Beatles Bar 아저씨
The night begins as countless others have. Drinking outside the Buy the Way (albeit a more festive version) with Ryo
and James. James buys me cigarettes and i'm highly appreciative. However, things quickly take a disturbing turn upon deciding on the Beatles Bar as a venue...
Everything was going swimmingly, all our drinks were bought by this seemingly jolly, content man and his scary, belligerent philosophy professor friend. This usually isnt so unusual as Seth is something of a minor celebrity in Korea for his overt whiteness and a certain je ne sais quo. However, this time was different.
What you can't see in this photo is the sheer terror gripping Seth as he is trapped in the clutches of this drunken degenerate. Also you can't see the ball-touchage that would quickly ensue.
Of course being the charitable person I am, and thinking it was just the language barrier that was making Seth so uncomfortable I went over to talk to the 아저씨. Soon I was dragged into the the iron grip of this drunk fucker who proceeded to, in what my rape-victims anonymous group would later refer to as, invade my personal space to the point of kissing my neck and telling me how beautiful I am (if only i would lose the lip ring that is).
By now, i'm sort of used to being called good-looking by Korean guys, they usually mean it in a complimentary way. Same with gushy soju-ridden 아저씨's getting a little too touchy-feely. It's sorta a cultural thing. This guy though, made me feel like the Jennifer Connelly character in Requiem for a Dream or Leo in Basketball Diaries. Plus his friend had this lazy eye that made it hard to tell if he's looking at you or somewhere else. Finally, Seth and I managed to escape the awkward conversation and reclaim some of our dignity by paying for our own drinks and promptly leaving.
As you can see, Seth is physically mangled as well as showing all the classic manifestations of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Ryo's assuming his standard response to everything...namely taking a sympathetic nap....
And being Teddy Roosevelt.
Meanwhile, Amy seems ambivalent.
