I miss you guys very much. I know I'm a piss-poor blogger, with my sporadic updates, but I felt compelled to say that. =) I also know I'm very poor at communication via Skype, phone, etc...but that doesnt mean that I dont miss you all to pieces. I do.
Nothing too much new here. The job is the same. My co-workers are the same. I met some new friends. Mellow, cool friends. But they dont compare to my arsenal back home. ;-)
I suppose I dont really feel too much like a month-long update right now. Just wanted to drop by and say: "I LOVE YOU!"
Happy Mama's Day, loves!

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet) i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

-- e.e. cummings

I think I'll let it be a surprise that I have continued my blogging, seemingly out of the blue. LOL. The chances of anyone checking it after SOOOO freaking long without me writing seems unlikely, so I may have to alert the press that I'm again a blogger! Yay!
Okay, I digress... Month-by-month blow-by-blow
January: I had two weeks of English winter camp this month, with my vice principal hovering over me with his beady little eyes. Okay, he wasnt hovering (he actually was never really physically present) but he was always there spiritually cause he instilled the fear of God into my co-teachers. They, in turn, made me crazy with all their, "You're leaving early? Dont let the vice principal see you!" and "You're so brave! The vice principal wouldnt like that!" Well, let the damn vice principal tell me himself, the lazy bastard. He delegated from home the whole time, anyway.
I also recieved quite the indecent proposal this month. Scenario: I was s'posed to meet my friend A at the subway station to visit Songtan and get some good Thai food. I go to the subway and this tall, gangly white guy is there to meet me instead. I, in retrospect, should have been wary about such a guy, as he still smelled like liquor and chain smoking like no one's business. He comes up to me and says, "Lacey?" and I'm like, "Yeah?" And he tells me that he's A's friend, S, and that he was sent because she was sick, but she wanted him to help me get a Korean cell phone. How he planned on doing that wasted, I didnt know, but whatever I'll take any help I can get, with my school not being very prompt with that issue. So, anywho, he tells me what I had already suspected (he was intoxicated) and he's crazy (which he hadnt said expressly, but managed to figure out from key statements like "I'm an advocate of hardcore drug use. I think the world would be better with more addicts." and "I got arrested in Cambodia for sodomy, although it wasnt really sodomy if it's consentual, right?"). At this point, I' ve been months without any took for communication and am desperate enough to follow him to a phone store, where he surprises me by leaving his drug addled state long enough to communicate in Korean that I would like a cell phone.
I am so grateful, that I agree to accompany Crazy to a nearby bar for a soju cocktail. While there, he begins getting stranger. Snippet of convo:
Crazy: "I've never told anyone this, but I feel like I can trust you, you know?"
Me: "Uh, okay?"
Crazy: "I have a secret fantasy of being tied up and having someone be mean to me."
Me: "What?"
Crazy: "You know, being helpless while someone is mean to me. It totally turns me on."
Me: "Um...so...what grade do you teach?"
Crazy: "Am I making you uncomfortable?"
Me: "Yes."
Crazy: "Well, I wanted to know if you would be interested in that type of thing. I find you attrative... I would be willing to pay you 15,000 dollars, American, if you would agree to come with me to a 'love' motel and do it."
Me: "You know, I have to go and meet a friend for lunch. Nice meeting you!"
Exit stage left, Lacey.

Other January news:
I met a guy, who I am still kicking it with. We'll call him D. D is a Canadian (a normal one, unlike crazy) who is super sweet, cute, tall, and caramel-colored. =) Nice. We went on a date, which ended up being a pleasant surprise, because at that point he was more or less rebound for H back home. I just wanted a distraction, and he provided one quite nicely.

February: Soo-prise!
February was a month of surprises. First there was more or less a death of a friendship that happened within the span of three weeks or so. First, I should mention that during the past month and a half, I had begun hanging out with MH, from the previous posts, with more and more frequency. He was funny, smart and basically something to do. Which sounds really, really horrible, but its true-- his appeal, at first, was that I was bored and he provided something for me to do besides think of home. But after awhile, I realized (surprise!) that I actually liked being around him, and I wanted to become genuine friends with him. And...then it started getting wierd. I began to mention D to him and he would become increasingly hostile and pissed. I kinda brushed it off, although that might not have been a good idea, but I didnt want to read anything into it. And then he outright told me not to bring D around him unless I wanted him to start some shit. This was shortly followed by a confession of "feelings" towards me, which I also tried to brush off. Again, a mistake.
To synopsize the whole episode, it got too wierd and immature for me to want to be involved. I will expound in further detail in later posts if its a popular demand, but the shortest answer is it was the death of a short, but sweet friendship. =( Sad, no?
Other February news: New friends!!!! I became closer with several people this month, who you will likely be hearing about in other posts.
Ade: black girl from another HBCU whose sister went to Spelman with me. Mutual friends, including MH, bought us together. Fiercely funny, but also sometimes moody and fickle. Likes to drink, can shot just about any liquor put in a shot glass.
Bri: cute blonde from VA. Ade and Bri are BFF here and come as a package deal. Which is awesome considering that they are both pretty fucking awesome and I always have a good time with them. Party animal.
L: Ro (from previous post)'s former roommate. Korean-American, smart as hell, funny and a genuinely sweet girl.

I went to the American military base in Songtan with Ade and Bri in February and had an AWESOME time in Feb. I did NOT expect to cause, we had a precarious start. What happened was we decided to have girl's night on Friday at Ade's apartment and then on Saturday we would take the train to Songtan to meet up with this guy Bri was interested in. Friday, we had a great time with wine and a movie. Saturday, we load on the train and ride to Songtan, and Bri says "Its a good thing you guys are coming because ________ told me to bring some girls!" Now, earlier, Bri had said that ________ was a nice country boy, with an 'adorable' accent. I didnt want to say anything, but I was wondering, "Does this guy know that the girls that she's bringing are black?" I mean, I didnt know if there would have been some disappointment to find out "Ta-dah! We're black!"
So, we get the Songtan and ________ meets us there, and he is pretty much what I expected; corn-fed country boy with an accent. He doesnt show any surprise at seeing Ade and me, but I dont know if he has a good poker face or if Bri gave him a heads up. So, we get to the house, and meet his roomies-- 3 huge, white guys from the South who, also, in the military. I was worried, to say the least, cause it was bit awkward. But then liquor started to pour and the party began. LOL. I love how alcohol is a the social lubricant of life.
So, we eat and have drink. And more drinks. And shots. And a general good time. At one point during the night, Bri comes up to me and says, "_________'s roommate thinks you're hot!" I'm slightly wasted at that point, so I'm confused. She tells me the cutest of the 3 is the one that is feeling me, which is flattering but I dont know what I'm expected to do about it, so I decide to ignore it. Except he wont let me. The whole night, he acts likes my freaking bodyguard; he wont let any guys near me. Cock blocking like it is his profession. At first, I was little pissed, but then I was like, "Oh well!" and moved on. LOL. I was drunk, what can I say?
BTW-- _____________ will now be known as Bri's BF, as they are now dating.
BF's Roommate will now be known as Three.
They will both be featured in future blogs, no doubt.
March: School is beginning!

More later, my loves!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, okay I have been reprehensibly absent from the blog scene for about a month, depriving you guys of the mundane goings on in my life in Korea. =) Thank you, Tacha, for not letting me go quietly into the night, to rage against my dying blog. LOL. Okay, so a LOT has happened in the last 6 weeks, more then would be feasible for me to write in one single post. However, you guys should know that I will be updating my blog with greater frequency, fervency and sordid detail. This really short post will be followed in the coming hours, days, whatever by posts which update you guys in two week intervals what has happened. So expect three new posts detailing the last three, EVENTFUL, PAINFUL, EXHILARATING, SHAMING, WONDERFUL, and REVEALING weeks. Trust me, you want to stick around for the ride. I'll be writing for you soon. And thats a promise you can count on.