The Dailyshow with Jon Stewart

Creativity. It is the first word that comes up when I ponder upon The Dailyshow with Jon Stewart. And I envy the creativity since I am not creative.

I think sense of humor is one of the entities that people can obtain. There are natural-born atheletes, scientists or musicians. What about natural-born comedians? Maybe Charlie Chaplin..

But seriously, you can work on your sense of humor and finally become a 'funny guy' Whether it entails slapstick, using pun or sarcasm, everyone can develop his or her own sense of humor. And this is where creativity is required.



The creativity and the beauty essential to Jon Stewart is so called metaphysics. Meta per se means something bigger. Not in details. A big picture. General scheme, whatever you name it.

Normally, the writers of the show would pick out a certain statement or an action from Fox News and graft it with something bigger or more general and add a spin on it, which results in laughters. This rather abstract and indescribable process is the core of the show.


http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/wed-july-13-2011-matthew-richardson?xrs=share_copy


Had I known about the show before, I would have definitely been willing to stand in a long ass line and waited four hours during my time in Manhattan. This is probably the only regret that I have after I left New York City. It is not broadway, it is not New York steak or pizza or anything. A tv show. I've been to Ground Zero, Time Square, Wall Street (and the giant bull of course) and the Rockafella Center, Little Italy, Soho and whatnot. But I did not expect that I would regret not knowing the show.

Rock and Roll; part I

In about 2 weeks from today, Jisan Rock Valley Festival

is taking place in Jisan, Gyeonggido. I can't wait since my friends and already reserved the tickets to the festival a while ago. Even the final lineup and the time table has been released. Incubus, Jimmy Eat World, 10cm, Jang Ki Ha are coming to town and puting on a show. I am especially excited to have found out that Incubus is playing a full 60 mins. Yes, you heard me right, sir & ma'am.

I can't say I have always been a fan of Rock and Roll. Someone recently asked me who my favorite music artist was. I could not give her an answer since I really don't have one. Well, there is Korean one; Seo Taiji. But assuming that she does not know who that guy was, I did not tell her of course. But when it comes to foreign artists, there really isn't one. Since the first time I heard so called pop music, I have always dabbled in different genres of music. Pop, rock, disco, country, electric, hip-hop and so forth.

But this time I am really amped up because of Incubus. When I was in the military (it was from 01 to 03), my coworker Gonzales and I used to hang out a lot. And he always would put on their CD and hummed to or sang the songs along. The band was very edgy, catchy and rhythmical and I began to like them instantaneously. I think he even gave me the CD, but I don't know where it is now..or was it a Linkin Park? Next time I go to my folk's house, I should look for it.

Also, one of the ex-girlfriends of mine really like Incubus and Brendan Boyd. According to her, the guy was literally every teen girl's McDreamy or hearttrhob when they came out in early 2000. After all, it wasn't just her, but some other American girls that I know of admitted their love for him when they were young. Oh.. rock stars

Anyhow, I've shamefully downloaded their latest album and oldies and goodies on to my mp3 player and been listening to them as time allows. It is still catchy and edgy.

2 weeks from now.. It is going to be so awesome. This is going to make my humdrum summer tad more exciting.

Umbrella

It rained again, but it wasn't too bad. But, right after I finished today's share of officetel hunting, the raining resumed. Riding a bike with an umbrella isn't fun. But I really did not want to get a cab or walk all the way to the gym.

Today something that has walled me off 'the regulars' at the gym got dismantled. As soon as I jumped out of the elevator at the gym, my trainer asked me if I took a wrong umbrella last night. I told him that I was sure to have taken mine. As it turned out, I picked out someone else's and the lady who thought she lost her umbrell was very glad to have it back. However, the story is not that simple. Let's go back to last night.

After finishing my back routines, I was doing leg-raise. And I saw the lady running amok in the gym, saying "Where is my umbrella? Where is it?" I clearly recall it because when I was so focused on my routine, she was loudly talking and it was a bit disturbing.

Do you get it? So, apprently, someone else took her umbrella before I did and he or she brought it back and then I took it over somehow. As I was explaining this to the lady, we all laughed about it. But the thing is, then, my umbrella which is supposed to be sitting at the gym wasn' there. It turns out that the trainer rented it some guy during the day time. So, the lady  offered hers to me, saying "Make sure to bring it back tomorrow." A rainbow umbrella. Great-

As a matter of fact, I have never spoken to the lady. Well maybe once. But she and I (and some other 'regulars') always work out together. Well, together as in "in the same space" Since I don't want to take a longer break than I need to.. don't want to wind up chatting with other guys and dragging my feet, I did not really put effort to make acquaintances with the regulars. Of course, whenever I walk in, I nodd or say hello to some of them, but it is not like I engage in a convo. And she was one of them. But not anymore. I guess I made an acquaintance with her.

I wonder where my umbrella is now. Moreover, I hope it does not rain tomorrow so that I don't need to bike with an umbrella.

Officetel Hunting

What was today like?
First off, it rained as if, as we Koreans say, there was a hole drilled up in the sky. This year, the climate is seriously unsual and unprecented. Don't ask me. I am Leo and hence like summer. But, it is not even humid or hot enough to call it summer. Just rain.. rain.. rain all the time.

Secondly, even though it rained, I finally started to look for new apartment. The current contract is bound to expire at the end of next month. I have been living in this 'one-room" the past three years. The casa de Oh is actually nice in that it is close to everywhere that I need to go e.g. work, gym, supermarket, transportation and all that. This is why it is hard to find a new place with such conditions and convenience.

And yet, I visited three local real estate agencies today and asked for an 'office-tel' Yes, I am trying to move up to an officetel. I have been saving up the past three years like crazy so I CAN buy an office-tel and sublet it and live off of it. Well, not exactly, but I can earn some extra cash every month. And that's what I was going for.. a place that is within my budget.

I really don't feel like borrowing money from my folks. My mother and I talked about providing me some seed money earlier this year, but I had not time to deal with it because of my job situation. In retrospect, I should have done it and invested it since the market has jacked up the price big time. I would have earned couple milion won easily. Everything is about timing. So is love. And this is why I may stink at some entities requiring perfect timing.

So, tomorrow over lunch I plan on visiting more agents and garner some information. This is going to be a big step for me. 3 years, 36 months and 365x3 days. What is ahead of me? I would like to know, but I like not knowing, for now.