http://superfreakymemories.com Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:31:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/you-might-lose-a-finger/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/you-might-lose-a-finger/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:42:24 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=445 The English translation on this sign is actually completely correct, and this photo is notable for that if nothing else. Every time I see this photo, though, I have to look again because I always think the hand is about to get cut by a circular saw (South Park reference: “Don’t screw around!”).  Sometimes the [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/you-might-lose-a-finger/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/china/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/china/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:34:05 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=816 This man epitomizes today’s China.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/china/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/baby-steps-2/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/baby-steps-2/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:27:10 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=388 Your erstwhile photographer has been spotted. This woman and her child are emerging from the Central City stop (at Tianfu Square) of the unfinished Chengdu subway.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/baby-steps-2/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/baby-steps-1/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/baby-steps-1/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:27:02 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=396 Ok, see, that’s just cute.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/baby-steps-1/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/dog-no-wagging/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/dog-no-wagging/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:20:02 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=522 I like that the doggie appears to be a miniature schnauzer, since most Chinese “dogs” I’ve seen are more kitty-sized.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/dog-no-wagging/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/sunset-warning/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/sunset-warning/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:16:07 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=518 Am I the only one, or are such iffy English translations … grating? Yes, yes I did. The light of the sunset found this plaque just as I took the photo.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/sunset-warning/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/foodstuffs/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/foodstuffs/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:13:27 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=391 For sale at the corner of Tianfu Square. I’m ambivalent about the composition here, but I liked this man, so we’ll have to take what we can get.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/foodstuffs/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/tianfu-monk/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/tianfu-monk/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:04:37 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=364 He nervously posed for me after a roundabout exchange in the style of “Who’s on first?”  I pointed at my camera, the monk with him pointed at his camera, he pointed at my camera, I pointed at his camera, we each pointed at our own cameras at the same time, and so on. Behind and below him is the incomplete [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/tianfu-monk/feed/ 4 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/guarding-mao-in-tianfu-square/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/guarding-mao-in-tianfu-square/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:59:32 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=362 This poor guy had to stand there, ramrod still for hours, while local tourists (and some rather more far-flung) photographed, mimicked, and stared. I’m told the joke is that Mao is trying to hail a taxi.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/guarding-mao-in-tianfu-square/feed/ 0