Elsewhere

Things that do not belong on an academic CV.

Music, objects, places, stray observations, minor enthusiasms, and other professionally unnecessary material.

Listening

On repeat

G.O.A.T Gasoline My G.O.A.T.
First Snow 07 Winter SMTOWN Fourteen years and counting.
隐藏相册 Top Barry Still here.

Places

Worth remembering

Seoul So. Many. Hills. One neighborhood in particular.
Tokyo Ramen, omakase, lonely middle-aged men, and a city so big it makes me angry.
Beijing A city I don’t quite like now, but would probably miss if I ever left.

Attachments

Things I take too seriously

Disney An early life plan: study art history, then run Disney.
Dior Elegance, with discipline.
Hotel rooms Most of the time, just me.

Small obsessions

Currently unresolved

Remote sensing Some signals arrive before the evidence does.
Coincidences Too many to ignore, not enough to explain.
People who refuse to move A recurring empirical puzzle.

Field notes

A public notebook for small thoughts.

Short observations, things I liked, things I noticed, and whatever else survived the day. Replies are welcome.

No research agenda required.

The Egg Doctrine

An unofficial philosophy for remaining approximately spherical.

Want it. Get it. Don’t get it. Oh. 🙂

Desire is permitted. Overcooking is discouraged.

Handwritten Chinese motto by Tongpu Zhao: 事来则应,事去则滚。
蛋蛋教总纲 · handwritten by Tongpu Zhao