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Following a remarkable donation of 45 works by the artist's estate in 2012–2013, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is devoting an exhibition to a 20th-century legend: Henry Darger (1892-1973). Complemented by loans from international institutions, the exhibition Henry Darger: xxx recreates the imaginary world of an artist now recognised as one of the major representatives of Outsider Art. Self-taught and long a marginal figure on the art scene, Darger created a unique personal realm, a strangely singular mix of historical narrative and American popular culture.

This exhibition embraces the different segments of an oeuvre discovered only a few months before Darger's death: large, double-sided narrative panels, flags, portraits and the masterpiece The Battle of Calverhine, on show for the first time in France. Three metres long, this work depicts the opening battle in Darger's saga of a revolt by enslaved children.

Born in Chicago in 1892, Henry Darger lost his mother at an early age and was placed in a home for the mentally handicapped. Escaping, he made his way on foot to Chicago, where he would spend the rest of his life working at menial jobs in hospitals. Until his death in 1973, this secretive, solitary figure devoted his spare time – often working at night – to his all-consuming project, The Realms of the Unreal, a vast literary and pictorial opus comprising a 15,000-page novel illustrated with large-scale drawings, watercolours and collages. This epic tells the story of an endless war triggered by the rebellion of children tyrannised by a people called the Glandelinians. The victims are backed in their struggle by the Angelinians, seven of whom – the Vivian Girls – are the heroines of the novel.

Darger's life and work have inspired generations of artists, among them the Chapman brothers, Paul Chan and Peter Coffin, as well as contemporary authors like Jesse Kellerman (The Genius) and Xavier Mauméjean (American Gothic): testimony to the enduring fascination he exerts.

The book accompanying the exhibition will contain essays on Darger's life and work, personal tributes and a dictionary that serves as a guide to his complex mythology.

Henry Darger is organised with the help of loans from MoMA in New York, the Collection d’Art Brut in Lausanne and various private collections.

Exhibition curator: Choghakate Kazarian

Exposition Henry Darger | Musée d'Art moderne... par paris_musees


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Friday, February 22, 2013

Ellie Krieger's Banana Bread Muffins

 It feels repetitive to say that I have made everything there is to make with overripe bananas, but that is how I feel.  It happened again and I realized I had never tried Ellie Krieger's version of banana bread.  Her original recipe called for pecans, but a few people in my family don't love nuts, so I left them out.  I decided to put a dollop of  Dark Chocolate Dreams in the center of the muffins, just to make them more exciting.
 This was a great banana muffin and we enjoyed them very much!

Banana Bread
 adapted from Ellie Krieger
 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
 1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup nonfat yogurt
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 very ripe, large bananas, peeled and mashed (about 1 1/2 cups)

Whisk together dry ingredients (flours, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt). Whisk together wet ingredients (yogurt, oil, eggs, and vanilla.  Add bananas.  Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients, and stir in toasted pecans.
Pour the batter into loaf pan sprayed with non-stick cooking spray, and bake in 350 oven about 50 -55 minutes.  Cool on wire rack before slicing. Or if making muffins, put in a muffin tin, lined with cupcake/muffin liners and bake for 18-22 minutes.

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Monday, October 17, 2005

5:26 am

I was woken up early this morning by a beam of fluo pink light coming through my curtains. It was so intense, so colourful, that I had to look where it came from.

It was the most beautiful sunrise I have ever seen in my entire life.

I sat there, for a minute or two, just looking at it.

When i got my camera out, it was already faded. But here are a few pics anyway.

It was breathtaking.

Blogger vanou said...

Very pretty indeed.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very intense. You should go in the heart of the bush. You will get amazing sunsets and sunrises too.

later sis

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

1st and 2nd month in Vietnam Review.

Well I've been here for a couple months now. I guess two is more than one, so that counts as a couple since a couple is two people right. A lot of reasons have kept me busy and not being able to update this blog. I don't really have much time, been busy traveling the Vietnam country and seeing lots of stuff. I usually sleep at 9pm, and wake up at 5am. It's my schedule now and it's actually weird how different it is from my American schedule which is sleep at 6am and wakeupwheneverthefuckIwant-am. I've thoroughly enjoyed this country and I have been a lot less depressed and haven't had time to sulk in my depression while being here, which is a good thing.

Well, all in January, pretty much I just went out and partied with a bunch of Viet Kieu's. For the definition of Viet Kieu is basically Vietnamese-born Americans who came back to Vietnam. I'm not a Viet Kieu because I was born in America. Some weird shit goes on here. I've seen people shit in streets, piss in streets, throw up in streets, throw other people in other people's throw up's in streets. They drink a lot of beer here, I hear it's like in the top 5 countries that consume the most beer. I've learned a lot about this country, myself, and the culture of it all.

Fortunately and unfortunately, I found a girlfriend that I admire. It's been awhile since I've met someone who I can talk to (ok, I can't talk to that much because my Vietnamese is very limited). But I can express my real self without being self-conscience all the time. I've lost a bit of weight, I'm not going to say I'm skinny by any means, but this girl looks past all of that. I've only truly had two girls that I've liked in my life, and it was Kimmy and Jill. A lot of people probably know Jill because she was all over everything I ever wanted to write about for like six years. It's hard to find a girl who you actually like here because honestly, they're all in it for the money, or because you're from America. And I found a lot of those in the early stages of me being here, but this girl is different. She don't want nothing different, she just wants to hang out, drink coffee, and eat cheap food. Maybe it's a trap for the future where when I marry her, she'll want everything. But I trust her enough to not even think about that and I do genuinely care. She's been through the struggles and it's almost the same struggles I've been through going up so we have a lot in common. Before you judge me, no, I'm not looking into marrying her like 2 weeks after I met her, for now we'll just have fun.

So there you have it, for the past month, I've been to Da Lat (which is beautiful), Nha Trang (which is also beautiful) and hanging out with one girl. That's why I haven't been blogging much, but who gives a fk about this blog anyways. So I'll share an album with all the pictures I've taken in Vietnam for you guys to see!

Also, I'm running low on money, so I probably won't be doing any cool stuff for awhile. LOL!

Pics here:

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Second Week in Vietnam. Change of Perspective.

Keeping with the idea of keeping stuff long story short. My second week in Vietnam was pretty crazy, and I was pretty sick. So let's start off with last Saturday.

Didn't do much. I played League of Legends mostly as everyone was pretty busy doing their own things. I just stayed inside. Didn't want to spend money.

It was my friend KyleLe.net fan appreciation day. So free food. Fat people don't turn down free food. Got lost. Taxi put me in an alley. Had to walk about a mile to find the place. Scary as fuck. Thought I was going to get robbed. Got to place, ate good food, met new people, had a solid time. Decided to go see some new lights that were put up. Lights closed down because it rained. Went to a mall. Watched Kyle hit on a girl. Got rejected. Went to Hookah bar. Cute girls. Went home.

Went to see a motorcycle show. Hung out with Kyle and a couple of new friends, Tommy and Lance. Went to a placed called Cafe Kieu where pretty girls work. Old guys who order coffee and stare at the girls. Tommy's girlfriend is the manager there so we hung out. Talked to a couple of waitresses who looked like they were bored. Had a fun time. Left. Got my ears cleaned again. Shit felt fantastic. Stayed at Kyle's place for the night.

Went back to Cafe Kieu. Hung out with Tommy and his girlfriend. Met a new girl, Kim Anh. She is very sweet girl. Not my type. Girls who work at shops who has to please men (not in that way) just don't do it for me. We exchanged numbers and went our separate ways. Tommy and his girlfriend went and got changed. Met them up at Decibel where every Tuesday if you buy any drink you get free food (again, fat guys don't turn that down). And the free food is made by a "guest customer" they let make food every week, which is actually pretty neat. It was a bacon and mushroom risotto, actually pretty well made. Went to a club called "Lush" for ladies night. Turns out they don't check IDs. Saw 12 year old girls smoking cigarettes and drinking beer. My head started to hurt because my penis probably went the opposite way of erection after seeing all that. Decided to leave early, stayed over at Kyle's again and slept. Kim Anh texted me asking if I wanted to hang out on my birthday. I said we'll see.

Started throwing up and feeling sick. Had a big fever. Went home to my mom's house. Drank a lot of water, medicine and slept a lot. Forced to go see a psychic. Told me I'm a King. Says I currently like a girl but I shouldn't. She doesn't like me back. I should get married soon to a princess. Without a girl, I'm poor. With a girl, I'd be rich. Told me I should stop wearing black. Wrong bitch, black covers up my fat pretty well. Said it was in my best interest to find a girl younger than me. Marrying a fake girl will be the downfall of me. Guess what. For being a King, I'm pretty fucking poor. Played League of Legends, got to Gold 1. Kim Anh texted me asking if I was okay. I'm guessing Tommy's gf told her I was sick. Told her I was alright and she should sleep.

Played more League of Legends. Diarrhea started. This shit sucks. It was fucking weird. Realized the girl in America doesn't like me. My heart really hurts because I really started to like talking to her. Oh Marn, how could you even expect to get a girl that interesting to even like you, you're just a fat gamer. Yeah. I know. I don't know, it was just a nice breathe of fresh air talking to her. It's been awhile I've talked to someone that I was so interested in.. Oh well, life goes on I guess. Got to Plat 1. Went to get water. Saw a fucking FROG THE SIZE OF MY STOMACH. FREAKED OUT. RAN INTO MY ROOM. REALIZED AN HOUR LATER NEEDED TO PEE. WENT TO BATHROOM. FROG WAS IN BATHROOM. SAD MARN. DIDN'T GET TO PEE. 2am text from Kim Anh. I ignored it. She texts me at like 11pm then like 2am.. And it's so random. I think she's like... Trying to use me. I didn't really talk to her anymore. I don't care for it enough to chase it.

Was almost done being sick, decided it was time to go out again. Went out with Tommy again. Met this guy named Tomo. He was pretty chill. Went with Tommy to go eat some real Vietnamese food. I almost broke another chair. Everyone almost stared. It was funny. Went to Vietnamese Movie Theatre. Vietnamese commercials so funny, because they're so excited in the commercials. They serve kettle corn here, first time I tasted it I was grossed out, but as a fat dude, I got used to it. It was pretty good. Watched A Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Tommy's girlfriend fell asleep the whole movie. Tommy got mad. Went home, watched some LCS.

Went out with Kyle. Met a guy named Judd, pretty interesting guy. Went to Vietnam War Museum. Saw a lot of shit. Guy with no eyes because of Agent Orange played Piano really well. Saw a lot of fucked up pictures. Seemed like it was anti-American more than anything. We went to eat chicken wings at this famous spot near the airport. It was probably the best chicken I've eaten in my life.  Met up with this guy named Khanh and Allen. Pretty funny guys. As usual, all "Viet Kieu's" interested in girls. I think being gay is not tolerated in Vietnam. I mean I'm not gay but ya. Went around looking for girls. Ate some good food. Went around looking for girls. Didn't see anyone interesting. Went home. Cab almost drove over a dog.

Next week: My Birthday. January 23rd. Shit's about to get real.

Born with no eyes, plays Piano.

12 year old girls in da club.

Big ass fish!

Thursday, January 9, 2014

First week in Vietnam.

It's been a week since I've been here in Vietnam, and it's been fascinating to say the least. I haven't really had a dull moment here, because everything is so different and I would say, a little more refreshing than America. Almost every day has been a new experience, something that I've been looking for.

Flying to Vietnam was already an experience. I slept the entire 14 hours from Houston to Japan, I literally sat at my seat, and was gone before the plane even left the gate. Arriving in Japan, apparently we were stuck at the gate in HOUSTON for an hour and a half because the plane was overweight... Probably because of me. So I was late arriving into Japan, thus becoming late for my next leg from Japan to Hanoi. I had one of those "PHANMARTIN" signs in Japan and was rush through to the other terminal by 2 security guards like I was fucking VIP. Usually you have to go through another security check, but they said NO FK DAT THIS MUDDAFUGGA GETTING THROUGH ASAP. So I make the flight to Hanoi from Japan.

I sit down and I'm like alright, I just woke up from a 16 hour slumber, I'll just watch some TV. We get up in the air, and 10 min later they come by with some quality ass food. I got some salmon, chicken dumplings, a potato salad, rice, a regular salad, and a noodle salad. So I finish the food and I'm like, alright. Cool. Then flight attendant comes by and puts down a Haagen Daaz Vanilla Cup. And I'm like oh shit. Then after they asked me if I wanted coffee or tea. I took tea... Then I fell asleep. THEN I WOKE UP TO PASTA. AND THIS WAS ONLY A 6 HOUR FLIGHT. -_-.

This might get long, so let's start doing long story shorts. I get to Hanoi. Go through customs. Go to front desk since it's an overnight layover. Ask for a hotel. Girl asks me for my name. I show American passport. She opens her eyes and asks to hang out. Nope. Gotta go to hotel. Sorry. Wave a $5 bill in the air asking for a cab to my hotel which is a 2 min drive. $5 is a lot btw. Instantly gets taken. Cab driver drives ONE minute, gets out, another driver gets in, I get scared. He drives another minute, tries to pick up a dude asking for a cab, stuffs him in the cab with me, doesn't know it's not my hotel, my hotel's down the street. Drops me off at my hotel, I walk in to everyone drinking liquor, playing cards, and smoking cigarettes in the lobby. Ask for a cab at 4am for my flight at 6am. They told me no and to fuck off and they'll get me a cab at 5am. What the shit. Take a cab at 5am, still have enough time to go through everything because the airport is dead. So that was nice.

Get to Saigon Thursday morning. Uncle picks me up. Tells me to go to sleep. I don't wanna go to sleep. I want to walk around. Nope, go to sleep because he won't let me go anywhere while he goes does his own shit. Fucked up. I stay in the room for about 4 hours. Go to my mom's friends house where I'm currently staying. Her son plays League of Legends. He's pretty cool. Platinum player. We go eat KBBQ, it's $5. Only high rollers go there. It's shit. Not that good. I'd rather get a $0.90 bowl of Com Tam (Rice/Meat/Egg/Meatball/Veggies $0.90. I'll take a pic of it sometime). Go to LAN center for the first time, pretty big, lots of computers. THE REAL CATCH IS.. People don't play LOL, they play WARCRAFT 3.

Got yelled at by my whole family telling me I shouldn't take a taxi, because it's dangerous. Basically wanting me to stay inside for the whole time I'm here. I retaliated, had my brother on my side. Shits bomb because he's the boss, no one ever lashes out at him. Went to Phu My Hung to hang out with a famous blogger, kylele.net .. His name is Kyle Le. Didn't do anything Friday, just went to sleep.

Went out walking. Went to a cafe just to hang out a little and chill, got a burger and a coke for about $2, still not better than Com Tam. Walked around, saw a StarDogs Coffee where you drink coffee with Huskies. Those huskies look miserable, it's too hot here, but it's a status symbol I guess for the rich. Had eye contact with a girl, she looked at me like I was a piece of meat aka someone willing to dish out money for her. Nope. Wrong bitch. Went out to Crescent Mall. It's 7 stories. Shit is fucking huge. Only high rollers and their gfs go there. We went to the arcade, beat on some 4 year old kids in Street Fighter, while staring at this girl who kept looking at me, then I realize that kid she's with, she's either babysitting, or it's hers. Scary. Fuck that. Look away. Saw a cool fish / net game where poeple just threw in money but apparently you can win money back and it's borderline gambling. Seemed pretty cool seeing 40-50 year old men and women just mashing on one button. Didn't look like there was skill. Just mashing. It was cool to watch.

Had to do shit for my mom. Went to meet her friends. Went to meet her dad. Went to meet her dad's friends. Went to meet her dad's friends friends. Got yelled at all day. No one knew wtf I was saying, nor did I know what they were saying. Went to church. Met a girl. She instantly wanted to hang out. I said no. I learned from my friend is that love = money, and that over here, there is no true love, so I'm good on all that.

Went out to eat one of my favorite Vietnamese dishes (Bun Mang Vit... Noodles/Duck/Bamboo Shoots) ... It was pretty good. I broke one of those kiddy chairs they give out at restaurants that are actually their houses. They aren't true restaurants, they just take out a floor of their house and let people just come over. Ate balut. Balut here is delicious. Played more League. Watched Soccer. Vietnam never wins in Soccer but everyone here cheers for them so hard. Met another girl. She looked at me. I said hi do you think I'm Vietnamese and she said I looked like another lower tier Asian. Good shit, fuck you too. Saw a dead rat in the street. Saw an armless guy beg for money.

Went out to a bar called VUVUZELA with a Street Fighter guy named Sang. He picked me up. He's pretty cool. We just sat there drinking beers. I gave him my beer because I hate the taste of beer. I drank a little to try to get that acquired taste, couldn't get it. Met the waitress. First thing she asked me was my name. Said it was Martin. Asked for a Viet nam. Told her my mom didn't give me a Viet name. Told me ok, my new name is Anh Map (Fat man). Wow. Bitch. Second thing she asked me was when I was going back to America so I could bring her back a smartphone. Didn't even ask for my number or at least attempt to make me try to like her. Went straight for the goods. Fuck that. Said she was a student during the day, part time worker at night. Went home. Played more League.

Didn't do much, started to feel a little sick. Wanted to stay in. Stayed in. Played League of Legends, got my account to 20. (Buying XP/IP boost here is like $0.50 btw). At around 8pm. Got a phone call from random 2 girls. Didn't know what they wanted. They called me Anh Tuan Dep Trai (Handsome guy). I didn't know that name. I only know my regular name. Then they told me my mom wanted me to meet up with them tomorrow and that I should clear my schedule. I said okay and talked to them for about 20 minutes warning them that my Vietnamese is ass and hopefully we can understand each other.

Went to a LAN Center in the morning, waiting for this date? meetup? something. Got my account to 30. I don't sleep much here. Played Ranked. Got to Silver 1 after my promos. Went home. Showered. Put on my MRN shirt, MCZ hoodie, Jeans. Ain't no one going to try to change the way I dress for no damn date. Went out with two girls. They were pretty cute. They talk highly of my mom like everyone here does. I think my mom is either 1.) a pimp or 2.) just a high roller in Vietnam. We ate pho. We ate ice cream. We played cards, I won. I'm a G, I don't let girls win. They gotta lose. They were nice. Very outgoing, much different than the people I've met here. Still not falling for the trap though.

I'll start taking more pictures. Sorry. First week I was just looking at shit without thinking. And usually I'm one to hate pictures because it just feels awkward to me. More pictures next update I swear. ^_^

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Reflection on life and a random 4 month stay in Vietnam.

To begin, I'm asking please don't post this on Reddit, some random sites, or whatever. I'm not trying to start a war, or add fuel to a fire that doesn't matter anymore. I'm honestly doing this just to clarify why I'm going to Vietnam, what for, etc. I'm not trying to get a billion views with people or looking to start any drama.

First off, I hope everyone has a Happy New Year in the States. I, unfortunately, will be on a plane to Tokyo that'll take 17 hours, and by that calculation, I'm going to say that I'm going to fly through a lot of New Years today LOL. I'm going to start the New Year off in another country, and hopefully make 2014 a year for me and everyone out there to remember.

While waiting at the airport to head Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) through April, I decided to write this sign-off to explain my motives and what led to this decision. For the past few months, I've been living with Justin Wong, Floe, and Cecily. I have never met people who would put up with the bullshit that I've carried with me. If they didn't care about me, they definitely didn't show it. In them, I found a family, a group of friends who I cherish more than anything. Justin especially, has put up with more crap that I've thrown at him than I thought he could take. He's been there on my ups and downs, and he's always there no matter what. I've known him for a long time, and throughout it, there has never been a moment where he hasn't been there. He's been mad, even super pissed, but in the end, he's always calmed down and been extremely understanding. I can honestly say that if it came down to it, I'd take a bullet for that guy all day. For all he's done in this world, I would be content as long as he survived. But before this becomes a Justin love story, I'll stop.

2013 was a very eventful year for me. I went through so much and it was a roller coaster of extremes through every turn. I brought a team into the LCS on a whim, Team MRN. Yes, people were asking why I would name the team after myself... I don't know. I thought through my name, and my already-established reputation, that it would bring in a lot more people and show the fighting game community that there was a great game out there that we could also play. A game that has brought millions of fans together into a huge spectacle. On top of that, nobody else could think of a good name, so there. Through it all, it was more of a project than anything. As I said, it was on a whim, and it happened fast. I had no managing skills, no business skills, it was even said on the LCS website that it was a "project" I had come up with. And because of all of that, we were destined to fall. I truly regret the fact that not only did we lose, I didn't have a better relationship with all of my players. If I did, I don't think anything that happened after the LCS would have happened. I don't blame any of the players for what they did, but I am ever so grateful that ClakeyD and AtomicN stuck by my side and understood what everyone had agreed upon. All in all, I'm not mad at anyone and they did what they thought they had to do. I believed in all of my players. I thought they were a fantastic group, and what happened mid-season was something that could go either way, positively or negatively. I loved AtomicN as a person and he is a great guy, but with a losing record, I thought I had to do something instead of just losses pile up. In the end, it probably wasn't the players fault, it was mine. I was more relaxed than anyone even after seeing all the videos of teams with whiteboards, and teams researching and talking about their games. For us, it was "oh let's watch games, and just scrim and blame each other if we lose". We were more of a family than a team trying to get to Worlds. I will never blame Riot about anything, no matter what, because they gave me such a fantastic opportunity, and I screwed it up.

With that aside, there was MadCatz, who believed in me to help my team, help me get my brand out there, and help me with what I needed along the way. MarkMan, Leang, Nate, Twins, Chris and everyone else at MadCatz always was there whenever I needed advice, and on how to do things. I don't believe I'd be anywhere at all if it weren't for them. They brought me in back when Team MRN was just me and Mark told me, "I believe in you." After that, I tried my hardest to make them not regret the time and effort spent on me. I tried to do everything in my power to make them proud, and whether or not they ultimately are/were, I'm forever grateful to them. They will forever be #1 and for more information and products, please visit store.gameshark.com for all your peripheral needs.

So why am I going to Vietnam out of all places?
Honestly, I don't know. My mom has always asked me to go, and I never wanted to because when I was five years old, I remember having to take a bath in a little swimming pool-like thing and having to flush the toilet by pouring water into it. Those were things I never wanted to do again, but after research, I found that Vietnam has modernized. Also, I went to the psychiatrist a couple of times in the past year, who confirmed what I've thought was true all along, I've been depressed almost all of my life. I've always put up a face and tried to be happy like other people, but inside, I was hurting more than I allowed people to see. Floe told me that he knew from the time he met me I was a depressed person but he never said anything cause he thought I knew, but I didn't! I always thought that bad feelings were put away with happy feelings, but in the end, it was only temporary. I've always thrown myself out in the limelight, because for all the attention whoring I did, people would respond, and I got the attention I desired. I thought, "Oh wow, if people are giving me attention, that means I'm doing something right." But it turns out, that that feeling doesn't do much for me anymore. I love when my adrenaline is pumping and I shut someone down like Flux (because he sux), but in the end, it's not something lasting, not something that makes me feel alive.

I hope by going to Vietnam, I'll find another outlook on life. At this point, when I really look at life, I find myself bored. I want to take a break from what I've been doing for the past 14 years in the FGC/eSports and I want to become something more. I love the path that I took, and I have no regrets, but I find myself feeling like there's always something more out there for me to discover. I sit around all day playing games, and besides the competitive aspect, I'm really not to fond of them. This led me to question myself about whether I played games for the competition or the attention, and I'm still not sure what the answer is, perhaps some of both. People always tell me that whatever I put my mind to, I will find a way to do it. I've looked back at all I wanted to accomplish, and I've done about 90% of what I imagined doing while growing up (I never did become a stand-up comedian :]).

I'm not going to say I've been a good person by all means, but I don't think I'm a horrible person either. I have been on both the giving and receiving end of shit, if that makes sense. I don't do anything for revenge, instead I think my actions are more spontaneous than anything else. I think that the biggest joy in my life is to do something each day that I wouldn't think I would do... like going to Vietnam. In the end, I just want a change in my life and I want to come back a different person. I apologize to all the people I have wronged, but I don't expect any apologies from people who have wronged me. I want to come back from Vietnam as a skinnier, healthier, changed person. I don't want to have all this bad reputation following me all my life, because I don't think I deserve a lot of it. I know I deserve some of it, but most of the stuff (not saying ALL ;D) is a mixture of rumors and misinformation, but that's how the internet is though, right?

The goal for me is to come back as a person who people can look up to. Right now, I think it's 50/50, a lot of people like me, but a lot of people also hate me. I like it a lot more when people like me! I don't expect people to change their views on me overnight, or maybe even at all, but I will try my hardest to change them. They always say "people don't change", but I know that I will definitely come back and change that mentality. I don't have anywhere else to go but up, because honestly, I think I've reached the most bottom part of my life.

I'm not trying to feed anyone a sob story, rather I wanted to share what's been going through my life for the people who care. I hope to come back and impress everyone by becoming the Asian Brad Pitt. All in all, I hope to come back stronger than ever and to make people proud, especially my brother, of what I can try to achieve.

Thanks for reading,

To Nelson 'Remix' Reyes: Yesterday, you had a funeral that the FGC and everyone else who knew how awesome you were was more than willing to help with. We've lost a brother, a
comrade, a partner, and most of all, a person who always put others before himself. I will change the world like you told me to. You're the one who saw past my internet 'persona' and saw the guy who loves The Notebook, and gave me an opportunity to be your friend. If you've seen me in the past couple days, you know I have been deeply hurt by losing you, but I know you would have wanted me to be a stronger person. I'm sorry for not taking every opportunity to see you like you wanted me to. I'll definitely change my ways and come meet you up there. You and I will always be the tag team champions of the world, ain't no one can challenge us now for it. R.I.P friend, I'm so sad to see you go.

Monday, July 8, 2013

Scandals, Blow ups, and more.

      So yesterday, I was at Curleh Mustache and I saw my Twitter blowing up. A lot of things have been on my mind lately and this just was over the top. Honestly, this will be my first and last post on this. I'm not going to answer any questions. You guys can take it for what it is. I will not start a back and forth war, it's not worth it. I will try to put every single detail out there. You can analyze every word and find little defects in here, but I am just telling how it is. They are claiming that that thread wasn't directed towards pitch-forking me but a warning for new people? Yeah right... So let's begin.
     Start: So to begin, let's start about me making the team. The original 5 for the LCS qualifiers were obviously, MegaZero/ClakeyD/Heartbeat/Atomic/Me. After long days of trying to qualify, and actually getting into that spot for the tournament, Heartbeat was like "Real talk Marn, we need a better player". I said if we do that, we're still going to split the money evenly 7 ways (this includes djWheat getting a cut by the way). Everyone agreed. And to be fair, I'm not going to lie (Sorry Wheat if you're reading this), I was shady in the fact that I was going to use djWheat's cut for team expenses. How else would we pay for what we needed? I recall telling him that too. He helped me get my organization turned into a LLC with eSports Management Group. Riot wanted all organizations to be real, to be a LLC, to be legitimate, so that's what I did. So in a way, MegaZero was right. I got more than the players, and I won't even deny that.

      The House: Riot gives a certain amount to the teams for housing subsidy for three months. What they didn't include was 1. Security Deposit, and 2. May's Rent (Relegation month) and 3. Utilities. It was way above our means for a new team and in actuality, Clakey wanted to live near the beach, and everyone else said screw it, let's do it. BUT I do recall MegaZero not agreeing/liking it because I did give the option of doing what complexity did and getting 2 apartments for way cheaper. In the end, everyone loved the house and no one complained. Clakey and I split the extra money ($800) for the house because we had the two biggest rooms so no one had to pay anything extra.
     What happened: Keep in mind, that my name is not on the lease. A majority of the team did though and our website designer. MegaZero/Heartbeat/Atomic/Inflame/ClakeyD signed the lease. Why? Because for a nice house like that I wasn't even sure I had the credit necessary because I've never used a credit card before only debit. When we first got the house before even the lease was completely signed, I had my brother front us the money to get the security deposit and first month's rent. Obviously, he wanted to be paid back when Riot gave us the monthly salary. But we wanted to move in earlier, so he sent the money to me. When Riot gave us the money, my brother was still owed $5000. So I talked to the team and I said, hey team, we need $800 each from you guys to pay for the security deposit. We obviously get it back when the lease ends. They didn't say anything, they understood we needed it. So May rolls around and we're in relegations, and I go, "Hey guys, we need $800 each again to pay for May's rent. I talked to Riot and they'll advance us the money for May's rent if we qualify again." "Sure go ahead, so we get our money back when we qualify right?" "Yeah but if you guys lose..." "Yeah right." Ok. So Riot's problem is that I have no written confirmation of this. Nothing. I lived with them. Why would I Skype them over something so small? So yeah, I did take $1600 from their salaries.

     Breakdown: Players received $12,500 from Riot and Riot does give an extra $25,000. Which went to me, and I salaried myself $12,500 like the players with $12,500 that was supposed to be djWheats (but I used it for expenses). So I would say that I made it so that I made as much as the players did but $12,500 went to the MRN stuff.
This is a typical month of JUST electricity. Gas ~$100-200 and so is Water. On top of that is $100 for the Internet. I did edit this to get rid of personal info and the first number is the amount I paid and the second number is my balance after that.

    Where did the money go?: So we were in the house for FIVE months. Two months not even in the house, and the new tenants didn't move in til July 1st. So from February - June, I was paying all the bills with the $12,500 that was put to the side. It was about $1500-$1700 a month, and if you guys want to see, I have the bills for May and June also and NO ONE WAS IN THE HOUSE and it was about the same. Even  in the MINIMUM of the $1500 a month, it turned out to be $7500~. On top of that, who has to pay for June's rent? All of them, but not me, cause I'm not on the lease. So could I have afforded to pay the rent/security deposit myself? No. I paid myself the same as the players. "Oh you should have just used your cut for all of this instead of them." No. I got paid the same for benching myself and I created the team from scratch, and we all agreed to it. There was ONE time I asked them for $10? or $20 each so we could get a maid to clean the house. We're all boys, we don't like to clean!

     Where do we go from here: I was the only one who stayed behind after everyone left about a week after relegation. I cleaned up the house, I did everything I could, and Clakey came and helped. Everyone else left the house just took their things and left it a mess. There were scratches on the wall from when they decided to take Heartbeat's bunk bed and split it in 2 to make Ecco's room with a bed. There were broken chairs. The couch was almost falling apart. The stove didn't work right. Just everything was left and I had to stay behind and fix and talk to the realtor about everything. We had to pay to get people to help us move the bed BACK UP the stairs. Scratches on the floor from the tables moving back and forth with the computers on them. Scratches from the computers. I could keep going and going but I'm not.
     What's been going on: Eventually about a month after we got relegated out of the league. Riot decides to email me saying that I owe money to the players. In my mind, I thought it was a mistake. There's no way, I took $1600 from them that we all agreed upon for the HOUSE that THEIR names are on. I'm supposed to pay that myself? No thanks. Not my problem. But I did decide stay behind and fix everything that needed to be fixed. I paid for new chairs. I did everything I SHOULDN'T have. Everyone else went back home, didn't care about the house anymore, and left it up to ME to do it. So instead of MegaZero talking to me HIMSELF, he decides to turn the whole team against me. Not Atomic / Clakey though because they have morals. So after a long back and forth with Riot, I told them that since the team wants $7000 from me, I will pay them back at the end of the month. The Realtor is accessing all the damages that the people on the lease will have to pay which is well over $7000 including June's rent, etc. so I would be PROFITING from THEM if they continue to pursue this. So in my mind, why doesn't everyone just walk away and just be done with this?

      What's left: So these are texts from my players (except MegaZero since apparently I'm like the evil guy in all of this so I will just not talk to him as he chooses to ignore me and go to reddit for some reason). However, now he's claiming the whole team is against me but even if they are, why would I receive these texts? The situation here is: I did take away $300 from each member from the team, NOT FOR MY SELF GAIN, BUT because the bank didn't have all the cash they wanted since everyone wanted cash on the team except MegaZero (who got his wired to him) but I didn't take $300 from MegaZero afaik that time. But I did take $1100 away total from that last check. $300 from everyone til the next day which I lagged on is my bad. And $800 for the rent. But why would they only ask for $300 when I took $1100 from them? And EVEN WHEN I took $800 from them EACH, that = $4000. Guess who paid the extra $1800? Yeah, I did. Guess who paid the extra $1000 with the security deposit? Yep. I did. I always chipped in when I needed to.

This is Heartbeat. May 15th almost a week after we got relegated. Tells me he needs to take care of all payment stuff of $300. Now he's asking for $1900. Yep.

Here's Ecco. May 19th. He only wants $300 from the last check. But again, I took $1100, and now he's wanting $1600. I left $300 on his desk when he came back. It was gone when I went to the house to clean up.

 Atomic was only there for the deposit, he wasn't there for May's rent as he was just living there as a sub for free basically.
 ClakeyD, I gave him the $300 at E3 like he asked for. Nothing more to say here. He explains the mindset behind MegaZero. But let me clear things up and I've always said it. MADCATZ is a PRODUCT sponsor, I do not want or ask for any money from MadCatz. You can ask them that yourselves.
Nien is a different case. He thinks I owe him $1900 from his first check when he came into the team in Mid-March I believe. But the $1900 was given to Atomic because he played like a couple of games in March and the salaries from what I'm told by Riot is based on number of games played, NOT monthly. But I'll figure that out with Nien later, we still talk on a consistent basis.

      What now: I told them I would get them back the money by the end of the month but they will have to deal with what the Realtor wants. I could go with both sides, because I want to just get this over with and walk away. But they want to combine forces to try to get more money from me that I don't think they should get back. To be honest, I feel everyone knew what was going down when I asked for both those payments of security deposit / rent. For now it seems MegaZero has convinced them to be on his side and ask for the money back claiming they thought it was a short term loan and they would get the money back. DUDE YOUR NAMES ARE ON THE LEASE NOT MINE.

     SPONSORS: Other than MadCatz, we had Origin. Both PRODUCT sponsors. Mobafire signed us up and the team refused to make one guide a week. That's all we needed to do. One guide a week. And no one did it. MegaZero started on one and didn't finish it and Ecco did it instead. I had to TELL THEM that MOBAFIRE would give them $100 for each guide when I would be paying out of my own pocket because that's how lazy my players were. How would we get new sponsors if we couldn't even please our existing sponsors and get our name out there? I had to give them $10 each to wear the MadCatz headset around their necks when they played at LCS. I tried to use my name good or bad to expose my brand and to get the players out there so we could make more money. I realized how hard it was to get a sponsor throughout all this, and to be honest, I thought it would be easy being in the LCS. It wasn't, and it came at a price.

     TL:DR: It's my team, we all agreed to what I did. They aren't keeping their word. It's my fault I decided to take the $12,500 for expenses, utilities, etc. I can account for every penny I used with that if that's what it takes. I take full responsibility for taking the $12,500 extra, however if I had just split it within the team, it all would've gone back to the house anyways because then we would've had to split all the utilities / rent / etc. Their names are on the lease, they are responsible for the house, but all left after we got kicked out of LCS and basically made me do all the house work. I might be a little off on the math, but the rest of the money + some of my money was used to pay the rent of June before the new tenants moved in on the 1st of July. Everyone but Atomic/Clakey is pursuing me for money. I never asked them for money for utilities, it was all paid for by the money I put on the side. I did pay myself the same as the team because I saw myself an equal, people might not see it that way, but I put a lot of work in creating the team, benching myself, etc. We lost relegation and now the team wants money back from me for having to pay rent for the month of May after we lost. I'm supposed to give them money back for their responsibilities. Riot said I should have had written consent, I lived with them, don't need to Skype if I'm there. So basically Riot wanted me to withdraw the money and then ask for $800 after handing them the money instead of just taking it so I could pay the Realtor with it straight from my bank account. I wired her the rent money through the team account every month. They did not say anything until we lost and were completely out. Everyone had a part to play in all of this and unfortunately, it went down the wrong path. Security deposit was used mostly for all the damage that went to the house, I paid for June's rent even though I didn't need to. I take full responsibility for my actions, but they won't take theirs. They broke their word, and now we're in this big crap fest that we shouldn't be in because of money. More money, more problems. They can claim that they are young and blind, but they knew about everything they agreed to.

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Future and beyond.

    I've been hiding a lot lately. Or just being lame. I've been staying at my friends (@Jwonggg and @Floejisan) place ever since we lost. I can't sleep much. I can't even think straight. It's hard to see how much I've come since the beginning of my fighting game days. I've thought about everything that I've accomplished, everything I've failed at, and everything that I can hopefully do in the future.

    I've apologized to countless people over the past week about losing. MadCatz has been supportive and they're probably the ones that keep my head up the most. I love Markman (@MarkMan23) and Leang (@userSDK) because they seem so genuine in helping me get back on my feet. The more and more I come out of hiding, the more I realize how much I start to appreciate everyone being there for me.

    So what happens now? In nine days, I'll be traveling to my home country, Vietnam. I wasn't actually born there though, but hey I'm Vietnamese, so in the end, I had to have come from there somehow ya? I'll be gone for about 2-3 weeks to clear my head, and to figure out where everything goes from here. My plans aren't as foolproof as much as I want it to be. I actually haven't been to Vietnam in ages... Last time I went was probably when I was like 5 years old... That's muddafuggin 20 years ago.

    I remember when we had to poop/pee into a "toilet" that didn't flush and we had to pour water into it so it would flush... Taking a bath outside in a big round plastic thing with a hose in front of everyone... Imagine if I had to do that now... So many people would go blind! I wasn't as big back then I promise! But my mom has told me things has changed, and they're up to date with technology now... And I mean if Saigon Jokers is around, that has to mean something!

    As for the future... I'm going to be practicing League of Legends a lot. I haven't given up. Yes, a lot of people will doubt that I have the skill to be good at the game, but I know in the end, I can be good. I'm not there yet, and I understand that, but I've tried to do worse things before, and for some reason I always am able to do what I feel like I should do. I'm going to become the best mid that everyone talks about. I will change the world. I will make people understand that through sheer willpower that anything is possible.

   Yeah, I knew I wasn't ready for the big leagues when I benched myself for ecco... But in the end, it's better for me to cut some reliance on everyone, and have some reliance on myself. When I had to just watch my team slowly lose in a fantastic series to VES... I was devastated, heartbroken, and felt so bad that I couldn't do anything about it myself. It wasn't ecco's fault that we lost... It was collectively everyone's, including mine.

    I wasn't one of the top managers... I know that. I made a lot of mistakes. I did nothing as I had planned for the team. I was enjoying the ride too much. I sucked. I'm horrible. And it's not something that I'm willing to do over again. I'm going to become a better person. I'm going to show the world that people do change. I cared about the way my team looked too much with shirts. I cared about the way my team was presented. But I shouldn't have. I should've been more productive.

   In the end, I'm looking towards the future more and more everyday instead of hiding in the corner hoping everything will get better. I have to do it myself and not just let pure luck come at me. It's going to be a long and tough road but I'm sure I'll make it... Because I dreamed all of this for the very few hours of sleep I had. This whole blog, I dreamed it.

Shirts will be made available for pre-order for 2 weeks only. This is probably the last you'll see of my shirts. If you had pre-ordered on my website before, you have been refunded / cancelled. If you've paid for my shirts before through me, I have either shipped out your shirts or refunded your money. I can't do all of this anymore especially by myself. So I found help in one of the best clothes I've ever worn / seen. So you can find and pre-order shirts from www.brokentier.com.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

So. The dream is dead.
    I was going to make a vlog, but even writing this, I'm getting brought to tears so I'm just going to keep it in text so I don't get made fun of. Fat guy crying is usually always funny.

    Back even when I was in fighting games, not even making much money. My brother told me "Live your dream, do whatever you want. But at the end of the day, if it makes you happy, I'll support it." I've ALWAYS looked up to my brother. You could say that in my eyes, he's my hero. My parents were always busy working trying to provide a life, and my brother would not go to the University he wanted to, to stay home, go to a local university and take care of me. He's always been the one I wanted to make proud because he sacrificed so much for me. He's been the one guy who drives me to try to be successful in eSports because it's my dream to be. I always believed that one day video games would blow up as it did in the LCS. So this is where the story begins.

    When I made Team MRN, people actually don't know I made it off of gambling and winning a huge amount of money a long time ago and sponsoring a guy named "Wolfkrone". It had it's ups and downs, and to be quite honest, I lost a lot of it gambling even more so it sucked and he left the team. And as funny as it sounds, Team MRN consisted of just.. Marn for awhile.

    I had been friends with ClakeyD for awhile and I always feel I see a lot of potential in players. Yeah, everyone will hate on his jungle but to be honest, he's never liked jungling in the first place. It's something I forced him to so I could also help him live his dream. Playing video games for a living. At first, I was on the team, then I kicked myself off the team because I was bad. Truthfully, I would rather sit on the sidelines now after playing fighting games for over 12 years. And so blah blah Cinderella story. We made it in.
    It's been a fantastic three months with my team. We've had our ups, and a lot of downs actually. We fought a lot, we roster changed Nientonsoh in and took out AtomicN. But Atomic still lives with us and we are all still friends. Except Atomic and Heartbeat. That shit is mad awkward. We've practiced almost every day for 8 hours. We've watched anime together. Drank together. And just did stuff that genuinely made all of us happy, while being provided a life by Riot.

    But in the end, all of it didn't matter. We all knew we were going to break up Team MRN if we lost and we practiced so hard to NOT lose. We planned everything out, played a lot, practiced a lot, and in the end, we couldn't execute what we wanted. Why? As an LCS team, yes you get to play for 10 weeks against NA's best and you're going up against an amateur team. Should be easy right? In our eyes, it actually should've been. But what happened? We played like crap. We played like we were the same team at the beginning of the season. We played like our lives were on the line. Nervous, scared, let our opponents control the pace of the game. Yes, it is advantageous but it's also a disadvantage. LCS teams are playing with their lives and past three months on the line. Amateur teams I would imagine doesn't feel as much pressure as LCS teams.

    Yep, our record was shit. But the improvement that the whole team felt we had was just fantastic. Everyone thought everyone was getting better. Everyone said Clakey has gotten better than before. Everyone improved. But when I watched and Clakey got every objective out-smited... I never remember the last time in LCS he got outsmited. He's always been on point and I just couldn't believe it when I saw it. All of what happened just didn't make sense to me.

    So now, in the end, my dream is dead. So what next? Hopes for next season? Probably not. Because I feel like I had one of the best teams in the palm of my hand ready to go to World Finals. Yes, if the Lakers lose Kobe Bryant, they'll still find someone else. But I loved these guy more than anything and it sucks we have to part ways. MegaZero probably on the other side of this computer probably going why the fk is Marn crying but he doesn't know I'm typing this.

    I hope in the end, everyone gets back into the LCS, no matter what they have to do. MegaZero is just too good to pass up for any team. Nientonsoh is a god. Ecco/Clakey/Heartbeat/Atomic may not be up to par with reddit standards but I truly believe all of them are great players and this shouldn't have happened the way it did.

    I hope to come back stronger but right now, my drive is gone. I really just want to go into hiding. Because I feel like I just lost family. So the dream is dead. Team MRN is gone at least for now.

    It's not about quitting. It's the feelings I have that I disappointed my sponsor MadCatz, disappointed our fans, and worst of all, disappointed my brother. I've never had high hopes in my life so I wouldn't be disappointed... But in the end I disappointed everyone else.

   Before I end this, if anyone on my team reads this. Thanks for letting me live my dream, thanks for the good times, and thanks for just believing in what we could do even if we couldn't do it. I am grateful that you guys gave me this opportunity. It's definitely been a happy experience. But if someting starts, it has to end.

TLDR; Suck my fat. If you don't want to read it because it's too long, then what's the point.


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Psy performs at 'Christmas in Washington' post-apology
President Obama greets Psy at the "Christmas in Washington" concert on December 9.
December 10th, 2012
11:40 AM ET

Psy performs at 'Christmas in Washington' post-apology

Psy continued on with his scheduled appearance at the "Christmas in Washington" charity concert on Sunday, shortly after apologizing for performing anti-American policy lyrics in 2004.

Psy apologizes for viral anti-American lyrics

The South Korean musician, famous in the States for "Gangnam Style," was joined by Diana Ross, "Smash's" Megan Hilty, "The Voice's" Chris Mann, Demi Lovato and "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery at the event, which was taped by TNT at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

"Christmas in Washington" is a regular holiday concert that benefits the Children's National Medical Center, and is attended by the President and the First Lady.

As news spread of Psy's anti-American performance, some petitioned on for the rapper not to attend. The petition was later removed because it violated the site's Terms of Participation.

The song in question, called "Dear America," was written by a South Korean group called N.E.X.T., and Psy can be heard rapping about killing American troops serving in Iraq, as well as their families, during the eight-years-old performance.

In a statement on Friday, Psy said that the song "was part of a deeply emotional reaction to the war in Iraq and the killing of two Korean schoolgirls that was part of the overall antiwar sentiment shared by others around the world at that time."

He went on to say that "as a proud South Korean who was educated in the United States and lived there for a very significant part of my life, I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world. ... While I’m grateful for the freedom to express one's self, I’ve learned there are limits to what language is appropriate and I’m deeply sorry for how these lyrics could be interpreted. I will forever be sorry for any pain I have caused by those words. I have been honored to perform in front of American soldiers in recent months – including an appearance on the Jay Leno show specifically for them- and I hope they and all Americans can accept my apology."

The "Christmas In Washington" concert will air on TNT December 21.

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  1. Trevor

    When I heard what Psy had said, I was appalled and disgusted. But after reading his heartfelt apology and comments to the Washington Post, I think we should forgive him. Many of us make mistakes when we're young, and I believe Psy when he says he has changed in the 8 years since he made those remarks, having served in the military, gotten married, and had kids of his own. The way he has conducted himself on the national stage since achieving worldwide stardom has been admirable and shows him to be a much more mature person than most of the big performers today, let alone his younger self who said those awful things.

    In response to some ignorant posters here just hearing about the Yangju incident for the first time, you don't know what you're talking about so just stop talking. The people in the vehicle were only acquitted because it was blatantly obvious that it was an accident and that they hadn't done anything reckless. The trials were held in an open and transparent way with the families of the victims present. The people involved were extremely remorseful and the families of the girls who died received a lot of compensation, and everyone involved apologized profusely including even President Bush. Since then a myriad of preventative new policies have been adopted to ensure that there's no risk of any such accident ever happening again.

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  2. Alan

    It seems that Psy, in his apology, is blurring two different events years apart in the hopes of sounding less awful to the US and the media. His lyrics about killing the women and children of American soldiers came 2 years later than the tank incident, and was actually unrelated to the girls being run over (but it sounds a lot more tear-jerking by attaching the killed girls to his protest singing). Psy purposefully blurs the two events to his advantage.

    Wikipedia presents a clear and concise presentation of Psy's anti-American controversy

    In 2002, PSY participated in an anti-American concert after a U.S. military convoy struck and killed two 14-year-old South Korean schoolgirls during the Yangju highway incident. The soldiers involved in the incident were acquitted by U.S. military courts,[78] which fueled a significant amount of anti-American sentiment in South Korea. During his performance, PSY lifted up a model of an M2 Bradley IFV and smashed it against the stage.[79][80]

    In 2004, the South Korean translator and Christian missionary Kim Sun-il was kidnapped and beheaded in Iraq after the South Korean government refused to reconsider sending its armed forces to support the Iraq War. Although initial protests were only directed towards the South Korean government and towards extremists in Iraq, anti-U.S. military protesters decided to seize the moment to trigger a much larger wave of anti-Americanism. During a concert, PSY admonished the Iraqi kidnappers, condemned South Korea's former president Roh Mu-hyun, and also sang along to lyrics of the song "Dear American" by South Korean rock band N.EX.T, who composed it to condemn the United States and its military for its role in the Iraq war.[81] Some of the anti-American lyrics sung by PSY included the following verses: "Kill those ****ing Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives and those who ordered them to torture," and "Kill [the Yankees'] daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers / Kill them all slowly and painfully."[82][83] Although PSY's actions did not receive any significant international media coverage at that time, this changed after the media reported about it in early December 2012. On December 7, 2012, PSY issued an apology directed towards members of the U.S. military and to the American people for his "inflammatory and inappropriate" language, and expressed hope that the American public will accept his apology.

    December 11, 2012 at 4:40 pm | Report abuse |
  3. JungHa

    I am Korean. I don't understand what is so interesting about this man – Psy. Now with his past Anti-American comments – perhaps people would drop him. Go away Psy.

    December 11, 2012 at 10:15 am | Report abuse |
  4. brndmg

    Ah, it's good to be king!

    December 11, 2012 at 7:44 am | Report abuse |
  5. Expat and Proud American

    I accept PSY's apology. Did you read his statement? A beautiful expression of what the transformation of spirit is all about when a person embraces the strength and power of democratic privileges. If anything, PSY now becomes an advocate for responsible free speech. If we hold all people to static, ossified versions of their youth, how do we expect or react to growth? His response is a nuanced as mine: I might not like all of my country's policies and I am sometimes ashamed of actions conducted in our name, but I stand by unequivocally with our troops for their dedication, service, professionalism, and my hope for their safety so they can be returned to their loved ones whole. In democracy, we should demand more of ourselves than blind, lockstep, unquestioned obedience to patriotism... democracy calls on us to question and to participate, such that tyranny and injustice is not tolerated, not blind, neo-facist self-righteousness; at least, that is not the brand of democracy I care to live.

    Living abroad, I see and hear and answer for all types of claims and accusations against America and Americans. There is much quiet diplomacy to be had to educate our friends abroad. That said, my fellow Americans often fail to educate themselves about our privileged status in the world and the obligation to be impeccable with our claims and words to not undermine our own legitimacy in the world and to protect our own integrity. PSY has my support.

    December 11, 2012 at 7:21 am | Report abuse |
  6. Dave

    Psy sang against the Iraq war and the killing of civilians by the Americans. No apology needed. Those things were wrong.

    December 11, 2012 at 4:16 am | Report abuse |
    • kunal

      The Iraq war was illegal and the US committed horrific war crimes there... Including the rape and murder of Abeer and her family! Please do not apologize for what you said it is true!

      December 11, 2012 at 4:34 am | Report abuse |
  7. TexMan

    What he should have received was a slap in the face and his az. z kicked.

    December 11, 2012 at 4:01 am | Report abuse |
  8. OptimisticLA

    Well after a few comments, I better inform the public that K-pop which means korean Pop Music is 100% supported by the south korean Government, including wages, shelter, food, and tour support. So given the fact that psy explicitily insulted our American Government and Soldiers, I feel that we should receive an apology not only from psy but from the president lee myung-bak himself as well!!!

    December 11, 2012 at 3:19 am | Report abuse |
    • American Abroad

      please recall/re-read, the words for which he is apologizing is from when he participated in a song when he was 8. Hmmm, do we hold him accountable? Further, he has become a transcendent character of cultural exchange: let him grow into this role of diplomacy... let's take his words on faith as heartfelt and true. I think anyone who performs before our troops deserves our support and less second-guessing.

      December 11, 2012 at 7:26 am | Report abuse |
    • Wilbur

      This is actually a reply to "AmericanAbroad" – actually the "eight years old performance" means that it was performed 8 years ago – not when Psy was 8 years old. That said – yeah – I've said things in the past that I've regretted too. It remains to be seen how Psy conducts himself in the future.

      December 11, 2012 at 8:02 am | Report abuse |
    • peace

      kpop is not fully 100% supported by the government. How can you post things online that arent even true? Its like saying that the US government should apologize for every american's irrational behavior because the government supports every citizen in at least some way (educatıon, health)

      December 11, 2012 at 8:54 am | Report abuse |
  9. bribarian

    Well the both of them hate Americans afterall...

    December 11, 2012 at 3:09 am | Report abuse |
    • Frankhy

      Is it really that hard to distinguish between hating Americans which obviously Psy doesn't, and hating war, which most sane people in America and outside, surely does?

      December 11, 2012 at 4:03 am | Report abuse |
  10. Troy

    It's sad. American people do not know what really happened to the two 14year old school girls who ran by US military tank on their way to school. First korean government told the naive parents they will bring the justice. And then US court martial dropped the charges and let the soldiers go free without any punishments and completely ignored the case. They got acquitted. No korean journalists could report the incidents until the US soldiers went free, it spreaded little by little through internet and that fueled the protests among entire south Korea. Not because the girls just got killed. Psy is patriot. He's good man. You don't know the whole story. Us journalists they should write about the whole situation correctly. It is true. Sad.......

    December 11, 2012 at 1:58 am | Report abuse |
    • Troy - double trouble

      Way to double up that nut-bar! Go back to pumpin your buddy's plump rump, you chump!!

      December 11, 2012 at 2:44 am | Report abuse |
    • Gary

      First off, don't trust a Korean with news facts. Koreans are brainwashed by their extremely own biased media (It's a few notches down from North Korean like censorship). I'm in Korea right now, I'm surprised how much the media is trying to bury and downplay this story. Psy is a national hero here, so they're keeping his recent falling with American fans under wraps. Let me tell everyone about the truth about those two girls. They were walking on a small narrow and winding road, not on a sidewalk because there was no side walk. Koreans are among the world's most easily distracted pedestrians – it's in their nature not mind to their surroundings when they walk. Smartphones and Kakao talk has made this problem even worse. These two girls were probably walking on the road lost in child's play when this truck came.

      Yes, a military truck, not a tank, a truck struck them by accident. People die everyday in Seoul due to traffic accidents, people drive like crazy over here. I almost got hit by a bus in Gangnam. If I did, should all of a America get upset and puke out hate speech towards Korea? Those two US soldiers, were protecting your country Troy, and were later investigated and cleared by your own government. They even said it was an accident. Did America go crazy and attack Koreans when Seung-Hui Cho (Korean Immigrant) committed the worst school shooting in US History (Virgina Tech). Huh Troy??? I know it hurts that your fat horse riding poster boy is falling from his American KPOP tower. But if you spew hate speech at Americans, what do you expect?

      December 11, 2012 at 2:47 am | Report abuse |
    • Hate Mongering Korean Media

      Watch this racist Korean news story that angered several foreigners (Americans, Europeans, Africans, etc...) living in Korea. It will give you a glimpse into how PSY and Koreans formulate opinions about other countries and cultures. Look at the crappy journalism, snap judgements made about interracial dating. You can only imagine the field day Koreans had when the two American soldiers ran over those two Korean girls by accident.

      This is MBC News which is equivalent to ABC, CBS, BBC, and NBC in the US and UK-

      December 11, 2012 at 2:59 am | Report abuse |
  11. Troy

    It's sad. American people do not know what really happened to the two 14year old school girls who ran by US military tank on their way to school. First korean government told the naive parents they will bring the justice. And then US court martial dropped the charges and let the soldiers go free without any punishments. They got acquitted. No korean journalists could report the incidents until the US soldiers went free, it spreaded little by little through internet and that fueled the protests among entire south Korea. Not because the girls just got killed. Psy is patriot. He's good man. You don't know the whole story. Us journalists they should write about the whole situation correctly. It is true. Sad.......

    December 11, 2012 at 1:56 am | Report abuse |
  12. Joe

    I contributed for obama, voted 2 times for him
    but I think he should not allow him in the white house

    December 11, 2012 at 1:44 am | Report abuse |
  13. sane

    The republicans are all wound up like this guy burnt a bible or something.

    December 11, 2012 at 1:36 am | Report abuse |
    • Ramos

      Which is kinda odd, really. A true Republican should be saying, "If its his bible, its his free choice to burn his bible, as long as he doesn't burn my bible or blow the smoke from his own bible onto my territory". Freedom above all else. I am a protestant and hit church at Xmas and Easter and IDGAF if he burns the bible, the quran or whatever the Hindi use. Its just a book and not exactly rare.

      December 11, 2012 at 2:02 am | Report abuse |
    • KRG

      It is one thing to be anti – war, and another to call for the slow painful deaths of American soldiers AND their families. Sickening. As for the two 14 year old Korean girls. .... the tanks were coming back from a training mission, and the tank tried to move over for another convoy. The girls were walking on a path next to the road. It was a tragic accident. However, because they were Americans- the Korean people called for their deaths. The government issued multiple apologies, and the men were tried for negligent homicide. Sad situation, but the US has protected South Korea for years and gave many lives in the process.

      December 11, 2012 at 3:00 am | Report abuse |
  14. Hugh

    It's interesting to watch what is unfolding in the middle east. Saddam was a brutal psychopath who murdered his way to the top and then stayed there by constructing a sadistic hierarchy whose brutality knew no bounds. When he gassed the Kurds he displayed to the world just how twisted and evil he really was. You can say what you like about George Bush but I think the world is better off without Saddam and Iraq is a more stable, just, and dare I say rational country. Getting back to my opening statements I think what is occuring in the middle east is directly attributable to the actions of the Bush admiistration and all it's shortcomings and believe me there were many. His tax cuts for the rich and the deregulation of Wall Street almost caused another great depression. But America is resilient and will no doubt rebound as it did from past financial crisis. I won't be around to see it but I'd lay money on the bet that the middle east will be a democratic zone similar to Europe in fifty years time.

    December 11, 2012 at 1:32 am | Report abuse |
    • Ramos

      Yeah agreed Hugh. Its hard to take a country from middleage dictatorship into the modern world, when its surrounded by other dictatorstates and has never known another way, not to mention that its full of well-armed terrorists. I remember feeling tricked into support Iraq invasion after it happened and no WOMD were found, but I whole hearted supported going in there before that, cause what-if. Thats why I still support both Afgh/Iraq, "cause hindsight is always 2020".

      December 11, 2012 at 1:56 am | Report abuse |
    • Anti-Psy

      Hugh...are you a moron? This about a freaking commie south korean who want to kill our US troops and kill them slowly and painfully and thier families...get over talking about Bush you idiot...ban PSY and Gangnam Style!!!

      December 11, 2012 at 2:29 am | Report abuse |
    • Ricardo

      May I remind you that it was the U.S. and the West who financed, supported, and armed Saddam (this because he was an enemy of our enemy: Iran)? There are nice photographs with a smiling Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam. So don't give me the democracy crxp.

      December 11, 2012 at 4:22 am | Report abuse |
  15. Brian Gardner

    I bet a million dollars all these people calling Psy a commie piece of sh!t and think that Obama truly is now the anti-Christ are the same people who claim to be good Christians. Even people complaining about how everything can be okay as long as you repent in America....well, yeah! If Psy is truly sorry for what he said and has repented for it (which he has at least apologized to the people he offended) then I forgive him like Christ told me to do.

    Merry Christmas ya hypocrites!

    December 11, 2012 at 1:18 am | Report abuse |
  16. Optimistic

    It's one thing to be a racist Bigot! It's another thing to be a racist sadist that wants to watch people die slowly!! Stay in Korea you communist Piece O S–T!

    December 11, 2012 at 12:59 am | Report abuse |
    • Crazy Dog Lady

      Wow, at first I thought you were describing yourself

      December 11, 2012 at 1:54 am | Report abuse |
    • Herby Sagues

      Communist? South Korea is a capitalistic society. There are fewer communists in South Korea than in the US. And Psy is certainly not one of them. Are all your opinions as fact-based as this?

      December 11, 2012 at 2:02 am | Report abuse |
  17. Hong Tam

    Let see...what will be happened to him if he did that to China, Russia, or other countries? Will these countries invite him to their countries to perform? Or he will be invited directly to re-education camp "Jail"? Welcome to America, man!

    December 11, 2012 at 12:56 am | Report abuse |
  18. ronjayaz

    U can get away with anything against "Americans" as long as U repent. Look at Hanoi Jane! We are a too-forgiving people. But it has to do with MONEY not real repent stuff from the heart, which makes us the shallowest people in the world.

    December 11, 2012 at 12:38 am | Report abuse |
    • odb

      yea look at \gw bush and cheney they lied and over 4000 dead americans in \iraq

      December 11, 2012 at 1:00 am | Report abuse |
    • SSampson

      We are forgiving?? – We NEVER forgive.... We stay angry forever...

      So this guy said/sang something in the heat of an unfortunate event – We do the same thing – someone says or does something minor (like this) and WE go insane – Koreans were angry after the death of a couple of children – accident or not, we should be able to understand anger form sorrow...... This guy eventually realized his anger at everyone in the US was misplaced and he apologized –

      Which is more ridiculous.... Being angry after a couple of deaths, or being angry at someone who said something BECAUSE of a couple of deaths... I don't get it – Maybe there is something in our water that makes so many of us childish little egotists

      December 11, 2012 at 1:55 am | Report abuse |
    • Crazy Dog Lady

      That is the American Way!

      December 11, 2012 at 1:55 am | Report abuse |
  19. DPO

    This disappoints me.

    December 11, 2012 at 12:30 am | Report abuse |
  20. mike

    Two words; free speech.

    December 11, 2012 at 12:27 am | Report abuse |
  21. Marty

    Figures....Barry hates America, too.

    December 11, 2012 at 12:08 am | Report abuse |
    • matt houston

      it is obvious that the only hate filled person here is you sir.
      if you don't know the meaning of forgiveness or if you never made a mistake in your life, you shouldn't expect everyone else to be like you are.

      think about that if your merciless master/warden/ego will permit it.

      December 11, 2012 at 12:35 am | Report abuse |
    • Nodack

      People like you are a big reason I will never vote Republican. You really think the President of the US hates America? Is it because he spent so much time raising money for needy causes before becoming President or was it because he wanted to make health care affordable for all Americans that makes you think he hates America?

      December 11, 2012 at 12:49 am | Report abuse |
    • Marty

      Perhaps it was the "Apology World Tour 2009", or maybe his fund raising for Acorn, or making working Americans pay for 7% of the populations 'free" heath care, or maybe forcing Christians to forgo their belief system to pay for contraception for promiscuous employees, or telling the Russians he will be more "flexible" after the election, or borrowing money from China to give to campaign donors like Solyndra.....the list goes on and on.

      December 11, 2012 at 1:09 am | Report abuse |
    • Herby Sagues

      Marty, you have problems, and they are not political. Go seek a doctor.

      December 11, 2012 at 2:05 am | Report abuse |
  22. NanookoftheNorth

    Now THAT'S a Christmas sweater !

    (Sasha is starting to look like a lovely young lady:-).

    December 10, 2012 at 11:52 pm | Report abuse |
  23. Indian head 2nd infantry division US Army

    I guess the young some young Koreans won't thank my late Brother for fighting in Korea
    better to say we are awful Americans in Iraq. A sad day for President Obama to shake his
    hand at this time. I guess it has to do more with Samsung then with common sense.

    December 10, 2012 at 11:45 pm | Report abuse |
  24. Mr Scott

    Sure, do some stupid things and then apologize. Doesn't matter if he did any thinking before he wrote or sang the songs. No responsibility for his actions. Cat Stevens, can't even get what this Bozo has done. Bet Obama would invite Hanoi Jane to the White House.

    December 10, 2012 at 11:30 pm | Report abuse |

    I understand the man apologized but he would have been welcome regardless, because Obama has no respect for America either.

    December 10, 2012 at 11:17 pm | Report abuse |
    • matt houston

      Do you know what respect for America even means?

      what does America stand for?

      you have no idea. and so people like you parade your ignorance as if it were wisdom.
      patience, tolerance, leading by example, honor, forgiveness, looking past pettiness, being able to discuss wrongs things and make them right, progress, compassion...

      or does it strike you that all people in prisons should be condemned to suffering and have no way of salvation nor should their repentance ever be accepted?

      Shame on you for calling yourself a patriot with such an evil mind.

      December 11, 2012 at 12:43 am | Report abuse |
    • Nodack

      No respect for the US? I think Obama deeply respects the US. I think he has devoted his life to the cause of the US and it's people. I think Obama was elected for the second time in a row by the majority of US citizens.

      Maybe you should have a little respect for the President of the US. You clearly have none.

      December 11, 2012 at 1:01 am | Report abuse |
  26. Christina S.

    Couldn't agree with you more. This isn't the first time musicians protested a cause (remember Viatnam.) So many self- righteous people out there. As though we are any better then they are. Freedom of speach isn't reserved just for Americans. What is ironic is we keep preaching this the world over.

    Yet when something comes back we don't like we can't accept it. Then you wonder why no one respects us lol. If some muslim which preached anti- Americanism then over the years changed for whatever reason. Would you still preach this grabage and throw it in his face? Well guess what, i have a muslim friend who was like that.

    He loves america now and feels bad about the things he said in the past. It took the efforts of many people but in the end came out better. He had said the media always painted a bad picture and was working for the government in many cases. If people can't change then diplomacy is a waste of time. I am not the same person i was in highschool.

    I would imagine most people aren't either providing they learned anything. We talk about other countries being closed minded and out of touch and then we do exactly the same thing. We americans need to grow up and start acting like responsible members of the world community. Respect is earned not given so start acting like it!!

    December 10, 2012 at 11:05 pm | Report abuse |
  27. silentcount

    I wondered if there was a reason to know who this guy is. Then I saw a study that says 90% of the people who do are losers.

    December 10, 2012 at 11:00 pm | Report abuse |
  28. StormSeeker

    Wow Nationalism seems to run quit high in america as well doesn't it. No wonder no one respect us anymore lol. Not to mention PSY was only supporting what many the world over saw as an illegal war. This was bush's crusade in the search for weapons of mass destruction which never existed. You are either with us or against us lol. What a line of crap as who are we to judge when we keep funding these insurgent groups which end up being our enemies later on. Two Korean school girls were killed by a tank and a Korean missionary was kidnapped and behead by Al Qaeda at the time.

    This is what brought this one and not PSY. We Americans should be ashamed by our crass and overactive behavior. Not everyone shares our false since of honor and our idealistic view of the world. I don't give a crap what we say we have done for others. Why don't we for once try to see things from someone else's point of view for once. I choose to not be just another ugly American. Get out in the world a bit and maybe some of you will see that as well. This is why is is no hope for the world when everyone let's their feelings cloud their better judgement.

    December 10, 2012 at 5:29 pm | Report abuse |
    • Steve

      In the future, please finish the sixth grade and learn how to properly spell and construct a sentence prior to commenting on CNN articles.

      December 10, 2012 at 10:35 pm | Report abuse |
    • Emigdio Alvarez

      It depends on where you go to. many ugly secrets from the cold war are coming out. some people love us, others hate us, others have no opinion.

      December 10, 2012 at 10:37 pm | Report abuse |
  29. another paintedwall on the way....

    slide it right in

    December 10, 2012 at 5:07 pm | Report abuse |
  30. tool

    yes honesty is the best marathon one can use-

    December 10, 2012 at 5:05 pm | Report abuse |
  31. probably gave gaga a project

    so we both can be in peace at our respective

    December 10, 2012 at 4:28 pm | Report abuse |
  32. tbone

    December 10, 2012 at 4:26 pm | Report abuse |
  33. stuck4life

    she doesn't need fame through a computer...she gets it everywhere else...

    December 10, 2012 at 4:18 pm | Report abuse |
  34. Jealous....

    i need a quick wax too

    December 10, 2012 at 3:21 pm | Report abuse |
  35. anonymous

    Just please, PLEASE, stop giving this guy his 15 minutes of fame. I saw a kid in the mall singing and dancing like this jackhole, and I wanted to bang my head against the wall. It's not funny, or even remotely cute anymore people.

    December 10, 2012 at 3:17 pm | Report abuse |
  36. Louie...

    i need a haircut–

    December 10, 2012 at 3:10 pm | Report abuse |
  37. Dan

    Who IS this guy? Another rap bore ripping off morons. The list is endless.

    December 10, 2012 at 3:05 pm | Report abuse |
  38. See...

    if jayz we a good boy....he would be the front row with others...he sucks

    December 10, 2012 at 2:58 pm | Report abuse |
  39. as a matter of fact....

    everyone came to the show...but jayz

    December 10, 2012 at 2:55 pm | Report abuse |
  40. Jealous

    they came to the show too....

    December 10, 2012 at 2:54 pm | Report abuse |
  41. im Lee

    Dirty american are disgusting! One of youre soldiers put twinkie baby in daughter! Then go back to dirty country and never hear again! Who marry her now she have half-breed anchor dragging her down?!

    December 10, 2012 at 2:52 pm | Report abuse |
    • Cat

      so sorry but are you joking? I just heard stereotypical Asian person in my head while reading comment. I'm not trying to laugh but you cant be serious?

      December 10, 2012 at 8:00 pm | Report abuse |
    • momato

      "Twinkie baby" sounds like something a native American would say . . . sounds like a troll to me.

      December 11, 2012 at 2:37 am | Report abuse |
  42. stuck4life

    December 10, 2012 at 2:46 pm | Report abuse |
  43. jaden

    I like big ol jeeeg-a-booooz schlongz! Dey is da bommmmb!! Any of you spoookz be flamin?? Drop me your digits and we be rockin!! I will be walkin bow legged for a week when u done poundin my chute!!

    December 10, 2012 at 2:43 pm | Report abuse |
  44. stuck again tonight...

    alot of people like our pres. leave him alone

    December 10, 2012 at 2:43 pm | Report abuse |
  45. shallow tool

    leave our actress alone–(mhere)

    December 10, 2012 at 2:41 pm | Report abuse |
  46. nope all my PERSONAL comments are automatically scanned

    December 10, 2012 at 2:31 pm | Report abuse |
  47. speaking of NCIS

    i was watching the marathon for awhile and i noticed blogs came up at the bottom of the screen....did anyone have that problem. i had to make a was too weird....then i got dressed and undressed again.

    December 10, 2012 at 2:27 pm | Report abuse |
  48. Name*jaden

    Kill him.

    December 10, 2012 at 2:22 pm | Report abuse |
  49. 2 words

    would u touch it–

    December 10, 2012 at 2:20 pm | Report abuse |
  50. Mark -- thinks is me...

    becomes blue....and racist

    December 10, 2012 at 2:19 pm | Report abuse |
  51. DefensiveEnergie

    let's pray for peace

    December 10, 2012 at 2:18 pm | Report abuse |
  52. kelly in los angeles

    i am proud of obama and the usa. its good that psy apologized but i wonder if he still hates americans.

    December 10, 2012 at 2:16 pm | Report abuse |
  53. Mark

    All works out as fair I guess. Koreans are so damn ugly even other Asians call them "the ugly Asians." And did you see that Chinese husband that just sued his wife for getting $100,000 of cosmetic surgery before they met so he unknowingly married an ugly women and had an ugly baby. Well she got all her cosmetic surgery in S. Korea. because they're experts in making the ugly look better in that country – experts at it!!! Damn Psy... I guess I'm funny too (so funny and it's true). Hope you didn't scare the dogs in DC with that ugly fat moon face of yours.

    December 10, 2012 at 1:54 pm | Report abuse |
    • Mark

      I be a fairy and I be a fruit…I take it in da rear which makes me poot! I pak dat fudge and shlurp da knobs…I polish it up, from rick, steve and bob! I rock dat dude and play with his tool…and when I’m done I clean up my drool! I’m a chubby dude still livin at home…but nightly I pick up guys and polish their chrome!!!

      December 10, 2012 at 2:04 pm | Report abuse |
  54. Self Esteem Issues

    December 10, 2012 at 1:49 pm | Report abuse |
  55. don't be too confident in life....

    honey bunny

    December 10, 2012 at 1:48 pm | Report abuse |
    • don't be too confident in .....

      Hey boy toyz! Give me your digits and I will give u a ring. We can hook up and I will make it a fling. I will rock dat coq and play with your sack..when u spray all dat goo I won’t give u any flack! I slurp it all down and make your head spin…I guzzle that salty stuff with a grin!! Fill me up…Solo cup!!

      December 10, 2012 at 2:03 pm | Report abuse |
  56. And N.E.X.T...

    Walks away from the "controversy" unscathed. Talk about scapegoating.

    December 10, 2012 at 1:44 pm | Report abuse |
  57. Mark Harmonie...

    you are so right...

    December 10, 2012 at 1:43 pm | Report abuse |
  58. Bebsu

    I think there is a difference between an anti-war sentiment and a sadistic wish for soldier's families to die slow and painful deaths. Even if he didn't write the words, he rapped them in a public place where it came back to bite him in the ass. Whether or not you think it was okay, I predict this will likely hurt his career here in the US.

    December 10, 2012 at 1:42 pm | Report abuse |
  59. my new gent

    is georgous and if we remain together you will dye as too who it is.....ha!

    December 10, 2012 at 1:40 pm | Report abuse |
    • my new gent

      I like da gaayyy men and I luv to share....we pound each other silly and do stuff on a dare! We all like to roll a big ol train...we pound dat hole till der lots of pain! Da dudes with the super-sized meaty rod.....they iz da ones with the killa bod! Now dats my story and u all know...when the party gets goin the guys start to blow....da dongers be floppin and flyin around....cuz we be fairies and you'll hear a gruntin sound! Boyeeee!!

      December 10, 2012 at 2:05 pm | Report abuse |
  60. mike ....

    don't say it!!!!!!!!!!!

    December 10, 2012 at 1:30 pm | Report abuse |
    • mike .....

      I wanna jig-abooo with a big ol tool. I see that size and it makes me drool! I grab ahold and ram it into my rear…he slams my fat rump and it brings out a tear! Now I be sore but its all good…cuz I be a flamer and keep searchin da hood!!!

      December 10, 2012 at 1:33 pm | Report abuse |
  61. Paul

    What, a non-American speaking out on US tactics that devastate other countries all for setting up new governments and leaders we can exploit? This may shock you, but not everyone in the world likes us, omg I know! Look at US, right after 9/11 people started killing anyone with dark skin and accents, even though the majority were Sikh, Hindu, or Indian. And Americans are still killing our own countrymen over their looks and religions. Our hypocrisies are great, but we could still become the shining beacon of tolerance and understanding we perceive ourselves to be in our minds

    December 10, 2012 at 1:27 pm | Report abuse |
  62. it blogging bobby don't take it too seriously

    December 10, 2012 at 1:21 pm | Report abuse |
  63. Mark Harmonie

    be quiet

    December 10, 2012 at 1:15 pm | Report abuse |
  64. Midge

    i agree with mario–

    December 10, 2012 at 1:13 pm | Report abuse |
  65. Tanya

    That shouldn't have happened. He should have been excluded. He was a one hit wonder anyway and now he should go home.

    December 10, 2012 at 1:13 pm | Report abuse |
  66. bobby

    Psy did not write these lyrics, only rapped another bands music during a protest where
    innocent Korean little girls got killed by US military stationed in Korea and the start of the
    Iraq war, where another Korean missionary got beheaded there.
    This was 10 years ago. Americans are no different than the Talibans where free
    speech is mocked & no tolerance of forgiveness. He apologized like a man and made no excuses.
    He acknowledges his mistake for the past. He didn’t asked to come to America and become famous.
    I guess Americans are the most perfect people in this world.
    For those not in the military, would you take up arms and be ready to fight in a war
    that your country is asking you for? Let's see how strongly you believe in your duty as an American.
    He was very patriotic to his country. Yes, now he realizes his choice of words and he asks for forgiveness.
    Move on people.

    December 10, 2012 at 1:07 pm | Report abuse |
    • Anti-Psy

      It was 8 years ago you commie...if you dont like AMERICA, go back to the phillipines or S. Korea or Vietnam, doesnt matter if that pig PSY wrote it or not, he sung about killing US AMerican troops and their families...He can go to Hello Operator and you can follow Psy to Hello operator! You filthy pig....your Korean men killied as much if not more in your wars, you hypocrit!!!

      December 11, 2012 at 2:45 am | Report abuse |
  67. x w u

    on the brain...pick me up early...gotz to go....

    December 10, 2012 at 12:27 pm | Report abuse |
  68. snoozer

    mouth closed = mouth opened in huge circle all the bloggers are too immature.

    December 10, 2012 at 12:26 pm | Report abuse |
  69. Santa's Helper

    As much as I enjoy watching Santa doing that gangham dance,( by the way, brings that expression "shakes like a bowl full of jelly" to a new extreme), I just don't see that Psy at a Christmas performance. He just seems like a very odd choice to perform.

    December 10, 2012 at 12:21 pm | Report abuse |
  70. Phttt

    What a shame that Mr President even shaked his hand. I dont think he care what American think because he surely secure his second term. It could be a diffirent tune if this scandal happen 2 months ago before the election.

    December 10, 2012 at 12:16 pm | Report abuse |
    • @Phttt

      I'm sure the President had nothing to do with who the entertainers would be at this years event. I think he has more important things to concentrate on than planning some musical event, don't you think?

      December 10, 2012 at 12:48 pm | Report abuse |
  71. goal

    we can peace out the rest of the day.....she is causing everyone to yawn to death....

    December 10, 2012 at 12:02 pm | Report abuse |
  72. Mario

    So. Look at who our president is. What else would you expect.

    December 10, 2012 at 11:56 am | Report abuse |

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