Girls Update and School Social

Heya gang!  It's the update you've all been waiting for!  And by that, of course, I mean it's the update no one is waiting for but I'll write about it anyway on the internet to feel important.

So, when we last spoke Stella Rocky had agreed to go on a date with me, but didn't return my call to schedule said date.  I texted her on Wednesday, and she didn't respond.  So I texted here again hours later, saying something along the lines of "I guess you changed your mind on dinner, no worries I'll cease bugging you.  Take care."  She responded to that one within a half hour, apologizing and saying that she was in Seoul and only just saw my messages.  She texted me again to say that she'd be returning to Busan next week.  I responded by saying "Right on.  Have a blast in Seoul!  Still interested in dinner once you're back?"  But she didn't get back to me on that one.  The Stella Rocky dream has died.

Luckily, I got a very positive response from Bobby, the girl I'd met at Halloween.  She agreed to do dinner, which we had last night.  It started poorly, as I beat her to the agreed meeting spot and proceeded to check my hair in a window.  Of course, as I'm checking my hair, she walks up and says "Don't worry, you look good" in a teasing tone.  It threw me off a bit, but being the champion I am with the ladies I quickly recovered.  As we walked to the restaurant, I somehow mentioned this dinner being a date (I forget how it came up, I don't know why I would just say it randomly.  I suspect she said something to trigger my comment, but if she did I don't remember what she said), and she quickly said "How do you know this is a date?  We could barely talk in that loud club."  Again, she caught me a bit off guard, but again, being a smooth lady champion, I said "Well, when you could hear them, you did laugh at the jokes I made.  And you approached me, so you must like the way I look, and therefore obviously want my body."  She laughed and told me fair enough.

The date proceeded to go really well.  As you could hopefully tell from the above paragraph, unless I'm a terrible writer (which is very possible), Bobby is playful and sassy.  Which is exactly my type.  She was also more attractive than I'd remembered (I remembered thinking she looked good when I met her, but last night she looked good), and didn't wear much makeup, if any (huge plus in my book).  I also dig her social perception.  Over dinner, she said she didn't like most foreign guys because they are "douchebags," a sentiment I agree wholeheartedly with.  But even more impressive, she'd keenly noticed that many of these guys "strut around like they're Superman because Koreans love white people, but back home they are probably losers."

After dinner, we went to this Indian restaurant/hookah bar.  They had semi-private stalls with translucent cloth dividing each eating area.  Bobby got a Jasmine tea, as alcohol makes her easily sick (when she does drink she told me she'll have 1/3 of a beer) and I got a beer.  We talked for an hour and a half about all sorts of stuff.  She had a big Saturday coming up so she headed home around 11:30, but we talked and connected for a solid 3 hours.  Ended the evening with a hug and I told her I wanted to see her again soon.  I really hope it works out because I'm ready to retire from the Korean singles scene.

So that's the girls update.  The only other noteworthy thing to happen to me since my last blog post was a school social hike followed by dinner on Wednesday.  The hike was pretty tame, but I had a hilarious conversation with Mr. Che, another teacher.  I was telling him about Bobby, and I told him that she's 30.  And he said "Ah, Max, that's OK.  Age is just a number.  Age is not important."  And I replied "Right!  What's important is her mind."  Mr. Che looked confused and said "No, surface!  Surface is what's important!"  I guess the American idioms "Don't judge a book by it's cover," and "Real beauty is on the inside" don't get taught in South Korea.

The dinner after the hike was pretty fun.  I got drunk because the Vice Principal kept feeding me shots of Soju.  But both he and the Principal told me that they wanted me to stay another year, which I took as a nod toward my job performance.

Well that's what's happened in my life.  Sick comeback by the Sharks last night, I saw the 3rd period, OT, and the shootout after my Friday classes.