We just got back from 2 whole weeks in China. I’ve been awake since 5am, Sunday, 11/27 Beijing Time, which is 4pm Saturday EST. I did manage a short snoozes on the plane ride from Xi’an to Beijing and Beijing to New York. I’m so tired I can’t fall asleep. I’m jetlagged like hell and my stomach is still woozy from that bowl of noodles in Xian that was sitting in a pot of hot sauce. Photos and journals from the trip coming up in the next few days.

Ah yes. China and the 13 and a half hour plane ride is finally happening tomorrow morning. I’m not exactly sure what to expect what with everyone telling us about how wild the country can be, and oh yeah, that avian flu thing. My doc said I shouldn’t be too concerned and just enjoy the trip. I mean I just got vaccinated for Hep A & B, typhoid, and for good measure, the seasonal flu. Plus, I’ve been practicing how to say “I cannot speak putonghua” in mandarin on those shitty Pimsleur cds for the past few days. I think we’re armed and ready.

But before we go, we’re gonna see Art Brut tonight at NorthSix after dropping neena and giacomo off at their vacation house in jackson heights. That and gotta finish up packing.