With my aunt and my cousin. You can kind of see the resemblance between my aunt and my mom, they're both pretty thin. Anyway, the last time I went to Korea I spent a week with my aunt, and my cousin was there only a couple days, so I kind of had to find ways to amuse myself. Not coincidentally, that's the summer I read the unabridged version of Les Miserables. I had time. Anyway, when we'd go to museums and stuff, I would read every single thing I could on the exhibits to kind of pass the time. Thing is, my aunt interpreted that as me being fascinated by Korean culture or something, so she promised that when I came again, she'd take me to the museum. So here we are, we only had a few hours to meet, and we went to the museum. The statues we're in front of represent the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.

Sangmee is the only cousin I have in Korea, all the rest are in America. I always felt kind of bad for her, because you know, family is big in Korea, and she's an only child and has never had cousins around. Must be tough. As a side note, has anyone considered the long term implications of China's one child policy? Eventually no one will have any aunts, uncles, or cousins. That's just strange to think about.