Yet more crap I ate in Seoul

Wings from heaven at RMT.

Perfect grilled cheese sandos at Three Alley Pub.

I heart Pho Roi.

Breakfast of the awesome part two - cheese sticks and XXX Vitamin Water.

Chicken taco at Choi's Taco, I know you want one.  I had three.

Turkish lamb kebab sando.  We thought we were ordering pitas, but whatever.

Ridiculous Quizno's spread.

Busy weekend.  Took a 7 hour bird scoot round the west coast looking for two types of waxwing, but my information was dated, and they were gone.  Saw some decent other stuff.  Got a noseburn.  Went to the Jeju United home opener against Busan, it was surprisingly entertaining.
  Looking at these pics of stuff I ate in Seoul, I'm struck by how everything is brown, orange, and mostly greasy.  Yet delicious. Good thing I've embarked on (yet another) 'detox' campaign.  Been getting off my arse and doing stuff in the morning, and I played a shit-ton of sports yesterday.  I'm a real sportathlete.  Been eating less garbage.  Also not gonna touch any of 'The Creature' for at least a month.  So far so good.  I need a clear head and some energy, more than anything else.
  Taking pictures of food is such a classically Korean thing to do, they're thinking of granting me honorary citizenship.  Been here waaaaaay too long.  Other Korean habits I've picked up are speaking in monosyllables ('Euhn' is the answer to pretty much everything), and spitting in the streets.  Spitting in the streets, while admittedly sick-o-tating, is a privilege, no, a right, I take seriously, and cherish.  But I spit responsibly - with great power comes something something.

Osprey about to eat sushi

Return of the Jebi pt.II

The Barn Swallows are back in Seogwipo.  'Jebi', in Korean.  I've always liked them.  They mean spring is here, and they'll be whizzing past my window all summer.  Well, as much of the summer as I'll see here.  We'll be seeing about that.  Anyhizzles, I was surprised to see them in the park in my backyard.  It's my park.   I own it.  I sat there in the sun and watched the swallows zing inches past my large head for the better part of half an hour.  Didn't get a good pic of course, they're too fast and awesome.  They are my spirit guide.
  Incidentally, sailors used to get tattoos of Barn Swallows because they spoke to the hope of returning home safely after a long, hard voyage.  Huh.

Solitary Snipe

A fairly rare bird, I spotted it up at the Gwangneung Arboretum, north of Seoul, the only reliable spot to find it in Korea. I walked up and down a stream for ages and didn't find it, or the Black Woodpecker I kept hearing.  Picked up a couple of new finches though.  On my way out, I decided to give the snipe one more go, and went off to a different stretch or river from where it normally hangs out.  I picked a spot at random and pushed through some bushes, leaned on a fence and sighed.  The snipe was sitting fifteen feet in front of me.  I high-fived myself.  Not a riveting story really, but I told it anyways.  Gonna push hard for some weekend waxwings.  Life on the edge.
  Been thinking of making some new 2011 resolutions.  It's not too late, I think.  I had a guy wish me a happy new year in April once.  That's pushing it a wee bit.  I have a lit 2009 Christmas tree sitting on my fridgelet, so maybe I should shut the hell up.
  Life-changing decisions to make soon.  I'm sure the answers will drift into my glib lap like the proverbial fistful of sand.
  Plop!  Splash!

Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnsFR4E8mk

Yellow-throated Bunting

Chirp

Free Hugs

Sorry, did my purse just brush your cock?

Commit to it, godammit!

I've had better hugs.  Thanks for ruining my day with your sub-par hugs, Korean hippies.

Latest nonsense from Seoul vol. III

The secret is...some dead lizards in a pail.

Pre and post-murder gloves are now available.

Those Japanese businessmen are notoriously trans-curious.

Made from the finest apple cores and Chinese newspapers.

Story of my life...

Latest nonsense from Seoul vol. II

Lee Hyori desperately wants me, dunno how to tell her I have white fever.

Hey, y'know what would make our place super classy?

Latest nonsense from Seoul

Irie-euh!

Drama changes names every year.  It was called 'Starbutts' a few years back...

Thanks a ton, insane taxi driver.

A cat that looks like Hitler

There's actually a whole website devoted to this.  I'm pleasantly surprised that I actually found one myself.   See you in hell, Kitler!

The Umbrellatown Massacre

Why, did I miss a button?

Deadbrella

Sunday in Seoul was insanely windy, rainy in-your-bones cold.  I wore my snazzy plastic rainbag.  People pointed and laughed at me a lot, but that's par for the course I think.
  Later, we encountered some Europeans at an establishment near Cobain's place.  Wow, I forgot how snooty and flamboyant a lot of Europeans are.  They'd make great Koreans.

Another lost weekend in Seoul

Mexican friggin' owls!  Korea-diculous!

Animatronic dancing phone-pandas!  Absurde!

Garbage-bear antics!

Brokeback scoot shenanigans!

Breakfast of the awesome!

Hours of joy!

  I'm watching a show about how the female Golden Orb Weaver spider (common on Jeju in late summer) eats the male soon after mating.  What a bitch.
  Just got back from Seoul, it was another barn-burner.  What can I reveal on the internet?  Nothing much now, I'm tired as a broke-dick dog.  Stuffed my face, said bye to a mate, and did some solid birding.
  Damn, they're eating bats now, sick!  Je suis numero un!