I’m in Hong Kong with

a dog buildings a yellow restaurant a boy water

Yesterday, I licked an ice cube.

Or two nights ago, rather.  It's a silly thing to do, ice cube licking, and I don't really have an explanation except that it looked cold, smooth and inviting.  And harmless.  It looked harmless.  So I licked it, got stuck to it, and spent several minutes of illegible griping at being the subject of my...

The hordes have descended upon our apartment,

which is now populated as follows: myself, my parents, Llama, Llama's boyfriend Karlos, William, Akax, Christophe (as of tomorrow), and Amadeus.  Ama, of course, is not a single unit but has a circle of groupies around her at any given moment.  They add a touch of Swede to an otherwise wholly American affair. If you...