Interesting note: Plane completely circumvented N. Korea on the way to Seoul, where I am currently located btw.
Can’t type long, standing at a computer kiosk at airport. Flight long, fun,
You are officially a travel blog. Dost thou compute?
In about 9 hours, I will be on my way to Hartsfield-Jackson, overstuffed suitcase, laptop and purse in tow. After a frantic search for my DVD set of It’s Always Sunny, I’ve finally finished packing. [Turns out, it somehow got shoved under a rug and regrettably stepped on. Luckily, only the box suffered topical-squashedness.]
Odd to think that by the time I get back, classes will be back in session. It seems that my Christmas vacation has barely begun and we’re already at the climax. Kind of premature, it feels like. Regardless, it’s always nice to return to the motherland. Gives me waves of Amy Tan-like inspiration. Perhaps I’ll be inspired to begin my book. Not my epic fantasy tale of derring-do and adventure, but my other one: a sentimental, culturally-significant collection of semi-fictional immigrant stories swirled in with East Asian mythology, written with a magical realism touch. Yeah, that one. So far, all I have is that one of my characters writes fortune cookie fortunes for a living.
My major objective this trip around is to take a lot of cool pictures, show off my white boyfriend to my extended family and document the trip in as many online mediums as possible. I’ve got a Twitter, Tumblr, blog, Facebook and print journal to keep up with. I am not to be trifled with, people. This Julie Abroad 2.0-style. I’ll probably spend more time documenting events than actually experiencing them.
When I say “show off my white boyfriend,” I mean, show him off like an alien specimen at a 5-cent freak show. I expect lots of hair-touching, oggling and overall awkwardness and uncomfortableness. It’s going to be awesome.
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On that note, I wonder what ridiculous, but fatally cute situations I can put my hamster, Lenny, in.
From when we first purchased them at Petsmart
This was his life partner, Dumbledore.
Back in the younger days
Sadly, Dumbledore died this past fall at the ripe age of three. Given that Chinese dwarf hamsters only have a life expectancy of one year, three-years-old is practically Biblical in hamster terms. So it leads me to wonder, how is it that Lenny is still alive? My only conclusion is that he is some carnation of a Highlander hamster. That would explain how he and Dumbledore suddenly began attack each other after two years. We eventually had to separate them into different cages. Even now, months after we discovered Dumbledore’s prostrate little body, Lenny is better than ever. Could it be that I have an immortal hamster?
I’m on my worst caffeine overdose trip since two semesters ago when I downed those 5-hour energy shots at 1 a.m. for a final. Ended up so jittery, I started cleaning my room long after my studying was done.
Either way, If you’re interested in seeing what has consumed my life over the past week or so, check this baby out!
I designed this bad boy over 2 sleepless nights for my new media capstone class. We held our presentation last Thursday afternoon to an audience of mobile media professionals [and potential employers?]. I consider the entire affair missiona accomplished, since I got a handful of business cards in the process and encouraging feedback on “Dissed in 90 Seconds”
Speaking of my baby, check out Episode 4. This time, written by my co-host.
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