Happy 2012 everybody (my blog’s 2011 stats in review)
Happy 2012 to everybody who’s concerned about that. For those who aren’t, happy wonderful day to you in general. This is unimportant, but just in case some of you wanted to know who else is looking at my posts you can check the 2011 stats that Wordpress prepared for me. The link is below. One thing that surprised me: Some one from Nigeria visited (and hopefully read) my blog. One thing that didn’t surprise me: people who found me through search engines “came searching mostly for Korean Sex.” Maybe it was the Nigerian, or the guy from Brazil…
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt:
A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,900 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people.
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My Brother’s Eulogy
A few weeks ago my older brother, Josely Elie, died. He was in a hospital where members of my family visited him as he faded away. I was told that doctors gave him three months, which would’ve given me time to visit as well. That didn’t happen and I was in Korea while he passed away with my parents watching over him. I wasn’t able to go to the wake. I wasn’t able to go to the cremation ceremony. I was, however, able to write a eulogy that would be read in my place. This is a modified version of that eulogy. It’s written here to be more diary-like with, selfishly, more Alex-centered details then the one I wanted read.
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A few years ago, about ten, Josely and I were wasting an hour playing video games. This happened more often then I liked, but I had a lot of free time. At twenty one I had quit college and I quit my job. While pursuing a doomed dream I decided to read some books, write a little, and think a lot about the world I lived in. In those months me and my brother had been spending a lot of time together and I was constantly asking him questions about his life.
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Twitter philosophy
This is a collection of some of my twits (yeah, that’s what I call them) and Facebook statuses over the last few I-don’t-know-how-long. They’re short little bits of what I thought were insightful, and pretty sounding phrases placed in a non-chronological order. Follow me at @alexclermont because I’m cool, just like you.
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If it wasn’t for your delicious Kimchi and easily accessible 노래방s, I’d hate you Korea.
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Sometimes I wish I was #gay or at least #Bisexual. Sex would be far less complicated. DAMN you Vagina and the hold you have on me!! grrr…
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Student Q and A – “I get the money”
Some time ago I had to give my students a speaking test. It consisted of me asking them a series of questions to test there fluency in English. These are some of the questions – and some of the more interesting answers I received:
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QUESTION: Who is your favorite music artist? Why do you like them?
Answer: You know Hip-Hop? I like Nas because… he is very famous.
Answer: I like Lonely Island because they have very sexual content songs like “dick in a box,” “Jizz my pants” and whatever.
Answer: I like Girls Generation because they so cute. Ahh… [he adjusted himself in his seat and smiled] Yes, they are so cute.
Answer: My favorite artist is Kanye West, because his voice is very charming.
QUESTION: What school subject are you interested in? Why are you interested in it?
Answer: I like science because teacher is girl.
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Nudist dating: A facebook chat excerpt
This is what I thought was an interesting excerpt of a facebook chat I had with a friend. How would nudist living change dating?
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She: Would u really walk around naked in the summer?
Me: lol. Hell no. I don’t like jail.
She: Oh… I forgot that was a crime…LOL
Me: it certainly is. Korean society is not advanced enough to appreciate the beauty of the human body in it’s natural state. lol. plus no one wants to see a naked ajoshi. Certainly not me.
She: It’s true… Korean people are weird about that stuff… but so is America as a whole.
Me: Yeah… I wonder though. How would dating practices change in a nudist society?
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