technical issues

sorry if some of you were having trouble seeing photos here lately...I think I have ironed out the problem but please let me know if you still have trouble. Access to blogger is currently blocked in China and so I had to switch where my blog was hosted. This block happens every so often and it could last day or weeks or months. It means that I can write posts but I cannot see them nor can anyone else in china. So anyway, I moved things around it all seems to be working so far.

Constantine is here visiting me now and we have been in house-mode, getting my place all set up. It means more trips to IKEA and the "hypermarket" to get things like a toaster oven, DVD player, bathmats, garbage cans, etc. fun fun fun! Living alone again is strange because I realize that I could pretty much survive with a bowl, a plate and some chopsticks...maybe a spoon...but then having just one more person around really changes things entirely. Unfortunately it is all temporary, since constantine heads back to SF in a few days.