Imagine Me Wrapping My Arms Around You!

So, I have recently been told that I have not been keeping up with my blogging in a timely manner. So I have a 3 and a half hour break at school today so I am going to update you on all of my crazy Korean adventures. There is, however, one problem with updating my blog at school and it is this: I can not spell check any of this because this computer's settings are all in Korean which makes doing anything on the computer fairly difficult. Therefore, there are going to be some mistakes. Sometimes I am just not the greatest speller, I am by no means the greatest typer, and truthfully I am too lazy to meticulously go through this entire blog and check for spelling and gramatical errors. My apologies.

Moving On. Let us begin with Christmas Eve. Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Well, except for the bedbugs that I am unsure if I have. Somewhere around Christmas Eve I found two sets of bug bites on my arm and my shoulder. I then proceeded to research these bites that I had encountered and the most promissing suspect was bedbugs. I don't know if you know anything about bedbugs but they are not easy to get rid of and I would have no idea where to even begin here in Korea. I have not yet been bitten since but supposedly they can go with out feeding for up to a year if they need to. But lets all just cross our fingers and hope that my bites were a fluke caused by some bug outside my apartment entirely.

On to a lighter note; the drunken dabauchery that was Christmas Eve. (Upon googling dabauchery to see if I spelt it right the definition said: "orgy; a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity." Sorry to let you all down but the only words from that defintion that pertain to my Christmas Eve are "excessive drinking.") Anyways, on Christmas Eve I worked until ten and then began my evening by going out with some of my co-workers to a bar in my neighborhood called "The Wa Bar". This bar has a fairly wide selection of imported beers, so obvoiously my sort of place. However, the one beer I am craving the most and the one that I have yet to find in Korea they did not have (for those of you wondering I am looking for some sort of pale ale; anything with some hops, IPA anyone?). After "The Wa Bar", Burgundy and I headed to Itaewon, which is the foreign district in Seoul. I beleive we made it to a couple of bars there, but truthfully upon getting to Itaewon my memory gets a little fuzzy. Here's what I do remember: a non-stop drunken dance party to many of my favorite Christmas songs that lasted all night long. In case you are wondering my favorite of all the songs and the one I remember most is "All I want for Christmas is You". The night ended with the sunrise around 7am, taking the subway home, singing Christmas carols in the subway station with Doug and Burgundy (which I nor Burgundy remembered until watching the video of us doing this and of all the Koreans going to work looking at us like we were crazy) and finally passing out in my hopefully bugless bed.

Christmas Day: After the excessive partying of Christmas Eve I was in no shape to have an eventful Christmas day. I woke up around 2 or 3 with a splitting headache, then layed in my bed and watched "Arrested Development" (thank you for that Crader) for a couple hours. Burgundy and I then decided to go get dinner at Outback Steakhouse. Yes, I, the once vegertarian the now pescatarian ate at an Outback Steakhouse for the first time in at least 5 years. It was actually satisfying, it was good to have some food that resembled American food after being here for a few weeks. After dinner, Burgundy and I went and saw a movie, "The Day the Earth Stood Still". I would not recomend this movie to anyone in the States but it was enjoyable nonetheless. That night I went home, turned out all the lights and watched, "It's a Wonderful Life", the epitome of all Christmas movies. It was a bit depressing to watch it all by lonesome and not sitting next to my mom, but it also made it feel like it was actually Christmas.

Well, I was going to write about my New Years Eve because it started at 10am with the greatest work banquet I have ever attended (Make sure when reading you highlight banquet because it would never compare to The Flat Branch Picnic or Prom). But, I am tired of writing for now so it will just be saved for next time.

I love and miss you all so so much. Imagine me wrapping my arms around you.