Happy belated birthdays to my girls Shell and Tessa! Can't wait to celebrate with you in person! I also can't wait to celebrate my Noanie's birthday in person with her in San Diego in just one week! Last night I threw a party on our roof for Kate's birthday - our dance music and late-night sing-alongs to Dave's guitar echoed across campus until 2am. It was a nice mix of students and teachers, locals and foreigners. It was a great final shindig and a beautiful pre-finals night.
And I know I've already written a gazillion times about censorship here, but it's just so much on my mind these days...I have to mention it again today, sorry.
For those of you who can see it, I found this article online which explains the recent flickr and blog banning throughout China:
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/07/china-flickr-filtered/
...one writer calls the block a virtual "temper-tantrum" in response to some recent environmentalist demonstrations in a city about 3 hours north of here... I can't see the images, but you can.
Holding a tiger by the tail...that phrase keeps playing back in my mind...This kind of thing simply cannot continue. There's no way. That tiger is going to move...one way or another. I have a profound admiration for those here who are doing what they can to ensure that it keeps moving forward, despite the consequences and in very creative ways.
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