++ so CHINESE is a bit harder and a bit more time consuming than i thought it was going to be and this is only the second quarter. my throat hurts and i have this cough which won't go away. oh yeah and instead of the 6 inches of snow which dayton got last night, we only got an inch of frozen rain. but i do have three portfolios out right now, one in san deigo and two in seattle. ring ring. hello? job please. ++