to the batcave

dear diary–
well…it's official. i've sold my soul to devil and have become a noraebang fan. who would have thought. after all these years of "i hate kara-oke" i now find myself staying out until the wee hours of early morning singing my guts out. and the best thing is that i absolutely suck. more on this later. let's back of to how the beginning of the evening started. to do so we must go to taekwondo class. why does the root of all evil start there? upon my arrival at class i noticed that there was a new student there. apparently he was there on wednesday too. i however wasn't since i wasn't feeling up to it. "j" wasn't in class either on wednesday which lead to some interesting comments of us being both absent. HELLO PEOPLE!! CAN YOU SAY JUST FRIENDS! not sure have many times you have to tell these people. perhaps next time i'll just bash a board over their heads while telling them. of course we have to play mini-soccer. this has become the norm lately. after that we did self stretching since "the master" had to entertain the new kid. he asked him several times to join us but he kept making excuses or comments like "i don't want to discourage the others by showing how flexible i am". we just got rid of "scrappy-doo" and now enters "dawn". when it was time to work on forms, "dawn" decided to sit this out too. i was having an off night. i could barely remember form 1 let alone 2-4. tonight was suppose to be test night too. i was a bit concerned about that. after we went through the forms, "h" and i went to one side to practice while "the master" helped "j" and "r" with their forms. it's coming into crunch time for them since they are taking their black belt test in april. "h" and i are practicing and as i'm trying to concentrate "the master" is sitting on the couch with "dawn" chatting away and making jokes. at one point "j" asks "the master" for some help and instead of showing "j" and "r" what to do he's explaining it to "dawn". i could tell that they were getting annoyed. finally "the master" came over to "h" and i and told us to do forms 1 -4. i messed up a bit here and there but overall i felt i did fairly well. he told us good job and walked away. when "j" asked if we were going to do testing tonight he looked over at "h" and i and said that i wasn't ready yet. this prompted "j" to ask "the master" if he was helping me or was he too busy joking with "dawn". this is when the gates of hell opened up and "j" and "r" went into "the master". it was getting so ridiculous that i went into the other room with "h" while they all hashed it out. when we came back into the room "the master" was still going off about how we're not motivated, miss class, etc. funny though he never mentioned anything about showing up drunk to class. he was on this speel about "how when i was in america…". he kept making this comment about how he had a quest here "dawn" and was his responsibilty to keep him entertained. what he didn't realize is that he had 4 paying students there who wanted to learn. if "dawn" didn't feel like participating that wasn't our fault. when horace and i tried out the class we participated in the class. we didn't sit on the sideline picking our ass. to the best of their ability "j" and "r" tried to get their point across. hopefully, "the master" heard them but its unlikely. in his eyes he does no wrong. it basically came down to the "the master" telling us to leave. it's a shame because i really do think he knows he stuff but i have no respect for the man. he just won't listen.

of course we decided to go for a drink so that "j" and "r" could unwind from their 30 minute argument. i felt bad because "h" was ready to take her test and i wasn't. and the fact that "h" and i didn't say anything and still "the master" acted like ass. as i relive this now in my head i'm getting angry. we headed to jungang station to meet "h"'s boyfriend "c". from there we heading into old ansan/jungang area for some beers. instead of going to the wa bar where we normally go "c" and "r" wanted to try this bar that was underground. there was fake rock around the entrance to the stairwell going down and even in the stairwell. when we entered the bar it was like being in a cave. and not just any old cave but the batcave. how happy was i. i've now found my new favorite spot to drink. we got 600cc of beer which came out in a mini-barrel. sausages were order which are basically hotdogs and later dried squid. i've tried dried squid twice now but i just can't do it. it tastes like ass-feet. did you know that squids have a claw? well they do. its on the uppper part of their body. at one point during the evening we started to play spin the claw. whoever the claw pointed out had to drink. oh, the fun korean games people play. around 12:30am "j" made her exit. the rest of us stayed to finish the beer. at one point going to a noraebang [singing room] was brought up but "h" said she didn't want to. the next thing i realize is that we're in 7-11 buying bottles of beer for the noraebang. so much for "h" saying no. the place we went to was a duluxe noraebang. it was a little more pricey than normal ones but well worth it. we had room that overlooked the street. which meant that you could stand in the window and sing. how cool is that. it hard hardwood floors that were heated, two couches low to the floor, and a flat screen tv. its the nicest noraebang room i've been to so far. it kind of felt like being in my apartment. i'm not even sure how many songs were song. before long it was 5am. on our way home we stopped for toasted egg sandwiches. the best thing ever at 5am. then we parted ways. they headed off in a cab and i headed off on foot.

my noraebang set list
at least what i can remember
love hurts [nazareth]
500 miles [peter, paul, and mary]
superstar [the carpentars]
celebrity skin [hole]
zombie [the cranberries]
white room [cream]
paint it black [the rolling stones]
sweet dreams [the eurthymics]
we got the beat [the go-go's]
pretty fly for a white guy [offspring]