i went to seoul yesterday to hang out with a friend. he's a nice kid, but sometimes i feel a little awkward around him, because he can get overly affectionate, and i don't know if he's into me or if that's just how he is, but i don't really like him THAT way. one time we were at the bar and he was really really drunk and he kept pawing me up and i was just kind of like, "dude, calm down." but it was pretty cool spending the day with him yesterday. he had all these plans to take me to famous places in seoul, but i've already seen pretty much everything he had in mind. he was disappointed. but he took me to this huge book store, and i like books. so that was nice.

we were in the subway once, and we passed this korean kid with dyed blonde hair and a lip ring and glasses like mine, and he and i made eye contact and we shared a "hey! you look cool!" moment. at least, that's what i thought and i imagined he thought the same. cuz i do look pretty cool.

i made a new friend on the bus ride home. he speaks very little english and i speak very little korean, but we still managed to talk for the entire hour and a half ride. and sometimes we even understood each other. when we got back into town, he was like, "we're friends, right?" and i was like, "yup!" and then we exchanged phone numbers.

there's all these little middle school students on campus these days. for some sort of language camp. today i was walking alongside a gaggle of young boys, and they were all shouting, "HI!" at me. so i would smile and wave and say hello back. and then one of them goes, "i love you! you so sexy!" i kind of wonder who's teaching english to these kids.