On China and Pinot Grigio

(This rant came out of a casual conversation on Chinese culture, on Facebook; most of my best writing is actually done on social internet sites for a purely personal audience LOL)

China's of no giant interest to me. In Thailand, I found half-Chinese Thais to be very helpful. In a literary sense, I do well to enlarge my knowledge of Thailand because that's a place where I have some experience. And then my grandpa lived in Japan and left me a painting of coy-fish(I ought to follow up.) And then I'm corresponding with a young Ukranian woman. I speak nearly fluent Spanish and really ought to enlarge on that, but find many Mexicans macho, violent and repulsive(though I have struck up a friendship with my mom's landscaper.)
And then there's the anthropology of hominids quietly studying mathematics or classical literature in rather elaborate caves(replete with cofeehouses) in American cities. These are my cultural pursuits, and they're further muddled by this Turning Leaf Pinot Grigio 2007 I'm consuming at a rate that reflects my abiding respect for Russian traditions.

cheers, James (Brust)