Sittin, Readin, and Lookin out the Window

It's a very rainy afternoon here on GuanZhou Lu (road) in an Internet cafe. This post will be fairly short as i've been sittin and readin mostly and couldn't love that more. today is the fourth day of heavy rain. Creative seeds are already planted for this year's work goals and we'll push forward with implementing some great new features and one rather grand expansion at CLRN. For now, though, being here in Nanjing is a great refresh, one needed so badly after a busy year and an even busier July. I may have bitten off more than i can chew but i know that path.

for now, i'm wandering through a sci fi novel (asimov) after finishing the completely depressing McCarthy novel, The Road, a sad story about a father and son trudging down vacant highways after doomsday. Little life exists (plan, animal, or human) as they search for food and the good guys. It's not the light summer bubble gum reading i was expecting, so i turned to something escapist next. i brought 8 books to read and will probably finish all before the Olympics end.

After reading two day's of email, catching up on my 90 Google Reader feeds, i discovered that my friend's blog, Joe Wood Online, is blocked here in China. Bad boy Joe. CNN wasn't blocked so i read some of the rather scandalous news that's happened lately before trying to read a story about web filtering in Beijing this summer. As expected, the article was blocked. And so it goes.

But, i've turned my back on the real world, escaping to one of my own making here, loving our small condo, playing tennis (two hours today in an enclosed facility 10 minutes away), and polishing off book after book. McDonalds is around the corner but not tempting enough. I'm on a mission to avoid reality so that i can return refreshed and ready to tackle several major projects.

Thanks to Joe and John Patton for reading and commenting. i'm flattered.

Back on Sunday.