'Beautiful Appearance. Beautiful Soul.'

I saw a huge advertisement in the subway station yesterday (as in, probably 20 or 30 feet long) that had the used above slogan to advertise a plastic surgery clinic in Kangnam. I'm not going to deny that reengineering faces could create a beautiful Seoul with an 'e,' but I just don't see the positive connection between one's bodily construction and his/her eternal essence. If anything, I could imagine the opposite effect.

I know I've talked about this a lot in my blog recently, and I apologize to those who completely disagree with me on this matter (I know there are plenty of you out there). But the messages of modern society seem to be literally getting bigger and cutting lower. From how I see it, this kind of advertising is the 'cheap shot' equivalent of giving someone an elbow to the head when their eyes are down. Why is acceptable for agencies to deceitfully attempt to lower their target's self worth in order to sell them something? Especially something this life-changing! How about a little positive enforcement? There's a lot more I can say on this matter, but I've said it all before. You can check out this previous post if you're curious.

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In other news, wedding plans are continuing to progress. I sent out the last of my invitations the other day, and my guests from America arrived last night. I think that what's happening is finally starting to sink in. And I'm excited. No new real 'wedding culture shock' moments yet to really speak of, but I'm sure there will be more. As I'm sure you can guess, I've been pretty busy, but I'll try to write from time to time about what's going on. In any case, I have to leave for work 5 minutes ago.

10 days!

Thanks for reading my rant.

-스티브