wasty pace

Wasty pace = wasted face (Korean style)
Anyways, it's been a crazy past few days! I FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY have the internet at home.. so no more sneaking into the dorm's pooter bang(computer room.. bang is room in korean). It's actually pretty funny because when the internet guy came to my place today.. I was SO extremely tired that I slipped into bed and started to fall asleep without even a word to the internet guy. Then I realized (except only after probably about 5 minutes) that that was probably an extremely creepster move so I was like "sorry.. I'm really tired" and then proceeded to pass the fuck out again. This was a really stupid move on my part because who knows? I could've woken up with all my valuables gone... forevermore. I did wake up to say bye and thank you to him so I did mind my manners! Anyway, important thing is.. TIME TO BE A l337 n3rd again! w00tz0rz!

Jebus Christopher.
I've been so crazy tired lately because I've pretty much been going out EVERY DAY.. even with all of my classes(some being 9 am.. an ungodly hour if you ask me.. and this is my blog so yeh.. you ARE asking me) Hmm.. where do I begin? On September 5th, I went to go back to this bar called Festival.. which is where I had my first "wasty pace" experience in Korea. Holy shit.. I hope they don't remember us! Well, thank goodness they didn't.. because they probably would have barricaded the doors had they known. Anyways.. a bunch of peeps and I were at Festival and they surprised me with a birthday cake and a super neato card! Honestly, that was one of the sweetest gestures anyone has ever made for me.. ESPECIALLY because I've only known these people for about a week.. some for only a few days! So if any of you guys are reading this, thank you so much! It was truly a great experience... *happy tear* Anyway, the cake was deeee-lish and we got strawberry soju which was also quite tasty. Afterwards, James, Jennifer, Derek, and I were the only ones left so we decided to continue our fun night out. We were about to cross an intersection when this adorable little Korean girl shyly said hello to us(I was with 3 halfies so I think we stood out a little). Derek struck up a conversation with her and the guy she was with and then they asked us if we wanted to go hang out with them. HELLS YES! A golden opportunity to mingle with the locals! We head to this bar and hang out there until about 3 am.. having the freaking greatest time ever with these people. It was even educational because I learned all the names of my fingers in Korean. Awesome! Afterwards, we went to noraebang(karaoke) which was conveniently located in the same building. We then sang the night away with great hits such as Bohemiam Rhapsody, Y.M.C.A., Buddy Holly, No Scrubs, Candy by H.O.T!!!, Lovefool... jebus, I can't even remember all the songs. Fiiiinally, when the little Korean girl(Seulgi) fell asleep and Derek got super wasty pace and passed the fuckkkkk out we decided to leave. At the end, we all exchanged numbers and vowed to hang out soon again. Yeh... I got home at 5 in the morning. Woke up and went to class the next morning like a true soldier.

Man, today was fan-fucking-tastic as well because a couple of us decided that we wanted to check out the Korean indie rock scene. I know what you're thinking.. "Wait, does that even exist?" Apparently it does! We checked out some random clubs that had live bands... while we were searching for some places, this random old Korean hipster looking guy approaches us and tells us that he'll help us find a place. This guy speaks English and even some German(because he lived there for 11 years) Holy moly. Anyway, he takes us to this place called "Funky Funky" Great name, right? The price is about $12 but we were a bit hesitant so the guy offered tickets to us for $6. Could we really say no? We got to watch about 5 bands. The first band kind of sucked.. except they did this rocked out version of "Build me up buttercup" that was pretty entertaining. The second guy is apparently pretty famous but he was kind of weird and wasn't that great either. The third band was completely awesome! They were these uber Korean hipster kids.. I'm not even sure I remember what they sounded like but the lead singer was this super hot Korean girl who was really charismatic and soooo fun to watch. Later on during the other bands' sets, she danced with me and put her arm around me! Thumbs up!!! The 4th band was just all covers... they did stuff like "Placebo- Every me, and every you," "T-Rex-20th Century Boy," and then HOLY SHIT. They did "Pixies-Where is my mind?" HO-O-OOOLY SHIT. How completely mindfucking awesome is that?! It was a really good rendition too! It was like rummaging through a pair of pants you haven't worn for a while and stumbling across a $20 bill.. completely unexpected and totally fucking sweet. They closed out with "Kylie Minogue -Can't get you out of my head" which was actually really fun. i know a lot of you guys are groaning but shut up. If you were in that club, you would have been dancing and singing your ass off and basically having the time of your life. I struck up a conversation with the lead singer as well since he was super friendly.. and he told me that he was really into Brit pop. Aww, haha. The last band was pretty good too except that they sounded like every other popular garage rock band.. pretty much exactly like the strokes.

Anyway, what a fun night! Meanwhile the entire night, the guy that introduced us to the place is constantly getting us drinks. He bought us shots of tequila, some beer, and even some cocktails. He seemed super cool, albeit super eccentric.. after the band night was over, he suggested we go to another bar where he said he'd treat us out. Cool beans.. but when we got to that bar, it started to get kind of sketch. He bought us all Guiness which was a really nice gesture... but then he ordered a really expensive bottle of whiskey and then we all started feeling really strange. Lissy said it best when she said that she felt like she was a hostess, as if we were getting paid to sit with him. At this point, I know he's probably really drunk and.. ugh. I feel bad but we all decided that things were getting way too strange and some of us were getting some really bad vibes and feelings off of him so we thanked him, and peaced the fuck out. I'm probably not giving enough details... but I don't know. Maybe I've watched too many scary movies but something about this situation just really didn't feel right so I honestly truly felt that I had to get the heck out of there. I don't know... ahhh all of us left feeling extremely guilty because who knows.. maybe this WAS just a really nice old guy(let me just add eccentric again for the extra effect) who was a bit lonely and needed some company... but honestly, we didn't want to owe the guy anything... and it was just all too completely strange and foreign to us. I still don't really know what to think about the situation to be quite honest.. ugh.

Blah. So let's change the subject, shall we? Thank you to everyone who sent me the birthday comments, emails, and messages. I was really overwhelmed by all the kind words and I honestly do appreciate them all so much. I'll be sure to post pictures soon.. I'll probably make a post dedicated entirely to pictures. O.k. so take care guys! Talk to you soon. LOVE.