crazy

these people are all nuts. That is a picture today from a shopping center that I was walking around in. The "woman" was sharpied out as she might be too tempting for the masses and could cause the morals of the nation to be severely degraded. If one's faith is so weak that it must be imposed from an authority figure is it really a faith at all?

USA

Went to the grocery store and was reminded how great the US is. I have been to grocery stores in many countries, it is one of the things I do while on vacation, I think it gives you a kind of window into the culture that simply being in a country cannot. For example in china there are whole rows of instant noodles (ramen) but not a single pickle to be found. So yesterday I went to the grocery store here and my god what choices what variety thousands of different cheeses, hundreds of types of chips, fruit for days, and it was cleaned and not crowded and the people were friendly and helpful. It was a real treat to be there. I must say that when someone asks what is so great about america in the future I certainly know what my response will be. Anyways I bought a bunch of things to eat and I am now enjoying my vacation much more.

Pirates

I bought a new flash drive at the tech market in beijing( 6 levels of shit) and when I go it home i tried it out in order to be certain that it worked. Well guess what? Thats right it didnt. So I had to spend part of my afternoon off today returning to the tech market and trying to get a refund. Can you say ahahahahahaha refund in china I dont think that word is in their vocabulary. At any rate I paid a bit extra and got an upgrade. I hope this one works. I swear. There is no place like home there is no place like home...