So, I went to The Hobbit Movie Marathon today to see all three films back-to-back, and I really need to get some thoughts out of my head because I'm so emotionally drained and exhausted and devastated after this film that I don't think I'll be able to sleep unless I write them down. So, without further ado…

( ALL THE THOUGHTS I NEVER SHARED ABOUT THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG LAST YEAR )

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If anyone wants to send me a holiday card, here's my address:

Elizabeth Agresta
48-9 Wolbae-ro 28-gil Apt. 206
(137-13 Jincheon-dong)
Dalseo-gu, Daegu
South Korea
704-835

You can also try printing out the address in Korean if you're concerned it won't get to me:

Elizabeth Agresta
대한민국 대구광역시 달서구
월배로 28길 48-9 206호
(진천동 137-13)
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(I did see SNSD on a massive screen advertising LG phones in the airport this morning, though.)

Can't make myself actually sit down and write a normal post, so here's another list:

• I'm okay.
  
• I'm at orientation in Jeonju.
  
• We did some sightseeing in Seoul yesterday, went to see the massive statue of King Sejong and Gyeongbokgung Palace. I took an ( Read more... )

I just read this article by Lisa Belkin at the Huffington Post and I find myself a little frustrated, I guess. She says that the rampant helicopter parenting and spoiling of children is just emblematic of a society that prizes getting to the top of the mountain first instead of learning how to be a functional adult. I guess in some ways that's true ( Read more... )

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Flist, I am so thankful for you, and especially grateful to those of you that posted such wonderful, encouraging comments in last night's entry. I will respond to you individually (sometime this weekend, if I'm not completely exhausted by Black Friday), but I just wanted to say that I appreciate you all so much and that you have made me feel less ( Read more... )

HOLIDAY CARDS 2011!!!If you want me to send you a Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Winter Solstice/Other Winter Holiday card this year, please leave your name and mailing address in the comments, which are screened for your convenience and protection ( Read more... )

... Or something to that extent.

Anyway. Anonymous meme. Consider it the Roast of hopeandmemory. Compliments are, of course, appreciated. But you can also take this opportunity to vent (tactfully, I hope) any frustrations you have with me. I will try to take them under advisement ( Read more... )