A BT Birthday

My great Scorpio (cusp!) friend from UT, Mr. Brandon Taylor turned 26 (27 in Korea...they think you are a year old when you step out of the womb...) Friday October 23rd. (My half-birthday, for those of you playing along at home.) We went out Saturday for Russian food (lots and lots of meat and vodka, not surprised are you?) and to Hongdae to celebrate. Found some crazy awesome bars and danced the night away. Just how I like my Saturday night.


Man of the hour.

Loads of Russian restaurants in Dongdaemun.

Wilmo.

Laura.

Janes Groove. I had to pretend Jasmine was my girlfriend with not one, but THREE relentless/sketchy dudes.

Had to leave you with something incredibly creepy, didn't I?

Culture Exchange & Late Night Football

This Saturday we went back to the Culture Exchange party in Sinchon...a fun way to meet foreigners and Koreans who want to learn/know some English, get drunk and make new friends. This time we had a crew of about 20 people so I didn't meet as many Koreans as the last time. After the party, a few of us brave/die-hard college football fans ventured to a bar I coerced into playing the UT/OU game at 1am. The game wasn't the greatest - it lasted forever, we barely won but it was 5am in Seoul and OU still sucked.


I didn't feel like talking to this guy about my camera so Dave pretended it was his....gave him a bunch of fake model numbers and tried to sound like he knew about lenses/focal lengths/ISO, etc. He didn't but this guy totally bought it.

Rosly.

Dave was pissing me off all night, rooting for OU even though he wants to go to UT law school. Just wants Virginia Tech to advance, he says.


My homegirl, Jasmine.

Sad Hello Kitty. meow. James.

Dave. That guy in the background is Steve Buscemi's doppelganger from Oklahoma.

Sunday Sauna Funday

While I don't have photos of the Jimjilbang for obvious reasons, I still think it necessary to tell you about it. Alyna and I went to a famous sauna in Itaewon. For 5,000 won (roughly $4.20), we had the truly unique experience of a Korean bathhouse. To give you a decent mental image of the place, imagine a room with 30-40 butt naked Korean women (aged 3 to 75) half of which are scrubbing themselves raw with loofah mits on 8-inch tall stools (spread eagle!) while the other half are bathing in one of seven whirlpools each equipped with a 3-foot tall penis fountain. We saw a human tail. I shit you not. The bathhouse also has massage tables/chairs, a restaurant, tv lounge (you can sleep there!), and giant human pizza ovens where you sweat sweat sweat. At first it was a little strange to be naked in front of 40 complete strangers, but after a few minutes, you begin to relax in a bath made of green tea and can't believe you ever really lived before going to a jimjilbang.


Alyna. The better half. (Just kidding. Sort of...)


No Wankers.


my BT, finally.