August 2009
17 posts
back!
well im back america. after a little over a year in seoul ive just moved back to the states. im hanging my hat in portland right now, but thats only for a few days to catch up with buddies and what not. then after that its back to more permanent and earthquake-prone (i have a phobia) home in san francisco. following a whole week there ill be flying back to texas to visit the folks and cook for my...
Watchdarrenrobinson:
The Future is Here. WTF!
i put up a link to this site a few months ago on a recommendation from a friend and it never disappoints
g-dragon made an unfortunate gesture during the... →
carrieabigstick:
and someone made it into an awesome .gif
haha i tried explaining this to a korean friend and she had no idea why i couldnt stop laughing about it. once she figured it out she yelled at me because there was no POSSIBLE way that a boy band member named g-dragon dressed like elton johns ice cream man could POSSIBLY accidentally do something less than heterosexual.
Watchdarrenrobinson:
I was not aware the latter half of this was humanly possible.
apparently the chariots of fire musis wa sa little too expensive, so they got the german knock-off version. still, wtf. this is teutonic precision at its finest
Former S Korea President Kim dies - BBC News →
the second in as many months. rip
“Let me guess, Puffy AmiYumi opened for Nine Inch Nails right? Listening to them...”
– my roommate henry in response to the osaka wrap-up below
osaka weekend
so a little over a week ago, i had the great fortune of spending a few days in osaka visiting my friend kai (a native of that fine city residing here in seoul). my admitted feet-dragging on buying a ticket and arranging days off work in the weeks leading up to the trip nearly jeopardized the adventure, but kai’s constant support (furious emails) and kind words (“i’ll bite you to...
the fish was wonderful and i tried whale for the first time; an initially slightly off-putting, but ultimately pretty tatsy clash of beefy-fishiness, but something i had never eaten, so what the hell. then it was off to summer sonic.
the summer sonic festival was the main reason for choosing that particular weekend to kick it in osaka. it was a hot, dusty, sweaty affair held on the festival...
after summer sonic, was the annual river festival in osaka, so what seemed like the entire city lined the banks of the yodo river to watch the fireworks show. as is traditional (and considered very classically romantic) many young couples dress up in yukatu (the traditional japanese summertime dress) to attend this festival, which means the women all look very proud and demure and beautiful and...
so that was day 1. day 2 was a little less eventful. what was supposed to be an early morning (4am?!) jogging session with her dad didnt happen, thank god, so we just spent the day walking around downtown and shopping and such. my feet are now officially too big for 2 different countries. exciting. alright back to class/post office/pension office/dept store. new loafers! coming home in a week!
coolgenius:
I GOT SOUL, I’M SO WASTED. the...
wow
so the last few weeks have been extremely crazy/fun/hectic. i went to a beach bro-down with a bunch of intense korean surfer dudes (complete w/ acoustic raggae, tequila, and armed patrol ships), then spent some of the busiest 36 hours of my life in osaka (complete w/ jenny lewis, whale sushi, and a fireworks show). i’ll expand on this in a bit (complete w/ pictures), but unfortunately im at...
sharon is tomato
now normally i shy away from writing posts about my students. sure, sometimes they say unintentionally silly things, but learning a language is tricky and i dont like to give people too hard a time about it. that being said, the following has nothing to do with the misuse of language so much as it has to do with a young man who will either save the world or destroy it. a young man named do young.
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