Dear Micro$oft,

Please go fuck yourself. I've put up with your shit long enough. The fact that you created new file extensions for Word 2007 that are incompatible with any other iteration of your buggy software are irritating; but the fact that you expect me to download another piece of software, the no-doubt worthless Document Viewer, is beyond even your most asinine tricks to date. Every time I manage to get rid of some vulnerable and predictably unstable program of yours, you force me to download another one just to COPY AND FUCKING PASTE some text into a compatible format for Word 2003.

How 'bout this? Just make it work. Deploy a patch for Word 2003. I don't need the hassle of more shitty software to read a file I already have in a program I already have. Again, fuck you, 개새기!

Love,

Corey

Mmm... Brunch

Positive News from the International Herald Tribune:

SEOUL: When she returned to Seoul in 2000 after 10 years in New York City, Park Su Ji introduced her fellow Koreans to an exotic way to socialize over food: "brunch."

"I really missed brunch but didn't find any brunch restaurants," Park said. So in the spring of 2005, she opened Suji's, a restaurant that serves toasted bagels and blueberry pancakes, among other brunch staples, in a setting that features black-and-white photographs of the Chrysler Building and Union Square in New York...

This is old news, but click here to read the rest of the story.

Via: Gridskipper

PSA: I moved!

Dear Friends,

Thanks to those who have been keeping up with my status abroad and I'm sorry I haven't written in a long time. There are a lot of posts on their way as soon as I get my fiber-optic lifeline hooked up, so keep checking back!

Anyway, for those who didn't know, I got a new job and I moved. I am now an editor at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, the leading government-funded think tank on such pressing issues as Korean reunification, Chinese FTAs and economic development, and financial education. This means no more working until 10:00pm, no more screaming children, no more bitchy mothers, no more attempted suicide, and the enjoyment of commuting in the most densely populated city in the word. Oh the wonders that comprise my life!

In keeping with my tradition of massive, life-altering change, I also moved further into the city. For Seoul people, I now live just a short jump from Samseong Station on the ever-busy green line, which is the same station as COEX mall and the Korea World Trade Center, where you can find the Kimchi Field Museum, aquarium, and not one but THREE Starbucks, two Cafe Pascuccis, and two Coffee Beans in the same building. I'm twitching just thinking about it. Hit me up if you're in the neighborhood.

My phone number is the same as it was, though I no longer have a land line, and of course I'm always checking my e-mail. You can also, *shudder*, reach me on Facebook, MySpace, or LinkedIn because I'm social-networked up to my loins. Again, check back soon for some more fascinating information about being a minority in Seoul, and an unhealthy dose of my rapier wit.

I wanna' give a shout-out to Tex, Big Dave, and my homie Slick Willy!