Oh... my... goodness...

It's been snowing for most of last night and half of today, and Seoul's streets are covered with snow and slush. The temperatures took a pretty big dive and it's been the coldest in a while.

So it came as a huge shock to me when I went to shop for groceries today near Seoul Station, and noticed something strange on the sidewalk. It looked like a person, and there was some sort of liquid coming out of him/her. Immediately I assumed that it was someone who drank too much soju and was throwing up; after all, Korea is known for people getting drunk.

And then I noticed that the head looked strange. It looked like TWO heads. And they both looked bald. And then I realized that those aren't heads. I was wondering what they were when the person stood up. Suddenly it became clear what I just saw.

It was a woman who pulled down her pants and was peeing on the sidewalk, with her butt exposed for everyone to view. The two "heads" were her butt cheeks. The "vomit" was actually urine. So she was urinating in public with her butt exposed to the snowy weather (and towards oncoming traffic!) in central Seoul.

I think I'm going to have a few nightmares tonight.

The dirtiest kids' show clip ever

You hear that? That was my childhood innocence meeting its bloody end.

The coolest/creepiest music video I've seen in a while

I came across this great music video earlier today, and thought it was probably among the best I'd seen recently. The song is "Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue. (Seeing Kylie's name on this was somewhat of a surprise; this isn't really a song you'd expect her to do.)

The only thing about this video is that it's one of the CREEPIEST ones you'll ever see. Here it is:



Basically, the story is that a man has obsessive romantic feelings towards a woman. He finally goes out with her but partway through, he realizes that her beauty won't last forever. He decides to preserve her beauty by killing her with a rock and laying her down in the water (in the same manner as the Ophelia painting by Millais).

Very creepy stuff, but very cool at the same time.

Bleeding children to reduce car accidents

In New Zealand, a billboard campaign has started with the goal of preventing deadly accidents on roadways.

The campaign entails of a face of a child which bleeds when it rains. Yes, bleeds.



This is probably one of the creepiest ideas I've heard of, but you can't really deny the fact that it's effective. Sure, you might not get the message right away or even get the message at all, but it's sure scary enough to make you slow down and wonder what the hell you just saw back there (and, if you're M. Night Shyamalan, whether you just came across a brilliant idea for the next big horror film).