All is well with the world! Wikileaks is not down! However, our government, which has boasted it's transparency, is embarrassed by transparency. Enough so that they have issued a loose warning to students who post links to Wikileaks and read it's content.

http://news.antiwar.com/2010/12/03/state-dept-warning-students-not-to-read-share-wikileaks/

It's too late for me.

http://213.251.145.96

There's the IP. If everything else changes, that aught to stay the same.

I removed my account on Amazon. No hard feelings, they were one of my favorites :'(

Tomorrow I have to wake up early, so I'll try to type fast. I have to write two blogs tonight because I missed last night and a lot has happened.

Last night I went to the Jimjilbang (er... i think that's how it's spelled?). My friends had all told me that it was not only a great experience, but also that it was an essential part of being in Korea. When I asked them "what happens there?" all I got was "well... it's a bunch of naked men taking a bath together"... And that's essentially what it was. Lots of naked men taking a bath. However, it was a lot better than that, and they were right, it was a really relaxing place! There were four different pools for different temperatures (no "average". just cold, really cold, hot, really hot). There were towels available which we could use to get our dead skin off, showers, a massage area, a foot-massage area, a sauna, free soaps of all different kinds, and a room full of mirrors and lotions and cosmetic stuff! There was even a whole room just for drunk people to sleep off hangovers, complete with cold showers and puke-irrigation. On top of that, it's the type of place where you stay all night, food is available for purchase, and it's much cheaper than a motel. And I should note, the "really cold" was REALLY COLD and the really hot was like, if you move around too fast while you're in it, it hurts a lot, and if you stay in too long, you'll probably come out actually burned.

Anyway, that was cool. Before we went there there was an end of the semester party. Best food I've had all semester. It was amazing. I filled my plate twice and then continued to snack, probably amounting to 3.5 full plates of rich, good tasting seafood and weird fruits and vegetables. I wore my new jacket, and got lots of compliments. It's a pretty awesome jacket. I sat next to Chowan, which was great because she's awesome, but I felt bad because 지혜 and I were exchanging glances all evening and she had to leave early so we didn't talk, and she was with some other guy, too. To make things worse, Chowan called me to sit at her table, which managed to put 지혜's table immediately between me and the performance stage, with 지혜's chair facing me perfectly. It was a little awkward, and I'm really curious to know what she was thinking. Anyway, we're meeting on Monday to go to kindof an opera/concert thing. I hope all goes well.

NaKyoung got mad at me for a number of silly reasons today and was really laying on the "I'm angry at you, but I'm just kidding, but I'm really not kidding" pretty thick. They were all things which I had no control over... but Idk, the issues seemed to me to be kindof classic misunderstandings between guys and girls. Honestly, I feel like can't make my friendship with her sound legitimate in any context because she's treated me rather poorly, but somehow with her I don't mind so much. Maybe because I've known her for a long time. Maybe because she taught me Korean. Maybe because I used to have a big crush on her. Regardless, to make it up to her, I offered to try and take her on a fun date sometime next week. Something unique and special, because she said I never invite her to do things when she isn't busy. This time, I told her that no matter how busy she is, she has to stop for the date, and I'll try to make it worth the lost homework-time for her (which is kindof a tall-order since she's taking something like 21 credit hours). I will have time on Friday to go to Yukgury and explore on my own for good, unique date places. I hope I can make things work then.

Zac N. and I are shaping up to be an interesting team. I wonder how well everything will go in the future.

I have to memorize a verse in Corinthians for creation evolution class. Aside from that, I think I will do well on the test without trying too hard. I hope it doesn't prove me wrong. My other classes have been much harder than that one.

I am kindof hurting for money right now. I still haven't mailed that letter, because I didn't find the time. I'm gonna try to get it in the mail on Monday, and tomorrow I'm gonna try using my debit card in Mejam.

I should be going to eat Dog meat on Tuesday, and I've heard it can be pricey. I'm gonna try to get my friend to help me foot the bill so I can save money to pay off my phone company. These things usually have a way of working themselves out. The worst thing that could happen is my suitcase goes overweight and the airport at Incheon doesn't take my debit card... But it probably will. The card company said that usability in Korea is "hit-and-miss", so I'm going to be naive and hope fervently that airports are "hit".

"He spends his time, or maybe half of his time, or part of the time wandering 'round the creeks and cobble stones of hackney lanes with a tear in his eye"