Journal Post 1

1/26/10 5:51 PM CST

I need to figure out what the time zone that Thailand is in is called. Once I get there I am going to stop recording the time and date in CST..

From what I've seen so far, I'd say the number of white people in this airport is 1-3%. Ok that is a percentage and not a number, sorry.

Talked to a German guy from Frankfurt. Says he has a wife and a 9-month-old living in the Phillipines. That's got to be a wonderful marriage. He just got done visiting them for 5 weeks.

Got some Starbucks coffee earlier... gonna need another one in five hour probably. Going to beat jet lag by staying awake until it's time to go to bed tonight. It's going to be a very long day (about 28 hours).

Sitting at what I think my gate is.. 41. Not 100% sure on that (update: it was the wrong gate). I have a while to figure it out.

About to start learning some Thai. Really wanting a shower now, but I don't have any fresh socks so there goes half the incentive.

The German guy told me if I go to the immigration department I can get a free tour of the city- 4, 6, or 8 hours long. Going to take the 4 hour tour on my way back.

The airport is very nice, but I'm not really feeling inspired to take many pictures of it. That's ok though, I didn't take this trip to document the airports I visit.

I saw a box of some Animal's (I think Sheep??) placenta for sale. It was over $100. What the hell? Imported from Australia. Can't wait to get a room that I can leave all my shit in. My laptop bag is heavy as hell and my arms/shoulders get tired after a few minutes. After I practice some Thai I am going to try to order some lunch.

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Just ordered some food. Noodles in spicy broth w/seafood. When Koreans take your money, they accept it with one hand and place their other hand on their wrist and sorta do a bow thing, haha.

*Minutes later:

Ok, ordering noodles was probably a bad idea... I can't eat this shit with chopstix!! hahaha... about to make a fool of myself. There was a squid tentacle in this.. it was delicious. If I keep this up, there is going to be a huge pile of noodles left and no broth because I am just eating the broth & vegetables and meat with a spoon. I should ask someone near me to show me how to eat. How embarassing can it really be? (Update: I chickened out and there was in fact a huge pile of noodles left in my bowl)

Beer stand reads:

Erdinger WeiBbier

Update 1

Ok, so I am sitting around here:

Waiting on my flight from Seoul, South Korea to Bangkok, Thailand.

I should be touching down in Bangkok in a little under 10 hours. Expect some real content then! Until then, I'll just post some random Journal stuff I have been writing.

Schedule

Ok so far I have my first half of the trip planned out pretty well:

Day 1 - Bangkok:
Grand Palace - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Palace
Wat Phra Kaew - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Phra_Kaew
MBK (to buy a cell phone that will work) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBK_Center
Wat Saket - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Saket
Wat Arun - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Arun
Khao San Road - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaosan_Road

Starting at 8:30 going in the above order. Eating breakfast at the hotel, lunch and dinner will be street vendor food. I'll be travelling to the Grand Palace via the skytrain (train that runs on stilted tracks throughout the city) then taking a cab over to MBK, Wat Saket, Wat Arun. Then back to hotel to shower and change clothes since I will probably be a smelly mess at that point. Then heading over to Khao San Road which is a really touristy place to meet up with a few Americans from California where we are going to get some dinner and have a drink. Then back to the hotel to sleep because...

Day 2 - Ayutthaya: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayutthaya_Kingdom

Will post some more info about the ruins there later. Stay tuned!

THAILAND

Since I already have a blog that I have a hard time keeping current, I figured I am just going to use this for the mentioned subject as a way to keep interested people "in the know" of what I am up to during my trip.

I am going to Thailand in about 10.25 days.

It will be an 11 day trip, with almost 60 hours of travel time, which leaves me at about 9 days in the country.

I'll be hitting up Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, Sangkhlaburi, Krabi, Phuket, Ko Phi Phi, who knows what else.

I'm still working on finishing up my schedule for the trip and will post it in a day or two once I get it figured out. While I am over there I will try to update this once a day with what has gone on and maybe throw up some sneak previews of pictures I have taken.

I'd say "This is gonna be OFF THE HOOK" if that was how I talked, but it's not, so I don't really know what to say except that I am super excited and it will be really awesome. Check back soon!

MX

Did a shot for the Deftones song "MX" with Kristen tonight.

Lyrics:

You're so sweet
Your smile Your *****, and your bones
You're on fire
You move, like music, with your style

Let me think (let you think about what)
About girls (and what else)
And Money... and new clothes (and what do I get?)
Thirty nights (uh huh)
Of violence (yeah)
And sugar, to love

Closer to the lung
Shove her over railing

You're sweet
But I'm tired of proving this love
See you're a bore
But you move me, like a movie, that you love

Let me think (let you think about what)
About girls (and what else?)
And money... and new clothes (and what do I get?)
Thirty nights (uh huh)
Of Violence (yeah)
And sugar to love

Closer to the lung
Shove her over railing

Let me think (let you think about what)
About girls (and what else)
And money... and new clothes (and what do I get?)
Thirty nights (huh huh)
Of Violence (yeah) And sugar to love (******* rock star)

Closer to the lung
Closer to the lung
Shove her over railing

MX:

Rivière - Final Shot

Total shoot time including set up and tear down was about 30 minutes, which is good since it was lightly raining outside. I'm pretty sure one of my flashes got wet at one point but luckily it seems to be working fine still!

Here is the shot:

I will probably do a bit more editing to it by adding a texture or something like that. All in all I am very happy with it! Thanks a lot Natalie.

10/15/09

Doing a photoshoot with Natalie Diveley for part of my Deftones project.

Photo will be for the song "Riviere" from their album "Saturday Night Wrist."

Lyrics:

She haunts the roads
She waits for a new face
Her arms red and injured
She wants to rest but she can't till we have faced
I've cut your armies down and torn your heart
You wait
I wait
Outside, awake
I've cut your armies down and torn your heart
You wait
I wait
Outside, awake
She haunts the roads
She waits for a new face

I'll post my interpretation with the photo hopefully later tonight. Stay tuned!