an update of s(h)orts...

So I guess these blog entries have been few and far between, huh. I guess that can be chalked up to a number of reasons: I'm too lazy(and the fucking hot ass humid weather has been making me more lethargic than ever), I've been busy, I don't know what to say, and I don't know how to say that I don't know what to say. Yikes. So every day is different and every day can be assigned one or all of those excuses... I'm guessing you guys are the same way.. yeh I'm looking at you!(except for Ryo and Anna.. you guys have updated recently) None of you guys have been writing on your blogs, and that saddens me greatly because it means that I can't stalk you guys online efficiently. Blarg. It's okay, once I head back to the states you better bet your asses that I'll be calling you day and night.. and yes... "just to say hi" (which used to drive me crazy.. now I'll pass it on)

Okay, well first things first.
I want to wish a happy birthday to one of my favorite people IN THE WORLD!! Miss Amy Delahanty, please raise your hand! You guys(except for the ones that also are lucky enough to know her) have no idea how much I adore this girl. I have so much love, respect, and admiration for you! I miss you lots but hopefully I will be able to see you within a few months! Amy, you're 23 today and don't worry, in a couple of months, I'll be right there with you! 1985 ROCK!

HEART

So, hmm.
What's worth saying? Well, Pat, Peter, Jungyun and I decided to go on a short 2 day trip to Yangpyung. What's in Yangpyung you ask? I asked the very same question to Pat who responded with this classic answer... "Uhm... (shrugs shoulders) beautiful stuff?" Jungyun(who is Korean) planned the whole thing, down to the train tickets and the accommodations. We stayed in this small loft house that was beyond amazing! There was even a porch outside where we drank beer and played hearts. Also, there weren't any nearby restaurants so we had to buy groceries and prepare our own meals. Thankfully we had an aspiring Top Chef with us(Pat) who knew how to cook. If it was left up to me, we would've been eating chips and cookies for breakfast, dinner, and lunch. Hell, I don't even know how to work an oven. I took home economics in middle school but unfortunately, the school was undergoing construction so we did all of our cooking on tiny propane burners and in microwave ovens! We even baked cakes in microwave ovens. Geez, one of our recipes was actually for POPCORN. Can you believe it? So... Kennedy Junior High.. I'm placing all of the blame on you for my lack of homemaking skills.

Yangpyunggggggg was awesome.
There were creeks and creeks.. and creeks... I don't know nature related words. So I guess Pat was right in saying that there was uhhhmmmm, beautiful stuff? I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. But we splashed, we swam, we took pictures... I threw giant rocks that landed with huge thuds into the water.. to my childish delight. And then at night, Pat prepared us a delicious curry. Don't worry. We did the dishes.... that's the usual trade-off right? Anyway, later that night we managed to split 6 bottles of soju and a 40 between us while we played ridiculous Korean drinking games including 3-6-9(sam yoo ku), jeehachul(where we have to take turns listing the different subway stations), baskin robbins 31, dalgi(this game is fucking absurd), and even guessing whether the next card from the stack was going to be black or red... oh, and this other ridiculous game called "bunny" where you had to do a lot of simultaneous chanting and crazy hand gestures. Pat and I took turns telling each other "YOU SUCK AT THESE GAMES!!" meaning.. shit, we had to drink a fuck ton of booze. Needless to say, we were the boozy woozy ones at the end of the night. It's weird how these games work though, usually you want to get drunk as fast as possible... so losing is actually winning.. because you win all the liquor. Anyway, I had an amazingly fun time.. especially because I got to travel with those two mofos again... we even met Jungyun in Laos! How awesome is that? It's weird thinking that pretty soon, I'm going to have to say goodbye to Pat and Peepers(my new nickname for Peter... Peeps for short).. who I've spent entirely too much time with(in the nicest way possible).. I mean, for the two months we went backpacking together, we spent every hour of every day together. That's an obscene amount. I don't know, I guess what I'm trying to say is.. I'm too used to their stupid faces now to not see them everyday.

Gah, I've been trying to tell myself that I won't allow the sadness to wash over me until I hit the 2 week mark.. and that day is quickly approaching. I don't even know what to do. It's weird planning every day as if.. you.. only have a few of them left.. I guess I'll still wait for that day to come to write all of my gushy feelings.


Pat and Jungyun

apparently this is what I look like when I play Mario Kart

Pat behind the glittery veil

canned salty pig bits... a wholehearted YUM!

The Sower





the two assholes



the fountain of life

(photo taken by Peter Kang)


Okay now some random bits....

Moa and I at the PIXAR EXHIBIT IN SEOUL! This exhibit was AMAZING! And Pixar is amazing.. so I don't care what any of you haters say. The level of creative genius and wit and focus that go into these movies is so beyond anything I could even imagine.


Jungyun's mom and Pat cooking... her mom taught us how to make soondubu(spicy soft tofu soup)! And kaeran jeem(steamed egg)... so awesome

I've also been watching a lot of movies.... here's some that I'd recommend.... which I'm sure most of you have seen already since you all are so much better than me about watching movies.. but in case you haven't...














I also read this yesterday...



Anyway, tis all for now... I'll talk to you all soon. Like usual, by the end.. I've run out of steam. I love you and miss you all.