I was going to write something REALLY funny for today, but instead I think I'll just let y'all know that I'm here and safe and doing fine as far as I can tell.
I'll write more tomorrow about the 500 yuan I paid for something I don't quite understand, the panic attack when I was unable to connect to the Internet and how thirsty you get when you CAN'T DRINK THE WATER!
Hopefully posting will go smoothly: Below is what blogger.com looked like when I logged in...