Comments Posted By Kevin Kim
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She’s quite lovely. Good luck catching that one. And good luck reconciling the desires of the id with the desires of the superego!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 12/October/2018 @ 5:00 pm
May you not end up with a knife in your chest, physically or metaphorically.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/October/2018 @ 5:24 pm
I saw the news on ROK Drop yesterday. May he rest in peace.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/October/2018 @ 1:38 pm
Looks to have been another beautiful day. Too bad you had to rat out Pubic Head, though.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/October/2018 @ 4:21 pm
Ru Ru’s a cutie.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/October/2018 @ 4:05 pm
I’m sure you’ll find plenty of new challenges to occupy your time. Something like the Hash, I think, is awesome because it’s about community-building and self-improvement (you can actually run the Hash, right?). That’s precisely the sort of thing you can fill your time with and end up feeling that you’re doing something worthwhile. Things that take brains and effort, things that push you gently to the limits (or over the limits) of your comfort zone—these are all worthy pursuits.
Themed travel is an option, too, in terms of expanding horizons. Go from city to city looking for examples of native (pre-Christian) Filipino religion, and pick up some of that religion’s history along the way. Or do a food tour (that’d be my option) in which you eat your way across part of the country, sampling local specialties and figuring out what makes a particular region’s cuisine unique. Learn food vocabulary, in both English and the local languages, as you go.
Of course, there are also Filipino martial arts, which are pretty badass. Few cultures can rival the Philippines in terms of weapon arts. Learn escrima (2 sticks) or self-defense with a staff or cane. There must be some martial-arts schools near where you live.
Anyway, the entire country is your oyster, so the only reason to feel bored is if you’ve trapped yourself in a boring routine. Perhaps your boredom is the cosmos’s way of saying, “Start getting curious about this new, wide universe you’re living in.” Bars are, after all, filled with the incurious who are content with the confines of the bar itself.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/October/2018 @ 2:00 pm
I’m glad you were sober enough to grab the mike. Would’ve been quite a sight to see you crooning soulfully into that ashtray.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/October/2018 @ 5:00 pm
Happy Birthday to the birthday girl! Seems as though you all had a good time, despite the crappy movie. There weren’t any better movies on tap…?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/October/2018 @ 3:19 pm
Happy just to ride along. Continued good fortune to you.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/October/2018 @ 2:43 pm
A grave experience at the Hash
Haunting photos.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/October/2018 @ 1:54 pm
Tom Waits is quite a character. If I’m not mistaken, he’s the guy who gave us an over-the-top version of Renfield, Dracula’s assistant, in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” from the 1990s. One of the most memorable performances from that movie. The guy’s a nut.
Chili looks awesome. Half-moon Bay looks awesome. You may be down in the dumps, but this sure seems like an awesome life to me. Hope you regain your good cheer, and soon.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 01/October/2018 @ 3:48 pm
In the States, we use the expression “Basket Weaving 101” as a term of derision, implying an activity that’s boneheaded and worthless. But, damn—whoever wove those baskets wasn’t fuckin’ around. Respect!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 30/September/2018 @ 2:10 am
” Hard to believe Spain and Greece have faster connections than we are.”
Whoops—”faster connections than we DO.”
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/September/2018 @ 7:44 pm
Scintillate away!
I saw one of those online speed rankings. Hard to believe Spain and Greece have faster connections than we are.
Happy trails to Justin. I guess, with his new visa, he’s good for another year or more.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/September/2018 @ 7:43 pm
Oh, yeah—is Justin still with you?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/September/2018 @ 6:21 pm
Sad to read about the lack of a sense of civic duty. Korea has a similar problem; there’s plenty of trash all scattered throughout Seoul; there’s even more trash in the mountains and small towns.
Still, congrats on that one first-place finish, and have a good time formulating your travel plans, domestic and foreign. Hope you find a good dog-sitter, and may no one break into your home while you’re gone. (I just saw that Rihanna, the singer, had her second break-in in the space of just months. Yeesh.)
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/September/2018 @ 6:18 pm
30.6K steps is a lot for a 6.5-kilometer route. I assume you did the Hash and then just kept on a-walkin’.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 26/September/2018 @ 8:53 pm
Those’re some gorgeous images of the Philippines, there. Drop the temperature by 20-25 degrees Fahrenheit and remove all the humidity, and I’d be happy to visit!
She’s kinda’ blurry, but the chick in the skirt and yellow tank top (with spaghetti straps) is rather cute. She’s sitting on the ice in the final picture. What was her sin? Being just too dang hot?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 25/September/2018 @ 5:32 pm
I notice, in the first pic, that you’re doing the proper “V for Victory” gesture while Justin, by showing the back of his hand and two raised fingers, is doing the gesture recognized as “Fuck You” in the British Isles, Australia, and New Zealand. I gather that your respective approaches to the night’s activities reflected the same difference in perspective.
Hope you’re having fun corrupting (or is that further corrupting?) your nephew.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 23/September/2018 @ 7:15 pm
Hope he has a good time!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/September/2018 @ 8:59 pm
May your nephew have a pleasant stay. What sort of visa is he on that he has to do visa runs? This is the Korean-fluent nephew, right? You’d think he’d have a permanent-resident visa by now.
Awesome pic of the waterspout, even if you didn’t take it. I love the irony of the “welcome” message written on that wall.
Buddy looks happy and healthy and well cared-for. I hope that domestic life is eroding his wanderlust.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 21/September/2018 @ 1:38 pm
Here’s hoping the power remains stable for the next long while. And congrats on winning at darts! You’ve got the magic touch.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/September/2018 @ 7:14 pm
Second photo: a bit of ass in evidence. Thank you.
Congrats on a good Hash. And that’s some nice-looking pulled pork.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 18/September/2018 @ 5:01 pm
I see that word, and I keep thinking “tampon.” Which leads to thoughts of PMS. Which leads to thoughts of pissy women. Etc., etc.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 17/September/2018 @ 11:41 pm
(Oh, by the way, congrats on losing Marissa. She was a millstone around the neck. I worry, though, that I’ll be hearing about her again because, well, toxic relationships often create pendular karma fueled by human weakness in the face of loneliness: the old “This time, it’ll be different!” dynamic, like Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the football.)
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 17/September/2018 @ 6:51 pm
Reconcile the id’s need for a purty young thang and the superego’s desire for depth, fidelity, and constancy, and bliss is assured. Well… as assured as this life allows.
From Wikipedia: “The withdrawal behaviors of tampo are indirect ways of expressing hostility.”
So… passive-aggressive behavior, then! And this is sanctioned in Filipino culture! Woo-hoo!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 17/September/2018 @ 5:24 pm
Congratulations! Victory is sweet.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 15/September/2018 @ 2:54 am
Batten down them hatches!
That still looks like a pretty good haul.
Any thoughts on getting your own car?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 14/September/2018 @ 4:41 am
Four months already! Well, you’ve still got your sanity, so there’s that. Congrats. Here’s to another two-thirds of a year!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 11/September/2018 @ 9:50 pm
«« Back To Stats PageThat looks like a small meat freezer—the kind you open at the top! Will you be stocking up on ribs, steaks, tenderloins, sausage, bacon, and various fish and fowl? I hope so. May you never run out of meat.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 10/September/2018 @ 8:23 pm