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the sex pistols in their glory days:


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i just watched the sex pistols performing "anarchy in the u.k." on leno.

it was fucking awful.

it wasn't a total loss, though—i got to see johnny rotten shake hands with ron paul.




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i had my car for all four days until marie asked to borrow it for three days—which was then extended for an additional six days today.

this whole arrangement is getting to be a bit absurd.

it's not so much about the car—i mean, it's not like i drive the fucking thing all that much anyway—but, rather...

i don't know. forget it.

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took marie and manuel to kay b toys in ala moana today.

manuel's reaction to being in a toy store (for the first time in his life) was priceless—with his eyes wide open, a big smile on his face, trying to reach for the toys with his little fingers. he may be only three-months old, but he knew what's up.

i had marie pick out toys for him—i'd much rather she picked them because she probably would know better than i would what he would want. i hope he likes them.

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attended the hawaii international film festival's screening of may 18 (u.s. premiere) today. i wasn't even aware that that film was a part of this year's h.i.f.f. until late last night.

i've been meaning to see the film ever since i've first heard about it, but to my disappointment, it was lacking in many respects.

anyway, there's a second screening at dole cannery theater tomorrow night (9 p.m.), for those who may be interested.

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marie finally returned my car today after nearly three months!

i kicked back at her place for a while and spent time with my godson, manuel.

for the first time, manuel looked up at me and gave me a smile. an incredible surge of happiness i've rarely felt in my lifetime overwhelmed me. i made sure marie couldn't see me, as my eyes welled up.

i can always count on him to brighten up the shittiest of the shittiest days. it's like nothing in this world fucking matters when i look at him.

love you, manuel.

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amazing energy.

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japanese children (in kimono) and korean children (in hanbok) during korea's japanese colonial period (1910 - 1945).

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now, i'm not the one to "thumb up" my own shit on su, but that's just what i did a few days ago to my mp3 directory. my data transfer bandwidth has surged like crazy ever since (try 165 gigabytes).

feel free to leech as much as you want, though.

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i was looking up for some info on my family clan on wikipedia. a korean clan is composed of a group of people who share the same paternal ancestor. i come from the gyeongju kim clan. gyeongju kim clan are the descendents of the rulers of later silla dynasty. we number at about 1.7 million in south korea, making us the second largest kim clan after the gimhae kim clan. there are 348 different kim clans in total.

kim alji, the founder of the gyeongju kim clan:

kim alji was a historical figure in korean history. his descendents formed the kim royal clan of silla. though kim alji did not rule as king of silla, his descendants did. today, 1.7 million south koreans are in the gyeongju kim clan, who trace their genealogy to kim alji. kim's son was sehan, and subsequent generations are recorded as: ado - suryu - ukbo - gudo. gudo's son was the first silla king of the kim line, michu of silla. modern interpreters have suggested that the kim alji may have been the chief of a "gold" clan of northern korea/manchuria. according to a recent theory, kim alji may have been a descendant of kim iljae, a xiongnu prince who had been directly recruited under emperor han wudi.

kim alji was a descendent of kim iljae, whom all the kim clans trace their lineage to:

kim iljae (134 b.c. - 86 b.c.) was a prominent official of the chinese dynasty han dynasty of xiongnu ethnicity, serving as coregent early in the reign of emperor zhao of han. kim iljae's descendants later fled han china and escaped into the korean peninsula, where the descendants of gojoseon lived. gojoseon and the xiongnu people were of the same ural-altaic language root and people, and therefore, they were able to enter goguryeo and migrate down to silla. kim's descendants later took power away from the bak and seok clans, and became the fully designated rulers of the silla kingdom for most of its existence.

the xiongnu people:

the xiongnu were a nomadic people from central asia, generally based in present day mongolia.

the thirteenth ruler of the silla dynasty, michu, was a gyeongju kim:

michu of silla was the thirteenth ruler of the korean state of silla (262-284). he was the first king of the kim clan to sit on the silla throne; this clan would hold the throne for most of silla's later history. he was the son of gudo, a leading silla general, and the sixth-generation descendant of the clan founder kim alji.

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speaking of which...


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i really want to see this:



화려한 휴가 (english title: may 18), based on an actual event: the gwangju massacre (may 1980).

here's the trailer:


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wow, i'm on asshole mode today.

i must have been one "mark, i need to ask you for a big favor" away from going off on marie.

we met during my lunch break to talk a few things out.

at one point, she said to me, "i hope you don't think i'm taking advantage of you..."

"well, i hope you're not," i said coldly.

she seemed taken aback by my response. she finally managed out, "wow, that's a bit mean..."

it was the first time i said anything to imply that i'm not so certain that she isn't taking advantage of me. and this uncertainty grew with every time she has come to me to throw her problems on my lap. i guess i felt the need to verbally express that uncertainty today in that crass manner for which i am so well-known and loved for.

i ended up calling her back a few hours later to apologize for hurting her like that.

she apologized, too. she said that she never meant to do drive me away like that.

i trust her, and i'm sorry i've ever doubted her. it wasn't fair for me to accuse her like that.

i hope things won't be awkward between us from now on.

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why do i always feel the need to take on other people's problems as my own?

there's a thin line between being a nice guy and being a fucking jerkoff.

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"this simple line is the barrier that has divided the korean peninsula for the last half century. this line has caused so much suffering to korean people and has hampered the development of the nation. "after i return from the north, more people will be able to cross this line. and finally this line will be erased."

- roh moo-hyun

south korean president, roh moo-hyun, crosses into north korea on foot:



south korean president, roh moo-hyun, greeted by north korean leader, kim jong-il, in pyongyang: