July 2010
2 posts
I Gave Myself More Than a Month Before Saying This...
I don’t really care to learn Korean.
This comes as something of a surprise to me. I’ve almost always been interested in studying languages and I’ve had plenty of time here in a nearly perfect immersive environment. Learning even a little would also certainly make my daily life easier. I just don’t really care to.
It’s not that I don’t want to, exactly. ...
I Wish This Were a Joke...
Ice cream is not an acceptable way to say “sorry for attempting to sexually assault you last night.”
On Saturday night I went out in Cheongju with two friends from Pittsburgh and two Korean friends. One of them, as it turns out, was not much of a friend at all.
Early in the evening me and one of the Koreans got separated from my Pittsburgh friends through a series of misadventures involving our...
June 2010
7 posts
Passport Replacement and the Omnipresent Language...
I lost my passport in Seoul last week. By this I mean, of course, that I was stupid enough to be carrying it around with me and probably deserved to have it stolen. I don’t know what I was thinking.
Of course I didn’t notice until I was back in Cheongju and of course you have to apply for replacements in person at the embassy in Seoul. Of course I showed up at the embassy on a...
WatchI ate this. Immediately after this video was taken I ate this. And I would not recommend it to anyone.
The audio quality is absolute garbage, but this was taken on someone’s phone, so I guess you’ll have that.
