I was talking to my friend Duane last night (via IM) and he made a point. Here is the quote:

HaroldBxxxxxx: if nothing happens or if something really crazy happens, this will always be one of the major events in your life, till you die this'll be one of the big ones...going to China by yourself

That's pretty crazy. This could actually be one of those life changing experiences. I'm so excited and nervous about it. I'm really scared to be honest. I think I'm going to start losing sleep soon. Every single thing that I see will be different. I won't even be able to talk to people and I'll just be this skinny little white boy with a back pack trying to figure out what to do and how to do it. I'm really looking at this as a sort of challenge that I am making myself do. Had I gone with my friend Josh S., he would have everything planned. He's like that.

At the same time I need to make sure I'm not being too haphazard about this. I mean it will be fun to figure out where I'm going to sleep each night, but at the same time what happens if I don't find somewhere to sleep that night? It's really going to be a (I hope) fun challenge.

I found the hotel where I'm going to stay my first two night in Hong Kong. It's called the Anne Black Guest House (YWCA). The room is 35 dollars a night which seems like a good price for Hong Kong. It's such a cheap place that I'm hoping that I'll be able to meet other people doing a similar sort of trip as me. Also that hotel is the sort a place a lot of tours start from so I'll find a lot to do I'm sure.

I'm going to buy more cigarettes to bring tomorrow. I have no idea what other things would be good to bring, but from what I hear American cigarettes are mighty popular.

To change the subject. I feel like this page is finally at the point where I'm going to tell people about it. I decided to alphabetize the friends list because just way to many (insecure) people have been complaining about it. That's just silly. But anyway, I did that tonight (which took way too long), added some more pictures of friends, added a counter (which again took way too long), now I'm writing this update. When I'm done with this I will be adding another group of pictures. I'm going to try to add a new group of pictures each night until I have all the pictures posted that I want to have posted. When I get back from China I will post all of my China pictures.

What bothers me the most about this page is I don't know if people actually like it or not. I mean do you guys read this? What is the point of me writing all of this stuff? For some reason I do enjoy doing it. So I guess I'm going to keep doing it. I find it pretty relaxing actually.

Anyway, on a lighter note. Today my friend Lucas and I discovered something fun to do: Write haiku movie reviews. The following are the ones we wrote today.

Half are his, half are mine, and one by Halle:

DIEHARD:
john McClane, bad guys
wearing a wife beater shirt
he kills them all, dead

All he needs is Shoes
the building is going to blow
McClain saves their lives

hurly burly bruce
baddies bite the big one
planes and buildings -- Boom!


GATTACA
fingernails falling
wearing suits up into space
Sucks to be crippled

It's all who you are
Not who you genes say you are
That's the whole message


BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
he's a bad ass guy
fighting in little china
catch that knife, then throw

Look at those big hats
Some mystical shit is going on
then the good guys win


THE BLOB
Steve McQueen is old
but passes himself off as
a young teenager

it creeps on the floor
you'd better look out for it
or you will get "blobed"


WITNESS
someone gets murdered
harrison ford protects kid
that chick has nice tits

A child sees crime
Amish Women are sexy
Ford tries to fit in


PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
his bike is stolen
he gets it back in the end
he likes to jack off

a man with kid heart
journeys for lost bicycle
francais took his ride


MAGNOLIA
they go through their lives
and we watch it all happen
Then the frogs fall down

many stars in it
it made me laugh, then I cried.
what's up with the frogs?

DAYS OF THUNDER
he started indy
then he was spooked from a crash
He wins in the end

tom cruise and his wife
she's an aussie, he is not
I'd rather fuck her

ARMAGEDDON
Some coyboys in space
he's the worlds most evil man
jerry bruckhiemer

the world will soon end
but before that will happen
say something snappy

QUILLS
he has no paper
he starts to write with his blood
does he make white out

it should have been good
but instead I was just bored
at least I saw tits

SHINE
to please his father
he will try and try and try
he poops in the tub

why can he not talk
yet play Rachmaninoff well?
he must be rainman

ROCKY
he runs up the stairs
the underdog always wins
but Rocky doesn't

he's so god damn tough
he can run up many stairs
his girl is ugly

THE MATRIX
the world's not real
the bad guys control it all
they can't aim guns well

Cyberpunk, kicking
a bleak desolate future
Keanu says 'whoa'

DEAD MAN
he gets shot, he bleeds
an old indian helps him
those redskins, so smart

a journey to the west
difficulties encountered
all end when he dies