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About Me

i'd rather have a romantic kiss than orgy all night long. i'd rather eat a cow than ride one. i'd rather ride a horse than eat one. i'd rather write than read. i'd rather be ugly and smart than handsome and stupid. i'd rather be in china than any place else. i'd rather have nothing than everything. i'd rather fight and lose than walk away. i'd rather take my motorcycle than my car. i'd rather be a musician than an artist. i'd rather be an artist than a poet. i'd rather help than be helped. i'd rather not be handicapped. i'd rather be drunk than stoned. i'd rather be sailing than jet skiing. i'd rather camp in the snow than the rain. i'd rather hold small, real breasts than big, fake ones. i'd rather play the sport than watch it. i'd rather have heartburn than watch "friends". i'd rather work hard and lose than win without effort. i'd rather eat a cheap steak than an expensive vegetable. i'd rather grow my vegetables than buy them. i'd rather be 38 than 21. i'd rather speak to you in your own language. i'd rather tell you whats on my mind than have you guess wrong. i'd rather make my own rules. i'd rather let it go than imprison it. i'd rather feel you than listen to you. i'd rather cook my own meals than buy them. i'd rather be anywhere than a bad relationship. i'd rather have a girlfriend that lives in the same hemisphere :(

My Interests

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My Blog

The road to Vihn, North Vietnam, August 2009

I didnt know what the big box truck was hauling when I thumbed it down. It could be anythingpigs, furniture, produce, nothingbut in this case it was migrant workers. My surprise was mirrored by a...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:55:00 GMT

Jin Cai High School Graduation Speech, June 2009

Good morning everyone. My name is Peter Recksiek, I am a science teacher at Jin Cai High School. 1) As a teacher, I get asked a lot of questions from my students during class. Let me tell you the...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:18:00 GMT

letters from Shanghai (February 2009)

The trip was chaos. Every bus i got on was wrong. Every place I went was packed. Every meal I ate was not what I thought I ordered. I was lost 75% of the time, and confused 100% of the time. Its...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:53:00 GMT

Hail to the Chief

I dont usually write about financial matters, mostly because economics concerns people with money, and Ive never fit into that category. Im writing because its such a good time to be an armchair ...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:53:00 GMT

Tangshan Hot Springs

Our school gave us a four day weekend for the Christmas break, and instead of going to the office parties and such, I decided to get out of town alone for a breath of fresh air. Tangshan Ho...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:06:00 GMT

letters from Shanghai

... Amateur. I once quit drinking. During this time, I also tried to quit coffee, my vices' last stronghold. To substitute, I drank tea. I put 4 bags of tea in a small ...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:24:00 GMT

letters from Shanghai

.... the other concern is the recent milk scandal. they're watering down the milk and adding melamine to show false protein content. i checked the msds on melamine: its a mutag...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:26:00 GMT

letters from Shanghai

Ni Hao! I received my teaching schedule this week, and it's quite a load. I am teaching English, 8th grade Algebra, 10th grade Chemistry, and 12th grade Biology. These interna...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:12:00 GMT

France 2008

The Eiffel Tower was on our checklist of tourist places to visit, after Jim Morrison's grave (my list), shopping on Rue Honore (Echo's list), the Luvre, Arc de Triumph, and so on. Standing ...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:32:00 GMT

Germany 2008 Family Reunion

This was a rare and special event for our whole family: a 10-day reunion trip to Germany, in the very town where mom grew up before she moved to America. We booked several rooms of an old ...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:39:00 GMT