Yes, this is the Broadband Era, and it's in my small basement apartment now. The installation of which marks then end all be all to any question ever asked about my free time, as from now all on answers will probably contain the phrase "Checked (x) out online..."

Along with my internet connection my cable television also got installed today as well, almost completing my dwelling's requirements for functionality...(The cell phone arrives on Monday from work.) Now all I need is some food, and some movies and I will be set whenever a dull weekend strikes.

But, this weekend started off with a bang. June, one of the Korean teachers at work, Carey and I went shopping at Emart, where I picked up a chair and small TV tray for my computer. We headed over to Carey's apartment and Marc introduced me to "Tequilla Sunrises"...after my long three morning extended visit in tequilla country we all headed out to the Nore-bong with new and improved songs! We could fail to sing in whole new ways! Excellent.

I expect a knock on the door sooner or later for tonight's journey into drunken debauchery, so excuse me while I go and get myself ready....wait, I'll do it...after this movie downloads...>=0) Get hold of yourself, man! It's just a computer.

Re broadband, now that I 've had a cable modem for over a year, I can't imagine surfing the Internet without it - just not worth the headaches and delays.

Re Korea, we went for the '88 Olympics and had a great time although the people did seem a bit on the obsessive side: at the time the obsession was karaoke, which would seem to refute the "wary of all things Japanese" theory. In my former incarnation as a drunken idiot, my wife (at the time) and I got tossed from a Seoul karaoke bar after drinking way too much and getting into a loud argument over whose turn it was. We thought the ejection was bit premature, but the bouncer informed us the manager thought we were "US military," and US military routinely got in fights and beat up Koreans after they were through beating up each other. Ouch.