27.11.08

second-home-sick

two things i love: korea and anthony bourdain.
if i would trust anyone to show korea the way i would hope to show korea, it's this guy (and in this case, his friend nari too, of course). i'm so happy i came across these videos. i can't wait to get back.

in this video they visit the noryangjin fish market - seoul's largest. i will live a few subway stops away from here when i go back!


k, the 3+ minutes of tae kwon do i could have done without - but it's cute. here, finally, an in-depth explanation of the one, the only, kimchi.

i'm hungry!!

a good dose of history.


soju, chicken feet (and ass, or "house of poo"), and noraebang - naturally.

"my brain feels like it's been penetrated by an angry, break-dancing ferret"

saunas and bbq! and more soju, family, and food.

slc punk and my brush with subconscious



last night i watched slc punk.
and i don't know why, exactly. because in this day and age of true on-demand viewing via the internet, it's not like it just came on the tv and i watched it for lack of anything better to watch. i found it, and chose it. and i didn't know why. but then i noticed steve-o, one of the characters, wearing a blue pompom toque. i have a blue pompom toque, and i wear it often. i was wearing it last weekend at a party. and i was drunk, so i don't remember every conversation. but then i started wondering if maybe someone commented on my hat, possibly in reference to steve-o, or slc punk. could that be why i found slc punk, and chose slc punk? oh, the subconscious is a warm and twisted place.



"There's nothing going on. That's what I saw when I looked out over the city: nothing. How the Mormon settlers looked upon this valley and felt that it was the promised land is beyond me. I don't know, maybe it looked different back then."

And maybe it didn't.

24.11.08

legs to stand on








the girl in the well
don't ask and don't tell
i'm starting to learn
why i did it.

18.11.08

you should not see this

...if you're currently of delicate emotional cohesion.

not sure why i've decided to dig up and watch elliot smith clips, obsessively.
because despite his genius, and quiet sense of humour, it's not doing much for my general outlook. good words here though, once you get past the "sad sac" nonesense. albeit a little eerie, considering.

an interview in sweden...


and a lovely short film by jem cohen -
lucky three

16.11.08

13.11.08

once upon a time you dressed so fine...

*
at home
on the couch
a gypsy hobo
in limbo
a vagabond
nomad
duffelbag drifter
rootless
houseless
-though never homeless
i am
moss-free.
it gets cold.
wings get soar.
it's for
the better.
(i think)

*