Oh My...
You're all still here? Awesome. I haven't updated in ages, have I? It has been a while. I still read everyone's entries and whatnot, simply because I love you all. I just don't think my life is interesting or important enough to write about anymore. Seriously, there's not a whole life to it other than not sleeping enough, working, drawing, and doing it all over again each day. I guess I have some partially big updates that most people already know about. In case you don't know, they are as follows.
Wil moved to Korea. Gwangju in the South Joella province, to be more specific. He likes it there, but he's super lonely. At least he's not in the middle of nowhere like he was when he was in Japan. Also, he has a bigger living space, which is always a good thing. Why did he go? Money, of course. Making $9/hr as a dish washer with his BA just didn't seem right. He's now making significantly more for doing something he prefers to do.
I will be moving to Korea. I plan to join him once I have enough money saved up ($5k). I also have some debts and loose ends I need to take care of here before I can even think of leaving the country. On the bright side, I can go on a visa I never knew of before. The F-4 visa permits me to go to the country and basically stay for as long as I want, simply because my mother used to be a Korean citizen. I guess this whole being Korean thing has finally worked out for me in some way. I'm not 100% sure what I'll be doing there. Wil wants me to stay home and study and draw all day, but I also have the option of working as an English tutor. They apparently give fat cash to anyone that can speak English properly. I'm also strongly leaning towards going to an art school there. Korean art schools are difficult as all hell, but some of the work I've seen them produce is beyond amazing. I may need to work up to be able to get in, but it's something to look into. We have no idea how long we will be staying there. I just know we don't plan to come back (to stay) unless at least one of us has found a steady, long-term career in something we don't absolutely hate. For free rent and a salary, why the heck not?
My little brother is joining the Navy. He's already enlisted. He'll be shipping out in August. I've been doing everything I could to spend as much time with him before then. I'll probably be leaving the country before then, but it's still insane knowing that little punk kid is going to be serving our country. Wil's actually pretty jealous of the whole thing. He's signed up for six years. Jeez, I'm going to be 29 when he gets out. Here's hoping he'll keep in contact, as well as visit us in Korea when he's on leave.
My mom has breast cancer. It's actually kind of old news, but it's still news. She's already gone to Korea to have it removed. The doctors strongly recommend that she get chemotherapy on a regular occasion, but we don't have the money for it. She tried to get health insurance, but was declined due to the whole preconditions crap. For now, she's just trying to be as healthy as possible. She's managed to quit her two biggest vices: coffee and cigarettes. She wants me to stop with the smoking, but I'm just a horrible, stubborn person. We're not entirely sure what's going to happen from here. She also seems to be falling in and out of her bipolar fits, which is more than likely due to her not taking her medication. At least she's happy with her boyfriend now. She's also stopped working, which is fine as long as she has her rich boyfriend to help.
Other than news of my car, apartment, phone, and everything else in life basically crumbling around me, I think that's it. Honestly, there's so much wrong with life. I just hate bitching about the same thing over and over again. I guess the best I can do is sit back and let things crash down until they're ready to be rebuilt. If everything goes right, I'll be out of here by mid-July. I don't assume things will suddenly be amazing with me leaving, but one can hope. The whole not being alone thing should also help.
I'll try to post more as news comes along. Hey, at least I'm using a lot of my free time for art and other productive means. Now I just need to stop living on junk food.
~ Jen
Wil moved to Korea. Gwangju in the South Joella province, to be more specific. He likes it there, but he's super lonely. At least he's not in the middle of nowhere like he was when he was in Japan. Also, he has a bigger living space, which is always a good thing. Why did he go? Money, of course. Making $9/hr as a dish washer with his BA just didn't seem right. He's now making significantly more for doing something he prefers to do.
I will be moving to Korea. I plan to join him once I have enough money saved up ($5k). I also have some debts and loose ends I need to take care of here before I can even think of leaving the country. On the bright side, I can go on a visa I never knew of before. The F-4 visa permits me to go to the country and basically stay for as long as I want, simply because my mother used to be a Korean citizen. I guess this whole being Korean thing has finally worked out for me in some way. I'm not 100% sure what I'll be doing there. Wil wants me to stay home and study and draw all day, but I also have the option of working as an English tutor. They apparently give fat cash to anyone that can speak English properly. I'm also strongly leaning towards going to an art school there. Korean art schools are difficult as all hell, but some of the work I've seen them produce is beyond amazing. I may need to work up to be able to get in, but it's something to look into. We have no idea how long we will be staying there. I just know we don't plan to come back (to stay) unless at least one of us has found a steady, long-term career in something we don't absolutely hate. For free rent and a salary, why the heck not?
My little brother is joining the Navy. He's already enlisted. He'll be shipping out in August. I've been doing everything I could to spend as much time with him before then. I'll probably be leaving the country before then, but it's still insane knowing that little punk kid is going to be serving our country. Wil's actually pretty jealous of the whole thing. He's signed up for six years. Jeez, I'm going to be 29 when he gets out. Here's hoping he'll keep in contact, as well as visit us in Korea when he's on leave.
My mom has breast cancer. It's actually kind of old news, but it's still news. She's already gone to Korea to have it removed. The doctors strongly recommend that she get chemotherapy on a regular occasion, but we don't have the money for it. She tried to get health insurance, but was declined due to the whole preconditions crap. For now, she's just trying to be as healthy as possible. She's managed to quit her two biggest vices: coffee and cigarettes. She wants me to stop with the smoking, but I'm just a horrible, stubborn person. We're not entirely sure what's going to happen from here. She also seems to be falling in and out of her bipolar fits, which is more than likely due to her not taking her medication. At least she's happy with her boyfriend now. She's also stopped working, which is fine as long as she has her rich boyfriend to help.
Other than news of my car, apartment, phone, and everything else in life basically crumbling around me, I think that's it. Honestly, there's so much wrong with life. I just hate bitching about the same thing over and over again. I guess the best I can do is sit back and let things crash down until they're ready to be rebuilt. If everything goes right, I'll be out of here by mid-July. I don't assume things will suddenly be amazing with me leaving, but one can hope. The whole not being alone thing should also help.
I'll try to post more as news comes along. Hey, at least I'm using a lot of my free time for art and other productive means. Now I just need to stop living on junk food.
~ Jen