Mom in Korea

After growing tired of life devoid of chaos, hardship, and difficulty, my mom decided to venture out into the wild unknown of Korea to reclaim some of these lost moments of gold. This was an exciting opportunity for her to gather crucial data for further research in the field of clinical psychology, what is casually addressed as "why are my kids so weird?", a research focus which will be a crowning achievement once she officially becomes a psychologist and therefore might need be addressed as Dr. Mom. Doctor-in-training mom brought with her a key specimen for this research, identified as unit C, the Geoff organism, a wily, traveling hippy-musician-hobo-subhuman. This was advisable, as unit C lacks the capacity to feel humiliation or embarrassment, a noble trait when one frequently and inadvertantly does something horribly outrageous, as one is want to do when comprehension of foreign society borders on zero.

Research began in a small restaurant that is open 24 hours a day. Here, it was discovered that spice is like a food group in Korea, and that under no circumstances can substantial nourishment without it be purchased.

Monumental achievements were experienced during a brief lit at Gyungbokgung, the Royal Palace of Seoul. It was observed that unit C initiates the 'curiosity gene' in local citizenry, thereby enticing younger members to point, stare, and generally be awesome, as subhuman hippy beings are completely alien to the acute conservatism engendering the lives of Korean schoolchildren.

The most revolutionary breakthroughs occured during the course of a Saturday night/Sunday morning exhibition in Hongdae, the specified "rock 'til the socks come off" district of Seoul. The doctor was unwittingly forced to partake in or at the very least endure such rituals as 'beer drinking' and 'gin-sipping'. The doctor's report was conclusive: these activities have now been scientifically proven to make people cooler, more attractive, and better conversationalists.