USA! USA! USA!

today was such a mixed bag of emotions.

i went to itaewon, which is the foreigner district

(near the military base, a lot of teachers, middle eastern and southeast asians, and africans hang out here)

it was weird being able to eavesdrop on conversations again

and how shopkeepers spoke english to me

and how i could order an all-american breakfast at dinner time and the ketchup didn't taste like cinnamon and the meal didn't come with a dish of sweet pickles or kimchi

and how i registered to vote on the street

and how there were just SO MANY WHITE PEOPLE

it made me feel simultaneously lonely and whatever the opposite of lonely is

i also had an interesting experience with a young kenyan man

he approaches me and makes some polite conversation and then is like 

"i like you. i want to know you more. let's go sit somewhere, yes?"

and i mean, i wasn't really doing anything and he seemed nice enough so i said ok.

but to be honest, i wasn't really interested, so i should have flat out said NO.

and this guy became so pushy.

at first, it was flattering, but just became ridiculous and terribly annoying and disconcerting.

and he was so insulting to me!

like saying, "why are you being rude to me?"

and "you're not a little kid, don't act like it"

when i just said, "i just met you, you're being too pushy" after he kept FOLLOWING ME after i said i had to go.

i finally got rid of him by being like (for the FOURTH TIME), "listen, i'm sorry if i gave you the wrong idea, but i don't want to talk to you anymore. can you please leave me?"

and he says, "ok, so nice to meet you! i really love you!"

WHAT THE KIMCHIIII!!!!

why do boys like it when you're being a true bitch to them!?!?!

i hate how some people don't mean no when they say no and then it ruins NOs for the rest of us.

anyway, it was an ok day despite weird american homesickness and an aggressive boiiiiiieee

i bought a copy of BITCH magazine, and felt oddly vindicated with my much-needed feministy boost.