Lately I have had a lot more people in my life it seems. That is a good thing. I feel much happier when I spend more time with people, in general. A couple of weeks ago it looked like this:
- Tues. night I had my regular meeting with James. We ended up walking to the Banpo Bridge and then back.
- Wed. night I ran into James again. He was watching some guys play on the field and we ended up talking there for about 4 hours.
- Thur. evening I took Sehyung and Jisang out for Mexican food in Itaewon. I had promised Sehyung dinner for his birthday. That was about 70,000 won, but worth it.
- Sat. there was the "Salon" at Shelly's house, which is out of Seoul, and was just great! Some of them stayed over that night, but I had to be back in Seoul because...
- Sun. morning, I went with "the Chef" to Icheon, to the pottery festival. We had a good time looking around, and when we came back, he took me to the "French Village" in Seocho.
This last week wasn't quite that busy, but it seems to still be more people oriented than usual:
- Tues. James, his girlfriend and I went to the "Seoul of Brazil" concert at Sejong Center. Tiger was supposed to go also, but work tied him up. I guess Minwoo showed, though I never saw him.
- Fri. I meet Karen in Itaewon for a Thai food lunch...
- and then I meet Doo, Aiden and his wife for a trip to a gallery which had traditional Korean art on display (only twice a year). It was a great time. Aiden and I seemed to be on the same wavelength, so it felt really comfortable.
- After that I went with Doo to "Wall Street Institute" for a session, faking to be from Mexico. It felt a bit awkward, but sort of funny.
- Saturday I actually went to church for a change--Yongsan. Sabbath school was good, as was church.
- Saturday night was the Lotus Lantern Parade. I didn't get to the area as soon as I had planned. Went to the start of the route and saw some of them taking off, the went to Anguk area to see the parade. Meet a few interesting people on the street, and in general, had a great time. Tiger backed out of coming. He hates crowds.
- Sunday (which was yesterday) I got a very little done in the office, went to lunch with Travis and then went to a workshop that Raul had organized. More about that later maybe. I didn't get home until almost past 11pm.
Maybe the most interesting thing in all of this is Jay, who I met at the workshop. I really don't know what he thought about me, and I don't know if I'm right, but my gay-dar was pinging VERY strongly with him. I really didn't talk to him that much, but there was an awkward "sexual" tension between us, it seemed. I have no reason to think he would be interested at all, nor do I think I should be. But I thought he was really quite handsome, and the meeting of our eyes seemed to be more than casual glances.
I guess I have to just wait and see if he emails or calls me.
