My blog feels like the story of The Tortoise and the Hare. My writing was the hare and it started off strong, but now that I got all the sprints and jabs out, it's slowly tiring and failing to win the race. Actually, this is the worst analogy in the world, but you see my point? I can't even make an analogy for the fact that my frequency and humor in my writing has dropped off like, uh, uh, dammit.

Well, I suppose life is continuing without any hardships. My days are filled with the usual teaching, reading, Internet TV, and Frisbee. I've had the last few days off while my students are on a trip to the mainland, some of them for the first time. I can't read the news anymore because it's too aggravating. I can only watch The Daily Show online and just make light of the facts.

Were you aware that Alberto Gonzales claimed he could not recall the firing deliberations 71 times in the Senate hearings? Yet, he also claims to recall making the decision, but can't remember when, where, or how? The man looked like such an idiot out there, but of course it takes one to know one, and that's why Bush has more confidence in him after the hearings.

Anyway, who the hell cares? I was reading Krakatoa recently and was more than 150 pages into it, when I realized that I live on a volcanic island just like Krakatoa. It's really not the kind of thing you want to think about when you're going to sleep.

My host brother used english words for maybe the 2nd time I've been here since August. He said, "alexuh, computaw, uh?" Which in remedial konglish means, "Alex, would you like to use the computer or shall I turn it off?" The kid's 13-14 years old and can't even look me in the eye when I enter the room. Did I also mention that he won't eat breakfast if I'm already sitting at the table? He just sort of peeks in walks back to his room and sits on his bed until I walk by to my room, at which point he gets up and goes to the kitchen. It's barely humorous anymore, now it just makes me feel sorry for him.

Well, this weekend is the Jeju Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. We have three teams from the island entered out of 24 teams total. We probably won't win, but we are guaranteed to play at least 6 games. The teams come from all over Asia. I believe there are 10 countries representing this year, so it should be a lot of fun.

Well, I feel like I fulfilled my quota of words for the month. I'll write when something extraordinary happens to me.