Something For Mom To Hang On The Fridge

Those long time readers of "Kimchi & Me," will know that my most recent hobby is 서예 (calligraphy). Anyhow I've come a long way since I started in September. Gone are the days spent writing...drawing...painting...calligraphy-ing straight lines (vertical and horizontal).


Examine if you will my consumate brush strokes.


And here's what they are supposed to look like.

So any calligraphers in the audience tonight? How are my characters? The only feedback I have recieved thus far has been from my girlfriend and the middled aged women and grandmothers in my class who all proclaim I am the second comming of (insert famous calligrapher's name here). My girlfriend, for example, has added my outstanding calligraphy skill to the Resume of Stuff to Differentiate Me From Other Foreigners Residing In Korea she provides random Korean citizens (it has joined the ranks of "He speaks Korean," "He likes Korean food better than hamburgers and pizza," "He knows many Chinese characters," and "He studied Korean culture and history in college.") Anyway you slice it, the people telling me about my writing are really biased. So please give me some feedback calligraphers. For those of you wondering the characters written there are as follows: 日, 月, 盈, 仄, 辰, 宿, 列, and 張 (please bear in mind that the texts I'm working from are more than 500 years old so some of the characters are going to look different). Anyhow if you're my mom, feel free to print out the first picture and hang it on the fridge. Everyone else, what's your take on my calligraphy skills...er skillz (with a "z"!)

editor's note: Tomorrow is a national holiday here in Korea, and since I don't have work tomorrow, I am a tad intoxicated. Any and all typographical and grammatical errors can be blamed on alcohol. Additionally my computer froze up the first time I wrote the bulk of this (when I was less intoxicated) so the version here probably makes even less sense than the original version I had. Sorry.