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RILEY SURVIVES CHINA

Or Riley Dies in China

An Ongoing Journal Describing My Trials and Tribulations in an Unknown World

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The Rice Diaries: Day 1

I overslept and barely got to work on time. Because Josie hates any sort of whiskers, I nicked myself pretty badly shaving and had to...

Home, Hellish Home

I wake up in my hotel room at 11:58. My checkout time is noon. Still pretty drunk, I quickly grab all my things, shove them in my...

Shanghide

Even though I went to bed around 10:30 the night before, I slept in until about 10:30. I got the full 12 hours. I don't know if this is...

ESTHER

WARNING: The following blog contains graphic descriptions of sexual acts involving me. If you are related to me, please don't read. I'm...

A Curmudgeon's Epiphany

I woke up again in the middle of the night to pee with an erection. When I opened the door to my bathroom, I scratched the bottom of the...

The 8th Happiest Place on Earth

Last night I had another crazy fucking dream. I was in a town called Fresno, but it wasn't actually the real Fresno, it seemed more like...

8:30, back to Nanjing

I wake up at 8:15, eat a pear, put on some deodorant, and run out to meet Josie. I'm still feeling sick, but maybe slightly less sick? I...

Nanjing Memorial Museum, Take 2

*Warning: This blog has some descriptions of violent acts of war, including rape. Reader Discretion is advised. I'm still sick as a dog....

Benji

I wake up even sicker. I really shouldn't be drinking when I already feel this terrible but I'm so depressed, it's hard to make good...

Hangover

Feeling sick is terrible. Feeling sick and hungover is a real nightmare. My blackout curtains worked like a charm, thank god, but the...

Cooking Crab

I'm still feeling sick. I'm worried it's because I am too stressed out. I have been living in a constant state of stress. Any small noise...

Sick Day

He's still doing this? He's still writing his blog? We thought he gave up. We have all stopped reading it. He spent two whole weeks just...

Nanjing Museum

Riding the bike was hard, but still felt like a relief after all of that walking. I remembered Peter had told me the Gaochun public bikes...

More Purple Mountains

Between the Ming Courtyard and the Sun-Yan Courtyard, there is a long green pathway called the Greenway. I walked maybe an eighth of the...

Ming Courtyard

I had the strangest dreams that night. I was in some sort of foreign disneyland park that was designed like and IKEA where you had to go...

Confucian Temple

More than anything, I just wanted food. But I was scared of accidentally getting cold meats or cuddles fish, kfc seemed like a stupid...

Xuanwu Lake 3: Electric Boogapee

This guys is at Xuanwu Lake? How is this guy still here? Believe me, I was asking the same question. I was ready to go, but I was in...

Xuanwu Lake 2: Electric Boogalo

I'm going to stop apologizing for breaking the 4th (3rd?) wall. I think you, my wonderful dear readers, are smart enough to understand...

Xuanwu Lake

Xuanwu Lake is a 15 km (9.3 mile) Lake that has five islands in the middle of it that have been connected by bridges. Filled with...

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