23:27 I have spent nearly two hours trying to find a reasonable flight to Anchorage. I was willing to fly from four different airports. The one reasonable flight (reasonable = wouldn't require me give up two+ days in Asia/cost below $3000 for a one way/require four total days of travel) was on a website called Ovigo. After filling out all my information, and clicking book, the website simply did not process a booking (I even called Amex to check). I think it's time to soak and move on. Time to write. I've written down the list of posts I need to write here, and I'll strikethrough as I go: - [[(blog) notes from my 30L backpack]] - [[foreign friends]] - [[DC.2]] - [[osaka, japan]] - [[tokyo, japan]] - [[kyoto, japan]] - [[seoul, south korea]] - [[houston, texas]] - [[san josé, costa rica]] - [[toronto, ontario, canada]] - [[readings/a wild haruki chase]] - 11:55pm. Bang. First blog done. Cigar soon, maybe. 00:12 Back from a bit of a break. Have consumed 2000 mg of Vitamin C (am coming down with a cold). Also discovered where we keep the plum wine (my favourite drink). CBTM. 00:41 Pulled out the timer strat. In 27:10 I wrote [[foreign friends]], leaving out parts but more reflective than I thought. Happy with how it turned out. I wonder how I'm going to fit in a cigar?