Weekend Warrior Report: Racing The Sun

My Friday was boarder line pointless. I didn’t do too much and I only ended up meeting with friends and bar hopping to Commune and That. The night started out with a little bit of promise. That promise eventually fizzled out and gave way to mundane blah-dom.

Saturday I allowed Nick’s girlfriend Susy to talk me into coming to Salsa lessons and observe . I might actually sign up because I like dancing and want to learn how to do it right. Truth be told, I’m a little self-conscious about it. Dancing is one of the few kinks left in my armor. I plan on making Susy teach me some basics before I walk into class (Yes, a pre lesson before an actual lesson! Makes sense. . .) due to my own silly issues about it.

After getting galbi with the usual suspects, I headed off with a few friends to find something to do. Intially there wasn’t much success. That was blah, Old Skool has officially been taken over by the U.S. military, but, it was in Frog where I ended up having the most fun.

Now I hate Club Frog because It’s overcrowded and I always feel like I should have an STD test after going there. Yet it’s my boy’s favorite spot to hit up in town and I ended up hanging with him for a bit. Surprisingly it wasn’t bad; the music was decent and a few people I know were there.

Towards the later end of the night, Jeff the DJ showed up and bought me and some of the guys a few rounds. Me and him kicked it a bit on the balcony and he gave me some intersting info and prespective. At some point during out converstation, he tells me of a random spot to check out and on the spot he decides to take me there. He introduces me to the staff and then talks me up to some people hanging in there. I found this funny, but I took the que and enjoyed myself.

We stayed at the bar until they closed. By this point the sun was beaming down but I somehow ended up at another galbi joint with a few random Koreans while they drank Soju and talked. To wrap up this little adventure, I walked into the house around 8:30-9ish in the morning. After a little net surfing and skype called back home, I hit the sack. Definitely a unique night for me. . . but fun all the same.

Adventures In Korean Food!! ( and other random goodness)

Last Night me and Andrew met up with Mike K, Michelle and Kathy to grab Korean food. For me to get Korean food is rare, but I have to make that concession when I have guests in the city. It's just something you got to do here. Besides, the place I picked has food I actually like. It's spicy as hell and I usually end up drinking a ton of water, but I still love eating it. Oddly, Andrew was the only person NOT complaining about the spicy food. However, he's also from New Orleans so there's a good chance he's used to spicy stuff. If not for the abudance of pork, he's fit right in with Koreans and their love for hot food.

Me and Drew also got a chance to hit up a few game stores while we were downtown. He was amazed at the stuff the stores here carry (much like I was. . . I shudder to think what will happen when I visit Japan.) and we both ended up getting stuff here. I found a Hori arcade style fighting stick for the PS2/PSone. Because it was used and an older item, it was cheap (about $9.75 American). I got a converter for it and it now works on my PS3. Drew grabbed a PSP game for himself and then he got a few items for the crew back home.

I got to say it's nice to have part of the crew here. I have made some good friends here, but I can't replace the crew back home.

I'm supposed to go see "Watchmen" tonight. I have been looking forward to it. Despite the mixed reviews, I am curious as to how well the movie will translate the dense source material. I might post a mini-review about it, especially considering that I'm watching it over here instead back home. In the states, I would be watching it with a group of comic book heads who more than likely know it front to back. Here, I'm just curious.