August 2009
12 posts
What's In A Name?
Imagine you are five years old and are given the opportunity to choose any name you like. What do you come up with? A few kids come up with awesome English handles, like Monster, Bumble Bee and President. The rest are boring and very often antiquated names. Sally, Esther, Jane, Iris, Betty are quite popular with little girls. Any name that could be given to a woman who is old enough to have...
Mother Load
I found an all you can eat tuna sashimi bar last night. Holy shit. Wish I’d have run across that 11 months and three weeks ago.
Maximum Density
Maybe every fourth or fifth time I eat at Mr. Kim’s I’ll catch him at dinner and we’ll eat heroic amounts of meat. There are even more rare occasions when I’ll go in the night before he drives to Cherwon (his home town) to pick up more meat. Last night was one of those times and my God did we eat. It was a veritable orgy of samgyupsal. I ate so much pork I think my...
Erroneous English and Comatose Drunkards
As I’ve stated in previous posts, fashion in Seoul is very important. Grammar? Not so much. Here’s a sampling of the latest in English deficient apparel.
That Was Then…Then Was (Good Enugh). Not the worst English, but this makes no sense.
All Good Things Which Exist Am The Fruit Of Creativity. Including some very creative verb conjugation.
Gangster Than Being States....
Short Time
My days in Korea are rapidly coming to a close. Each 24 hour period seems to go by faster than the last and before I know it I’ll be back in Riverside, drinking beer and setting things on fire with my friends. With as much certainty as the sun will rise tomorrow, the end is nigh. LIke it or not, happy or sad, I’ll be home soon. I’ve known this day would come all along, but...
