The Nutcracker!

Last night, my friend Maria did the nicest thing ever. She told me and another friend, Jema, that she had a surprise for us and she flipping took us to see the Nutcracker! It was so sweet and unexpected that both Jema and I got all misty and kept giving Maria hugs throughout the show.

When I was a kid, my dad and stepmom took me to see the Nutcracker every year. I'd wear my Christmas dress and we'd go get a nice meal after. It brought back so many nice memories and as soon as I heard the first movement, I got hit with a huge wave of homesickness. Christmas is the hardest time to be away, it doesn't get any easier even though this is my third Christmas away from home.

The rest of my weekend was decidedly less sentimental. I spent my Saturday night drinking wine and playing a wonderful game called "YouTube DJ." Basically, you go around the group and each person picks a song on youtube. You keep going until you a) pass out or b) run out of wine, whichever comes first.

Some of our picks included: Spooky by Dusty Springfield, Love Will Never Do Without You by Janet Jackson, and Dancing in the Streets by David Bowie and Mick Jagger. It's pretty much silly/old songs that get people cheering. It was a great way to spend a freezing cold Saturday night.

Yes...it's so freaking cold in Seoul right now but no damn snow. It's seriously pissing me off but it's not as though we'd have snow days or anything. I need to pray to St. Eulalia of Merida, the patron saint of snow.

Last thing...I went on a downloading spree and got the entire Beatles discography (remastered...OH YEAH!), Dusty Springfield, Fat Freddy's Drop, the Steve Miller Band, and....the best of the bunch...The Bangles' Greatest Hits! "Am I only dreamin' or is this burning an e-ter-nal flaaaaaame?" It's gold.