Meanwhile, here in Korea…

For those of you watching at home, here’s what’s been going on:

I had some dinner guests, Tom and Yuli who you will recall introduced me to Bali.  Tom is also the captain of my dart team.

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This is the aftermath of what was my standard grilled rib-eye steak dinner.

The highlight of Tom’s visit was that he set me up with this keen system that allows me to watch content I’ve downloaded from the internet in the comfort of my living room on the big screen TV.  It is really awesome!

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“Let’s see, this wire plugs in here, and then…”

So, I’ve been looking for good quality entertainment on the internet (hey, there’s more than porn there, who knew?).  I’ve managed to watch “The Blind Side” (which I found to be quite excellent by the way) and an old favorite “The Prince of Tides”.  But where I’ve really be spending my time is on watching the Showtime series “Dexter”.   Just finished season one and I am hooked.  Great show.

So dear readers, I need your help.  I know how to search for visual entertainment, but I’m not at all sure what to search for.  I mean, Tom suggested I try “Dexter” which I had otherwise never heard of.  So, what else is out there I should be watching.  Leave your suggestions in the comments.  Thank you very much.

Last weekend my blog buddy Jenn of I’ve Got 2 Shoes fame came up from Ulsan for a taste of big city life.  I fear she may have been a little disappointed because other than dinner and a short bar hop on Saturday night, I couldn’t motivate my sorry ass to get out of the house much.  Well, we did the usual base tour.  Anyway, she said she enjoyed chillin’ here at the LTG abode and she’s always welcome to sample the mellow life in Seoul.

Friday night we had the going away dart tourney for Chris Hayes at Dolce Vita.  Yep, I came out of semi-retirement for the event.  And yep, my game is still crap.

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Chris is returning to the USA after 12 years in Korea.  He has a new job and is excited about heading home and starting his new life.  He’ll be missed here of course.  Monday nights will be a tad quieter, that’s for sure.

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Rex, CH, Ace, and Lucky…

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Chris brought a couple of newbies out with him…

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Alistair brought his pretty wife Juri and her pink darts.  She’s actually getting to be a pretty good darter.  She and her partner Ace took a second place at the tourney.

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Jim an Chris figuring out the brackets…

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Ron, Doug and Lonnie talk it over…

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My theory is if you aren’t throwing well, drink more!

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Juri and Jee Yeun agree that there is nothing more exciting than Friday night darts at Dolce Vita!

Anyway, it was a pretty good night all in all.  When didn’t have many of the boys from the UK with us, I guess because they were resting up for their mate Ciaran’s wedding on Saturday.  I had the honor of attending the event and it was well done.

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The understandably happy Ciaran with his lovely bride Eun Jin.

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Ciaran is a very nice young lad from Wales and I wish him and Eun Jin much happiness in the future.

So, today I’ve been playing with my iPod (I somehow managed to delete my library and I’m slowly rebuilding).  Got a pot of chili cooking and my nephew Justin will be joining me later this evening.

And that brings y’all right up to the minute in my thrilling life….

11 thoughts on “Meanwhile, here in Korea…

  1. So glad there’s another Dexter fan out there. I love the series!!! There aren’t many people who have Showtime anymore. This last one was too good for words. Michael C. Hall won best actor for his role and was just diagnosed with cancer. He accepted the award with a bald head. I guess it’s the “good cancer” and he’ll be fine. Did you know he is married to his sister from the show in real life? Can you tell I’m a die hard fan? Another good series, on AMC, Breaking Bad.

  2. Oh yeah, Big Love on HBO is good too. Mad Men you’ll probably like, I guess it’s one of Keith’s favorites. Nip/Tuck and 24 are both good too.

  3. Hey John,

    Glad to see you are still keeping up the good work with the blog. A few ideas for shows (none of them will tax the brain too much)
    Modern Family
    Burn Notice
    Spartacus: Blood & Sand
    And starting this weekend (14th i believe) another Spielberg / Hanks project called The Pacific. If it is half as good as Band of Brothers it will be well worth watching.

    All the best
    Thirsty

  4. I totally agree on Dexter and Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Other great Showtime series: The Tudors, The Brotherhood, and Weeds. From HBO: Deadwood and The Wire. From F/X: The Sons of Anarchy. That should keep you busy.

  5. Thanks Thirsty and Keith. Yes, I will really look forward to The Pacific and some of the others. I’ve seen a couple of episodes of Mad Men here and there and all of Deadwood.

    Looks like I’ve got some downloading to do!

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