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But just wanna say have a good day everyone! Since it looked like I'm at the other side of the world, while some of you in the states are just going to start your activity.... Hehehe.
Heh heh I think you are talking about the Yummy Moony Coalition. Especially created, because we want everyone to be upstanding citizens, who do not commit the crime of under-appreciating MJS in favor of SJK or vice versa! :)
First time posting in an open thread~! Mm, haven't started watching MGIAG yet, still waiting for the subs to be released so that I can watch it all together... It's a pity Playful Kiss is doing so badly! Hopefully it'll gain a bit now that Baker King is done. =) Can't wait for Sungkyunkwan Scandal subs too, I'm really looking forward to watching that, so for now I'm staying away from all kinds of spoilers (yes, that includes those teeemptiiing recaps!) Anyway, good job to all the recap-ers out there, and thanks for all the effort! =) Have a good friday everyone! =D
hey everyone! its friday!!! happy friday!
wow, i have a lot of dramas to watch! sadly, i have not watched MGIAG yet, so i will start that soon. i am already on PK ep 6!! :)
and i am eagerly anticipating Jang Geun Seok and Moon Geun Young's drama! yayyy!!!!!!
Ah, happy Friday for you guys! XD It's already Saturday here in Australia and I'm about to go to sleep as I have work in the morning. ^^
And oh! I remember seeing talk of this 'Yummy Faction'
Can I join? XD Ahahaha. I love him in SS! And his dancing which can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipQGjmGqjKs
ahaha.
Just like to say thanks to all the lovely people who do recaps for us all each week! :)
Hey pals, wanted to so a head count to see all the Song Joong Ki fans here xD A friend of mine created a forum dedicated to him, for all his international fans in the world. It's only three days old, and it has really really really REALLY simple layout for now, but we need more people to keep it alive. If any of you would like to join - we've got tons of pics xD and videos and gifs and some news - here's the address: http://joongkiinternacional.foroweb.org
TGIF everyone! :) I have mixed emotions this week (regarding dramas that is)...
- I'm happy about the recent developments between the main characters on My Girlfriend is a Gumiho but sad about the unfolding of the hindrances on their life.
- Playful Kiss isn't really that bad... it isn't the worst drama I've watched but ouch. The ratings are a bit painful and they even shorten the episodes down to 16... I wonder how they'll manage to put all details in there without being flat. I hope they'll recover next week now that Baker King ends.
- Runaway will be airing soon. :) Rain's coming!
Yea, I get affected by dramas. LoL XD I'm totally addicted to MGIAG that's why I get carried away with the story.
Well !! I have to tell you all that i am currently drowning in Skk Scandal. Love the cast and its always cool with eye candy - I think it will do well beacuse it has a - OMO whats going to happen next ! thing going for it which playful kiss does not. I mean if you are on the internet you have already seen all the different versions ( I have to say personally i love the taiwanese version). Anyway happy friday everyone !!!!
yeah, MGIAG rocks, i cannot wait for Thursday to come with the two straight episodes ^__^ oh, but i guess the angst level of what's coming would be to the highest power...
i hope MGIAG will raise its ratings now that Baker King is over.
i've browsed over Playful Kiss and sorry to the fans, the show always makes me sleepy, I could hardly watch straight.
So looking forward to Runaway...yo! Rain is back! : )
Geez..why do they have to make themselves questionable with these kind of looks. Lately it's Jang GS and now Yoo Ah In? I find it disturbing to see Rain's album cover with long eyelashes, Kang Ji Hwan and everyone else having guyliner, etc. It must be the trend and hope it stays as it is. It's even more disturbing to find fangirls screaming 'sexy'?!
I have already started my new job so I hardly spare time for dramas. Oh I miss them, this weekend I have to write a report; go to visit my roomate's new house; go to church and prepare for my first day at my office. so many things to do.
I save the best (SSK, I am legend, Gloria, PK_ep 5 at the kissing in the bedroom point) for last!
I'm currently watching...SKKS, MGIAG, Gloria, Baker King, and just started City Hall...the only downside is that I rely on subs. :/
Anyway, I'm absolutely in love with SKKS and heartbroken that license is pending on viikii at the moment. I love the cinematography...it's just so beautiful to watch! The music is perfect, and the characters are all so intriguing. I love the pace and how the story is unfolding--the mystery and the interwoven story lines of the characters--I'm absolutely hooked. & It doesn't hurt that the characters are adorable...just fell for Moon Jae Shin when I saw his adorable hiccups...and his smile. *swooon*
MGIAG - To be honest, I'm losing interest in this drama...I think because I keep on comparing it SKKS in terms of plot. I've realized that as much as I love SMA and LSG and their characters...there's really not much their characters, and none of the secondary characters are memorable. I feel like I would have enjoyed it more if I knew the mythology behind the story...and DJ's past wasn't so hush hush. I feel like I would've understood his character better. I mean mysteries are fun...as long as there are more to the character than the mystery alone (if that makes any sense). Yay for romance and such, but I'd like to see more from the other characters and the mythical aspect. Though I think episode 12 definitely was best compared to the others, with the appearance of the goblin and revelations of the consequences.
Gloria - Patiently waiting for subs on this one for episode 8 but I absolutely love it! Anyway else watching it? I like how its not the typical kdrama, so far there are two leads (Chunhee and Bae doo Na) with their own somewhat "separate" love lines (for a lack of better words). I like the development on both sides; for one lead it's slow, and the other its quick paced. There's something about this drama that makes me absolutely addicted. It's actually like baker king sort of but without baking (it's singing) and without the violence. Loving it so far--has humor, romance, and of course drama (but not too melodramatic!)
I found you someone who has similar taste to me.
I like SSK and Gloria, I know MGIAG is good but I don't know why I dropped it. I like the humor and romance in Gloria but feel bored each time Gloria sings (OMG she's a singerm - this makes I am Legend more beautiful). SSK is really fresh and lovely.
CITY HALL: One of my favor! so sweet drama!
Yay! I have Dramabean's recaps on the side for City Hall since I'm not too familiar with Korean Politics, but I'm really enjoying it thus far.
As for Gloria and singing, I was skeptical at first about the singing bit. I can't sit through songs anyway in tv shows and movies. However, so far she has two songs, and they've only played the songs fully once or so. I actually don't mind, but I don't get particularly excited either...except for that one song with the fishermen? The slow paced folk song. I don't know what it's called but gosh, I thought that was lovely... until the guy killed with the saxophone...but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
I didn't care for the Taiwanese version of PK either but I love the Korean version and I am fine with it not having cliffhangers. As a slice of life drama it is good. I love SKK Scandal! I don't see anything in there to compare to BOF but it is very Hana Kimi (which I adore). Such a great show!
Sad to hear that PK's ratings are so bad, since I literally laughed my way through the last ep. The chicken sweater part killed me. Waiting for this weekend to watch both MGiaG eps at once. This makes the time between these eps and the next ones considerably shorter :)
I know I don't say it enough, but thanks to all the viikii subbers for their SUPER FAST subbing on both of these great shows!!! I swear they are literally up and ready the day of the show (U.S. time). And thanks to with_S2 for their quick softsubs as well (cuz MGiaG is totally a keeper!!).
Back to work.. at least I have the next 2 days to relax after this insane one.
never thought that I would enjoy SKK but I'm loving it! I find myself looking forward to the next ep each week. loaded ep 5 gonna watch later :)
Playful kiss is another surprise love, I thought KHY would drive me crazy but his acting doesn't bother me. thankfully Hani is not annoying and stupid so we can actually see why Seung Jo would fall for her, which is a problem the TW version had. She's teaching him how to be more human.
i so agree with you. i love her conversations between hani and seung jo. i hope they give her more backbone than the taiwanese version. she gives me headaches.
as everyone me too loving SSK.I had no idea that i will enjoy this much,all 4 leads area adorable.The problem is that i cannot watch it at home,my computer cannot display youtube source viikii videos though i have already installed viikii plugin.I watch at my office LOL finished ep 5 today cannot wait to go office tmrw and finish ep 6.
i am enjoying MGIAG and playfull kiss also.Beside this dramas if i still have anytime then i watch WGM.
happy friday to you all btw my friday is already over,its saturday here.
my heart hurts for "playful kiss"- although i haven't watched it at all, i really thought it would do well! and from the caps, it seems like it's really cute!
it's really too bad...i don't think any kdrama should get such low ratings. :'(
glad to hear the baker king wrapped up fantastically! speaking of which, i'm hungry for a baked good now!
Hoi Hoi to all ye fellow beaners!
this week will officially be my last week of freedom as stress levels are bound to explode with the onset of exams starting next week...giving little time for all my dramas...speaking of which...i have yet to watch the last to eps of MGIAG so i cnt wait to get to it cuz all i hear are good things abt them here.....also i am kinda sad abt PK's cut even though i ws sorta expecting it cuz nw....bt nw they may not go till where TKA did so we may never know the original way they had intended to finish it....and also i finally started watching SKS and have caught up to ep 6 and i'm totally loving it!!...i feel like Song Joong Ki has a very reduced role compared to the other two which i think is kinda sad..bt hopefully this will change...anyways have a gr8 weekend everyone!!
TGIF. Thank god the week is over and done with. The next time I get offered a job, I'm going to check all the bathrooms to make sure there are no showers at work. My life lesson this week was Showers at work = crazy all nighters. Sigh. The only thing keeping me sane is Daewoong and Miho's cuteness.
LOL. I am most definitely not a high school teacher. Now that would be crazy. Where in the world? I'm going to assume that literally and say, where else but NYC?
But yep, we have showers on all eight floors but no gym. So that should've tipped me off. Except it didn't and I just spent the morning eating a dozen donuts. At this rate, I'd be surprised if I didn't turn morbidly obese within the next month.
Wow. Maybe that's why they call us the dirty south... 'cause we don't have showers at work. That just kind of blows my mind...
You can do cubicle sit-ups for the doughnuts though... or learn belly dancing! They have a lot of exercises you can do while you're sitting at your desk! Then you can eat as many doughnuts as you want!
There are plenty of jobs that have showers at work. When you demand lots of time from your employees, it is almost mandatory. The real trick when you go for the interview is to check not for the showers but for the full kitchens, cots and nap rooms. If the place has those and they are in use...run for it! You will never leave or have a life outside of work again.
Tricks to keep employees inside and working are mainly used on highend corporate levels on the coasts and major metro cities around the world. While the majority of people are expected to work there 9-5 and go home like normal people. (me now). Some of these corporations you may see people woking 15-16 hours straight for a light day where some may not go home at all.(me then)
You are not a bumbkin for not knowing it. You are normal and blessed for it. I wish I knew it all those years ago.
I always wondered how people in NYC paid those astronomical apartment rates... I guess that's the answer to that question.
Well... y'all could come down here and live for a lot cheaper, but life would be a lot slower. And hotter. When most Yankees come for Elvis days they faint from the hot. :)
I'm really sorry that you used to work for that many hours. I worked three jobs (teaching high school inner city so no showers, coaching cheerleading, and catering) when I was in grad school, and I was exhausted by the end of the day. I would have paid for a shower at work.
You should move down, Hunterbear! All the cool people are doing it. Seriously. Where I live there is a huge Yankee population, most of whom have immigrated within the last ten years. It's pretty cool.
Oh, and working too hard will kill ya. I learned fairly soon after college that I'll settle for less money if it means having a short commute and a better quality of life. I have family and friends in NYC, and I love visiting, but there will be a sex scene on Korean network TV in prime-time before I live in said NYC. Come on down where life is more laid back, y'all!
haha thanks for the invite lahlita. The south sounds lovely. the farthest south I've been is charlotte and I loved it.
I whine a lot but I love my said job. It's probably since I've been in academia for so long that I've forgotten how the real world works. But hopefully I'll get to retire soon enough. I'll let mr hunter do all the bread winning while I lay back and sip on my sweet tea.
Hah! We do have a full kitchen (which is where I spend most of my time), no cots..although there are plenty of comfy couches. I haven't seen the light of the day since tuesday. But yeah, I started walking up all eight floors, and I walk to work (about 3 miles?)..on days I get to go home. But cubicle sit ups sound like a great idea. Well at least I've the rest of the weekend off. Time for one of those sleep marathons. My personal best has been 16 hours, so I'm going to try to beat that. Poor mr. hunterbear, I should really spend more time with him.
Yeah along with alarms to wake them up after their power naps. Read this in an article. How much to believe?? Any Google employees lurking here?
I pretty much figured out the whole work/life balance issue after working my way through university. Sacrificed the whole prestigious and elite pulling 18 - 20 hr work weeks with lots of glamour and flying for a steady 8 am - 6 pm job which allows me to get home in time to catch my favourite Korean dramas, and spend time with family and friends, and actually have a life outside of work. People around me think it's kind of a pity, but hey, whatever makes you happy...makes you happy!
Where is my TEGA? (pouts) I have not seen her all week and it makes me cranky.
I'm loving SKKS! This week I had convinced myself that it was a Wednesday/Thursday drama, so I was panicking when I couldn't find the releases... and then I remembered that I already got two episodes this week and I was so disappointed! I hate it when my brain does things like that.
PK is my cotton candy of choice, and surprisingly my step-son has been watching it off and on with me. Happy me!
Aw, I'm here, Unni! I love, Love, LOVE that you missed me. I'm sorry I haven't been on too terribly much, but this week has been hectic. But I can never be bothered to work on Fridays, so here I am! :-)
I've been watching PK and it's not bad. Jung So-min is too cute. But it's definitely something I watch when I'm eating/reading/doing other stuff, as opposed to MGIAG, which has my undivided attention. I'm really curious to see what kind of rating next Wednesday's PK pulls in.
Also, I totally forgot that my nephew was your step-son. That makes so much more sense. I was wondering how such a young unni already had a teenager, but this is not the place for those questions. LOL. My weekend is exciting. Seeing a college friend and her baby tonight (she and her husband flew in from Massachusetts today), seeing another college friend tomorrow morning for brunch (she drove down from DC), and yet another college friend tomorrow evening for a fun Games Night at her place (she lives 15 minutes away :-) ). My life is so full; I am content. How was your week, unni?
Okay. Now that we have custody, I am sticking to substitute teaching at the local school system so that I can be home for him... but that means that no teachers called in sick this week so I've been booooooooored. I worked out in my flower garden a lot. You need some marigolds? I've got six billion or so...
Sounds like you're in for lots of fun! I've got a festival tomorrow downtown, and some of my friends are going to do an Aztec dance performance, and then Sun Records is going to do an exhibition with some local bands. Some of my old students want me to come to a gospel performance at noon, so I might meet up with them.
So your nephew (who is a quarter Korean) was really sad because his friends called him an anime character. He's got Korean eyes, but bright red hair that sticks out everywhere. I told him that he was completely beautiful and in a few years girls will be going nuts over his exotic features, but he doesn't believe me. What do I say?
Oh, that's hard. Poor thing. I'm conjuring up an image of a teenaged-boy with Korean eyes and red hair in my mind, and he looks beautiful! So much love.
First of all, the fact that he even confided this in you shows that you're doin' it right, Unni. I've worked with adolescents quite a bit, and it's amazing how loving and open they are when they feel wanted and secure. They get a bad rap. I would say get him talking some more. Ask him why he was bothered and listen to what he says; it'll give you a window into how to approach the discussion.
*Putting on Psychology Cap*
I spent my childhood and tweens being teased "in fun" in two different societies and it was really hard. I hated feeling like I was different, and that people constantly remarked on me looking different. That could be the case with him. If so, talking about his "exotic" features might make him feel even more isolated. Your step-son has one Korean grandparent. Based on his red hair, I can hazard a guess at the ethnicity of the other three, and thereby could make some assumptions about his facial features and the perhaps the hue of his skin as well. While I won't, I will say that certain segments of Americana do have a disturbing tendency to exoticize people and to assign them to The Other category, and this can be really hard on a teenager. If he doesn't believe he's beautiful, or that girls will like him, it means he's seeing himself the way he thinks his friends see him, and that's sad.
On the other hand, he could be frustrated with his friends' narrow-minded interpretation of his features and feel annoyed by their comparing him to a distorted caricature -- although I doubt that this is the case. Many teenagers aren't that self-actualized. Many adults aren't either (hello, plastic surgery epidemic!).
So I'd say be honest with him. Tell it to him like it is because teenagers can handle it, and knowledge relieves anxiety. I was 12 when my mother sat me down and had what was the first in a long line of deep conversations. That there are certain expected feature-combinations for "normal-looking" people in this society. That these norms are false -- even if I also believe in them -- and people who judge me based on those norms have the problem, not me.
Tell your step-son to think about why his friends said what they said. Was it to tease him? If so, they're douches. Or was it just because they can't get past the fact there are actually people out there with Asian-looking eyes, but who don't have black, flat hair? Well, there are, and that doesn't make him a cartoon, it makes his friends' statements ignorant. He is a product of four grandparents, and there's nothing wrong with them, so there's nothing wrong with him. If he is empowered to think critically about the thoughts and actions of others, he'll be able to see that the fault lies in the way they think, and not within himself. He is just as beautiful, and as normal, as the next person. Tell him this, and tell him often.
It won't be easy, and he may not understand what you're trying to say right off the bat. You'll find yourself having this conversation over and over again for several years, but he'll be fine as long as he knows (counter-intuitively) that even though his combination of features may be statistically infrequent, he himself is not different. He's not special. He's not exotic. He's just himself. And he's beautiful.
*Taking off Psychology Cap, Donning Gossip Hat*
Seriously though, I bet your boy is too gorgeous! There must be some reason why every other Kpop idol has ruined, fried hair from trying to get a look that he comes by naturally. But I wouldn't mention that to your little one; there may be some cognitive dissonance if he's trying to accept himself based on the fact that people suppress their own natural looks to get a feature-combination he's born with. It'll just make him feel more unnatural.
Ironically, in a few years, once he's confident enough in himself, he's going to be working his "exoticness" hard, because the girls really won't be able to get enough of him! Then you'll have an entirely different kind of problem on your hands.
Okay, I'm crying a bit. I hate it when he hurts, but what you said made me feel so much better. I will definitely take your advice and talk to him about it in those terms. Being a parent is so frackin' hard! I needed to hear everything you were saying, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it!
He's gorgeous and he's tall (13 years old and an inch shy of 6'), and I think that his friends are jealous of him.
You are the best little sister on the planet! I'm gonna keep you!
Aw, don't cry, Unni. Your son sounds amazing; you're so blessed. On a thoughtful note, he sounds like a sensitive, beautiful soul. On a shallow note, 13-years-old and already 5'11"? And gorgeous to boot??? Omona, how amazing! Cutie!
Yeah, his friends are green with envy, is what it is. Jealous a-hole biatches are jealous, although your son won't believe that yet. But he will one day. And heaven help everyone when he understands just how beautiful he is. :-) Don't worry, he'll be fine. He's lucky to have you.
Sacrebleu, this was long! Sorry, Unni. I didn't want to half-ass it since I can identify with what your little one is going through. Hopefully someone else will also address your question so you get more than one opinion. This is such a diverse readership, I'm willing to bet that lots of other people on here had to come to terms with looks/cultures/expectations/whatever that were outside the norm of the society in which they grew up.
Who dares say such things! We shall have strong words, now where did I put my dragon slaying sword? But all kidding aside:
To Brookeve's son:
We don't know each other most likely we never will. It's all right, since like you, I do know what it means to look different from all the people around you. I won't say it doesn't matter, it does - but only because of how much it hurts this moment. You may not believe me now, but take it from someone a few years older, it really doesn't matter.
Because, when you get to be a little older, you will find out the world is so much bigger than you think it is- absolutely filled with incredibly different people; and from amongst them you will find yours. Not people who merely look like you, there are thousands of those ( I am not just saying that, come to NYC and you will see) but people who will speak to your heart, "kindred spirits" you might say. With whom, you will find acceptance and belonging, all the things I desperately wanted at your age.
I found those things and those people in college, and also in the most unlikely of place - a blog about K-pop culture! Growing up into your skin is a painful business, but you will do it, and I have no doubt, become a very handsome noona killer ^_~
I think he needs to meet my daughters, who would find him gorgeous NOW, not in a few years.
My oldest said earlier this week, "Are there no Korean men in Texas?" (Yes, dear, but not locally grown.) Back on topic,
HUGS to you, and him, especially. Seriously, there's going to be so many women all over him .... if he could just have a snapshot of his future, enough to get him through anything he's hearing and feeling now with confidence that it will all change.
My high school friends were the first to call me a bishōnen female, and I've learned to live w/ that and accept it. It used to get embarrassing being teased as so.
Somebody recommended watching I Am Legend through the Viikii feed? Prepare to be frustrated. At both download sites I use, chunks of the Viikii-subbed segments of IAL are missing Engl. subs, especially the legal stuff. Only the romance & the rock band scenes seem to have consistent subs. I'm depending on the recaps here for certain parts of the story. Same problem with eps. 13 & 14, which I saw yesterday. Anybody know what the problem is?
Kellie, I've found this to be true on more than one series when the conversations revolve around more complex topics than everyday chatter: I think that means the subbers are young and/or not native speakers, meaning they are unsure how to sub the complexities of the language or don't grasp enough of the language yet.
Which makes it all the more of a gift when subs are good, really good.
I think they're subbing it ridiculously fast, though. Episode 13 was finished subbing 48 hours after it was aired wasn't it? I remember watching it on a Tuesday, when I'm sure it was aired on Monday. Episode 14 is taking longer. I think coz of the legal stuffs.
They're definitely way faster than traditional fansubbers that have you download, though. That can take forever sometimes.
That's very true; it seems in the last year, subbed episodes are up very fast, sometimes with in 12 hours of the original airing. Amazes me, I know subbers are losing sleep to do this!
im a PK addict. love it. i dont know why ratings are low. its quite funny. duckie just cracks me up. ha-ni is adorable. i like it more than the taiwanese version. i think sung jo min's hani is adorable and lovable... compared to Ariel Lin's that borders on irritating. kim hyun jung is okay as baek sung jo. his acting may not be topnotched but he is fun to watch. he looks good when he is cold and smirking and looks good when he is happy and laughing. this guy is just good looking. and there is great chemisty between kim hyun jung and sung jo min. they are believable as a couple.
i was watching playful kiss at the same time with it started with a kiss. but i decided to drop the taiwanese version so i can get that feeling of not knowing what will be next... i just love this drama... it is happiness.
"It is happiness." Yes! That sums up Playful Kiss for me.
As for the low ratings I guess that's because PK hasn't revved up its engine yet, which is what I'm assuming is bothering most people....
And, er, why? Most romcoms follow this formula: LOLs --> Angst --> Resolution. I don't expect an intricately plotted drama. I expect some good times, some bad times, and a happy ending.
I'm still in love with MGIAG but I think that as the series goes on, it's only inevitable to see its flaws.
I really was happy to see that the secondary characters got more air time *cough*Fox Hunter*cough* and that Noona was to the point where she didn't give a crap anymore.
That, to me, was what felt real. MGIAG is a fantasy spruced up drama, but what makes it worth watching is that it reminds viewers now and again that there's heart there.
I still cringe every time I see that stupid hourglass.
That I could do without. Also, please no more stalker scenes. Can't you think of anything more creative Hong Sisters???
I didn't like to say it, but I've grown more irritated with the series as it has gone on: the leads, which I originally had trouble buying the chemistry between, have done a better job with the material given them in recent episodes, BUT, I am never not aware that I'm watching a Hong sisters drama, and I was hoping for them to grow a little more.
While some of the plot devices have been good, the humour has been very good, the characters themselves have left me a little more flat than any of their previous works. The acting itself is not the problem, its the material they are given. Sigh. But I think I'm fairly alone in my discontent.
It is an unhappy Friday for once. Usually I am thrilled at the idea of sleeping in tomorrow and bumming around the house, catching up on videos I've missed during the week - but this is the first time that I want the weekend to zip by so Monday will come.
Monday, please hurry and come so we can find out what happens to our lovely Yoon-hee, Sun-joon, Jae-shin and Yong-ha. <3
BTW, am in love with "Too Love" by Junsa on the SKKS soundtrack!
First of all Happy friday ....
second i really really really want to thanks Javabean, Girlfriday, Cassies, and Redpill for their awesome work.... your review always make me happy ... my life is crazy watching SKK and MGIG .... love these drama .. Sat and Sun i watch Life is beautiful which i like very much .... thans one more time....
Hey JB! Have you ever thought about having a convention? Like they do at Comicon? 'Cause I'd love to get out and meet everyone. There's a bunch of really great gals (and a couple of guys) on this site and I think that it would be fun to have a shindig.
Hahaha. Bob would be the envy of every 90+ male ever. You'd regret that when he starts chasing you down in his battery-powered, three-speed, turbo-charged wheelchair.
Your ploy to mollify me by including me into your family shall not work....maybe a little. No! not unless you give me some of the cookies your brought to the Moony faction.*firm stance* I am not budging from my position without cookies.
We would need name tags with on-line names. Real life ones would be too complicated to remember. Then we would need to go to the nearest K-restaraunt and eat all the lettuce wraps and tokkbokki we could stuff in our faces. Find an all night norabang bar and drink soju while singing nothing but Kpop till our ears bleed. I'm sure Bob can handle it :)
This is my real name. I'm just not creative... or maybe I just like myself too much?
That would be great! That way when I said something about Korean culture I wouldn't have to stop and explain what I was talking about to everyone... or rely on Youtube for visual aids.
I can't wait to try a K-restaurant and soju! I guess that it would have to be somewhere where there was a significant K-population (AKA not here).
Where is my foil hat? lol. I guess our brains just function on the same wavelength, and you were able to pick up my thoughts. Also, the fact that we both live in NYC only helps the matter, since close proximity only strengthens the signal!
Or, maybe you are using your dreaded, Pigeon Legion
( like the Roman Dragon Legion, only featherier) to spy on me? 0_o
No no no, I don't live in NYC... I live in Memphis baby! I'm actually using psychic pigeons (drat you for finding out about that) who can fly at supersonic speeds when delivering me messages from your brain. I feed them marshmallows so that they will stay loyal to me and only me!!! Mwuhahahah!
First, with the mind reading pigeons stealing my convention idea, and now I am reading ominous things about you stalking my twin sister/brother?
But, be warned, even though I have surrendered my idea ( I had little choice since nothing can withstand the fearsome Pigeon Legion) I shall never give up Lahlita. She is mine!
*completely platonic wrist grab* XP
And the tug of war commences! Maybe JB can act as our King Solomon and render a decision as to whom Lahlita "belongs" to? XP
Oh who am I kidding, I guess I will learn to share. It's just that I have been an only child for 22 years, so the concept of sharing is a little hard to get used to. But now that I have two sisters I guess I will have to learn.
*hopefully* are they... white chocolate macadamia nut cookies? I have my standards you know, I can't be bribed by just any old cookies...maybe chocolate cookies or oatmeal raisin cookies or butter pecan cookies or peanut butter cookies or butter cookies or sugar cookies......( and the list goes on) but definitely not any old cookie! XP
Hey class, My Unnie is amazing! She is the Baker Queen (no, not married to Tim Tak Goo- he wasn't good enough) and baked me those delicious cookies. She is soooo awesome that she can bake anywhere, grocery store, super market, even at Wal Mart!
Now, do you feel bad? I hope you can live with shattering my naive, illusions. You told me that you baked those cookies with lo..*sob* looove. *sniffles*
It is with love! If I didn't love you I would have forced you to eat my cooking! I only do that to my worst enemies (and my husband when I'm mad at him)! Don't cry!
i'm officially in love with SKK and sun joon!!...he's so adorable( and very macho) and i love his chemistry with yoon hee......uurgghhh..can't wait for next monday..
I'm a PK fan, and I love the anime version the most. Reading about the drama being cut made me go.. oooo, no wonder they're compressing 3 episodes (of the anime) in 1 after following that storyline quite religiously before.
Frankly speaking.. seeing that the japanese version only has 9 eps, I'm thankful for the 16 eps promised to us by the PTB of MBC. I was worried that it'll be 10 or 12 *gasp* ..which means it'll end at the..
*spoiler* *spoiler* real wedding like ISWAK *spoiler* *spoiler*
If they could arrive at the introduction of Hani's love rival in ep 6, I'm quite sure they can at least end it satisfactorily on the 16th ep. And remember, Group 8 has signed that PK treaty with Youtube promising us a viewers-guided storyline that will probably completely deviates from the original arc. I wonder who's gonna get wacked or kidnapped or worse.. EXPELLED~ ..in those precious 10 minutes.
I love that the Korean version 'explains' how the two fall in love. I hate it when a drama tries to patronize me by feeding me a storyline that forces me to just accept that its two main characters are meant to be lovers. But with PK, I can look at these two stubborn kids and acknowledge albeit grudgingly that they should be together even if they'd end up murdering each other on the marital bed when they're in their 70s.
Anyway, now that it's confirmed to end at ep 16.. despite feeling depressed at the unhappy turn of things at the rating table, at least I don't have to hold my breath every 2 episodes worrying on whether MBC'd just cruelly terminate the show the next week.. phew.
Hi! Just want to make a comment here about GIANT....I just saw a "normal" photo of Sean Richard who was the doctor in Jejoongwon.....WOW!!!!
What boggles my mind is......why couldn't they have done the same "age" process with the older brother in GIANT and kept him as lead actor because he was so darn good! The actor now isn't anywhere near to what he should look like as a older brother!!!! Gang-mo is great....perfect as aged 2nd brother. Darn....darn.....looks like older brother got shorter!!!! Oh well......
Coffee House and Bad Guy just finished off.....next coming on is I Am Legend and My GirlFriend is A Gumiho. Guess there was a reason why I didn't start to follow those 2 from the beginning! :-)
happy friday!
first time participating in an open thread! but i don't really have that much to say besides the fact that i'm loving mgiag. i was so busy with senior year that i haven't been able to watch the last few episodes, so i've been relying on the recaps, which is almost just as good! <3 javabeans & girlfriday, have a great weekend everyone!
I haven't seen playful kiss, but I have read the recaps and it doesn't seem so bad. I think it just suffers from Baker King.
Shows WAY worse than Playful kiss:
BAD LOVE: horrible. I thought is would be good since it is on hulu, but it is just horrible. It was so bad I started laughing when people were crying since they cried every 5 minutes. When I could predict the ridiculousness was when I had to let this show go.
ONE FINE DAY: I mean seriously? was this show for real? My husband and I make fun of this show so much. How can a show be so horrible? I tried to watch it because of Gong Yoo, but it was seriously like holding my hand to a fire. I had to stop every now and again because it was so ridiculous. The drunk scene with Gong Yoo on a bride or something was the final blow.
You want to hear about worse shows than PK, try It started with a kiss. Horrible. I cringed every five minutes at the main girl's stupidity, even the good chemistry between Ariel and Joe couldn't save it. But Pk in my book is love :)
Another PK addict here and I am hoping that the ratings will pick up next week. Hani is just adorable and even though she is portrayed as dumb but you will have no doubt why BSJ would fall for her. She is like a tornado in his life which is fun. Looking forward to the coming episodes....
This is quite possibly the Geekiest thing I have ever done.
I admit this was inspired more than a little by spacing out in class, and daydreaming, a la Ha Ni, about a certain shirtless boy ( who shall remain nameless, in order to maintain harmony with my precious, long lost twin sister- only very recently found.) ( edit – who may or may not be a 95 year old man named Bob ;)
I title this You and I have chemistry (gag on the cheesiness)
You are my oxygen.
Yet the bond between us
is an unequal polar covalent,
since I, am merely a lone
hydrogen, and cannot help
but give all of myself to fulfill
your octet. But even so dear,
you complete my valance shell.
AHAHAHAHAH! I damn near DIED reading this. Imma use that. Next time I want some hoi-hoi, I'll ask your brother-in-law to fulfill my octet and complete my valence shell. Knowing him, he'll actually go online to look up the nearest chemical laboratory facility.
You are giving Diadda a run for her money, Didi. If only someone could translate this into Korean and tweet it to our bare-chested fighter. Ay, dios mio!
"degenerate orbitals or the vibrational states of electronically, exited molecules"
viola now that is just plain perverted! As a person who hung out in engineering labs for most of college. I can safely say geek talk is a turn on. So you can stop this now! I'm being sent back through time to college with a bunch of hot geeky guys talking geek speak.
"the capacitance of this nodule is off ...Ahh the solenoid inductor is wrong and should be replaced." Sheesh I would start drooling.
"Makes me wonder what you will say if I write about degenerate orbitals or the vibrational states of electronically, exited molecules.... ?"
The vibrational states of electronically excited... shisus. Yeah, your writings would be banned in every red state -- and half of the blue ones. Pamphlets featuring your treatises would be sold on the black market. People the world over go mad in an electronically charged frenzy. The United Nations would condemned you. The Pope would excommunicate the entire planet. The entire universe would find itself on the brink of destruction. And Choi Siwon would take off his shirt.
Not like I didn't see enough of it in OML, but if this is the result of her writing I say she needs paper. Lots and lots of paper! and many terabytes of hard drive space. You can fill a terabyte or two right? It is for the good of humanity! A limerick is only good for a few laughs, but a topless Siwon can last a life time in my mind. Get to work youngin'!
@Diadda
I think your limericks are as awesome as a topless Siwon, and enough to last a lifetime too. :)
I will get right on it ! If it is for the good of humanity, I shall nobly endeavor to fill up countless terabytes. I think we start studying the behaviors of elctrophiles this week...;)
I have a new actor crush - the sexy, talented Jin Yi Han in "A Good Day for the wind to blow". Expressive eyes, sexy, kissable lips and a deep voice to rival "The Voice".
Sitting in the studio (Interior design studio) with no creative ideas :((((
School has started a week ago, but there are so many assignments already. i don't even have time to watch My girlfriend is Gumiho~
LEE MIN KI my everlasting crush! I love him so much that was even dreaming about him (he kicked Lee Min ho from my heart :D). He is 25 now, and after 3 years he have to go to military. So i have 3 years to go to Korea and meet with him :))))))))
Good luck with that. While you are in Korea meeting Lee Min Ki, could you put in a good word with T.O.P. for me? Thanks!
So... interior design... yeah... I seriously have no talent or taste, so I can't help you with that. I've been trying to get rid of my marigolds all day, and as my mommy is an artist she says she always gets inspiration from my flowers (Also, she is my mommy and she might just be pretending to be nice). Pretend I sent you a hundred of these bright orange marigolds, okay?
Can I have some too? I love flowers, also I can make garlands of them and lay them at the feet of drama gods as offerings to send me a smexy gumiho hunter, aka His Preternatural Prettiness.
Now that the workload is getting to me (and I have been sick for the past 1 1/2 weeks), I have to limit myself to one drama and that is SKK Scandal. I love MGIAG, but SKK Scandal just came out from left field and swept me off my feet. The cast is charming and the storyline gripping- not to mention some of that Enya-ish pieces. And there is that feel-good and "yes we can!!" atmosphere. It's the same feeling I got when I watched and fell in love with City Hall and Nobuta Wo Produce. I feel inspired when I watch it and want to become a noble scholar to create a better world and to live life to the fullest. KIM YOON SHIK, HWAITING! LET'S BUILD A BETTER JOSEON! It also makes me nostalgic for my undergrad life and the hallmates/roommates. I guess I'm living undergrad college life vicariously through these characters.
![[K-drama Treasure Hunt] Heart-fluttery bottle opening](http://d263ao8qih4miy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Kdrama-treasure-hunt.png)
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1 linkyo
September 17, 2010 at 7:02 AM
Wooowww number 1
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2 linkyo
September 17, 2010 at 7:02 AM
Wooowww number 1!!!
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linkyo
September 17, 2010 at 7:06 AM
Oooppsss sorry for double posting.
But just wanna say have a good day everyone! Since it looked like I'm at the other side of the world, while some of you in the states are just going to start your activity.... Hehehe.
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cecee
September 17, 2010 at 10:22 AM
FYI, java really hates it when people do that.
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-_-
September 18, 2010 at 12:10 AM
really if you have nothing to say than don't say anything.
i'd rather read an interesting first post than that
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supah
September 18, 2010 at 5:04 PM
You rock linkyo!
Congrats for 1st place! :D
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3 tamago
September 17, 2010 at 7:03 AM
happy friday! december 5 2010,i mark my calendar for GONG YOO's fan meeting in yokohama arena.
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4 Atsirk
September 17, 2010 at 7:11 AM
I totally enjoyed this week's episode of MGIAG...waaaahhhhh...I'm excited for next week :)
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5 viola
September 17, 2010 at 7:13 AM
Happy Friday JB, GF and fellow OT members! :)
First order of business: Yummy faction roll call!
Go Yummy/ Yeo-mi ^_~ !
@Rovi
Thank you for your extensive and entertaining attempts to write yummy in Korean and coming up with the contraction Yeo-mi :)
@orenji13
Thank you for suggesting the wink, which is very appropriate, since he uses to great effect in SS. :)
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Ari
September 17, 2010 at 7:30 AM
Ohhh... Yumi Faction?? xD I love that name. Can I join?
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 7:37 AM
sure, anyone can join!And while you are at it check out the Moony faction too ;)
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Atomicitrus
September 17, 2010 at 8:40 AM
Isn't there a one for both? What's that called?
After episode 6 and MJS's hiccups, it would be a crime not to join the Moony Faction, but I've loved YH from the start after seeing his winks. : D
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 12:11 PM
Heh heh I think you are talking about the Yummy Moony Coalition. Especially created, because we want everyone to be upstanding citizens, who do not commit the crime of under-appreciating MJS in favor of SJK or vice versa! :)
danna
September 17, 2010 at 9:11 AM
hear!
P.S is it ok for me to be part of both factions??
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Off course! I too am a member of both! We even have get togethers sometimes! :)
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 12:06 PM
But at the Moony faction, we have cookies and party streamers. Because I declared it to be so.
viola
September 17, 2010 at 12:56 PM
And at the Yummy faction, we have chocolate covered Song Joong Ki smiles. And if you ask nicely, I might give you some too. So there :P
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Atomicitrus
September 17, 2010 at 4:44 PM
whoaa...that really sounds delicious.
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6 Randy
September 17, 2010 at 7:15 AM
I would like to know what happen to the recaps for "I am Legend". I enjoyed them very much.
Could someone help me with some information about how to view "I am Legend" on line. I was watching it on Dramacrazy but I can no longer see it.
Thank you.
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Ari
September 17, 2010 at 7:23 AM
You could see them on viikii :)
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Randy
September 17, 2010 at 7:43 AM
Thank you Ari, I will try there.
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7 crazybananatree
September 17, 2010 at 7:17 AM
First time posting in an open thread~! Mm, haven't started watching MGIAG yet, still waiting for the subs to be released so that I can watch it all together... It's a pity Playful Kiss is doing so badly! Hopefully it'll gain a bit now that Baker King is done. =) Can't wait for Sungkyunkwan Scandal subs too, I'm really looking forward to watching that, so for now I'm staying away from all kinds of spoilers (yes, that includes those teeemptiiing recaps!) Anyway, good job to all the recap-ers out there, and thanks for all the effort! =) Have a good friday everyone! =D
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8 junaly
September 17, 2010 at 7:17 AM
hey everyone! its friday!!! happy friday!
wow, i have a lot of dramas to watch! sadly, i have not watched MGIAG yet, so i will start that soon. i am already on PK ep 6!! :)
and i am eagerly anticipating Jang Geun Seok and Moon Geun Young's drama! yayyy!!!!!!
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9 bedlam
September 17, 2010 at 7:20 AM
cnt believe the low ratings for kiss wish
there is a way to show support for this cast i enjoy watching them
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10 Robyn
September 17, 2010 at 7:24 AM
Ah, happy Friday for you guys! XD It's already Saturday here in Australia and I'm about to go to sleep as I have work in the morning. ^^
And oh! I remember seeing talk of this 'Yummy Faction'
Can I join? XD Ahahaha. I love him in SS! And his dancing which can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipQGjmGqjKs
ahaha.
Just like to say thanks to all the lovely people who do recaps for us all each week! :)
Hope you guys have a great weekend!
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11 Ari
September 17, 2010 at 7:26 AM
Hey pals, wanted to so a head count to see all the Song Joong Ki fans here xD A friend of mine created a forum dedicated to him, for all his international fans in the world. It's only three days old, and it has really really really REALLY simple layout for now, but we need more people to keep it alive. If any of you would like to join - we've got tons of pics xD and videos and gifs and some news - here's the address: http://joongkiinternacional.foroweb.org
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 7:39 AM
thanks for posting the site :)
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Diadda
September 17, 2010 at 7:55 AM
A forum for hotness...interesting, very interesting.
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crazybananatree
September 17, 2010 at 8:46 AM
Looooove Song Joong-ki! Thanks for posting! =)
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nana
September 17, 2010 at 3:12 PM
they spelled international wrong (english major rears its ugly head). the site sounds interesting. have to check it out.
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 3:45 PM
They only spelled it wrong if they aren't Spanish speaking... Otherwise, internacional es correcto! :)
Not trying to be mean!
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brookeeve
September 18, 2010 at 4:54 PM
Just had this thought... my Spanish is super rusty...
es correcto?
son correcto?
Which one is correct?
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12 saaandra
September 17, 2010 at 7:32 AM
Hi all!
love the headers of song joong ki and yoo ah in=) they really make my day when i see them everytime i vist dramabeans
and to javabeans, girlfriday, cassie and red_pill:
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WONDERFUL RECAPS=)
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13 rich
September 17, 2010 at 7:37 AM
TGIF everyone! :) I have mixed emotions this week (regarding dramas that is)...
- I'm happy about the recent developments between the main characters on My Girlfriend is a Gumiho but sad about the unfolding of the hindrances on their life.
- Playful Kiss isn't really that bad... it isn't the worst drama I've watched but ouch. The ratings are a bit painful and they even shorten the episodes down to 16... I wonder how they'll manage to put all details in there without being flat. I hope they'll recover next week now that Baker King ends.
- Runaway will be airing soon. :) Rain's coming!
Yea, I get affected by dramas. LoL XD I'm totally addicted to MGIAG that's why I get carried away with the story.
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14 pinkdrama
September 17, 2010 at 7:41 AM
Well !! I have to tell you all that i am currently drowning in Skk Scandal. Love the cast and its always cool with eye candy - I think it will do well beacuse it has a - OMO whats going to happen next ! thing going for it which playful kiss does not. I mean if you are on the internet you have already seen all the different versions ( I have to say personally i love the taiwanese version). Anyway happy friday everyone !!!!
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Ari
September 17, 2010 at 7:45 AM
I've been waiting until I have a free slot to begin Playful Kiss. SS, Gumiho and Giant suck all my drama-watching time xD
I couldn't stand the taiwanese version. If PK is different from it, and I heard it kind of is, then I'm all for it.
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Nory Ellis
September 18, 2010 at 10:32 PM
Go for it Ari!
I am one of those whose cannot stand ISWAK.
But I love PK.
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15 Jana2010
September 17, 2010 at 7:46 AM
woooooo! open thread friday. After a week of toxic med stuff all I'm gonna say is that MY GF IS A GUMIHO is worth the wait! Waaam Love it. :))))
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16 grasya
September 17, 2010 at 7:51 AM
happy friday [night where i am]...!
yeah, MGIAG rocks, i cannot wait for Thursday to come with the two straight episodes ^__^ oh, but i guess the angst level of what's coming would be to the highest power...
i hope MGIAG will raise its ratings now that Baker King is over.
i've browsed over Playful Kiss and sorry to the fans, the show always makes me sleepy, I could hardly watch straight.
So looking forward to Runaway...yo! Rain is back! : )
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17 b
September 17, 2010 at 7:52 AM
SSK scandal : yoo ah in latest images (see link below):
http://seoulbeats.com/2010/09/kpop-shots-questionable-pornstache/
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Just provin' that no matter how badly a man is dressed, if he's a hottie he can't hide it!
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momosa
September 17, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Geez..why do they have to make themselves questionable with these kind of looks. Lately it's Jang GS and now Yoo Ah In? I find it disturbing to see Rain's album cover with long eyelashes, Kang Ji Hwan and everyone else having guyliner, etc. It must be the trend and hope it stays as it is. It's even more disturbing to find fangirls screaming 'sexy'?!
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18 yen_nguyen
September 17, 2010 at 8:11 AM
I have already started my new job so I hardly spare time for dramas. Oh I miss them, this weekend I have to write a report; go to visit my roomate's new house; go to church and prepare for my first day at my office. so many things to do.
I save the best (SSK, I am legend, Gloria, PK_ep 5 at the kissing in the bedroom point) for last!
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19 Diadda
September 17, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Happy Friday! Happy Drama days are still with us all!
There was a drama so foxy
The girl was pretty with moxie
He wanted her tail
but the bead did prevail
preventing a childish epoxy
Yo!
I am in love with Gumiho, and SkkS and Natsu no Koi, and even HnH2 still has my heart.
Happy dancin' -hoi hoi-rollin' on the floor good times to all!
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hunterbear
September 17, 2010 at 9:34 AM
Happy Friday to you too. I just wanted to say, your little ditty is cuter than Dae Woong and Miho's dimples combined!
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 12:18 PM
yay! your limericks are back! *happy dance*
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20 Atomicitrus
September 17, 2010 at 8:24 AM
Hello Everyone! Hope you are all doing well. :)
I'm currently watching...SKKS, MGIAG, Gloria, Baker King, and just started City Hall...the only downside is that I rely on subs. :/
Anyway, I'm absolutely in love with SKKS and heartbroken that license is pending on viikii at the moment. I love the cinematography...it's just so beautiful to watch! The music is perfect, and the characters are all so intriguing. I love the pace and how the story is unfolding--the mystery and the interwoven story lines of the characters--I'm absolutely hooked. & It doesn't hurt that the characters are adorable...just fell for Moon Jae Shin when I saw his adorable hiccups...and his smile. *swooon*
MGIAG - To be honest, I'm losing interest in this drama...I think because I keep on comparing it SKKS in terms of plot. I've realized that as much as I love SMA and LSG and their characters...there's really not much their characters, and none of the secondary characters are memorable. I feel like I would have enjoyed it more if I knew the mythology behind the story...and DJ's past wasn't so hush hush. I feel like I would've understood his character better. I mean mysteries are fun...as long as there are more to the character than the mystery alone (if that makes any sense). Yay for romance and such, but I'd like to see more from the other characters and the mythical aspect. Though I think episode 12 definitely was best compared to the others, with the appearance of the goblin and revelations of the consequences.
Gloria - Patiently waiting for subs on this one for episode 8 but I absolutely love it! Anyway else watching it? I like how its not the typical kdrama, so far there are two leads (Chunhee and Bae doo Na) with their own somewhat "separate" love lines (for a lack of better words). I like the development on both sides; for one lead it's slow, and the other its quick paced. There's something about this drama that makes me absolutely addicted. It's actually like baker king sort of but without baking (it's singing) and without the violence. Loving it so far--has humor, romance, and of course drama (but not too melodramatic!)
(sorry for any grammatical errors/confusion!)
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yen_nguyen
September 17, 2010 at 9:42 AM
I found you someone who has similar taste to me.
I like SSK and Gloria, I know MGIAG is good but I don't know why I dropped it. I like the humor and romance in Gloria but feel bored each time Gloria sings (OMG she's a singerm - this makes I am Legend more beautiful). SSK is really fresh and lovely.
CITY HALL: One of my favor! so sweet drama!
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Atomicitrus
September 17, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Yay! I have Dramabean's recaps on the side for City Hall since I'm not too familiar with Korean Politics, but I'm really enjoying it thus far.
As for Gloria and singing, I was skeptical at first about the singing bit. I can't sit through songs anyway in tv shows and movies. However, so far she has two songs, and they've only played the songs fully once or so. I actually don't mind, but I don't get particularly excited either...except for that one song with the fishermen? The slow paced folk song. I don't know what it's called but gosh, I thought that was lovely... until the guy killed with the saxophone...but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
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epyc
September 17, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Can't you see Gloria in Viikii? It is up to date with Ep 14 subbed - at least in my region. This is currently my drama love.
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kdfan
September 18, 2010 at 8:30 AM
City Hall is one of the best!! Is the only drama i can watch over and over again so far!
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21 azra
September 17, 2010 at 8:31 AM
my first time posting on open thread!
loving my girlfriend is a gumiho! and i think hyun joong's acting has gotten helluva better than from bof.
and JB and GF- i officially am crazy abt ur writing. love ya!
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 12:17 PM
Welcome!!!! Glad to have you join the ranks!!!!
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Hello and welcome! :)
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22 azra
September 17, 2010 at 8:33 AM
and is it just me or doesnt lee seunggi's acting tend to be too similar to jae hee's in "sassy girl chunhyang"?
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rainerust
September 17, 2010 at 9:50 PM
LOL which is why I thought it was SUCH a hoot when Byung-Soo calls him out on it and called him Che Chun Hyang in the car ride back...
Although actually, I don't really see how LSG's acting is similar to Jae Hee's in DGCH.
Oh well! Not really caring, since I'm enjoying MGIaG tons and tons LOL
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23 spooksmom
September 17, 2010 at 8:36 AM
I didn't care for the Taiwanese version of PK either but I love the Korean version and I am fine with it not having cliffhangers. As a slice of life drama it is good. I love SKK Scandal! I don't see anything in there to compare to BOF but it is very Hana Kimi (which I adore). Such a great show!
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staples
September 17, 2010 at 10:24 PM
I didn't like the Taiwanese version very much either! and it was such a hit *shakes head*
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24 lovenyc52
September 17, 2010 at 8:44 AM
Happy Friday indeedy :D
Sad to hear that PK's ratings are so bad, since I literally laughed my way through the last ep. The chicken sweater part killed me. Waiting for this weekend to watch both MGiaG eps at once. This makes the time between these eps and the next ones considerably shorter :)
I know I don't say it enough, but thanks to all the viikii subbers for their SUPER FAST subbing on both of these great shows!!! I swear they are literally up and ready the day of the show (U.S. time). And thanks to with_S2 for their quick softsubs as well (cuz MGiaG is totally a keeper!!).
Back to work.. at least I have the next 2 days to relax after this insane one.
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25 chahaya
September 17, 2010 at 8:50 AM
Will this site recap the Runaway? You guys already busy with MGIAG/PK for JB/GF, SScandal for Guest recappers and I am Legend for Kaedejun :)
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 9:59 AM
Pleasepleaseplease recap Runaway!!!
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26 coffee princess
September 17, 2010 at 8:59 AM
never thought that I would enjoy SKK but I'm loving it! I find myself looking forward to the next ep each week. loaded ep 5 gonna watch later :)
Playful kiss is another surprise love, I thought KHY would drive me crazy but his acting doesn't bother me. thankfully Hani is not annoying and stupid so we can actually see why Seung Jo would fall for her, which is a problem the TW version had. She's teaching him how to be more human.
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shin mi rae
September 17, 2010 at 10:10 AM
i so agree with you. i love her conversations between hani and seung jo. i hope they give her more backbone than the taiwanese version. she gives me headaches.
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27 queen bee
September 17, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Oh I totally cannot wait for ep 7 of Playful Kiss! KHJ as Baek Seung-jo totally makes me melt...sigh.
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28 S
September 17, 2010 at 9:11 AM
as everyone me too loving SSK.I had no idea that i will enjoy this much,all 4 leads area adorable.The problem is that i cannot watch it at home,my computer cannot display youtube source viikii videos though i have already installed viikii plugin.I watch at my office LOL finished ep 5 today cannot wait to go office tmrw and finish ep 6.
i am enjoying MGIAG and playfull kiss also.Beside this dramas if i still have anytime then i watch WGM.
happy friday to you all btw my friday is already over,its saturday here.
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29 ohemgee
September 17, 2010 at 9:17 AM
my heart hurts for "playful kiss"- although i haven't watched it at all, i really thought it would do well! and from the caps, it seems like it's really cute!
it's really too bad...i don't think any kdrama should get such low ratings. :'(
glad to hear the baker king wrapped up fantastically! speaking of which, i'm hungry for a baked good now!
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30 danna
September 17, 2010 at 9:25 AM
Hoi Hoi to all ye fellow beaners!
this week will officially be my last week of freedom as stress levels are bound to explode with the onset of exams starting next week...giving little time for all my dramas...speaking of which...i have yet to watch the last to eps of MGIAG so i cnt wait to get to it cuz all i hear are good things abt them here.....also i am kinda sad abt PK's cut even though i ws sorta expecting it cuz nw....bt nw they may not go till where TKA did so we may never know the original way they had intended to finish it....and also i finally started watching SKS and have caught up to ep 6 and i'm totally loving it!!...i feel like Song Joong Ki has a very reduced role compared to the other two which i think is kinda sad..bt hopefully this will change...anyways have a gr8 weekend everyone!!
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31 hunterbear
September 17, 2010 at 9:36 AM
TGIF. Thank god the week is over and done with. The next time I get offered a job, I'm going to check all the bathrooms to make sure there are no showers at work. My life lesson this week was Showers at work = crazy all nighters. Sigh. The only thing keeping me sane is Daewoong and Miho's cuteness.
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Where in the world do you have a job with showers at work??? I mean, I'm assuming you aren't a high school teacher...
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hunterbear
September 17, 2010 at 10:06 AM
LOL. I am most definitely not a high school teacher. Now that would be crazy. Where in the world? I'm going to assume that literally and say, where else but NYC?
But yep, we have showers on all eight floors but no gym. So that should've tipped me off. Except it didn't and I just spent the morning eating a dozen donuts. At this rate, I'd be surprised if I didn't turn morbidly obese within the next month.
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Wow. Maybe that's why they call us the dirty south... 'cause we don't have showers at work. That just kind of blows my mind...
You can do cubicle sit-ups for the doughnuts though... or learn belly dancing! They have a lot of exercises you can do while you're sitting at your desk! Then you can eat as many doughnuts as you want!
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Diadda
September 17, 2010 at 10:15 AM
There are plenty of jobs that have showers at work. When you demand lots of time from your employees, it is almost mandatory. The real trick when you go for the interview is to check not for the showers but for the full kitchens, cots and nap rooms. If the place has those and they are in use...run for it! You will never leave or have a life outside of work again.
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 10:17 AM
Now I just feel like a bumpkin...
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Diadda
September 17, 2010 at 10:24 AM
Tricks to keep employees inside and working are mainly used on highend corporate levels on the coasts and major metro cities around the world. While the majority of people are expected to work there 9-5 and go home like normal people. (me now). Some of these corporations you may see people woking 15-16 hours straight for a light day where some may not go home at all.(me then)
You are not a bumbkin for not knowing it. You are normal and blessed for it. I wish I knew it all those years ago.
brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 10:48 AM
I always wondered how people in NYC paid those astronomical apartment rates... I guess that's the answer to that question.
Well... y'all could come down here and live for a lot cheaper, but life would be a lot slower. And hotter. When most Yankees come for Elvis days they faint from the hot. :)
I'm really sorry that you used to work for that many hours. I worked three jobs (teaching high school inner city so no showers, coaching cheerleading, and catering) when I was in grad school, and I was exhausted by the end of the day. I would have paid for a shower at work.
hunterbear
September 17, 2010 at 10:59 AM
the south sounds lovely. I would love the heat, particularly with winter looming around the corner.
Lahlita
September 17, 2010 at 11:38 AM
You should move down, Hunterbear! All the cool people are doing it. Seriously. Where I live there is a huge Yankee population, most of whom have immigrated within the last ten years. It's pretty cool.
Oh, and working too hard will kill ya. I learned fairly soon after college that I'll settle for less money if it means having a short commute and a better quality of life. I have family and friends in NYC, and I love visiting, but there will be a sex scene on Korean network TV in prime-time before I live in said NYC. Come on down where life is more laid back, y'all!
hunterbear
September 17, 2010 at 12:07 PM
haha thanks for the invite lahlita. The south sounds lovely. the farthest south I've been is charlotte and I loved it.
I whine a lot but I love my said job. It's probably since I've been in academia for so long that I've forgotten how the real world works. But hopefully I'll get to retire soon enough. I'll let mr hunter do all the bread winning while I lay back and sip on my sweet tea.
hunterbear
September 17, 2010 at 10:57 AM
Hah! We do have a full kitchen (which is where I spend most of my time), no cots..although there are plenty of comfy couches. I haven't seen the light of the day since tuesday. But yeah, I started walking up all eight floors, and I walk to work (about 3 miles?)..on days I get to go home. But cubicle sit ups sound like a great idea. Well at least I've the rest of the weekend off. Time for one of those sleep marathons. My personal best has been 16 hours, so I'm going to try to beat that. Poor mr. hunterbear, I should really spend more time with him.
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 12:26 PM
*Pat* poor hunterbear! Nyc can be a beast ( sometimes literally. Two words: subway rats) but I still love it to bits!
ar_arguably romantic
September 17, 2010 at 1:36 PM
I heard Google has sleeping PODS for its employees!
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 2:55 PM
K, that's just UNREAL!
rainerust
September 17, 2010 at 9:58 PM
Yeah along with alarms to wake them up after their power naps. Read this in an article. How much to believe?? Any Google employees lurking here?
I pretty much figured out the whole work/life balance issue after working my way through university. Sacrificed the whole prestigious and elite pulling 18 - 20 hr work weeks with lots of glamour and flying for a steady 8 am - 6 pm job which allows me to get home in time to catch my favourite Korean dramas, and spend time with family and friends, and actually have a life outside of work. People around me think it's kind of a pity, but hey, whatever makes you happy...makes you happy!
Carinne
September 20, 2010 at 12:29 AM
Hmmm, I could ask my cousin; he works for Google. We never discuss work at family reunions though. o , 0
32 brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Where is my TEGA? (pouts) I have not seen her all week and it makes me cranky.
I'm loving SKKS! This week I had convinced myself that it was a Wednesday/Thursday drama, so I was panicking when I couldn't find the releases... and then I remembered that I already got two episodes this week and I was so disappointed! I hate it when my brain does things like that.
PK is my cotton candy of choice, and surprisingly my step-son has been watching it off and on with me. Happy me!
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Lahlita
September 17, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Aw, I'm here, Unni! I love, Love, LOVE that you missed me. I'm sorry I haven't been on too terribly much, but this week has been hectic. But I can never be bothered to work on Fridays, so here I am! :-)
I've been watching PK and it's not bad. Jung So-min is too cute. But it's definitely something I watch when I'm eating/reading/doing other stuff, as opposed to MGIAG, which has my undivided attention. I'm really curious to see what kind of rating next Wednesday's PK pulls in.
Also, I totally forgot that my nephew was your step-son. That makes so much more sense. I was wondering how such a young unni already had a teenager, but this is not the place for those questions. LOL. My weekend is exciting. Seeing a college friend and her baby tonight (she and her husband flew in from Massachusetts today), seeing another college friend tomorrow morning for brunch (she drove down from DC), and yet another college friend tomorrow evening for a fun Games Night at her place (she lives 15 minutes away :-) ). My life is so full; I am content. How was your week, unni?
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 11:46 AM
Okay. Now that we have custody, I am sticking to substitute teaching at the local school system so that I can be home for him... but that means that no teachers called in sick this week so I've been booooooooored. I worked out in my flower garden a lot. You need some marigolds? I've got six billion or so...
Sounds like you're in for lots of fun! I've got a festival tomorrow downtown, and some of my friends are going to do an Aztec dance performance, and then Sun Records is going to do an exhibition with some local bands. Some of my old students want me to come to a gospel performance at noon, so I might meet up with them.
So your nephew (who is a quarter Korean) was really sad because his friends called him an anime character. He's got Korean eyes, but bright red hair that sticks out everywhere. I told him that he was completely beautiful and in a few years girls will be going nuts over his exotic features, but he doesn't believe me. What do I say?
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Lahlita
September 17, 2010 at 1:37 PM
Oh, that's hard. Poor thing. I'm conjuring up an image of a teenaged-boy with Korean eyes and red hair in my mind, and he looks beautiful! So much love.
First of all, the fact that he even confided this in you shows that you're doin' it right, Unni. I've worked with adolescents quite a bit, and it's amazing how loving and open they are when they feel wanted and secure. They get a bad rap. I would say get him talking some more. Ask him why he was bothered and listen to what he says; it'll give you a window into how to approach the discussion.
*Putting on Psychology Cap*
I spent my childhood and tweens being teased "in fun" in two different societies and it was really hard. I hated feeling like I was different, and that people constantly remarked on me looking different. That could be the case with him. If so, talking about his "exotic" features might make him feel even more isolated. Your step-son has one Korean grandparent. Based on his red hair, I can hazard a guess at the ethnicity of the other three, and thereby could make some assumptions about his facial features and the perhaps the hue of his skin as well. While I won't, I will say that certain segments of Americana do have a disturbing tendency to exoticize people and to assign them to The Other category, and this can be really hard on a teenager. If he doesn't believe he's beautiful, or that girls will like him, it means he's seeing himself the way he thinks his friends see him, and that's sad.
On the other hand, he could be frustrated with his friends' narrow-minded interpretation of his features and feel annoyed by their comparing him to a distorted caricature -- although I doubt that this is the case. Many teenagers aren't that self-actualized. Many adults aren't either (hello, plastic surgery epidemic!).
So I'd say be honest with him. Tell it to him like it is because teenagers can handle it, and knowledge relieves anxiety. I was 12 when my mother sat me down and had what was the first in a long line of deep conversations. That there are certain expected feature-combinations for "normal-looking" people in this society. That these norms are false -- even if I also believe in them -- and people who judge me based on those norms have the problem, not me.
Tell your step-son to think about why his friends said what they said. Was it to tease him? If so, they're douches. Or was it just because they can't get past the fact there are actually people out there with Asian-looking eyes, but who don't have black, flat hair? Well, there are, and that doesn't make him a cartoon, it makes his friends' statements ignorant. He is a product of four grandparents, and there's nothing wrong with them, so there's nothing wrong with him. If he is empowered to think critically about the thoughts and actions of others, he'll be able to see that the fault lies in the way they think, and not within himself. He is just as beautiful, and as normal, as the next person. Tell him this, and tell him often.
It won't be easy, and he may not understand what you're trying to say right off the bat. You'll find yourself having this conversation over and over again for several years, but he'll be fine as long as he knows (counter-intuitively) that even though his combination of features may be statistically infrequent, he himself is not different. He's not special. He's not exotic. He's just himself. And he's beautiful.
*Taking off Psychology Cap, Donning Gossip Hat*
Seriously though, I bet your boy is too gorgeous! There must be some reason why every other Kpop idol has ruined, fried hair from trying to get a look that he comes by naturally. But I wouldn't mention that to your little one; there may be some cognitive dissonance if he's trying to accept himself based on the fact that people suppress their own natural looks to get a feature-combination he's born with. It'll just make him feel more unnatural.
Ironically, in a few years, once he's confident enough in himself, he's going to be working his "exoticness" hard, because the girls really won't be able to get enough of him! Then you'll have an entirely different kind of problem on your hands.
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 1:55 PM
Okay, I'm crying a bit. I hate it when he hurts, but what you said made me feel so much better. I will definitely take your advice and talk to him about it in those terms. Being a parent is so frackin' hard! I needed to hear everything you were saying, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it!
He's gorgeous and he's tall (13 years old and an inch shy of 6'), and I think that his friends are jealous of him.
You are the best little sister on the planet! I'm gonna keep you!
Lahlita
September 17, 2010 at 7:24 PM
Aw, don't cry, Unni. Your son sounds amazing; you're so blessed. On a thoughtful note, he sounds like a sensitive, beautiful soul. On a shallow note, 13-years-old and already 5'11"? And gorgeous to boot??? Omona, how amazing! Cutie!
Yeah, his friends are green with envy, is what it is. Jealous a-hole biatches are jealous, although your son won't believe that yet. But he will one day. And heaven help everyone when he understands just how beautiful he is. :-) Don't worry, he'll be fine. He's lucky to have you.
Lahlita
September 17, 2010 at 1:41 PM
Sacrebleu, this was long! Sorry, Unni. I didn't want to half-ass it since I can identify with what your little one is going through. Hopefully someone else will also address your question so you get more than one opinion. This is such a diverse readership, I'm willing to bet that lots of other people on here had to come to terms with looks/cultures/expectations/whatever that were outside the norm of the society in which they grew up.
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 2:07 PM
Who dares say such things! We shall have strong words, now where did I put my dragon slaying sword? But all kidding aside:
To Brookeve's son:
We don't know each other most likely we never will. It's all right, since like you, I do know what it means to look different from all the people around you. I won't say it doesn't matter, it does - but only because of how much it hurts this moment. You may not believe me now, but take it from someone a few years older, it really doesn't matter.
Because, when you get to be a little older, you will find out the world is so much bigger than you think it is- absolutely filled with incredibly different people; and from amongst them you will find yours. Not people who merely look like you, there are thousands of those ( I am not just saying that, come to NYC and you will see) but people who will speak to your heart, "kindred spirits" you might say. With whom, you will find acceptance and belonging, all the things I desperately wanted at your age.
I found those things and those people in college, and also in the most unlikely of place - a blog about K-pop culture! Growing up into your skin is a painful business, but you will do it, and I have no doubt, become a very handsome noona killer ^_~
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Leonardswench
September 17, 2010 at 7:07 PM
I think he needs to meet my daughters, who would find him gorgeous NOW, not in a few years.
My oldest said earlier this week, "Are there no Korean men in Texas?" (Yes, dear, but not locally grown.) Back on topic,
HUGS to you, and him, especially. Seriously, there's going to be so many women all over him .... if he could just have a snapshot of his future, enough to get him through anything he's hearing and feeling now with confidence that it will all change.
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 10:26 PM
This is like a support group! You guys have brought a smile to my face, and it's such a blessing! Really!
staples
September 17, 2010 at 10:28 PM
Well, he may not believe you, but it's 100% true.
Besides, have him think of it this way:
anime character=manga character
manga character=more drop dead gorgeous than any guy you'll see in real life.
You know you all agree :)
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Carinne
September 20, 2010 at 12:52 AM
Are you discussing about bishōnen style?
My high school friends were the first to call me a bishōnen female, and I've learned to live w/ that and accept it. It used to get embarrassing being teased as so.
Love the skin you're in.^ , ^ v
33 kellie
September 17, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Somebody recommended watching I Am Legend through the Viikii feed? Prepare to be frustrated. At both download sites I use, chunks of the Viikii-subbed segments of IAL are missing Engl. subs, especially the legal stuff. Only the romance & the rock band scenes seem to have consistent subs. I'm depending on the recaps here for certain parts of the story. Same problem with eps. 13 & 14, which I saw yesterday. Anybody know what the problem is?
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Leonardswench
September 17, 2010 at 7:10 PM
Kellie, I've found this to be true on more than one series when the conversations revolve around more complex topics than everyday chatter: I think that means the subbers are young and/or not native speakers, meaning they are unsure how to sub the complexities of the language or don't grasp enough of the language yet.
Which makes it all the more of a gift when subs are good, really good.
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staples
September 17, 2010 at 10:31 PM
I think they're subbing it ridiculously fast, though. Episode 13 was finished subbing 48 hours after it was aired wasn't it? I remember watching it on a Tuesday, when I'm sure it was aired on Monday. Episode 14 is taking longer. I think coz of the legal stuffs.
They're definitely way faster than traditional fansubbers that have you download, though. That can take forever sometimes.
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Leonardswench
September 18, 2010 at 1:24 AM
That's very true; it seems in the last year, subbed episodes are up very fast, sometimes with in 12 hours of the original airing. Amazes me, I know subbers are losing sleep to do this!
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34 shin mi rae
September 17, 2010 at 10:05 AM
im a PK addict. love it. i dont know why ratings are low. its quite funny. duckie just cracks me up. ha-ni is adorable. i like it more than the taiwanese version. i think sung jo min's hani is adorable and lovable... compared to Ariel Lin's that borders on irritating. kim hyun jung is okay as baek sung jo. his acting may not be topnotched but he is fun to watch. he looks good when he is cold and smirking and looks good when he is happy and laughing. this guy is just good looking. and there is great chemisty between kim hyun jung and sung jo min. they are believable as a couple.
i was watching playful kiss at the same time with it started with a kiss. but i decided to drop the taiwanese version so i can get that feeling of not knowing what will be next... i just love this drama... it is happiness.
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katwoman
September 17, 2010 at 10:10 AM
I second that!
another PK addict here.
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Mars
September 17, 2010 at 1:07 PM
"It is happiness." Yes! That sums up Playful Kiss for me.
As for the low ratings I guess that's because PK hasn't revved up its engine yet, which is what I'm assuming is bothering most people....
And, er, why? Most romcoms follow this formula: LOLs --> Angst --> Resolution. I don't expect an intricately plotted drama. I expect some good times, some bad times, and a happy ending.
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35 kou
September 17, 2010 at 10:13 AM
I'm still in love with MGIAG but I think that as the series goes on, it's only inevitable to see its flaws.
I really was happy to see that the secondary characters got more air time *cough*Fox Hunter*cough* and that Noona was to the point where she didn't give a crap anymore.
That, to me, was what felt real. MGIAG is a fantasy spruced up drama, but what makes it worth watching is that it reminds viewers now and again that there's heart there.
I still cringe every time I see that stupid hourglass.
That I could do without. Also, please no more stalker scenes. Can't you think of anything more creative Hong Sisters???
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Leonardswench
September 17, 2010 at 7:15 PM
I didn't like to say it, but I've grown more irritated with the series as it has gone on: the leads, which I originally had trouble buying the chemistry between, have done a better job with the material given them in recent episodes, BUT, I am never not aware that I'm watching a Hong sisters drama, and I was hoping for them to grow a little more.
While some of the plot devices have been good, the humour has been very good, the characters themselves have left me a little more flat than any of their previous works. The acting itself is not the problem, its the material they are given. Sigh. But I think I'm fairly alone in my discontent.
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36 red pill
September 17, 2010 at 10:16 AM
It is an unhappy Friday for once. Usually I am thrilled at the idea of sleeping in tomorrow and bumming around the house, catching up on videos I've missed during the week - but this is the first time that I want the weekend to zip by so Monday will come.
Monday, please hurry and come so we can find out what happens to our lovely Yoon-hee, Sun-joon, Jae-shin and Yong-ha. <3
BTW, am in love with "Too Love" by Junsa on the SKKS soundtrack!
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anon
September 17, 2010 at 10:27 AM
just wanted you to say thank you sooooooooooo much for the SKKS recaps
you did a wonderful job
Team Red Pill
hwaiting!!!!
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 12:29 PM
I totally hearted your recap! Thank you :)
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37 djinni
September 17, 2010 at 10:33 AM
for the love of god.. have you ladies seen the pics from yoo ah in's photo spread in high cut. i almost had an immaculate conception!
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b
September 17, 2010 at 1:55 PM
yes, here's the link again. gorgeous
http://seoulbeats.com/2010/09/kpop-shots-questionable-pornstache/
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djinni
September 18, 2010 at 5:57 PM
:shiver: i think my ovaries just exploded
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38 ilukd
September 17, 2010 at 10:34 AM
First of all Happy friday ....
second i really really really want to thanks Javabean, Girlfriday, Cassies, and Redpill for their awesome work.... your review always make me happy ... my life is crazy watching SKK and MGIG .... love these drama .. Sat and Sun i watch Life is beautiful which i like very much .... thans one more time....
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39 Ning
September 17, 2010 at 11:02 AM
Good Friday!
My favorite for SKK is definitely the comic side character: the bookshop owner, the butt-kisser principal, and Sunjoon's lackey. They're hilarious!
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40 brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 11:07 AM
Just thought of this:
Hey JB! Have you ever thought about having a convention? Like they do at Comicon? 'Cause I'd love to get out and meet everyone. There's a bunch of really great gals (and a couple of guys) on this site and I think that it would be fun to have a shindig.
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Lahlita
September 17, 2010 at 11:26 AM
Great. Then everyone would find out that I'm actually a 95-year-old man named Bob. :/
Heh.
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 11:32 AM
I would still stalk you even if you were a 95 year old man named Bob!
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Lahlita
September 17, 2010 at 11:42 AM
Hahaha. Bob would be the envy of every 90+ male ever. You'd regret that when he starts chasing you down in his battery-powered, three-speed, turbo-charged wheelchair.
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 12:33 PM
@ Lahlita
My long lost twin sister is..... a brother?! Wow talk about birth secrets!* hugs* missed you.
brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 12:57 PM
viola, does that make you my little sister, too? wow, my family is so big!
viola
September 17, 2010 at 1:16 PM
Your ploy to mollify me by including me into your family shall not work....maybe a little. No! not unless you give me some of the cookies your brought to the Moony faction.*firm stance* I am not budging from my position without cookies.
brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 1:31 PM
Thwarted! Curses!
Fine.
*shares cookies*
staples
September 17, 2010 at 10:37 PM
peoples! please please please go to my website and vote on the sticky post! I beg of you, for the love of...drama!
mystaples.wordpress.com
staples
September 17, 2010 at 10:39 PM
sorry, that was the wrong comment. What I meant to say here was:
you guys totally brightened up my friday!
I will beg in a different comment ;)
Diadda
September 17, 2010 at 11:47 AM
Hi Bob!
We would need name tags with on-line names. Real life ones would be too complicated to remember. Then we would need to go to the nearest K-restaraunt and eat all the lettuce wraps and tokkbokki we could stuff in our faces. Find an all night norabang bar and drink soju while singing nothing but Kpop till our ears bleed. I'm sure Bob can handle it :)
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 11:57 AM
This is my real name. I'm just not creative... or maybe I just like myself too much?
That would be great! That way when I said something about Korean culture I wouldn't have to stop and explain what I was talking about to everyone... or rely on Youtube for visual aids.
I can't wait to try a K-restaurant and soju! I guess that it would have to be somewhere where there was a significant K-population (AKA not here).
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 12:30 PM
OMG! Are you a mind reader?! Are you?!!!! I have been thinking that all week and was just about to post that question.!!
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Actually, funny you ask that! I am! I especially have been spying into your mind though, and I thought I would steal this idea from you!
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Where is my foil hat? lol. I guess our brains just function on the same wavelength, and you were able to pick up my thoughts. Also, the fact that we both live in NYC only helps the matter, since close proximity only strengthens the signal!
Or, maybe you are using your dreaded, Pigeon Legion
( like the Roman Dragon Legion, only featherier) to spy on me? 0_o
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 12:56 PM
No no no, I don't live in NYC... I live in Memphis baby! I'm actually using psychic pigeons (drat you for finding out about that) who can fly at supersonic speeds when delivering me messages from your brain. I feed them marshmallows so that they will stay loyal to me and only me!!! Mwuhahahah!
viola
September 17, 2010 at 1:09 PM
First, with the mind reading pigeons stealing my convention idea, and now I am reading ominous things about you stalking my twin sister/brother?
But, be warned, even though I have surrendered my idea ( I had little choice since nothing can withstand the fearsome Pigeon Legion) I shall never give up Lahlita. She is mine!
*completely platonic wrist grab* XP
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 1:19 PM
I've been stalking your twin sister/brother for weeks now! Where have you been?
And I'm good at sharing, but you can't have her all to yourself 'cause I'm her unni!
*grabs other wrist... because*
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Lahlita
September 17, 2010 at 1:49 PM
Hot dang, I am feeling the love!!!
Viola-didi, mein tumse bahut bahut pyar karti hu!
Brookeeve-unni, see up top. Hugs!
http://www.dramabeans.com/2010/09/open-thread-153/#comment-300561
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 2:34 PM
Aww Lahlita! ami toma ke valobasi too!
Lahlita
September 17, 2010 at 2:06 PM
I'll be back on either late tonight or tomorrow afternoon. Gotta go see my friend and her baby. Bye, loves!
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 2:31 PM
And the tug of war commences! Maybe JB can act as our King Solomon and render a decision as to whom Lahlita "belongs" to? XP
Oh who am I kidding, I guess I will learn to share. It's just that I have been an only child for 22 years, so the concept of sharing is a little hard to get used to. But now that I have two sisters I guess I will have to learn.
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 2:22 PM
*hopefully* are they... white chocolate macadamia nut cookies? I have my standards you know, I can't be bribed by just any old cookies...maybe chocolate cookies or oatmeal raisin cookies or butter pecan cookies or peanut butter cookies or butter cookies or sugar cookies......( and the list goes on) but definitely not any old cookie! XP
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 3:05 PM
Of course they are! Just let me go into the kitchen to bake you some, sweetie...
*slips out the back door to run to the Wal-Mart bakery*
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 3:28 PM
Hey class, My Unnie is amazing! She is the Baker Queen (no, not married to Tim Tak Goo- he wasn't good enough) and baked me those delicious cookies. She is soooo awesome that she can bake anywhere, grocery store, super market, even at Wal Mart!
Now, do you feel bad? I hope you can live with shattering my naive, illusions. You told me that you baked those cookies with lo..*sob* looove. *sniffles*
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 3:50 PM
It is with love! If I didn't love you I would have forced you to eat my cooking! I only do that to my worst enemies (and my husband when I'm mad at him)! Don't cry!
41 melon
September 17, 2010 at 11:08 AM
i'm officially in love with SKK and sun joon!!...he's so adorable( and very macho) and i love his chemistry with yoon hee......uurgghhh..can't wait for next monday..
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42 Ami
September 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM
I'm a PK fan, and I love the anime version the most. Reading about the drama being cut made me go.. oooo, no wonder they're compressing 3 episodes (of the anime) in 1 after following that storyline quite religiously before.
Frankly speaking.. seeing that the japanese version only has 9 eps, I'm thankful for the 16 eps promised to us by the PTB of MBC. I was worried that it'll be 10 or 12 *gasp* ..which means it'll end at the..
*spoiler* *spoiler* real wedding like ISWAK *spoiler* *spoiler*
If they could arrive at the introduction of Hani's love rival in ep 6, I'm quite sure they can at least end it satisfactorily on the 16th ep. And remember, Group 8 has signed that PK treaty with Youtube promising us a viewers-guided storyline that will probably completely deviates from the original arc. I wonder who's gonna get wacked or kidnapped or worse.. EXPELLED~ ..in those precious 10 minutes.
I love that the Korean version 'explains' how the two fall in love. I hate it when a drama tries to patronize me by feeding me a storyline that forces me to just accept that its two main characters are meant to be lovers. But with PK, I can look at these two stubborn kids and acknowledge albeit grudgingly that they should be together even if they'd end up murdering each other on the marital bed when they're in their 70s.
Anyway, now that it's confirmed to end at ep 16.. despite feeling depressed at the unhappy turn of things at the rating table, at least I don't have to hold my breath every 2 episodes worrying on whether MBC'd just cruelly terminate the show the next week.. phew.
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43 eiko
September 17, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Hi! Just want to make a comment here about GIANT....I just saw a "normal" photo of Sean Richard who was the doctor in Jejoongwon.....WOW!!!!
What boggles my mind is......why couldn't they have done the same "age" process with the older brother in GIANT and kept him as lead actor because he was so darn good! The actor now isn't anywhere near to what he should look like as a older brother!!!! Gang-mo is great....perfect as aged 2nd brother. Darn....darn.....looks like older brother got shorter!!!! Oh well......
Coffee House and Bad Guy just finished off.....next coming on is I Am Legend and My GirlFriend is A Gumiho. Guess there was a reason why I didn't start to follow those 2 from the beginning! :-)
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44 teehee
September 17, 2010 at 12:04 PM
happy friday!
first time participating in an open thread! but i don't really have that much to say besides the fact that i'm loving mgiag. i was so busy with senior year that i haven't been able to watch the last few episodes, so i've been relying on the recaps, which is almost just as good! <3 javabeans & girlfriday, have a great weekend everyone!
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 12:34 PM
hoi hoi and welcome!:)
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 3:05 PM
welcome!
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45 SAgirl
September 17, 2010 at 12:32 PM
I haven't seen playful kiss, but I have read the recaps and it doesn't seem so bad. I think it just suffers from Baker King.
Shows WAY worse than Playful kiss:
BAD LOVE: horrible. I thought is would be good since it is on hulu, but it is just horrible. It was so bad I started laughing when people were crying since they cried every 5 minutes. When I could predict the ridiculousness was when I had to let this show go.
ONE FINE DAY: I mean seriously? was this show for real? My husband and I make fun of this show so much. How can a show be so horrible? I tried to watch it because of Gong Yoo, but it was seriously like holding my hand to a fire. I had to stop every now and again because it was so ridiculous. The drunk scene with Gong Yoo on a bride or something was the final blow.
I love to hear you guys worst shows...
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SAgirl
September 17, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Okay, I meant bridge, not bride.
I also didn't like Super Rookie much either. Or Princess Lulu, but those shows still had their good moments (sometimes).
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 3:33 PM
You want to hear about worse shows than PK, try It started with a kiss. Horrible. I cringed every five minutes at the main girl's stupidity, even the good chemistry between Ariel and Joe couldn't save it. But Pk in my book is love :)
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SAgirl
September 17, 2010 at 9:19 PM
I haven't heard of It started with a kiss. I really don't like a stupid lead character though. It makes me want to yell at the scream.
You know with all the bad PK reviews it only makes me want to see it more.
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brookeeve
September 18, 2010 at 4:54 AM
I agree. I snuck to go see that this week, and I literally wanted to hit some people.
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SAgirl
September 18, 2010 at 7:57 AM
lol
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46 Ladymoonstone143
September 17, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Happy Friday everyone...
Another PK addict here and I am hoping that the ratings will pick up next week. Hani is just adorable and even though she is portrayed as dumb but you will have no doubt why BSJ would fall for her. She is like a tornado in his life which is fun. Looking forward to the coming episodes....
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47 viola
September 17, 2010 at 12:40 PM
This is quite possibly the Geekiest thing I have ever done.
I admit this was inspired more than a little by spacing out in class, and daydreaming, a la Ha Ni, about a certain shirtless boy ( who shall remain nameless, in order to maintain harmony with my precious, long lost twin sister- only very recently found.) ( edit – who may or may not be a 95 year old man named Bob ;)
I title this You and I have chemistry (gag on the cheesiness)
You are my oxygen.
Yet the bond between us
is an unequal polar covalent,
since I, am merely a lone
hydrogen, and cannot help
but give all of myself to fulfill
your octet. But even so dear,
you complete my valance shell.
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 1:02 PM
This is so sweet! I love it!
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 1:18 PM
Thank you! :)
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Lahlita
September 17, 2010 at 7:40 PM
AHAHAHAHAH! I damn near DIED reading this. Imma use that. Next time I want some hoi-hoi, I'll ask your brother-in-law to fulfill my octet and complete my valence shell. Knowing him, he'll actually go online to look up the nearest chemical laboratory facility.
You are giving Diadda a run for her money, Didi. If only someone could translate this into Korean and tweet it to our bare-chested fighter. Ay, dios mio!
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viola
September 18, 2010 at 12:55 AM
I was going for the sweet, wistfully romantic feel but trust you to bring hoi hoi into innocent valence shells!
Makes me wonder what you will say if I write about degenerate orbitals or the vibrational states of electronically, exited molecules.... ? :)
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Diadda
September 18, 2010 at 4:27 AM
"degenerate orbitals or the vibrational states of electronically, exited molecules"
viola now that is just plain perverted! As a person who hung out in engineering labs for most of college. I can safely say geek talk is a turn on. So you can stop this now! I'm being sent back through time to college with a bunch of hot geeky guys talking geek speak.
"the capacitance of this nodule is off ...Ahh the solenoid inductor is wrong and should be replaced." Sheesh I would start drooling.
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brookeeve
September 18, 2010 at 4:55 AM
As the wife of a biologist... Okay, cold shower time! LOL!
viola
September 18, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Haha! ROFL! It's not my fault! The thought of that boy can make even organic chemistry suggestive! :)
Lahlita
September 18, 2010 at 6:34 AM
"Makes me wonder what you will say if I write about degenerate orbitals or the vibrational states of electronically, exited molecules.... ?"
The vibrational states of electronically excited... shisus. Yeah, your writings would be banned in every red state -- and half of the blue ones. Pamphlets featuring your treatises would be sold on the black market. People the world over go mad in an electronically charged frenzy. The United Nations would condemned you. The Pope would excommunicate the entire planet. The entire universe would find itself on the brink of destruction. And Choi Siwon would take off his shirt.
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Diadda
September 18, 2010 at 8:01 AM
"And Choi Siwon would take off his shirt."
Not like I didn't see enough of it in OML, but if this is the result of her writing I say she needs paper. Lots and lots of paper! and many terabytes of hard drive space. You can fill a terabyte or two right? It is for the good of humanity! A limerick is only good for a few laughs, but a topless Siwon can last a life time in my mind. Get to work youngin'!
viola
September 18, 2010 at 9:52 AM
ROTFL! You are too too funny. I had no idea that my lovesick-daydreams in chem class could lead the universe to the brink of destruction.
But I think you got your cause and effect mixed up, all the mayhem you mentioned happens BECAUSE he took off his shirt.
viola
September 18, 2010 at 10:03 AM
@Diadda
I think your limericks are as awesome as a topless Siwon, and enough to last a lifetime too. :)
I will get right on it ! If it is for the good of humanity, I shall nobly endeavor to fill up countless terabytes. I think we start studying the behaviors of elctrophiles this week...;)
48 Bashful82
September 17, 2010 at 12:50 PM
I have a new actor crush - the sexy, talented Jin Yi Han in "A Good Day for the wind to blow". Expressive eyes, sexy, kissable lips and a deep voice to rival "The Voice".
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Jin_Yi_Han
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49 doublen
September 17, 2010 at 1:29 PM
Sitting in the studio (Interior design studio) with no creative ideas :((((
School has started a week ago, but there are so many assignments already. i don't even have time to watch My girlfriend is Gumiho~
LEE MIN KI my everlasting crush! I love him so much that was even dreaming about him (he kicked Lee Min ho from my heart :D). He is 25 now, and after 3 years he have to go to military. So i have 3 years to go to Korea and meet with him :))))))))
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 3:01 PM
Good luck with that. While you are in Korea meeting Lee Min Ki, could you put in a good word with T.O.P. for me? Thanks!
So... interior design... yeah... I seriously have no talent or taste, so I can't help you with that. I've been trying to get rid of my marigolds all day, and as my mommy is an artist she says she always gets inspiration from my flowers (Also, she is my mommy and she might just be pretending to be nice). Pretend I sent you a hundred of these bright orange marigolds, okay?
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viola
September 17, 2010 at 3:18 PM
Can I have some too? I love flowers, also I can make garlands of them and lay them at the feet of drama gods as offerings to send me a smexy gumiho hunter, aka His Preternatural Prettiness.
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brookeeve
September 17, 2010 at 5:24 PM
YES!!! Please dear God take these flowers off my hands!
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50 ar_arguably romantic
September 17, 2010 at 1:46 PM
Now that the workload is getting to me (and I have been sick for the past 1 1/2 weeks), I have to limit myself to one drama and that is SKK Scandal. I love MGIAG, but SKK Scandal just came out from left field and swept me off my feet. The cast is charming and the storyline gripping- not to mention some of that Enya-ish pieces. And there is that feel-good and "yes we can!!" atmosphere. It's the same feeling I got when I watched and fell in love with City Hall and Nobuta Wo Produce. I feel inspired when I watch it and want to become a noble scholar to create a better world and to live life to the fullest. KIM YOON SHIK, HWAITING! LET'S BUILD A BETTER JOSEON! It also makes me nostalgic for my undergrad life and the hallmates/roommates. I guess I'm living undergrad college life vicariously through these characters.
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