tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352733237162211804.post7604994758255221485..comments2023-10-30T19:00:17.058+09:00Comments on my nice day!: the first 24 hoursmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651938861194498779noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352733237162211804.post-61833947062746404022008-02-19T04:29:00.000+09:002008-02-19T04:29:00.000+09:00you're telling me!um... there was a brief mention ...you're telling me!<BR/><BR/>um... there was a brief mention of the fire on weekend all things considered, and the expat "expert" on korea said it was tantamount to mt. vernon burning.<BR/><BR/>mt. vernon? do americans outside a 300 mile radius of dc/no. virginia even know what mt. vernon is, much less what it looks like? <BR/><BR/>maybe it's more like if the alamo burned down to the residents of san antonio or the l'arc de triomphe for the parisians? or, how about some old asshole pushing the leaning tower of pisa over? i dunno. there needs to be some kind of "we have survived countless invaders against all odds" component in addition to just being really old and pretty.<BR/><BR/>all said, koreans are very accustomed to shitty things happening... it's part of "our" mindset and what makes us so much fun (crazy). whereas the japanese would be embarrassed, and the chinese might think, "eh, we've got plenty to spare," we're just sad... again.matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651938861194498779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352733237162211804.post-55825739143396690032008-02-19T03:30:00.000+09:002008-02-19T03:30:00.000+09:00oh good. it was getting weird that you were in th...oh good. it was getting weird that you were in the usa so long. does america have a monument, which if lost tragically, would ignite the same amount of grief as the namdaemun? statue of liberty?Jonithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13030483799599964790noreply@blogger.com