There's Great News

One of my favorite books has been turned into a movie. Actually two of my favorite books have been turned into movies this holiday season, Memoirs of a Geisha and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I am so excited! And also, I've discovered Nanowrimo, which I totally plan on doing come November 2006. I'll have over a year to start outlining my novel. I have absolutely no idea what it's going to be about, but I'll have an entire year to think about it. In the mean time, I'll be writing some short stories or at least finishing the one's I've started. There's no time like the present to start thinking about my goals for the 2006.

And also, Nik will win.

I Found It! I Found It! Then there was Dilbert

Yes! I found a website that has the recipes of my favorite Korean dishes. I'm so dang excited. I was about to purchase two cookbooks from amazon that probably didn't have what I was looking for.

Since I left Korea over a year ago, I've been craving Dak Galbi (spicy grilled chicken), Galbi-tang (ox spare rib soup), Neng Kook (cold seaweed soup), and Hoteoks (some kind of pancake with brown sugar). I would totally sell my mom's boyfriend's dog to get these recipes, too. The website even had the recipe for Tteok Bulgogi, a sweet soup with beef, clear noodles and rice cakes. Very, very good.

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Dilbert gave me some kind of stuffed bear. It's really little and it has a hooded red velvet coat with fur on the edges. It's kind of cute.

At least he's not groping me.

Thanksgiving Turkey

My co-workers and I were rather bored, so we decided to draw turkeys using our hands as outlines for the turkey's shape. I wish I had pictures of the birds we drew, but cameras aren't allowed in the workplace.

My turkey is purple with neon pink, orange, green, blue, and yellow feathers. I would say it ranks in third place out of the five turkeys. I like my purple turkey, but I would never eat it because it's purple with neon pink, orange, green, blue, and yellow feathers.

My supervisor told us her son's daycare won't allow the children to draw turkeys. Why? Because turkeys are offensive to certain cultures and the daycare doesn't want to offend anyone. What culture could possibly be offended by turkeys drawn by small children? I mean, it's not like they're drawing the turkeys without their heads and feathers and all dressed up in with veggies and stuffing and all golden brown, tender and moist (mmmm, yummy). IT'S JUST A STUPID F@CKING BIRD!!!!!!

I just don't understand how there could be Thanksgiving without a bird.

My Phone Rang Again

Terrence called me during my lunch break. He apologized for not keeping in touch. He went on to tell me how he had a lot going on in his life blah, blah, blah. I told him we could be friends but there was no room for anything more than that. Then I heard the dial tone.

I don't know what his problem was. It's not like I told him to fuck off. I wanted to tell him that but, out of the goodness of my heart, I didn't.

The Tyra Banks Show

First, I just to say I think her show is cheezy. Whenever I watch it I'm completely and utterly bored out of my mind. But tonight, I have a different opinion.

I only caught the last twenty minutes of it, but boy did it speak to me. It was Tyra, showing a side of herself that no one would have ever guessed was there.

I related to her 100 percent. I didn't think there was anyone out there that thought way I did but there was Tyra uttering the very same words I've thought a million times in my head.

I don't see myself having a family. I see myself having kids but no husband. I find it hard to picturing my wedding because I can't imagine a groom.

My mother and her relationships have everything to do with how I feel. I don't want to be just somebody's baby's momma. Nine out of 10 times I'm the one leaving a "relationship" or telling a guy to fuck off. I would rather be single than endure the misery of a "relationship." I look for safe and comforting men but pass them up for a bad ones.

To date, my longest "relationship" lasted two weeks. I'm not joking. I will find any excuse to give a guy the boot right at that 14 day mark, and most of the time they are very good excuses. It's like my crush, my attraction to man literally expires 14 days after we first meet.

I know, I have issues.

Hello, the Phone is Ringing!

I, however, don't give a rats butt if and/or when my phone rings. That's what voice mail is for.

I've been getting calls from men I don't care to hear from. I don't know if it's just me, but if I don't bother to call a guy within a week, I consider that a sign to not call him ever again. Why don't men follow this philosophy?

Let's use Terrence as an example. The last time I heard from him was back in May. He wanted to start dating seriously. I was okay with that. It was almost summer and I needed someone or something to occupy my time. I told him that when I call him and leave a message on his voice mail, he better me back. He promised he would call me no matter what.

He just recently returned my last phone call. I was at work when it happened. I didn't recognized his number on my caller id so I answered. I recognized the voice immediately and pretended the reception was bad and hung up. I silenced my phone because I knew he would call back. He did but I didn't answer it.

He called me again while I was at work. I answered my phone yelling "I'm at work. What do you want!" He just wanted to talk. I told him again I was at work and hung up.

He called me later that night. We spoke for about 2 minutes before I got bored and asked why he called me. He said he just wanted to keep in touch with me.

Unfortunately, I don't care to hear from him. Maybe it would be different if we had established a friendship but that never happened because he never returns my phone calls.

Boy have things changed

I went to the website of my old Army unit in Korea to see what was going on, and there wasn't one recognizable face. I've only been home from Korea for a little over a year, but I thought I would at least see one familiar face. I even checked out all of the affiliates and at AFN Korea's main homepage and it seems like they've got brand new crews, too.

I miss Korea a lot. I have pictures of the camp I lived on hanging up in my cubical. It was so green there. And a safer. I plan on taking a trip back there in the future after I hit Europe and South America, of course. I've got to go to the places I've never been before revisiting the places I've already seen.