hahahahahahahahaha!

I've been feeling out of the loop, so I decided to catch up on the happenings in the world outside of SoKo. Look what gem of a story I happened upon. Of course this would catch my eye.

Who cares about the elections when a Mexican boy glues himself to a bed to avoid school? My favorite part of the whole story: "Diego watched cartoons while they worked to unglue him."

A little pop culture

Pop bands and synchronized dancing (Carly, yet another reason for you to visit me) are still alive and well in Korea. The number one song topping the charts for the past three weeks has been "Tell Me", by The Wonder Girls, a teenage girl pop band. This song has exploded everywhere. I hear it on M-Net (Korea's music video network), commercials, grocery stores, outside when I'm teaching class...it's seriously everywhere! The Korea Times claims that the song has "captured the nation" and my favorite quote from the article is this:


"A housewife who disclosed only her surname Kim said, 'My husband likes the group so much, and I thought it was kind of gross, you know, a 40-year-old man watching and enjoying teenage girls in short skirts dancing. However, I soon found myself humming the song unconsciously and imitating the dance when watching the television.'''

What's all the hype about? I'll let you decide.


Even better is the fact that people here are so obsessed with the song, they'll learn the dance moves, and film themselves recreating the magic. Which of course, isn't too different from America. Just type in "Britney Spears dance moves" on youtube, and tons of how-to videos will pop up...uhhh, not that I would know or anything...

I spent way too much time watching these videos. This one's my favorite. The skinny dude in the back left steals the show. Pay special attention about 43 seconds into it. Hahahahahaha. Enjoy!