shitballs, i forgot to mention...

the awkward dinner i will have tonight, and an awkward one i already had earlier in the week.

on tuesday i met up with a high school student who volunteers at the library. she speaks less english than i speak korean. but she's very nice and insisted that i eat at pizza hut with her. fair enough. we meet two of her friends and have a lovely, though small, meal (one small pizza for 4 people. apparently even koreans fuck up the korean language sometimes, mostly with regards to menu items, specifically pizza size). after the meal, we walk outside and one of the friends drops the bomb: "we're all jehovah's witnesses. what are you?" yikes. uncountable moments of extreme awkwardness were to follow. and all i could think was "gosh, i really don't want to offend this woman by saying i'm not all that into religion." and yet there was no reciprocal trigger telling her that maybe my religious preferences were none of her fucking business. i already think koreans are judgemental (hey, i'm judgemental too. whatever...), but then you throw some religious zeal in there. good gad indeed.

tonight is a tea date. i was actually looking forward to another one of these 3.5 hour long endeavors until my korean translator boss told me he can't meet me until 8:30 or 9. party with homegirl begins at 7. so that's a whole 1.5 to 2 hours of just one on one time. she speaks absolutely NO english. crickets.

i make those stupid friendship bracelets that were popular when i was in the 8th grade. i like to log it as a talent. anyhoo, i made a woman at the library one of these, and everyone i work with is going apeshit. they're all pissed off that i haven't made theirs yet, despite my obvious lack of time (evidenced by going in to work on a saturday). so please don't ask me for a friendship bracelet. i guess that's the point.