dancing, drinking, challenging a taekawndo master to a death fight, etc.

^^^awesome quote from a cool dude here named Talmage. And so true.

So, with my deepest regrets to Trevor, who would prefer my blog to be a picture book without any words, I have no pictures this time! But with good reason. Well maybe not good reason, but I think maybe a decent enough excuse. And that excuse is that I went out this weekend, camera in tow, but tragedy struck when I discovered I had left my sd card on my table, thus rendering my camera nothing more than an expensive liability. Whatever, I have a lot to say!

I've successfully completed two whole weeks of school and am cascading through my third with little more than a speed bump here and there. A short list of annoyances would be 1) Middle school kids. 'Nuff said. 2) "Encouragement messages" - stuff I'm supposed to write that the parents read and is individualized for each student. While my desire is to say "if you don't shut your mouth you'll find the next trip you take is via Nick Teacher Air right out my 7th story window," I instead say "I think it would be really helpful if you participated more in class and focused more on the lesson than the distractions around you." and 3) My apparent inability to organize even 1 piece of paper, let alone 1,000. I'll figure it out, maybe.

I took an adventure to Mok Dong and Hongdae this weekend, which was pretty darn fun. My friend Mike, whom I roomed with in the hotel my first week, lives in Mok Dong and after a short jaunt on the subway I was in his stomping ground. The comparison between our two apartments was discouraging, as he seemed to score a 15th floor mansion, while I dwell in a fifth floor squatter's hole, but its a good thing I was only there for a few minutes before hopping in the cab for Hongdae. For those of you who don't know, Hongdae is a quant little university town with endless streets filled with endless bars and clubs and fried chicken restaurants and you don't leave until 6:30am. At least .

Sunday I played soccer! For 3 hours! Gracious, it was intense. But fun. I scored, too! "Goooaaaallllllllllllllll!" Except, all I got were a couple claps from my teammates. Better than nothing, right? I am invited back every Sunday, but I'm not sure how often I'll make it. I mean, more often than not, I hope, but we'll see how it goes.

Here is my current to-do list (my only method of surviving here is making a list and then making said list happen):

• check bank account for monies
• get cell phone
• get power chord for xbox
• find room decorations and clean room(!!!)
• go to post office
• figure out how to sleep at night

Boring, I know. Whatever, you're doing the same thing! Admit it!