Summer Blitz

Daegu is supposed to be the hottest city in Korea, which will suck when summer is in full swing. It's already been pretty bad, especially with the humidity. My friend Jeff lived here last year and said that he once simply lay on his bed with a block of ice slowly melting on his chest to cool off. That was only because he had no air conditioning in his apartment, and most people do here. I, however, am not most people and am lacking in such a convenience, so come August I may be laying around with ice melting on me. Another option is going to the beach, which I did today. It's officially summer in Korea when the beaches are officially open, which they are since July 1, and so that means people all of a sudden come out in droves, no matter if it was hot beforehand.

Chilling at the beach was just the most recent thing in a very busy string of events going back the past month. Before I went to the beach this weekend, I caught two shows, one in Daegu, one in Busan, both featuring my friend Dan as The Spookfish, Sighborg whom I had seen once previously, and some Korean-American DJ on a world tour. The weekend also featured much Go/Stop which is good because I was able to win enough money off of Eric for him to pay for my drinks and so on after I ran out of cash.

The previous week also saw me resolve to get a motorcycle since I am now committed to staying in Korea beyond the length of my original contract, celebrating Canada Day after I learned it was actually a holiday, and climbing in the gym after a two-week break.

Previous to that was a 5-day trip to Japan with mom. We continued our nonstop tour of tourist hotspots that began when she arrived in Korea and we went to Gyeongju and Seoul on the weekends prior to Japan. Never in two and a half weeks have I before seen so many temples, museums, castles, shrines, or tame deer.