12.19.2005
Beijing guide!
For those of you who find your way here looking for some kind of useful information about China--as opposed to those of you who get here after searching for beer Christmas trees, feeding tigers, nanotech shrimp, or "Sexy Shanghai Massage" (you know who you are)--I have some good news. Yes, for what might be the first time ever, I am posting something that may help you:
Things to Know About the 'Jing
What is it? Glad you asked. It's a sort of rough overview of what to see and where to eat if you happen to find yourself in Beijing, or BJ as the locals still insist on calling it, to my continued amusement. Anyway, use it while you can, because at the rate Beijing is being torn down, it won't be good for long ...
(Side note: For those of you wondering about the "Sexy Shanghai Massage," I have a stat counter that tracks how people find my site, including any search terms they might have used. While the number of people who find it based on searches for any sort of sex massage doesn't really surprise me (although it's funny that they all seem to come from places like Indonesia and Iran, for some reason), what is surprising--and, when you get right down to it, disturbing--is the number of people who find my site by searching for the lyrics to "Ice, Ice Baby." I mean, seriously? People are still: a) listening to "Ice, Ice Baby," and b) curious enough about what Vanilla happens to be saying to get on the Internet and look it up? SERIOUSLY?)
(Side note 2: Alright stop, collaborate and listen, Ice is back with a brand new invention ...)
(Side note 3: You're all singing "Vanilla Ice, Ice Baby" to yourself right now, right? Good--just wanted to be sure.)
Things to Know About the 'Jing
What is it? Glad you asked. It's a sort of rough overview of what to see and where to eat if you happen to find yourself in Beijing, or BJ as the locals still insist on calling it, to my continued amusement. Anyway, use it while you can, because at the rate Beijing is being torn down, it won't be good for long ...
(Side note: For those of you wondering about the "Sexy Shanghai Massage," I have a stat counter that tracks how people find my site, including any search terms they might have used. While the number of people who find it based on searches for any sort of sex massage doesn't really surprise me (although it's funny that they all seem to come from places like Indonesia and Iran, for some reason), what is surprising--and, when you get right down to it, disturbing--is the number of people who find my site by searching for the lyrics to "Ice, Ice Baby." I mean, seriously? People are still: a) listening to "Ice, Ice Baby," and b) curious enough about what Vanilla happens to be saying to get on the Internet and look it up? SERIOUSLY?)
(Side note 2: Alright stop, collaborate and listen, Ice is back with a brand new invention ...)
(Side note 3: You're all singing "Vanilla Ice, Ice Baby" to yourself right now, right? Good--just wanted to be sure.)
