What I'm Reading...

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

By Max Brooks

I know, this photo is not one I've taken, this is the movie poster, coming out in 2012! This book is so awesome! Although its taking me a while to get through it because zombies are the only monsters that scare the crap out of me!

Any other creature, Dracula, The Mummy, Wolfman, I imagine my self saying "WOW, Awesome!" But zombies? Fuck zombies...

Every so often I have to put the book down and not read it for a couple of days cause its creepy! But again, amazingly written! Great read if you wanna be scared!

-Sam-

Bull Fight

This photo was taken in Spain, this guy is actually an apprentice fighter, so I can imagine its hard to keep your pants dry when you are distracting a pissed off bull with sharp daggers coming out of his back...

We saw a different type of bull fighting, the matador was on a horse, so he had to ride his horse, lean over and make the dagger stick, the sharp objects got shorter and shorter, making the matador get closer and closer... then out came the sword and the kill shot.

Now, I understand Bull Fighting is very cultural, if you ever have a chance to see a fight I fully support that you go! I do not regret experiancing this, even though it was not my favorite thing to see.

Bulls bleeding, snorting blood out their noses, getting tired yet not willing to give up...

Also, it is rude to root for the bull... so when one bull got a shot in the side of the horse rocketing the matador off I couldn't help but let out a WHOOP!

This and other photos can be found at www.samanthastark.com

Photo of Teddy

This is my old dog Teddy. He was awesome! This is while I was living in Italy with my boyfriend Bobby. We raised little Teddy since he was a tiny little fluff-ball of a puppy. He grew to be 70 pounds and eye to eye with me on his hind-legs! (I'm 5'7)

This photo was taken in our living room fireplace, as you can see it was regularly used and a very open and large space.

Teddy loved being at the beach but HATED being bathed! Poor Bobby, during the cold months had to wash him in a TINY Italian shower while I give Teddy treats to keep him calm. Well one fateful evening Teddy decided to be defiant... after a bath we did our best to dry him off, he did that whole dog body wiggle and ran into the living room and layed in the fire place.

I would have been mad except he was so cute, just look at his face! As if to say "Sorry mommy, but I really hate baths!"

I grabbed my camera and captured this sweet expression...

Love you Teddy!

This and other photos are on Samanthastark.com

MOMMY!

So turns out my illnes was NOT strep! Thank Goodness! Just a head cold.

Last night I went to the Incheon Airport, which is about an hour away to pick up my mom!
I was waiting outside her gate exit waiting...

and waiting...

and waiting...

Thank goodness for my Ipod Touch, games and music...

more waiting...

Until the giant board said her plane landed, then I continued to wait until she made it through customes and to ME!!!!!!!

Yay! My mommy is here! And brought all sorts of bad weather with her!

Thats ok, still happy she is here!

-Sam-

Eh...

Feeling sick again, sore throat... Please Lord don't let it be Strep again!!!!

Wendy's Adventure Continues...

So shortly after Samantha's veneer was in place Wendy the Wondering tooth got wrestless... and created a magnetic field to attract objects to knock her free!

This object came in the form of a hockey stick.

While playing street hockey with friends from the neighborhood Samantha caught a backswing to the mouth!

Back to the dentist, father's exact words...
"You break it again it stays broken!"

Wendy did not wonder again until several years later...

-Sam-

Wendy the Wondering Tooth

This is the first installment of the Adventures of Wendy the Wondering Tooth... When Samantha was a little girl, about 10 years old she had such a cute smile.

When one day she slipped on a slide and hit her mouth. A large amount of pain surged through her as she ran home to show her parents. To her mother's surprise her daughter's tooth was broken in half!

Samantha's mom took her to the dentist for an emergency root canal and got a porcelain veneer in place of the broken half.

This is Lloyd Christmas from the movie Dumb and Dumber and that goofy broken tooth? That is much like what Wendy the Wondering Tooth looked like.

After the fix Wendy was found under the playground slide and taken home.

Stick around for the next stage in the adventure of Wendy the Wondering Tooth.

-Sam-

Random Thought...

I'm watching Discovery Channel's special "Life" and baby Mud Skippers...

Surprisingly Adorable!

-Sam-

Aftermath

So like I said, I was at work all last night and today while the storm hit. I watched trees bend, break and fall and get swept across our parking lot. Here is some of the aftermath of Typhoon Kompasu outside our building...

This is the road leading up to AFN


Lookind uphill to our parking area

The opposite side of the lot...

And last but not least, looking straight out from our front door!

I've never seen weather like this (that I can remember)

Its passed though and we are all safe :)

-Sam-

Typhoon Kompasu

Its about 530 in the morning and I am at work just in case there are any important weather updates.
This is the path of Typhoon Kompasu... right now as you can see its going right over Korea.
Within the last couple minutes I've seen the wind pick up significantly and the rain blow sideways.


Hurray for being mission essential!

-Sam-