Shit's about to get real...

I'll be honest--I was starting to give up hope, I resigned myself to resuming the job search here in this reclaimed swamp of a state, Florida. I was starting to think, hmmm maybe I should enroll in a TESOL class, I'll be able to finish it before I get my damned background check back from the Feds. But then, after a frigid day in the field (62 degree (F) water is chilly even to my northern ass), there it is, you beautiful plain brown envelope containing a single sheet of paper, verifying my lack of criminal record! CHYEAH. Shit's about to get real.

Land of the Morning Calm? Prepare your damn self -- the Morning Turtle approaches!

순두부 & oatmeal

Sound nasty? Well, don't knock it, it was a pretty good combo. (low calorie as well) The 순두부 지게 (sundubu jigae) was made with 촌각된장 (chon gak doen jang) so was very potent (haha oh yeah) and also had the requisite 호박 (zucchini squash) & pork & onions & 순두부. See, the problem is, oatmeal is bland, and the "normal" things to eat it with tend towards the sweet and fruity, while I prefer savory elements - they just help me feel fuller. I dunno. I've read that people mix in a tbsp. of natural peanut butter, but again, I classify PB as more sweet than savory. My father treats oatmeal and cream of wheat as 축 (gruel) (which it *is* I suppose) and happily eats it plain with dabs of 간장 (soy sauce) but that feels weird to me.

I could've made an egg white omelette, but I feel wasteful ditching all those yolks - maybe I can save them and incorporate them into a bait ball or chum ball... hmmm, interesting possibility, using egg yolk as a binder to the random oatmeal and fish parts that I would create chum ball out of... that could work.

Well, anyway, according to my handy dandy MyFitnessPal iPod app (blech, sorry to use such a buzzy phrase), my brekkie only amounted to 421 calories. Shazaam!

Let's try this again....

Are the new viewers gone yet?

Ah, ZeFrank, you sure knew how to maintain a blog and garner interest (and memes) in your reader/viewership!

I, on the other hand, am shit at blogging, apparently -- but here's to new efforts! To the 2 followers of this blog - Hey! Betcha didn't expect a post from me today!

Yeah, so I have some new credentials, I got fingerprinted yesterday & sent them to the Feds this morning. Now I gotta polish up the ol' resume, get some small photos taken & make a video about meself. Along the way, saving a bit of cash would be good too. Gotta decide where I'm aiming at (thinking Incheon/Bucheon/Suwon area) and then find a job! So yeah! Finally, (well maybe in a couple months) R.O.K. here I come!

Should be a hoot...

We real cool. We

Left school. We

Lurk late. We

Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We

Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We

Die soon.

Gwendolyn Brooks

big egg

This speaks for itself...

the Auto-Tune bandwagon

I admit it, the Geek in Korea already blogged about these guys, which is how I got turned onto them, but their vids are just too cool, so dammit, I'm posting them in here as well...

and also the followup to this:

oh yeah and here's the Geek in Korea's blog : http://blog.torgodevil.com/

yeah

fish list

I caught my first bluefish yesterday! In retrospect, I should've kept it, but I really didn't feel like cleaning it, and the guy fishing next to me was eager to take it home, so I gave it to him. I had questioned whether it was of legal size, thinking the limit was 16" (my fish was 16.75"), but I just checked the regs, and I was way legal (size limit is 12") oh well. Anyway, I figured it's a good time to make a knock list of the fish I've caught thus far...

Bluefish (16.75")

Snook (26")

Black tip Shark (4')

Bonnethead Shark (4.5')

Snapper

Mangrove

Lane

Mutton

Longnose Gar (25")

Spotted Seatrout (27")

Black Drum (21")

Croaker (20")

Whiting (16")

Sheepshead (19")

Pompano (12")

Spanish Mackerel (16")

Pike (25")

Grouper

Goliath (15 lbs)

Gag (23")

Trash fish:

Sailtop Catfish (9 lbs)

Ladyfish

Pufferfish

Toadfish

stingrays

Baitfish:

Mullet

Threadfin herring

Pilchards

Pass crabs

Blue crabs

Sand fleas

Fish I'd like to catch

Red fish (Red drum)

Slot Snook (28"-32")

Tripletail

Spadefish

Tarpon

Cobia

Bonefish

Wahoo

Snakehead

Mayan Cichlid

Maybe I'll upload pictures later, don't feel like it at the mo'