Oh... Well..
Really GF? You don't get Seung Gi?? Really?? But whyyyy??? *cries* ..but but, you saw him in real life didn't you? Because he is soo soooooo much morrrrreeeee handsome in real life... What a pity...

'Kay, bout the panel..hmmm... Would you two mind to make what exactly you're talkin about... I really want tooo heard those

Wow, it sounds pretty AWESOME... I'm still mad/sad because I could not afford the airfare to California... (I live in Puerto Rico/ Boston, suffice to say it was upwards $1,500.... plus hotel, spending money and meals) It seems that in general things were better than last year, I've been reading posts and everybody I've read said the same thing about SNSD, which is sad because you expect them to be a bit livelier and well put together...

I'm sad That Girlfriday did not get to see SeungGi Oppa, because I know how you feel and I was waiting to hear your impressions about the panel and him.

In general it sounds like you guys could have some fun and do what you love, which is talking about dramas. Can you guys post pictures, so I can live vicariously through you?? THANKS!

Loved meeting you guys, and yes, Sean Richard was kind of like a rock star, especially since he let me take a picture with him! Believe me, I think you had it MUCH better sitting in the shade of the tent rather than waiting in the broiling pan for Lee Seungi. In retrospect, I think I would have preferred to attend your second panel, which sounds like it was really fun, instead of seeing Mr. Lee for a mere 5 seconds.

Also agree totally with your assessment of the Sunday concert - loved Spica and am now gaga over Yonghwa. I was so mesmerized by his charisma on stage - something we definitely don't see in dramas! Although I have to say you were kinder in your assessment of Girls Generation than I was.

Found the lightning round on YouTube! Seems like a ton of fun.
http://youtu.be/EsamXM1iB1k

Jung Joon Young and Rap Monster's attempts at dancing is the cutest, most embarassing thing I've ever seen. Just look at them!
https://38.media.tumblr.com/2d524ba408213ad9061baf8dd5a934db/tumblr_naaj0wMGf81s0j7iyo1_500.gif

I will never forgive Mnet for completely editing out Spica from M! Countdown. What was the point of inviting them if you're not going to air their performances?

I loved your panels!! You always say interesting things. Sean Richard was great too and really handsome.
The sunday panel was awesome too and the five seconds game should be a recurring thing, maybe in the podcast.

And I met javabeans and girlfriday! I'm still embarrassed because I was trying to say how much i love this blog and the things they write and my English started to fail me (its not my first language) and I started to ramble, but they are relly really nice, smiling to us when we ask for pictures and being like they sound, intelligent and funny.

I was in the sunday concert too and CNBLUE has the energy. Jung Yonghwa, maybe I dont like you much when you act but you rock when you sing. Jung Joon-young, awww it's all i have to say, he is weird and cute and has a great voice. I really liked BTS. I bought "Boy in Luv" after the concert. I'm obsessed with the choreography in that video. I liked SPICA and Girls Generation were ok. Now that you mention I was expecting more choreography or something but they were, meh, good.
I was able to see Lee Seo-jin because he gave a price or something. He looks skinny but I loved his voice.

All in all, I really liked KCon, the sunday more than the saturday, but maybe because on Saturday I was for 3 and a half hours in the line. I finally eat some Korean food, I ate bread an tea from Tous le Jours (kim soo hyun´s face everywhere! I have a fan with his image), i bought an humidifier (just because it looked cool). Its great to see so many people from different and far places all reunites for Korean pop, dramas, food, even videogames (there was a league of legends thing, i saw it from the outside because it was always packed). Sorry for the long post but this is the place I can talk about the convention without explaining first.

On a final note, girlfriday´s hair is beautiful. Or maybe she knows how to move it because from my place it looked like it was from the shampoo hair comercials.

Jung joon young's weirdness is epic. Crazy version of MJ. Youtube is my friend to stalk kcon. I wish I could be there. Gonna find videos of you guys next.

aw I wish I could get myself to a Kcon one day, they sound like so much fun!

And I was cackling all through the video of the 5 second summary portion of your panel that panshel linked. Hope you guys have better luck with Lee Seung-gi next time, he sounds pretty perfect. No wonder Korea loves him so much...

If this had been mostly a k-drama event I may have gone, but I am not much into k-pop with a very few exceptions. After seeing 50 different girls groups that are almost totally indistinguishable in both choreograph and singing I pretty much gave up on it.

I was looking into the early history of trot and kpop early today, and came across a couple of interesting articles, such as:
"..Even in the conservative Korea of the 1970s, everything about Kim Chu-Ja was sexy. Her sultry, breathy voice charged Shin Joong-Hyeon's songs with implied debauchery. Unlike the emaciated female celebrities that would come to dominate the scene for the next 20 years, Kim Chu-Ja had plenty on her body that she was not afraid to show off in her dances. She wore tight jeans or mini skirts, with cleavage-boasting tops to boot. In short, Kim Chu-Ja was Korea's first female pop star who overtly used her sex appeal.

That is not to say that Kim Chu-Ja was no greater than the cheap pretty dolls that litter the Korean pop music scene today. Ultimately, it was her undeniable musical talent that made her the icon of the decade. But awakening the raw animal spirit that still animates Korean pop music to this day was Kim's defining achievement. If you got into K-pop because of KARA's butt dance, you have Kim Chu-Ja to thank..."

http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2012/01/50-most-influential-k-pop-artists-22.html

And you might want to check out the videos on YouTube about her also - she has a voice that puts 99% of the current k-pop singers to shame, even considering some of the bad recordings. Search for "Mix - Kim Choo Ja 김추자 거짓말이야"

Doh, I missed the panel again! Couldn't find the tent and didn't really look on the 2nd day 'cuz it was so HOT. I hope someone recorded it...

Lol, you guys and my mom thought the same. I got free tickets for her for both days and being someone who knows no K-Pop, she was wondering why GG have so many cheers 'cuz she thought they didn't dance that well out of all the groups haha. She did mention how she thinks Bohyung from SPICA is pretty though...::mission acoomplished::

Yay for Spica love!
Recommend yall to check out Mamamoo and Kiss&Cry, two really talented 4 member girl groups that debuted this year and are absolutely FANTASTIC.

NPR did a little blurb on KCON on Monday and I was so excited... that is, until they mentioned Music, Dancing Video Games and all things Hallyu EXCEPT dramas! So disappointing! Anyway, glad you guys had fun.

LINES, LINES and MORE LINES - full of very nice people.
That is how KCON was the first day since they opened late Saturday morning. Fortunately, Korazy Lady grabbed my daughter and me, and we were able to sweat and burn together for 5 and 1/2 hours. Somehow, looking back it didn't feel that long. It was disappointing, though, that we missed all the panels - including viki's and Koala's.
It was even more frustrating that all that was totally not necessary. Sunday's earlier opening made the line issue disappear.

We hung out with lovely folks who were with their lovely friends and family members. It was touching to see other mother/daughter teams waiting in line from all over the place.

My daughter and I got to attend Sunday's DB panel - which was brilliant. She is a non-kpop fan and non-drama fan - commented how intelligent the discussion was and how funny Gummi, Heads, JB and GF are. I am glad someone linked the lightning round. That was hilarious.

Sunday's concert was AWESOME and made the wait in line totally worth it. SPICA has 2 new fans in our family. While we drove around sunny California the week after KCON, we listened to everything these amazing voices recorded. CNBlue put on a high energy and fun performance, too. After listening to songs like Wetoria for years, my heart was racing to hear it finally in person.

For the record, GG underwhelmed, especially after hearing SPICA. Skinny singing Kang Dong Won was fun but his back-up band stood there like they were paintings, not actual performing musicians. It was eerie. BTS? Cute but so much the same as every other young male pop group.

I'd go again if I had free flights again. It was fun and with better planning by the hosts, it would have been less frustrating.

PS Park at the museum which had underground lots. We drove around for about an hour before figuring that out.

So did anyone see Kim Ji Suk wandering around? I saw him in the VIP room along with Lee Seung Gi. I thought it was him but wasn't sure until I saw pics from the red carpet on the site saying it was him! He was with an actress that I've never seen in anything. I'm so bummed...he was sitting 5ft from me and I didn't get to appreciate it!! Both of them look VERY different off camera!!

It was great to see the DB Team again this year! I had such an amazing experience last year, that I wasn't sure if everything would stand up to my memories, but both of the panels this time were even better. Kudos to dramabeans and girlfriday for the insight (loved the whole PPL discussion) and to headsno2 and gummimochi for stellar moderating.

My unexpected celebrity sighting was almost walking through Yoo In Na shooting some sort of promo/tv show thing in the Bibigo area. She and the other hostess were sampling the food with these "ooh it's so delicious" faces, and the second they yelled cut, they couldn't get the food away from their faces fast enough. It was sort of mind-blowing to see someone I've seen in so many dramas up close--she is tiny.