Open Thread #69
by javabeans
First off, thanks for voting for me in the Golden Klog Awards! I’ve been voted “Best Blog About Korean Pop Culture,” all thanks to you. In fact, you guys were so responsive that, uh, it seems there was a bit of an overwhelming response, or as the web admin explains:
The winner in this category, in a landslide, was Dramabeans, which coincidentally, was one of the blogs which linked to this survey and told its readers to vote. In another coincidence, the number of votes for Dramabeans almost exactly coincided with the average number of “skipped question” entries for most of the other categories in this part of the survey…
Way to represent, Dramabeans readers!
Yup, way to go.
So, what else is up?
SONG OF THE DAY
Susie Suh – “Shell.” I’m new to Susie Suh, but I’ve been enjoying her music, which strikes me as s bit like Rachael Yamagata, with a touch of Sia, or perhaps KT Tunstall. [ Download ]
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1 Maureen
February 6, 2009 at 8:00 AM
You are #1. Thank you for all your hardwork on this site. I come to it everyday and enjoy myself. Bless you and Thank you.
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2 Phi216
February 6, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Not sure how much of credentials this award is but you deserve to bag this one.
Would be very very surprised otherwise.
I was 1 of the skippers to the other questionnaire entries too (:
Cheers!
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3 Anh
February 6, 2009 at 8:12 AM
Congratulation....keep on......you are the BEST...thanks
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4 kirara
February 6, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Congratulations!
Your hard work was paid off! Thanks time and again for providing your readers with interesting information.
Will continue to read your work!
Having a slow friday. Hope you have a great weekend!
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5 rei
February 6, 2009 at 8:16 AM
LOL, that's EXACTLY what i did! xD
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6 tiki
February 6, 2009 at 8:16 AM
yayy!! CONGRATS!!! =D
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7 coco
February 6, 2009 at 8:16 AM
Congrats on a much deserved award! This is without doubt the best Kdrama blog out there. I never miss a day ( except this last week when I was without DSL)!
I am sure there are many more people out there who feel the same but I want to thank you for all the hard work you put in to bring this blog to us.
It's pouring with rain here in SCal and I just had AT&T U-verse installed yesterday so it looks like a day of drama watching for me ! Can't believe it took me so long to get rid of the rabbit ears!
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8 chau
February 6, 2009 at 8:40 AM
congratulations^^
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9 djeedjes
February 6, 2009 at 8:57 AM
:D
So I'm not the only one who skipped other questions? :P
As non Korean, I am not familiar with the other blogs they nominated, so I voted for you and the job was done... hehehe.
But! I went to some blog linked there, and some of them are quite good and I am planning to visit them again.
I still "suffer" BBF fever, and this serial make me get closer again w/ my highschool friend who lives abroad, and we discussed how we used to like Meteor Garden ( Taiwan version of BBF ) , how time flies, because it was aired on 2001, that's 8 years ago, we get old, watching BBF made us feel damn old!
Anyway, once again I want to say thanks to you, because your blog is the best thing I ever found in the Net.
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10 azzuri
February 6, 2009 at 9:03 AM
It was well deserved coz your blog makes my day all year round. For 1 1/2 years, I've been following your witty, perceptive comments. The lack of flaming negativity in your blog is really appreciated.
Thank YOU instead.
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11 sheryl
February 6, 2009 at 9:08 AM
hahaha... i did that too. like twice.
congrats! wanted you to win...=) love your blog and love how you represent kpop culture: intelligent but not heavy, universal in it's appeal yet personal. you rock javabeans!
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12 12Dose12
February 6, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Congratulations! Your win is a way of saying thank you from all of your readers. This site rocks!
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13 anon
February 6, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Because you are the best! Keep it up!
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14 Sevenses
February 6, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Congrats!! Bask in the glory of having the best entertainment blog with a few drinks, y/y? :D
I feel slightly less guilty about bypassing those other poll questions now that everyone else seems to have been doing the same thing.
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15 JVBfan
February 6, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Congratulations!
good thing my vote paid off. ^^
what about as a 'winner treat' posting an entry all about urself... ? photo maybe...? *justryingmyluck* im sure it will all satisfy all the curious readers out there - i know im not the only one, come on guys, come clean! LMAO.
keep up the best kdrama blogging site!
cheers!
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16 theleenbean
February 6, 2009 at 11:17 AM
lol...i skipped all the other questions too. congrats javabeans!
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17 lynn
February 6, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Congrats! you deserved it! :]
(guilty of skipping other questions as well. lol)
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18 Gallivanter
February 6, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Congrats! You put so much work into this website, and I'm glad so many people recognized it!
Phewwwww. My week is over. Just finished my Norwegian midterm, where we had to do plays. It's easier than doing a Korean one, but not by much :D
Now I'm just going to sit back and enjoy this weeks BbF.
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19 KATE
February 6, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Congrats...we all love you and your blog....^.^
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20 sonam
February 6, 2009 at 12:27 PM
LOL....I thought I must have been the only one who skipped all the other questions.
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21 May May
February 6, 2009 at 1:19 PM
i am happy to read your blog everyday :)
please continue to write in it :)
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22 def201
February 6, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Congratulations on your win, you deserve it!
*raises hand* I too skipped questions, lol!
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23 JustALook
February 6, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Congratulations on your well deserved win. You are the blog I come to first for all Korean entertainment news
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24 Sherrie
February 6, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Congratulations - you are richly deserving of this award. I always check you out every morning to see what is going on in the Korean world. Thank you for all your hard work - now go out and celebrate.
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25 bspanda
February 6, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Congrats on winning the 'Best Blog' - but c'mon who else comes close to Dramabeans for quality AND entertainment! :) Well deserved and thanks again
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26 ic3cream
February 6, 2009 at 2:31 PM
I decide to skip out on work today to watch He's not that into you movie =]
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27 Anu
February 6, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Congrats Dramabeans, you deserved it.
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28 nina
February 6, 2009 at 2:37 PM
congratulations!
I was wondering if you knew that your posts are being 'reposted' (don't know if that's the right term) to the asianfanatics forum, by different people I think. They give you proper credit and you must get some new readers traipsing over here to see the original material. But sometimes the posts are truncated or they don't print your whole narrative. I wonder if you are okay with this. Here is an example of such reprints.
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t624894.html
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29 Airajuliafor
February 6, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Congratz, Javabeans! You definitely deserve it. I love you work.
I skipped questions too! xD
Friend are convincing me to party tonight, but I'd rather stay home and read my copy of Pride and Prejudice. or maybe Jane Eyre? or better yet, some manga? (Been a long and LOUD week)
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30 ibeova
February 6, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Felicidades muy merecido
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31 stranger
February 6, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Congrats!
The stats are quite funny.
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32 bambooshoots
February 6, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Congratulations!!!
I admit, I skipped all the questions except for the one about Pop Culture...all the blogs that I knew were in that category, and yours is on the top of my list ;)
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33 zerohundred
February 6, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Wow, congratulations!
I laughed when it mentioned the skipped question issue, because when I took that survey I realized I have very little idea of what's going on in the blogosphere outside of Korean pop culture. I practically stalk sites talking about music, drama, etc., but other than that...
Maybe I should start expanding my tastes!
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34 GeeNie
February 6, 2009 at 5:20 PM
YAY congrats! when i voted i was like...do i have to vote in the other categories too...? and just decided to skip all the other ones and hoped that was ok. guess it was so yay!
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35 lidge_fan
February 6, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Congrats, javabeans!
Your blog is not only informative but super funny!
Please keep up the drama reviews, especially BOF. It's become my ritual to wait for your review every Monday/Tuesday ^^
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36 Lil
February 6, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Congrats on the win. I enjoy reading your post(s) everyday.
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37 thunderbolt
February 6, 2009 at 6:21 PM
CONGRATS, Sarah!! You totally own the award. Now go celebrate!
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38 Free
February 6, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Yes, you totally deserve this one!
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39 k john
February 6, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Wohooo! Glad you won!!! I skipped most of them, too, but checked out some that looked interesting. And went back again to two of them later on. Guess what -- Brian in Jeollanam-do added a link to your site since the first time I checked there. i think that's really cool. You deserve best marks for the most interesting, fun, intelligent, and civil web site I've found. Thank you for being here.
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40 AJ
February 6, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Congratulations! Your blog is awesome and totally deserving of that award. And you have great taste in music, too! (+1098342095720 brownie points) I've heard a few of Susie Suh's songs before, but "Shell" is definitely the best yet. Thanks for sharing! :)
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41 just a girl
February 6, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Congratulations!! You definitely deserve it. When my computer was out of commission for 2 weeks (damn spyware) I went thru withdrawal missing the internet, but mostly missing your site. It was the first thing I did when I got my precious back. Wait this is making me sound addicted...er I don't have to check this site. I can quit anytime I want. Get off my back (runs away)!
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42 meenuby
February 6, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Congratulations Javabeans!! You totally deserve it. Thanks for all you do!!
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43 Annie
February 6, 2009 at 8:28 PM
I actually voted for the other blogs randomly and didn't skip questions. We're always here to support you. Now you just keep providing us with good humorous stuff..
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44 mzpakipot
February 6, 2009 at 9:21 PM
hi javabeans! sorry I didn't vote, because I already knew that you're going to win by a Landslide! You are the best blogger covering Korean Entertainment and you are an excellent writer. I should be the one thanking you. Thank You!
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45 alodia
February 6, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Our little way of thanking you.... anyway, dramabeans is indeed the best blog about kpop (or should i say kdramas). Kudos!
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46 Peeps!
February 6, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I want to write you a congratulatory song. But I cannot think if a tune. Any suggestions?
I love your blog Javabeans. I got to learn korean here too! Please continue!
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47 cosmopolite
February 6, 2009 at 10:29 PM
WHAT DID YOU GET? A TROPHY? :D
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48 katie
February 6, 2009 at 11:17 PM
you totally deserve it!!!!!!!!!!!! congratulations! keep up the good work! thanks for working hard!
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49 Shrimp
February 6, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Guilty as charged... Shrimp's one of those who skipped questions...but...the heck with the other entries anyway *lol*
WAY TO GO JAVABEANS! Keep whatev yer keeping up=]
Nice choice of song btw *i sooo love Rachel Yamagata too*, Shell's definitely goin' n my chillpill-playlist=]
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50 lovenyc52
February 7, 2009 at 2:09 PM
congrats!!
haha i'm totally guilty of skipping most of the other questions as well. you're the one blog i go to for all my kpop/kdrama/kculture/kentertainment etc etc etc news.
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