Modern Korean fairy tales can come true. When HB announced his marriage, he sentimentally referenced the CLOY characters as continuing their journey in real life, to the delight of BinJin shippers. SYJ remarked just the day before that her first love was her current love. A first love is an idyllic emotional state where you find the first person you truly fall in love with; your own belief of what love is that was not there before. In her announcement, she was shy and inferred that destiny brought them together which was also a theme from CLOY.

“I want to become a more mature and amazing actress and person, but it’s not as easy as I want it to be. I’ll be able to get closer to my ideal version of myself one day, won’t I...? So, I’ll become a person that neither you nor I won’t be embarrassed of,” SYJ wrote in her post. As with the dating news, it appears she is overwhelmed by emotions of the moment and tentative about how others’ expectations and marriage will change her future. I never thought she had anything she has done or accomplished was anything to be embarrassed about but it may have to do with her gratitude from the unconditional love her fans have given her. It may also be about her immediate future. "Son Ye-jin has not decided on her next project ahead of her wedding with Hyun Bin. After her marriage, she is expected to focus on her newlywed life for the time being,” Naver reported stating that SYJ has no filming scheduled after March. It would be a shame if 39 is her last project before a long hiatus. For most Korean celebrity couples, the wife sacrifices part of her career for the family.

With the news, CLOY rocketed to the top streaming lists more than 2 years after its conclusion. I wish the couple well as they now journey into deeper waters of the prying, public, celebrity fishbowl.

I do find it interesting that SYJ’s last three projects were very close to herself. In SITR, she played an immature mid-30s career professional navigating the rough waters of being single without a clear or happy ending. In CLOY, she played a rich business woman who gets caught up in a fantasy romance which also had an ambiguous ending. Next week, 39 debuts as she plays a 39 year old woman dealing with friendship and romance at the pivotal milestone age of 40. We shall see how it all plays out.

Ive been unemployed since the end of December and I dont regret it. I spent the first 3 weeks just sleeping and talking with my therapist and relishing being away from a truly toxic situation.
I started applying for jobs in the middle of January. I have had some interviews but no job yet. I dont want to keep giving libraries "one more try" only for each one to be more heinous than the last. But looking at the job search sites I think libraries are the only thing Im qualified for. Its stressful. But in my spare time I find myself planning library programs so I guess I still want to be there. And its stressful because my go to reference has started a new job on the other side of the country and I dont want to bother her so I have someone new in my lineup and I dont know what shell say.
Im getting low on money so Ive started applying for retail jobs and was hired at a big box store near me.
However! (Because theres always a however with me).
Even though my wallet was stolen in December I still havent received my new id (I had to go up to the bmv yesterday and order a new one --25 dollars! And the lady who helped me kept saying I lost my id. I didn't lose it! It was stolen!) and the soc sec office said I didnt need a replacement card as long as I know the number. Whoever needs to verify it can just call. So I go to Meijer for my first day of work and explain about my stolen wallet to the manager. She sends me home. I cant start today without those documents. She tells me to come back when I have my life together.
Dude. I WAS ROBBED. I didn't go tiptoeing thru the tulips and tossing my cards all willy nilly. Im already having a hard time why make it more difficult?
So its back to the drawing board for temporary employment. I have an interview for a library on Monday thats 5 HOURS away.
In spite of everything being the very definition kf terrible Im still glad I quit. If I had waited until I had a new job lined up like a responsible human I never aoukd have left because job searching suuuuuuuucks and I would have kept being in that toxic situation and I dont deserve that. No one does.

Ohhh!! That's Chae Soobin from A piece of your mind, on the cover, isn't it!!
Realizing it just now since I recently watched the drama (though I should have noticed last week already lol)! XD
Very random ahah! Happy weekend! ^^

Happy weekend, Beanies!

I haven't been very active on Love, February posts despite me willing to be very active again this year. I was super busy this past two weeks, but now I think it's becoming better. I hope to contribute one or two more posts before the Love, Feb 2022 ends.

One thing is that I started swimming once every week since three weeks ago. I know this might sound very infrequent, but given that I hadn't swum for many years, it was a good enough first step I took to be more physically fit. One good thing is that because of the pandemic, people were so afraid I swam alone every time I went to that saltwater swimming pool. I swam only for 30 minutes a time, but that was enough to make me feel so hungry and tired, and sent me to sleep very early at night.

I hope you stay fit in the middle of winter (in those places where they have real winter *laughcries*). Take good care of yourself, body and mind!

@kiara what did you think of Book of Bobba Fett?

I quite did not get the purpose of it, besides as a transition to The Mandalorian S3.

Happy weekend Beanies and keep Beaning On!

Last week I mentioned how my therapist reassured me it was more than okay to try new things and take new steps. The excitement wore off a bit as soon as it became clear that I will have to wait until March. Our garden renovations should be in full swing by then and spring cleaning can start as soon as we have reclaimed some space in our new garden to temporarily stock whatever we will be throwing out.🪣🧹

My friend will be more settled into her new place next month, which allows her more time to organize our mutual activities. The weather might improve and the covid restrictions might loosen up a bit by then as well. The circumstances require me to wait a few weeks, and that is totally fine. 📅📝

What I am less okay with, is finding out that my preferred K-dramas are either postponed until March or simply do not excite me right now. So here I am, twiddling my thumbs for two more weeks until I start complaining to you about my big March floods in K-drama land and real life as well!🤣

During the the recent Olympics hiatus for THROUGH THE DARKNESS I watched the 2021 three episode doucuseries on Netflix: THE RAINCOAT KILLER: CHASING A PREDATOR IN KOREA. Not being Korean watching this (like TTD a difficult watch) gave me the background to understand the story that is now unfolding in TTD. Prof. Kwon Il-young who is the basis for Kim Nam-gil’s character Song Ha-young is interviewed. The first two episodes of the docuseries covers where we ended for the break at episode 6 in TTD. It is not a spoiler (I think) to say that we know the killer will be caught after all he is still in jail. The last episode of the docuseries (the capture) is very dramatic and if TTD follows the actual story line on the capture we will have some powerful episodes ahead.
One of those in the Seoul Police who investigated the 2003/2004 serial killer murders that I found most interesting in the docuseries was Kim Hee-sook who at the time was the only female forensics officer. If anyone in the docuseries shows the kind of empathy to the victims as Ha-young (KNG) in TTD does it is Kim Hee-sook. Particularly after the suspect was identified and buried bodies were discovered her work was incredible. Towards the end of the docuseries she has this credit: “Captain Kim Hee-sook is now Director of Forensic Investigation at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and oversees all investigations as an expert in fingerprint investigation”.
If Producers are looking for a spin-off from TTD they could look at the career of Capt. Kim Hee-sook.

These days I'm tired all the time.
Last year I stopped taking my meds because of that. Now I'm tired because of school/work, but I can't quit college so I guess I'm screwed.

I'm going to have to start taking a bunch of vitamins like a character in a drama. I hope those vitamins plus all the coffee I drink will make me feel like Wanna One.

Random thoughts:
There’s a whopping seven k-shows on Netflix Malaysia top ten today, with CLOY at no 6. The other two are Japanese and one American series.

Love & Leashes is no 2 of the top 10 movies. On average there’s at least 4 k-shows on the daily top 10 list (from my observation this week).

No wonder we get so much korean (past two years) & japanese (recently) content, they’re bringing in the $$$. I’m just happy to watch stuff legally!