The Indianapolis Colts are the Super Bowl Champs...

... and the world says, "So?"

My field trip to Santa's for the Super Bowl was a success, meaning I got to watch the whole game and not teach a lick. A surprising number of students actually showed for the game and heroically feigned interest as the westerners around them hooted and hollered at the TV. Although I didn't tell them to, the students respected the sanctity of the game by not pestering me with questions through out (I had forgotten to teach them, "Shut the hell up, the games on!", so I would've answered their questions had they asked). This morning, just for fun, I told them that next week they have to prepare for the Pro-Bowl (to a chorus of groans and nervous "Are you kidding?" giggles). Since I couldn't give a rat's patoot about the Pro-Bowl, they were saved from another adventure into the dark hole that is NFL Football.

Other than working, I've managed to do pretty much as close to nothing as a person can do. I've spent most of my time either anally sorting through my music collection, watching downloaded TV shows (currently hooked on "24" and "Studio 60"), or playing World of Warcraft. I finally got the Burning Crusade expansion for WoW (thanks again Mom). I have to say, it's definately worth the wait. There are lots of cool new critters to kill, plus the gear you can pick up is insane. I'd be playing now, but Tuesday is WoW's maintenance day, so the servers are down. This wouldn't be so bad if I was living in the States because it's 5 am there, and I'd be asleep. However, the servers go down at 8 pm Korea time leaving to find other mindless things to do with my time.

Normal Person: "Gee, Eric. You could study for your Korean class."

Me: "EEEEEEK!!! Study?!? Are you out of your mind? Sheesh! Some folks just don't know how to waste time effectively."

I am taking a Korean class these days. It's going pretty well given the fact that I've got a mind like a steel sieve. At least some of the bigger bits are sticking. The thing I find interesting is that if I read a question, I have no trouble answering it. If the teacher asks someone else in the class a question, I have no trouble understanding it and answering. If the teacher asks me a direct question in Korean, my brain shorts out, my jaw flaps up and down, and something akin to language tumbles out. Go figure. Of course, then I get adventurous and think, "I'm gonna go out on the street and speak Korean to the natives!" This so far has been somewhat less than successful in that I usually forget everything the minute I want to say something. I'm usually faced with a Korean person wearing this expectant look (which soon changes to a "This guy's wacked" look) while I sit there flapping my mouth like a landed trout. Anyway, it's all good. My only hope is that the school doesn't give me any night classes this coming semester, so I can continue the classes.

Well, I think I'm going to scrounge around in my kitchen for something to eat. Later.