"it was the daytime...of the night"

I got the invitation letter from China this Monday, and there was much rejoicing! :)  I was happy to finally have the thing not just because it's my "ticket in," but because now I won't have to keep explaining to people why I'm not in China yet.  I have come up with the most concise explanations now, mainly because I'm kind of tired of hearing myself say the same complicated thing over and over again.  So now, I have a plane ticket for China and a visa in the process of being...processed.  On a sidenote, I can't say the word "processed" without thinking of Spam, or that Flight of the Conchords song, Jenny.

I was driving home tonight, enjoying the clean summer night air, albeit humid.  It is one of those nights that would be perfect for lying out on the asphalt driveway to look at stars.  It made me wonder if I can do that sort of thing in China.  They would probably have a field day, seeing a crazy white foreigner lying in the road, trying to see stars through the glare of city lights and profusion of smog lining the night sky.  I'll get my fill of that here in Virginia, and then I'll resign myself to staying out of the road when I get to China.

Oh, and when I am actually in China, since Blogger is blocked :(, I will be using this blog address:
http://cathayadventures.wordpress.com/