Darnit. I had a huge post written up and Blogger ate it. Here is the gist of it:

Chinese class this morning. The teacher should give us quizzes on the tones, like at Princeton in Beijing. I will suggest it.

Picked up my bike today. There's nothing so liberating as a set of wheels. Had a spectacular accident, scraping my elbow and pulling a calf muscle. NO DAMAGE!!

Picnic for CCS and CJS MA's at Gallup Park today, organized by the saintly Maryellen. Wonderful people, gorgeous weather, and plenty of food. Big ups to John for the ride.

I'm downloading Japanese drama with Bittorrent. Net monitor showed 133K per second at one point (grain of salt: half of that is upload). Yeehaw.