For nearly a week, we have been living with my wife's parents here in Hong Kong while looking for something permanent. Well, in less than 36hrs, I, [edit] "ProperNoun" [edit], will officially be a Chinese resident. In four short days we managed to find not one but two properties worthy of our combined HP and signed papers on both of them. ...nothing motivates like being surrounded by munchkins who see a 6'5" guy and think "Must... reach... shoulder!"

Monday, we start a six month lease on a two bedroom at 595 Reclamation St. ('A' on the map linked below) on the 15th floor. When that lease is up, we'll move over to 38 Larch Street (B). The expected completion date for that is Sept 2009. They call it the "i-home" Probably because it's small and overpriced. It's a two bedroom and the first home we've ever paid for with our own cash.

Let's continue to pretend you care for just a little longer, shall we? Here's a stalking ...walking map between the two locations (click it for the real thing) ...

...and a snippet from Wikipedia about the Tai Kok Tsui (west Kowloon) area...

The bold bits read like our biographies

I received this a hair less than two hours ago...

...are they backlogged? That was like two days ago; it took me a moment to even remember what they were talking about. And are they telling me to +1 at a faster pace?

Speaking of taking the piss, we're leaving this Saturday (.:grabs crotch:. Suck it North America!) and I've been hydrating to ward off future jetlag. No, it's never worked but I read an article a few years ago... It was in an actual newspaper so it had to be true.

"You're not even my real mommy!"

Okay, I've been back around a week and according to the schedule I set for myself, today's the day for me to post my obligatory old timer's "Why, in my day, an SG and four sillies would all come to your house and tell jokes when you were bored. Wearing nothing but propeller caps! In the goddamn snow!" mini-rant filled with half-truths and omissions. So, here goes...

You know, the place just ain't what it used to be. Ignoring Appreciation Threads for people I neither know nor appreciate, Silliness is repetitive and low traffic, groups devoted to anything outside of "Here are my tits, boys! " "ZOMG! TITTIES! " are barely alive. If you've been here 5+ years without a break, you may not have noticed the decline, but the current "community" really does suck in slow motion. People who joined during and after 2008: this place wasn't always this soul destroying. Yeah, sorry to inform you, but you missed out.

Now, with that out of the way... For better or worse, I have nothing planned this week, so... yeah, I'll be on Silliness making people angry, laugh, etc. Monday through Friday. 11a-6p. Eastern. With a two/three hour break for lunch around noon. Join me. Or not. Whatever.

Edit: Post modified to to add a line containing the phrase 'soul destroying' in compliance with the established rules for Anti-SG rants.

Edit: Better make that 11:30a. I like watching The Weather Channel when I'm out of the city.

Edit: Actually, now that I think about it, I'm kinda out of practice so it may be Wednesday or even Thursday before I hit my stride. Just FYI if you're expecting ye olde skool beboppin' and scattin'...

Yaaaaaa .:pretends someone remembers him:. aaaaaay!