I'm An Alien

My day began with wonderful news.
In the words of Sting, "I'm an Alien, I'm a Legal Alien."

This calls for my theme song

It Goes Up To 11

My Visa number arrived. 

It's now time to take this decision and crank it up to 11. 

Normal decisions only go up to 10, but this one... it goes up to 11.

The paperwork is a little different then what I sent to Korea the first time around and I ended up needing a sealed copy of my college transcript even though I was told I wouldn't.
Good thing I ordered some just in case.

 

I'd like to say that I rocked my interview, but I didn't.

It was a train wreck narrowly averted.

Anytime you show up and pay for your visa in quarters it's not starting well.

All I could think was, "Less is more, less is more".

For example, when she asked me, "Why do you want to live in Korea?"

I did not answer, "Because it's got really good TV."

Let's consider that a win.

 

So, on Monday we will have the final results.

Nuclear Family

I was raised in a traditional Nuclear Family.

Despite generating the power for many wonderful and glorious things - it was created by deadly elements prone to dangerous explosions that left behind widespread destruction and copious amounts of toxic waste.

It took years to clean out the dirty energy and find a new, cleaner burning fuel to power a more energy efficient life. But we did it, a decade ago we built a green-friendly family using recycled materials in innovative ways.

Family Christmas Brunch

Now that we've re-imagined family our energy and our love goes further.

To our Green Family who couldn't be with us this holiday season
we love and we miss you.

Denominations

No matter how much time I've spent studying religion,

I've never been able to understand the value of Denominations.

Each treating human behavior like some sort of spirituality currency. 

Harri-bou and Rebeqa at St. James Mass

For me, I value

- Faith, Love, Relationship -

and these things don't exist within a government structure.

They are shared human experiences.

All American Rejects

In our house, dinner is always fusion.

Main Course:  Brown Sauce Noodles 

(turned out just as amazing as we'd dreamed)

Desert: Mexican Rice Pudding

Beverage: Homemade Mulled Wine

(a holiday gift from our German neighbors)