“It is the gray we need…made of bright and black, able to shed the former, or the latter, and be the latter or the former alone.” —Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable, 1953 Name: Darcie Draudt Born: 1985, U.S.A. Currently Residing: Seoul, Korea Find out more about me here. You can also email me at darciedraudt at gmail dot com.Tumblr (3.0; @darcie)http://darciedraudt.com/<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krz991WjlZ1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stegosaurus fossil at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/221065243http://darciedraudt.com/post/221065243Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:15:00 +0900museumphoto<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kripldDJon1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Five Guys’ hamburger. <i>This</i> was the burger I wanted to each once during my visit to the States. Yessss.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/220320056http://darciedraudt.com/post/220320056Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:01:54 +0900photofood<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krip14ABgz1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I think I went to the restroom about three times in the course of the forty minutes I was waiting for my flight out of Seoul, just because I get sick of sitting by the boarding gate.</p> <p>While washing my hands and trying to read the Korean instructions for how to use the automatic faucet, I realized that I’m no longer bothered by the poor English on signage. Actually, if I do read it, I use it as an indication of how I might translate something into Korean.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/219868801http://darciedraudt.com/post/219868801Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:03:46 +0900photoenglishkorean<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kripmfbT9M1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lake Erie from Huntington Beach in Bay Village, Ohio.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/219756123http://darciedraudt.com/post/219756123Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:03:46 +0900photolandscape<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kripjbau2R1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chicken truck on I-71 in Virginia.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/219578578http://darciedraudt.com/post/219578578Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:03:00 +0900phototransportation<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kripi5GKOc1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ice cream truck on I-71.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/219394951http://darciedraudt.com/post/219394951Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:01:48 +0900phototransportation<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kripha9r2n1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I-71, somewhere in one of the Carolinas.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/218945829http://darciedraudt.com/post/218945829Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:02:46 +0900photolandscapetransportation<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kripftAq6b1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Abadoned shoes at Jetton Park in Cornelius, North Carolina.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/218833997http://darciedraudt.com/post/218833997Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:01:53 +0900photo<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kripei91L61qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lake Norman, just outside Charlotte, North Carolina.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/218640987http://darciedraudt.com/post/218640987Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:01:49 +0900photolandscape<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kripdb8sYj1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>When I was working at a gallery in North Carolina a couple years ago, one of my coworkers would make the most eclectic salads you would (n)ever think of. Learning from her tutelage, I think I’m catching up in the odd-food-mixing department.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/218434881http://darciedraudt.com/post/218434881Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:00:50 +0900photofood<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krip9z2crz1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Driving on I-71 from Cleveland to Charlotte. Since when did marching bands have such slick-looking logos? Or logos at all?</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/217987715http://darciedraudt.com/post/217987715Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:02:49 +0900phototravel<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krip796KRi1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Riding the tram for a layover at Narita Airport.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/217875456http://darciedraudt.com/post/217875456Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:02:45 +0900phototraveltransportation<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krip53vgvp1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My last meal eaten on Korean soil: a hot dog. Not very fitting for a last meal, is it? Well, at least it’s from a Korea-only company…even if that company is Paris Baguette.</p> <p>I <i>did</i> drink corn tea, though!</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/217688798http://darciedraudt.com/post/217688798Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:01:52 +0900photofood<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kriopufJlx1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>5:30 a.m., getting ready to catch the airport bus back to the States.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/217496088http://darciedraudt.com/post/217496088Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:02:05 +0900phototransportation<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kriomoXvrJ1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Riding to Incheon.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/217045918http://darciedraudt.com/post/217045918Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:02:47 +0900phototransportation<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kriojpzb381qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I needed java after an interview in Gangnam.</p> <p>I started the interview really well: dressed in my best young professional clothes, was very eloquent and spoke assertively. Then they had me give a sample lesson on “Having Business Meetings.” Not the worst, but I certainly felt awkward.</p> <p>Interestingly, they still called me back for Round 2 of interviews, but I was out of Korea at the time.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/216930548http://darciedraudt.com/post/216930548Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:02:46 +0900photocoffee<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kriofiMEzT1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hongdae Children’s Park</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/216760000http://darciedraudt.com/post/216760000Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:02:49 +0900photohongdae<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krioec84jK1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hongdae Children’s Park</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/216613497http://darciedraudt.com/post/216613497Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:02:00 +0900photohongdaelandscape<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kriocmDwCp1qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sky on a particularly clear day in Seoul.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/216202244http://darciedraudt.com/post/216202244Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:23:46 +0900photolandscape<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krioagpci61qzo0bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yogi! Noodles in Hongdae.</p>http://darciedraudt.com/post/216089085http://darciedraudt.com/post/216089085Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:23:48 +0900photofoodhongdae