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Bungee Jumping instead of a Nami Island Tour

By mattgirod | Published: August 10, 2011

I meant to post this up a while ago…like almost a year ago.  Yuah and I had plans to take a tour of Nami Island but the line was ridiculously long. Instead of waiting in line for five hours we decided that it was time to check off one of my to-do’s on my to-do list. Yuah [...]

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The Nude Exhibition

By mattgirod | Published: April 20, 2011

This is a little self promotion for nude art exhibition in Myeongdong Gallery in Seoul.  I’ve been going to this gallery for the past four months or so for figure drawing sessions. There will be many invites at this exhibit including many who regularly attend the drawing sessions. I will have one piece up there beginning April 23rd.

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Halloween 2010

By mattgirod | Published: November 6, 2010

Happy Halloween! 헤피 할러윈!

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Failed at finding “Freshness Burger”

By mattgirod | Published: October 19, 2010

…so I made one instead. The chain restaurant , “Freshness Burger”  moved since the last time I went to Dongdaemun. So, I thought, “maybe its about time to make my very first Korean burger”. Princess Yuah was visiting that weekend, and with her help we managed to make a pretty good cheeseburger.

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Seoul International Fireworks Festival

By mattgirod | Published: October 9, 2010

Riding the bike in Yeoido Stopping to pose with the beautiful evening sky Silver dragons attacking the crowd and eating little children Octa-tricycle organ Inspecting the vibraphone whale Ironically, the least interesting part of the Seoul International Fireworks Festival…the fireworks

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The Word

By mattgirod | Published: February 3, 2010

Surprisingly, this post isn’t about Korean. I just really enjoyed Stephen Colbert’s The Word today and had to post it here. hehe… www.colbertnation.com

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2009 End of the Year Festival

By mattgirod | Published: January 11, 2010

I obtained the the video footage from the 2009 End of the Year Festival. Here’s the dance video cut. I’m the one with the dark hair. Enjoy. For closeups of these mind blowing moves, check out the photos in the earlier post. Get the Flash Player to see this video. var swf = new SWFObject(“https://media.dreamhost.com/mp4/player.swf”, [...]

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