No, I didn’t fall off the face of the earth.  Though in a couple of days I’ll be on the other side of it.  I’m spending 2 weeks in Korea with my mom.  I’m really looking forward to seeing my grandma, our thousands of relatives and hanging out in Seoul.  Plus, I get to see Elaine!!! We have plans to find some good jjajjangmyun.  mmmm

Ok, random stuff:

• Dragon Boating:  Still managing the HoustonHeat.org website, though I’m spending much less time now that it’s up and running more smoothly now.  In August, we went to Tampa for the National Dragonboat Championships, and we did well enough in the 250m time trials to make it to the Gold division in the 500m finals - and finished Bronze in the Gold B division, and 7th overall!  Not bad, given that our team had only trained for 3 months, it was our first time competing and we kept up with experienced teams who’ve been around for years.  We’re still practicing on the water every Saturday & Sunday, with two land workouts each week.  Last week, one of the Coaches had us crawling backwards up a hill in Allen Parkway - seemed easy at first, but it was a serious workout for the arms, shoulders and abs.  I was sore for days. 
• Running:  I’ve been running with some DB people in the mornings at Memorial Park, and then a few long runs on the weekends.  Two of us are doing the Koala/Luke’s Half in October, and the others are training for the Chicago marathon.  We did 11 miles last Saturday, and there were definitely lots of runners out.  Marathon season has arrived.
• Project Runway:  This season is boring.  I still watch, but fourfour’s reviews are far better than the show itself.  I finally stopped by Chloe Dao’s Lot 8 store in the Village.  She was selling a mix of her own stuff, some Japanese labels and also some Emmet McCarthy dresses.  I’ll never understand why her final collection on the show was so fugly - the clothes she makes and sells in her store look really nice.
• Korean Dramas:  You know you’re addicted when it’s 2am, you’ve been crying from some weepy storyline, and you promise yourself…”just one more episode…then I’ll go to bed….”   I should watch more Korean movies, so I don’t get caught up in 16+ episodes.   I did finally see OldBoy and JSA recently - both pretty good movies.
• The Cats: Skokie & Blossom are still their happy, furry selves.  

Anyways, I couldn’t not blog about my trip to Korea, so here ends my 2-month hiatus/break/procrastination/avoidance/whatever from escapevelocity.   It’s been so long since I’ve posted anything here, I couldn’t remember how to log into the backend.   Then I spent a few minutes deleting over 2,000 spam comments.  geez.