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Here’s a video, with an owl-eyed presenter, on teaching your dog to come when called. Pretty thorough lesson.
Here’s a short American Kennel Club video. Emphasis on positive reinforcement.
And here’s the very peppy Zak George.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/September/2018 @ 9:23 pm
Asses! Woo-hoo!
As for Buddy: I hope you’re able to figure out how he Houdini’ed his way off that chain. If he can do it once, he can do it again.
May the irritation from your blister be minor.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 09/September/2018 @ 8:25 pm
Interesting cultural observations! I’m learning much through your eyes. I’m thinking I’d like to learn about native Filipino religions and superstitions—(un)lucky numbers, days, events, etc.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 08/September/2018 @ 9:26 pm
Happy birthday to Renée, which is French for “reborn”! What a wee Bonnie lass she was (and still is, I imagine!).
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/September/2018 @ 2:45 pm
Thirsty is a wise man with wise counsel.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/September/2018 @ 2:48 pm
Whoa. That’s an impressive feat.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 07/September/2018 @ 10:49 am
Dude, if you wanna meet quality people, you gotta go where the quality people are. Otherwise, your future is drama, drama, and more drama. Hang around a circle of emotionally retarded people, and you can expect to encounter some emotional retardation up close and personal. The problem, of course, is that it’s easy for a nerdy teetotaler like me to politely suggest swearing off bars. For you, bars are your scene, not to mention a deeply ingrained habit, so asking you to swear off bars is like asking me to stop overeating and start on the Keto Diet: not impossible, but pretty fucking close.
That said, the John McCrarey I know is several cuts above the schmucks one is likely to meet in bars. He’s a literate, principled guy who’s spent a lifetime in management (which means he knows something about judging the quality of his fellow human beings), has read The Lord of the Rings, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of song lyrics. When you finally find a venue that matches the content of your character, and you surround yourself with people bent on constant self-improvement (as opposed to wallowing, stagnation, and petty conflict), I expect your life will improve dramatically. It’s just a matter of budging the enormous boulder that is your current bar-centered mindset.
[By the way, no disrespect to the other good eggs who happen to like bars. I’m not implying that you’re completely surrounded by assholes—just mostly surrounded by them.]
Funny you should mention that article about on-again-off-again relationships. I had thought about sending you a link to it, but I didn’t want to come off as taunting, torturing, or otherwise increasing your suffering. These arrogant comments I leave are probably torture enough. Heh. As for Marissa… she still doesn’t seem worth it to me. More specifically, she’s not worthy of you. Aim low, and you’ll always find someone cheap and bangable. Aim high, and you’ll find someone real to fill the hole in your soul. It’s the id versus the superego: the superego wants maturity, wholesomeness, loyalty, care, faithfulness—all the virtues that can only manifest themselves over a long period of time. The id, meanwhile, wants a tight, moist little hole for the trouser snake to crawl into repeatedly until it pukes. Who will win, then? The id or the superego? Until that gets sorted out through the acquisition of deeper self-knowledge, nothing’s going to change.
Yeah, yeah—another psych-counselor comment utterly lacking in humility. You can tell me to fuck off. I can take it.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 06/September/2018 @ 9:54 pm
Steeling myself for a tale of woe. And hoping none of your fellow expats, Hashers, etc., read your blog.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 05/September/2018 @ 4:33 pm
Those other Hashers must really be walking fast, given how fast I know you walk.
No ass pictures to share this time? I mean, those shots of the local area are beautiful and all, but(t)…
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 04/September/2018 @ 1:46 pm
Good luck with that Hash! I just heard that, after this next typhoon to hit Japan, fall will arrive in Korea in earnest. Not that I totally trust such news: September is normally a hot month in Korea. Chuseok is at the end of September, though, and Weather.com is tentatively forecasting cool-ish weather in the 70s for that time. I’ll be walking out to Incheon and back during our break.
Meanwhile, I hope the weather gets, if not cooler, then less hot in the Philippines. Happy trailblazing!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 03/September/2018 @ 6:03 pm
Good luck as you continue to settle in. I’ll be curious to read what you write at the one-year mark.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 02/September/2018 @ 1:01 am
How did you train Buddy to take that photo of you walking away?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 01/September/2018 @ 9:50 am
Always nice to have a protracted birthday celebration. They should name a week after you.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 30/August/2018 @ 7:36 pm
Very impressive waterfall pic. Glad you survived your journey.
My discovery, last year, was that Korea is actually very walker/biker-friendly in terms of available trails and walking paths. What’s your read of the Philippines? Can you safely walk from city to city, or is the walker/biker infrastructure generally lacking?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 29/August/2018 @ 4:54 pm
That is the most awesome Happy Birthday song I’ve ever come across.
Happy Birthday, my friend. No fuck-yous from me.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 28/August/2018 @ 3:06 pm
And the pronunciation gets fucked up once it’s Americanized. I was in the town of Touchet, Washington, back in 2008 during my abortive cross-country walk. The natives didn’t pronounce their town’s name the French way (“too-SHAY”); they pronounced it “TOO-shee,” like bad Yiddish for “ass.” Why, God, why? I could list all sorts of mispronounced French names in the US: Des Moines, Pierre, etc. We Yanks seem to have no respect for French names, but we pronounce most of the Spanish-derived names fairly faithfully—even La Jolla, CA, gets the correct pronunciation from us. Go figure.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/August/2018 @ 4:19 pm
Happy Barfday!
For what it’s worth, “poteau” is French for “post,” i.e., a kind of pole. Here’s a pic of a poteau de frappe, or striking post, used in some martial arts (the caption to the pic reads “toughening via traditional striking post”). These posts come in many forms, from simple boards to the Chinese “wooden man” used in many wushu styles.
I’d say “try not to drink too much today,” but that’s a lost cause. Heh.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/August/2018 @ 3:26 pm
Sorry to hear about the ankle-biters. May you find a solution to the problem. Perhaps this page will prove helpful.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 27/August/2018 @ 1:07 am
Ah, that’s right. You did recently write about some of the more extreme expats.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 25/August/2018 @ 7:13 pm
Have you gotten a read, yet, on how your expat acquaintances line up politically? What’s the general skew—rightward or leftward overall?
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 25/August/2018 @ 5:21 pm
Well, you’re not a player, but you’re a flirt, and you take pics of women’s asses! To a certain type of female mind, these relatively harmless traits are no different from being a player. I’m not saying I agree with that type of female mind, but if a woman is insecure and jealous, she’ll overthink everything, and the result is more trouble for you.
If Marissa gets huffy but refuses to explain her words and actions, that’s a warning sign. Women supposedly stress openness and communication, and when a woman isn’t open and doesn’t communicate, it could mean she’s simply operating on emotion with no attempt at rationality, i.e., there’s no real substance behind her huffiness, and she doesn’t want that fact revealed through dialogue. If there’s no substance, then what she’s doing is on the level of an attention-seeking drama queen, which is a toxic personality to be avoided, not least because it’s immature. Are you looking for a girl, or for a woman?
Honestly, I don’t think she’s worth the trouble. And given the wearily pendular nature of this particular “relationshit” (to borrow Dane Cook’s term), I’d wager the whole thing is going nowhere fast.
I’m not sure what you mean by a “communication barrier.” Is her English not up to par? Or is her personality so mysteriously “out there” that it’s as if you’re both speaking different languages? Why is it so damn hard to make clear what you both want out of this whatever-it-is? If Marissa seems jealous and accusatory based on a mere photo, why does she seem to show a lack of interest the rest of the time? There’s a lot here that I don’t understand, but maybe that’s partly because I’m not involved in serial relationships, so I have no practice and no wisdom.
Anyway, yeah: questions. Lots of questions.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 24/August/2018 @ 6:52 pm
I think an anthropologist would have a field day studying the rules and rituals of the Hash, which are apparently flexible enough to handle even the dead!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 22/August/2018 @ 4:30 pm
Quite an adventure! All praise to the Hare for an interesting trail!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 21/August/2018 @ 8:42 pm
Hash safely.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 20/August/2018 @ 6:43 pm
Have fun Hashing!
As for that lineup of girls: third from the left looks as if she might be a he. Hmmm.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 19/August/2018 @ 5:15 pm
Quite a group of characters there. I’m sure you’ll end up with a few good friends.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 19/August/2018 @ 5:12 pm
Good words of wisdom from your nobler self.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 16/August/2018 @ 10:56 pm
I have no way of knowing how the pork tastes, but it looks pretty damn good.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 15/August/2018 @ 2:37 pm
Please, for the love of Jesus, see a doc re: incontinence. Not even joking now. Something needs to be checked out. You’re too young for this to be a thing.
Glad to see all the love and care you give the dawg. I hope Buddy has come to understand that he’s not going to find better treatment anywhere else in the universe.
Brave statement by the “Trump 2020” contingent! At this rate, a second victory is likely. I have nothing but liberal coworkers at my office, and they plaintively shout “Nooo!” at the thought of another four years of Trump. But that’s their problem right there: if all they’ve got is shouting (and petulant kicking and screaming), with no actual, coherent platform or plan, Orange Hitler is going to have an easy stroll to victory.
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 13/August/2018 @ 10:54 pm
«« Back To Stats PageWoo-hoo! Congratulations!
» Posted By Kevin Kim On 12/August/2018 @ 10:14 pm