hello, friends! things are really hot in korea, today. it's probably around 90 degrees...better than any day i saw of the "summer" that erie had. ha. the elevator is broken in this building but i was not aware of this situation because i refuse to get in it because of the little incident we had on the first day i was here. the other people were bitching but i don't even care. ha. i win!

last night, we went to this AMAZING indian restaurant. surely, it will turn into my new haunt. muahaha. i've always wanted to say that. so, it was REALLY awesome because they had a vegetarian portion of the menu!!!! i ate so much food. omg. it was the best thing of my life. everybody has been really grilling (hahha.) me about this vegetarian/pescetarian thing. i'm constantly asked why i don't eat not seafood. blah blah. it gets old but i've been calm (surprising). so, one of the guys that works upstairs, eric, sat across from me and was asking me about it. meanwhile, i'm thinking, "oh, this old chestnut." (compliments to chrissy) anyways, he said that he grew up in california with big hippie parents and he was raised vegetarian. thank you for someone else!!!!!!! wooot! however, he's been pretty lax (sp?) because it's pretty difficult to be a strict vegetarian here, which i am not doing. he said this first time he ate pork was in korea. haha. so, there's this other girl and she's like, "yea, but you have to at least TRY everything because then you can say you did." perhaps, i will. however, this girl is the person who was bitching at my welcome dinner that she wasn't going to be able to eat anything and everything would be too spicy. i should tell that girl shut the hell up. ha. or maybe, i'll just shove a chile in her mouth and she'll zipper the lipper. enough.

tomorrow, we are going to korean class!!! i'm so excited. i hope that i don't suck. i have a feeling i may. haha. no, really, i've already learned the alphabet and both sets of number up to 10. i've learned some phrases and try to remember things. after we go to class, we're going to lunch and then.... SAMSUNG LIONS BASEBALL!!!! THUNDERSTICKS!!!! oh yes, thundersticks. i will be getting some. i will be taking my $2.00 bottles of beer into the stadium, sitting on the third base line with the super fans, and beating the crap out of my thundersticks. once i can figure out how to load certain pictures on my computer, there will be many. haha. i'm super pumped for the baseball game despite the fact that the lions are nooooooooo good. oh well, neither are the seawolves. can i get an amen from the erie-ites? what is important is the screaming, beers, and popcorn.

i have found the mystery items: hairspray, nail polish remover, and mops. they are located at the british version of walmart: home plus. it is my new favorite place, regardless of how much i despise walmart. i know that it's bad but you would understand if you were here and couldn't find anything, anywhere. haha. i try to mostly buy my goodies from the wolbae market but that can't always happen because i don't see any little, old ladies growing hairspray trees. these women, by the way, sit in the market all day. you can buy freshly peeled onions if it's too much of a hassle for you to peel them yourself. pretty tricky situation, i'd say. plus, these women have severely bent backs, some bend over at almost a 90 degree angle. it's pretty bad.

well, i'm going to continue sit here with my tracy chapman and my korean workbook that robert just gave me. perhaps i will learn something, maybe not. haha.

oh yes, "look me in the eye" is a good book about asperger's. check it out. (random thoughts)

THE face.