e-mail update

Well, I didn't really have anything special to blog about.  It has just been a while since I've written anything so I thought I should.  I noticed that the last time I logged into my blog to update it it was all in Korean.  I figured that it was just because I was using the laptop and it didn't have the cookie on it.  Sometimes if I clear everything and try to go to google it will come up in Korean and I have to click the link to get google in English.  Well, blogger is now affiliated with google which is convenient in a lot of ways, but I didn't see a link to get it in English.  I was able to muddle through it and make the changes I wanted to make, but it was kind of a pain in the neck.  Well, now I'm using a different computer and it's all in Korean too.  I don't know what I did wrong!!  I think it must be going off the IP address or something.  Blogger offeres the capability to post to your blog via e-mail, but I didn't know the address I was supposed to send it to.  Fortunately, I can read Korean and I can understand it as long as it it a word I already know or a cognate.  If it isn't, you can forget it - I can sound it out all day and still not know what the heck it means.  I had to get out the dictionary and look up the words on the thermostat to figure out how to control the heat and hot water. Anyhoo, if you sound out the characters, e-mail is pretty much the same in Korean as in English, so I clicked on that link and it came up with the address I needed.  Yay!  I've been meaning to try that out anyway.

Cliff and I went to see 300 last week.  A whole group of us went.  We went to the Korean theater at I-Park and got tickets for the VIP room.  It's got seating for about 30 people.  The seats are set up by twos with a small table between them.  The seats don't have much more padding than a regular theater seat.  But other than the lack of padding, it's nice because it's basically a recliner so you can kind of stretch out and relax.  There's plenty of room between the seats and it's all stadium seating so no matter where you sit you get a good view of the screen.  We didn't have a camera with us otherwise I'd have taken a picture.  I guess that means we'll just have to go back soon.  : )  A free drink is included in the price, but there is also a menu of snacks for you to choose from which seemed to be reasonably priced.  There's also a couple of buttons on the table you can press for the attendant to bring you water or a beer.  We didn't know it, but they will also bring you a pillow and a blanket.  How awesome and cozy is that?!   You'd think you'd pay a fortune to get in there, but it really wasn't that bad.  It was 25,000 won per person which is about $27 with the current exchange rate.  It's what, $9 or so for an evening show on average in the States now?  Plus, at least $3.50 for a drink.  It was worth the extra bit of money for tableside service and not being crammed into a packed theater for a brand new movie.  For me, anyway.  Cliff really enjoyed the movie.  I liked it, but not as much as he did.  I really liked the story behind it and the historical aspect and if they had stuck to that, I'm sure I would have liked it a lot more.  I just didn't like the ogres and other creatures that they had in the movie.  That obviously wasn't realistic and detracted from the story, I thought.  We also saw a movie on post this weekend - Shooter with Mark Wahlberg.  This time Cliff didn't care for it as much as I did.  He thought it was too different from the book or something.  I know they did change some things, but I still thought it was good.  I read the book about four or five years ago, so I didn't remember the storyline exactly anyway.  The book is almost always better than the movie anyway.  I think Mark Wahlberg did a good job.  He has turned out to be a much better entertainer than you would have suspected back in his "Marky Mark" days.

Well, that's about it.  Have a great day!