I don't care what people say...

I don't care what people say...

~The new Narnia movie is great

~I have yet to draw up the energy to see the new Harry Potter

~Frozen peas are good. Eating them frozen is like having a treat

~No pain, no gain might be true. But yes pain, yes gain is definitely true

~Weird looking ornaments you made with macaroni noodles when you were little will always look better than the fancy store-bought ones

~You're not crazy if you talk to yourself, and then answer yourself back. Yet.

~Any references to Serenity/Firefly in Castle are hilarious

~The Sorcerer's Apprentice is also awesome

~It's not Christmas until Neil Diamond sings it, even if he is Jewish

~That other version of "Life is a highway" NOT sung by Rascal Flatts is terrible. PERIOD

~If any more books about vampires, wizards, or dragons come out, I'm going to have to sue the literary community for lack of imagination. Today I was thinking I should write a book and mention dragons in it all over the place ("Hey, remember when that dragon attacked our village and burned all our crops?"), but never actually HAVE the dragon appear. Just to tick people off and keep them confused.

That's all for now. I'll think of more later.

Until then, enjoy the show.

Cheese!

Rice collected into white bags. But don't they look like marshmallows?

You don't realize how much you like cheese until it costs 8,000 won.

I'm back in the US, but just for a month. Supposedly I'm going back to Korea. I say "supposedly" because I'm waiting on my work visa. And yes, I really do want to go back. Mostly because I really want to go see the Great Wall of China and the terracotta warriors, hopefully this February.

Anyhow, I've been having fun with my family. My little brother, Dave, got back from his mission last Thursday. He's been trying to register for classes, find a job, and plan his whole future in the last three days, and watching him get frustrated over his inability to complete these tasks immediately reminds me of when I was fresh off my mission. Stir crazy after just five days of being home. I think I'll make him paint the hallway. That'll give him something to focus on while he's waiting for life to happen.

I've been spending my time avoiding grading my students' finals and instead working on the backyard. We had a ginormous (not a word) tree removed a little while ago, and just a few months ago the fence was finally completed. Now things have overgrown and gotten a little scary looking, so for some reason I've decided to dedicate my time to finding the backyard. That is, when I'm not watching The Sorcerer's Apprentice over and over. Great movie, great music...but where's the baseball-exploding scene from the trailer? I keep watching the movie hoping it will appear. And no, it's not in the deleted scenes either. =[ Sad day. Still, I love the main song. Other than all that, just decorating for the holidays and trying to decide what to do with my life. You know, the usual.