Cancer and kidney failure for everyone!

*NOTE* - Yes, this video may offend you. I apologize in advance for ruining anyone's perception of me.



Well, day two is almost over. It's just about 11:15pm here, and today was considerably more work-oriented than yesterday. Most of the day was dedicated to setup and sound checks, but I took time out of my busy schedule to record another video for all of you. You'll notice it was shot about 5 hours before this was posted. In order to get the look I wanted, I had to shoot while the sun was still out. More on the video later.

So many of you have probably heard that South Korea is far ahead of us on the technology curve. Well, it's absolutely true. I generally think of myself as pretty adept with technology, but even the most average of Koreans is on par with my skill set. Here is a brief story that will illuminate exactly just how far behind Korea we are.

Last night, after posting the first blog, and inviting everyone on Facebook to join, I was ready for bed. I brushed my teeth, changed, and went to turn off the lights. This is when I made the horrible discovery that apparently, Korean's don't have standard light switches like we do. After spending the better part of half an hour coming to the conclusion that my AC unit, no matter how many buttons it has, is incapable of controlling the lights, I decided to give up and just go to bed. I lay down, and went to set my alarm clock for the morning. The alarm clock was, however, naturally, entirely in Korean. I pushed the button that I assumed would set the hours, and lo and behold, the ceiling light turned off. I pushed the minute button, and the desk light turned off. This was just about when I noticed that the buttons had a light bulb on them. This was also just about when I decided my intelligence is far to low to be in a foreign country that's this advanced. So to summarize: in Korea, not only does your alarm clock wake you up, it turns your lights on and off. Which is really pretty freaking cool.

That's all for tonight. Now that I know how to use my lights, I'm off to bed. Have a fantastic day.

Note on the video: if it looked like I was talking really fast, I was. You may be curios why. Well, due to many factors outside of my control, I had to re-shoot this particular segment 4 times. Now, I had initially been planning on using some type of substitute cigarette. But, since everyone here is addicted to nicotine, they don't have herbals or something similar. Now I, as a non-smoker, have a very low nicotine tolerance. By the fourth shoot, I had smoked 8 cigarettes in about 10 minutes. I don't think I have ever been that anxious or jumpy in my life.

Final thoughts: the maid who cleaned my room left me with just one pillow. WHY GOD, WHY? And Korean TV is seriously messed up. You Tube it. I'm sure that someone else thought it was strange enough to put it on there.