i definitely won't make the 2nd year in this hell...

if ain't one thing, it's another...

• never getting paid on time any more
• manager never answers texts directly...a week later when i see him he will say he saw it but never an actual timely response...
• yr 4 teachers who do nothing to keep any kind of discipline when i'm trying to teach...they just do their thing or sit there or leave...
• too much douche minutiae in terms of paperwork for teaching Korean 4-7 years old...TONE IT DOWN !!!
• bring back field trips...i'm tired of staying in every Friday with either a lame zoo day or hiking day or whatever...you people should of done a better job of minding the pocket book way back when...

Weekly Banality Update 7-13-2014

a very technology unfriendly week.

-I had to replace my watch (40000 won)
-my fitbit died after 2 months (time and effort in shipping it to the fitbit place here in korea)
-my mouse on the laptop died and...(10000 won)
-I washed my digital camera in the laundry...(camera was used, cost me 60000 won, who knows what the next one will cost if I have to replace it)

yep...i  washed my digital camera in the laundry...did i mention i'm an adult...

nice...real nice...

so far, the high point of my weekend has been washing my digital camera in with the laundry...here hoping the rice trick dries the sucker out...we'll see in a week

sad thing is i'm not really that mad about it since (a) it's my own damn fault and (b) it gives me an excuse to shop for a new one if it is dead...

Weekly Banality Update 7-6-2014

Work - they owe me something like $300 books from June...get on that...

my watch broke (may be the battery but it also won't wind properly), my fitbit flex won't charge (it's died less than 2 months after purchase 139,000 won)...bought a new watch from a clock store in the neighborhood at 9pm on a sunday after finding out my local Emart (think Target or Walmart type store) doesn't have watches...


went kayaking saturday, met a cute Korean girl...got sun-burnt the hell up...was suppose to go on another trip sunday but skipped it...only out $5 bucks...

I'm totally on board with Almond milk and Soy milk (chocolate)


present obsessions:

music: Akdong Musician

video game: NFS Rivals (PS3)



looking forward to my summer vacation last week of July and AIA Now festival Aug 15th...

it's been a long time....but I keep coming back to you...

ok...lets try this again...

I'm coming back to the blog (after a very long time) as I've posted too much negative and just plain, tedious shit on my facebook lately...that is now for here...


so let's begin...

1. last 3 or 4 weekends, i've just stayed home....i used the i'm gonna clean excuse....i haven't and i just veg to the point of depression...not bad depression, but just knowing I'm wasting too much "Summah" is a bummer
2.  I want a pet...probably a cat, as I pretty much believe this is where I'm gonna be. I can't see myself coming home in my mid 40's with no real skills having significant job prospects...but back on the cat...I want a cat and am scared to ask my work to ask the landlady about it as they aren't on the best of terms and i don't want her snooping if she says no thinking I may get one anyway...which I wouldn't as I still have some doubts...mainly due to finances and long term living situations...
3. am I lonely? I don't know. I am bored a lot. I want to hang out with people but I don't like doing stuff that takes large blocks of time...
4. I am excited about coming home for christmas. been looking into plane tickets...cost around $1400-$1500 range right now...a manageable amount...

well that concludes this post: here's a cat...

Losing your home is as heartbreaking as it gets...

My mom finally gave up last year and stopped paying the mortgage in order to short sale here home. That means sell the home for less than the value of the mortgage and all proceeds go to the mortgage company(s)

In the beginning, a single company held both mortgages. but when we began the process they sold one and we had to restart the whole process again with company 2. A complete dick move...

but we are now finally at the packing stage...we have to be gone in a hair over two weeks from now...I don't think my stress level has been higher in my life...

I'll go more into it later but I'm just so tired...

Weekly Banality Update 2-10-2013

A quickie post

Celeste and Jesse Forever is a great film. I have a total crush on Rashida Jones...

Unfinished Swan is an amazing bit of art of a game and I only paid $2.50 for it...

I think I'm gonna get sucked into PS+. $50 for a year and you get 3 extra months

I upgraded my ps3 hard drive to 500 GB

A customer at work asked me "what state are we in?"  Denial