Hiding Out

First, I'd like to mention -- there's a pretty awesome sale at Geekfitters. You can get some great t-shirts, all for only $9.99. And the shipping is only $3.95 flat rate.

I visited the Chicago beauties and geeks two weeks ago. I had a good time. It's one of those friendships where you can just pick up like normal, like you'd just seen each other yesterday (when in fact, I haven't seen most of these kids for a while). Joe took me out to get some pizza, and Karl came out sometimes too, when his girlfriend gave him permission. Joe and Karl, and their roommates Matt and Josh, were really good hosts. Also, I was really glad to see Tristin, Brittany, and Amanda. All three of them had to drive pretty far just to come out and see me.

Chicago is nice. The architecture matches the cold weather -- tall, vertical homes, line the streets, and many of the sky-scrapers have a sort of gothic design.

Currently, I'm hiding out here in Durham, North Carolina. Just waiting for Season 3 to come out, so that people will forget about me. Fortunately, no one has recognized me out here. Durham is beautiful. I've heard it said once that the United States used to be covered coast to coast with forests, so that a squirrel could cross the continent without ever touching the ground. Durham feels like the houses and roads were cut into the trees. The highways are lined on either side with towering trees. They're lovely.

Alright, that was a little cheesy. I'm feeling nauseous.

TV knows no boundaries

Apparently, Beauty and the Geek has crossed the seas. This was from myspace:

hi chris my name is sunhyang. lately,it's broadcasting "beauty & the geek 2" in korea. i know you from that. it's interesting. but you speak with an air of imfortance. tristin was touched with pity. what a pity!

From South Africa:

Dear Chris

I am 21 and live in South Africa. I am a dedicated fan of yours. I look up to you as a role model. I appreciate your accomplishments and achievements.

I know that you are busy and get tons of fan mail but could you please fulfil a small request from adevoted fan? Could you please send me an authentic, personally signed note or pic made out to me "Clayton". I will greatly appreciate it.Having your autograph will be a real dream come true for me.

My postal address is:
Clayton
(address)
South Africa

Thank you so much for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards, Clayton

Now, I'm not sure which accomplishments he's talking about: was it perhaps when I made a girl cry on national TV, or maybe when I alienated everyone on the show during the question session? To be fair, I was pretty funny sometimes, and I had a few virtues (repentance?).

I wonder how other cultures perceive this whole reality tv phenomenon. Also, if the Korean version has subtitles, I'd love to see how they translated the show. I hope these letters amused (maybe even disturbed?) you.

-- Chris