I’m not quite yet funemployed. I have another monthly paycheck coming my way at then tail end of February, though I shall not do a day of work the whole month – did I mention that this is a pretty sweet job? Due to a variety of circumstances and choices I find myself in a foreign country and my closest – let’s be honest – only friend is in another city. Korea has not sights to tempt me to visit or revisit in my ample free time. This city has been farting in my god damned face for two and a half years. I don’t talk to a soul most days, except to say the Korean phrases I’ve memorized to attain a beverage here and there, direct the taxi driver. Of course I talk to myself, and boy am I a delightful conversational partner. I am not cracking up, who could? Not when they have some cool shit on the way, like a fucking trip to Thailand, motherfuckers, the Disney World of southeast Asia. (I’d actually worried I was asking Maria to go to a country that was perhaps too Westernized, too thoroughly touristy, drained of it’s authenticity, but then again, I also think it’s really pretentious of us tourists to prefer extremes of destitution and lack of development for the sake of an authentic experience. But this liberal arts degree holder will join the next scientific -and hopefully heavily armed – excursion into Papua New Guinea if only someone would ask her.)
My point (let’s pretend there is one, yes?) is that I’m in love with these videos these guys (they call themselves DJO) have made where they overdub episodes of Star Trek. It fucking kills me and allows me to enjoy Star Trek stuff from a safe distance. I grew up with The Next Generation Star Trek series and harbor an affection for it, which is one thing atop many which will limit my chances for successful sexual reproduction.
Anyway, watch these.
