when did my job responsibilities go from browsing the internet and working on my novel all day to spending the entire day proofreading technical documents? yeah, i know that's the job i signed on for, so i'm not really complaining, its just something new to get used to. and it does make the day pass a hell of a lot faster. and i wasn't getting anywhere with that novel anyway. but why did this drastic shift have to happen the same week i agreed to write an article for city weekend about "incredible women of beijing"? i think i might have gotten some bad karma somewhere. maybe i picked it up on a toilet seat. maybe we both had open sores in our mouths. anyway, i can't even finish this blog entry because i have to much shit to deal with right now.