The Two Dollar Project

Good Luck

“Wait! If Jake is in Korea, he can’t continue to talk unnecessarily about $2! Did he get a new blog?”

This is just one example of ACTUAL concern expressed to me about the future of blogging.  However, I believe that I can respond adequately to both parts of this fear and confusion that has been caused by my absence from the the blogosphere:

First, I absolutely can continue to talk unnecessarily about $2 bills.  For example, yesterday, I was walking through a shopping center near Namdaemun and passed two stamp and collectible paper money shops.  Each had a 2003 $2 note displayed in the shop window.  One had a hand written note attached.  Since I am unable to speak Korean and the handwriting was fairly poor, all I could make out with the help of my cellphone dictionary was “행운” (haengun.) “행운” means “good luck.”  Imagine my surprise when a google search for 행운 turned up photos of four-leaf clovers and two-dollar bills!  Maybe fate brought me to this country.

Second, I have started another blog.  It is more (overtly) about myself than the TDP, but will not have as limited a scope.  The theme is:  how can I reconcile my concept of and aspirations toward the life of a gentleman with the current state of society and my own physical remoteness from the cultural source of my ideals?  In short, how can I be a Modern Western Gentleman (Abroad)?