stimulus

as expected, stimulus overload over the past 30 plus hours ive been awake. first however, i took off on the thrid not the second since an overcautious flight agent would not let me through the gates on the 2nd. she misinterpreted my visa, locked out my flight and sent me home. their was a certain subconscious mental preparation for the trip, which deflated once marooned in mn for another day. from this floating state, i became fortunately ungrounded, differently this time, as the following day they let me board the aircraft. both of my flights provided amiable plane buddies. the first to chicago a golfer guru and his wife from minneapolis. the second flight, 14 hours in length, was even better as i was placed next to Bosook and Su. Su i met in the check in, and Bosook i met on the plane. 3 points. 1, the billowing marshmellow terrain of clouds at 39000 feet is far to celestial and powerful (i even saw a circle rainbow, which i captured and will post maybe). 2, ive never been such a minority, an invaluably subjective experience. 3, Su (a friendly commonwoman from Busan who helped translate conversations and guide them with others) and Bosook (biologist in boston) both taught me all sorts of korean and made an otherwise time consuming flight enjoyable.
Seoul: busy, congested, unsafe driving, flashing neon signs. the crowds make an interesting atmosphere, one which constitutes the individual nature of seoul to be sure. Hi Jin Kim, Hyoung Joo, and Deun keun kim, the 3 cohorts ive met so far: very nice, took us olies (5 total) out on the town, fun indeed.