Ticket to Bangkok: Procured.
Classes: Rocking.
New House: Home
PHEW.
What do travelers do?
Did anyone else use those books growing up where you'd write letters to companies and groups to get freebies? Well, I did.
Here's my version, culled from teh internetz and friends and such (soooo modern):
Tomato seeds (If you've "forgotten" your code, enter Code 1: P8039, Code 2: U6, select tomato)
Adorbs birds (Collect them all!)
Sub Pop sampler (tunes) (More free downloads...um, everywhere.)
Drinking (Hope this is in your town -- If so, get there reallllly early and leave early bc events are usually filled to the brim with gross.)
That oughta get you started.
Who said we're in a recession?
The Jeju Rape Flower festival: 03.27.2009 ~ 03.29.2009, Seogwipo-si International Convention Center, Jungmun
In Korea spring comes earliest to Jeju-do Island, and by the end of February the yellow rape flowers are beginning to bloom. By festival time in April the entire island is awash with bright yellow flowers, which last for the entirety of spring.
The Jeju Rape Flower festival is one of the most famous festivals in Jeju and attracts large numbers of visitors every year. As well enjoying the wild flowers, visitors will fully enter the festive spirit with the festival’s various entertainment events.

The rape flowers you can see just about anywhere around the island. I recommend checking out one of the Halla-san trails, where you'll find some really breathtaking views.
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So now, I will also think of a field of yellow flowers and festive celebrations when I hear rape. Awesome.
liminal
PRONUNCIATION:
(LIM-uh-nl)
MEANING:
adjective: 1. At an intermediate state. 2. At the threshold of consciousness.
Do these people know their new year's words or what? :-)
Wow. Still processing.
The work part = meh.
The view and hardcore 'we will not be shutdown by your flakes' mentality = wow.