Watch out

…this “angry adoptee” might be coming back soon, with a vengeance.

Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.

July photo catch up (again)

July 21st: Noraebang-ing it up on one of the last nights in Seoul…

…and yes, I was singing “Cry Me a River” by Justin Timberlake. Don’t hate, it’s a great song! =P

July 22nd: The “piercing shop guy” at dongdaemun…that is, in fact, a pen through his earhole piercing. Don’t ask, it was kind of a disturbing experience. I just bought my tongue ring and ran (and yes, for those who didn’t know, I used to have a tongue piercing and a belly button piercing…ah the good ol days of my youth! LOL!)

Where my angry adoptees at???

I miss the good ol “angry adoptee” days…what happened to all of us?! -_-

Personally, I’m still as angry as ever (some days more than others) but I feel like many of us blogging adoptees are feeling run down from the stupid repetitiveness that is blogosphere drama. So, to all of my fellow TRAs in the blogging world that are feeling down-trodden and hopeless, here’s some solace. Ok, not exactly solace…but an empathetic “I hear ya.”

Personally, I’ve felt run down for quite awhile.

Trying to defend my own truths and experiences day after day in my own online space gets really old. Wanting to share my perspectives as a Korean American adoptee without being accused of “maladjustment” or diagnosed with “reactive attachment disorder” or having stupid hypothetical ultimatums thrown in my face: “WOULD YOU HAVE RATHER GROWN UP IN AN ORPHANAGE THAN BE ADOPTED??? UNGRATEFUL BITCH.” Really? Is this how adults speak to one another? Through accusations and finger-pointing? And it’s not like we haven’t heard that one before. Great job, pat on the back for you: compare our lives to an orphanage! A winning argument EVERY time… *yawns and rolls eyes*

And nothing says online love like having person after person invalidate, insult, and berate me for my beliefs. I can honestly say that I have never been so harshly attacked until my involvement with blogging. People seem to loser “buffers” when typing on a computer–typical social situation protocol, or an inner-conscience that says “Hey, maybe I shouldn’t write inflammatory comments just to rile people up and polarize any sort of productive discussion that could occur.” Shocking that people might actually stop and think before they press that “SUBMIT” comment button.

An even greater measure of blogging self worth is having my voice completely stripped from me, ala New York Times “Relative Choices” picking and choosing of which responses to publish. Man, I wish we could get more of that. Where else can adoptee voices be completely censored and tossed aside as irrelevant? Sign me up! >.<

That’s why my original blog went underground and this “fluff” blog appeared in its place. I guess I threw up my hands and gave up. What else can you do when almost every aspect of your voice is stripped from you?

You can make a quasi-lame blog with random personal photos and a few light hearted pieces about Asian American/Korean pop culture *cough cough* MY BLOG *cough cough*

July 20th

Another day, another pic: The local pharmacy and street near the KU dorms (and a big silver car, apparently)

July 19

Inside a gelato cafe near Myeong-dong…cool wall artwork and yummy gelato!! ^.^

Totally unrelated photo catch-up

I’ve been pretty busy lately…being sick, that is. So, ummm…between bouts of queasiness, here’s today’s picture theme: Totally and completely unrelated photos from Korea =P

July 15th: Ice cream fondue? Heck yeah! @ the Baskin Robbins near KU campus

July 16th: Poster inside the infamous Korean jim-jil-bang (frankly I still don’t get what the big deal is, but Koreans love ‘em!)

July 17th: Large beauty salon near Apgujeong where I received the best (and cheapest–$10!!) haircut of my life!

July 18th: Random shoppers in the Express Bus Terminal

July 14th

Today’s pic: The hill leading to the international dorms at Korea U. There was many a day I felt like I was actually NOT moving while trying to walk UP it…damn gravity. And one monsoon-y day when I was in a hurry to get to the subway, tripped and fell about 1/3 of the way DOWN it, cut my knee open, openly bled on the subway, and was late to dinner with my Sarah 언니. That day was the best >.<

Everyday I would say to myself: “If that hill was a person, I’d kick its ass!”

*shakes fist* DAMN YOU, HILL! DAMN YOUUUUUU!!!

Random McRandom Korea photos

July 12th: Anyone want a toilet full of trash???? *raises hand* MEEEEEE!!!!

Haha we walked by that thing everyday on our way from the dorms to the subway lines…wonder if the family dumped it b/c they bought a bidet…hmmm…

July 13th: Ahh, GS 25 near the KU dorms…I bought many a can of Welch’s strawberry pop and packages of pringles from you…

July 10th and 11th

I’ll just get right to the good stuff

July 10th: nothing is safe from being turned into a cartoon…including…JESUS!

July 11th: The little tiger from the 88 Olympics on the subway wall (whose name is apparently Midori, which ironically enough is Japanese…hmmm…)

July 9th

This photo montage should really be called: “Why I hate parades” (Lotte World, July 2006)

Ooh, here comes the parade (god, I wanted to run away…freaks!)

Yes, those are dancing babushkas…yes, dancing babushkas.

I don’t think there are any words for this picture. Uhh…[insert awkward silence here]

*shudder*