a random act of sweet corn kindness and an early xmas present

perfect example of korean politness:

sometimes us co-op boys have a lonely night in. we have to do laundry and man the boxers. in this case, we go to pizza school across the street and order one up. now, we're all fans of pizza school because it's a semi-decent pizza that fills you up for about the equivalent of $5, the thing is they though put corn on their pizza. that, i am not a fan of so i make sure to tell the teenage korean girl "sweet corn opsoyo" with my arms forming an "X". the last two times i ordered from her though i came home to find it on there. i think she just forgets. so i went there tonight but while i was walking the couple hundred metres back home i was waiting at the stop lights when the owner ran up to me and started speaking korean to me. then he said "sweet corn" and i knew they messed it up again. i didn't want them to have to make me a whole new pizza let alone walk back and wait another ten minutes. but honestly, how nice was it for this man to run all the way down the street in the cold weather and tell me that they put corn on my pizza? that, my friends, is a typical korean and that's why they're awesome people.

i also came home tonight to find a nicely sized box from my lovely mom. hey mom, i'm eating a peanut butter cookie for dessert right now and i also have breakfast for the rest of the week. hope i wasn't supposed to wait for christmas to come.
i already started reading the penguin anthology of canadian humour. the first part of the book is the beginning chapter from dave bidini's tropic of hockey which i read awhile back so that's a nice start because he's a great writer and i kinda like hockey. i'll also bring the calendar of toronto to work tomorrow and i'll show it to my students. i mention it every day so it'd be a good idea to show them pictures of it as well. thanks again mom.