http://www.senorjosh.com/ ruminations and travelog en-us 2005-11-11T02:29:38-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2005/11/10_over_100.shtml it'd make me happy if you guys all checked out 10 over 100, a website i've been working on pretty furiously these past few weeks. i think it's one of the better things i've done with myself so far, and... projects senorjosh 2005-11-11T02:29:38-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/10/where_things_stand.shtml it's been a while since the last post, partly because i've been using my computer as little as possible since i got back, and partly because the things i'm doing these days are not nearly as interesting as the things... journals senorjosh 2004-10-27T23:49:54-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/08/safe_and_sound.shtml i'm back at home in berkeley. i am still trying to figure out what the last year means. when i do, i'll say something about it here.... journals senorjosh 2004-08-10T08:08:53-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/07/yellow_mountain.shtml huang shan is the one place in china i vividly remember from my visit eleven years ago. thankfully - despite the addition of a few hundred hotels and a few million tourists - not a whole lot has changed. i... journals senorjosh 2004-07-09T16:41:17-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/07/hitchhikers_guide.shtml Whenever this happened he used to experience a peculiar tingling round the back of his neck that would slowly creep up across his cheeks and heat his brow. The image of mud and grass and lots of little jeering... quotes senorjosh 2004-07-09T09:04:23-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/07/the_fountainhead.shtml -- and she knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness, yet they could let each other see it without need of protection. (668) And what, incidentally, do... quotes senorjosh 2004-07-04T14:43:36-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/07/jiuzhaigou.shtml after the trip to tagong i went north to jiuzhaigou national park, about twelve hours from chengdu. it's full of lakes and whirlpools and waterfalls and other contortions of water, all of which are in an amazing shade of blue... journals senorjosh 2004-07-02T08:51:37-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/06/chinas_wild_west.shtml western china feels, in many ways, more tibetan than tibet. the plateau isn't as high and the air isn't as thin, but the people share the same traditions and are, if anything, a lot easier to talk to. all the... journals senorjosh 2004-06-20T09:00:53-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/06/bubble_of_american_supremacy.shtml This insight has led me to look at all sides of every argument. (200)... quotes senorjosh 2004-06-16T08:32:04-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/06/two_choice_encounters.shtml a bunch of people have asked me what it is that i've been doing for the past year. at one point i posted something about my typical day in cape verde, but my typical day has changed a lot since.... journals senorjosh 2004-06-09T14:25:44-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/06/outer_china.shtml over the past three weeks, on an epileptic tour of china's wild west (see map), i went to too many places to digest in words. so, this is a pictures post. this first set is from tibet, which is a... journals senorjosh 2004-06-08T08:57:11-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/05/more_china_scene.shtml some more excerpts from the china scene section of the china daily Student flees through window to Net cafe A 15-year old boy who was so obsessed with the Internet fled home last Wednesday through a window to go to... quotes senorjosh 2004-05-26T16:11:37-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/05/some_maps.shtml Here's a quick sketch of where I've been and where I'm going - click on the small images for larger versions. The original maps were taken from worldatlas.com and the cia factbook. cape verde south africa south america china... watson senorjosh 2004-05-25T16:04:23-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/05/ishmael.shtml TEACHER seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person. (4) But the tiger you see madly pacing its cage is nevertheless preoccupied with something that a human would certainly recognize as a thought.... quotes senorjosh 2004-05-20T18:31:31-01:00 http://www.senorjosh.com/archives/2004/05/bye_bye_beijing.shtml after nearly two months of language classes and regular internet access, i've finally left beijing. it was a great place to be for two months, and for the first time in the past year i was able to establish a... journals senorjosh 2004-05-14T09:29:34-01:00