Dear United Airlines,
Your leg room blows. If you are not going to provide more than 1/2 inch of space past the knees of a short person, you should disable the recliner. No one sleeps comfortably anyway, why not spare the person who’s already been fucked by being assigned to the middle seat of a row [...]
Archive for the ‘going away’ Category
I loathe long flights.
Posted in going away on 10 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Aaaand, the mighty fall.
Posted in going away, 대한민국 South Korea, tagged Jeju-do, teaching on 7 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I walked to my last class as a foreign English teacher at Hallim Girls’ Middle school. A few kids were scouts in the hall, which is not so unusual, but this time as I entered the room someone called out “shija!” and the class shouted in unison “LOOK UNDER THE DESK!” I stumbled [...]
Thunder bolt of lighting, very very frighting…
Posted in going away, 대한민국 South Korea, tagged Jeju-do on 6 July 2007 | 2 Comments »
I venture to say that at this moment we are experiencing the heaviest monsoon rain of the monsoon season thus far. The front coutryard became a lake in like 7 minutes. Of course, this is the time I would be trying to fly out.
마지막
Posted in going away, 대한민국 South Korea, tagged Jeju-do, teaching on 6 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This note was pretty touching too: “When I grow I up I will find you. Wait for me.”
Don’t remind me.
Posted in going away, 대한민국 South Korea, tagged Jeju-do on 4 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m putzing through the news and read:
Mr Buffett, who runs the investment group Berkshire Hathaway and is widely regarded as the world’s most successful investor, said that he was a Democrat because Republicans are more likely to think: “I’m making $80 million a year – God must have intended me to have a lower [...]
Man, I hope it wasn’t the wrong decision.
Posted in going away, 대한민국 South Korea, tagged Jeju-do on 3 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ordered a cellphone and plan. Hoping for the best. Probably nothing could satisfy me, coming back from the most wireless country in the world, repleat with slide phones, where you can ask your waiter at a restaurant to charge it for you and all incoming calls are free.
I particularly enjoyed this item of [...]
I can’t believe I’m getting sentimental over this.
Posted in going away, 대한민국 South Korea, tagged Jeju-do on 2 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m writing the captain a letter, since he likes reading English so much and can understand so much more if it’s given in writing. It’s the only thing I can think of to make this bottle of Johnny Walker a gift that actually says “So long and thanks for everything. Really –thanks. [...]
October-Motel-Golf
Posted in going away, 대한민국 South Korea on 2 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The principal and I sit for morning coffee. He beings to ask me about the dolhareubang –what do I know about the stone grandfather statues that are the icon of Jeju Island? In the Chosun dynasty, he says, they stood outside the 문, the gate, of the 성, the castle. There are, in fact, three [...]
t-minus 1 hour.
Posted in going away, 대한민국 South Korea on 5 July 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I miss the Times of India headlines: “N Korea slaps West in face, faces curbs.” In 24 hours, I will be closer to Pyongyang than Pittsburgh is to Philadelphia.
Goodbye.
Posted in going away, the usual talk on 5 July 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I leave at 7:30 pm tomorrow, which is today, really. I lay over in O’Hare and leave at 1 am. Thursday mostly doesn’t happen for me and I get to Incheon at 4am on Friday. Mañana got away from me; I’m sorry Hillman library-ites that I never came back to say goodbye. [...]
My present state of mind:
Posted in going away, includes pictures on 4 July 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Ah yes.
Posted in going away, ভারত India, 대한민국 South Korea on 2 July 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Here we are finally at the point, everything as usual: miserable progress on the Sunday crossword, cup of coffee gone cold, Law and Order SVU reruns for white noise, when abject terror sets in. Terror of being the least prepared future English teacher ever to set foot in the Republic of Korea, ever. [...]
It is official.
Posted in going away, 대한민국 South Korea on 27 June 2006 | Leave a Comment »
My medical clearance went through and the plane ticket is in the mail. Goodbye, USA. But of course, I come downstairs from answering the phone and Brazil has scored another goal.
t-minus 8 days.
Posted in going away, the usual talk on 27 June 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I may be a terrible person for wishing that a terrible and inconvenient thing had happened, but wouldn’t it have been funny if my dad got pulled over on our way to have breakfast at Kings at 8pm while my mom was drinking a Miller Lite in the passenger seat? So maybe funny isn’t [...]
On fear.
Posted in going away, 대한민국 South Korea on 20 June 2006 | Leave a Comment »
My mother is afraid that a Taepodong missile will fall on my head while I am in Korea. I am afraid to find out that I am not a good teacher.
One must buy so many things in order to travel.
Posted in going away, 대한민국 South Korea on 19 June 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Among the things I am told I will not be able to buy in Korea are deodorant and cold medicine. I think that it is going to be difficult to obtain a year’s supply of pseuphedrine without having my house raided as a possible methamphetamine lab.
Han’gul update: the other day I successfully read 김치 [...]
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