Life for me now Right now I am living at my family home and looking for work. I graduated from school right as the economy took a nose dive, and have had trouble finding a good job. Luckily there is plenty of work around Washington DC right now thanks to government contracts in the area. Lately I have been trying to figure out exactly what it is that I want to do for a while. Hopefully I will find something good very soon.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself About me: I come from a very conservative Christian family on the east coast. I myself am not so conservative as my family but I find more and more that it is good to establish where one comes from in order to ascertain differences between the two of you. I like sports, movies, good chatter, great food, and well I'm sure I'll find more to place here later. Why I'm learning Cantonese: Well it all started as a gift to my now ex-girlfriend. I made it through a couple teach yourself tapes and I wish to continue learning. I'm continuing partly because of all the attention focussed on China now. It's almost eerie to see the amount of excitement over China these days. Many of my friends are taking Mandarin, some are studying about Chinese history or even global policy. Some sort of hunch tells me it might be worth my while to learn as much of the language as I can. Also, I can watch Chinese movies- as most are in Cantonese. Shaolin Soccer anyone?