susie and i are off to hk and japan in 7 hours, plainly to get away from usa for a while... mainly, i'm in it for chinese wedding costume AND toy/books shopping for ooqboo. susie will be going to shop for chinese wedding dress, too as well as more apparel. we'll stay in tokyo for a few days to hang out with our ol' buddies...

i'll try to feed you the news from there...