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Score!
Today I did a favor for one of the research prof's in one of the other offices at our 연구소, and in return she brought me a copy of her book, The Rhetoric of Korean Films 서사의 숲에서 한국영화를 바라보다 so now I have...
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More 부대찌개 investigation
Eventually this will all go up as a more comprehensive folklore of 부대찌개 on FatManSeoul.com, but for the time being . . .I've collected a few more folk and personal histories of 부때찌개 both from...
View ArticleGlorious!
Now THIS is summer weather I can tolerate . . . in the low twenties and raining! Been very, VERY busy lately with a number of projects, so there will be virtually no posting - I know, all -what, three,...
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I want you to want me
An amazing piece of art, information, and sociology . . . wow.More great infoviz art here at Visual Complexity. Here's an example of the crazy stuff you'll find: a character rabbit mandala . . .
View ArticleEarning my geek credentials
OMG! Dude, there's going to be a showing of the oldest existent (complete) Korean film, Turning Point of Youngsters. And as if that weren't already mind-blowingly wonderful enough, it's going to be...
View ArticleSeoul Podcast
I was the guest of (dis)honor this week on the Seoul Podcast. May God preserve us!
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Surving Singly in Seoul II
I am the last person on earth who should be giving this kind of advice but what the heck! It's my blog and I'll advise if I want to^^Gomushin Girl's Guide to Surviving Singles SeoulTip Number 2:Always...
View ArticleTop 10 Lists - from the Seoul Podcast
So, as announced before, a rash of poisonings and death threats kept the normal, important bloggers from joining Joe on the Seoul Podcast, so I ended up as their guest last week. As part of the...
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Mea Culpa!
You should always pay attention:Putting up that last post, I realized that my number 6 pick for things to do is listed as Bomunsa. I'm too afraid of the sound of my own voice to listen, but I suspect I...
View ArticlePublic Service Announcement from Tom Lehrer
I feel in light of recent comments I made on the Seoul Podcast that I should also say a few words about the importance of, um, safety. Instead, I'm going to let Tom Lehrer do it for me:Actually, I...
View ArticleGomushin Girl is Guilty
or, why the boys'll just have to cook their own damn rice.I done a bad, bad thing! I skipped Chuseok with the host family. I feel bad about this, but not bad enough, I think. But the fact remains that...
View ArticleThank God for Small Favors
It seems there is one advantage to having the completely useless foreigner registration number: Google hasn't released it and nobody could use it for anything useful even if somebody got a hold of...
View ArticleRigor Mortis
Ok, so hospitals don't bring out warm fuzzy feelings in most people - but yesterday's experience really, really got my blood boiling. Not that it needed it - I was already feverish . . .I've caught a...
View Articlechange in tactics
To those it may concern: I've switched so that anonymous users can't leave comments. It's no biggie, but I've recently gotten a few comments left by people who weren't trolls or anything really nasty,...
View ArticleSWEET!
Seriously,this is the stuff of social scientists' dreams!55-Year Diary Shows Life, HistoryThis guy kept a diary for 55 years? Heck my only attempts to keep a diary lasted . . . well, two consecutive...
View Article아싸!
Ok, a dumb thing to crow about, but I just replaced the seat of the toilet in my god-awful bathroom. I did this sans instruction manual, sans help, and sans sighing in despair and calling somebody to...
View ArticleActually, Roboseyo, This is More Me
I don't know what gives me more pleasure: picturing your mug on the dad, the monster, or the little girl.
View ArticleOI! OI! OI!
Yes, I did pass this on to Roboseyo. Sometimes our evil plans to get a song stuck in our arch-nemesis' brains backfire . . . hmm, on to plan B for the destruction of Roboseyo. Anybody know where I can...
View ArticleConfession
So . . . echem. Yeah, not much posting going on here. Here's the thing: Despite my grandiose opening statement made some months ago, this blog was never ever meant to really be anything more than...
View ArticleStarting the New Year Wrong
Every solar and lunar new year, I go through the checklist of taboo and required actions. In particular for the new year:Have things clean and tidyPay all your debtsEat ddeokguk (to get a year older...
View Article포뇨포뇨포뇨!
Dang, that's some happy stuff! My new goal in life is to learn this song, then sing it to annoy my enemies. Plus, the cuteness would render me immune to anything they might plot against me. If you...
View ArticleThe End is Nigh
Part of the reason I've been not blogging very much lately is because a) I've been super-busy with other stuff, and more importantly, applying for another job. I've been interning/working as a...
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