Tickled

I suppose if I had been in any other mood, I would've been thoroughly entertained. Because I was in a pretty bad mood, I was only a little tickled. I don't think that's quite the right word, but I can't think of a better way of expressing it. I suppose mildly entertained would also suffice but I think "tickled" fits the feeling that I have right now. It's like a giggle is brushing against the back of my throat, kind of like the way a nose tickles right before a sneeze.  Only to find to one's dismay, that the sneeze won't come out and one is left off worse than before because one now has this weird feeling in one's nose that should've been purged through a sneeze but was not. I suppose that's kind of how I feel right now 'cept I don't suppose I feel worse off.

At any rate, I bought some wine at the local grocery store and I guess because I had this rebellious I-hate-life-and-everything-in-it and I was only buying wine (like an alchy), I guess I looked suspicious. So, because I was dressed like every other teenager in Seoul (and not like my age group), the checkout person looked at me kind of funny and carded me. ("You look kind of young - I'm going to have to check your ID."). I literally stared at her for like 10 seconds because I didn't understand what she was asking for. Then I started to crack up and told her that I was thankful that she was carding me (because it means I look young). Even thinking about it now, it almost brings a smile to my face. I mean, to be completely honest, I was kind of flattered (especially because I think the drinking age is even younger here - like 20? 19?). At any rate, I suppose looking young has its perks.

I have to say, when you're feeling the shits, life (God?) really has a way of picking you up.

A lot of the times, when a day is going bad, they say it usually gets worse, but I guess it really depends on what you pay attention to and how you take it.

A good meal, some good wine to finish it off, a decent conversation with one of the 'rents and all of a sudden, the world seems like a better place.

Maybe I was just hungry and irritable.