tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:59:32 +0000http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/index.htmnoreply@blogger.com (mike)Blogger1596125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-4444621280007367308Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:59:00 +00002010-03-09T05:59:32.243-05:00 This blog is now located at http://blog.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to http://blog.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/feeds/posts/default. http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/03/this-blog-has-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-2068596718189307890Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:32:00 +00002010-02-24T06:58:17.640-05:00http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/02/pictures-from-seoul-in-february.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-1920503526464906509Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:18:00 +00002010-02-21T03:22:44.165-05:00I made a GIF since I am using Photoshop again.http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/02/seoul-gif-from-namsan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-4136800730650452767Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:02:00 +00002010-02-17T11:41:38.225-05:00This is Seollal New Year in Seoul. You get together with your family and closest friends. You thank your ancestors. You bow to your elders. You eat. You drink.http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/02/solar-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-1167472273757654165Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:40:00 +00002010-03-01T22:56:41.799-05:00I'm not going to lie, going to the DMZ was really boring -- but I want to go back. It was also very interesting, like a class on some obscure subject that is impossible to stay awake for, but it is so interesting.I was disappointed it was so foggy. I have some more pics that I did not get developed, I also had some picks of the DMZ gate that the photo processor claims I didn't give him! Is http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/02/looking-at-north-korea-from-dmz.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-5574115341313262392Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:21:00 +00002010-01-30T09:49:35.821-05:00I love what the bikes in Korea say. They are similar to the T-shirts.http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/01/korean-bikes-say-darnedest-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-7169973680815401963Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:01:00 +00002010-01-28T09:49:34.145-05:00accident_dongdaemun.JPGamfree_motel.JPGburied_scooter.JPGdead_fish_seoul.JPGdongdaemun_textiles.JPGjangandong_juk.JPGkill_myself_seoul.JPGkondae_meat.JPGout_window.JPGseoul_flags.JPGseoul_planters.JPGseoul_snow.JPGseoul_subway_souvenirs.JPGseoul_subway_theater.JPGseoul_subway_tunnel.JPGsky_motel.JPGhttp://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/01/various-photographs-from-january-posted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-8832783082606449652Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:49:00 +00002010-01-25T04:57:17.582-05:00Welcome to Korean wedding, we hope you enjoyed yourself, goodbye.http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/01/korean-wedding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-2995896021394147417Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:24:00 +00002010-01-24T23:50:09.858-05:00I went snowboarding again, nearly destroyed myself this time. But I made seven runs, twice as many as last time. And I learned about snowboarding on ice, yay! I think it will take about a week for my swollen butt to go away, and probably twice as long for the bruises to disappear. I just can't wait to be able to sit down and not be in extreme pain! This all happened because snowboarding is http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/01/snowboarding-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-2946489236247076538Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:37:00 +00002010-01-18T04:03:12.407-05:00I tried to celebrate my birthday as much as possible this weekend. I also educated myself at the Warhol exhibit that's in town from Pittsburgh. Went to eat awesome Indian food with friends. I was the walrus, too.http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/01/i-am-32.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-846386214975782751Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:57:00 +00002010-01-15T21:56:19.232-05:00I wish I could have just made a GIF of this but it is too frustrating to do in GIMP and I lost my Adobe products when some drunken idiots (friends) in Brooklyn dropped my computer.http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/01/24hr-time-lapse-out-my-window.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-5318587308889830742Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:41:00 +00002010-01-10T05:34:52.623-05:00This Saturday may have been the longest ever for me in Seoul. We all had to work at 8:30am because Monday was a snow day. After work I met some friends to drive a couple hours south to one of their friends baby's first birthday party. In Korea you first birthday seems like a wedding or something -- they have birthday halls, like they have wedding halls! After the birthday four of us went http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/01/longest-saturday-in-seoul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-3056622687030399852Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:00:00 +00002010-01-08T18:40:10.838-05:00Leica AF-C1/ ridiculously poor focusingOlympus [MJU:]-1/ self-timing mechanism brokeOlympus XA2/ severely scratched lens, film counter brokeI have been having a hard time with point-and-shoots this year (but also some fun). So far I have paid for one and owned four. I keep trading them in for different used models at Mozart Cafe/Coffee Shop/Beer HOF/Camera Museum/Camera Store in Chungmuro (I amhttp://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/01/3-crappy-cameras.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-1542017496806423225Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:40:00 +00002010-01-06T10:55:21.233-05:00Alex, my friend and one of my old roomies from the infamous Demon House DC, had a 24 hour layover on her way home to Cambodia. I tried to show her as much of Korea as I could while she was here. Apparently, this is the most snow Seoul has had in 70 years!! I love it. JJang!!After a night of sam gyup sal (giant bacon), dobu (tofu), soju (light vodka), makgoli (rice wine), noraebang (karoke), http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/01/snow-in-seoul-jjang.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-7381551396888906113Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:16:00 +00002010-01-05T10:45:44.989-05:00I was invited by Hyungsu's family to go to Daejeon, a city about 3 hours south of Seoul for New Year's Day. We got there in the middle of the night on January 1st, and ate and drank in a celebratory fashion. The next morning we woke up and ate and drank and played yut nori for most of the afternoon. It turns out I am pretty decent at yut nori, and out of 10 teams we my team made it to 3rd http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/01/new-years-day-in-daejeon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-4123064396001357413Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:35:00 +00002010-01-03T02:50:09.745-05:00Here is a roll of Ektachrome I cross-processed, meaning slide film (which makes a color positive instead of a negative) that I had processed like color negative film, in order to get a richer color. I think it worked pretty well. Now if I could just figure out the stupid focus on my Leica AF-C1 35mm point-and-shoot. I have never had such a hard time focusing a camera! It's supposed to be a http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2010/01/cross-processed-seoul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-3245226160903636846Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:12:00 +00002009-12-30T09:53:44.356-05:00Here are some pictures I took with my newly purchased, used Leica AF-C1. The forecast called for another 10cm of snow, but we only got about 3 more. We were all hoping for a thick ground cover. Well, it's supposed to get pretty cold, so I'm hoping that will bring more snow. JJang!!http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2009/12/b-snow-in-seoul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-5175624172337101998Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:25:00 +00002009-12-26T10:41:30.587-05:00I spent Christmas morning with my Korean family. We went shopping in Dongdaemun Market and then ate awesome food. Then I met up with some friends in Hongdae and we drank our homesickness away. These pictures were taken with one of my Christmas presents -- a roll of Lomo high-saturation film, and a roll of 3200 iso Ilford b&w. JJang!!http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2009/12/christmas-day-in-seoul-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-6000716731657224480Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:45:00 +00002009-12-22T20:56:03.096-05:00On Sunday a bunch of us went to Hyungsu's older sister's restaurant for a Christmas party. Then we went to a makgoli house afterwards. It was merry.http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2009/12/christmas-party-in-su-yu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-1917205501602441762Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:44:00 +00002009-12-20T04:52:57.337-05:00My favorite language-exchange friends go to Konkuk Daehak. It is my new usual Saturday night hangout. Great friends!!http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2009/12/konkuk-daehak-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-3540432211310174596Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:55:00 +00002009-12-20T04:09:32.101-05:00I found a great little shop located in an area of many great little photo stores and shops in Chungmuro. It is called Mozart Cafe. It is owned by camera collector, nude photographer, and poet Michael Choi. Mr. Choi lived in Chicago for 30 years before returning to Seoul to open his awesome little camera museum/shop/coffee shop/beer HOF.The first time I walked into his store, last week, he saidhttp://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2009/12/mozart-cafe-seoul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-368569524463243661Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:40:00 +00002009-12-20T04:18:32.373-05:00These are random pictures from GoMaGoon this week. It is the choe bab (sushi) restaurant in our building in Janghandong. It is like our kitchen, and the owners are definitely our family.http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2009/12/typical-week-at-gomagoon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-643538496872924780Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:17:00 +00002009-12-22T01:28:40.618-05:00Photo Top, my new photo place. They do an excellent job at an excellent price.Slow-shutter self portrait in Dongdaemun Stadium subway station.Eating kimchi chigae with Sung Ryeong in a little shik dang near our hagwon.Kyung Ran and Jung Eun at Tom n Tom's. They are sisters and hand bag designers.A story that my friend In Cheal wrote in Chinese on my white board.A "letter" I got from Jenn http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2009/12/revere-chronological-roll.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-7727335018072046350Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:14:00 +00002009-12-15T20:21:51.865-05:00I went hiking, as usual on Sunday. I decided to take my small point-and-shoot at the last minute, so I took a roll of film directly from my refrigerator and loaded it into my camera. I think this may have created condensation damage on my negatives. Not sure, though.http://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2009/12/condensation-damage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768630.post-9149610664828463075Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:45:00 +00002009-12-13T23:44:06.119-05:00Saturday night my friend Hyung Shik and I headed over to Konkuk University. I had never been there before, it is amazing how many people are there, mainly students, just walking the roads with rows of bars. It makes me wonder how many other awesome places I am missing out on. Seoul is huge.We ended up going to a bar called Ireland Yuki. The main reason I wanted to stop in was to see what theyhttp://www.thomasmichaelcorcoran.com/2009/12/night-out-in-kunkuk-u.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike)