Deeper Shade Of Seoul

Yup, I'm posting elsewhere. Email me if you want the details.

A blog that was basically about hashing and living in Seoul doesn't do much good for someone who no longer lives in Seoul and doesn't hash much anymore. Guess it's time to end. Thanks guys, but I won't be posting here anymore.

Defying The Laws of Physics

The Mystery Spot is maybe the coolest thing EVER. No joke. Usually I have to use my superpowers to defy the laws of physics, but here all I had to do was show up! I've been dying to visit ever since I first heard of it so on Wednesday Gaylord and I hopped in Einstein and cruised our way up (or down, or East, or maybe West...you guys know me and directions!) to the beautiful redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz. It was a fun ride with lots of singing and dancing and minimal bruising, and I got to see more big trees which I just can't get enough of. :-)

The Mystery Spot is about 150 feet in diameter and what makes it so cool is that within the spot THE LAWS OF PHYSICS DO NOT APPLY!!! Seriously!! You can't tell cause I'm a shitty photographer, but in the above picture everyone in the tour is leaning at about a 17 degree angle, because it's impossible to stand up straight!! That's Gay Gay in the hash T shirt, watching the guide demonstrate how gravity is all fucked up inside the spot. He would put a pool ball on a sloped piece of wood, let it go, and it would roll UPHILL!! I should also mention that Gay received an A+ in audience participation during the tour. It's one of the few times I've seen him excited about anything that wasn't on 2 wheels, even though now that we're back he's too cool to blog about it. Or share the 6 gazillion pictures and videos he took (hint, hint).

You can climb up a ladder just like it were steps. It was so awesome! And they had cement blocks that were totally level, but when you stood on them you got taller!! OK, I'm not explaining that very well, but Gaylord and I stood next to each other on them and I WAS TALLER THAN HIM!!! I don't think he liked it very much, but I could've stayed like that forever. :-)

Lots of theories on the spot, but of course I'm sticking to the ones involving aliens and UFOs. Check out the interweb for more info. mysteryspot.com mofos!!

Albino Squirrels Freak Me Out

Did you guys know that if you do an internet search for cripple porn one of the first things that comes up is a picture of albino squirrels humping? They're freaky little bastards! A bunch of stuff for The Special Olympics comes up, too. How gross is it to think about some big, sweaty dude jerking off to pics of Corky??? Grossness, indeed.

I'm off to bed. Goodnight.

Joel is using an enormous amount of curse words to remind me who I am. I love him so much right now!!

Procrastinating...

My room is in desperate need of a cleaning. Not exactly how I wanna spend my day off, but I guess I'll work on it until I get a better offer.

Or at least until the creepy fog and mist clear and I can get outside. Or until Gaylord wakes his stayed out too late on a bicycle pub crawl ass up and brings me coffee, cause it's his turn to deliver the Starbucks.

Wouldn't mind seeing Tropic Thunder...

Also need to hit the gym...

Need to get off the internets and clean my room...

Sigh.

Muir, Part Deux

Wednesday morning I got my ass out of bed and went for a fairly long (long for me, anyway) run through my new neighborhood. After that, I jumped into Einstein and cruised over to Cafe Trieste in Sausalito to meet my buddy Matt for an early lunch before we headed over to Muir. Turns out that Cafe Trieste has amazing pizza. It also turns out that Cafe Trieste is NOT the same thing as the Sausalito Taco Shop, which is where I thought we were meeting. Oops.

We spent a few hours cruising through Muir Woods on a trail I hadn't been on yet. I forget the name of the trail, but I could easily find it again. My appreciation for Muir just grows and grows everytime I'm there.

After Muir we headed to our respective homes, showered up (well, he did anyway, I just stayed dirty), met again at my place where we hung out for a bit with my roommate Lucy, and then we went down to the Beach Chalet for some wings, garlic fries, and Presidio IPAs.

Muir Woods

While KBS was here, we took a cruise through Sausalito, stopped for a long brunch with too many mimosas and bloody mary's, and then headed over to Muir Woods. It was my first time there, and I loved it! I even obeyed the "quiet zone" signs and didn't say one word for 10 whole minutes!!

Muir Woods has quickly become my go to place when I'm feeling like I need to get out of the city, which means I've been spending a lot of time there recently.

The last pic is of me trying to hide from KBS. I didn't know until I saw the picture that I wasn't nearly as sneaky as I thought I was being! :)

Just Getting Caught Up...

So things here haven't gone exactly as I'd hoped they would, but I guess that's life and, really, what fun would life be if everything went according to plan? And, really, when has my life EVER gone according to plan anyway?? :-)

But (!!!!) it hasn't been all suck. KBS came to visit, which was awesome, because I looooove him, so we spent some time exploring the city a little, drinking, eating more Korean food, singing ballads at karoake...he hasn't sent me any pictures yet (hint, hint) but here's a few I took.

Korean Food With Tony

Went to Brothers Korean restaurant on Geary Street with my buddy Tony. I was soooo excited to discover that they had yummy chicken goodness (translated into English as "Chicken Casserole") on the menu, and ordered it right away. They served it much differently than in Korea when Joel and I would order it. It didn't even look like the same thing, though it tasted almost the same. It made me miss Joel terribly. I couldn't even eat the third leg (only Joel will get that...hahahahaha).

So we got the chicken stuff, the typical grilled meat, all the awesome side dishes, and paid a small fortune for what would have cost us about man won each in Korea. I tried to finish the meal off with some makolli, but they didn't have any. :-(

Did we go out after we finished dinner??? I can't remember...

These are some old photos from a walk on the beach we took one morning after breakfast. My new apartment is pretty close to this beach, so I've been riding my new road bike down there pretty often. My new apartment is also close to the Beach Chalet, which has yummy food and brews its own beers. Lately, my bike rides have been including a few Presidio IPAs as well. :)

Droppin' the hammer!

Well, today I finally convinced Gaylord to take me to the range and "shoot some rounds".

So he finally woke up from being lazy and we put the guns in Einstein. He was rolling down the road thinking he was some kind of bad car cause he was packing. It was funny. So we got to the range and Gaylord loaded the .45 and the .9mm and he gave me some talking to about safety, the range and how to aim the gun and fire a shot. My first shot today was loud and surprising. He had to tap me and remind me to focus for just one second. I fired off with the .45 and this is what my target looked like. It was cool. Now I'm going to tell him to take me all the time till I can shoot like Angelina Jolie in her movies. :D

So here are some photos:
That's me with my first time with the . 45 and not listening to Gaylord. He says if I had listened better the holes would be way closer together. I don't know if this is true, though. :)

The second photo is of me in full action.

And the last one is Gaylord's target (the red circle shows his .45 shooting at a very far distance)
We then took turns trying to shoot the "perp" as I was told is what they call that guy with the gun. I was trying to hit the girl though, but I don't shoot well, so I just kept hitting the bad guy.
Oh well, she should have known better than to hang out with a bad element that looks like Gaylord. hahahahahaha

work work work

Well, here I am, and I've been working bunches this week...although the bar is going pretty slow at the moment. I keep hearing, wait till Football season starts! (but that is not for another 2 months or so) Not a good thing in this line of business. Gaylord is still charging me the 10 percent nominal fee...so I gotta makes me some money to pay off the pimp! hahahahaha j/k mom.

The weather has been better, and hotter. I think I am going to have my mountain bike shipped out to me, and then I can try and spank Gaylord on the trails, although he is super fast and strong and the most awesomest rider ever, so I doubt I will be able to do it. :(

We've gotten on a kick of cooking corned beef hash with eggs in the morning, and it is way cheaper than going to my favorite diner to buy it. Even though we still do that on occasion. Yesterday we bought out the whole corned beef hash stock at the Asian Supermarket.

I will update more later.

Updates, Updates, Updates...

Hmmm...let's see. What can I offer you guys as an update? I could post more Yosemite pics, but let's face it, if you've seen one tree you've pretty much seen them all. Which is to say that I'm feeling a bit too lazy right now to go to the trouble of uploading them.

I have purple hair now, but don't have any pictures to post.

I did my part for pride week by volunteering at the gay pride 10K...never in my life have I seen such fuss about what size Tshirts would fit the best. Let me just say that most of the boys who went with a size small should have opted for a medium or large!

I spent the 4th with an old friend from PA who now lives in San Jose. Jeffy and I had a wonderful time having some beers and catching up in the Castro. I forgot my ID, so we actually got booted out of 2 places, but it was still fun.

And really, that's about it.

Boring, I know. Hopefully there will be a fun post and some fun pics next week, when we have some visitors coming into town. :-)

Here's a bunch of pics from our first 10 minutes in Yosemite. Seriously, we took sooooo many pictures! It was my first time there and I loved it so much I was just constantly clicking away with the camera, until someone took it away from me. :)

I'll post photos of our campsite and the rest of the trip later. If you've never been to Yosemite, put it on your list of must-see places. It was really amazing. So amazing, in fact, that I'm gonna go back next week.

SWEET!!

I totally just kicked ass in the WHO CAN GET HOME FIRST race.

Going to Yosemite N.P. tomorrow, we'll see how Einstein does. He should do fine, and we're going to play it by ear on the camping. Worse comes to worse we can drop off the Sierras and stay at a hotel on the other side.

Then a trek to get some amazing BBQ in Walker, Ca. that Gaylord has been raving about.

I'll have pictures then.

Einstein

Check out what I get to cruise around the city in. A SMART car. I know you're jealous.

It's Official...

I'm a total nut job.

My brain has become my own worst enemy. Sigh.

If it helps, I feel really bad about being such a moron.

Update...

The ol' ball and chain is gone for the weekend...off to Reno for a bachelor party/hash/visit with his sister/get a long ride in before the Cal24 endurance run next weekend trip. I miss the grumpy bastard, and I'd have given anything to see him belt out Pat Benatar at karaoke last night, but the weekend came at a perfect time when we were both feeling like a few days away from each other would be a good thing. Edward is away this weekend at Brushwood, so Stephanie and I had a nice long chat where we caught up on everything and praised the awesomeness of being home alone every now and then.
I've mostly spent my time alone getting some of my grown up stuff in order (finally rolled over my old 401K!!), enjoying complete control over the TV, exploring Golden Gate Park a little more, searching for parking, and actually using my gym membership. An acquaintance told me about a festival on Haight tomorrow, so I'm gonna try to check that out during the day. I've been meaning to stop by that area to see Ricket at the tattoo place anyway, so hopefully he works on Sunday and I can get that out of the way. And did I mention that I've consumed my own weight in reduced-fat Cheeze Its???
Otherwise, not much new. I have some photos to post, but I gave my USB cord to Gaylord and I'm not sure where he put it and I don't feel like searching for it. There's a large park right down the street from us...I forget the name but we've driven by it 1,000 times. Think I'm gonna grab my new issue of Outside magazine and go find a cozy tree to sit under. Enjoy your Saturday (or Sunday, for my lovely friends still in Korea!!).

Golden Gate Park

A few nights ago Gaylord and I went to see Prince Caspian, and I loved, loved, loved, loved, loved it. Seriously. I loved it! The trees were FANTASTIC!!! I actually cheered out loud at several parts, until Gaylord rolled his eyes and shushed me. I hadn't been shushed in public since the subways of Korea! The next day we went to Golden Gate Park, and I insisted (despite the eye rolls) that we pretend we were in Narnia. It was fun. I talked to all the Narnians, and found all sorts of cool stuff. Gaylord doesn't do much pretending, so he mostly put up with me and took lots of cool pictures, which I'm about to share with you. Shakespeare's Garden was my favorite spot. :)

BIRDS!!!

You stupid, dirty, worthless creatures!! Quit attacking me!! Aside from Thanksgiving dinner and fried chicken, I don't know why we humans keep you around! Next time one of you comes after me, you're going down!!!

I have somehow become the owner of the world's most useless garlic press.

Hahahaha!!! How's that for an update?!?!?

Alright, here's a little more info for those of you who can't get enough of my day to day happenings: I'm still in San Francisco, eating Jes & Joel style pizza (greasy, pepperoni, with creamy caesar salad dressing, hot sauce, and grated cheese on top) waiting for Gaylord to text me back with directions to get his DVD player to obey my every command. Currently, my every command involves showing the film American Gangster. That's pretty much how I plan to spend my night, along with a few chapters of The Blind Assassin and maybe an online game (or 12) of mahjong.

Had a lovely conversation with Andy Scap today. I'm sure you'll all be glad to know that he's doing well and enjoying Mayfair. Mostly we discussed the fate of my dear Aprilia scooter, Kirby, who has also been enjoying Mayfair. Kirby lives on the left side of Andy's garage, along with 2 of my bicycles, a box of crap, and my climbing gear. It doesn't look like my lifepath (I made that word up...go with it) is going to take me back towards PA for anything more than a visit, so I need to decide to sell him or store him somewhere until I'm settled and ready to be reunited with him. To be honest, I should probably just sell him. The odds of him getting used to his full potential by me are pretty slim, and who knows where I'm gonna be, and it's not exactly the kind of item I can just throw in my backpack and take with me. But still, I don't feel fully ready to give him up yet. Luckily, Andy likes taking him out from time to time, so it's not an urgent matter.

Also chatted with mom and dad today (Brownie - for crying out loud CALL HOME! I'm sick of hearing about it!). My little brother Eben and his gf are gonna be in town visiting, so they're busy doing all the things parents do when their kids come back to visit.

And that's it. I wanted to post pics from Chinatown and Narnia (yes, we went to Narnia, it was AWESOME!) but they're all on Gay Gay's computer and I don't know where they are and he'll kill me if I go through his stuff looking for them.

I have some other news, but I'm holding out a bit...soon, I promise!!!

I need more pizza. See y'all later.

Law & Order SVU in the background, falling madly in love with every word of The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, Haagen Dazs Mango Sorbet and chilled white wine slowly filling up my tummy, plus lots of texts from someone I like getting texts from. It's turning out to be a mighty fine night!

Navy Beach/Mono Lake

On our way to Reno we stopped to check out Navy Beach. You can tell by the pictures (taken by Gaylord) that it was made/inhabited by aliens. I tried to find some, but they're sneaky little bastards.

Actually, Navy Beach was used by the U.S. military back in the day for weapons testing, rese

arch, and top secret stuff. They stopped

using it in 1962, mostly due to public safety and environmental concerns, but also because other nearby bases were expanded so it wasn't as useful as it had once been.

Hard to believe all those rocks were under water at some point. I'm actually a fan of global warming, since I hate the cold, but I bet Al Gore would shit himself if he saw it.

Y'all can just go ahead and click HERE
to see some photos of my last few days, including one of a big spider trying to eat me!!!!

Overheard...

The little girl next to me at the diner wants french toast. Her dad said something stupid and adult-ish to her, like telling her she should get something smaller cause she didn't finish her dinner last night. Adult logic is so ridiculous. So the girl yelled, "THAT'S BECAUSE I LOOOVE EATING FRENCH TOAST, BUT I HATE EATING REGULAR STUFF LIKE VEGETABLES!!"

Me too, kid. Me too. :)

Boys are gross.

HAHAHA!!!!

Of course the staff would immediately assign Gaylord to the handicapped room.

My new tattoo. :)

I'm talking to RL right now and it's making me soooooooooooooooooooooo happy!!!

There's only so much 1 person can do.

One of the many destinations on our recent road trip was the south rim of the Grand Canyon. I had never been there before, and I immediately fell madly in love with it. I'm working on going back for a 2 or 3 day backpacking trip. So far the itinerary looks like we'll be taking the South Kaibob Trail to the river and then spending the night camping at the South Angel Campground. I'm thinking about taking the South Angel Trail back to the top. It's a bit longer than just going back on the South Kaibob Trail, but only by a few miles so it should be OK. Gotta get my application for a permit in soon...I've heard the spots go quickly!!

Yesterday GLF and I played tourists and went and walked around the Embarcadero section of town. Actually, since I know next to nothing about this city that may be what they call that section of town or it might just be the name of the subway stop we got off, but anyway...It was awesome!! We had some yummy calamari and sweet potato fries at Pier 23, some Pyramid Apricot Ale (GLF had the more manly Anchor Steam Lager) at some other bar, and did lots and lots of walking and picture taking. We wandered through Pier 39, but we didn't ride the carousel. :( We got some amazing cheese and olives here, some awesome bread from The Acme Bread Company next door, and some unbelievable chocolate from this place. We took the 1940's style muni to Market Street, walked a bit more, and then came home and had a picnic (in our room - cause once the sun went down it got COLD and WINDY) with all our yummy goods.

After the picnic GLF got all hopped up on pain meds, since he had spent all day ignoring his doctor's orders to rest and wear his sling and not use his arm, and I watched The Fifth Element. I know I'm not the first to say it, but Holy Fuck Milla Jovovich (sp?) is FUCKING HOT!!!!

Today I'm going to pretend I'm a big girl and go to Berkeley ALL BY MYSELF!!! :)

:)

Today was a good day.

Stressed = Lists

Pay attention mofos...there'll be a quiz at the end.

01. Do you like blue cheese? I love it.

02. Have you ever smoked heroin? Uh...that would be a no.

03. Do you own a gun? Does a supersoaker count? I don't own a real gun, I have zero desire to own a real gun, but there are guns in my house and I feel like if they're here I should learn how to use/handle them properly. In the meantime I just stay away from that section of the closet. :) Besides, who needs a gun when you have a shank??

04. What flavor do you add to your drink at sonic? I've never been to a Sonic. Not sure what drinks they have or why I would need to add anything to them, but I'm kind of partial to Sprite or club soda with peach flavoring. Is that the kind of drinks they have at Sonic?

05. Do you get nervous before Doctor Appointments? Yes. I have a history of getting bad news at them.

06. What do you think of hot dogs? Yum. But only at the right time and place.

07. Favorite Christmas movie? I love Charlie Brown's Christmas. And, of course, A Christmas Carol.

08. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee. It's not so much a preference as an absolute necessity.

09. Can you do push ups? Yes

10. Age? 31

11. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? I don't really have one.

12. Favorite hobby? I don't really have one. I need one. Suggestions?

13. Favorite Actor? I like almost everything Johnny Depp has done.

14. Do you have A.D.D.? Nope, but I've been accused of having it. I can't help it - if something isn't interesting, then I'm just not interested. Ya dig?

15. What’s one trait you hate about yourself? Believe it or not, I actually used to be a pretty coordinated/graceful person. Then I had some pretty serious health issues and the coordination just never really came back. It takes me soooo much longer to do things that other people do super fast - like putting clothes on, tying my shoes, showering, getting into/out of vehicles. I walk slower than I used to. I trip and stumble often. I spill things a lot more than most people. Putting things together can be tricky. I usually don't mind so much when I'm alone...I've learned to manage my time differently, sometimes I find it humorous, and it was a nice - though forced - way to slow down my once very hectic pace of life. But it bothers other people, especially people who spend a lot of time with me. They get frustrated and yell at me, snap at me, shake their head, roll their eyes and give me that "Why can't you ever do anything right???" look. You'd think by now I'd be used to it, but it destroys me every time. I cry about their reactions when I'm alone, then tell myself I shouldn't take it personally, I won't get so upset next time...but then next time comes and I'm just as hurt. My second least favorite trait is my unusually high sensitivity level. If I wasn't so fucking sensitive I might not get so down when my friends make me feel like they're disappointed in me. God, that was a long rant. Is anyone still reading??? :)

16. Middle name? Erin

17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment :

1. I'm hungry.
2. I'm a little bored.
3. I'm really hungry.

18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday Hmmm...I don't think I bought a single thing yesterday. If I did I can't remember. How about today??? Here's 3 things I bought today...

1. garden supplies
2. new pillow
3. razors (yes, it's definitely time for me to shave my legs!!! TMI??)

19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink?
1. Water
2. Coffee
3. Lemonade

20. Current worry? I wouldn't even know where to begin...

21. Current hate right now? Mayonnaise

22 Favorite place to be? In my happy place. :)

23. How did you bring in the New Year? With the kind of friends that everyone should be blessed enough to have, and with phone calls from a (once) very close male friend telling you the kind of things girls don't really like hearing from their close male friends. Sigh. You take the good with the bad, I guess.

24. Where would you like to go? Everywhere!!!!!

25. Name three people who will complete this?
Whoever wants to

26. Do you own slippers? No. I'd like a pair with frogs on them, though.

27. What shirt are you wearing? A black Southside Hash T shirt.

28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? No.

29. Can you whistle? No

30. Favorite color? Blue

31. Would you be a pirate? I could definitely get down with the boats, rum, fashion, and language. And the looting/pillaging. But not the raping. And I tend to be fiercely loyal, so I'm not sure how I'd handle the whole mutiny thing, should it ever become an issue.

32. What songs do you sing in the shower? Return to Innocence, by Enigma, Catch My Disease, by Ben Lee, and Suddenly I See, by KT Tunstall have been the recent selections.

33. Favorite girl’s name? Don't really have any.

34. Favorite boy’s name? Don't really have any.

35. What is in your pocket right now? Nothing. But now I'm thinking of that Alanis Morrissette song...

36. Last thing that made you laugh? My roommate Josh throwing a pillow at my face while I was sleeping. It scared the shit out of me, so I think I probably screamed before I laughed.

37. Best bed sheets as a child? I can't remember any sheets I had as a child. I had a unicorn blanket that I loved.

38. Worst injury you’ve ever had? Broken heart.

39. Do you love where you live? It's growing on me. I'd love it more if I had some friends here.

40. How many TVs do you have in your house? 2

41. Who is your loudest friend? RL

42. How many dogs do you have? None. But Josh has one.

43. Does someone have a crush on you? I doubt it. None that I know of, anyway.

44. What is your favorite book? A Prayer For Owen Meany and The Physics of Superheroes. And Vernon God Little. And just about any travel book. And almost every issue of Outside magazine. I love to read.

45. Where were you born? In Pennsylvania.

46. What is your favorite candy? Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate

47. Favorite Sports Team? Which sport???

48. What song do you want played at your funeral? Who cares?!? I'll be dead!

49. What were you doing 12 AM last night? Watching Batman Begins.

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? I need to get laid/Where's the coffee?? (Again, TMI??)

Miss Me?

Tons upon tons of updates coming. Just been so super busy. Soon, I promise!!!!

I'm in Colorado Springs. :)

Bedrock

:)

Back to San Fran today.

What Day Is It???

We're in Reno, after a loooong drive and many stops including Roswell, Socorro, Vegas, and a zillion mining towns. I'd still be gambling if Gaylord hadn't forced me to "GET IN THE FUCKING TRUCK!!!" :)

The Grand Canyon has replaced Alaska as my favorite place in America.

We'll be in Reno for the next few days, and then back to SF. Tons of pics are coming, and many, many postcards are on the way.

Deeper Shade Of Seoul

04 9월 2008

30 8월 2008

24 8월 2008

Defying The Laws of Physics

23 8월 2008

Albino Squirrels Freak Me Out

Procrastinating...

Muir, Part Deux

22 8월 2008

Muir Woods

Just Getting Caught Up...

Korean Food With Tony

23 7월 2008

Droppin' the hammer!

13 7월 2008

work work work

09 7월 2008

Updates, Updates, Updates...

03 7월 2008

20 6월 2008

SWEET!!

16 6월 2008

11 6월 2008

Einstein

09 6월 2008

It's Official...

08 6월 2008

Update...

31 5월 2008

Golden Gate Park

30 5월 2008

BIRDS!!!

25 5월 2008

16 5월 2008

Navy Beach/Mono Lake

15 5월 2008

Overheard...

13 5월 2008

11 5월 2008

HAHAHA!!!!

10 5월 2008

09 5월 2008

06 5월 2008

:)

04 5월 2008

Stressed = Lists

03 5월 2008

Miss Me?

24 4월 2008

22 4월 2008

Bedrock

21 4월 2008

18 4월 2008

What Day Is It???

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