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in front of the rodin gallery

deery-lou.
most of my weekend was spent seoul bound. it was a weekend filled with art, music, cocktails, strange encounters, and queers. here's a rundown of the events. the following takes place from 8 pm saturday to 8 pm sunday.

1. eden event @ b1
stopped by early to catch up with chen who was setting up for the nights event. she was a featured artist. since it was quite early i got to watch her film sans crowd of people. i really enjoyed it. we chilled for a bit then i cruised. i stopped back a few hours later and the place was mobbed. didn't stay long. realized that it just wasn't my scene. my insecurity in one word: self

2. encounter with "normal" girl
the scene: alley way in itaewon aka the ghetto in search of food. chen & i stop to read a menu. next door a woman standing out front of one of those "special" hof places is hosing off the street.
woman: you princess? [looking at chen]
we both smiled and ignored her
woman: you boy/girl?
we glanced at each other not sure what she was saying
woman: you boy/girl? [looking at me]
chen: a boy
woman comes for a closer look.
woman: you boy. hair like girl.
me: well, where i come from people have different hair.
chen and i are still in awe that this is happening. meanwhile woman wraps her arm around mine.
woman: you gay or homo?
i look at chen as if to say "is there really happening?"
woman: you gay or homo?
me: what are you?
woman: me normal girl
me: not so sure about that
woman: you gay or homo?
me: its really none of your business.
i managed to break free of her grip and we darted into the restaurant across the street for food. i still can't believe that happened.

3. wild boyz
around 2 am i ended up on the hill again. i was here earlier in the evening at soho on a "let's meet" that didn't go so well. it was the longest drinks of my life. now i was at queens with some peeps where it felt like a high school party gone bad. boyz were shirtless and gyrating, girls bouncing up and down, and drinking was being done straight out of the whiskey bottle. one guy even went so far as to drop his pants. too bad the package wasn't there. needless to say it was definitely entertaining.

4. djh
got to watch four episodes of degrassi junior high. what a gem. must see more...

5. symptom of adolescence at rodin gallery
this exhibition was a look at korean art since 1990s.

symptom of adolescence

favorite name of one of the pieces: pink—my life as a shit
overall is was a great show. lots of interesting work especially for korea.

6. "hey! is that a japanese popstar?"
while slurping down our bowls of vietnamese soup some dude was whisked to the back of the restaurant. which was actually the table behind ours. the whole time he was there someone stood very close by. we decided it was a japanese popstar especially since he smoked lucky strikes as jen pointed that out.

7. superheroes really do exist in korea



8. the land of movies
ended up in yongsan. i walked out buying two k-movies.

be well…