its like a monsoon v3.0

vitamin m

deery-lou.
seeing that both misty and bc beat me to the blog post and had the same title, i thought it best to keep it going. it was a very wet weekend filled with food, drinks, and lots of fun…

friday, july 14 [misty's arrival]
i met up misty at hotel seokyo around 11pm. we screamed. we jumped up and down. we stared at each other in awe as we realized "yes, this is REALLY happening". the two of played catch up sitting on the white beds of the seokyo hotel. around midnight we headed off to club funky funky [club ff]. it just so happened that the mustangs were playing that night. i was so excited that misty would get the opportunity to see them perform. the guy at the door recognized me from the weekend before as the guy with the smiths shirt. the w20,000 entrance fee was paid and we made our way down the darkened stairs where free cocktails were waiting for us. free cocktails all night is quite dangerous. misty and i claimed a section of the bar toward the back and started pounding the cocktails. well, at least i started pounding the cocktails. the mustang guys were roaming about the bar. misty got a great photo of mls napping on the stools near the woman's bathroom.


Mustangs singer naps before the show
Originally uploaded by mistylwhite.

four or maybe five cocktails later the first band finally finished. they weren't quite my thing hence the fast drinking. we moved closer to the front of the stage to get a better view of the mustangs. mls was sporting a new shorter hairstyle but still looked hot as hell. made me want to sing "he's so fine". mbs [mustang bass player] or nip as i was calling him that night had a ripped tee that exposed his right nipple ever so slightly. sigh… as always their set was amazing. at one point mls was rolling on the ground getting dirty while playing his guitar. shortly afterwards he was shirtless. once again misty was there with her camera to capture it.


Mustangs Lead Singer
Originally uploaded by mistylwhite.

during their set misty got approached by random k-girl who complimented her on her fancy new blythe watch. after they finished playing the same girl asked misty "what did you think of them. come on you can tell me." we decided not to stick around for dancing. on the way back to the hotel we stopped off for some street-side corndogs. yummy! misty didn't like the ketchup. back in the hotel room we chatted for a bit more until realizing we should probably get some sleep. i was out as soon as my head hit the pillow. throughout the night i had a dozen or so vignette-like dreams. the two that standout were: (1). me walking out into the hallway of seokyo hotel to see a group of my friends from the states standing there. they had all come to see my exhibition (2). mls and i were playing gin rummy. he laid down three cards [a five of hearts, a card with the letter t, and another 5], i told him he needed three 5s. he pointed to the "t" card and said "this card can be anything you want. thats how we play in korea".

saturday, july 15 [the exhibition]
misty and i awoke at 1:40 pm. i haven't slept in that late for ages. outside it was raining. the monsoon had begun. we motivated ourselves and went in search of food. the place i wanted to take misty to was closed so we ended up at oink. oink will probably become the good old standby in hongdae. before heading back to the hotel to change for the night a stop at tomodachi, my favorite character shop, was in order. yeah, i know. surprise, surprise. misty and i in a character shop = needless spending. there was a figure from the robot series i wanted. his name haneurino shownen. he's got black hair. he's shirtless but has black suspenders, black pants, 3/4 quarter black gloves, and black sunglasses. in his pants pocket he's got a knife. he's carrying a wooden cross and is smoking a cig. how could i resist!of course he's one of those figures that comes in the mystery box. there were only 4 boxes left. so i had a one and four chance, right. i was comparing each box by weight to determine if i could figure out which one was his. then misty decided she would buy two of them. that meant that i would just go ahead and buy the other two. it was hong kong all over again. we stood there laughing at how ridiculous we were. i'm sure the guy who worked there thought we were crazy. but at least my odds increased. at the hotel we wasted no time ripping into the boxes. my first attempt was unsuccessful. i got the non-color girl with motorcycle. boring! then misty just looked at me and i knew. it was like she had found the golden ticket in the wonka bar. the mission was a success. YEAH! it was time to get ready.

haneurino shownen

for the opening party i decided to wear my black zip pants with suspenders, a white button shirt with a pink/grey/white tie, and then a sleeveless undershirt over that. i have a thing for white things days. plus my photo frames were all white so there you go. i'm a dork. i know. whatever. [sidenote: my pal prattlepants sent me a song "my united states of whatever" sooo good. its my new theme song.] we got to galerie gaia around 6ish. we immediately went up to the third floor where my photos were hung. i had to get the anxiety over with. as i stood there staring at my pictures it felt so surreal. i've never had a show before so i didn't know what to expect. i knew one thing for sure. i was very glad to have misty there with me. it gave me the extra support and comfort i needed. i was quite please with how they looked on the wall.

my photo wall

misty and i at galerie

my photos and i

i'm proud of myself for having done it. it was such a great experience to be a part of something like especially with all these other talented artists. the whole exhibition looked really great. the turnout was amazing. chen did an awesome job organizing the whole thing. kudos to you miss chen. we spent the next 3 hours hanging either inside the galerie or out front. the rain had stopped for now. talked to a bunch of different peeps. met some of the other artist. got some good feedback from my work. saw some people carrying my postcard. saw one guy write down my name. drank lots of sangria. managed to wear some as well. so much for wearing white. misty and i had our photo taken with two random korean children. hi, what! then it was time to go back to the hotel so i could get out of my stained shirt and then head to seom for the after party.

on the way to seom it started to rain. misty, bc, and i decided to brave it without umbrellas. actually i had no choice since mine had gotten stolen at the galerie. we basically got around the corner of the hotel when the monsoon came back in full-force. drenced we jumped into the first corner store we saw and bought some very pricey mini-umbrellas. the journey to seom through flooded streets, slippery stairs, and umbrella madness seemed endless. we were soaked. we chilled at seom for quite a bit. i found comfort in a giant pink pig that i was using as an arm rest. it started to get too chilled so we decided to move on. outside it sounded like the rain had stopped. WRONG! before we even got to the door the mother of all monsoons was back on. we braved it anyway.

chen and i at seom

we stopped in at club aura for a cocktail. bc warned us that the guy with the sax was about to play but i said how bad could it be. VERY!! it was japanese experimental jazz band. it sounded like i was in a room full of cats in heat. cocktails were downed in record time. we debated going to club ff. once there the doorguy told us to check out club kys. they were having their opening party. we walked by but instead opted for club nabi. arie was working so i got to say hi. that's where i got to see thing 1 and thing 2 as i like to call them. they work there. they're the cutest boys ever. they have matching glasses. they were so animated as they bopped back and forth through the bar doing various things. thing 1 got all upset when a customer stepped into the reflecting pond and then placed his wet foot on the cushion. koreans have such an innocence about them which is great.

bc, misty, and i

when we got back to the hotel room misty noticed that the room was leaking. she didn't the front dest to tell them. instead she placed two glasses on the floor to collect the water. as i sat onthe bed talking to bc and misty i felt some drops hit my foot. we convinced misty to call the front desk. after she hung up with them she said watch them bring us two bottles of waters. we all laughed. then the power went out. there was a knock on our door. i opened it to the the front dest guy holding two bottle of water. i showed him the leaks then told him the power was out. apparently it was just our room. he said something then ran off. he returned in a few minutes with a key to a new room. this room was leak free and had power. a double plus.

sunday, july 16 [misty's last day]
not sure how i managed to be by 10:30 am after going to bed at 6 am but i was. outside the rain was still coming down. i noticed that the window from our room looked directly into the bathroom of the building across from us. the bathroom has giant windows too. which meant evertime i guy went in there to pee i could see him and vice versa. the urinals were facing the window. scary! before checking out misty and had a smoke mask fashion shoot.

from another planet

after lunch misty and i went to ordinary cafe for coffee. we also had a mini photo shoot with our pez there. he he. we hit a couple more stores then it was back to the hotel so misty could catch her bus. the bus appeared so suddenly that we barely had time to say bye! i watched the bus take off down the street. i then made my long wet journey home. on the subway i saw these two boys who were so cute together. couldn't really tell if they were a couple or just friends. sometimes its tough. they were very touchy-feely, smilely, and laughing the whole time. it was storybook cute. as i stood there i couldn't help but think that i want that some day…

monday, july 17 [holiday, no school]
and the rain is still coming. spent the day with bc and kitkat. what swell girls. we lunched. had coffee. chatted. walked around. and then before setting off for home bc and i had tea/rice drink in this cool cafe.

rice drink at cafe

an all around a nice chill day. i'm glad i had the motivation to get out. earlier in the day the weather was actually nice. felt like fall. that is until the rain came again. was approached by two random boys in the subway. i pretended i didn't know english and spoke spanish to them. at least the little bit that i know. as they were leaving they both told me that my hair was bravo. realized today that i need new glasses. the prescription is way to strong. so thats my next missing. korean glasses. oh the joy. saw a young couple napping on the train. they were all cuddled up. cute.

t-shirt of the day:
ditch the bunny get with the honey

poster of the day:

anti-smoking poster

whew! that took forever. i'll be posting some more pictures tomorrow. its 2am and i'm beat.

be well…