Recent Life.
I am currently on my tenth career (approximately). I have been working as an elementary EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher in Ilsan (suburban Seoul), South Korea.
Previous careers (in backwards order) included: database programmer/analyst; high school Spanish teacher; graduate student (that's a career, isn't it?); UPS night-shift box-sorter (box-destroyer! -- a Teamster); bookstore clerk; US Army truck mechanic; book-bindery factory worker; assistant manager at a hostel (Mexico City); homeless college dropout living in a VW Bug.
I am currently doing some traveling and reconnecting with friends and relatives in North America, but my "most-likely" plan is to return to teaching at a private academy here (known as a 학원 "hagwon") in Ilsan. I find it very fulfilling and satisfying.
I often think myself as a writer but, I don't seem to do much actual writing. I have, however, been quite prolific with my blog, recently. I keep planning to try to post some of my past work, such as it is, but so far I haven't gotten around to it.
Beyond this return to teaching, I've been known to harbor certain vague entrepreneurial fantasies. The website name "raggedsign" is the "brand" which I developed, many years back, to identify myself as a creative and/or computer-consulting business. That whole project is completely dormant, at the moment, but it's possible to visit the professional section of this website for more info.
To learn more about me personally, see my
resume, or visit my
bio section for an idea of who I am.
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