Comments on: Gratitude – 03/11/2009

By: Siege

Siege — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:40:11 +0000

Thanks for swinging by, Geoff. I remember visiting Engrish.com when I first returned from my foray in Korea, but had drifted away from it over time. It’s good to have people around who can remind me of the important things in life.

Glad to be able to share the link to Plastiki. I look at the adventure he’s proposing with equal parts horror and awe.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:27:42 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with your gratitude towards Engrish.com What a great site. I have often thought of contributing to it with what I see here in Korea on a daily basis. Is it catharsis that allows me to celebrate the degradation of my blessed language even while aiding and abetting the linguistic colonization of Korea? Perhaps….

Thanks for the Plastiki link; I hadn’t heard about it.

By: Siege

Siege — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:51:03 +0000

Thanks, Lynnita! I’m a little nervous about the whole exercise, having never really gotten up close and personal with plants before. Growing up on a farm, putting seeds in the ground was more about dumping several tons of them in the back of a drill and roaring around the fields on a tractor. I must say, there’s something transcendent about watching the seedlings sprout one by one.

I’m assuming, at this point, that more than one will sprout. Otherwise, the whole transcendence starts to break down in a hurry.

By: Lynnita

Lynnita — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:37:38 +0000

I love those first seedlings. They fuel hope that spring may come after all. Good luck with yours!