A Note from the Owner
Why hello there!
Every once in a while I catch evidence that some lovely soul, not unlike your own, has stumbled upon this blog. The very thought, to be perfectly dramatic, has kept me up at night. I imagine you as a vagabond, trudging along a lonely path, coughing beneath your coat’s tattered collar. Suddenly, hope seizes your heart: a house with porch lights invitingly ablaze sings through the darkness! You run up the walkway and rap at the door — only to have it swing inwards on a creaking hinge. No one is home after all.
Oh, the disappointment! The futility! The emptiness of promise! How else do you make sense of this blog, with its narratives lying about like mold-ridden furniture? What must you think of me, its owner, who has abandoned his address without so much as a word goodbye? Rest assured: I have heard your cries of misunderstanding, and at last I offer the closure we both desperately desire.
I stopped writing this blog back in August 2009, during the whirlwind days preceding my departure from South Korea. I had maintained documentation of my time abroad for the better part of a year, but just as the end was in sight, my spirit failed. I agree it was my rightful duty to finish the job. And so it remains. But to be perfectly frank, the prospect seems tedious to the point of tears; I’d prefer to leave things as they are and be done with it. So, with a heart as grateful for your interest as it is heavy with guilt, I inform you, the internet, and God in heaven: this blog is dead.
But feel free to make yourself at home. Within this blog-husk, you will find the the hijinks of an old-young man and his inaugural year in South Korea. The posts are presented, as is the frustrating custom of blogs, in reverse order; to fully appreciate the incremental decay of enthusiasm, one must scroll through the archives, back to the rosy days of September in aught eight.
So long, dear friend, and thanks for stopping by!
