Quick Update

Hola mis amigos. I've been gone at a school conference with 200+ other teachers for the last few days. It was a heck of an experience, both professionally and socially...especially socially. I think one of the most fantastic things about teaching in Korea is that you get to meet a whole host of people from different backgrounds and countries and make friends with them. Friday and Saturday nights are not lonely, that's for damn certain...and they're sure as hell fun. I went out to a Mexican restaurant last night with a group of friends, and it was pure ecstasy to sink into a burrito filled with rice, beans, chicken, and cheeeeeeeeeeeese. La Casa Teresa en San Jose? No. But it got the job done. I love Korean food - I really do. There hasn't been a problem acclimating to the food here in that respect. BUT I do miss some of the tastes from home. 1st order of business once I get back 13/14-Aug in Las Vegas is a steak dinner with a baked potato, just frigging loaded with cheese/sour cream/butter (2 sticks if possible)/chives/bacon/death in general. I'm sure you can get it here, but 'Merica does beckon from time to time.

I've gotten past the sinus infection I went through last week; thank you to all those who asked what my condition was. I feel great now. Speaking of which, I've found myself becoming more and more reflective as of late on the condition of things...which is really saying something. I am very blessed. Not just relatively - how many people went without food or housing this evening across the world, let alone traveling to foreign places and having a great time doing it? - but subjectively. I've got food in my belly, a roof over my head, a fun job that I enjoy more and more everyday, a bunch of people that miss me back home (that I miss terribly, particularly where Phyl is concerned), and $1.30 for 500ml of beer at the local 7-11 (GS25 here, where it's "fresh, friendly, and fun" according to the adverts), where you sit outside of and pass the time with friends. My only gripe is that I hit my head on things more often here than at home, but when you're Godzirra in Korea, I guess that's to be expected. I'll post more specific and concrete things happening in my life in the days and weeks ahead (if I can get concrete; I'm a creature of the abstract...thus the philosophical crap tonight), but for right now I'll leave with this thought: I'm pretty damn lucky.

Oh - there's not a damn bit of decent cheese on this entire peninsula outside of Costco. Guess where Godzirra is going this weekend? ^^