Long Time No... Read?

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Since it's been forever and a day since anyone has written anything on here, I decided I would do a little update of sorts. Granted, you probably know most of this stuff from my Facebook, but whatever.

- Momma- Mom is doing well. She's back at work. One tumor is gone and the three others are considerably smaller. This is VERY good news, because normally you don't see this much improvement on a 6-week scan. In fact, her neurosurgeon told her not to expect any changes for six more weeks. We're hoping that the two smaller tumors are gone by her next scan in about five weeks. If she can go two years cancer-free, the doctors say there is a very good chance it won't come back and if she's goes 5 years, well, she can just consider herself cancer-free forever.

- Work- I'm still at Arirang editing. I almost went for an interview at a media company to edit subtitles for Korean movies, TV shows, etc., but the conditions weren't that much better than where I currently work and I would be doing the same thing. Plus, I wasn't 100% sure how the experience would translate back in the US and Mom REALLY didn't want me signing a two-year contract. And... almost two years of not going into the office until 2 and 5 pm has really spoiled me... as have the 5-day weekends every other week... Though, I'm pretty busy with side stuff Monday through Friday... so if you think of it that way, every other week I don't get a weekend...

- Fun Work- My freelance writing is starting to bloom. I was asked to do a big feature on the two biggest rock festivals in Korea. In return, I'm getting a 3-day press pass to my favorite one. (Which is awesome, they are around $200.) I'm getting into the good graces of several fairly well known bands here, which will help when it comes to interviewing people, and well, it means I get to randomly hang out with rock bands, which is great fun. I highly recommend it. Just be prepared for a lot of second-hand smoke... Oh, and I'm going to see Ben Folds for free soon. Another perk of being a rock journalist...

- Love Life- Not much of one. I mostly live vicariously through my sister Megan (who will probably be getting engaged in the next year). And then my friends in relationships live vicariously through me in my crazy single escapades in a ginormous city (that seriously doesn't sleep, I mean really. More than NYC. There are bars open until 8 and 10 am here... Or so I've heard...). But there is someone who might play a bigger role in the love life department soon... I'll keep you posted...

And that's about it, I suppose. ^_^ I just wonder if anyone still reads this thing...

Merry Christmas!!!

Man it sure has been a while since we have done anything on this site...guess we are too busy..:P

Well I just wanted to say Merry Christmas ladies and hope you have a wonderful New Year!

My Customary Update from Korea

Not that I'm sure any of you have been following things over here, but knowing how international media tends to over-dramatize things and since South Korea is about to go to the UN Security Council, I thought I should get on here and say that things are okay over here in the land of the morning calm... (which I don't necessarily agree with that statement, because morning rush hour is the worst...)

Yes, North Korea sank a South Korean navy ship. Yes, we have the torpedo that proves it. Yes, South Korea is cutting off all economic ties and North Korea is cutting off all the diplomatic ones, but things are okay. People are more worried about the World Cup game this weekend than how things are going between North and South Korea. (Taehan minguk!) However, just in case, I did look over the evacuation procedures for American citizens and my roommate and I are getting our emergency evacuation kits together. (And making plans to purchase bicycles since we doubt public transportation will be running if North Korea does get a crazy hankering to start shooting missiles at Seoul.)

So... that's about all. Oh, except South Korea just had its second attempt at sending a satellite into space today with its own technology... yea, they lost that thing about 20 minutes after lift off... I love working at a news channel...

(Oh, and I'm single again. Hooray!)

My turn, I guess

I can't remember the last time I posted on here...

My life has been a little bit crazy for the past few months. My parents are still in China, and will be until May 1st, so I'm still frantically trying to keep the house from burning down and keep plants and animals alive. If it weren't for Jed I would not be doing so well (no Sherrie, we are still not engaged). On top of this, I'm juggling two part-time jobs and doing freelance work on a pretty consistent basis. I still work at OfficeMax, and my other (new) job is working at a chocolate shop! This may or may not turn in to a full-time job, depending how things go with the shop. We may be signing a deal with Google to supply their headquarters with chocolate truffles. Pray that it goes through! It will mean a lot more money for me!

In other news, the ponies are doing great. I've decided to put Gideon up for sale, so we will see how that goes. Scarlett is very happy and just cruises around the yard. She has a new buddy, Sweetie, who I traded temporarily for Gideon. He is now in a four acre field, and Sweetie is at my house at "fat camp". Scarlett likes her much more than Gideon.

Also other news! I will be taking a twelve day trip to Peru in August with some friends. They have a company that brings fair-trade products from Peru, and I have been doing their design work for them. I will be going along to take pictures for them, and do a little bit of work with one of the missions groups down there. Jed will be going also as our translator.

I think that's all for now. Miss you all!

Yo... from Seoul

Thought I would pitch in my two-cents. ^_^

Things are the same but different. The job is the same, still a little bit difficult and sometimes monotonous, but it's a job that pays the bills so I can't complain. My bit on the radio show goes live starting tomorrow. A different day and different time, but it shouldn't be hard to adjust.

Also, I'm going to be in a travel documentary for my company. It's basically just cameras following me around while I visit a traditional Korean site and try traditional Korean things. It should be fun and it's something new. I'm hoping it might lead to other opportunities, but we'll see.

The book/screenplay still isn't finished, but we're down to a few more editing sessions and it should be done. I'm hoping that we'll be done by the end of the month because I'm ready to get it sent off and hopefully sold. A lot of my somewhat immediate future planning hinges on it.

My boyfriend is traveling for two months around Southeast Asia and then moving back to LA. So I'm sad about that and miss him terribly, but I'll get to see him for a few weeks in June before he leaves. And I'm just looking as now being able to focus my time and energy on writing and my career plans. Whatever those turn out to be. ^_^