Here are the results for the last poll! Now, please be sure to vote in the new one to the right in the sidebar! What should America do with Saddam? Votes Put him in a cage and fatten him up so George Bush can eat him. 11% 1 Promote him to the head of the secret suppression police in America. 0% 0 Find out if he knows how to build rockets and if he does, house him in Werner von Braun’s old place. 11% 1 Tickle him till he coughs blood. 22% 2 Reinstate him in Iraq sometime in the …
Author: gordsellar
These Days…
These days I find myself quite busy, surprisingly busy in fact, considering school has not begun yet. I’m still working on getting that last twenty-odd pages for my novel written, but I think I may have to wait till Sunday to get that done. I’ve got band rehearsals every night now, because we have a gig Saturday and recording begins again next weekend (and after two months away from the saxophones, it means steady practice to regain some of my tone and my staying power). I shall be making a trip to Seoul on Thursday, and then Friday is another …
Korean Gangsters, Politics, and Self-Mutilation
I am writing the last little bit of my novel left to be written before I set it aside for now. Well, while looking online for background information on the famous Korean folk hero/gangster/freedom-fighter Kim Du-Han, I found a very interesting article at TIMEAsia titled The Way of the Fists. It’s all about Korean gangsters and their folk-heroism, their connections with politicians, and their public shows of nationalism which often involve a very specific form of self-mutilation. Very interesting piece, in my opinion.
Family Expansion
Well, a few days ago my sister informed me that she’s engaged, which means I am going to go to Canada in late June for the wedding. And now, today, my other sister just sent me the following image in an email: You can guess what that means. Seems like the family will be gaining two new members in 2004. Big news! It’s exciting…
Playing Catchup
Well, now I really am back in Korea. Let’s see, what things am I playing catchup on? Well, finding out what’s been going on in my friends’ lives, for one. So many phone calls. I’ve just changed phones, so I’m going to have to look into getting calls forwarded to my new phone number, which is with a different service provider. (I switched mainly because my old phone sucked, and I got the new phone for VERY cheap by signing up for a plan.) By the way, getting a phone plan can be ridiculously complicated in Korea. I had to …
On Returning Home
It’s funny, I was saying in an email last night that I was good to be home, and I realized that this funny little apartment in Jeonju, South Korea, is indeed my home. It’s what I think of when I say the word, it’s how I feel when I get off that shuttle bus. Funny and strange but not at all bad. Having been away for two whole months, that is also strange. Now, one might think that I could have come back like Odysseus, wandering off the ship to find his world gone into a bundle of chaos. But …
Turning Points
Thus Spake Mojave66: Hey, thank you for letting me into this wonderful group. I really love y’alls blogs. My apologies for the lateness– I’ve been scrambling at odd hours to try to get into San Francisco’s City Hall to marry my partner of 12 years. It’s been an amazing, profound experience– such an outpouring of love and support from damn near everybody in our city. Florists have been dropping off free roses, there are offers of discounted hotel rooms, people passing around food and honking and waving their support. So this week’s question is inspired by all this: what are …
Baggage
When I arrived home, it was wonderful to see my apartment so neat and tidy. Then I brought home the package I’d gotten from my parents, and it got a little messy in the process of unpacking. And then my bags finally arrived this morning, and now the place is ridiculously untidy. But, ah, I have all my stuff now. It’s nice. So am I going to tidy it now? Nope. I’m going to go see whether I can wrangle the deal that is being offered to Korean profs at the library — a very nice new phone for only …
Banished Words
Here’s a list of banished words from Lake SUperior State University. I have to say I can’t disagree with most of them.
The GoogleWhack is Home Late
I’m home late because the band had a rehearsal tonight. The band, it seems, has taken to having a rehearsal everynight, which is cool… for now, anyway. We’re playing a benefit gig for a help center for (I think) local workers at 3-D jobs (the 3 Ds being Difficult, Dirty, and Dangerous). We’re working on a few new songs; I need a flute for one, which means I am quite happy to know my baggage will be arriving at my house sometime tomorrow. All the presents and goodies in there share space with my leather jacket and my Western flute. …