January 2011
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korea through blue glasses
on a whim yesterday i went into a eye glass story in hongdae and found a pair of awesome glasses. i’d been looking for glasses for quite some time but i’ve decided that i won’t buy things unless they “speak” to me. gosh darn these glasses spoke to me.
i hadn’t found any in the 7 months that i’ve been here that i liked. i feel in love with these...
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why do i love korea:
because i can go from crying and sobbing and weeping on a friday night to laughing until i cry on a saturday.
because i’m surrounded by some of the most amazing beautiful men and women
because on a whim i can buy bright blue glasses and it’s ok
because i can be completely sober and miss the rapid train and get stuck in guro at 11:30
AND THEN
i can be a completely drunken mess,...
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blank.unknown.abyss.
It’s strange to think I once lived an entirely different life. I’ve felt this same way all through college but the feelings been more persistent in the past couple of days (probably because I’ve been watching a lot of videos), but I really do miss riding and showing horses. I think I just miss the feeling and knowing that I’m actually really good at something.
All of the...
wallap asked: What part of Korea are you living in?
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lost in translation
me: what's your name?
student 1: mumbles something under his breath, can't understand him
me: what?
student 2: ick
me: what
student 2: I-C-K
me: wait, what?
student 1: teacher, L-I-C-K
me: your name is Lick
student 1: yes teacher.
me: umn, ok.
student 1: no no no teacher
student 2: ugh, teacher, his name is R-I-C-K
me: so your name is RICK.
student 1: yes.
me: sorry.
thinking to myself: r's and l's are hard for korean's remember this, rach, r's and l's are difficult. try not to laugh.
i seriously thought this kid had named himself Lick.
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count your blessings...
in part of the whole get-my-life-back-on-track phase i’m in, i decided to head to home plus. the wal-mart of korea to stock my fridge.i tried to to the local mart downstairs from work but they didn’t have the tea i want and their tomatoes aren’t great. i’ve been budgeting roughly 100,000 a week (appx. $90). but i’ve also mainly been eating out and essentially that...
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Guilford in Korea
This afternoon I met up with a friend I went to college with. We’d been saying for weeks we should get together, months really, but things never seemed to work out. We were both either too busy or, well, too busy. But, we made it work for this afternoon. In my attempt to see more of Korea, i.e., get out of my apartment during this frigid winter I said I’d come to her area. She lives in...
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On Fat Asses by a Student
Teacher [me]: It smells like pizza in here, did you have pizza?
Student: Yes, Helen teacher brought us pizza.
Teacher [me]: Where's my piece? I say jokingly. I'm starving, Harry, how come you didn't save me a piece?
Student: Because, teacher, Helen Teacher wanted the other students to have pizza.
Teacher [me]: oh, ok, good. Teacher is getting quite fat. I signal with my hands a fat person.
Student: Yes, you are fat in the arse.
Teacher [me]: in my head, fml.
i forgot to mention, he's 8 years old.
myvrm382 asked: I just started following you, and I have a feeling this is the one tumblr that ISN'T going to turn my brain to goo!
Thanks for the mental stimulation ;)
Thanks for the mental stimulation ;)
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On Writing
motifsinthecity:
Good writing is like a set of old photographs; they depict simple things but feel like so much more.
Addendum: When you feel playful and nimble, you’re trusting the process.
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word dip #3 (and a few more)
inveigh: v., protest or complain vehemently. to speak or write ab out someone with great hostility
etymology: late 15c., “to introduce,” from L. invehi ”to attack with words,” originally “carry oneself against,” from passive inf. of invehere ”bring in, carry in,” from in-“against” + vehere ”to carry” (see vehicle). Meaning...
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word dip #2 (and a few more)
once i start i just can’t stop:
quixotic: adj., unselfish and idealist to an impractical point
etymology: “extravagantly chivalrous,” 1791, from Don Quixote, romantic, impractical hero of Cervantes’ satirical novel “Don Quixote de la Mancha” (1605). His name lit. means “thigh,” also “a cuisse” (a piece of armor for the thigh), in...
a note on word dipping
one rule that i forgot to add: the word dipped upon must the the only word used. whether i know the word or not, it must be dipped and the etymology found.
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word dip #1
Curtail-v. to limit or cut short
derivatives: curtailment, n.
etymology: “late 15c., from M.Fr. courtault ”made short,” from court ”short” (O.Fr. cort, from L. curtus; see curt) + -ault pejorative suffix of Germanic origin. Originallycurtal; used of horses with docked tails, which probably influenced the spelling. Related: Curtailed; curtailing.”
etymology...
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bible dipping.
many year ago, when i was living in sri lanka i became hooked on augusten burroughs books. i read running with scissors and dry both in a two day period. they are exceptional books and i just couldn’t put them down, ever.
in one of the books, i can’t remember which, augusten talks about bible dipping.
before i left, my father gave me one of the most beautiful bible’s...
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thirteen again...
while in the throes of adolescence most teens were going to movies, shopping, experimenting with drugs, boys, hating their parents, and all sorts of mischievous.
maybe it was that i was like developmentally challenged or something. well, i was also super busy with something else that never allowed the opportunity to make foolish mistakes. more so, maybe, it was that i just wasn’t...
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