Not A Notice

Enlistment isn’t a big deal, so it doesn’t really require a notification.
This is not a notification. It is not the milestone of a momentous transition in life. It’s not a benchmark, not a reminder. It’s not a notice. It’s just a blog post.
I’ve made plenty acquisitions these past few days. To Say Nothing [...]

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Korea (Part 2)

So we come to part 2 of the Korea thing. Day three involved us going to an enormous, sprawling theme park called Everland, which essentially is Disneyland wrapped under several meters of Korean cultural red tape.

Kitschy facsimile of St. Mark’s Campanile in Venice, repackaged for exotic European goodness.

Presumably the truncated entrance [...]

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Korea (Part 1)

You know what? I’m feeling some Korea nostalgia right now. And this is probably as good a time as any other to have a Korea post a la Hoe’s.
South Korea is a unique place, especially if you’ve read anything about the Korean War. Once again, as in Italy, the weight of history clashes with the [...]

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The Coming of Dawn

Haven’t touched this place in what seems forever. Of course, that can be blamed on the various responsibilities and antiresponsibilities that have assailed me these past weeks, not the least of which are 1. Final exams, 2. Immensely therapeutic S. Korea trip, 3. Excessive amounts of slacking, book-store raiding, and restaurant-going, and 4. a millstone [...]

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