Rainy Season, for real...

Whoops…so that was a false alarm, about a week early…TODAY beginneth the rainy season. It should be entertaining to see where the serious leaks spring, sinkholes develop, landscaping begins a downward slide, etc.

Last week was pretty quiet, except for the weekend—they’re usually pretty hectic. I had a meeting and dinner with some Heyri people regarding an upcoming project. We went over to the theatre for our tech guy to check it out, and, as I predicted on the way over, I started crying the second I stepped in there. I realized that this is the longest I’ve gone without being on a stage of some sort in at least 20 years. Yep. Hopefully that project will fill at least part of the void here.

Friday night one of our dancers taught a class in the technique of Jose Limon, which was excellent (our dancers have been giving all kinds of classes pretty regularly now that we finally have access to the ONE rehearsal room on campus—with a cement floor—and I go whenever I can). Saturday night a few people came over to my place for some wine and low-key chat; we were all exhausted from the day.

Sunday night, I somehow mustered the energy to join one of the groups going into Seoul to watch the soccer matches—primarily the 4am Korea-France game. We had a big dinner, hit a small dance club for the first game, and then found another spot for the 2 and 4am games. Korea scored the goal that tied the game at 5:40am, which provided a serious second (third?) wind! People in red flooded the city bars, public spaces, and streets, and there was much hollering and whooping and chanting in the daybreak hours. After a bus ride of slaphappy, sleep-deprived giggling, we got home at 8am, I slept until 1, then got out on the bike and to the gym, cleaned my apartment, made dinner and watched a movie before going back to bed.

Tuesday, after lots of laundry and exercise, I went to Geumchon to get my last Hep A and B shots and do some grocery shopping. I got to visit a couple galleries in Heyri before dinner, then went to our EV soccer game. It’s on these nights that I desperately wish I had 20 or so years of soccer experience, like many of the other players. Oh well. I look cool in the uniform… Intended to go to the pub but ended up having a long chat with another disgruntled co-worker who’s looking into other jobs.

Slept like a ROCK, awoke to the rain, and discovered that I was not the only one whose phone had rung at 6am until I finally picked it up—to no answer. Apparently EVERYONE’S phone rang at 6am, and those who were so unfortunate as to live adjacent to someone who wasn’t home for whatever reason got to listen to it until 9am. Yes, these are the daily joys of life at EV—thank goodness we have such wonderful company to buffer/inject humor into the misery! Oy!

I stepped down from my Program Coordinator position, as I expect to be taking so many vacation/leave/sick days, and since they never scheduled me the time to do the job anyway. Many people have asked about the decision, and I’ve discovered that many, possibly even a majority, of people in the ODP program are strongly considering breaking contract. Most interesting.

Hopefully next ‘weekend’ I’ll go somewhere cool and have an adventure to report :>)
s