Excerpt

Chapter 1

The Bride

He had written to her just before he sailed for America. The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love you. Like that.)

future

i wanted to get pizza tonight, pizza hut, but i fell asleep and couldn't get up after i woke up and I think it's too late now. I've been trying not to spend money because I have to for dentist stuff but i'm not sure that matters now. I also have been eating like shit lately but whatever for that too. 

Groceries

I bought my kids some ramen this week. It's a snack that they break up the noodles and then poor on the spices and eat it dry. I only got it for one class but Halloween is almost here so I thought I'd get other classes some little thing like this "my-joo" which is a chewy candy they really like. But I also got some cookies n cream chocolate nuggets. And some golden Oreos (which I was told to pronounce Or-ray-ohs). I only gave one class the myjoo candies because I decided to eat the rest for myself. 

Breaks =(

I have no breaks this week. My Kinder break while the kiddos are in gym is eaten up by Halloween activities and my Elem break tomorrow is eaten up by phone teaching. And all my other breaks I'm teaching new kids or Director Lee and I really just want time to sit and read! 

Safely Reckless

I find my keys just to lose them again. Or I lose them to find them. I usually put them on my fridge, but some days, I just toss them on my bed as I head for the bathroom to wash my face. And that's usually when I lose them. They fall in the crack between the bed and the wall or they don't sail far enough and get kicked under the bed or they wind up on the end table with my dry groceries for the week like peanut butter, crisps, and ramen that is meant to be broken up and eaten without cooking. However I lose them, they're always gone for a day.

But this is Korea. I leave my door unlocked (though I pretend to lock it) and come back and nothing has ever been stolen. 

Songs

I don't have much to say today, but here's a song I've been listening to a lot since I've been rewatching Scrubs.




Superman by Lazlo Bane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQjFHxJ9IKs


Actually, here's a list of all the Scrubs songs I really like


Question by The Old 97s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEwFik6ObJs

Fighting for my Love by Nil Lara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVbvwvSo9qY


Have it All by Jeremy Kay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKOupz_XlBQ


Alive with the Glory of Love by Say Anything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7rYZjv3wNg


Dreaming of You by The Coral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6QztiHkFY

Cold Coffee

I only drink coffee cold, I've decided. I can't take the piss when it's warm, but chilled with condensation running to the coffee table, I'll drink it. I'm not sure I enjoy it though, but that's how I can drink it.

After grocery shopping this morning, I left out some k'hawah because I bought rich caramel and rich mocha choco and I couldn't decide which I wanted so I kept out both till I just drank one, the rich caramel. Then I fell asleep. But by the time I wanted the rich mocha choco, it was as warm as the room. So I stuck it in the freezer so I could have it sooner. But I fell asleep again, despite my heart attempting a prison break. When I woke up, it was caffeinated slush. I like it like that best.

Some of the classes laugh when I tell them "Don't copy off, May" or if they've forgotten their workbook, "Go copy my book," because Korea doesn't have an F in their language and the closest sound is the P so they pronounce "phone" as "pwn" and "coffee" as "copy." It's especially satisfying when one walks in with a new phone and they say "I just got pwn." My nerd senses tingle.