Golden Orb Weaver season

They're still small right now. I'd like to see Bear Grylls eat one up. Fuck man, I'm gonna go nuts one fine day. The rain and humidity is year-round this time. I've gotten to the point where I can't stand Korean food anymore, and I'm too lazy to cook these days, so I've been putting Paris Baguette's kids through college eating garbage sandos. Haven't done anything remotely active in months. All people do in this country is drink. Rant rant rant. Fuck.

Rice Capped with Seafood

'Capped'. I like that. But I'm sick of Korea in a big way. A mediocre country full of rude people who think they invented culture. Candy-ass hip-hop. That's Korean culture. Get me the fuck outta here.

Sebadoh - Soul and Fire

1993! Where were you then? I was somewhere, frantically growing my hair and plotting ways to break the rules. This songs rocks nations so hard that when I'm done building my time machine, I'm gonna go back in time and write this song before Sebadoh can. Then I'll punch out Hitler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tl1AjzDSNE

Runneth over

It's been a very rainy year. I'd rather be in Cambodia shooting RPGs at cows. Lotsa mosquitoes lately. Been frying them up good with my death racket, it'll show them. They keep coming though. I've been doing lots of assessing lately. The life of an assassin. Assessin?
Ronin is on. Decent movie. Chase chase shoot!

Slogan!

Questionable.

I hate the smell of diesel in the morning

While doing a little birding this morning I saw a plume of black smoke in the harbor. When I got down there, the fire was out, but a squid boat had clearly burned, turned turtle, and spilled diesel everywhere in the harbor, right across from 'the office'. Folks were looking blankly at one another for the answer and half-assedly dropping booms into the water. It looked like the crap was spreading everywhere. Balls to that.
Screw it, it's Mingle Mangle time.

PSP

Before the PlayStation Portable, PSP used to stand for 'pierced steel plating' (aka Marsden Matting), and the US military used it to make airstrips during the Korean War. If you consider that the Korean War ended (well, it never actually ended, nor was it ever an official 'war') a good 60 years ago, it's somewhat surprising that there's so much of this stuff still lying around in rural Korea. I've seen it being used in at least a dozen different ways. Apparently the steel was made with a high manganese content, which made it resistant to corrosion. Now you know that.

Tom Petty - Refugee/The Waiting

Tom Petty sure is the tits! Sneer for them Tom, because I fucking hate mosquitoes.

Refugee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFnOfpIJL0M&videos=OaNl10DUuCo

The Waiting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyCa35_mOg&playnext=1&videos=OaNl10DUuCo&feature=artistob

"Well yeah I might have chased a couple women around, all it ever got me was down."

Neck meat

I really wanted to take Resolute out to get some pig spine soup, or raw pheasant liver (just for the sake of it), but it wasn't in the cards. Instead, I introduced him to Korean food in the form of the triangle tuna kimbap, and some neck meat (mok sal) at the newspaper place. He liked it. He's back in Oz now, and it was surreal having him on Jeju. We talked about old times a lot, as we tend to do.

Easily amused

Tuborg Green is one of the best beers in the whole entire wide world. Traditionally, and perplexingly, Denmark exported only Tuborg Gold, and the skunky Carlsberg. Well, when I saw Tuborg Green at Home Plus the other day, I about shit. Tastes gut in the Viking pinty Resolute got me in Iceland. Life is gut. I've got to get back to Denmark one day soon - it's been way too long, and life just seems to make a bit more sense there. Great beer, insanely gorgeous and smiley ladies, and a commendable tradition of eating delicious sandwiches. Sign me up.

Fizzling typhoons

The first pic is the flaccid Typhoon Kompasu (mouse pointing to Seogwipo), which didn't even muss up anyone's coiffure, and the second is the underwhelming Tropical Storm Malou, due to caress Jeju with a gentle breeze tomorrow. I'm not sure why weak storms enrage me so. Don't they know I'm trying to feel alive? Damn.

Grey Heron, Red-necked Stint

Squiddin', we squiddin'

While I was out birdin' all day, Cobain and the boys were busy fishin', catching bait fish for the main event, night squiddin'. By the time I got there with more beer, it was time to squid, and the squid boats lit up the horizon. I grabbed a rod and confidently delivered a mighty cast, which was quickly followed by a mighty 'snap!'. I wasn't familiar with this particular rod, and the line snapped, flinging the expensive squid lure into the froth. I took a break immediately. There was lots of early September lightning out there, back behind the E-Mart. Reminds me of another time, in the past. Past? Future? Best to focus on one I suppose. We didn't catch any squid.

Birdin', we birdin'

Powered through a 7-hour bird-a-palooza-thon today with a couple of like-minded weirdos. Picked up one lifer - they're hard to come by these days, which is a good problem, as it means my numbers are getting up there. Still a ways to go, but I'm getting there. I'm a nerd. I've also never been defeated at Trivial Pursuit, beat a brain surgeon once. Not trying to toot my own horn or anything, but beep beep, try to beat me.

Rat flat

I can't tell if the white stuff is bones or maggots.

Export Marine Produs Packing Center

Har.

An ode to Mingle Mangle

Mingle Mangle, I love thee. I love saying your name. Mingle Mangle! I enjoy playing you on the bus. I also enjoy being challenged by your increasingly harder levels. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Mingle Mangle. Get Mingle Mangled today.

The biggest moth ever

Each wing was as big as a cell phone. Big. My stomach is fucked.

Jeju Coke Zone

Welcome! I drink a wee can of Coke every damn day, and I know it's killing me. Little cans though. Honestly, they're little.
Gonna have a stab at finding some typhoon-blown birds this weekend. I'll get a Korea first for sure. I enjoy birds.

Top o the world

Nothing to do with Jeju, but it reminds me that I need a vacation, and that life is usually good. People interacting with other people is always gonna be interesting. I'ma go get me some tattoos. Home Plus now sells Tuborg Green. Good.