This Has No Theme

So I moved to Korea. I'm in a small-ish city (by Korean standards I'm in the 'countryside'). It's around 90 minutes away from Seoul. I'm teaching English here. 
I hope that this has never been a wanky travel blog and that it never will be. 

With that being said, I will share a few little things from my new life here:

• The list of ways I feel like a pirate is definitely adding up 1.) I can't speak good. 2.) The fruit and vege situation here points to me getting scurvy.
• No one runs outside here. People stare at me because I am white, and because I am running. 
• Portland was like a facial hair oasis. I may not have appreciated this enough. First Korean man I see with some nice beard/moustache/maybe-just-a-bit-of-stubble won't know what hit him.  

Here's a list things that I made. I don't think they are related. Let's not even look for a theme, okay? 

• Recently I went without caffeine for about a week. I learnt something new about myself: Me without caffeine is horrific. My whole body hurts, especially my head. Even if I actually like you, I don't like you. I will stare at you and say 'I'm grumpy', while squinting my eyes and expecting you to do something about it. 
• Bananas are actually berries.
• At my old job, I was trying to sell 'water resistant' things to people by saying they're 'kind of waterproof'. I did this for a LONG time. This doesn't even make sense! 
• Elephants can stop a rolling apple without bruising it 'coz they have mad foot skillz. 
• Carpe diem.
• So there's this thing called breakfast pizza. Maybe you should make it. 
• Fuck this suggestion:

 

• Ben and Jerry's can disappoint. A few weeks ago before I left the USA I brought a pint of the Cheesecake Brownie flavour, and I'm thinking 'Well isn't this just going to be yummy! I like cheesecake and brownies!' Then I eat some and the icecream doesn't even taste like cheesecake and there are hardly any of the little brownie chunks. Lesson: If you want cheesecake and brownies, just eat cheesecake and brownies. 
• Thanks to 'Murica (esp. Portland), I am now quite fond of bridges. Like, bridges are actually really great. 
• If I ever own a boat, it WILL look like a pirate ship. 
• Here's a quote from my good friend Paige, and a great philosophy: "I like calluses. If your skin's too soft, you're not doing life right." 
• Moving and not wasting anything in my kitchen cupboards is a talent that I have yet to master. 

Thoughts from me THIS week:

• Let's share feelings on brushing your teeth in the shower. Do you do it? Have you tried it? I've tried it, and I think it's warm and weird, and I don't like the toothpaste swimming around my feet for some reason. 
• Something in life that I dislike is that feeling right before you go to bed where you don't know if you need to pee or not. 
• I suppose I should try and make you watch some kind of video now. I do that. This is my friend Eli. He does comedy and he's great. 

Thanks for reading! 

I like you all.

Liz Tritops

xoxo