Back Again
10/19/01
I’m back again.
Still not a whole lot goign on in my life these days. No wacky adventures involving priests, nuns, grand theft larceny, freaks hitting on me with cheeseburgers, stalkers or the like. Nah, just chilling and that’s ok.
I’ve been spending my time watching cob webs catch the light of afternoon and listening to squirrels above my head.
A bird staired at me today. It had bright blue feathers and a dark crown. It made me think back to those Shirley temple flicks whee there was always a quest for a special blue bird. My addled brain can’t remember what it was all about but there was always some sort of joyful omen in seeing a blue bird. I can hold on to hope for such things.
PMSing
While in the middle of ER an irrational pms craving snuck up on me and wrestled me to the ground. After stepping on my neck it made this demand.
“SALT & VINEGAR CHIPS— PRINGLES—-NOW!”
I grabbed my wallet & keys and ran out the door.
The gal houesemates speculate that I’ll be a total terror when I’m pregnant and have manic cravings. Personally I wouldn’t doubt it. I’ll want chicken & waffles for breakfast, icecream for lunch, and yogurt with crumbled twix bars for mid afternoon snack, and a turkey for dinner. Late night cravings will involve pastrami sandwhiches, animal style double doubles from in & out or tang soo yok & jjia jjiang myun. Or kimchi jjigheh with a fried spam patties and an egg on top. *Shudder*.
Re-Fobbing? Maybe.
Maybe I’m just frustrated because no other doors have opened up and revealed themselves to me lately but I’m considering moving to Korea, HK, or Japan to teach English for a year. I’d sell of my car, sublet my room and scoot my ass over for a year. My worldly belongings that I’d take with me? Clothes, computer, and a couple bottles of wine. I’d put everything else in storage for a year or sell it off. There are stranger things I could do and yes, I know it seems rather extreme, but what else are my options?
Writing Shtuff
Word on the streets is that Nikei Times has a quote on me re: APAture and Kearny Street Workshop. Look for it. I don’t know the details like which date, if it’s evn out yet, etc…but if anyone spots it, please let me know.
Here’s a link to the *first* article that I wrote for KoreAm Journal. I have since written a few other pieces for them and recently conducted an interview on their behalf which will be a big piece in either their december or january issue.
Trust me, it was hard for me to approach the interview with either a *straight face* or a non predjudiced attitude but it actually turned out to be pretty decent and I hope the transcript & the article turn out as well.
I also recently updated my writing resume with a list of all the pubs that I’ve been published in.
Any advice on how to tweak it a bit more?
Laters & Peace Out
Min Jung
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