ever since i've gotten to seoul, i've become increasingly aware that i have a wisconsin accent. i've only become conscious to this because EVERYONE KEEPS ON TELLING ME ABOUT IT. i've never been told that i've had an accent until i came to korea, and it's getting to the point where it's making me self conscious about my pronounciation. it doesn't really affect me too much when people from different countries tell me that i have an american accent. but it worries me a little when americans tell me that i have a wisconsin accent... what's a wisconsin accent? when i think of a wisco accent, i think of people up north ("hey der... anyone need to go to da store?"). and i hope to God that that's not what they're talking about when they mention mine. and if i do have an accent, that means all of my friends from home must have one too, which is really funny and makes me feel a whole lot better.

i also think i've lost a few brain cells since i've gotten here. maybe it's because i'm trying very hard to learn a new language, but my english seems to have gotten a lot worse. i've taken up the habit of randomly adding an 's' to the end of certain words (soccers, waters, etc.). i found it funny the first couple of times it happened, but now i'm just getting embarressed. maybe this is just one of the unknown side effects of heavy pollution.

today i wrote an entire email in capslock and didn't even realize it until right before i sent it.

my roommate talks in her sleep every night. really loudly. in korean.

you'd think that since i'm in korea and most asians are roughly the same stature, i'd have a much easier time finding clothes that fit me... not true.

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