I'm in Daejeon with my coworkers. The whole school staff piles into a bus, the moment the kids have left campus for the start of summer vacation earlier today. We drive to Daedunsan (Muju), the more ambitious hike some trails (I'll post some cellphone pics later), we drive to Daejeon, and have a hweh-sik with way too much beer, soju and makkeolli flowing. Now I'm in a hotel, and my roommates, being high on the seniority list, have been socially obligated to go drink some more. I've bowed out. Tired, and, as many know, I don't enjoy drinking too much. I'm feeling deeply melancholy as it is. I don't need more.