diff --git a/rpc.d b/rpc.d
index 0b82abb..ec500c8 100644
--- a/rpc.d
+++ b/rpc.d
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 module arsd.rpc;
 
-/+ //example usage
+/*
+	FIXME:
+		1) integrate with arsd.eventloop
+		2) make it easy to use with other processes; pipe to a process and talk to it that way. perhaps with shared memory too?
+		3) extend the serialization capabilities
+*/
+
+///+ //example usage
 interface ExampleNetworkFunctions {
 	string sayHello(string name);
 	int add(int a, int b);
@@ -52,12 +59,20 @@ void main(string[] args) {
 		client.structTest(S1(20, "cool!"), (a) { writeln(a.name, " -- ", a.number); }, null);
 		client.die(delegate () { writeln("shouldn't happen"); }, delegate(a) { writeln(a); });
 		client.eventLoop();
+
+		/*
+		auto client = makeNetworkClient!(ExampleNetworkFunctions, false)("localhost", 5005);
+		writeln(client.sayHello("whoa"));
+		writeln(client.add(1, 2));
+		client.die();
+		writeln(client.add(1, 2));
+		*/
 	} else {
 		auto server = new ExampleServer(5005);
 		server.eventLoop();
 	}
 }
-+/
+//+/
 
 mixin template NetworkServer(Interface) {
 	import std.socket;
@@ -260,22 +275,27 @@ final public inout(ubyte)[] deserializeInto(T)(inout(ubyte)[] buffer, ref T s) {
 	return buffer;
 }
 
-mixin template NetworkClient(Interface) {
+mixin template NetworkClient(Interface, bool useAsync = true) {
 	private static string createClass() {
 		// this doesn't actually inherit from the interface because
 		// the return value needs to be handled async
 		string code;// = `final class Class /*: ` ~ Interface.stringof ~ `*/ {`;
 		code ~= "\n\timport std.socket;";
 		code ~= "\n\tprivate Socket socket;";
-		code ~= "\n\tprivate void delegate(const(ubyte)[] buffer)[uint] onSuccesses;";
-		code ~= "\n\tprivate void delegate(const(ubyte)[] buffer)[uint] onErrors;";
+		if(useAsync) {
+			code ~= "\n\tprivate void delegate(const(ubyte)[] buffer)[uint] onSuccesses;";
+			code ~= "\n\tprivate void delegate(const(ubyte)[] buffer)[uint] onErrors;";
+		}
 		code ~= "\n\tprivate uint lastSequenceNumber;";
 		code ~= q{
 	private this(string host, ushort port) {
 		this.socket = new TcpSocket();
 		this.socket.connect(new InternetAddress(host, port));
 	}
+	};
 
+		if(useAsync)
+		code ~= q{
 	final public void eventLoop() {
 		ubyte[4096] buffer;
 		bool open = true;
@@ -326,10 +346,19 @@ mixin template NetworkClient(Interface) {
 		code ~= "\n\tpublic:\n";
 
 		foreach(memIdx, member; __traits(allMembers, Interface)) {
-			alias mem = PassThrough!(__traits(getMember, Interface, member));
-			code ~= "\t\tfinal void " ~ member ~ "(";
-			bool hadArgument = false;
 			import std.traits;
+			alias mem = PassThrough!(__traits(getMember, Interface, member));
+			string type;
+			if(useAsync)
+				type = "void";
+			else {
+				static if(is(ReturnType!mem == void))
+					type = "void";
+				else
+					type = (ReturnType!mem).stringof;
+			}
+			code ~= "\t\tfinal "~type~" " ~ member ~ "(";
+			bool hadArgument = false;
 			import std.conv;
 			// arguments
 			foreach(i, arg; ParameterTypeTuple!mem) {
@@ -340,19 +369,22 @@ mixin template NetworkClient(Interface) {
 				hadArgument = true;
 			}
 
-			if(hadArgument)
-				code ~= ", ";
+			if(useAsync) {
+				if(hadArgument)
+					code ~= ", ";
 
-			static if(is(ReturnType!mem == void))
-				code ~= "void delegate() onSuccess";
-			else
-				code ~= "void delegate("~(ReturnType!mem).stringof~") onSuccess";
-			code ~= ", ";
-			code ~= "void delegate(Throwable) onError";
+				static if(is(ReturnType!mem == void))
+					code ~= "void delegate() onSuccess";
+				else
+					code ~= "void delegate("~(ReturnType!mem).stringof~") onSuccess";
+				code ~= ", ";
+				code ~= "void delegate(Throwable) onError";
+			}
 			code ~= ") {\n";
+			code ~= "auto seq = ++lastSequenceNumber;";
+		if(useAsync)
 		code ~= q{
 			#line 252
-			auto seq = ++lastSequenceNumber;
 			onSuccesses[seq] = (const(ubyte)[] buffer) {
 				onSuccesses.remove(seq);
 				onErrors.remove(seq);
@@ -381,7 +413,9 @@ mixin template NetworkClient(Interface) {
 				if(onError !is null)
 					onError(t);
 			};
+		};
 
+		code ~= q{
 			#line 283
 			ubyte[4096] bufferBase;
 			auto buffer = bufferBase[12 .. $]; // leaving room for size, func number, and seq number
@@ -402,10 +436,77 @@ mixin template NetworkClient(Interface) {
 			// FIXME: what if it doesn't all send at once?
 			code ~= "\t\t\tsocket.send(bufferBase[0 .. 12 + used]);\n";
 			//code ~= `writeln("sending ", bufferBase[0 .. 12 + used]);`;
+
+		if(!useAsync)
+		code ~= q{
+			ubyte[4096] dbuffer;
+			bool open = true;
+			static if(is(typeof(return) == void)) {
+
+			} else
+				typeof(return) returned;
+
+			auto gotNum = socket.receive(dbuffer);
+			if(gotNum == 0) {
+				open = false;
+				throw new Exception("connection closed");
+			}
+			while(gotNum < 9) {
+				auto g2 = socket.receive(dbuffer[gotNum .. $]);
+				if(g2 == 0) {
+					open = false;
+					break;
+				}
+				gotNum += g2;
+			}
+
+			auto got = dbuffer[0 .. gotNum];
+			another:
+			uint length;
+			uint success;
+			got = deserializeInto(got, length);
+			got = deserializeInto(got, seq);
+			got = deserializeInto(got, success);
+			auto more = got[length .. $];
+
+			if(got.length >= length) {
+				if(success) {
+					/*
+					auto s = (seq in onSuccesses);
+					if(s !is null && *s !is null)
+						(*s)(got);
+					*/
+					static if(is(typeof(return) == void)) {
+					} else {
+						got = deserializeInto(got, returned);
+					}
+				} else {
+					/*
+					auto s = (seq in onErrors);
+					if(s !is null && *s !is null)
+						(*s)(got);
+					*/
+					auto t = new Throwable("");
+					got = deserializeInto(got, t.msg);
+					got = deserializeInto(got, t.file);
+					got = deserializeInto(got, t.line);
+					throw t;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if(more.length) {
+				got = more;
+				goto another;
+			}
+			static if(is(typeof(return) == void)) {
+
+			} else
+				return returned;
+		};
+
 			code ~= "}\n";
 			code ~= "\n";
 		}
-
 		//code ~= `}`;
 		return code;
 	}
@@ -414,6 +515,14 @@ mixin template NetworkClient(Interface) {
 	mixin(createClass());
 }
 
+auto makeNetworkClient(Interface, bool useAsync = true)(string host, ushort port) {
+	class Thing {
+		mixin NetworkClient!(Interface, useAsync);
+	}
+
+	return new Thing(host, port);
+}
+
 // the protocol is:
 /*