spent the weekend walking about town, exploring music festivals in HBC, street markets in MyeongDong, small jazz bars in jamsil. it was a pretty amazing weekend, laid back yet productive. still haven't managed to get out of town yet, but in a city of this size, it doesnt really matter that much.

Get wednesday off this week, for election day. i have never been more excited to see an election day come and go. where as in the states, you go to see the candidates, and canvassing always seems really low key - here its a zoo. they have been posting up on the corner outside of my abode, and campaigning begins bright and early at 630 with singing, dancing, hand shaking loud korean speaking and plenty of jingles and bowing. i sincerely tried to get out to the beach this weekend just to escape the worst of the election, but seoul forecast rain for the northern part of south korea, so the trip was post poned. poned by nature is what it was, but good old gaia pulled a fast one on me, and apollo carried the sun across the sky strong. saturday and sunday. only letting a light drizzle drop down on the land for a brief 20 minutes in the evening of saturday, i was played like a fiddle by a young tevey.

my next lesson plan has been taken from codey's genius idea of zombie survival: kids learn the future tense, and they learn the practical skills necessary to survive a potential zombie apocalypse. and lets face it, what could be more useful, more interesting, and more engaging than that. i only hope that the kids don't get nightmares from the graphic nature of zombies eating brains.

Sara, i hope you enjoyed the World War Z. If you find the book Gravity's Rainbow in my house down in North Carolina, can you grab it and mail it to me? i need some serious complexity in my literature now: gatsby lasted a hot minute, two evenings. sure its spectacular, but its too light.

so stoked about this week though. So weds is off, thursday and friday, the kids go to a field trip retreat. I still ahve to warm my desk at the school, but I think i will bring my computer, some movies, and maybe make a rad power point display for the zombies. throw in some animation or something to keep the kdis on their toes. and start planning the after school lessons that I am going to ahve to start doubling up on for the adults and the students, since i have been missing many of the lessons in previous weeks due to outside circumstances.

and rest in peace ipod: you made it through college, and beyond. road trips and beach trips. you kept it real. you carried my tunes, my collection from over the years. if i can resurrect you, i will. you will not be soon forgotten.