Loose Feet

After a wonderful time in Japan with my brother -- which I should explain later, but probably won't due to pure and utter laziness -- I came back to Korea and was a little disappointed with all the monotony of the people around me. I know it happens everywhere, but for some reason it seemed a lot more in my face after my visit.

BUT THEN.

Today, I was walking back to the subway in Gangnam after a morning of classes and right before walking down the stairs, I looked to my left and saw this old Korean guy. He had really long grey hair and was wearing a a wide brimmed hat with a pirate bandana wrapped around it and a wicked brown suit. Looked so out of place amongst all the richie richs running around him, but so awesome. I couldn't stop staring at him. He was smoking Marlboro Red's. And he knew I was staring at me. So he looked up and gave me this big toothy grin (but missing a few of the teeth). And I couldn't stop smiling -- he made my day.

So good. Doubt I'll ever see that guy again, but I hope he's having a great day.

Watching the Daily Show and was hard-pressed to stop laughing when they showed the Republicans cheering on Chicago's loss of the 2016 Olympics bid. Now I'm not one to care about the Olympics -- really, I had no idea who was even up for the Olympics until I was in a small Ryoken in Kyoto where the woman was dishing out free 'Tokyo 2016 Olympics' pins. But still, what Jon Stewart had to say was all too true. Man...the Republicans love America. But they love to hate Obama more than they love to love America. It's quite sad, when you get right down to it.

And the line between love and hate gets a little bit smaller with every passing American day...