The little dragon egg you see before you is one of the many many items I will be confiscating from children over the course of the next year. I'm hoping to add a few more cell phones to my collection. Last night I enjoyed a traditional Korean birthday party to celebrate the completion of one year of life on Earth. The highlights of the festivities involved the incredible spread of food which consisted mainly of meat and cookies.
There of course also were the Hanbok costumes forced upon the baby and his parents. The parents looked like two Korean dolls and the baby was adorned in an outfit becoming to a pinata. The guest of honor although having just entered his second yar on Earth had the great responsibility of holding what could only be described as a Viking sword to cut the birthday cake. They merely place the blade's handle in the baby's hand and let the weight of the sword drop through the cake and then knick the table just to be certain the slice made it all the way through.
The best part of the night was when the baby had to choose his life's destiny by picking an item from a tray full of symbolic tokens that represented future careers. This particular baby seemed to have no interest in the items which made me suspect he would become a monk. Eventally the mother stuck the pencil in his hand which meant that he would become of scholar of sorts. She cheated though, so we now the gods won't allow it. Among the other items were a microphone, a $20 bill, a piece of string, and a mouse - a live mouse scurrying among the other items. Grabbing the mice meant the child would be a vicious warrior that would lead the country into an unpopular and costly war. The mother cheated further my shooshing the mouse to the far end of the tray while the little pinata curiously peered among the treasures.
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