the not so distant future

It seems I will not begin work until after the National Day holiday, so early next month. Before the holiday, K & I will head down to Thailnd for about a week. After it, we will probably head up to Xiamen for a few days. I know it's kind of near Taiwan, and that's about it. That, and she really wants to go. And for the first time, I will watch two friends get married via webcam in the US. Neat

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The treatment is to have someone take a glass ball with an opening, run a flame across it to heat it, and stick it on your back, where the heat creates some suction. Supposedly, negative energy will be drained. I'm unsure if it helped, but my back does seem to have pepperoni slices on it.

If someone had aksed me what I expected of my first week back, being sheared and covered in pepperoni was not high on my list of expectations.

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Since my back hurt, Karen decided we should go to a massage parlor for the glass ball thing. We had tried it previously, but it didn't work because of my hairiness. So she informed me of her decision by plugging in a razor and beginning to shave my back. Of all the ways I've been woken up, that is perhaps the most disorienting.

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woke up really sick Friday, and pretty much stayed sick through Sunday. So my plans changed from "go out and see friends" and "go out and see Karen's friends" to "stay in bed and feel lousy." Karen's plans changed to "watch movie and take care of a gigantic baby."

My back was very sore from this, and that kept me from sleeping. The lack of sleep in turn made me sicker, which made the back hurt more, etc. Medicine eventually knocked me out and broke the fever.

hmm

seems I can post short things. Also seems I can't post pictures, videos, etc, or embed links. Whatever criticisms I have of China, I will give their censors a hat tip. Kudos

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We also have a new plan for taking attendance and disciplining students who don't come. My students don't receive a grade, so now I will be forced to deal with 100 students in a class, many of whom don't wish to be there. Probably best i focus on bookkeeping and discipline, instead of wasting my time on students who want to learn to speak English.

On the other hand. it's nice to see Karen again. She's cool

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I'm also being hounded about writing a syllabus, with no idea what classes I'm teaching, what textbooks we're using, how many classes we have, or any other vital information.

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My school is off to a frustrating start. No one knows when we begin, what my schedule is, or whether I have anything to do on campus for the next three weeks. We have a holiday coming, but no one can tell me when it begins or ends. This is putting a crimp in my travel plans, though I suspect I'll just make the plans and then tell the school.

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Having a lot of trouble with this thing.