonic youth, the pogues, my bloody valentine, the postal service, the arcade fire, antonio carlos jobim, a tribe called quest, talking heads, radiohead, sigur ros, pavement and stephen malkmus, and many, many more.

Movies:

Lots

Television:

Lost, The Wire, Rome, Extras

Books:

A Canticle for Liebowitz, Lolita, The Brothers Karamazov, The Moviegoer, The Lord of the Rings, Perelandra, Heart of Darkness, War and Peace, Catch 22, Tomcat in Love, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Jonathan Strang and Mr. Norrel, and lots of nonfiction, mostly history (oh and A Song of Ice and Fire -- I'm a little nerdy, I can't help it, go Jon!)

My Blog

Dallas

As many of you know, my job moved me to Dallas, TX, where I've taken over US sales operations.  I was really hesitant about Dallas, at first, but now I'm loving it.  I live in Deep Ellum, ri...
Posted by David on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:25:00 PST

still in china

so the other day i ate stir-fried turtle, and aftewards used a straw to suck out the marrow of a gigantic stewed pigbone.   
Posted by David on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:27:00 PST

it's not so hard...

Well, I'm now about 4 or 5 months into my job.  I have worked 6 or 7 days a week for the past month.  i'm on my 9th in a row now (Tuesday), and not seeing any chance of a day off until ...
Posted by David on Mon, 08 May 2006 04:18:00 PST

Taiwan

My business partner, Marc, and his wife, Isabelle, took off for Taiwan this past  was invited to stay with Isabelle's family.  It turns out that her father is an ex-mayor and senator, who is...
Posted by David on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 06:15:00 PST

travels

So my second year in china is beginnning the home stretch...  I've been very busy since my last post.  I went to Shanghai in january for a week to visit Kiki and some old students of mine, s...
Posted by David on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:22:00 PST

Job!

So Ive been worrying a little about what Ill do when I go back to America this summer. I originally planned to go to graduate school, but I wasnt sure if I really wanted to, so I passed on that. I ...
Posted by David on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:31:00 PST

FUCK, this guy might be a rat bastard, but at least he's got balls

As I said last time, I¡¯ve really been getting comfortable here in Shenzhen, and in China in general. The annoying hellos, stares and comments are fewer, or I don¡¯t notice them as much. I don¡¯t feel...
Posted by David on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

29 days and then home

So I've been in China for over 10 months, and in less than one more I'll be back in Mississippi. It's been a really good year in some ways, hard in others, but the strange thing is, but in the last m...
Posted by David on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST