Highlights of my Day... Sunday, March 8

1. I wasn't too thrilled about having to get all dolled-up for some musical, considering it also meant the awkwardness that always comes with meeting Q's coworkers when their with their spouses. I like many of his coworkers and even have my favourites among them. I particularly favour this one guy who, and get this, is a huge Toronto Blue Jays fan... hahaha. Q's coworkers are fine on their own but throw in their spouses in the scene and then they all become shy. We become no longer buddy-buddy but instead they all stand around looking at me and there's that uncomfortable "what should I say?" look that bombards their faces and leaves them fiddling with things in their pockets. Today was no exception except a transvestite was thrown into the equation.

2. So the show we watched was called "Hedwig". I should have done my research by googling it to read the play synopsis before hand but I didn't, I forgot. I've seen many live theater shows though in Korea and so I was pretty comfortable that my level of Korean mixed with reading body language would bring about understanding of the show... no such luck.

3. Basically the show was an extended monologue of a wanna-be rock star he/she who got a sex change so that he could marry his male lover and leave Germany. However, upon his lover discovering that he got a sex change, his lover leaves him for another man and so the wanna-be rock star takes out his bitterness by forming a band called "The Angry Itch"... and then spends two hours of my time throwing himself a pity party. Well, that was basically the story I got out of it but there was much more of it that I later found out with the help of Google. Even after reading the full story and whatnot on Goggle, I still didn't care for the play but was rather shocked that Korea would host a play with such content.

4. Q and I sat squirming in our seats for the most part as this clearly wasn't our type of show. His company had treated us to the tickets and so we couldn't exactly leave. I'm definitely not into watching some dude grab himself and prance around stage in Goddy outfits for about two hours. I thought the "grabbing" was bad enough but then, close to the end of the show, he striped down to a nasty pair of pleather/spandex tiny boxer briefs and rocked it out on stage... jumping and singing. The main character made for an ugly woman but an even uglier guy and even Q noted that the guy should have hit the gym before hitting the stage more than half naked... hahaha. But then again, maybe he did. Regardless, we were stuck there, forced to endure the two hours of this-is-brutal show, so Q slept a bit and I filed my nails.

5. A student of mine had texted me before the show and I mentioned to him that I was going to see "Hedwig". "How was it? Was it great?" he texted me later. I didn't know what to say. "It was brutally terrible and I feel like the biggest pervert for having watched it" was what I really wanted to say, but instead, a simple "I didn't like it" was all I typed him back.

6. For having to endure that brutal show that I'm sure is going to give me nightmares for weeks, I made Q treated me to a good dinner... hahaha. And so off we went to the Pumpkin Village Restaurant across town where they're always overly generous with their finger-licking delicious side dishes and juicy meat.

7. The other day Q told me that he wants to be more serious about studying English and so tonight I thought it'd be fun to pump up the volume in the truck after I popped in an English pop CD. Pop songs are pretty hard to sing along to if you're not familiar with the language but Q has mastered part of the chorus to one of Mariah Carey's songs. "Touch my body" was the only line he sung along to but boy did he make it known... hahaha. Driving around downtown with Q yelling out "touch my body" left me in tears, laughing my head off.

8. Watching "Maid of Honor" with Q felt a bit odd considering the main character appeared to be a Hollywood version spin-off of a guy I once dated. It even looked like him too, mind you his hair wasn't so wavy but he too was disgustingly handsome and dripping with riches. He didn't invent the "coffee collar" though.

9. Dropped by the university in hopes of avoiding the mad Monday morning rush for the photocopy machine. Printed off my handouts and then returned home.

10. Q's been hanging around my house excessively lately. He pops in even when I'm not home but I don't mind it as much as I use to. You know sometimes you just need your own private time though. There are certain things I do when I'm alone, like practicing random dance moves, blasting the music, and trying on about a million things from my closet out of boredom. He's been holding his own weight around here though and so I don't mind him being here so much. He's taken walking Mi Nam twice a day as his responsibility, hangs up my laundry and often puts it away for me, he does my dishes and cleans up the house a bit when I'm out, and he's been helping out with my grocery bills. Maybe you can train old dog new tricks... hahaha.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Who was the person who picked this play?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.
-- Voltaire