young guns

i've had quite a bit of solitude this week, so when the weekend arrived, i felt eager to get out, break free from my cabin fever and surround myself with dancing feet beats. my friend, megan and i went to hongdae, an area of seoul that is known for it's nightlife as well as it's student life aka hongdae university. the crowd is typically younger and sometimes, bolder. though, i'll bet their boldness is most likely due to their drunkenness!

megan and i went first went to a "HOF" which is typically a western style bar with an actual bar and bar stools. i say actual because korean bars are usually set up without the bar section, and are more like seated drinking restaurants. this hof was called woodstock, while it wasn't as hippie as it could've been with the given name, it was still a nice chill place. megan and i sat at the bar, of course!, and the bartender handed us a menu...i was trying very hard to pronounce the beer selection and just about laughed my ass off when i came across the quintessential 'merican beer. in korean, it's broken down to each syllable: buh duh wah ee szah. budweiser. oh yes. budfuckinweiser.

afterwards, we went to find NB, a popular dance club. our cute bartender drew us a cute map and while we followed the directions to a t, we couldn't find nb. i asked a random girl on the street who told me to go straight, so we went straight. when we still didn't see the sign for NB, i asked a random guy and then he pointed to a place across the street, that said, "noise basement." OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!!! duh! nb is noise basement!

the music was pop hip hop and some randoms (a christmas song...santa claus is coming to town-huh?) and repeats thrown in for good measure. megan and i danced and while the place was packed, found some space away from the main dance floor. (i just wanna dance!) a guy started dancing with me and when i turned to face him, i knew immediately he was a young gun. i'm talking young! we began talking in korenglish and it was fun--his name is yoon, he's 24, and he's sweet. we exchanged numbers and though i doubt that he'll call me, it was fun to flirt!