Back From the Dead

Happy Birthday, America! Today is your day, and to celebrate, I'm coming out of blogger oblivion to try to finally make a proper update.

Sorry that it's been nearly a month since my last post. I've been busy. Honestly, I never expected it to be so long, and time has just been blowing by so fast that I barely even realize that it's been that long. Still, one short post during June is a new monthly low for me, and though I have no intentions on letting this blog die, my updates have been becoming more and more irregular. So unfortunately, I can't promise you that 'Steve Thoughts' won't become just as long-gone well-preserved as any of the relics in the Egyptian Museum, but I vow to do my best to keep it up.

In case anyone reading this was worried (which I'm sure so many of you were), I did not die in Egypt. I didn't get kidnapped by bedouins, eaten by a living mummy, or recruited to join Cat Stevens. Besides being caught on a runaway camel, I made it back mostly unscathed, and it was a lot of fun, but really tiring. And thanks to my friends Jay and Katherine, for letting me stay at their home and showing me around Cairo a bit. It's hard to believe that I've been back for about three weeks. Sorry that's all I have to say about that.

I started my new job in Sillim-dong, and so far it's been going great. I've had very few problems with the students or the school, and though it's still early, I think it's going to be much better than the school I left exactly one month ago. I still miss my old students, but I'm sure they're just glad not to have my class five times a week after school.

That's all I've got for now. Sorry that I didn't actually say much, but it's really late here. I wasn't even going to post tonight, but I figured it's been long enough, and I could quickly type something out before I head to bed. I'll update again soon, I promise...

And to everyone back home, have a great Independence Day. I could really go for an American summer picnic right now.

P.S. The Arirang TV spot for my Seoul Sounds blog that I mentioned a while back is almost finished and ready to be aired. I should have the final, edited version soon. I'll be sure to keep you updated about when/how you might be able to see it, and I'll definitely try to post a link to a place that you can watch it here.