I'm sorry I haven't been writing. I think there's something wrong with my brain. Perhaps it's all the Chinese. The last time I was going to write was just after Christmas, when me and my friends all got detained overnight in a police station. I got about halfway through a very detailed and winding narrative of the night when I became distracted and then forgot what happened. I think it's mostly that writing frustrates me. My life could be portrayed so much more vividly and entertainingly in documentary format. Particularly because so much of anything I want to write is inspired out of discontent, which comes off as whining self-pity. If I had a videocamera on me at all times, then the tragicomedy of my existence in China could be fully appreciated. But since I don't, I'll try to keep this brief again. Let me begin by proudly introducing MomaDVD.com , Beijing's first online DVD rental service. This was an idea that my friends Guy and Jeff ca