Final night of 2002.
Listening
to: PM Dawn
and Lee Jung Hyun.
Insightful, funny, the best
writing ... and I even got him
to write COREAN with a C once. I've been an admirer
of Matt's
renaissance talents since his first journal.
REALITY IS STILL A FRIEND OF MINE
I didn't get a chance to write about my brother visiting this Christmas. Plus, I forgot to take more pictures of him and Sun Su. But check out his hair, long. I think it took Sun Su a day to get used to him, since our 7 1/2 month old is kind of set in his ways, but he adjusted happily. It was good seeing him, especially with Sun Su.
My brother Mark kind of surprised me. He's reading about Corean history these days and finding it very exciting. He actually has one of the same books I have. Then again, considering the dearth of good Corean history books out there, I think I might have all of them.
Mark's doing well with the bartending scene in North Carolina. I made him watch my all-time favorite Corean movie "My Sassy Girl" (funny/romantic movie, hot girl) in the hopes that immediately afterwards he would want to settle down with a fine Corean woman with a fast left hook. I even had a list of email addresses AND pictures of some excellent candidates (unbeknownst to the persons on the list though, *ahem*).
He loved the movie and the girl. But little else has changed. Maybe next time.
("My Sassy Girl" could definitely beat some sense into "Amelie," Tracy. You'd like it as far as romantic comdedies go. Too bad it's Region 3 only. Oh, and Tracy was on my list as well. :-)
I am afraid I am turning into one of those match-making Corean ajummas ("older married woman").
I managed to drag Amy to a Christmas Eve mass at church. The church was, pardon the expression, cold as Hell though. Amy complained about it the whole time. But I figured, you can't be Corean or even Christian for that matter without some suffering.
The kids wrote and put on their own play as well. It was about a poor girl who died after no one would help her, but then came back to life after greeting Jesus in Heaven (played by a Corean boy of course).
I couldn't help but imagine seeing Sun Su up there one of these years.
The best part about Corean church is the food. I wonder if Jesus ever tried kim chee? And if he had a few jars in heaven, would God make him put them in a separate refrigerator because of the smell?
My diabolical plans to set up relatives in my family does not stop with adults or even potty-training. This sweet baby girl (above) is Chun Ju. She's a couple months older than Sun Su, but Sun Su kind of has a thing for older women (like he has a choice).
Amy thinks she keeps giving our boy the cold shoulder, but I can tell she's just playing "hard to get." Just look at the love in her star-crossed eyes and the way she's practically drooling; the poor thing is smitten. Even their names rhyme: Sun Su and Chun Ju.
It doesn't hurt that Sun Su is the only boy-baby in the church. (There's three other girl-babies.) He'll thank his daddy when he gets older.
Sun Su's favorite part about Christmas was tearing up the paper. He usually prefers the glossy and celebrity-strewn pages of People Magazine but any wrapping paper or napkin will do.
Sun Su didn't quite get the Christmas thing. But he liked the picture books. They are more of a challenge to rip up.
Sun Su is able to see past the commercialism and materialism of the holidays. All he really wants for Christmas is no more green bean baby food.
What did Sun Su really get for Christmas though? He got his two front teeth, on the bottom. And two feral canines on top. He's definitely got the tiger blood in him. My sweet little cub.
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So now it's just past midnight on New Year's Eve, or Day now I guess. No parties for our family this year. Amy and Sun Su are sleeping upstairs. I'm here in my room listening to K-pop CDs. ... The LIGER! (the cat) is sleeping at my feet as usual.
Looking back, the past year was a very NEW year in a lot of ways.
I met my two long-lost blood-related Corean-Brazilian cousins. (I still see them on occasion, just haven't been writing about it.)
I learned that intense Corean family melodrama doesn't just happen in Corean soap operas.
My cousins convinced me to go to Corean church for Corean classes, and a few other church activities. (There is no other way I would have ever started going. Swear to God.)
I learned that I have a most unfortunate cholesterol profile considering how healthy I "look." I may have to plan accordingly.
Work has been more tolerable this year. Or maybe I'm just tolerating it better.
I've managed to make and keep friendships with people who move me, whom I will probably never see in person.
I've managed to not make any enemies with anyone I do see in person.
Sun Su arrived. "Bundle of joy" doesn't even come close to the fun that he is. And unlike my 2002 Hyundai Tiburon, he still smells good.
Not a bad year, I guess.
I am looking forward to seeing what this year will bring.
(Sun Su, left, and that coquettish church girl, Chun Ju, on the right.)__________________________________________
MEDEA SIN HOT MODEL
Today's Hot Model spot goes to the incredibly beautiful Lisa.
She is hapa, a mixed-Asian, and I was in a drooling contest with Sun Su after seeing this pic too.
I wish I had more to say about Lisa other than the fact that she is gorgeous, cool, and has excellent taste, but she doesn't have a site for me to stalk.
The hotness she doth bring.
Thank you, Lisa.
