Category Archives: 上海

Terminus

Posted on May 16, 2015 by d4vid

 Took the metro Line 13 (which I now call the “Breast Cancer Awareness Line) all the way to its last stop.  So far out that Shanghai had run out of skyscrapers.But I still found an IMAX theater.   

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Pandaflage 

Posted on May 16, 2015 by d4vid

 This stringlicker sat his big head down in front of me at a Comic Con panel about an artist who manipulates Chinese traditional art work in Photoshop to make postmodern pieces.  (Ancient Chinese warriors as stormtroopers, that sort of thing.) … Continue reading →

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Snow

Posted on May 15, 2015 by d4vid

 “You know nothing [of body proportions] Jon Snow.” 

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Troopers

Posted on May 15, 2015 by d4vid

  Storm, Snow, and Scout.  Plus AT-AT driver, TIE fighter pilot, and Emperor’s Royal Guard.

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Copyright

Posted on May 15, 2015 by d4vid

 If there’s one thing China is serious about, it’s intellectual property. 

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Ooo

Posted on May 15, 2015 by d4vid

Advenure Time had a booth!  A BMO kiosk… …plus a Jake entrance… …and, um, a Jake exit. 

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Nerds

Posted on May 15, 2015 by d4vid

Spending time with My People at the very first Comic Con in Shanghai. Here is a list of some of the cosplay I’ve seen today: Chinese Tauriel Chinese Professor Snape Chinese Lucius Malfoy Chinese Captain America Chinese Captain America (gender … Continue reading →

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Firefly

Posted on May 15, 2015 by d4vid

The Chinese word for “highlighter” is 荧光笔 (yíngguāng bǐ) which translates to “firefly pen”.

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Art

Posted on May 11, 2015 by d4vid

Ten years ago (ten years!) my dear, dear, dear friend Martin and I went to the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh.  We saw the work of a Chinese artist named Cao Guo-Qiang who did ghostly portraits and other pieces using gunpowder. … Continue reading →

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Corbijn

Posted on May 11, 2015 by d4vid

 Took this artsy photo of Eli on his cell phone in the Power Station.  Looks like an Anton Corbijn album cover, if I do say so myself.   

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Power

Posted on May 11, 2015 by d4vid

Yesterday, I went with Eli & Nafees to the Power Station of Art.  (The URL for the website is hilarious with a little rebracketing.)  It’s a cavernous, retired power plant that the national government converted to a modern art museum at great … Continue reading →

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Closure 

Posted on April 30, 2015 by d4vid

Remember the American-style Chinese food place I mentioned?  And the fake fortune cookie fortune my grandfather printed up?  Well, I got this fortune from a fortune cookie from Fortune Cookie:Yes.  It says, “Help!  I’m trapped in a fortune cookie factory.” … Continue reading →

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Barber 

Posted on April 30, 2015 by d4vid

 Got my hair cut at this “hipster” barbershop in Xintiandi.  (Note: the kid who cut my hair looked nothing like the guy on the sign.)

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Privilege

Posted on April 30, 2015 by d4vid

Friday night, Eli, Dagan, and I presented awards for student short films at a ritzy international school in Pudong.  It made me rethink where I ought to be putting my time and energy.  

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Murica

Posted on April 30, 2015 by d4vid

 This odd piece of tile work at the base of the stairs at Changshu Rd. Station always makes me think of Old Glory.  

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