Day 10 - Operation China, Morning action.
oh my god, i can see the sky.. like clounds!! even some blue... i wonder if this would count for a "blue day" that chen spoke of, the goverment is hoping to get 200 blue days a year in beijing, this is the first sorta blue sky ive seen yet
today we're headed off to see the summer palace, headed north west of beijing, perhaps near the great wall area, or the wild animal park, it still cracks me up thinking about that wild animal park, something about the sign just seemed wrong, hopefully if i see it this time again ill have to snag a picture
watched mambo kings, and three episodes of carnavile last night on hbo, mambo is good stuff, carnavile is too maybe thats out there on dvd somewhere,
another bit of tooth came out last night, mother hen jen told me i should make an appointment to get that checked out asap, yes yes i know know mother hen! heh, she means well
the client is off to hong kong, doing a few design firm tours, a few long meetings no doubt, i didnt know this, but apparently hong kong has a different currency than the rmb or yuan they have in beijing, thats confusing, the hotel couldnt convert his left over rmb so we had to lend him some cash, the airport couldnt convert it either, theres a place in town to convert it, but he had to catch a plane, i'll use up the rest of my rmb today at the summer palace and save a few bills for keepsake
yesterday i debated getting a new cd player to listen to the blink audio book on cd for my flight back, but i figure my buy something like that and use it once really,
my room is a meat locker, let me go turn off the ac....
gatordave has request a starbucks mug from china, its the least i can do... though i thought he quit, he collects things i suppose
in a few days ill be back in cowtown usa, pondering july activites, maybe another mini meet, go see the amish on some twisty roads, dive into a bit of warcraft, though i have to say 2 weeks without is a good way to ween ya off it, actually im more interested in getting back into the gym and getting back into the groove of strength training, the cardio crap will have to happen as well, but i miss the weights, speaking of ween, ive successfully departed ways with coffee, aside from coffee icecream, thats like little person success story for me really, tea my friend, u be mine
oh crap, there goes the blue sky... in just a few minutes its almost gone, visibility leaving, buildings getting grey back there, ahh well
i saw a mini the other day here, covertible even, the 1 mini ive seen in this town, too funny... this town needs smaller cars, not many suvs here either, alot of beat to hell trucks though...cars park everywhere, they park on sidewalks, up on curbs, in front of mall enteranceways, theres really no place you cant park it seems,
it feels good to get thoughts down, i've always been tempted to revise my words, revise what i say, make it sound better, more in line with what should be, more correct, more accurate, less wordy, more focused, more percise, but i dislike the idea of correcting a brushstroke, if this is my canvas, why worry about all these little things, perception is always there staring back at me no matter what i do, if its not natural then why do it, the stream ends the minute you consider its direction, no, i wont do that, so i deal with the occasional quips, the skips in the vynil, the words that dont get corrected, its easier to ride the wave
tonic water bothers me, ive never liked it,
its going to be hot today, and more steps no doubt await me at the summer palace, i mentally prepare myself for another front seat cab ride, sometimes i get the cabs with the metal bar divider, like im in a prison cell, i miss my mini, all the room in my mini, i miss it heh
i've shot 160 videos on the dsc-m1 averaging 5secs to 5mins, today armed with 1.5gigs and two batteries, i plan to shoot alot more, theres a part of me that wants to capture all the crap that most people wouldnt want to capture, odds of me ever being back here are slim at best, unless theres a follow piece of work on this project, capture it all i say, why not
well time to wake up, get some eats and discover yet another day in beijing city
btw, its good to see mike writing, and yeah, not much to say yesterday in chat, still i encourage him to write more and take pictures, glasglow is an amazing place to people whove never seen it, document those days, those strange moments, update a blog, keep it going, someday u'll back on the early summer of 05 and recall them with fond memory, i know i will,