restless & restful
I think I got too much sleep this Memorial Day weekend, as I couldn't fall asleep for the life of me last night. Now I'm back at work again... more of the same. Expect that it has been raining all week, thanks to Tropical Storm Beryl. Someone decided to test the fire alarms today too...so those have been blasting on and off all morning. [grumble]
As far as my quest for linguistic and cultural fluency in Turkish goes... I've not much to report. I am learning some Turkish cooking though.
I did finally start watching Games of Thrones this weekend. I've almost finished with season 1. At least I am improving my cultural fluency in my own country. I'll finally get all those little inside jokes everyone has about Game of Thrones. Honestly, I can see why everyone watches it. Scoreboard: TV 110 Books 0 [terrible]
NORTH KOREA!
A little part of my died along with Kim Jong Il. I wondered, has my love affair with the DPRK waned? NO! Back with renewed vigor and passion, it continues.
1) They have been having a drought for over a month. NOT good. The Dept. of State has been meeting with officials in SoKor and Japan, but they are withholding food aid. This is depressing for the common folk.... but might be good for diplomacy. Time will tell
2) I got this interesting article about file sharing from a friend: http://torrentfreak.com/illegal-file-sharing-chips-away-at-north-korean-propaganda-120526/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Perhaps Pop Culture is the best diplomat of all, right?
3) Kim Jong Un likes to look at things too! A 2 minute video of the most depressing zoo ever:
