balloon flower

deery-lou.
last night i went to see stone jazz with young and her friend. now keep in mind i'm not a huge jazz fan so when young first asked me to go i was somewhat reluctant. but seeing that life is all about new experiences i decided to go. i must say the show was amazing. they group incorporated jazz standards using the [contra bass, drum, piano] with traditional korean instruments [gayageum, haegm, and piri]. it was quite breathe taking. i love the sounds of the traditional korean instruments especially the haegm. surprisingly enough i actually knew a lot of the songs. and to hear them composed in such a way truly an experience. the band members are all korean and they had such a presence on stage. during some of the songs they had shadow dancers which were fun to watch. after the show i bought two of their cds on eastern angle, which included most of the songs they played that night and crossover korean soul, where they arranged korean folk songs to jazz. if you ever have a chance to check them out you should. take for a non-jazz fan, its well worth it.

lee wonsoo, composer/arrangements

on our way home home young and i got to witness some college kid throwing up on the subway. the best part was how his friend busted out the tissues and starting to clean it up. now thats true friendship. if such a thing happened back at home the mess would have be left for someone else to clean it. i will say this though, it was sans chunks so it really just looked like water. it sure was funny though to see all these people run away. i also noticed something else a bit more disturbing as i left young's apartment around 1:30 am. as i was coming down the stairs i ran into a woman. as i passed her she called out to someone. when i got to the front door of the apartment building there was a man with his penis out taking a piss right there in the entry way. come on. couldn't he have held it for the few flights up the stairs.

yesterday was also a good day for t-shirts. there were four that stood out among the crowd all worn by guys. the first was a pink shirt that said "every jack and gill". um, hi. gill is spelled with a "j". next there was the the "i have the money" with giant gold dollar signs. then was the boy were the justin timberlake shirt. however the best was the strip polo shirt i saw on this guy on the subway. he was standing a few feet away and i noticed on the breast of his shirt the letters "botto". i couldn't see the last letter because the strap of his bag was covering it. it was killing me. i kept staring hoping that he would move his bag but he didn't. by the time my stop came i still hadn't seen that last letter. when i got off i notice that he had too. he was leaning on the railing with his back exposed. knowing how all korean shirts have crap on the back i though here's my chance. sure enough in giant letters on the back of his stripy polo was the word "BOTTOM". oh if he only knew. you got to love korea for shit like that.

stay gold & be well…

p.s. i forgot to mention in yesterday's post that when i was showering one of the 5 year olds he decided to take a piss in the shower. i kept looking around as i was hosing it away hoping that no one noticed. no one did.