My mother often shares an underdog story from my childhood (beaming with pride and I with bemusement) that I had stood up against a bully at a young age. We were at a park, I was barely 5, and an older boy took a ball from a younger boy, which obviously resulted in tears. As … Continue reading Faceless Adversaries
Category: CULTURE
Junk Patriotism
Today is our motherland’s birthday. Let us cheer and let us cherish. Please only leave behind your reverence, and take away with you your trash. - Anonymous Netizen, ChinaSmack China's 64th anniversary flag raising ceremony saw heavy rain drench 110,000 spectators in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square Tuesday. But the rain was not the only thing to dampen … Continue reading Junk Patriotism
I Don’t Want To Live On This Planet Anymore
That's it! I'm done with this planet! It amazes me the level of ignorance in a world at the peak of its knowledge. Inhabited by a species that never ceases to be infuriating. Modern medicine has rid us of polio, the plague and various other population depleting diseases and viruses, but funds are used predominately … Continue reading I Don’t Want To Live On This Planet Anymore
The Misanthropic Bird 