happy, so happy! today i got my new schedule for the next semester. now the only real reason i resigned with my school was because they promised better hours, better pay, a month off, yada yada yada... but in the back of my head i always kinda expected the worse. but today, i got the new schedule, and it is exactly what it is supposed to be: 9:00 - 4:40 every day. every day. if i could show you the smile i had on my face when i saw it. and i get an hour off every day to prep for the night classes or run errands or actually try drawing again. i haven't had time to make a new sketch this whole last month. it's not all cupcakes and sugar mamas, though, i guess i have to start eating lunch with the kids now... it'll suck to miss out on that crucial 30 minutes of adult time everyday, but i'll live... ya'know, unless i start to choke and the kids aren't strong enough or have long enough arms for the heimlich. ohh, plus no more boring kid for the tutor. of course that means i bought the seeker, the dark is rising for nothing.
plus, all the people i have grown to like at work are leaving for greener pastures, leaving the people i'm at best ambivalent about. ugh, i hope the new group of teachers getting in this weekend rock, at least a little.
what else? um, my self improvement plan need a restart. on monday, i'll have to start playing guitar, sketching, working out, cooking for myself, and learning korean all over again. after all, i only have at least 13 more months here in korea. if i do stay another year, it will definitely have to be out of the city. po-hang, busan, jeju- i hear you calling me... you just have to wait 13 months... of course if i move to anyone those places, i really will have to learn at least a 2nd grader level of korean.
that's about all from this side of the pacific, i'll try to make sure to do more than 2 posts a month from now on
good god! what's that?
suckas
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Hey hey hey
hey, i got a new link to show off and some new pictures. i'll be making a real post soon enough, but i am tired of working on the computer right now. besides, i don't want to distract you from my sketches- i know, i know: everybody has friends that can draw better than that with their eyes closed- i do as well. but, i have only just recently begun to be able to draw above a second grade level. now i just have to learn not to be so wobbly with my pencil... oh and become a rich artist... though even talented artists have a hard time doing that...
Saturday, January 26, 2008
wow, almost debt free
i think we can safely say at this point that any money i make from here on out--IS MY MONEY! very nice. it's been awhile since i actually got to make my money. oh and no more avoiding bill collectors, tho it would be fun to say "ya know what? you caught me, you send someone to my front door and i'll give them the last of it. ... yup, seoul... korea... no, no, you don't have to fly, i think you can just drive through north korea. yeah, they'll pretend like it's a big deal, but just keep driving."
of course i get out of debt just as the us economy seems to be tanking. perhaps this latest recession will get people to seriously consider a living wage idea. imagine if people actually had enough money for food AND shelter... ya know, without taking loans they can't pay back. oh well. i decided to stay at my company for another year anyway, and while the country's economic fears didn't have anything to do with it, mine certainly did. i...i just don't want to go back to living right below the poverty line. i like being able to buy things i want. i like being able not to worry about what'll happen if i get laid up for a month. in america, i have to work more than 40 hours a week just to be broke. let me repeat that- i can put in a full work week and still owe somebody money.
granted, it's not like i'm making bank over here, and it's not like every month i don't see the 23 and 24 years wishing they hadn't blown through $2,000 in less than 30 days, but they are spending it like it's nothing. just because we make 2,200,000 Won a month doesn't mean we are actually millionaires. thankfully i've been poor enough not to go crazy when i start getting money. of course now that i am living comfortably money wise, i need to find one that let me relax once in awhile. next year, if the economy really does fall flat and this all is the same old fear mongering, luke's looking for a university job outside of seoul- like busan, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
of course i get out of debt just as the us economy seems to be tanking. perhaps this latest recession will get people to seriously consider a living wage idea. imagine if people actually had enough money for food AND shelter... ya know, without taking loans they can't pay back. oh well. i decided to stay at my company for another year anyway, and while the country's economic fears didn't have anything to do with it, mine certainly did. i...i just don't want to go back to living right below the poverty line. i like being able to buy things i want. i like being able not to worry about what'll happen if i get laid up for a month. in america, i have to work more than 40 hours a week just to be broke. let me repeat that- i can put in a full work week and still owe somebody money.
granted, it's not like i'm making bank over here, and it's not like every month i don't see the 23 and 24 years wishing they hadn't blown through $2,000 in less than 30 days, but they are spending it like it's nothing. just because we make 2,200,000 Won a month doesn't mean we are actually millionaires. thankfully i've been poor enough not to go crazy when i start getting money. of course now that i am living comfortably money wise, i need to find one that let me relax once in awhile. next year, if the economy really does fall flat and this all is the same old fear mongering, luke's looking for a university job outside of seoul- like busan, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
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