Time is an illusion. Lunch time doubly so!
At luchtime today, I decided to talk a walk up to Yongdusan Park (Dragon’s Head Park) near my office.
I thought I would take a short cut up a small alley and through one row of tall bushes. In my folly, I was almost hit sqare in face by THIS:
That is a 4 inch (10cm), 8-legged freak. I HATE spiders. THAT was just the one that I almost hit. There were five others in a big group. I decided to go around.
Eventually, I reached the stairs…Zepplin was playing “Stairway to Heaven” on my MP3 player at the exact moment I took this picture:
During the opening ceremony for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, 2,400 pigeons were released. Result? Pigeon problem in 2004. (Play Freebird, dude!)
A bit of trivia: Up to 1988, the pigeons were released before the cauldron was lit. However, at the ‘88 Olympics a large number of pigeons landed in the cauldron and were hanging out on the rim and inside the cauldron when it was lit. They roosting pigeons became roasting pigeons and they met their fiery demise. Now, the birds are released after the cauldron is lit.
Predictably, there is a statue of a dragon in Dragon’s Head Park. (Do any other lawyers reading this have problems typing the word “statue”?)
Looking up at the statue, I had a flashback to highschool…..it went something like this:
Me: Dang…I rolled a 12…at plus 3 that gives me a 15.
DM: You miss, but it was close. The dragon turns to you…20…The ancient black, acid-breathing dragon sprays you directly in the face for double damage of 88hp…You fall to the floor, screaming in horror as your flesh begins to melt and your armor begins burning and dripping onto your exposed flesh.
Me: CLERIC!!!!! HELP!!!!
I was a loser.
While on my way back to the office, I noticed a miniature version of Mt. Baekdu in a stone fountain.
On a side note:
Speaking of comparisons…Last night a guy, who looked a lot like Will Smith, sat down next to me at a cafe where I was having dinner and said, “Yo, man! You know who you look like? Yeah, you do. You probably hear it all the time.”
I replied that I had no idea because I had a goatee for about nine years and only shaved about 2 1/2 months ago.
“Man,” he said with a chuckle, “You look just like Drew Carrey!”
…….???