PLEASE SEND YOUR THOUGHTS TO THESE FAMILIES

For you Curtis, and your friends, I am so sorry. Your life was far too short with us but I know you managed to get yourself in trouble and had fun doing it, along with the old fun I remember when we first moved to Ravenwood. You were a great friend. I wish I could be there with you to say goodbye. In my mind this is not the end, you will be with us again. I am truly sorry for the loss your families must be feeling, I can't imagine anything like it and there are no words.

Sean... There is a reason for everything... I know it doesnt help but it is true... I hope you are taking care of yourself. I love you so much baby bro... Im here to talk when you need to...

Email from my mum telling me of the news...
"I have some sad news to report. Early Sunday morning, Curtis Martin, Time Marshall, and Chris El all died. It was a tragic accident. All three boys were found inside a car, inside a garage. They had parked in the garage waiting for one of the boys mothers to come home and let them inside the house. While they were in the garage they had the car running to keep warm. All three boys succumb to carbon monoxide poisoning. The boys didn’t realize that the carbon monoxide from the exhaust would kill them. We are so sad! Dad (S.Dornan) actually was called to the scene that was originally reported as a suicide."

So people BIG NEWS... We have a murderer in out house. Yes, that's right, murderer! So I didnt hear the chicks today at all (yes they are dead) but figured because the housekeeper decided to wash out the tub they were in that they were somewhere else. So when Cherry finally comes home I ask her if she knows. She tells me that the housekeeper said they were all dead this morning... Conveniently at the same time... So the funny (or not-so-funny) thing is that I couldnt sleep last night... and I was in with the chicks around 330-400... AND they were perfectly fine. They were running around jumping on things and chirping. And somehow 6 hours later they are all dead? I dont think so. I didnt tell Cherry this but Cherry told me that the story the housekeeper told her seemed not quite right. So I dont have any pictures and the chick are in the garbage... MURDERED!!! At least the housekeeper is getting axed (for various reasons inc. that she complains too much and gives into Hoyeon). Yes... Eunice has placed an advert and today people start calling to set up interviews. She says there should be lots of response because she does pay well and people are looking for jobs right now because the economy is in recession. YAY! I said she should ask them if they have problems with foreigners, she laughed and said she'd check. I said it doesnt matter to me but it might be easier for the new housekeeper if they didnt already have a prejudice.

Anyways... Will update on this....... MURDERER! MURDERER!

Holiday and Dong Dong Ju with Seung-Jeong

What to write about... well... this is the holiday weekend (thanksgiving) and its a pretty big deal here. People visit their families, give presents, and pay hommage to their deceased family and ancestors. So my family in Daejeon I think... And so I've been alone... which means when I sleep, I actually make it through a whole night and morning without waking up... And they always have dishes of food in the fridge AND Eunice's mother came over today and made a fresh pot of rice as I dont know how to use the rice cooker... I did however figure out the washer! yay.
So I've been totally relaxing, added another album on the sony page if you want to see it tell me... its of the place where I am living. The other album was from Oct 7th Sports Day... Which also happened to be a national holiday, of which Eunice was surprised I knew what it was about. This holiday (kaechonjol) was about the founding of Korea back in 2333 BC. Korea's "mythical" (mythical is in quotes because there aren't any myths. A myth is false, a belief of a people is not false) first king, Tan-gun, was a semi-god with a bear for a mother. Tan-gun came to Earth on this day and founded the Old Choson dynasty. A good bit of trivia for you there.

Newsflash: well not really... just got back from being out with Seung-Jeong (I hope I spelled that right) walking around Busan Nat. University (from here on known as BNU). We went to some traditional bar and drank Dong Dong Ju and ate kimchi pizza. Dong Dong Ju is made from barley so it has a bit of a beer taste but is sweet. It was pretty good. Now when I go out I can at least know one thing thats good to drink. Seung-Jeong says that it has a lower alcohol percentage than beer, but she says it gives foreigners headaches... We shall see... Didn't have too much as you may be able to tell by my typing (or maybe not?)... Anyways, we talked about differences and similarities between Korea and North America as Seung-Jeong spent a year studying english in Irvine, Cali (sp?)...

Next time we're going for soju and maybe a later night (buses stop around 1130pm) so we'd have to take a cab... its not too far tho. Will post on that when it comes up...

Ciao