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I wonder what you, my beloved readers, think about North Korea. What do people in America, or wherever you are, think of the North and that crazy bastard up there? Do you feel threatened at all by him and his rhetoric, or are you just bemused by it?


I know how I feel about him. I don't feel threatened or scared or anything like that. I feel angry. I'm legitimately piqued by his whole song and dance routine. However, my reasons for feeling this way aren't exactly innocent or altruistic.

I get paid in Korean won. Thus, I have a lot of it, compared to you, at least. It's in my best interest that the Korean won is strong, because when I go home in a few short months, I'll be exchanging all of my hard earned wons for good 'ol American dollars. I want those wons to be worth as many dollars as possible.

I sent some money home a few months ago. At that time, I got 94 cents for every 1,000 won. After a few months of chubby Mr. Kim up north's posturing or whatever the hell you call it, the won has gone down to 90 cents. At this rate, who knows where it will be by the time I come home.

So that's why I'm so fed up with it all. I think my feelings could be summed up best by Mr. Sean Combs in one of the most profanity-laced movies ever made, Made.