Amazing people walk amongst us
Posted by bert at 07:26 AM on July 25, 2009 in ME.
One of the remarkable things about DC is that there are so many people with insanely interesting background stories. Every now and then you run into a truly fascinating story and is more than worthy to spread.
About a week ago, I met a friend of a friend's at his brand new apartment to pre-party prior to hitting a club for someone else's birthday. One of the other folks there was good friends with this kid named Jason Mraz, and told us great stories about how Mraz used to get tooled on by all the jocks at the redneck town they were from (Richmond area suburb).
Unbeknowenst to me our host that evening, Mike Kim, had a real story worth telling. He even wrote about it! (http://www.amazon.com/Escaping-North-Korea-Defiance-Repressive/dp/0742556204/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248531778&sr=8-1)
and Jon Stewart interviewed him (and gave him some amazing Tequila that we sampled)
http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/232229/tue-june-30-2009-mike-kim
here's a man that is completely devoted to his faith and passion, and was willing to risk everything to do what he felt was right. I wish he could get more acknowledgement for his amazing decisions. If everyone in tha tworld could have that level of conviction, this world would be such a better place. Watch the clip, read the book. see if it doesn't inspire you. Obviously he didn't pay for drinks that night =)
speak it