-Someone put a sign up in my apartment building foyer, "Please close the door gently," which may be directed at me.
-I drew portraits of Alton Brown, Paula Deen, Anthony Bourdain and Cat Cora for my kitchen. I didn't draw Cat Cora's face because she's too pretty.
-I got an electric bill for about $20.00. I don't think my fridge is very efficient.
-I get a paycheck tomorrow. I was going to buy a Lonely Planet guide to the TransSiberian railroad, but I think I'll wing it and buy a plant instead.
-I got a library card at the National Assembly library. I read an article in Time about what bad shape Detroit is in and how fair-trade coffee doesn't pay growers enough, and got depressed and went home and ate ice cream.
This past weekend (Chuseok, remember?) I went to a fancy buffet dinner with some of the teachers, and went hiking on Mt. Bukhansan. At the buffet, a Korean grandpa singled me out (only white guy there) to tell about his son and granddaughter who lived in Madison. He introduced me to them, and I told the son my mother was from Oostburg, and he knew where it was. The granddaughter bowed and said hello very quietly. On the mountain the next day, I walked past a white guy in a UW shirt and said "badgers!" and we high-fived.
Pictures:
The Crew from R: Zoe, her husband Mark, their friend Kate
Foliage
A really big caterpillar I named "Squirmsley"
The black dots are mountain climbers
It's lonely at the top
Seoul (taken by Lou from Detroit who I traded pictures with)
Yours truly, by Lou
I think I'm going to go to an English book exchange this Sunday in Itaewon, the "foreigner neighborhood" where the U.S. army base is located.
