Little Boy - 715l 19 August

Harsh weeks. I had not slept for 2 straight days. hoo, i'm alive

2017-2018 - i watched tv dramas and worked from 12,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 am, cooked and eat food at all those specific hours on different occasions. That experience helped to get through this week's 2 days.
A casual viewer watching a kdrama at 4am on dramafever, and then someone with prejudice say i'm against a specific country's tv entertainment.

Real life happenings across the world are far more
re entertaining. The only tv drama for the 2nd half of 2020 about to start soon. Hope to see far more protests in upcoming season. There must be some action in real world, government beating its own citizens is a sight to watch.

The pandemic is going to have lasting effects on the global entertainment industry. Disney has decided to push back for more than a year a release of this summer's blockbusters, including Mulan and Star Wars franchise films. With the second surge of cases in California, Hollywood has been unable to truly open studio productions.
South Korea also is worried about new virus spikes but its television and limited movie productions are moving forward with some bumps in the road. SK public controls (masks, distancing, etc) are still a gold standard but nothing is fool proof. The series about post-pregnancy center has been moved from August to November launch (rumors from virus issue to script re-writes).
It is strange to watch empty US baseball parks with players not social distancing during games. One player recently said he got over the virus but he is still not the same. Some experts believe the virus can cause permanent lung damage. That is why many athletes have decided not to play; it is not worth the risk.
When you produce a drama or film, a set contains a lot of people in close contact. I think many actors are thinking CF endorsements are a better option (less people in photoshoots) than risking health for a three or six month daily schedule.
I think it will take to the end of 2021 before some normalcy returns to the global entertainment industry.

Happy weekend Beanies and keep Beaning On!

I was gone for four days, I missed one OT, and yet it feels like I came back from a parallel universe.😆 My K-drama friend and I spent last Friday to Monday evening at another friend’s apartment for a local city trip under strict covid19 regulations. Since we managed to avoid lodging and transport expenses we decided to spent those on some shopping and food. My friend knows her way around her city and cheap menu deals, so we often went out for a big breakfast/brunch or three course dinners. We also walked around most of the time, so I hope we burned all the calories!😅

Normally I can smoothly readjust to hermit mode afterwards, but an important job exam yesterday and the amount of preparation time beforehand left me with little time to unwind, unpack and catch up on Dramabeans and other stuff. Fortunately I have no weekend plans, so I have three days to rest and catch up before the next busy week starts. I cannot talk about catching up without mentioning K-dramas, so…Into The Ring.🤣While I was supposed to be packing for my city trip among many other things last week, I decided to Goo Sera my way through all the 4 aired episodes at that time and then fret about the little time I had left to pack and finish everything and the huge amount of time I would have to wait to catch up from episode 5 onwards…🤣

I might miss next OT and WWAW again, because we are having another sleepover at my friend’s apartment for her belated birthday party with other mutual friends. I have no idea whether I will be leaving on Friday or Saturday yet, so see you all in August!😊

Just some thoughts this hot and steamy morning.

The last year has been rough. The last seven months, well, even without all of waves vaguely at the world, has been something like a hellish landscape. So, with my life descending into the worst of the worst makjang family drama (sans a contract killing, but I’m not writing that one off yet), I’ve been a little ragey of late. Once lockdown loosened up a bit, and I began to venture out for essentials and such, I’ve found my ability to mingle with humans has become, well, not great. The constant simmering rage about the current situation is not helping.

But you know what does help? When someone, usually a stranger, performs a small act of courtesy or kindness. Giving way to make space on the sidewalk, an offering of hand sanitizer, or even the simple act of holding a door open. It’s the small things that somehow push through the dark clouds hovering in my headspace.

While I do thank them in that moment, my thanks might seem stilted, or quiet, or not quite enthusiastic enough, but I don’t think they do it for a resounding high five and a metaphorical public medal of civic achievement. I know when I’m performing these small acts, I do it because I live in a community of humans, and within communities acts of civility make us better both individually and collectively. Now, do I really put that much thought into the actual physical act of holding a door open for someone coming behind me, or when I smile and say thank you to the cashier? No, of course not.

What I do try to do, is live my life in such a way that I respect and treat others in the way I hope they do to me. My underlying rage at the world is all the more reason for me and for you to consciously treat each other with some kindness. Whether the person is paid to serve us, or is just doing a kindness out of the blue, a nod, a smile, and thank you creates small moments that will accumulate and reverberate long after that one moment.

Now, about that contract killer… Just kidding. Maybe…

I hate it when someone argues that 'no one said anything when...and why are people say anything now' or 'that there are so many other things bad in the world so why are you saying anything about this' etc. Like even when pointed out that's not really true they find some excuse to say it. Just say you don't have any actual argument to make and move on. Nothing gets solved this way. Thank goodness some people didn't think like that before doing anything for change. Otherwise nothing would change for the better. I don't care if something else happened somewhere else or in the past and not many said anything then. All the more reason to say something now not less.

Hello beanies!
it’s been a long time that I’ve been active in facebook.
Things I posted and shared in the past come up every year in Memories section to be deleted if they are not appropriate anymore while some are still nostalgic.
I don’t check stories or posts that people update because I’m not interested to know them. I’m just writing this as a memo or a journal to keep.
That I don’t find happiness or joy in facebook anymore like I did in the past. That I’m just happy without it, in my daily life.
Have a great weekend ahead!

It supposedly to be the original date of Tokyo Olympics 2020 this month but it was the next twelve months left for this global sporting event.

I didn't think it will cancel since WWII. I guess it will hold next year despite already prepared for new schedule of this global sports event.

Happy happy Friday everyone...
So I picked up TRAIN and I watched EPs 1,2 &3 and Boom the dead girl cameback because someone told her she died and the showed her her body. Now why does it feel like the TRAIN is replacing the HORSE WHIP? That said, I like the show and Yoon Shi Yoon.
Good day everyone and stay safe

The 40th anniversary of my start date with my employer is in about 3 weeks. Since I'm only going to the market about once every 5 or 6 weeks I had to stock up on an essential supply on my trip this week.
I didn't drink for my 70th birthday or for New Years Eve, but 40 years of that place? I'll be drinking.
Naturally I bought Corona.

I'm still new in C-drama land and only watch few popular C-historical dramas. I watched The Legend of Hao Lan several days ago and amused with Hao Lan- Lu Bu Wei chemistry. I found that both leads were leads in Story of Yanxi Palace too so I started to watch Yanxi. This show was sooo good I never been into soap-opera things before because I found it so stupid but who knows I could be this addicted to imperial harem affair. Usually I could watch 2-3 episodes of KDramas in a day but Wei Yingluo totally bewitched me. I watch for like 12-15 episodes of Yanxi Palace in a day it's been fourth day somebody come to rescue me please.

Slightly ominous this thread #666! But we are in a pandemic so whatever.

I will be technically going back to work in 5 weeks when college starts, and I might admit to myself the stress I feel at not being able to get the admin work done that I normally do so well. So that means I have to make every minute of my days count.

But, doesn't stop me from watching my dramas!
1) Midway through Jose Gunman
2) Episode 3 of Forest of Secrets
3) Episode 4 of When the Camellia Blooms
4) Saw 2 episodes of Train on viki but I can't watch the remaining unless I get vikipass
5) Almost done with Itaewon Class
6) And waiting for IOTNBO......

GUYS IT'S OT NUMBER 666!
My supernatural watching ass is thinking of all the times this number comes out in sinister concepts. It came out in the red dragon book too.

Because I don't watch Kdramas only :
I started the Apple TV show Little Voice and I love it. The songs are good and the actress is shining in this role. The story is very simple and there is not a lot happening but I like the ambiance.

I watched Cursed and Normal People too. Two very different shows :p
I like some actors in Cursed ( I really like Daniel Sharman since The Medicis TV show), they changed a lot of the story and for Arthur I don't think it was for the best, I'm not fan of his character...

Normal People was not I was expected but the actors were great, really raw and natural.

Hi Beanies! I hope you all had a good week. Mine was decent if somewhat unproductive. I'm working from home full-time and sometimes I get so much done and other times it's hard to stay motivated.

For dramas, I'm still on the same eps of HOSPITAL PLAYLIST and CRASH LANDING ON YOU. I may move forward with them this weekend. They are a bit on the slower side so I can only watch a couple eps at a time. I'm also watching WAS IT LOVE which I am still liking. It's not perfect, but I am entertained.

I started HER PRIVATE LIFE this week and I love it SO MUCH!! It's exactly what I was looking for. During this pandemic, I can't watch super serious shows and was looking for something light but with substance that would hook me. This fit the bill. The fangirl observations and the chemistry between our leads has me smiling from ear to ear. I'm on episode 10 so I'm sure some angst will pop up, but this show already has a place in my heart. Also, I am now a fan Kim Jae Wook. I know he was a model, but my goodness is that man good looking.

Beanies who watched SKY Castle, what was the story behind Coach Kims daughter Kay? Did she have a mental breakdown or something?

When I need a break from kdramas and doomscrolling, XKCD is sometimes brilliant
https://xkcd.com/2335/
https://xkcd.com/2336/

#soompiforumisdown😔

As of writing, soompi forums has been down for more than 24 hours. And the words The Community is Not Available is written on the page 😭. I really hope it's only temporary. As far as I know, no one really knows what happened. Soompi support responded that it's taken down by the forum service provider and they are investigating the issue.

I discovered both soompi forums and DB around 10 years ago. I am regularly on soompi forum in various drama threads, it is(was? 😥) my go to place for drama/variety/cast discussions, somewhat like drama discussions in DB recaps. Nearly all dramas have a thread in soompi forums. A drama thread is created as soon as the drama is confirmed. Drama fans shared updates, from casting news, intial plot, spoilers and many things from filming to the after party and more. Since several of my dramas (eg The Last Empress and Perfume) are not recapped on DB, I kept visiting soompi to discuss. Recently, I was updating the Kairos thread. I even got the Shin Sung Rok thread reactivated to spazz all things SSR-related, eventhough I'm his only fan there 🤭...all in all, I'm very attached to soompi forum as much as I'm attached to DB now.

I really hope the community is not wiped out entirely without notice. It's sad. I made an account in Jan 2010, that's 10 years of k-entertainment memories in a forum. I hope the forum returns together with the soompi forum community.

ps: I'm glad I made some soompi posts on my DBwall, it's like walking through memory lane 😆.

Hello, all:
Not much happening, at least visibly..but lots of seeds growing silently and secretly. I have a tiny little cucumber! The large plant growing in the patch near my driveway turned out to be tomatillo. (I kinda plant whatever and see what grows up so i didn't know what the plant looked like.) Now i just have to trust the bees to pollinate it because apparently one needs at least two plants to pollinate or one ends up with only a few tomatillos. Noted. I got some stakes, supports, and cages. Corn is springing up. Peppers, chiles, melons of all kinds, tomatoes, sweet and regular potatoes, brassicaes, eggplants, beans, and who knows what else! All seem well-established and are preparing to bring forth fruit. First the seed, then the blade, then the full fruit.

Oh, yeah.. it looks like i'll be on a panel in ConZealand for a Worldcon convention of scifi/fantasy writers. Something i could never have done in the past because i was not gonna take a long plane trip anywhere. So, kudos for online scifi cons. Not sure if i'll be on the panel for worldbuilding, folklore, or epic fantasy. Oh, and yes..something else. The publisher has gotten a narrator for the Audible version of The Constant Tower, my last big book. So that's good. Am also trying to stick with vegetarian diet because dropping meat and sticking to mostly beans has always been a wonderful help and even a cure for diabetes. Other than that..am doing well.

Dramas:

Train: This is kinda what i wanted Born Again to be. Tons of folks in another reality in different situations and relationships with each other and with the protags. Am glad his alter ego/ other self is not a murderer. Damaged and wounded, yes...a drug addict and cynical... but not a killer. My hope is that druggie protag will end up back with his ex, the forensic doc..and hero protag will end up with his love. It's kdrama..one can dream.

Watching Su Yu Chinese drama. Fiction Guo is very sweetly arrogant.

Jdramas:
I caught some of Adult High School with Haruma. It was okay. The humor doesn't quite soar. I've been praying for him all week. After the fact, but perhaps...speaking spiritually and quantumly..all our prayers for him will heal his soul wherever he is.

Gotta catch up on Chip In. Anything good in the new batch of dramas? I keep waiting for Flower of Evil.

Have a good weekend, all.

Hi beanies. One if the main reasons I love the community here is because people here are courteous and there is politeness even in disagreement. I came across a very infuriating interview today and it made me very angry. So Bollywood, like every Indian industry, is family dominated and it's very difficult for people who don't come from Bollywood families to break into the mainstream. With the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, a lit of people have been calling out the nepotism in the industry and raising awareness about mental health. The interview in question was by this actress who has long been calling out the industry for its favoritism and I was so angry at her because the entire interview reeked of self righteousness. She talks about how she didn't cross paths with SSR but they were close because they shared mutual friends and so on. I read the interview because I wanted to give her the benefit of doubt but it aas extremely hard to do that. She didn't talk much about the culture and how nepotism prevails but she was calling people out. I also felt like she was bringing other outsider actresses like her down. What jm trying to say is, it felt like she was using SSR's swath to reiterate her stance on the industry and that really saddened me

Hi all, hope everyone is doing ok!

I’ve got a matter of days now before I’m back at work after a year off. It’s going to be weird going back into an office environment having missed all the changes that came in for covid. I hope I can remember how to do my job 😂
I’m really going to miss my time at home with my baby.