This ain't over yet.

For a while there, I was had. I was down, out, and firewalled. Fortunately the American spirit is courageous, bold, and full of perseverance! We have taken the Chinese red flag and thrown buckets of white and blue paint all over it. Thanks to my man, Travis, over at Witopia VPN, I am back on the interwebs...freely!

Hope is fleeting, once lost, it is hard to recover. I read a great book while in Vietnam 3 months ago, recommended by my friend Polo, called Papillon. It's about a french guy, but it's actually cool. This guy was a convict (thumbs up), was sent to French Guinea (thumbs down), escaped for 8 months and wore a burlap sack with village people while diving for pearls (thumbs up), was idiotically caught, brought back, and attempted escape another ballsy 11 times (11 thumbs up). Twice he was placed in solitary confinement for 2 year sentences, and twice he came out normal (well sort of). But normal enough to maintain his vision of freedom and, in the end, successfully escape from the French bagne. It is with this fortitude that I have sporadically googled 'witopia contact' info only to be viciously denied time and time again. But in the end, the Golden Shield was weak, and I obtained the info I need to be put in contact with Travis, my man.

It is with this same fortitude that a man boldly withstands rejection at the bar. Yes, you can blame it on that experimental lesbian phase most women go through, but deep down the answer remains; you were not enough for that girl, even if that means you were not woman enough. Will and faith are powerful motivators. Powerful enough to encourage the repeated attempt to cast out your fishing line in the dark basement bars that exist not only on Church st. in Ann Arbor, or NYC, but also in Beijing (I <3 BJ). It is amazing isn't it, life as a metaphor for..life (not quite sure when my train of thought went this direction, however).

Anyways, it is with great delight that I post for the first time in roughly 5 months. And I apologize to my loyal readers for depriving you of awesomeness for far too long. The response I received when I was in the states for that far too fleeting blink of an eye was overwhelming, well actually, the fact that anyone even mentioned it to me touched my heart. Thus I now say with convinction that I will, with greater diligence, provide you with even more regular, even more inane, even more awesome material to feast your eyes on! Let's see how long that one lasts..