Sick!

I guess I've been lucky too long. On my visit to the Taoist temple the day before yesterday, I ordered the fish-flavored vegetarian spare ribs at the vegetarian restaurant there. The "spare ribs" had a very strange, rubbery and mucilagenous consistenc sort of off-white and slug-like. This "meat" was wrapped around hard tofu "bones." I ate it all. Then, upon retiring, I felt feverish, nauseated, and with a terrible stomach-ache. I had the most bizarre dreams. I dreamt I was in a Taoist temple, and I'd pass from chamber to chamber, just as I tossed and turned in bed, nauseated... but there was no exit from the temple, just a Strange Loop where I'd appear again at the middle, and do it all over again. I suppose it could be worse... I could have seen giant mucilagenous vegetarian spare ribs carried by evil monks appear from all sides and surround me with bad intent... The next day, I spent almost entirely in bed, sleeping 17 or 18 hours and eating very little. Today, finally, I think I'm on the mend, feeling a bit more human.

On another note, the internet connection I've got at the guesthouse here in Chengdu is quite good. I can access just about everything- yahoo mail, gmail, the newsfeeds on yahoo, blogger editing- everything EXCEPT viewing the output of my blog. I can view it as I edit or create a blog, but I cannot view the final product. I haven't been able to view the blog at any computer in China. Note that this also means I won't be able to view any comments anyone leaves until I return to the United States!