last day of January

As always, it's hard to believe we're already done with the first month of the new year. I hope January went well for you. For me, it's been both quiet and busy. I finished up a whirlwind of content generation on Substack and other sites where I have regularly appearing posts. Today, I'll be making a big, obnoxious, meaty variation of budae-jjigae prompted by my buddy Mike's having shown me a pic of a ramyeon  lunch prepped by his son. This variation will have eggs in it, which isn't typical for budae. But when you're hungry, you're hungry.

Enjoy the final dregs of January and steel yourself for February. In the States, you've got Groundhog Day and Valentine's Day coming up, not to mention Black History Month and Mardi Gras, Presidents' Day, and even (I never knew this) National Chili Day. I might make myself some chili dogs on that day (February 26).

Here in South Korea, from February 16 to 18, we've got Seollal, the lunar new year, to look forward to. I'll do my usual thing and avoid what the Brits call the rellies (relatives), unless I decide to deliver cookies or something. Otherwise, for me, February just means more work, work, work on various projects, then during the final week of February, I need to start generating more Substack content to last me through April so I have breathing room to continue working on books, videos, and other things.

Oh, yeah—today, as promised, I need to think about contacting that publishing house in Daegu. It's an email thing, so if I don't get to it today, it's not a tragedy, but I'll nevertheless aim for doing it today. January dregs!