January 2012
55 posts
Congratulate the boys on their high school acceptance. Have FB page flooded with complaints about 18mm haircuts and all boys’ schools. They’ve got their priorities straight, the lot of them.
Last minute plans. Off to see a man about a horse. I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me in the first place. Pffft.
WTF White Privilege: "Being a Maid" by James... →
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“Being a Maid” by James McBride
Last night, President Obama, our first African American President, delivered his third State of the Union address. On that same day, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated two gifted African American actresses, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, for Oscars for playing maids in “The Help.” This is 73 years after the ...
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so the travel channel is basically just a better food network… right?
been watching man v food all day, plus a little pizza insight and mr. bourdain.
hell yeah, i’m still in pjs.
My girl, my girl. We should talk.
fuckfangs asked: What did you think of 도가니 as a movie?
“Betrayer.”
– Accidentally timed a “good night” message to coincide exactly with his finishing time at work, after I’ve spent the day fucking around in sweatpants, while he’s been working through the exhaustion caused by me keeping him up to a ridiculous hour asking him innocuous questions...
Finally watched 도가니 last night with Busan to assist, because I got tired of waiting for English subtitles to emerge. I was shocked how well I did, despite the fact that I haven’t studied for ages and even Busan can’t figure out what I’m trying to say most of the time, these days. It seems my reading and listening stay in tact, but speaking and writing go dramatically downhill...
Sitting in a coffee shop knitting and attempting to control my face. Busan’s meant to be studying but instead is waffling on about how he could have been a tae kwon do champion if only his mother hadn’t pushed him to study. No idea. I’ve never heard him mention martial arts before, ever. But apparently he has over ten medals in his bedroom at home and also he has power and skill,...
scwlove replied to your post: Just put my coffee in the microwave to reheat, and…
But what was the sound?? ghosts?
The microwave. Haha.
Just put my coffee in the microwave to reheat, and then went to the bedroom to get the laundry out to hang. Came back out to hear a terrifying loud humming coming from inside the apartment, and had a moment of sheer panic, clutching the pile of wet clothes to my chest.
I think I’ve been inside my apartment for too long, and not quite sleeping enough. Jesus H.
Bertolucci’s The Dreamers is the most incredible love letter to cinephiles ever created. It’s his fucking incredible care that makes you not only light up with the feeling of intimacy involved in an inside joke between you and the director every single fucking time you watch it, and go back through to make lists of things you know you’ve somehow missed, that you have to...
Sleepy, sleepy bunny today. The cold went away and came back. I want to hibernate. My friend left behind two bottles of soju and mixers. Need to finish Busan’s scarf before he returns (catching the late bus tonight). Feeling somehow nostalgic, so old black and whites, and four more skeins it is. The soju may just have to give way to coffee.
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Okay I was just wondering if you've ever been with...
Well, they both have different passwords, to begin with. You really don’t know? Obviously I’m not at liberty to give that information out freely. You’ll have to go before the board.
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It’s been a very shitty weekend for men’s behavior in public. Got propositioned by a bus driver late at night when I was the only one left on, and then today in broad daylight hours had to shove a drunk man off me using all of my force when he aggressively started groping my chest on the subway while nobody said a word. It’s put me in a terribly defensive mood and I’ve been...
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– One of my students’ status updates on Facebook.
Oh, the joy of the pain of youth.
sequinedstrawberries replied to your post: Just got back from another city down south,…
It’s your business, but I know a few people who have been long term dating Korean men and they were invited to meet the parents and it wasn’t a big ordeal. I get the 4 days in a row but possibly it’s not as big a deal as you think?Just a thought?
It’s not that I’m imagining it to be a big...
Anonymous asked: it seems like you don't like being in korea very much, and i feel like it's like that for a lot of expats living in korea. do you agree or disagree?
Just got back from another city down south, visiting a friend just for the night for a little support. Now I’m facing down this huge holiday. Busan and I have been doing a lot of semi-awkward waffling, involving him wanting me to come home with him, me not really believing that his mom genuinely wants me there, and me actually not really wanting the first meeting to consist of four entire...
“Finally, after five months of my life during which I could write nothing that...”
– Franz Kafka’s diaries.
Busan’s sitting on the floor spooning protein powder into a flask, contemplating eating cheesecake for breakfast. It’s way too fucking early in the morning. I need coffee.
Burndog's Burnblog: I'm cool with deskwarming... →
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Hello Burnfans!
I’ve noticed a LOT of hate lately about deskwarming…A LOT. Especially on Facebook. People love to post some sort of bitter Facebook status update about how difficult their life is because they are forced to deskwarm. First off…for those of you who read this in far flung…
I agree with the BurnDog here, but make a couple...
ahshucksadam asked: So, eatyourkimchi just came out (haha) with a video about gays in Korea. They stressed that they weren't part of the community, which is good. But it made me wonder if there is any gay foreign bloggers out there? I've tried looking, and I hope I'm just bad at searching or something.
koifishes asked: I'd like to ask what you think of this video on youtube. /watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UV5x5fB6efg
obsidian-sky asked: Hi ^^ What is the name of the Gordan Ramsy documentary you mentioned? I'd really love to watch it! Oh and I hope you're enjoying your winter vacation :)
Just found a documentary about Gordon Ramsay featuring Anthony Bourdain. That’s the first morning of my official vacation made.
I’ve been very shit about answering emails and ask box questions and comments over the last week or so. I promise I’ll get to that today as well. Probably.
Yesterday was just one of those good ass days. The teachers’ training went brilliantly. I fielded a lot of complaints about the foreign teachers, which the elementary teachers especially seemed keen to get of their chests, as they aren’t even specifically English teachers and want nothing to do with the mess to begin with. I hope I helped them to understand a little more about our...
What he did tonight sank all the way down to the bottom of a place in my heart that I didn’t even know existed. It’s why I fell in love with him to begin with. He really pisses me off when he gets a mind to, but after all is said and done, I don’t think a sweeter soul exists in many other places.
Got a phone call from HT last night to inform me that the first class I’m teaching this morning is old and doesn’t like to talk. Now. HT is no teenager herself. However, she’s also a spectacularly bad judge of people and social situations. So here’s hoping she’s just blowing smoke. Otherwise, it’s going to be a long first ninety minutes.
paulajosshi replied to your post: Hello! I’m moving to Seoul next month to teach, but I’m worried about the availability of spices for baking and cooking (especially Italian food). Is there anything you recommend that I bring over with me, from your experience?
Come to Itaewon for all your herby, spicy needs! You can find fresh parsley and cilantro at the supermarket next to the Wolfhound...
I always start out bummed when they tell me I have to do the teachers’ training course in winter (the one where I teach teachers), but now, one day away as my lesson plan is falling together, I’m starting to get amped. On the agenda this year is to stop running my mouth about stupid, poorly written articles and show the Korean teachers for myself how I teach my classes 100% in English...
Anonymous asked: where can you buy knitting needles? (preferably in seoul if you know) i found yarn but can't find the needles.. thanks!
cynicalxcharm asked: Hello! I'm moving to Seoul next month to teach, but I'm worried about the availability of spices for baking and cooking (especially Italian food). Is there anything you recommend that I bring over with me, from your experience?
Becoming frustrated with a particularly bad run of befuddled coffee shop workers lately. Look. Speak English. Speak Korean. I’m not going to get in a mood about either one. But. You do actually have to say something in some language. Standing there and staring down at the register is just making this more awkward for both of us than it really needs to be. Especially when I can’t see...
Off to buy more yarn at the market. Because socks are just fucking inefficient, as they exist in the world today. In winter. I’m going to knit seventeen of the world’s thickest, tallest pairs of socks. Also possibly a body suit. Fuck winter. Fuck it. I don’t feel anything anymore.
Student lesson through context of the day: 막장 = train wreck.
As in, “Teacher, we game finish! They team is minus 23 점! They is 아무 희망도 없어요. This is 막장!”
Busan’s just messaged to ask me if I can “carve out some time” on Friday. He’s on his best post-fight behavior, and apparently also watching an English language drama or something at the moment, as that expression is a new one.
He wants to cook dinner. For me. Like properly. He’s apparently looking up recipes on the internet, which is bad sign no. 1.
I feel bad....
Told my mom about a fight with Busan and now she’s posting Fiona Apple songs on Facebook. Supportive. In other news, I get to spend this evening hashing it out. I feel like jell-o. I want to hang a giant banner across my front door that says, “FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK YOU!” and then go to sleep for three days. But I’m an adult now, I guess. Fucking. Fuck fuck fuck fuck you...
My brother is fucking amazing. I’ll tell the story later, but for now I’m on the phone with my family, which is exactly what I’ve been needing.
Women bloggers call for a stop to 'hateful'...
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Women bloggers call for a stop to ‘hateful’ trolling by misogynist men
I can definitely relate to this. It is not easy being a woman on the internet.
The little turds....
… have turned my Facebook plan against me. I just logged in and found this in my news feed:
Wooseong: “나 리즈샘 폰번좀”
Kwonwoo: [Answers another comment left on the same post, but ignores Wooseong.]
Wooseong: “왜 또 내말은 씹어 빡치게”
Kwonwoo is one of the ones who speaks zero English, but who comes to my office every day during lunch. I don’t know why he would even...
Great. The guy at the gym just told Busan he looks like he has a girlfriend. Last night, he was looking at the photos I took of him on New Year’s Eve wearing the waistcoat and shirt I bought for him (not for the first time, it’s important to note — he had already seen them, but was looking at them again) and got all swaggery about how good he looked. Now he’s actually...
My apartment is spotless. All my running around and shopping is done (for the most part). I have a fridge full of proper food, including at least six kinds of produce, and chicken breast cooking for a salad. A bottle of wine. Everything is packed up and ready for school tomorrow. I like being a part time housewife. To myself.
I may have said something to Busan to the effect of, “Talk to me...
