And thus begins the seven day countdown

So, I leave in a week. That really freaks me out more than anything...
I don't know, I had a dream last night that I missed my flight at
SeaTac (which has never, EVER happened to me before) and that when I
finally got to China they wouldn't let me in. HAH. Oh well. I'm going
to do a week long countdown of places I want to visit when I'm in
Beijing. The first thing I want to see there is definitely Dead Mao.

This is where he lives:

(thanks wikipedia.)

When Mao died in 1976, his body was embalmed and put on display inside
of his Mausoleum in Tiananmen Square. This is like, a REALLLY big deal
for the Chinese to see, it is their Great Leader after all. It's very
serious and you can't film or take pictures. Which kind of sucks but
STILL I get to see Mao. Dead Mao, that is.