The luck of the Irish*

*has nothing to do with me. though i do get some red hairs in my goatee.

The benefit of being allergic to alcohol is that for most of your twenties you will be the most popular guy because you can drive everyone home from the bars. Who doesn't love that? Whenever you meet someone at a bar you have an automatic topic of conversation. "Are you serious? You're allergic to alcohol? I'd kill myself if I was allergic!" Thanks buddy, what are you saying here? If you're asian you get an additional bonus. "Where are you from? No...Originally. You know I've heard alot of asians are allergic to alcohol. Lactose intolerant too." You don't say, that would explain the awful stench in my drawers.

But I've come to terms with this already. Until today, apparently being allergic to alcohol offers another benefit of not being able to get flu shots. Who knew?

Not me certainly.

Let's talk about some more Asian cinema. Have you seen Old Boy? Perhaps you should. I would think so. In fact, I'm demanding it! Now! If the movie map were spread across asia, you would see smudges of Chinese and Japanese samurai and kung-fu pics kicking ass across the board. Lately a slew of horror has been ravaging our western culture. Mmmmm tasty. To the left we've got Bollywood, and really, there is only so much one can take of that. But who's ever heard of Phillipine films? Not me. Burmese? Nope. Cambodian cinema? Heck, I can't even name any more asian countries. But wait, on the horizon, what the fuck is up with all these cool Korean flicks?!

Old Boy stars Min-Sik Choi as Dae-su Oh. This guy is good.

If you watch asian cinema you might recognize him from Shiri or more recently Crying Fist.

The movie opens with his drunk ass in a police station being belligerent and if you like that kind of thing the dvd has a lot of extra footage of that. The basic plot of the movie is that he is abducted and held prisoner for 15 years without any knowledge of who or why he is held captive. He suddenly finds himself released back into the world hungry for a little taste of vengeance.

This is a pretty choppy summary but I'm trying to avoid spoilers. There is a pretty sick fight scene half-way through, no wire-work, no CG, just some good old fashioned bludgeoning. Don't mistake this for a simple action/fight movie though. The range of emotion I wretched out in response to this movie was intense. I must heartily thank Ruksak for the recommendation, and so must you. (unless you have no interest in seeing this, then you could tell him to 'fuck off' if you like. Just leave me out of it.)

In closing, I wonder if raw octopus is a delicacy out there.


newly added to the post....
porn-fu!!