Hey, remember when I was all like, “I’m taking the train! For a billion hours! When I could just take a one-hour flight.

Because, TRAINS, YOU GUYS!”

And then all my friends started giving me that look?

Well, it’s possible they gave me that look because not only had I opted to take the [...]

When I recently decided to take the train from Buffalo to Washington, DC, and then back again to Buffalo from New York City, I didn’t really think it was an odd choice.

Well, not any odder than all the other choices I’ve made in my life. Which probably isn’t saying much. As I’ve made [...]

As I’ve mentioned before, since returning to the States this summer I’ve been living at home with my parents.

Well, not exactly with my parents.

You see, they live in a house. As, you know, people tend to do.

I, on the other hand, live in their barn.

Which, I think we can all [...]

One of my favorite things to do in China was to go grocery shopping.

I know that sounds lame, but this is me we’re talking about. And lame is just kind of this thing I do.

Besides, I assure you it was a good time.

I mean, I could spend entire afternoons walking up [...]

Back when I was living in China, I started a bloggy series called Stuff I Really Kind of Like About My Life in China. I started it to remind myself of all the things I really kind of liked about my life in China (hence the title). And, well, maybe I used it as [...]