70s Party at Santa's

This party was awesome. Disco, dancing, drinking, and basic madness was the order of the day. Polyester, afros, aviator glasses, pimps, and porn stars abounded. I haven't had this much fun in ages!

Greg and Emily

Greg aka "The King of Sleaze"

Glenn aka "Disco Steve"

Rockin' Rob

Cody

Mr. Ho

"I'm a dancin' foo-oo-oo-ool!"

Dave aka "Disco Stu"

Becca, Erin, and Kim: Charlie's Angels

"Disco Steve"

Becca gettin her groove on.

dancin' fools

Jonathan

Dan and me.

Shane working hard

"The King of Sleaze" and Kim

Greg, Nick, and Dan

Charlie's Angel

Princess Lea and her pimp

My dick fell out!!

Charlie and his angels??

Getting a little weird.

Don't ask.

Chris and Kim

Slava the Mad Russian

Rowdy Robin B-ball terrorist.

Ian

Woody: "Just call me Dick!"

Bling??

Deluiso and Nick. The Caddie is outside.

Chuseok Mix

1. The Seldom Scene - Take Me In Your Lifeboat
2. Chet Baker - September Song
3. Keb'Mo' - Anybody Seen My Girl
4. Neil Young - From Hank to Hendrix (Unplugged)
5. Superchunk - Slack Motherfucker
6. Monster Magnet - Third Alternative
7. Ace Frehley - Ozone
8. Rush - Distant Early Warning
9. Pennywise - Clear Your Mind
10. The Black Crowes - Remedy
11. Jimmy Eat World - The Authority Song
12. Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit - Quinius Thoth
13. Descendents - Suburban Home
14. Slayer - Love to Hate
15. Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around
16. Bauhaus - Poison Pen
17. Albert Collins - Put the Shoe on the Other Foot
18. Wynton Marsalis - For All We Know
19. Reverend Horton Heat - In Your Wildest Dreams
20. Molly Hatchet - Gator Country
21. Ben Harper - Forever
22. The Allstonians - Six Years
23. Minor Threat - Screaming at a Wall
24. Black Sabbath - The Sign of the Southern Cross
25. Jethro Tull - The Pine Martin's Jig
26. The Allstonians - The Allston Beat
27. The Replacements - I'll Be You
28. Danny Morris - Sad and Blue
29. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Over the Eggshells
30. Green Day - We Are the Waiting

The following may not be suitable for all viewers.

This is a hearty, "FUCK OFF AND DIE!!!" to Korean cab drivers. Especially to the two FUCKING AHJASHI DICKHEAD MOTHERFUCKERS who slowed down, in the middle of a torrential downpour, saw I was a waeguk (foreigner), and drove past. This is also a hearty "FUCK YOU!!" to the cabbie that did pick me up (in the same torrential downpour), and then gave me attitude for wanting to go to my house, which is too fucking far to walk in a storm (30 minutes at least), but not far enough for the fucker to say, "Chungnam Dae??", like he was being inconvenienced by the fact that I'd ask him for something so close. { I am perfectly willing to pay more than the meter price, because it is a short ride - 2,100 won ($2), and tips are not the norm here. A nice, hardworking guy desrves the extra money. I emphasize NICE!} Needless to say, Mr. Attitude got dick!

I will say now that not all Korean cabbies are bad. I've had a few that have gone out of their way to be helpful, some even above and beyond. However, most of these fucks seem to think that cab driving makes them God. THE FUCKERS CAN KISS MY HAIRY WHITE ASS!

Am I gonna stop taking cabs? Hell, no! lol

Done for the Week Mix

1. Ugly Kid Joe: Everything About You
2. Charlie Parker: Autumn in New York
3. John Cougar Mellencamp: Pink Houses
4. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs: La Vida
5. Super Troopers: Big Bear
6. Miles Davis: Israel
7. The Allman Brothers Band: You Don't Love Me
8. Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet
9. Southern Culture on the Skids: Corn Rocket
10. Augustus Pablo: Skanking Dub
11. Gwen Stefani: What You Waiting For?
12. Danny Gatton: Opus De Funk
13. Reel Big Fish: Beer
14. Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Nevermind
16. Blue Oyster Cult: Astronomy (Live)
17. Miles Davis: The Leap
18. The Angels: Hold On
19. Elton John: Screw You (Young Man's Blues)
20. Sammy Hagar: This Planet's on Fire (Burn in Hell)
21. Corrosion of Conformity: Pearls Before Swine
22. No Doubt: Don't Speak
23. The Kinks: Till the End of the Day
24. The Eagles: Take It to the Limit
25. Kansas: Cheyenne Anthem
26. Public Image Ltd.: Seattle
27. The Band: We Can Talk
28. J. Geils Band: Centerfold
29. Miles Davis: How Deep is the Ocean
30. Gong: Flying Teapot

Photos from my trip back home

Sunset over Korea one hour into the flight.

Sunrise about two hours before landing in Vancouver

Mountains of Canada.

My Niece Jesse doing what she does best. In the car going to Plymouth.

My cousin Derek's little girl Jordan. Cute as a button.

Jaeger

Sunrise Whitehorse Beach, Plymouth, MA. I really like this photo.

It's truly a lovely place.

Birds in the morning.

This was a great morning. I woke up around 5am and went down to the beach. I had the whole place to myself. It was fabulous.

My brother Kim: The intrepid fisherman.

My niece Jesse. 12 years old with attitude to spare.

My other niece Linsday and her 5.5 lb lobster.

Die Gaspumper! The lobster lost.

Jesse on the whale watch.

Kim and his wife Mona.

Linsday and her not boyfriend Kyle.

Mona, Jesse, me, Kyle, and Linsday on the whale watch.

Thar she blows!

Humpbacks

This was pretty cool.

My Uncle Steve and my brother motorboatin'

Lighthouse

My idea of fishing!

Fish, fish everywhere but not a one to catch. There were literally hundreds of fish jumping around the boat, but neither Steve nor my brother could catch one.

The one that got away.

The St. Lawrence Seaway, Les Coteaux, Quebec.

My brother and Toby.

Cool lighting at dusk. Les Coteaux.

Back in the Saddle Again!

It seems like it's been forever since I've written a post on this site. I just haven't been overly inspired of late. However, since I have 4 hours until my next class and not a damn thing to do, I figure what the hell.

I did have a fabulously relaxing trip back home although it didn't start out as well as I would have liked. On the day I left, I got up, finished packing, and got to the airport in plenty of time for my 4:40 pm flight to Toronto. The fly in the ointment was the fact that I had read the departure time on my ticket wrong. The flight left at 14:40 pm (2:40 for those of you, like me, constantly confused by the 24 hour clock) . This of course means when I showed up at the ticket counter to check in at 3pm, my flight had already left. Doh! Fortunately, the woman at the counter found me a flight to Vancouver that left an hour later and had a connecting flight to Montreal.

Those of you from Canada know this, but others may not: Air Canada sucks! I will swim to Canada before I take that airline again. They packed people into a two engine sardine can for the 12 hour flight from Seoul to Vancouver (I got the same type of plane coming back as well). There is nothing quite so annoying as being on a plane for a great length of time with your knees stuffed somewhere up around your ears. Don't even get me started about the food! The true test of an airline's ability to get you through a long flight is the in-flight movie. A good movie has the ability to distract you from the tedium and discomfort of the flight if even for a short time. My in-flight movie both leaving and returning to Korea? Superman, circa 1978. Mind boggling.

Things naturally improved once I got to Montreal. My brother picked me up at the airport, and after getting to his house and sleeping for a few hours, we hopped in the car and drove to my aunt and uncle's cottage in Cape Cod. I haven't seen my brother nor my aunt and uncle in 4 years, so it was a very pleasent reunion. One thing about my Aunt Norma and Uncle Steve is that they are the definition of "Salt of the Earth". It's always amazing to me how comfortable I feel walking into their house no matter how long it has been between visits. Norma and Steve have had the cottage at the Cape for almost forty years and apparently I used to visit there when I was a young child. However, I have no recollection of this, so the visit was like going there for the first time.

We stayed at the Cape for a week (my computer at home mysteriously died while I was gone, so I'll post photos of the trip later). I walked on the beach at sunrise, went whale watching, did some fishing (well, actually, I drank beer and watched my brother fish), and watched a bunch of pre-season football. All-in-all the perfect way to prepare oneself to come back to Korea for another semester. Hopefully, this feeling will carry me through the next three months.

For the Record: Brigham's coffee ice cream is without exception the best! (I ate two quarts of the stuff while I was there, hee hee).

Anyway, I must head off for a staff meeting to decide the fate of the world. More later.