Sorry for a total lack of posts. I had a strange, but thankfully light case of food poisoning. Imagine trying to digest gravel and you're around Boston from Maine to San Diego on a cross-country road trip of pain (and that's just the pain part *shudder*). I spent pretty much the entire time from Tuesday to Thursday in unpleasantness.
In other news, Monday led to some interesting thoughts, and they'll be up, soon. On Wednesday, my uncle took me out to get some new glasses, since they're so much cheaper than in the States. The small shops don't do transitions, so I got a frame with magnetic clip-on sunglasses (I'm not a hat guy, hard to find one that fits well). It also rained that morning. Afterwards, the sun actually came out to blue skies and clouds instead of the usual haze. It almost felt like home; it would've been a perfect day at school. Because the Chinese value a pale complexion, most people had sun umbrellas and/or were staying in the shade. He then took me to see Transformers, but it was a Chinese dub, which was a bit disappointing.
Tonight, just now, my grandparents and my aunts took me out to dinner at a local restaurant for roast duck. I swear, if any of you are in China, especially Beijing, try the roast duck at least once. It was a relaxing family dinner, and I'm glad my appetite was there to enjoy it. Things got pretty funny when my aunt and uncle started relating stories from their childhood to their kids. Boy did that bring back memories of my own childhood. I'm just glad that I don't have any siblings to share any dirt they have on me to my kids, but at least it usually involves the other party being embarrassed by my antics, as well.
Oh, and I'm heading for my other grandparents' place tomorrow. They won't have internet access, so I'll have to update when I get to school (like I've been updating regularly here, heh). When I first created this blog I was also hoping to work in lots of random things of interest from my years of wandering "teh interwebz," but I just don't have the time to provide the links and work out the connections. I gave it a shot, but whatever. I'll try to work it out later.
And finally, my mom got some strings pulled. A friend (the same one who had me over in the above post) is gonna grab me the last Harry Potter as it comes out tomorrow. No midnight madness party, but whatever. I'll keep myself up to date.
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