The latest

Developments from over here:

• My computer's toast. I have no idea what happened. It was working fine, except that the mouse button wouldn't work in Red Alert. So I hit restart to see if that would fix anything -- the thing hasn't restarted since. I've tried rewriting the MBR, the boot sector, the system folders... nothing works. The hard drive seems OK, because I can access it through the recovery console; this is a huge relief because all my music is there. But it looks like Thursday (my first payday) will be "new computer day." Or, more ideally, "used computer that's more functional than my old used computer day."
• Had another dinner party on Friday night. This one had a Western tilt -- six foreigners, three Koreans. Greg, Jasmine and Myrna were in Busan, so it was me, Kristin and Adam from Daegu, plus Gretchen a new teacher named Michael, another teacher named Stephen, and the Korean delegation of SunA, Sue and John. Gretchen brought her Wii. Pictures TK.
• I love my church. I went back for a second week today and met more people; I even got the chance to go have lunch with a few of them. It's inspiring to see the Spirit of God moving in people so different from myself, in a culture so far from what I'm used to. Same God though.