I'm recovering from last weekend. I spent Friday and Saturday nights out until dawn, once in the suburb of Seoul I live in, and once in Seoul. The crew I was hanging with has a bunch of friends in the military, and many of them are under 21 (it's legal for them to drink, but the commanding officer of the entire armed forces in South Korea forbids it, so they technically aren't allowed to or risk a dishonorable discharge or a court-martial or something completely unreasonable like that). Many bars and clubs also forbid U.S. Military because a few sour eggs spoil the broth (1 point for each mixed idiom identified there). What this means is that going out is similar to going out with a bunch of minors in the U.S.: you end up trying to make excuses for friends to bouncers, and if they do get in, they spend a great deal of the time looking over their shoulders. And this only applies to the ones who aren't lying about their age (much like in the U.S., if they're in a bar and say that they're 21, then they're probably actually 19). I did manage to show everybody how to pole dance (except for one girl nobody knew, which needless to say, earned her a nickname and reputation, both not-so-vaguely referencing her being a stripper), and I actually got a burn on my forearm from pole-dancing too hard. I have come to terms with the fact that I could never be President.
We went to this disco dance club, and at first they didn't want to let us in because they were convinced we were looking for a hip-hop club, then once we sat down they only had one kind of alcohol and wouldn't let us order what we wanted, so we demonstrated higher value and bounced.
In better news, a new drinking game has slowly been developing over here. What started as Kings turned into JumbleFuck, a game where you make up whatever rules you want for each card, which turned into a complete playing-card-less free-for-all, where you can start any kind of rule whenever the hell you want and the last person to do it has to drink. It's good fun.
Also, my passion for Noraebong (or for those of you who speak French) has developed to unhealthy heights, which really feeds my complete inability to be embarrassed about something for more than 3.4 seconds.
I've posted a picture of my kindergarteners at our Halloween party. First, notice their complete lack of smiling (a commonality among almost all Koreans when it comes to pictures, which is strange because all they do is smile and laugh the rest of the time). Second, notice my complete lack of attempt in my costume. Third, try NOT to notice that this looks like the album cover for an Asian's children's choir that exclusively does prison gigs during the month of October.
Since a teacher at our school left two month ago and won't be replaced, I've had a lot more work, but it keeps me busy. Though I'm not proud about the fact that I've actually taken work home a couple of times. My work did host a night of dinner and drinking, and many people were dreading it, because it's impolite to refuse a drink from your superiors and they were worried about drinking to much. Obviously, I willingly took every drink my superiors gave me (because they were free), and then proceeded to dominate them at any drinking game they proposed. Eventually, my bosses got too drunk and stopped picking on me. Then I sang my heart out in front of all of my colleagues at Noraebong. We also had a field day for our kindergarteners and I showed all of my office, all of the kids at my school, and all of their families, that I can run like the wind coming out of Ricky Martin's ass. That's how I roll.
The G-20 is in Seoul this weekend and everybody is going crazy over it, especially considering it's such a worthless conference...AND nobody cares.
I have to say, the lack of posts is very bothersome to me. I mean, if you're all going to be turds, then at least be in a Porta-Potty with all the rest of the disused condoms. I'm J-F-K-ing obviously, as we've all had our spells of noncontribution, and because I have no idea what that meant, but I at least hope this wasn't too boring for you all and that perhaps it may inspire you all to contribute more regularly.
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