Daniel's List

I've begun to pack and the first thought I had was, why did I buy all this crap. I have way way more stuff than I either can or want to bring home, so I've been giving away stuff to people for a few days. I gave Sean and Sarah some food and liquor as well as a few kitchen supplies. I game Steve a bunch of stuff including a fishing pole and very little chair. I think this is a good lesson though since I'll be much more reluctant to buy junk in Xinjiang. Since pretty much everything I don't either bring home or give away will probably find its way into the hands of the people who clean the apartment I feel like I'm in the last scene in Schindler's List where Schindler is freaking out because there were a few possessions of his left that he could have sold to save more people. I've been trying to foist things on people I'm sure they don't want. Steve took two little Christmas trees but no one wants the big one. Hell, Sean and Sarah even took an unopened bottle of mouth wash I had lying around. Well next time things will be different I'm not going to buy anything in Xinjiang that I don't either intend to take home or really need.