when it rains it pours...

deery-lou.
and i'm not talking about the weather. more like my life. saturday morning i awoke feeling really good. i went to see the doctor who did more of the same treatments on me. they gave me another shot. this time it was a clear liquid. afterwards i felt really weird. my leg tingled, my hip hurt, and i felt a sense of overall tiredness. i went home ate some lunch and watched survivor. then i watched survivor live on cbs.com. yes, i'm a nerd at times. later hyun came over and we got dinner and hung out. all was well. that is until my computer decided that it was thirsty and needed of some water. which i was obligied to help by knocking over my water glass over. i didn't even knowi did it until i found my computer in a pool of water. i immediately picked it up, shook it out, and dried it off. i turned it off and opened things up to get it to dry out. i even busted out the hair dryer and blew the computer dry. when i went to turn it on the only sound i heard was the fan. she just wouldn't come on. needless to say i freaked. big time. i spent the next hour or so doing everything i possible could to get it to work. no use. finally i tried to get some sleep. that was nearly impossible too, seeing that i felt sick and was completely pissed at myself. when i did manage to get some sleep my lovely neighbor woke me up at 3:30am. no sex, just laughing and talking to friends. apparently they must get home at this time because this the third time i've herd them at this hour this week. in the morning i tried turning her on again. no use. hyun called the apple store at the coex and they said i could drop it off and a tech would look at it on monday. off to the coex i went. once we got there they told us that 1pm was the cut off time to receive repairs. it was 2pm. um, hello! why didn't anyone tell us this. kl i tell you kl. i left the store even more pissed. i had traveled an hour and 40 mins for nothing. it wasn't a total loss. hyun and i went to eat at marcels. its kind of like a world market. you go in, they hand you a card, and then you walk around and look at all the different food. when you see something you want you tell the person and hand them your card. i went for mexican mainly so that i could have guacamole and sour cream. i can't tell you the last time i had these two delicious items. i was very excited. the food itself was actually pretty good. it really didn't matter though cuz i had so much guac and cream on it. it was like heaven.

outside of the coex was a roboraptor exhibit. roboraptors are basically like the mechanical dogs but dinosaurs instead. they were really cool. there were so many of them. everywhere you looked there was a roboraptor. suddenly i heard this hissing noise and when i looked up i saw a mini-helicopter flying in the air. attached to it was a roboraptor. how cool is that…way! then some performers took the stage playing drums. we watched for a little while then decided to cruise. i wanted to get home and rest.

here raptor, raptor

chopper and raptor

going for the ice cream

the kids love them

roboraptors performers

beat boy

smoke and drums

at home i tried turning on my computer again. she actually came on! i was so excited. i went over to horace's apartment. when i returned home my computer had gone back to sleep. what a tease. i tried turning her on again. nothing! so with no television to watch or a computer to watch dvds, i did what any boy would do. i read confessions of an heiress, a tongue-in-chic peek behind the pose by paris hilton. now that's a good read. i pretty much finished the book. i think i have 50 pages left. there are so many pictures of paris that i don't think i ever want to see her again. i must say though that she does look alot sassier with short hair.

this morning i thought i'd try to turn on the computer on more time. yes, i'm a glutton for punishment. she actually came on again. by the time i was ready to leave for school the computer was still looking at me. it had been two hours. i left the computer on to see if it would still be working when i returned. i wasn't going to get too excited just yet. i saw the doctor again today. no shot this time but more meds. next visit is on wednesday. jeff's mom gave me a present today to thank me for the present i gave her. it was a box of vitamin c. she's worried i'm not eating enough. so now i wonder do i get her a present to thank her for the present that she gave me to thank me for the present i gave her. think about that for a while. i returned to taekwondo after a week off. there were only 3 other students there. i had to practice my poomsaes the whole time. just when i feel like i'm getting better i'm not. i need to work on keeping my arms, hands, and wrists straight when blocking, punching, etc. as well as higher kicks. at least i have most of the poomsaes down. upon returning hope i was excited to find my computer still up and running. we'll see how long this lasts. don't want to jinx myself. but hopefully i won't have to take it in to get fix afterall.

be well…

so cute…

deery-lou.
everywhere i turn there's a new quiz. it's so f.u.n.! here's the latest that i got from dac.

You Are A: Duckling!

The cutest of the cute, these baby ducks are often spotted in the spring following closely behind their mother. As a duckling you will grow up quickly, becoming one of the adult ducks seen commonly in ponds and streams. Playful and timid, charming and vulnerable, ducklings are nature's very definition of innocence.

You were almost a: Bunny or a Duck
You are least like a: Monkey or a ParakeetWhat Cute Animal Are You?

be well…

ENT part 2

deery-lou.
today i found myself once again sitting in a doctor's waiting room. no one told me that year two would be the year of uncurable ailments. it was basically a deja vu of the other day.
doctor: how is hearing?
me: much better.
doctor: left ear?
me: better.
doctor: right ear?
me: it's fine.
doctor: still stuffy?
me: yes
now it was time to check my throat, look in my ears, and flush out my nose. i'm not a big fan of the nose flushing. there's something about the whole spraying something in my nose then sucking it out that i just don't like. he also had me do the swallow water and squeeze air up my nose thing again. this time for each ear. he prescribed more meds and told me to come back on saturday. i think they just want my money. i did more of the breathing in fumes. actually i think its steamed menthol eucalyptus or something like that. got another shot. this time in my left hip. however, i did remember to get the phone number. i had christine call there when i got to ils. it turns out that i have nasal catrrh. whatever the hell that is. i tried to goggle it but didn't get much info. basically it comes to this:
CATARRH : Inflammation of mucus membranes with a resulting free discharge of mucus.
not very exciting huh. translation: i'm a boy with lots of mucus. i could have told you that. i still believe its somewhat related to really bad allergies. oh, my doctor did warn me of dust, cold, and dryness. can't wait to see what happens on saturday.

be well...

ENT

deery-lou.
today i went to see dr. kim for my follow up. i had to go by myself since jeff's mom wasn't available. luckily i semi-remembered where the doctor's office was. at least i thought i did. i entered the building that i thought it was and hopped on the elevator to floor 5. nothing looked familar. the one dr. kim sign i saw was for skin care. i checked floor 6. nope. then down to floor 4. nope. i went outside and walked into some other buildings. my mind was a blank. i tried to call jeff's mom but no answered. i walked over to her pharmacy. she wasn't there but the other lady told me in broken english one building over, floor 5. i was right the first time. if only i had actually looked while i was up there i would have notice the doctors office across from the skin care doctor. the check up went fine. i understood about half of what she was saying to me. i told her that on sunday my ear felt plugged and that i couldn't hear very well out of it. she said something about an allergy then said i must go to floor 4 to see ears, nose, throat [ent] doctor. ok. and she also prescribed two weeks worth of the meds i was taking before. she wrote out a note for the ent doctor and said something about vitamins. whatever. i paid the receptionist [7,000 won] then headed down to floor 4. i looked around and all i could see was a giant pharmacy called vitamins something, and dr.kim's plastic surgery. why are all the drs. here named kim. i went into the pharmacy thinking that perhaps i misunderstood my dr. kim. i handed the woman the note and my prescription. they just gave me the meds. i asked her about the note and she said "anyo" waving her hands. i paid my 30,000 won and left. in the hallway i stood trying to figure out where the ent doctor was at. i walked toward the plastic surgery sign. to the right was a doctors office. i figured what the hell and went inside and handed the receptionist my note. bingo. after ten minutes i was called into to see the doctor. like my other doctor his english was very minimal. he asked me several questions and then i told him my symptoms. he looked into my ears, throat, and then stuck some metal things and a light up my nose. going to the doctors is always an experience but when theres a complete language barrier it makes it quite interesting. anyway, he said something about me having a stuffed nose and i answered yes. the next thing i know he shoots something up my nose and then place another metal thing that starts sucking things out. he told me i had some kind of ear allergy. the exact name i'm really not sure of. he told me to sip some water and hold it. then i had to place this tube in my ear. on the three he told me to swallow. i did and at the same time he squeezed this tube that forced air up my nose. we did it again, however, this time he counted in korean. after that i had to take a hearing test. now imagine you're getting ready to take this test and the nurse starts explaining what to do all in korean. yes, thats exactly what happened. i managed to figure out that every time i heard a beep i needed to press this button. during the test i could barely hear anything. the beeps were so faint and noise from outside kept drifting in. i was imagining that they were going to tell me i was going deaf. would that be the icing on the cake. after i finished the test i went back to see the doctor. he told me everything was normal. thank god. he then prescribed some meds for me to take 3 times a day for two days. in two days i need to see him again. the nurse then took me to a breathing station where i had to breathe in some fumes for ten minutes or so. after that she gave me a shot in my hip. i don't even know what she gave me. the visit to the ent cost me another 30,000 won. i decided to take this prescription to jeff's mom since the other people couldn't really speak english. luckily for me she was there. she apologized for not being able to go with me. she asked how i was and i told her that i had to see an ent doctor too. i handed her the prescription and she filled it for me. she told me that i need to eat 3 meals a day and take this stuff 30 mins later. then she said how jeff always tells her i'm hungry. which is true. its hard to eat 3 meals when you only have 5 mins. between classes. it only cost 8,000 won plus she gave me a free drink. score. so now i'm taking a pretty blue pill, a long white pill, a round white pill, half of a yellow pill, and a square pink pill. plus sucking on the space pod. i have 46 inhalations left. i also decided to take a break from taekwondo this week. its all about rest, rest, rest.

be well…

oh what a feeling…

deery-lou.
no, i'm not singing or talking about that rockin' 80s song from irene cara. i'm referring to the snuffy nose, plugged ear, and overall tiredness that i'm still feeling. once again i spent a 3 day weekend trying to rid myself of this pesty bug. fall has shown herself, however, i can't quite enjoy it yet. i did manage to venture into seoul on sunday. i needed to go to the bookstore. it pretty much sucked out all of my energy. afterwards i had some yummy tofu soup with hyun-sik. then we walked over to see the newly opened canal. apparently it use to be a street that they turned into a canal. go figure. anyway there was some kind of celebration. people were walking along the path on either side as well as walking in the canal itself. here's are some pics:

the masses

helmets: the new fashion

there were also lots of monks around too. not really sure why. nor did i bother to find out. wasn't feeling up it to. some were given out posters for 1000 won. some were writing on paper. not really sure what that was about either. i did manage to get a poster though. have no clue what it says but it looks cool. then i saw a scary albino mime who was like eight feet tall. nightmares anyone.

monk writing

hi, scary!

be well…

if these walls could talk...

deery-lou.
no this isn't a new installment of the hbo movies. although it could be. perhaps even one day it will but in the meantime here's the low down. it all started when i moved into my new apartment. one day as i was walking down the hall i heard some moaning. at first i thought i was just hearing things so i stopped to listen more carefully. yes, it was clearly moaning i heard. the type of moaning one makes during the throws of passion. apparently it was coming from my neighbor's apartment [302]. the love making sounds were leaking right out from her front door. boy, was she loud. my intial thought was to ring her doorbell and run. i didn't. instead i went on about my day. a few days passed and i'm sitting on the floor typing on my computer when i heard crying. not just crying but full on hysterical wailing. granted in apartments you can usually hear noises especially when the window are open. however, not only were my windows shut but my air conditioner was blasting and music was playing. plus the walls are concrete. so you know it was loud. i kept muted my music to make sure i wasn't hearing things. i even went out onto my balcony and sure enough i figured out it was from my neighbor. talk about LOUD. a week passes and all's quiet. then one saturday while i was home i start to hear things being thrown against the wall. she starts wailing. then i hear some man yelling. more things are being smashed against the wall. its beginning to sound like a war zone in there. then all goes silent. at school i was mentioning this to christine. she told me that 302 is a "bar" girl. which basically means a prostitute, hooker, lady of the evening, escort, whore. you get the picture. to which christine adds that she's probably crying because she doesn't like her job. imagine that. or perhaps she doesn't like getting beat up. anyway the next week or so all is pretty quiet. no crying, no moaning. then a couple of nights ago i'm woken up at 2am with the sounds of fucking. i'm talking full on moaning, screaming, bed hitting the wall fucking. and believe me this was no dream. she kept getting louder and louder. the i heard someone yelling be quiet in korean, which sounded like a foreigner trying to speak korean, which meant horace. didn't shut her up though. the pounding and screaming continued. than five minutes later a woman started yelling something. most likely it was one of the tennants in the other building. finally all sounds from 302 had stopped. the climax never got reached or at least i didn't hear it. a couple of days later i found a note taped to my door. it was written in korean. they used black ink except for some words they wents to emphasize by using red. was this a complaint. and was it for me. i look at it more closely. at the top was 302. did someone mistakenly put this note on my door or did 302 put it there thinking that i was yelling at her. i took the note to school for translation. it was a note to 302 complaining about all the noise. i later found out that horace had a friend write that note and taped it to 302's door. apparently she found it and taped it on my thinking i put it there. go figure. anyway since then my hooker neighbor has been quiet. we'll see how long the silence lasts. there's a part of me that misses all the excitement that 302 brings. its like livin in the korean ghetto.

be well...

dragonflies

deery-lou.
today i saw some school boys catching dragonflies. the poor little creatures didn't stand a chance. the boys were climbing through the bushes. their little hands extended out reaching for the tails of the dragonflies. a majority of the boys were successful. clutching onto to the tails of their victims. they paraded around with their score. happy as could be. i saw the tiny wings of the dragonflies fluttering as they made every attempt to fly away. little did they know it was hopeless. there was one boy you had a dragonfly in each hand. hopefully the captors will have their fun then let their prey free. i hate to think that these poor little creatures will end up in a jar in some boys room. but then again i can't really condem them. i was a child too once using creatures that i found for my play things. when i was a wee little lad in florida i use to catch grasshoppers in the summer placing them in little plastic boats in my pool. we'd play titanic. the poor grasshoppers never had a chance; however, i never let them drown. the other big creature trend in middle school was to catch lizards. once caught we'd open their mouths and clip them to our ears to make earrings. not sure why we thought that was so cool but we did. and let's not forget the lighting bugs. whenever we'd go to new jersey to visit my sister and i would catch lighting bugs in a jar. we keep them in there for awhile and eventually let them out. its funny how as kids we have some fascination with bugs and little creatures. never afraid to touch them. play with them. then something happens as we get older. we start becoming afraid of them. they become evil like spiders, roaches, and bees. i'd have to say that out of those three i'm probably most afraid of bees. which is a direct result of being stung over 50 times as a child. it happened while we were visiting my grandparents in new jersey. poppop,my grandfather, took my sister, her friend, and i for a walk in the woods after hours of us nagging him. we came to this hill and decided to slide down. we had no clue the within the ground were a bunch of beehives. needless to say it didn't turn out pretty. the bees were pissed that we ransack their houses and attacked us. poppop did he best to try to swat the bees off of us but there were far too many. we ran back to nana's house screaming bloody murder. i think my sister was the loudest. my mom ripped off our clothes and throw us into a cold bath to try to relax us. my body was covered with stings. poppop managed to escape sting free. ever since then whenever i hear a buzz i completely freak out. perhaps onceday i can finally be over this fear but for now i'll always keep a look out for enemy number one...mr. bee.

be well...

school yard

deery-lou.
on my way to school today i passed by a middle school. a group of school boys dressed in their uniforms were playing basketball. the best part was that a majority of them were wearing socks and sandals. i wanted to stay and watch but i needed to get food. it was at that moment i realized i really do like it here. i'm completely fascinated by asian cultures. perhaps i'm part asian afterall. i don't want to leave.

be well...

space pod from planet korea

deery-lou.
last night after watching two episodes of the hardy boys/nancy drew mysteries i was so tired that i thought i was actually going to sleep through the night. no such luck. i awoke at 2am wheezing and coughing. i spent the next 3 hours reading blogs about foreigners living in korea. one girl's experience sounded absolutely awful. around 5:30am i decided to try to get a few more hours of sleep. i managed to sleep until 10am. needless to say i got nothing accomplished this morning. didn't quite have the energy to study korean. jeff,who's one of my students, his mom is a pharmacist. jk called her so that she could recommend a doctor in the area. the next thing i knew she was picking me up at 2pm and taking me to the doctors. on the way there i explained to her my symptoms. thankfully she spoke fairly good english and could understand it too. granted we are probably around the same age but as soon as i walked in the doctor's office with her i felt ten years old. i had to write my name, phone number, and birth date on a piece of paper for the nurse. well, actually jeff's mom wrote them for me. hence the feeling of a ten year old. then i had to get my blood pressure taken. it was almost as if i had no idea what was happening. we returned to our seats and a couple minutes later i was called to the doctor's office. i explained to her my symptoms and jeff's mom helped translate. my doctor could speak a little english but not good enough for us to have a conversation. plus i think i was talking a bit too fast for her. there was a lot of korean happening in that office. i basically sat there staring at them doe-eyed. the doc asked me several questions about my health and then said she was going to give me a chest x-ray and a lung test. oh joy. back to the waiting room we wait. a few minutes later then i'm called into the x-ray room. i had to stand against a metal plate on the wall. she told me to take a deep breathe [in korean of course] and before i knew it…viola it was done. back to the waiting room. it was starting to feel like a game. sit down, stand up, walk into this room, sit down, stand up, etc. now it was time for the lung test. before starting they had to measure my height. after taking off my big shoes to which the nurse was simply staring, i stood on some machine where the top part moves down until it hits your head. then its done. the nurse started talking to me in korean about breathing. i stared. did alot of uh-huhs too. then i had to practice taking deep breathes. she started pointing to my stomach and for a minute i thought she was saying i was too fat. i'm thinking what the hell does that have to do with anything. then i realized she was telling me to breathe from my stomach muscles not from my nose. ha ha. more practice time. at one point i looked up and both the nurse and jeff's mom are showing me how to do it. i am ten. finally it was time to put the machine in my mouth and blow. right before the nurse put a metal clothes pin thing on my nose so i could breathe threw it. i had to take two different tests like this. breathing six times for each one. very deep breathes the nurse said to me. when it was done i headed back to the waiting room. then i was called into the doctor's office. my chest x-ray was on a screen. i took my place on the little, black stool with wheels by the doc's desk. she told me that my x-ray was fine. as were the results of my lung test. everything is normal. that was a relief. but due to my symptoms she believes i have a mild case of bronchitis. very mild she said. she prescribed some antihistamines for me to take for 7 days plus an inhaler that i had to take for a month. the inhaler looked like an alien ship. how fun! the inhaler must be done twice a day and the pills at night. she wants me to come back in 7 days. in the meantime she said i need to rest, no smoke, no drink, and no teach english. i had to laugh at the last one. if only i could get out of teaching. not likely. she asked me where i was from. it appears that she has been to sf, la, and vegas. we chatted for a bit then she said bye-bye. it was very sudden. back to the waiting room to await the bill. for not having insurance the visit came to 20,000 won [$20]. not bad considering i had x-rays and several tests done. i use to pay more than that in the states. my meds on the other were very expensive. we went to jeff's mom's pharmacy to get them. it appears the inhaler is quite the costly item. alien technology ain't cheap i quess. even with the discount she gave me it was 60,000 won. yikes. this shit best be good. if it works then its totally worth it. jeff's mom then took me back to school. we talked a little in the car. she had been to sf too. she also told me that she's planning of going to seattle next year. then we were talking about taekwondo. jeff takes it too but not with me. she then told me have jeff keeps telling her that he wants me to come to their house or something like that. i couldn't quite understand. she asked if it was true. not really knowing what was said i answered yes. hopefully i didn't get myself into anyting too serious. when she dropped me off she told me that she'd pick me up next tuesday at the same time. how sweet is that. its so funny to think that my student's mom, who i really don't know, is doing all this stuff for me. the kindness of koreans. i'm definitely going to get her a thankyou gift this weekend. the rest of the day was pretty uneventful. it took all of my energy to make it through taekwondo. i was sweatin so much it was gross.

my million dollar space pod

be well…

L.A.Z.Y

deery-lou.
here's what i spent my weekend doing…NOTHING!!!! i was a complete bum. the only time i left my house was for some soda and chips. pathetic. its been 11 days and i'm still not better. during the day i'm fine but as soon as i lay down its wheezing and coughing. so much for the korean meds i bought. me and my primastine mist are have a very passionate love affair right now. i just might have to take that big step and see a doctor. why can't i be me again. pre-wheezing, pre-coughing. at times it really drives me crazy. enough bitching. i did manage to squeeze in plenty of tv time while i was doing nothing. here's what i watched:

1. 5 episodes of popular
2. batman beginsnn
3. survivor
4. survivor live on cbs.com
5. reunion

i'm actually looking forward to going to school tomorrow. imagine that. i got word from my taekwondo master that i won't be taking my black belt test in october. its been delayed until december. apparently i'm not quite ready yet. which is actually fine with me. i want to go into the test knowing my shit. i did something really ethan the other day. i went to the market to buy groceries and i bought something that looked liked ground beef. it was sort of shaped like a hamburger. i know. i know. i broke my own rule. on the picture though it looks like you put it in soup so i figured why not. anyway during checkout the owner asked me if i knew what this stuff was. of course i say yes pretending that i do. i'm not even sure why i did. maybe i was too embarassed to say i didn't. then he asked if i really like this stuff. again, i'm like oh yeah. to which he replies most people think its stinky. so now i'm thinking what the hell is this stuff. but i'm in too deep to say nevermind. at this point an older foreign guy who i've seen before is in line. the owner asks him if he likes this stuff. he says he doesn't know what it is. why couldn't i have said that. now i'm stuck with some stinky hamburger looking thing thats going to be totally gross. i should have just said i didn't know from the beginning but no i gotta pretend to be all down with korean food. i haven't tried it yet. i'm almost too afraid. it only cost 600 won [$.60] so i'm not that worried about it. the price alone should have been a tip off.

be well…

bands i've seen

deery-lou.
some more mini-vids of bands that i've seen here.

some bands from skunk hell april05:
watch me!band1
watch me!band2
watch me!shorty cat

drunken tiger at club b&b march05:
watch me!drunken tiger1
watch me!drunken tiger2

historic site number 267

neolithic pit-houses

deery-lou.
on monday i found myself train bound for amsa-dong, gangdong-gu. destination the amsa-dong prehistoric settlement site, historic site number 267. it's the largest neolithic settlement site in korea. there's not a whole lot to see besides the pit-houses, the exhibition halls, and some ostriches but it was all well worth the trip. and besides it only cost 500 won which is like $.50. it was quite interesting to see how they lived back then. the entire settlement area is quite big. lots of open space, trees, flowers, etc. i saw two korean women painting. after touring the site hyun-sik and i headed to the coex where i did some shopping. it was hella crazy. we tried to see charlie and the chocolate factory but it was sold out. i did see a lesbian couple [foreigners of course] holding hands in a coffee shop. sweet. for a minute i felt like i was back in san francisco. after we headed over to gangnam for some thai food. unfortunately that place was closed. instead we ended up at a dumpling restaurant and had steamed dumplings and dumpling soup. it was quite tastey. spent the rest of the evening relaxing. lately for some reason i've had major allergies this year. wheezing, coughing, stuffy nose. it makes sleeping such a joy. hopefully it'll pass soon.

be well...

snaps from amsa-dong prehistoric settlement site

links

• amsa-dong pss

oh, what, wow

deery-lou.
have you ever had that one song that totally made your day. it unexpectly comes on and immediately puts you in a happy, i don't give a damn, i'm gonna sing as loud as i can kind of moods. well, that happened to me today. i was walking home from taekwondo listening to my ipod [which happened to be on shuffle] feeling tired and thinking about what i was going to eat when i get home. then all of sudden it comes on…

oh, what, wow
he’s the greatest dancer
Oh, what, wow
that I’ve ever seen
oh, what, wow
he’s the greatest dancer
oh, what, wow

the next thing i know i'm busting out taekwondo moves to the song as well as singing. all of this while i'm walking down the street. the tiredness i felt was replaced with a feeling of elation. nothing could go wrong as long as sister sledge's "he's the greatest dancer" was playing. as the song continued i started to think about the days that jane and i use to out disco dancing in baltimore. i can't remember the name of the club but every saturday night jane and i would be there getting our groove. there's something about disco music that makes me happy. perhaps i was suppose to be a teenager in the 70s or perhaps its the carefreeness of the music that makes one want to sing, dance, and be happy. whatever the reason i must thank sister sledge for turning my frown upside.

be well…

hair reflection…

deery-lou.
today [sunday, sept 18] i got inspired to actually go through all of my online photo albums and grab some of my favorite imagines to upload onto my ipod. after going through mine i went to misty's pas and started to look through the years gone past. it seemed like every time i went to a different pa i had a different hairstyle. while most of you were watching the emmy's judging the celebs fashions i was looking at the hair dos and don'ts for myself. for your enjoyment here are some of the looks i tried to get away with. vote on your favorite and let me know. enjoy.

from 2000

the ponytail look, 2000

short and red, dec00

from 2001

green machine, feb01

green spikes, mar01

blonde crew cut, sept01

two-tone, dec01

from 2002

nubs, jan02

hatting it, feb02

greenish brown, april02

short black, may02

black flat down spikes, sept02

black straight up, oct02

from 2003

curly black/brown, may03

bald, sept03

from 2004

mohawk, feb04

psuedo mo, april04

curly mo, june04

growing out, aug04

curly, dec04

from 2005

curls, curls, curls, april05

magic straight [day of], may05

one week later, may05

crew cut, sept05

don't forget to vote. be well…

battle cry

deery-lou.

i found this "what is your battle cry" on my friend chen's blog. here's mine. what's yours?

What Is Your Battle Cry?

Striding out of the hotel lobby, brandishing two hardened pitas, cometh Jethan! And he gives a cruel scream: "I'm going to pummel you until you purr like a bitch-kitten!!"

Find out! Enter username: Are you a girl, or a guy ?

created by beatings : powered by monkeys

oh the things you see

deery-lou.
as i walk around this lovely country there are many wonderous sites i see. whether its going back and forth to school or in seoul i'm constanstly looking around. sometimes i'm good about capturing these imagines and sometimes…well let's just say i'm not so good. i'm going to try to be better at actually busting out my camera. in the meantime here are a few random shots taken around korea.

restaurant, hongdae

peter, 8 years old, my classroom, ansan

chris, 8 years old, my classroom, ansan

dragon slide, apartment complex, ansan

bridge, apartment complex, ansan

telephone booths, apartment complex, ansan

drying chiles, apartment complex, ansan

hello, kitty! girls, apartment complex, ansan

church, ansan

seista, ansan

shrek live in korea, ansan

drying roots, apartment complex, ansan

shoe in pond, apartment complex, ansan

waiting to cross, ansan

hanging chiles, apartment complex, ansan

bikes, apartment complex, ansan

bridge to school, ansan

d.i.y. stores, apartment complex, ansan

ad for photo studio, ansan

be well..