10/11/01
Girls Night In
Thank God almighty for girls night in. No seriously. Get down on your knees and say thanky.Kind of like a weird combination of Eat Drink Man Woman & Waiting to Exhale, but with Catholic repression. So um, yeah, 4 20-something single Korean Catholic girls sitting by the fireplace & catching up with serious girl talk and at least one of them pulling that “Girl… you don’t even want to go there” comment on occasion. So yeah, my church group gal pals came over tonight for eats, sitting by the fire, and chit chatting about eveything from upcoming dates to masturbation. *Cough* Yeah.
One gal gave away a pocket rocket that she’d gotten as a gift from her non Catholic friends and regrets it immensely. I feel for her. This is the same sunshine that kept on losing her shoes all over my house. So Korean sometimes. She kept on wanting to take them off as most Koreans do when entering a home, and would immediatley forget where she left them. My house is a bit too big & dusty to go barefoot in and I leave my shoes outside the door of my bedroom and keep my carpet reasonably tidy. Re the pocket rocket, I say, when in doubt or out of batteries, a woman has gotta take things *cough* into her own hands, right? The rest of the evening’s conversations were warm & cuddly and affirming enoug to help me clear my head a bit of the fog that has been overwhelming me of late. Except for that 20 minute bikini clad pillow fight that we had in jello. Boy did I take a beating then. Kidding. We’re good bible study gals afterall.
Besides, Catholics prefer pudding. (Puah)
This was a funny conclusion to an evening that started out with a prayer of thanks over kimchi jjigeh.I swear to goodness, if I ever write a screenplay about girlbonding it will not involve food in the title, but will still feature the dozen or so concoctions that I can make with kimchi. Not as the featured integral part of the film (ie Eat Drink Man Woman, the best quality crab in Joy Luck Club, or Tampopo) but as a sidenote. Just one of those things.
Some things that I can wip up with Kimchi
~ KimChi JJigeh
~ KimChi Fried Rice
~ KimChi Stuffing
~ KimChi Ramen
~ KimChi scallion pancakes
~ Kimchi & Burlgogi toasted sandwhiches (surprisingly good)
~ Kimchi Burgers (chopped into the beef patties before grilling)
I’m sure I’ll remember a couple more food ideas with Kimchi in the stinky dreams I will have tonight. Surprisingly enough, I have never really gotten my hands dirty enought to make KimChi from scratch but plan to give it a go sometime.
Halfing finally managed to drag me out of the house this morning. I pulled together another monster list of things to do to clear my head over coffee and a brutal walk up hill. Sunshine in the air and blue skies too. Life ain’t so bad after all.
While I’m still praying for clarity and certainty about my future, I am trusting a little more that my friends, all the good people who really care for me, will be there for me when I’m not feeling *Min Jung-like* (Whatever that means, sassy, irreverant, confident, fierce, sexy, yada yada) and love me when I’m strong and even more when I am willing to allow myself to feel weak. Maybe I’m not too strange to be loveable after all.
Min Jung
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