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You guys make some great points. As a transactionalist myself, I tend to see relationships in that light. However, Kevin’s example of trading places with his mother was heart-rendering. Just because I’ve never experienced that kind of love doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I think it comes down to the character of the individual. If you are wired that way, you won’t be able to give or get “true” love.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 26/May/2025 @ 12:00 pm
Kevin, The confusion was mainly my fault…I should not have assumed they’d post updates on Facebook like our Hash does. I should have made an effort to find the webpage. Also, Angeles Hash doesn’t seem to consider outsiders in their planning…Apparently, the Beach Run is always a hike + a bar hop. Now I know. But yeah, there’s no excuse for why they sent me faulty info on the starting point and never updated me. The AC Hasher I talked to said I was responsible for looking for updates on the webpage. Oh well, lesson learned.
Glad you enjoyed the video. I’ve proven over the years that I’m inherently a selfish bastard, and one of the manifestations of that is that so many of my relationships have been transactional. I’m not sure a leopard can change the color of its spots, but I’m trying.
I do understand the basic concept of the comma splice rule (a semicolon or conjunction should join two independent clauses). I’m just sloppy and/or lazy and don’t pay as much attention to the rules as I should. That’s apathy, not ignorance! 🙂
» Posted By John McCrarey On 26/May/2025 @ 11:54 am
HaHa! Grammarly doesn’t have ALL the answers! I saw the mistake, but didn’t remember the name for it…
» Posted By John McCrarey On 25/May/2025 @ 1:03 pm
No, I’m not really looking forward to the rains. It makes it cooler, but everything else is a pain in the ass.
Handing out sweets to kiddies does seem a tad Satanic…that’s why I let Swan handle it most of the time…
I was high at the time; I don’t remember! 🙂 The teacher said she appreciated my honesty, and I didn’t get sent to the principal’s office, so there’s that.
It’s a compound sentence with a comma splice, so I need a semicolon to separate the thoughts. I guess an “and” would have worked, too.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 25/May/2025 @ 12:42 pm
Brian, I use a 50 peso to the dollar rate when I do conversions in my head, so as long as that holds up I’m good. I saw it go as low as 43 when I was a tourist. It was good when it rose briefly to 58, but no one expected that to last.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 25/May/2025 @ 12:28 pm
Brian, we are booked for a trip to Da Nang, Vietnam in July. There might be some drama to deal with between now and then.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 24/May/2025 @ 8:16 am
Kev, I’m not seeing anything “lucky” about having Jee Yeun as my wife. She destroyed the life I truly loved. I’ll never recover from that. That person I was is dead. These days, I just make the best of what I have left.
Swan deserves better than what I am. I’m sorry for her.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 24/May/2025 @ 8:10 am
Kev, yes, I told that tree urine for a drenching!
Spiraling is a good way to put it. And I’m blessed to be repeating what I am rather than what I was. The end of the road is ever nearer, so I’m going to try and enjoy the ride as long as it lasts.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 23/May/2025 @ 9:43 am
It’s the right time of the day…
Nice to hear from you again, James. Thanks for the feedback.
Yes, without the stories of debauchery in the bars, one-night stands, and transactional relationships, the blog has become both a bore to write and for others to read. How much can you say about a candy walk, floating bars, and the sunset?
It’s been shocking to see that I’d go weeks at a time between posts during my drunken Itaewon life all those years ago. These days, the blog is as much a diary as anything, and I try to post something even when I have nothing worthy to write about. I’m very grateful for the handful of readers that remain!
Yes, I met Joy when she was hired for her first job in a bar that no longer exists five years ago or so. She was a hottie back then, but she has grown with time. I guess those weekly feedings of mine haven’t helped in that regard. She has a good heart, though.
Thanks again for being a faithful reader here at LTG!
» Posted By John McCrarey On 23/May/2025 @ 9:37 am
Kev, glad it wasn’t worse. That BP thing seems to be a common factor in all the cases I’ve heard about.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 22/May/2025 @ 4:25 pm
Kev, I recalled your descriptions of dodging cars on the East Coast while walking the highway to Barretto. Crazy drivers here make it worse.
Looking back on those early years in Itaewon has been a little shocking. Copious amounts of full-strength beer AND shots of the strong stuff were the norm, and I frequently kept at it until the wee hours of the morning. I’m a lightweight these days. Home by 8 p.m. and I only drink low-alcohol brews. I know, as a teetotaler, you don’t see it that way, but I’m far from the drunk I used to be. When my lifestyle catches up with me, I will nod and accept your “I told you so” without remorse. More and more, I find it hard to deny myself life’s pleasures, knowing that my time left to enjoy them is rapidly slipping away.
“Spot the error!”
Ah, since it was something I was thinking and not asking, the question mark is inappropriate.Here’s hoping your buddy’s wife will not suffer any lingering impacts.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 22/May/2025 @ 10:08 am
Brian, yes indeed! I am much more inclined to help down on their luck locals than foreigners who moved here without sufficient funding. That said, sometimes a bad accident or unforeseen health issues can destroy what seemed like sufficient savings account and render one at the mercy of his neighbors. Fortunately, I haven’t seen that happen often in my neck of the woods.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 22/May/2025 @ 9:50 am
Yeah, it seems so obvious now looking back…
» Posted By John McCrarey On 21/May/2025 @ 3:08 pm
Kev, I’m not sure what the triggers for TIA are, but neither of the two recent victims have any extreme lifestyle habits I’m aware of, such as excessive drinking or obesity. Before his attack, Scott mentioned suffering from low blood pressure and Rob told me he had taken an increased dose of BP meds before hiking, so maybe that’s a connection. But yeah, these two cases, then seeing the NY Times article gives off a bit of pandemic vibe.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 21/May/2025 @ 8:19 am
Kev, I’m still a proud American and hope there will be more pride to come. My reluctance to return to live there is mostly because I find the typical lifestyle boring and vanilla compared to life in Asia.
HaHa! I that’s the only French I ever manage to learn, my conversations will all be short and sweet!
» Posted By John McCrarey On 20/May/2025 @ 9:57 am
Brian, I’m pretty set in my ways here now, so it would take a lot to convince me to move out of my comfort zone. War with China would certainly be motivation to leave. If I were to suffer a heartbreak I might flee from the memories of happier days. If I stayed in the PI, La Union would be my Plan B. If I left the country, I’d likely give Vietnam a try.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 20/May/2025 @ 9:51 am
Tommy, No idea, I didn’t notice it when I was there. If I had to speculate, I’d guess acne.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 20/May/2025 @ 9:46 am
Drain, that’s the sad truth…the Arizona Resort, including the floating bar, is for sale. In the Facebook post, the owner admits it needs someone on the ground who can restore the operation to its former glory. I used to be a regular diner at Arizona, but these days the restaurant seems devoid of customers because the food quality has gone way down. Good luck to whomever buys this place.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 20/May/2025 @ 9:45 am
Kevin, in those old posts I was using the wrong term for those occasions when I lost consciousness and hit the floor. Yeah, I have had my share of alcohol infused “blackouts” over the years, but I’m glad the incidents that left me in stiches haven’t recurred.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 20/May/2025 @ 10:01 am
Yeah, I’m increasingly forgetful in my dotage, but when I say “blackout,” I mean losing consciousness.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 19/May/2025 @ 12:50 pm
Devin, dog meat is illegal to be served here. I’m sure poor families prepare dog adobo when they get hungry enough.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 19/May/2025 @ 9:55 am
The grill was a ways away from our hangout area, so I couldn’t be bothered to go back for more photos. I think that mystery meat is diced pork.
That line of the pool sign needs a semicolon.
Hell hath no fury like that of a grammar Nazi!
Actually, those mysterious blackouts no longer occur. I had a couple of drunken falls when I briefly switched from beer to gin, but the standing up and losing consciousness thing ended years ago. I still think it was lung/smoking related (lack of oxygen making it to my blood).
Ha, maybe I was monkeying around when I wrote “banjee.” I guess I didn’t have a spellcheck app back then. And I needed a comma after “around.”
#1 needs another “t” in stitches.
#2 1: “They” 2: “stitched” 3:comma after head 4: “comparatively”I think I was brain-damaged, not drunk. And when it comes to punctuation, I’ve always been comma-tose.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 19/May/2025 @ 9:53 am
Sounds like a crappy situation, Jack.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 18/May/2025 @ 7:55 am
Kev, actually, the railing made it worse…it was flimsy and wobbled when you gripped. If you were to lose your balance, it wouldn’t prevent a fall. But yeah, the logs were firm and didn’t move as you walked, so it was better than the typical “rickety” bridge.
Yeah, I was being intentionally contradictory with that phrasing. I just don’t see how a mother would agree to give up her kids to have a relationship with a foreigner. Now, there are circumstances like going overseas to work that necessitate that, but that wasn’t the situation Reekay was describing. No, I don’t want to raise someone else’s kids at this stage of my life (I had step-children in three of my marriages, and it was okay, I just don’t want to do that as an old man). Still, a woman who would walk away from her children to be with me is downright scary and not someone I’d trust with my heart.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 17/May/2025 @ 6:38 pm
Kev, yes, I picked up on the slutty vibe she gives off, too. Maybe the guys she rejects are the lucky ones.
Nope, never wanted a goat. I had a pet pig growing up and he was pretty cool, but these days I’ll just stick with my dogs.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 17/May/2025 @ 6:42 pm
Brian, she eliminated me right of the bat based on my age. I guess she never learned that age is just a number. I’m thirty in my heart. But yeah, there are lots of other reasons not to love me, so maybe she is a smart girl after all.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 17/May/2025 @ 6:39 pm
Kevin, misunderstandings like that one on our hikes are very rare. This one came about due to unrelated circumstances. When we headed out, we had a general idea of the area we’d be passing through, but no specific quest like Black Rock. When we got closer, Ed wanted to do the climb to BR and asked if I was going to go around instead (like I’m known to do). My response was intended to be, “No, I’ll go up,” but was heard as I wasn’t going. I’m slower than the others, so I’m always bringing up the rear. Somewhere during the ascent, the group changed their mind and took a different trail rather than going to the top. Since they thought I’d gone around, they didn’t know to wait for me. I did send a message from the summit, and they said they’d wait for me at the bottom.
I have no idea what is going on with Kevin. He’s a big-time lefty, so maybe it is politics. His wife doesn’t like my blog and doesn’t want my granddaughter to see it. Or perhaps it is something else, or he just doesn’t care about the old man. We didn’t have an argument or anything like that. I know I could reach out, but at least so far, my pride and distaste for drama preclude that.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 16/May/2025 @ 8:21 am
Brian, the “finger block maneuver” is my attempt to be funny. The photo is legit, though. A real moment in time when a friend tried to flip me off after darts in Itaewon and I pushed his hand away with that snooty expression and some one captured it on camera.
The stock numbers I posted were just something I came across that made me think of you. It was posted in response to all the doom and gloom, world is ending crap, when stocks went down briefly a few days earlier. I am very confident you will be eating crow next year and I’ll be trying my best to be gracious with my “I told ya so”…
» Posted By John McCrarey On 16/May/2025 @ 8:00 am
Good to know. Is beer okay?
» Posted By John McCrarey On 16/May/2025 @ 7:52 am
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» Posted By John McCrarey On 19/May/2025 @ 10:01 am