Above:The Baha'i House of Worship of Asia. Below:Life and times of your fellow World Citizen, Kolya

Hey, thought i was high time for a more personal entry again!  About a month or month and a half ago i bought a used (but practically unused/new) bike from some friends who just moved back to China (they've lived there before).  Their son, who has been living there for a few years already, just got married to a local and is planning to settle down there, so they decided to move there too, to be near them.  
It only cost me $50 and has a very useful basket on the front (as well as standard for China where they bought it fenders and luggage wrack).  And importantly, for hilly Olympia: gears.
So i've been riding my bike now almost all the time, and saving loads on not buying gasoline!  Although i did put some more in my car last week or so, but i'm hoping it'll last for the rest of the summer!  Also i've been enjoying the healthy feeling of all the exercise the bike riding has provided!  With an Aikido class every couple weeks thrown in for good measure.  Hopefully i'll now have time for more of those.
Sadly, my part time theater work is over for now, we just had our final shows of the Rocky Horror Show this weekend.  And the final cast party today.  It was great fun while it lasted...