back at the helm

hi, all and sundrij (nod to my mate benj for the spelling of what most people would spell "sundry").

i've been down and out since the world cup ended, but only in a figurative sense. i neglected so many of my friends and responsibilities during the world cup that i spent the first week and a half afterward trying to catch up on emails.

then, here in korea, the rainy season lasted three weeks longer than usual, which put me into a funk of writing ignorance. once the rainy season ended on friday, 28 july, and the sunny, hot season descended upon us, i spent most of that first week of glorious sunshininess at the beach swimming, drinking, bronzing, and beginning to gain back some of the 13 kilograms (around 28 pounds for you metrically-challenged) i had lost since late april, not that such weight loss made me exactly svelte and chiseled.

once the heat crashed down upon us and working mornings crashed my world, i've not been exercising and have just been a lazy ass. this has crept into my writing as well, though not the major reason for ignoring aetherspace: no, my disdain for writing here can be wholly attributed to laziness and a lack of direction. that, and a surprise that i will spring upon you dedicated folks in due enough time.

for now, just know i'm back, i'm fit again (in the writing sense), i'm angry, i have things to say, and i have things to recount from the past bit of layoff time.

stay tuned, though i am really busy with teaching during these brutal days of august--and when i'm not busy, i'm lounging on the beach like the proverbial beached beer bottle--because i'll be back soon enough with enough to get you guys to wishing i would have maintained my aetherspatial silence.

a hint of things to come: FUCK ISRAEL and its horrendous destruction of lebanon. i raise a toast to hezbollah nearly every day as they do their damned best to keep the terrorist coward israelis and their american cohorts at bay...

long live lebanon and hezbollah's efforts