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AUG 23rd:

So far, I’ve been trying to imagine every interaction I have with amusing subtitles, with a laugh track each time I call a book a tree, or spit and sputter especially challenging chinese phrases like “14 snakes.” Hopefully, I will never actually have a practical need to give someone an accurate account of how many snakes there are in any language. And if I somehow manage to end up in a situation that requires it, I will probably resign myself to whatever fate results from the inability to pronounce it properly.

At any rate, so begin my adventures in China – at least as far as the internet is concerned.