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December 2, 2007

The triumphant return.

Filed under: Introduction — Greg @ 9:03 pm

Okay, so maybe not triumphant. I have my affairs somewhat in order now, so I’ll write about the last few months (ha!).

Since the last post, I resigned one position and began another, and moved to the middle of nowhere. I like the job itself much more. I think I’m hitting it off  with my coworkers better than I did at my last job, and everything seems to be going well. It’s a mom and pop hogwan, so things aren’t as organized as they could be. However, I’m getting nothing but positive feedback, and I am greeted every workday with a hearty “Did you lunchee?”

My apartment is nowhere near as awesome as the last one, but at least there is no mold in it. It’s brand new, and other apartments in the building are still under construction. This, combined with my 2 pm start time, leads to some strange wakeup times for me.  Korean construction workers pick odd hours to start working, and even odder ones to have loud arguments while chainsmoking immediately outside my door.

I was without the internet in my home for about a month, which many of you know gave me visible tic.

I made one very boring trip to Fukuoka for my passport. Otherwise, I’m grumpy and don’t feel like writing much else. Welcome back to reading about my life, which is pretty mundane.

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March 2, 2007

The beginning of something.

Filed under: Introduction, too much first person — Greg @ 12:59 am

This morning, ice storms in the Chicago area caused many delays at The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG).

There are two delays from CVG that should interest you, dear reader.

a) DL 5281 nonstop service to Chicago, departing 9:05 am est on March 1st.

-Delayed until 10:20 am est

-Cancelled

b) DL5656 nonstop service to Chicago, departing 10:50 am est on March 1st.

-Delayed until 11:30 am est

-Had one pretty flight attendant.

-Did not arrive early enough to connect with KE 38, nonstop service to Incheon International Airport.

I am currently sitting nude in a Ramada Plaza hotel room. It cost 60 bucks, plus tax.

I am waiting for a pizza. It cost 10 bucks.

Korea will have to wait one more day for my wrath.

That is assuming that the standby number “11″ gets me on what I presume will be KE38, nonstop service to Incheon, tomorrow.

The hotel bar is expensive, and the nice man on the airport/hotel shuttle told me the nearest liquor store is two blocks away.

The wind is whistling such that it is audible across a large hotel room. A trip to the liquor store does not sound appealing. I will begin searching for inhalants shortly.

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