Saturday, December 17, 2011

beat poetry, part 1

China related. When I was in Beijing in 2003 I got a "job" editing a chinese-english dictionary - looking for typos and making sure that usage was correct. As a side project, I wrote down every sentence that I found interesting. These were example sentences. How to use the word "child" or "care for," for instance. I recently rediscovered the list. My apologies for the racism and unintentional raciness.

here goes:


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>
> In China, all children are well cared for
>
> The children have the best of care in new China
>
> The Red Army's glorious revolutionary traditions
> have carried over to the present day
>
> he declared that the Communist International was the
> hope of the world's oppressed.
>
> it was like the Black Hole of Calcutta on the
> underground this morning.
>
> i discovered that the French people have a heart
>
> believe it or not, china will never yield to outside
> pressure
>
> we believe in our government
>
> we firmly believe in collective leadership
>
> Thousands of Chinese miners, dead or alive, were
> thrown into the death pit by the Japanese Facists
>
> "in an interesting condition" =pregnant
>
> "make a classic boner"
>
> "on the game" = earning money as a prostitute
>
> "go the whole hog"
>
> Divide these figures by 10, if you want the truth
>
> cock is bold on his own dung hill
>
> reading is the key to the treasure house of ideas
>
> a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit
>
> dont' listen to him - he doesn't know a hawk from a
> handsaw
>
> Brian was always camping it up and pretending to be
> queer to make us laugh
>
> Is this haughty, gallant, gay Lothario?
>
> the two balls kissed
>
> the doctor slid his shorts down. his right cheek was
> freckled with punctures.
>
> his body is clever like a monkey
>
> sometimes amusement lay in speech and they climbed
> up their lives with jokes.
>
> what a big cock!
>
> trust him to cock it up!
>
> it was so cold that nobody can make his hands naked.
>
> they went into it for several hours, without much
> satisfaction on either side
>
> i will kill you a goat
>
> the habit of obedience was burned into me as a child
>
> he hands the old granny upstairs.
>
> just give him a piece of meat and he's in seventh
> heaven
>
> I don't know he was a gay person
>
> She is unusually soft and gentle in him.
>
> Mike thinks I'm trying to get off with his
> girlfriend
>
> At the college fancy-dress ball, one fo the students
> was got up as a tramp
>
> My daughter gives me much pleasure
>
> I gave it to him hot
>
> I wouldn't dream of insisting on taking your picture
> against your will
>
> I'm just waiting for a friend. It's an appointment
> made 20 years ago. It sounds a little funny, doens't
> it?
>
> He made manful efforts to...
>
> A rapist butchered his victim with razor.
>
> we call him iron ox
>
> His suitings are natty to a degree. (this means his
> clothes are extremely pretty)
>
> They discovered the delights of feeding chickens
> gradually
>
> How can we discern the difference between two books
> in a dark room
>
> "Is badminton anything like tennis?" "no, as
> different
> as chalk from cheese"
>
> I think it's not difficult for him to get a word in
> edgewise, because all the chatterboxes are not here
>
> He attempted to cover up his affair with that fat
> woman
>
> the farmer felt the cow, went away, returned, sorely
> perplexed, always afraid of being cheated
>
> even fools are afraid to lean against a rotten post
>
> neither beasts nor birds would have the bat as their
> friend so he was afraid to leave his house
>
> what a miracle! the rescue party dug out from
> underneath the debris an infant who was intact and
> still alive
>
> black people aren't allowed in to such places
>
> when death has once entered a house, it amost always
> returns there directly as if it knew the door
>
> the New forces always defeat the forces of decay
>
> Bed and sex are different things
>
> come on, put some beef into the job

> you have the beginnings of a double chin
>
> cheese belongs with salad
>
> children were playing in a pleasure beach
>
> can you bear your favorite child to be ruined?
>
> the young girl bore up well after her dad and granny
> were killed by the aggressors
>
> would you like to lie down on the bed for a few
> minutes?
>
> on several occaisions, returning late, he had found
> guests in his bed.
>
> she is brave for a woman
>
> i shall love you as long as i have breath
>
> she breathed a dead-and-alive "Good Afternoon"
>
> he felt lonely after he buried his good friend
>
> i couldn't understand, why a man who had always been
> so fond of the social scene should suddenly want to
> bury himself alive in a one-horse village at the
> back of nowhere
>
> wet clothes cling to the body
>
> he covered his wife with his body
>
> we are glad to have booked with you 1000 dozen Mens
> Shirts
>
> she remembers hunger, and depressing times when her
> parents sought escape in the bottle from hard
> realities
>
> They bound the boy's hands to you, Monroe.
>
> we attacked the enemy in the rear
>
> pay no attention to what that drunkard says
>
> the august weather is delicious
>
> wool body suits will retain their vogue next autumn
>
> "lazy bones! awake!" cried her mother
>
> the teacher told John to stay away from the members
> of the youth gangs
>
> there is a bird on the back of a piece of cloth
>
> gossip had it that she was a bad girl
>
> when does the ball come off?
>
> while listening to music, the young man baths
> himself slowly
>
> the literal meaning of the word "cat" is an animal,
> not a girl
>
> it is an animal of monkey kind
>
> "let's go the whole animal then" said sam.
>
> that night the table answered for a bed for us both.
>
> in answer to these questions i either nodded or made
> strange noises
>
> he's asleep, don't arouse him
>
> you may be only an assistant painter, but your
> pictures can knock mine into a cocked hat
>
> a hobby is compared to a special friend that you
> choose for yourself
>
> they considered themselves to be superior to
> coloured people
>
> he was fully bent upon the dissemination of Chinese
> culture all over the world
>
> he took his girlfriend home after the party and they
> stayed in the car billing and cooing for a long time
> before she went into her house.
>
> China is an attractive piece of meat coveted by all.
> But this piece of meat is very tough, and for years
> no one has been able to bite into it.
>
> a camel is know as the ship of the desert
>
> > regular physical exercises soon made the boys hard
>
> have you the heart to say this of your own son,
> unnatural mother?
>
> bitches on heat can be very messy
> >
> She dreamed of turning a deaf-blind creature into a
> useful human.
>
> so you want a rise? dream on.
>
> when unemployed, I went to drive a tricycle
>
> Peace is fun. Peace is box office. Peace diverts
> critics, Peace is good.
>
> she was beginning to feel easy

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Breakfast treat

puff pastry, with goat cheese, leeks, an egg, and chives.

East Coast Eats 2011




















Friday, August 26, 2011

oh my god, you guys

remember me? Fast forward three years.

http://tv.sohu.com/20101019/n276002332.shtml
(updated link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46t8avywt3c) 

starting at about 10:55, and through at least 15:00. Watch for the girl in the pink dress standing at the back of the room. My Chinese co-worker called Chen Kun, the handsome male, lead the "Tom Cruise" of China.

http://tv.sohu.com/20101019/n276002178.shtml
(here now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXa0jv36Uoo) 

also, starting at 33:50 - 36:00. some glimpses. I'm seen entering the building over and over again.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Best of Mexico Eats

chilaquiles, round one.


with the sauces.

chilaquiles round two, at cocina economica #2


vegetarian tacos at the window-taqueria down the street. (had fish in them?)

torta! with everything but meat. (at cocina economica - the original)


volcanes de pescado. my favorite thing with fish that I tasted. At los delfines.
los delfines had quite the sauce bar. this is my plate pre-sauces.
sauce area. note the whole roasted onions in the lower right.

post sauces.


chilaquiles at maria's, which were by far the best chilaquiles.


the fanciest mushroom and eggplant stuffed cannelloni with poblano cream and truffle oil at the lovely cafe del mar.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

kimchi quesadillas


with a light cabbage slaw on the side.