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Hahahaha. I just spit up on myself.
I don't even know what this shit is. "Nam-san?" Someone just sent it to me over NateOn. But it's funny as all get-out.
I'm sure some knowledgeable folks will sort out the who's and what's the heck this is in the comments.
I have to go clean off my shirt.
"Nam-saaaaan?"
That's pretty good.
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Before you say this site is "anti-Korean" or bashing Korea – read this: "Why Be Critical?" Chances are, if you're simply angry because I am a social critic in Korea but not actually Korean, see if your argument isn't just a kneejerk response that follows these patterns.
Session 1: Just the Basics Dealing with the basic operations and functions of your DSLR, explaining each function, button, and doo-hickey. The bulk of the session is likely going to stick around the relationship between aperture and shutter, as well as depth-of-field. Basically everything on your camera has something to do with this relationship.
Session 2: Composition and Shooting (Shooting Session 1) We'll take those examples and look at them on the big screen, while also answering the concrete questions that will pop up about the stuff we learned before. Then we'll talk about composition and other framing issues, including lens lengths and why some lenses are worth $100 bucks and some are worth $10,000.
Session 3: Flashes and Advanced Exposure (Shooting Session 2) Dealing with flash, in terms of compensating above and below exposure levels (bracketing), as well as other bracketing techniques in general.
Session 4: Final Session/Critiques Keeping it open, determined by the class.
Four 3-hour sessions, as well as shooting sessions, photo discussions, and critiques. An individual photo essay will also be done as part of the ongoing class assignments. Inquire at the email address at the top right of this page.
Here are some key posts, for those of you new to the blog, which are a sampling of some of my thoughts about race and ideology in Korea and in general, my view of what it means to be a true American, my answer to the question of "Why don't you talk about more positive things?", my thoughts on why the Korean media is so unprofessional, thoughts on the Korean education system (here and here), my post about and examples of racism in three countries' media and the difference in the way they're handled, my posts (here and here) channeling my anger about Katrina, my post about being black in Korea and the whole Hines Ward thing (here and here and here), a post directed against the fashionable racism of even so-called "progressive" Asian Americans, my first attempt at online activism – a petition against KBS, and even random posts such as why I love Apple and have used an Apple computer, why I think Korea doesn't like Star Trek but should really love Battlestar Galactica, and I am ashamed to say that I have even blogged about my cats (here and here).
As for my photo book (now in limbo due to editorial differences with the publisher), you can see the representative chapters from the "Seoul Essays" posts below. Note that Chapter 3 remains undone and in limbo on my computer:
Chapter I: On the Surface
Chapter II: Pleasures of the Everyday
Chapter IV: To Hell and Back
I have much, much more, but this is a random yet representative sampling of my work to start with.
A couple of my co-workers said that they probably chose 남산 because it sounds like "Know what I'm sayin'." I'm not sure if I buy it.
I do, however, love the creative use of 퍽퍽하다. Seriously, I never knew a discussion about rice being too dry could sound so bad ass. 밥이 너무 퍽퍽하군요.
Posted by: ecorn | August 22, 2007 at 03:34 PM
It's the intro to a music video by Mister Tyfoon. Girlfriend watched that clip over and over the other day. You can see the whole video at Mongdori. It has a surprise ending!
Posted by: Daniel | August 22, 2007 at 06:30 PM
nu yuh ja man nar leh?(dont know)=you want to meet some girls?
har leh (holler)=lets do it!
so get thing har leh (so get the hollerin)= want to blind date
har leh (holler)= lets do it!
oh yeah jun ah hea (oh yeah something....)= oh yeah call me
hell yo (hell yeah)= i will
its my yuh dul shi yo (its my, you the shi't yo)= dont for get 8 o clock
nam san gat ta blah blah blah (i dont know...)= ganna go to nam san and then meet some girland have dinner.
geh ruh ke gar lu go? (i dont know)= you ganna go like that?
we yo? (well?)= why?
na eg ge maum eh andi ruh (yo my man andrew~(not his name.... i guess his charector's name))= i dont like it.
got ta to ga ra ibbel leh yo (get ta too out uh here yo)=i just change there.
ge lah yo (fo real)= sure.
nah lo gar leh yo (dont know what he ment to sound like) = can i come too?
gel say yo(i dont know....)= i dont know
no shik sa hae so (no shi't so wah so)= did you eat yet?
no mumo fuk fuk hea yo (yo mother fu'ck fu'ck hey yo)= the rice is too hard
mor matha fuk fuk hamon yo (more mother fu'ck fu'ck come on yo)= add water to the rice if its too hard.
go ro ji mo (i dont know)= yeah i should
go ri go mo? (i dont know...)=and what else?
Posted by: law | August 24, 2007 at 03:23 AM
yo waz uh?! = you came?!
waz uh= i came
wuh do got man?= where are you going?
wuh dea?=where?
wuh do yo ga new man= i said where are you going.
yo nam san' (yo know i'm sayin)= going to nam san
nam san~!(yo know i'm sayin)= nam san!
go rea yo? (fo real)= .... fo real?
no luh? (no luv?)= to mess around?
yeah~ = yeah~
Posted by: law | August 24, 2007 at 03:24 AM
I was told 퍽퍽하다 meant something more like tough chicken to describe someone that it is tough and stubborn.
Funny clip,most Koreans just stop at "Yo" and pull a lot of douchey hand moves.Not sure if I should tell my students what "The Shocker" actually refers to.
Posted by: rothkowitz | August 24, 2007 at 11:43 AM
Hilarious !
Posted by: MigukNamja | August 26, 2007 at 05:17 PM
I'm gonna have to go order some dolsot bibimbap just so I can bust out my new new line, "bap nomu fuckfuck hagun yo!"
Posted by: Max Watson | September 02, 2007 at 08:25 PM
The full video: http://tvpot.daum.net/clip/ClipView.do?clipid=4038169
Nice to see that Tyfoon has decided to imitate Mexican hiphop style instead of American.
Posted by: Max Watson | September 02, 2007 at 08:59 PM