These are mostly from Facebook. I've just had an unusual amount of random thoughts recently.
One of the earth's greatest mysteries still is the ocean. We haven't explored a large portion of the deepest depths of our own planet. But from my experience, when fish poop it usually sinks to the bottom and you have to clean the tank. It is going to be a huge disappointment when we reach the deepest depths of our oceans and it's just a ton of fish poop.
There are moments in your life when you choose between two paths, and the path you choose defines who you are. One step at a time, let's move forward. "What would you think if I sang out of tune, Would you stand up and walk out on me. Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song, And I'll try not to sing out of key. Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends." - The Beatles
How did "Cowabunga!" die in popularity? That's probably one of the coolest words I can think of. Also, Choco Tacos. Those things are awesome.
Evil = 666. Root of all evil = square root(666) = 25.806975. Rounded up, the square root of all evil would be 25.81. If translated into U.S. dollars, the top, most frequent Google search results for $25.81 would be the "Better Chef Panini and Contact Grill Sandwich Maker." Panini's = the root of all evil, mathematically proven. ...BOOM! I just blew your mind.
A letter to my college degree: I'm sorry, but this relationship just isn't working out. I really enjoyed the years it's taken to get us to where we are now, but it just feels like I put in all the effort lately and you don't do anything for me. All you do is sit around the house while I'm trying to fight for us, and you're just not doing your fair share. I still love you, but things have to change. -Terry
Hello, my name is Terry King. I'm currently looking for a job, preferably outside of the United States. My qualifications are: I'm pretty awesome, I like Ninja Turtles, and I can rock out from anywhere between 6-11 on a one to ten "blow your mind" scale. I'd like a salary of somewhere from a billion to infinity dollars per year. Please contact me if you would like to hire me, references can be provided if needed.
Terry King 's deep thought of the day: The expression "there's more than one way to skin a cat." My question is... who skins cats and why would you want to think of multiple ways of doing so? That's just creepy.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
We Dream of Ways to Break These Iron Bars
I had an interesting experience so I wanted to write about it. Today is Sunday, August 30th, 2009 at 8:34pm. I have a love-hate relationship with Facebook and with the recent addition of the "Like" button, it's blossomed in popularity and people have begun to click the "Like" button at all time highs. People also have realized that, like everything else that becomes popular, the struggle to retain originality is difficult and have now started posting the word "Dislike" under people's post because there is no "Dislike" button on Facebook. So before the "Like" button becomes another overused internet phenomenon, I wanted to see how many people I could get to click the "Like" button for a single status update. I used the fake scenario that I was getting married, and figured an engagement would result in a fluster of "Like" button clicking. One of my friends, Jason, acted as an accomplice in this farce with a comment post under the status update saying "awww.really???? That's so cool...CONGRATULATIONS MAN!!!! When's the bachelor party???? WOOT WOOT!!" and "You and Alice are pefect for each other^^" which made it seem that my post was real, and verified that there actually may be a girl named Alice that I was engaged to. (For the record, I don't think I even know a girl named Alice.) My experiment failed, as only 3 people have clicked the "Like" button at this time, but it resulted in a large amount of people posting their congratulations in my engagement, mostly from people that I haven't talked to in a long period of time. If you fell for this internet trickery, first I would like to apologize, but I thank you for your congratulations, and would very much like to catch up with you. It's been far too long since we last talked if you thought I was getting married. The most interesting thing about this whole little social experiment, however, was my amazement at how fast news was able to travel. Several people have called me asking to verify if I was actually getting married, and through word of mouth, I would say at least 40% of the friends that live close to me have heard the rumor that "Terry's getting married!?" Also worth mentioning, is that my friend Billy had seen this update, and requested that I be engaged to him. (Being a closer friend that I had actually seen earlier in the day, he knew it was obviously fake) I actually laughed so hard at this when I first saw it that I woke up my family's dog and she began barking hysterically. So, naturally, I accepted the "Engagement request" and thought that people seeing I was "Engaged to William" would be the end of it and realize it was fake. Amazingly, people still sent me congratulations and quizzical messages wondering if I was actually engaged. Does that mean that some people think I'm in a gay engagement? If so, that's awesome and hilarious. Also interesting, is that since that post, the number of pictures of me has dropped in what I would consider to be statistically relevant numbers. Probably around 30 pictures of me have been either lost, de-tagged, or simply erased. Is this a coincidence? Or do people feel so uncomfortable with pictures of a guy in a gay engagement that they have taken them down? I'm not sure, but it adds to the interesting number of factors of the whole situation. Again, interestingly, Facebook changes the ads on the right if you put that you're engaged in the relationship status. I have an entirely new set of ads, mostly about bachelor parties and wedding stuff.
So, just to set the record straight, I'm not engaged (I'm not even in a relationship), and I'm heterosexual. At this time I haven't revealed publicly that this was all fake, but have told everyone the truth if asked. I'm going to just let it spread slowly through word of mouth and see how many people realize it's fake, or call me up to ask me if it's real. Regardless though, my experiment has certainly added a bit of color lately in my life. I'll probably publicly reveal this blog post on Thursday when it has been a week. I think that's a good amount of time to judge just how fast information is traveling, and how many people believed it. If you we're tricked by this, I'm sorry, and I hope you don't hate me. :) I figured this would be the best soap box to announce that this was all fake, since the blog is called "Diary of a Psycho-logy Major." Extremely fitting, and I didn't even plan that out.
This wraps up my Facebook social experiment. My conclusions: The internet is quite scary, and people spend a lot of time on Facebook. Take from that what you will.
-Terry
So, just to set the record straight, I'm not engaged (I'm not even in a relationship), and I'm heterosexual. At this time I haven't revealed publicly that this was all fake, but have told everyone the truth if asked. I'm going to just let it spread slowly through word of mouth and see how many people realize it's fake, or call me up to ask me if it's real. Regardless though, my experiment has certainly added a bit of color lately in my life. I'll probably publicly reveal this blog post on Thursday when it has been a week. I think that's a good amount of time to judge just how fast information is traveling, and how many people believed it. If you we're tricked by this, I'm sorry, and I hope you don't hate me. :) I figured this would be the best soap box to announce that this was all fake, since the blog is called "Diary of a Psycho-logy Major." Extremely fitting, and I didn't even plan that out.
This wraps up my Facebook social experiment. My conclusions: The internet is quite scary, and people spend a lot of time on Facebook. Take from that what you will.
-Terry
Friday, February 20, 2009
The Cake Is A LIE
I've realized that my blog is way too serious and boring. I've deleted all my crap posts about nothing because even I don't care what they're about. For now, I'm going to be writing a full, complete summary about my time in Korea and publishing it in several parts because it takes forever to write it all out. It'll have a lot of pretty pictures that no one has ever seen, so prepare yourself.
WORD.
WORD.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Talk Shows on Mute
It's 2008, Obama has been elected president, and there is an overwhelming feeling in our country that we might be on the verge of a change that impacts the future forever. Just the fact that Obama is now the President Elect is evidence enough that many people want change for many various reasons. Societal, financial, conflictual, all are good reasons to hope that in the coming years a change will occur that may unite human beings in the struggle to survive in a very changing world.
Let's take a look at the world as it is now: War still consumes a vast amount of resources, money, and even human lives. The growth rate of the world is rapidly expanding. We have been dependent on fossil fuels for a very long time and we all know that these are not inexhaustible resources. Millions upon millions of people are dying because of malnutrition, disease, and neglect. What the hell is going on here?
In studies with other animal populations, there are ways that nature has dealt with such issues. Sometimes populations will level out once it reaches a certain capacity. Sometimes there are huge population crashes that dwindle the number of the population to a much lower percentage via disease, not enough resources, etc. In the exceptional case of the human population, we have shown that the possibility that perhaps the most likely population crash will be the result of humans themselves. We have enough weapons and bombs to destroy every last human being on this earth several times over. Will this happen? I personally am very doubtful that this event would ever occur. However, in the unlikely event another World War occurs, I will probably promptly move to Iceland because Iceland is pretty chill and no one really wants to bomb Iceland anyway.
So what will it be? Will AIDS and Cancer become the diseases that ultimately wipe most humans off the face of the Earth? Will a new biogenetic disease be the forefront of a terrorist attack? Will we outgrow the amount of resources on this Earth until finally we collapse under our own weight? Or will we just bomb ourselves into oblivion?
My take on all of this is that even through insurmountable problems homo sapiens have the unique ability to persevere through the most horrific events that we have ever seen. One thing I am positive about, is that within 30 years, a problem will arise that is so huge, that human beings will be absolutely put to the test. But survival, it's the quintessential cornerstone that drives human beings to produce such brilliant creations and ideas, that I have no doubt that the human population will survive for a very long time. The thing I am most worried about, however, is that we will not realize these problems until many, many people have suffered the consequence.
What bothers me the most is the lack of foresight amongst people. We live day to day, convinced that everything is peachy, and do not worry about the stuff we think we have no control over. If half of the United State population was suddenly infected by an unknown virus, certainly people would be working around the clock to find a cure and stabilize those who were affected. Situation dictates the amount of effort being set forth to solve a problem. If we don't really care or if it's not that important, why would we do anything if it doesn't impact you directly? The atrocities befalling many people in North Korea is simply overlooked by most Americans. "Whatevs, dude. Those asians are smart, they'll figure it out. Say, have you seen my new car? I totally bought 10,000 dollar rims for this shit." Imagine if you will for just a minute, that you were starving (not hungry, literally dying of malnutrition) and then go on youtube to watch celebrities starve themselves to make themselves "sexier." And they are praised for it. "I know that you spend thousands of dollars on cocaine to make yourself look skinny, and man, you are so fucking hot." Are you serious? Have we as a society become so complacent we are willing to praise drug addicts and complete idiots because they are more attractive than you are? Are you really that insecure that you need to latch onto a celebrity because they are famous? Start thinking for yourself. Make a difference in the world. When people look back 100 years from now, they should be saying, "Holy shit, I hope I can be like him one day." It's doubtful that people will look back on Paris Hilton and say that she was the inspiration for a generation. But I certainly would like to be proved wrong. If Paris decides to devote her life to something she truly believes in, and makes a lasting impact on this world, I will be the first to apologize for doubting her abilities and admit she did a damn good job.
I digress.
Here are my predictions for the coming years: (I make no claim to be a psychic or know the future, these are simply my opinions based on a changing world. I read an article on predictions for the future so I'm going to try my hand at it.)
The face of transportation will be changed forever. No, I don't think there there will be flying cars. However, alternative means of energy will be used to power vehicles so we are not dependent on gas. Hydrogen powered cars will not do well in the long run. The means of energy will result from an H20 based power system.
Look up. Stores and business will no longer be primarily located at ground level. Multiple level businesses will force patrons to look up to see if what they want to do is on the 2nd or 3rd floor of the building.
Powerful means of transportation will result in a less that 5 hour transport time from the U.S. to the other side of the world. This will become a commercial means of transportation.
Cancer will be effectively cured by 2014.
In 2012 a war will break out amongst multiple countries.
The next wave of technology will result in a computer faster than the one I am using, in the size of an average cell phone. The mouse will be integrated into a device that attaches to the fingers, and the keyboard will be virtually nonexistent.
Obesity will rise 24% in 10 years.
Skeletal evidence will be found on Mars by 2016.
Expect to pay triple what you pay now for clean, bottled water in 10 years.
A new street drug will emerge that results in a significant increase in crime, homelessness, and death related overdoses.
Scarves will become the #1 hottest fashion item.
I hope for all of our sakes that the end of the world is actually the zombie apocalypse. My justification for this is a) either you get to kill zombies, or b) you get to be a zombie. It's basically win-win.
On a side note, I'm composing a zombie based musical. Once I have tracks recorded, I'll share them with all of you. Look forward to it.
Night.
Let's take a look at the world as it is now: War still consumes a vast amount of resources, money, and even human lives. The growth rate of the world is rapidly expanding. We have been dependent on fossil fuels for a very long time and we all know that these are not inexhaustible resources. Millions upon millions of people are dying because of malnutrition, disease, and neglect. What the hell is going on here?
In studies with other animal populations, there are ways that nature has dealt with such issues. Sometimes populations will level out once it reaches a certain capacity. Sometimes there are huge population crashes that dwindle the number of the population to a much lower percentage via disease, not enough resources, etc. In the exceptional case of the human population, we have shown that the possibility that perhaps the most likely population crash will be the result of humans themselves. We have enough weapons and bombs to destroy every last human being on this earth several times over. Will this happen? I personally am very doubtful that this event would ever occur. However, in the unlikely event another World War occurs, I will probably promptly move to Iceland because Iceland is pretty chill and no one really wants to bomb Iceland anyway.
So what will it be? Will AIDS and Cancer become the diseases that ultimately wipe most humans off the face of the Earth? Will a new biogenetic disease be the forefront of a terrorist attack? Will we outgrow the amount of resources on this Earth until finally we collapse under our own weight? Or will we just bomb ourselves into oblivion?
My take on all of this is that even through insurmountable problems homo sapiens have the unique ability to persevere through the most horrific events that we have ever seen. One thing I am positive about, is that within 30 years, a problem will arise that is so huge, that human beings will be absolutely put to the test. But survival, it's the quintessential cornerstone that drives human beings to produce such brilliant creations and ideas, that I have no doubt that the human population will survive for a very long time. The thing I am most worried about, however, is that we will not realize these problems until many, many people have suffered the consequence.
What bothers me the most is the lack of foresight amongst people. We live day to day, convinced that everything is peachy, and do not worry about the stuff we think we have no control over. If half of the United State population was suddenly infected by an unknown virus, certainly people would be working around the clock to find a cure and stabilize those who were affected. Situation dictates the amount of effort being set forth to solve a problem. If we don't really care or if it's not that important, why would we do anything if it doesn't impact you directly? The atrocities befalling many people in North Korea is simply overlooked by most Americans. "Whatevs, dude. Those asians are smart, they'll figure it out. Say, have you seen my new car? I totally bought 10,000 dollar rims for this shit." Imagine if you will for just a minute, that you were starving (not hungry, literally dying of malnutrition) and then go on youtube to watch celebrities starve themselves to make themselves "sexier." And they are praised for it. "I know that you spend thousands of dollars on cocaine to make yourself look skinny, and man, you are so fucking hot." Are you serious? Have we as a society become so complacent we are willing to praise drug addicts and complete idiots because they are more attractive than you are? Are you really that insecure that you need to latch onto a celebrity because they are famous? Start thinking for yourself. Make a difference in the world. When people look back 100 years from now, they should be saying, "Holy shit, I hope I can be like him one day." It's doubtful that people will look back on Paris Hilton and say that she was the inspiration for a generation. But I certainly would like to be proved wrong. If Paris decides to devote her life to something she truly believes in, and makes a lasting impact on this world, I will be the first to apologize for doubting her abilities and admit she did a damn good job.
I digress.
Here are my predictions for the coming years: (I make no claim to be a psychic or know the future, these are simply my opinions based on a changing world. I read an article on predictions for the future so I'm going to try my hand at it.)
The face of transportation will be changed forever. No, I don't think there there will be flying cars. However, alternative means of energy will be used to power vehicles so we are not dependent on gas. Hydrogen powered cars will not do well in the long run. The means of energy will result from an H20 based power system.
Look up. Stores and business will no longer be primarily located at ground level. Multiple level businesses will force patrons to look up to see if what they want to do is on the 2nd or 3rd floor of the building.
Powerful means of transportation will result in a less that 5 hour transport time from the U.S. to the other side of the world. This will become a commercial means of transportation.
Cancer will be effectively cured by 2014.
In 2012 a war will break out amongst multiple countries.
The next wave of technology will result in a computer faster than the one I am using, in the size of an average cell phone. The mouse will be integrated into a device that attaches to the fingers, and the keyboard will be virtually nonexistent.
Obesity will rise 24% in 10 years.
Skeletal evidence will be found on Mars by 2016.
Expect to pay triple what you pay now for clean, bottled water in 10 years.
A new street drug will emerge that results in a significant increase in crime, homelessness, and death related overdoses.
Scarves will become the #1 hottest fashion item.
I hope for all of our sakes that the end of the world is actually the zombie apocalypse. My justification for this is a) either you get to kill zombies, or b) you get to be a zombie. It's basically win-win.
On a side note, I'm composing a zombie based musical. Once I have tracks recorded, I'll share them with all of you. Look forward to it.
Night.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
It's Just A Matter Of Opinion If The Sky Is Falling Down
Hello everyone in Internet land. If you're seeing this, you probably recently went through the thought process of, "Hmmm... Terry's blog. I wonder if he ever posted anything new. Probably not, but I guess I'll check it out anyway. HOLY CRAP THERE'S A NEW POST. I'M GOING TO READ IT NOW WITH GREAT INTEREST AND MUCH ENTHUSIASM." Scary how accurate that was, wasn't it? But don't worry, I only use my psychic powers for the good of mankind and will never tell anyone of that time you and that panda were doing that thing with the ice cream and the nail clippers and... oh right, I probably shouldn't type that out. Sorry.
Well, it's been several months since I last posted, I neglected to say anything about my leaving Korea, and you may assume I was kidnapped by several large Korean thugs. My apologizes. I get lazy about posting new stuff, and since I've been back I forgot about the whole thing. WELL ASSUME NO LONGER. I am certainly alive, and the whole kidnapped by several large Korean thugs is just a rumor. It was actually 5 incredibly hot Korean girls and my time spent in captivity was very nice. There were lawn chairs that I could rest in, oatmeal cookies, and they lavished me with all I could eat samgyupsal every night. I eventually told them that I had to go, and they let me fly back to the good ol' U.S. of A. The oatmeal cookies were bomb though.
Really though, my last month in Korea was awesome. I'm not going to go into all the details now (maybe later), but I had a great birthday, I made some amazing friends, and I was very sad to see it all come to an end. It was a bit surreal to come back to the U.S. though, it's like you woke up from a dream and everything you thought would be different is the exact same as when you left it to fall asleep. Of course I was happy to see my friends and family again, but I felt different in a way and kinda expected things to be different when I got home. And as I write this, I feel like the whole trip was so far in the past and I've slipped back into being the Terry that is just so used to routine that I don't really think about anything anymore. I feel so bored with sitting around all day and yet it's the kind of monotony that is very safe feeling. You really don't have to risk any part of yourself to change, but it also feels like I've stopped growing.
::light dims::
::curtain rises for act II::
::people boo uncontrollably::
So I've decided to continue with the self satisfying intellectual masturbation that is the world of blogging. I'll probably IM you or update my Facebook status with this HTML address just to get people to click the damn link, pretend not to care if anyone is reading this crap, and still check to see if people commented every couple of days. It's just how these things work. I've changed the title of my blog to reflect the change as I am no longer having an epicly epic adventure in Korea. Although that might change within a year as I am considering returning to Korea to teach english.
As I've returned to the States, here is what I've noticed: People don't change, jobs suck, and I'm incredibly boring. As much as I feel that I have changed, or want to change, it's really the same. I've been playing online poker a lot lately, so I'll make this into a poker metaphor: The game never changes, you are just dealt different hands. You sometimes think you are playing a hand uniquely or tricky, but your basic patterns don't really change at all. If you're an aggressive player, you're going to raise with a pair and a flush draw. If you're a timid player, you're going to fold to a continuation bet if you don't connect with the flop. And sometimes you're just too stubborn to fold KK when that ace spikes on the flop.
...Yeah, soak that in. I just laid waste to the mythical land of metaphors by spewing my creative genius all over your intelligence receiver. MAN, I AM SO DEEP AND SMART. ...AND FUNNY. ...AND REALLY ATTRACTIVE. *self high-five*
(see what I did there? I used humor and satire to deflect any negative comments that my poker metaphor was stupid so I appear funny and render any resulting negative reaction to a minimum. And by pointing this out myself, I seem to know that you might think my deflection is actually a deflection, resulting in what I like to call "reverse psychology squared" by actively predicting your reaction to what I'm typing and taking not one, but several steps to ensure that my words have the exact desired effect on what you are thinking, and feeling. This effect is achieved by changing your reaction into a more controllable one such as humor, or just by confusing the hell out of you and myself until you forget what it is I'm really talking about. And a still appear intelligent. *self high-five*)
So now I'm a piano/guitar teacher with a B.S. in Psychology who lives with his parents and watches TV and anime all the time on the internet because all my friends are like 40 minutes away. And now blogs actively. And I'm single. Man, that's even more pathetic to read than it sounded in my head. But I've been really bored so I've made the jump back into the blog and I'm going to change it up from here on. My adventures might have been exciting in Korea, but it's pretty boring to blog that I taught 2 lessons today and I had popcorn for dinner. So I'm going to just post whatever it is that seems interesting to me or what I've been thinking of. And hopefully you read it. So check back like every week or so, and I'll probably have something new up. There's a lot I think about.
Sweet dreams.
Well, it's been several months since I last posted, I neglected to say anything about my leaving Korea, and you may assume I was kidnapped by several large Korean thugs. My apologizes. I get lazy about posting new stuff, and since I've been back I forgot about the whole thing. WELL ASSUME NO LONGER. I am certainly alive, and the whole kidnapped by several large Korean thugs is just a rumor. It was actually 5 incredibly hot Korean girls and my time spent in captivity was very nice. There were lawn chairs that I could rest in, oatmeal cookies, and they lavished me with all I could eat samgyupsal every night. I eventually told them that I had to go, and they let me fly back to the good ol' U.S. of A. The oatmeal cookies were bomb though.
Really though, my last month in Korea was awesome. I'm not going to go into all the details now (maybe later), but I had a great birthday, I made some amazing friends, and I was very sad to see it all come to an end. It was a bit surreal to come back to the U.S. though, it's like you woke up from a dream and everything you thought would be different is the exact same as when you left it to fall asleep. Of course I was happy to see my friends and family again, but I felt different in a way and kinda expected things to be different when I got home. And as I write this, I feel like the whole trip was so far in the past and I've slipped back into being the Terry that is just so used to routine that I don't really think about anything anymore. I feel so bored with sitting around all day and yet it's the kind of monotony that is very safe feeling. You really don't have to risk any part of yourself to change, but it also feels like I've stopped growing.
::light dims::
::curtain rises for act II::
::people boo uncontrollably::
So I've decided to continue with the self satisfying intellectual masturbation that is the world of blogging. I'll probably IM you or update my Facebook status with this HTML address just to get people to click the damn link, pretend not to care if anyone is reading this crap, and still check to see if people commented every couple of days. It's just how these things work. I've changed the title of my blog to reflect the change as I am no longer having an epicly epic adventure in Korea. Although that might change within a year as I am considering returning to Korea to teach english.
As I've returned to the States, here is what I've noticed: People don't change, jobs suck, and I'm incredibly boring. As much as I feel that I have changed, or want to change, it's really the same. I've been playing online poker a lot lately, so I'll make this into a poker metaphor: The game never changes, you are just dealt different hands. You sometimes think you are playing a hand uniquely or tricky, but your basic patterns don't really change at all. If you're an aggressive player, you're going to raise with a pair and a flush draw. If you're a timid player, you're going to fold to a continuation bet if you don't connect with the flop. And sometimes you're just too stubborn to fold KK when that ace spikes on the flop.
...Yeah, soak that in. I just laid waste to the mythical land of metaphors by spewing my creative genius all over your intelligence receiver. MAN, I AM SO DEEP AND SMART. ...AND FUNNY. ...AND REALLY ATTRACTIVE. *self high-five*
(see what I did there? I used humor and satire to deflect any negative comments that my poker metaphor was stupid so I appear funny and render any resulting negative reaction to a minimum. And by pointing this out myself, I seem to know that you might think my deflection is actually a deflection, resulting in what I like to call "reverse psychology squared" by actively predicting your reaction to what I'm typing and taking not one, but several steps to ensure that my words have the exact desired effect on what you are thinking, and feeling. This effect is achieved by changing your reaction into a more controllable one such as humor, or just by confusing the hell out of you and myself until you forget what it is I'm really talking about. And a still appear intelligent. *self high-five*)
So now I'm a piano/guitar teacher with a B.S. in Psychology who lives with his parents and watches TV and anime all the time on the internet because all my friends are like 40 minutes away. And now blogs actively. And I'm single. Man, that's even more pathetic to read than it sounded in my head. But I've been really bored so I've made the jump back into the blog and I'm going to change it up from here on. My adventures might have been exciting in Korea, but it's pretty boring to blog that I taught 2 lessons today and I had popcorn for dinner. So I'm going to just post whatever it is that seems interesting to me or what I've been thinking of. And hopefully you read it. So check back like every week or so, and I'll probably have something new up. There's a lot I think about.
Sweet dreams.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Please Don't Float So Fast
Hello everyone out there in Internet land.
My post is a little bit late, but I got in really early to Seoul and didn't sleep so I didn't post on Tuesday. But here we go:
I really haven't been up to all that much in the last month and a half. lol. A good brief summary would be eat, sleep, party, study(kinda). There's no way I'm going to be able to remember all the stuff I did in April, but some of the highlights include a few birthday parties, exams, cherry blossoms, and just having a good time with all my friends here in Korea.
One of the more memorable birthday parties was for two of my friends, Max and Sebastian. We went out to Apgujeong for the night, went back to Monkey Bar and drank alcohol out of buckets. Good times. We then went to a club called Circle which was EXPENSIVE. It was 30,000 just to get in (30 dollars). But it was pretty awesome, all the girls were super hot and the music was really good. I had a really good time, but I dunno if it was worth the price. I think I'd rather stick to the cheaper clubs, cause you could easily spend hundreds of dollars in one night in Apgujeong. Other birthday parties include Hana and Elin's birthday party which was in Sinchon which was fun as well, just mostly hanging out and having some soju and beers. My friend Jasper also had a birthday and we went out for dinner, bowling, and then bars. I managed to bowl a 200 and a 194 so everyone thinks I'm super awesome at bowling now. Not exactly what I want to be remembered in Korea for, but it's a good start.
I went to the cherry blossom festival in a place I can't recall the name, but it was kind of disappointing. I got a lot of good pictures from Yonsei and there, but it wasn't on the grand scale I thought it was going to be. It was still really beautiful and you can check out all of the pics here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2068605&l=758cc&id=15201480
and here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2071359&l=13199&id=15201480
I also got really curious if cherry blossoms tasted like cherries so I started munching on some cherry blossoms. Turns out the more reddish ones actually do kinda taste like cherries. Who knew?
Exams went really well. No wait... that's a lie. Haha. I did ok on my psych exams (a C) but I totally bombed my Korean midterm. It was partly it's a really hard language to learn, and partly a lack of motivation. I love my teachers though, and I always have a really good time in class, but when it comes to the tests, I just find it really hard to put in 20 hours a week when my grades don't count. I'm trying a bit harder, but mostly I want to learn for me, not for any test. That's why I'm here, isn't it? I think I will study harder though for the final just to get a C, unless Starcraft gets in my way.
Speaking of Starcraft, I've been playing a new video game. Namely, Starcraft. It's HUGE here in Korea. Not just like, a lot of people play it, but it's the biggest E-Sport because of Korea. There are 2 channels of the T.V. dedicated to televising Starcraft games like, 24/7. It's a lot of fun, most of the people on my floor in the I-House play it, and I'm getting pretty good. Anyone wanting to challenge me to a game when I get home, game on.
Some of the awesome stuff I did in April was go to the Zoo and Pusan. AWESOME times. The zoo is pretty much like any zoo in the U.S., but it's still a zoo. I went with Casey, Kay, and Marvin and it was a blast. Little things were different in the zoos here, most notably, they sell beer at the zoo. Which totally makes the zoo at least 35% better. You can check out my pictures of the awesome zoo trip here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2073224&l=ffe20&id=15201480
And Pusan was really cool as well. One thing I'm not sure about Pusan is how to write it or pronounce it. Some times I see it written as Busan or as Pusan. It may be that there's both a Pusan and a Busan, but I still don't know. But it was interesting, it was kinda a "welcome home" without feeling at home like all. For those who don't know, I was born in Pusan, so I really wanted to go as it does have a significant amount of meaning to me. The day in Pusan was awesome, night life... not so awesome. It was just me and Casey going to Pusan, and spent Saturday night through Monday night there in Pusan and came home really early Tuesday morning. Saturday night me and Casey went to a place that was supposed to be a college town, but it was dead. And people just wouldn't let us do stuff. Like, we went to a club, they took one look at us and said no. I dunno, but that particular area was pretty lame. We came back to where we were staying and hit up a local casino. No Texas Hold 'Em though. BOOOOO. But I did win about 140 in roulette and blackjack. :) We stayed up that night and watched the sunrise over Pusan, which was awesome. We sat on the beach and watched as it slowly got light out. I have a video of it, and I'll upload it to YouTube so everyone can see it. Sunday, we slept in a little late, but went to the open fish market that Pusan is famous for. It was really cool, and we ate raw stuff. And by I mean raw, I mean still alive. Heh, yeah. The platter we got was octopus, some red stuff, some black stuff, and some orange stuff. Sorry, I don't know what the other stuff was called. But the awesome part is that it all moved when you poked it. We had to be careful with the octopus though, apparently if you don't chew it up good you could die because the suckers are still alive and it sticks in your throat. But the good news is that I didn't die, and it was delicious. (Well, the black stuff wasn't so delicious) I also have video of that which I'll upload to YouTube as well. That night we hit up a club but that was kinda boring, there just wasn't many people there. Monday, we were going to go home, but went to a PCbang to look up to see if there was anything else to do, and we decided to check out a Buddhist temple which was AMAZING because Monday was Buddha's birthday and they had the lantern festival. I can't really explain how awesome it was, but I have some pictures that will be much better at explaining it in my Pusan facebook picture album. (which is: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2074189&l=d6a70&id=15201480)
After we went to another town that was supposed to be an awesome college town, but it was such a disappointment. It was totally dead, and we ended up staying up all night looking for something to do, and ended up playing Halo 3. We took the 6:30am bus back to Seoul and got back around noon. I do want to go back to Pusan, but I need to thoroughly research Pusan's nightlife before going out at night again.
And I think that's about it for this post. Except for one more thing I guess. If you don't know, it's my birthday today (May 14th) and it was actually great here in Korea! So many people wished me a happy birthday, my Korean class drew me a huge birthday card before I got to class today, and I went out with a bunch of friends for food, and later we ate an AMAZING cake that mom and dad sent me along with some flowers. It was really cool. I love you Mom and Dad, thank you so much! I'm going to have a joint birthday party with my friend Dawn (her bday is the 22nd) on Saturday, so I'll let you know how that goes, but I think it'll be a blast.
Love you guys, and I can't wait to come home.
-tk
P.S. I was reminded by Hannah that I didn't answer the questions I said I'd answer. lol. Sorry, but here are my answers:
DID I PASS MY MIDTERMS IN KOREA?
I passed Psych but failed Korean miserably. I actually drew dinosaurs on my Korean exam because I couldn't figure out the question and I thought that would be a fun thing for my teacher to find.
IS IT TRUE THAT I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND, AND THAT THIS GIRLFRIEND IS ACTUALLY THE RICK ROLL?
No. No girlfriend as of late. And I think Rick Astley would cheat on me.
IS IT TRUE THAT I HAVE BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL OVERNIGHT KOREAN POP SENSATION?
Soon. Just you wait, Korea.
WHY DOES PEPSI TASTE HORRIBLE IN THIS COUNTRY?????
I think it's the water they use, the Pepsi has like a cinnamon taste to it, and it's definitely weird. Coke is better anyway.
My post is a little bit late, but I got in really early to Seoul and didn't sleep so I didn't post on Tuesday. But here we go:
I really haven't been up to all that much in the last month and a half. lol. A good brief summary would be eat, sleep, party, study(kinda). There's no way I'm going to be able to remember all the stuff I did in April, but some of the highlights include a few birthday parties, exams, cherry blossoms, and just having a good time with all my friends here in Korea.
One of the more memorable birthday parties was for two of my friends, Max and Sebastian. We went out to Apgujeong for the night, went back to Monkey Bar and drank alcohol out of buckets. Good times. We then went to a club called Circle which was EXPENSIVE. It was 30,000 just to get in (30 dollars). But it was pretty awesome, all the girls were super hot and the music was really good. I had a really good time, but I dunno if it was worth the price. I think I'd rather stick to the cheaper clubs, cause you could easily spend hundreds of dollars in one night in Apgujeong. Other birthday parties include Hana and Elin's birthday party which was in Sinchon which was fun as well, just mostly hanging out and having some soju and beers. My friend Jasper also had a birthday and we went out for dinner, bowling, and then bars. I managed to bowl a 200 and a 194 so everyone thinks I'm super awesome at bowling now. Not exactly what I want to be remembered in Korea for, but it's a good start.
I went to the cherry blossom festival in a place I can't recall the name, but it was kind of disappointing. I got a lot of good pictures from Yonsei and there, but it wasn't on the grand scale I thought it was going to be. It was still really beautiful and you can check out all of the pics here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2068605&l=758cc&id=15201480
and here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2071359&l=13199&id=15201480
I also got really curious if cherry blossoms tasted like cherries so I started munching on some cherry blossoms. Turns out the more reddish ones actually do kinda taste like cherries. Who knew?
Exams went really well. No wait... that's a lie. Haha. I did ok on my psych exams (a C) but I totally bombed my Korean midterm. It was partly it's a really hard language to learn, and partly a lack of motivation. I love my teachers though, and I always have a really good time in class, but when it comes to the tests, I just find it really hard to put in 20 hours a week when my grades don't count. I'm trying a bit harder, but mostly I want to learn for me, not for any test. That's why I'm here, isn't it? I think I will study harder though for the final just to get a C, unless Starcraft gets in my way.
Speaking of Starcraft, I've been playing a new video game. Namely, Starcraft. It's HUGE here in Korea. Not just like, a lot of people play it, but it's the biggest E-Sport because of Korea. There are 2 channels of the T.V. dedicated to televising Starcraft games like, 24/7. It's a lot of fun, most of the people on my floor in the I-House play it, and I'm getting pretty good. Anyone wanting to challenge me to a game when I get home, game on.
Some of the awesome stuff I did in April was go to the Zoo and Pusan. AWESOME times. The zoo is pretty much like any zoo in the U.S., but it's still a zoo. I went with Casey, Kay, and Marvin and it was a blast. Little things were different in the zoos here, most notably, they sell beer at the zoo. Which totally makes the zoo at least 35% better. You can check out my pictures of the awesome zoo trip here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2073224&l=ffe20&id=15201480
And Pusan was really cool as well. One thing I'm not sure about Pusan is how to write it or pronounce it. Some times I see it written as Busan or as Pusan. It may be that there's both a Pusan and a Busan, but I still don't know. But it was interesting, it was kinda a "welcome home" without feeling at home like all. For those who don't know, I was born in Pusan, so I really wanted to go as it does have a significant amount of meaning to me. The day in Pusan was awesome, night life... not so awesome. It was just me and Casey going to Pusan, and spent Saturday night through Monday night there in Pusan and came home really early Tuesday morning. Saturday night me and Casey went to a place that was supposed to be a college town, but it was dead. And people just wouldn't let us do stuff. Like, we went to a club, they took one look at us and said no. I dunno, but that particular area was pretty lame. We came back to where we were staying and hit up a local casino. No Texas Hold 'Em though. BOOOOO. But I did win about 140 in roulette and blackjack. :) We stayed up that night and watched the sunrise over Pusan, which was awesome. We sat on the beach and watched as it slowly got light out. I have a video of it, and I'll upload it to YouTube so everyone can see it. Sunday, we slept in a little late, but went to the open fish market that Pusan is famous for. It was really cool, and we ate raw stuff. And by I mean raw, I mean still alive. Heh, yeah. The platter we got was octopus, some red stuff, some black stuff, and some orange stuff. Sorry, I don't know what the other stuff was called. But the awesome part is that it all moved when you poked it. We had to be careful with the octopus though, apparently if you don't chew it up good you could die because the suckers are still alive and it sticks in your throat. But the good news is that I didn't die, and it was delicious. (Well, the black stuff wasn't so delicious) I also have video of that which I'll upload to YouTube as well. That night we hit up a club but that was kinda boring, there just wasn't many people there. Monday, we were going to go home, but went to a PCbang to look up to see if there was anything else to do, and we decided to check out a Buddhist temple which was AMAZING because Monday was Buddha's birthday and they had the lantern festival. I can't really explain how awesome it was, but I have some pictures that will be much better at explaining it in my Pusan facebook picture album. (which is: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2074189&l=d6a70&id=15201480)
After we went to another town that was supposed to be an awesome college town, but it was such a disappointment. It was totally dead, and we ended up staying up all night looking for something to do, and ended up playing Halo 3. We took the 6:30am bus back to Seoul and got back around noon. I do want to go back to Pusan, but I need to thoroughly research Pusan's nightlife before going out at night again.
And I think that's about it for this post. Except for one more thing I guess. If you don't know, it's my birthday today (May 14th) and it was actually great here in Korea! So many people wished me a happy birthday, my Korean class drew me a huge birthday card before I got to class today, and I went out with a bunch of friends for food, and later we ate an AMAZING cake that mom and dad sent me along with some flowers. It was really cool. I love you Mom and Dad, thank you so much! I'm going to have a joint birthday party with my friend Dawn (her bday is the 22nd) on Saturday, so I'll let you know how that goes, but I think it'll be a blast.
Love you guys, and I can't wait to come home.
-tk
P.S. I was reminded by Hannah that I didn't answer the questions I said I'd answer. lol. Sorry, but here are my answers:
DID I PASS MY MIDTERMS IN KOREA?
I passed Psych but failed Korean miserably. I actually drew dinosaurs on my Korean exam because I couldn't figure out the question and I thought that would be a fun thing for my teacher to find.
IS IT TRUE THAT I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND, AND THAT THIS GIRLFRIEND IS ACTUALLY THE RICK ROLL?
No. No girlfriend as of late. And I think Rick Astley would cheat on me.
IS IT TRUE THAT I HAVE BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL OVERNIGHT KOREAN POP SENSATION?
Soon. Just you wait, Korea.
WHY DOES PEPSI TASTE HORRIBLE IN THIS COUNTRY?????
I think it's the water they use, the Pepsi has like a cinnamon taste to it, and it's definitely weird. Coke is better anyway.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Have a Drink and a Pee, We'll be Back for Act Threeeeee!!!!! (Two Sir.) Twoooooooo!!!
GASP. NEW BLOG ENTRY? CAN IT BE?!?!?!?!
YES IT IS.
But not right now.
I have my reasons for not putting up a new post right now, but instead you get a preview blog entry:
MYSTERY! INTRIGUE!! ROMANCE!!! ALL THINGS THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY PROBABLY NOT SHOW UP IN MY NEXT BLOG POST!!!
COMING ON MAY 13TH, 2008.
QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED!!
ANSWERS WILL BE QUESTIONED!!
DID I PASS MY MIDTERMS IN KOREA?
IS IT TRUE THAT I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND, AND THAT THIS GIRLFRIEND IS ACTUALLY THE RICK ROLL?
IS IT TRUE THAT I HAVE BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL OVERNIGHT KOREAN POP SENSATION?
WHY DOES PEPSI TASTE HORRIBLE IN THIS COUNTRY?????
ALL THIS AND POSSIBLY MORE.... NEXT TIME, ON:
"TERRY'S EPICLY EPIC ADVENTURE TO KOREA"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(brought to you by Bread. Stop putting sugar in all my bread products, Korea.)
YES IT IS.
But not right now.
I have my reasons for not putting up a new post right now, but instead you get a preview blog entry:
MYSTERY! INTRIGUE!! ROMANCE!!! ALL THINGS THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY PROBABLY NOT SHOW UP IN MY NEXT BLOG POST!!!
COMING ON MAY 13TH, 2008.
QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED!!
ANSWERS WILL BE QUESTIONED!!
DID I PASS MY MIDTERMS IN KOREA?
IS IT TRUE THAT I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND, AND THAT THIS GIRLFRIEND IS ACTUALLY THE RICK ROLL?
IS IT TRUE THAT I HAVE BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL OVERNIGHT KOREAN POP SENSATION?
WHY DOES PEPSI TASTE HORRIBLE IN THIS COUNTRY?????
ALL THIS AND POSSIBLY MORE.... NEXT TIME, ON:
"TERRY'S EPICLY EPIC ADVENTURE TO KOREA"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(brought to you by Bread. Stop putting sugar in all my bread products, Korea.)
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