Caveat: Citizen Dog

I mentioned a Thai movie called Citizen Dog a while back.  The other day I found it online and downloaded it (it took a while, of course – downloading movies is slow business, even with a DSL connection), and this evening, amid my general gloominess, I watched it.  It was a delightful exercise in almost pure garciamarqezesque magic realism.  And isn't that a cool word I just made up: garciamarquezesque?

One of my favorite moments is when the narrator says:  "Now Kong is dead.  But he is still here because he really likes riding his motorcycle."  Kong is the character who is killed by the rain of motorcycle helmets.

Caveat: 경고

The meaning of  경고 (gyeonggo) according to the dictionary is "warning" or "beware," which is to say, "caveat."

Isn't that convenient?

After the events of last week, between the frustrations at work and the tax problem, I had a kind of depressing weekend, to be honest.  And I didn't get a lot done, either.  Not anything I needed to do.

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