http://weblog.failure.net/ not an option. it's a requirement.]]> 2010-03-02T07:49:50-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/03/sickness_is_a_s.html i went to the doctor monday morning. i explained what was going on and that i figured i had a sinus infection, but was concerned my constant exhaustion and sleeping was more than just jet lag. i told him i... TeRRY 2010-03-02T07:49:50-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/03/stations_of_the.html i mention the potts often in my blog, because they are close friends and i hang out with them quite a bit. it's not often i get to create links to something about them in the news. (okay, maybe ever,... TeRRY 2010-03-01T20:44:43-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/ptsd_post_taiwa.html my sleep monday lasted from around 5pm until 7am tuesday (14 hours). i wouldn't say it was quality sleep. i got up and took a shower, checked my email and such, then decided i'd lay down again. so around 10am... TeRRY 2010-02-28T20:44:57-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/pttd_post-traum.html monday morning ash and i got up and took a cab to the bus terminal. it was 90nt and i paid with a 1000nt note, so i gave ash the 410nt and kept the 500nt bill for the airport. i... TeRRY 2010-02-23T22:22:49-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/how_do_you_say.html today ash and i got up and walked for awhile, eventually ending up at the ximending market. (at least i think that's the one we went to.) this is i guess a trendy market for the younger people. there were... TeRRY 2010-02-21T22:01:13-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/taiwanese_natio.html today tim, ash, and i went back to the first place i ate at here: formosa chang. this time i got something i'm more familiar with: rice with shredded pork, and some corn soup. (despite ash not liking it, corn... TeRRY 2010-02-20T21:59:11-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/goodbye_taichun.html we got up and were in the hotel until around noon. we left our bags with the hotel lobby staff and walked around some. we ended up stopping at a place and i had fried rice. it was good. we... TeRRY 2010-02-19T21:49:59-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/everybody_taich.html the plan for today was to take the train down to taichung, which is a city maybe 150km or so from taipei. feeling we probably needed to get an earlier start on the day, ash came over and brought taiwanese... TeRRY 2010-02-18T23:33:21-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/distorted_reali.html today i got up fairly late, and tim and ash and i sat around the apartment and talked for some time about various stuff. ash was giving tim and myself some time, which also gave him some time to do... TeRRY 2010-02-17T22:34:27-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/tourism_the_goo.html today was the first day i actually did much that was "touristy". we started off by eating lunch at mos burger. it's a japanese burger place. burger doesn't necessarily mean a beef meat patty though. and although they have bread... TeRRY 2010-02-16T22:33:03-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/another_day_in.html today i got ash to go walking with me toward a river that runs somewhat near his place. he'd never walked quite in that direction. we walked over there and ended up by a big park. the street signs to... TeRRY 2010-02-15T21:50:32-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/happy_chinese_n.html today was pretty mellow. ash and i got up and talked for quite awhile about all sorts of things. eventually we walked over to the big park we had walked by with the german guy chris. it's called da-an park.... TeRRY 2010-02-14T22:49:42-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/trash_taiwanese.html today we got up way late. (surprise, surprise.) i got up around 1:30pm. when i woke up i kept hearing something playing the same short song over and over. i thought maybe it was for new year or something. i... TeRRY 2010-02-13T21:43:45-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/cuz_all_i_want.html this morning i got dressed and walked down to the 7-11 and used the atm to make sure it should work for tim (who will be here in a few days). my card worked okay. and for the record, the... TeRRY 2010-02-12T22:17:40-06:00 http://weblog.failure.net/archives/2010/02/different_count.html (i'm back-dating this entry to help keep the daily order going.) i drank the juice milk. it was pretty good. it had a picture of milk with all kinds of fruit (orange, banana, apple, kiwi, grapes, peach, strawberry, etc.) but... TeRRY 2010-02-11T22:02:53-06:00