Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Attention GI Korea: (plus other stuff)

I'm still going through the mad stash of photos I took while in Canada, and I missed Tim Hortons' Boston Creme donuts for the first time today. And I'm renewing my visa today. And while I wait in line I'll do some writing.

But here's something ... has anybody else had trouble accessing ROK Drop? Being shut out of one of my top three favorite K-blogs is a bummer. Hope it gets fixed soon...it's happened before.

Until then, I'll entertain myself with David Bowie's tight pants and Jim Henson's genius. Pretty good combo if you ask me.



and OK: here're three pictures I took before I left for Canada. Rain on glass in a coffee shop window.

And, how's this for creepy: at the Prada store in Shinsegye department store, Namdaemun... see those two mannequins to the left? They are, for the record, the first anorexic mannequins I've seen.

seriously, though: look at those protruding ribs and collar-bones. Scary, is all. Just gross.
Either those mannequins' torsos were made out of some old, discarded xylophones, or Prada's got some serious self-reflection to do on their contribution to the hyper-thin anorexic body ideal that's still going around these days. I'd be happy if stuff like this never happens again.

6 comments:

Caryn Ouwehand said...

I haven't seen my collarbones since 1989.

Brian said...

No problems with ROK Drop, but I'm having trouble getting to Korea Beat, now that you mention it.

Stafford said...

No issue with RoK Drop, but The Hole seems a little slower after the latest template alteration.

Roboseyo said...

is hub of sparkle working better, Brian? Mike says he got the g00gle virus out.

Brian said...

Yeah, I can get to HoS . . . for now.

Caryn Ouwehand said...

Rob, I am going to mail you a Boston Creme Donought...

...you probably think I'm kidding...