tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61565412009-03-03T02:41:23.123-08:00dingdongchanging asia, one sack-punch at a time...seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comBlogger334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-8954674733325831272008-11-30T21:57:00.001-08:002008-11-30T21:57:29.360-08:00Oh, hello oft-neglected blog. Things have been going rather well lately. My Japanese is improving, albeit slowly, and I know enough Chinese characters to pass my proficiency test this Saturday. Well, at least the Kanji part. Here they are, for the most part (the JLPT people mix them up year to year):seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-43099539301376065162008-07-25T22:51:00.000-07:002008-07-25T22:59:48.878-07:00recent photographic works.seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-6245716256387783712008-07-09T17:04:00.000-07:002008-07-10T22:06:07.192-07:00as promised, here's a return to blogging. i had thought that my gravy train of free hosting had been lost, but for some reason a friend clicked on my blog link from my myspace page and commented on its existence.so it's back and i never knew. my life is once more interesting, so i'll post a few things about it. firstly, i love my town. kashima is pretty much how i'd expected - like an abbotsford seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-27612039226652291252008-02-11T08:08:00.001-08:002008-02-11T09:08:22.470-08:00it's been a very long time since i've posted anything to this blog. i have a feeling i'm going to start fresh and create a whole new one with a different layout, etc. but mostly i want to come out and say that facebook is a hole that sucks in the mediocre of the blogging world.usually i'd just post photos and stuff up here but facebook is so much easier.but it's run by midgets in a bunker 10km seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-3714697025957171982007-11-07T07:39:00.000-08:002007-11-07T08:49:08.207-08:00more photos. this one is 2 of probably 3, maybe 4. you may have to click around to find the others if the blogger template runs out of room. Seoul City HallHwaseong Fortress North Gate, Suwon CityMe, Skunk Hell (photo by MinKyung)Sinsa Park HDR experiment(our bar - no cigarette smoke)Clouds near DongmyoEL PRESIDENTE Youngjoon quote "Sean, I picked up your bike. It sounds like MOTORHEAD."Guitar seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-6303897369443844342007-11-06T08:51:00.000-08:002007-11-07T08:46:12.736-08:00Ryan and George at Wolmido in Incheon. The Queers (with Wimpy singing) Club Spot, HongdaeDoor, House. Hahoae Village, AndongRiver, Sosu Seowon, YeongjuBuseok Temple, YeongjuBuseok Temple, YeongjuSpider, Near Han River ParkThis is a photos-only blog post, perhaps in 2-3 parts. A kind of "whoops, forgot about my blog" update that is long overdue.seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-19234356527514661602007-11-03T11:06:00.000-07:002007-11-03T11:09:42.965-07:00the korea adventure has ended. i predict a lot more blogging in the near future. a resurrection of sorts. since i'm now on holiday, i think that i will spend a lot of time in the next little while posting photos and stories.story - the korean word for the ressurection is "boo-hwal", from the verb "boo hwal ha da" and easter is "boo hwal jeol". the korean word for "hatch" is "boo hwa ha da"so seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-35221624065063539132007-10-13T22:40:00.000-07:002007-10-13T22:45:55.590-07:00seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-60296678661518077632007-09-06T18:34:00.000-07:002007-09-06T18:38:38.432-07:00first post using the picasa blogger interface. not sure i'm a fan of it, since i had tried to upload about 20 photos, and you only see 4 or 5 here. hm... seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-35774712114011794062007-08-03T23:17:00.001-07:002007-08-03T23:17:35.194-07:00seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-86502941391220603852007-06-27T07:44:00.000-07:002007-06-27T07:50:14.751-07:00using outbreak's song "MP" to help conjure adjectives out of children.dad, you'll know this story very well. watch tony (red shirt) lee's reaction."face like a bag of hammers". i chickened out on teaching "face like a bag of smashed assholes".part 2, starring rose. part 3, with korean translations, courtesy bella-smella. seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-37352964825876867252007-06-15T21:04:00.001-07:002007-06-15T21:14:11.641-07:00ok - i have been a really lazy blogger these days. mostly i've been busy studying japanese, and that's about the only new thing in my life.わたし は にほんご べんきょうしました。 BUT HERE'S A THOUGHT. HOW COME THERE'S NO CHILD ZOMBIES IN ZOMBIE MOVIES?you would think that children would make up a significant amount of the zombie population.BWAAAIIIINSSS, MOMMY! BWAIIIIINS!!!seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-57332329063813942562007-05-29T20:06:00.000-07:002007-05-29T20:08:39.028-07:00seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-1228865624596126632007-05-26T01:44:00.000-07:002007-05-26T01:45:13.215-07:00seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-83797686789918935822007-04-25T16:43:00.000-07:002007-04-25T16:57:01.396-07:00from dad:Copts are native Egyptian Christians, 95% of whom belong to the CopticOrthodox Church. Under related words I found the middle English word forEgyptian (it's Gypsy) which linked me to Scots language...Gaelic. Correctlypronounced (by oatmeal savages "Gallic"). Gaelic, which I have been tryingto learn off and on for the last few months. It ain't easy when you're busyas bloody old hell. It seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-28679894675015357292007-04-21T05:18:00.000-07:002007-04-21T05:21:20.157-07:00since josh has been the only person to answer the call so far - seems some of you either 1. have lives 2. are a bunch of douchebags or 3. don't know how to use these newfangled interweb screens - i'm going to post his wikipath.ryan sabourin is in the midst of finding his wikipath but he has decided to make it a goal-oriented venture - starting with his homework assignment "onions", he's going to seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-53533242106942176112007-04-13T20:36:00.000-07:002007-04-16T16:34:14.656-07:00THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED - i left out gillian and mark. sorry guys. i just posted that wiki thing - and while in the shower i had a brilliant idea - HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS!click on the wiki entry beside your name. your assignment is to find the following, and you have ten clicks - and ten clicks ONLY. please document your path. 1. one useful bit of information that has a practical use in your seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-87919667659866176872007-04-13T20:11:00.000-07:002007-04-13T20:29:13.302-07:00i want to start a new thing - wikipedia chains.wiki is addictive. if you want just a teeny little factoid for parlor conversation, it's great. like...what was the name of that dude who shot all those people in texas in the '60s?oh yeah! charles whitman! thanks, wiki!so through a saturday morning surf i go from charles whitman to... dexedrine, which whitman was prescribed for his ailing mental seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-77756103144760511162007-04-07T18:44:00.000-07:002007-04-07T19:42:19.984-07:00i think i need to qualify my friday night speed-post a little bit. it was typed in haste, and i think that a few offhand comments made people think that i'm concentrating on the spirit of the offhand comments and not the meat of what i had to say.firstly, i don't believe god exists. i'm usually open to being proved wrong, so if someone shows me something, i'll believe it. it's not something i seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-62402236724270962502007-04-06T02:52:00.000-07:002007-04-06T04:24:25.867-07:00i've been noticing a lot of shit about people getting shit for being atheist. mostly i'm referring to the US - where people have been persecuted like they were cyclists or something - for being honest about their belief that yes, there is no such thing as god. parge's blogThe Environmental Atheist is a voice in this melee. there's this annoying story that he wrote about his mum betty, and the seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-19479854422744469162007-03-31T20:24:00.000-07:002007-03-31T20:29:26.598-07:00another trip to the dmz. this time i went into panmunjom.the bridge of no return. seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-18790236323007826732007-03-26T20:07:00.000-07:002007-03-26T20:08:02.560-07:00seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-87298442431357684002007-03-23T02:46:00.000-07:002007-03-23T03:05:24.397-07:00hm... well i have been neglecting this blog for a long time. it's been almost relegated to "time to put it out of its misery" status for some time, so maybe i'd better spice it up with some real information. i think i've been a bit reticent with plans, etc. so here's a few things that have been on my mind of late.first, i'm going to leave korea after this contract is finished. i'm done with the seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-90168959087479841062007-03-14T20:12:00.000-07:002007-03-14T20:15:31.758-07:00seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156541.post-17650005300835266712007-03-12T08:41:00.000-07:002007-03-15T18:47:07.315-07:00seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439763150226684145noreply@blogger.com