On Nickel and Dimed and dramas
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dangermousie1. Episode 3 of JIN was wonderful. But when is that drama not?
Now I am about to watch ep 4. EEE!
2. Speaking of jdramas, Tokyo Dogs y/n? How is it?
3.I have watched ep 12 of You're Beautiful and the last two scenes (starting when Tae Kyung finds out about pignose meaning and realizes Minam likes him and leading to his uniquely TaeKyungian confession to her) were adorable. So was the Marie Antoinette scene (God, I love Tae Kyung). But oh, my irritation with Minam grows and grows - I wonder how on earth she manages to get dressed in the morning without help, seeing how helpless and dimwitted she is, needing to be rescued from situations a 5-year-old can extricate herself from (the thing with the medicine this ep - really, drama? REALLY?). Her lack of backbone is also severely irritating - meekness is one virtue she has in overabundance. If the meek shall inherit the earth, Minam is due for a whole galaxy.
4. I love my Kindle (on which I get a lot of questions and comments from random people, including fellow commuters, waiters, and tourists) every day. Latest thing I am reading on it is Nickel and Dimed which I do not care for as I find the author intellectually both lazy and dishonest. Lady, I've been poor, on-welfare poor even - what you are doing ain't it - not only can I think of about 10 ways to save money none of which she follows only to then complain about untenability (Geez, you'd have more money to live on if you bought your clothes at Goodwill or charities, lived in a group home, and took furnishings from garbage - either commit to your freaking experiment or do not. There is one scene that made me livid where she decides not to do telemarketing because of personality incompatibility. Bloody ha! They used to pay $10/hour for it because of people dealing with stress - you are NOT doomed to work %6/hr dishwashing job, and another when she doesn't apply for a clerical job because she thinks she can't afford 5 businessy outfits - well, of course not, she bought a $30 of slacks somewhere for work - when you are broke, go to fucking charity or a thrift store or Goodwill), but her "I am slumming it" attitude makes me sick, as is her lack of discussions for built-in progressions in minimum-wage jobs), but it's a good read because it makes me think about various topics, even if only to disagree vehemently. I found the book pretty damn insulting.
5. I am tempted to watch Princess Lulu because pre-Last Scandal/IRIS Jung Joon Ho is the male lead (and the female lead is Kim Jung Eun (Lovers), whom I like). I've heard it was a trainwreck though - so yes or no on the watching? Let me explain - seeing my obsession with JJH it would have to be truly spectacularly awful for me to skip.
6. Apparently Lee Seon Gyun (Coffee Prince, Triple etc) and Gong Hyo Jin (Hello Teacher, Thank You), two of my huge favorites, are starring in a drama which is going to air after Queen Seon Deok. YES!!!! I adore GHJ to bits and ditto for LSG (finally, a leading role!)
7. Finally, the most important item. WITHS2 released VIA subs for IRIS ep 8. Guess who is a VIA member?????? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
Now I am about to watch ep 4. EEE!
2. Speaking of jdramas, Tokyo Dogs y/n? How is it?
3.I have watched ep 12 of You're Beautiful and the last two scenes (starting when Tae Kyung finds out about pignose meaning and realizes Minam likes him and leading to his uniquely TaeKyungian confession to her) were adorable. So was the Marie Antoinette scene (God, I love Tae Kyung). But oh, my irritation with Minam grows and grows - I wonder how on earth she manages to get dressed in the morning without help, seeing how helpless and dimwitted she is, needing to be rescued from situations a 5-year-old can extricate herself from (the thing with the medicine this ep - really, drama? REALLY?). Her lack of backbone is also severely irritating - meekness is one virtue she has in overabundance. If the meek shall inherit the earth, Minam is due for a whole galaxy.
4. I love my Kindle (on which I get a lot of questions and comments from random people, including fellow commuters, waiters, and tourists) every day. Latest thing I am reading on it is Nickel and Dimed which I do not care for as I find the author intellectually both lazy and dishonest. Lady, I've been poor, on-welfare poor even - what you are doing ain't it - not only can I think of about 10 ways to save money none of which she follows only to then complain about untenability (Geez, you'd have more money to live on if you bought your clothes at Goodwill or charities, lived in a group home, and took furnishings from garbage - either commit to your freaking experiment or do not. There is one scene that made me livid where she decides not to do telemarketing because of personality incompatibility. Bloody ha! They used to pay $10/hour for it because of people dealing with stress - you are NOT doomed to work %6/hr dishwashing job, and another when she doesn't apply for a clerical job because she thinks she can't afford 5 businessy outfits - well, of course not, she bought a $30 of slacks somewhere for work - when you are broke, go to fucking charity or a thrift store or Goodwill), but her "I am slumming it" attitude makes me sick, as is her lack of discussions for built-in progressions in minimum-wage jobs), but it's a good read because it makes me think about various topics, even if only to disagree vehemently. I found the book pretty damn insulting.
5. I am tempted to watch Princess Lulu because pre-Last Scandal/IRIS Jung Joon Ho is the male lead (and the female lead is Kim Jung Eun (Lovers), whom I like). I've heard it was a trainwreck though - so yes or no on the watching? Let me explain - seeing my obsession with JJH it would have to be truly spectacularly awful for me to skip.
6. Apparently Lee Seon Gyun (Coffee Prince, Triple etc) and Gong Hyo Jin (Hello Teacher, Thank You), two of my huge favorites, are starring in a drama which is going to air after Queen Seon Deok. YES!!!! I adore GHJ to bits and ditto for LSG (finally, a leading role!)
7. Finally, the most important item. WITHS2 released VIA subs for IRIS ep 8. Guess who is a VIA member?????? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
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Date: 2009-11-14 07:52 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-11-14 08:01 pm (UTC)Have you realized we're like dogs going to whatever owner feeds us -- sometimes viikii, sometimes WITHS2.
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Date: 2009-11-16 10:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-14 08:03 pm (UTC)That being said, I REALLY didn't appreciate Shin Woo guilting her about not showing up for his date. I thought that was pretty out of line, and he's been so weasely about knowing who she really is I just can't take it anymore. Man up and say something or get out of the way. He doesn't have a right to get bent out of shape if she doesn't know what his problem is.
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Date: 2009-11-14 09:56 pm (UTC)He wasn't in the right but at least it wasn't a super obvious plot device like the stylist constantly spilling everything to to Haye or his not telling Minam he knows the truth.
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Date: 2009-11-14 08:11 pm (UTC)He's had a more successful movie career (in terms of box office, he's in the top 10-20, though obviously that keeps changing), but he also passed on a number of good offers, notably, most famously, Jang Dong-Gun's role in Friend. The irony? Because he's often far too loyal, unlike (I suppose) SaWoo. He had a prior commitment when the role came to him, wasn't willing to go back on his word, and recommended JDG instead.
ETA: A propos of nothing
Date: 2009-11-14 10:04 pm (UTC)Just came across a terrific Eye of Dawn MV starring Go Hyun-Jung (in one of her debut roles, though it's no wonder PD Kim Jong-Hak picked her again for the iconic HyeRin in Sandglass) and Park Sang-Won (whom you'll recognize from Legend). One of these days, I've got to make time for this...
Re: ETA: A propos of nothing
Date: 2009-11-14 10:16 pm (UTC)Looks so good.
ETA2: Last Scandal goodies
Date: 2009-11-15 06:16 am (UTC)* This one's a deleted scene from ep. 15, which takes place when JaeBin comes home from SunHee's and sees his PAs checking out the reactions online. And he's just so wonderful here... after the day he's had, he's the one consoling them, sending them home & thanking them for their hard work. And as if that wasn't enough, once he sees what's out there, and how they're ripping into him, guess what he does first? Call SH to make sure she's not seeing any of this, though he's not so direct, just asking her if she knows how to use a PC, and telling her to stay away b/c all that exposure to radiation is not good for her health, etc. And on SH's side, she's doing the same thing, trying not to worry him with Jimin's reaction, telling him she's just hanging out with her friend (when he asks how she's doing, and whether she's had a chance to talk to Jimin). Pretty sure I couldn't love these two more if I tried...
* The bloopers for eps. 4-6 (which include a deleted scene from their date on the rink, where she's asking him to do something for his first love, though I have no idea what that is); and the bloopers for ep. 7 (the thumb-pricking hustle is cute, but the multiple takes with the towels are the best).
* And last but not least... Remember that sensational scene at the end of ep. 15? I wouldn't mind your input on whether he's crying or sweating here. It's more obvious in ep. 16 (o the things one notices when one watches the x264/720p versions...) So... crying or sweating? I vote he was crying. (PS. *Love* the kiss on the forehead in the ep. 16 take.)
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Date: 2009-11-15 12:56 am (UTC)I don't really have any problem with Mi Nam. Sure, she's really dim, but it fits this drama. And her pure and simple personality gets through Tae-Kyung's barriers. It's also evident that he needs someone to protect and to take care of, but hasn't even realized it himself before meeting Mi Nam.
And I just want to stab his mother in the face with a whole settings worth of rusty forks. Ugh! She's horrible!
I saw the first episode of Tokyo Dogs and wasn't that interested in seeing any more of the drama. So nay from me.
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Date: 2009-11-16 07:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-15 04:56 am (UTC)You know, I adore You're Beautiful, but I agree that MN is really naive. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that she is: clumsy, was raised by nuns and never really left the orphanage/church until now, and knows next to nothing about romantic love, which is why she is so dim when it comes to the guys. She's simple, but it works for her character.
Oh, IRIS is one I am waiting to watch. I want to wait until my winter break though, as I want to watch it with out having to worry about tests and finals. (JIN is also on that list as is TOKYO Dogs - I hear it is a good show, but nothing life changing. A typical Japanese comedy-drama about cops and a mystery)
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Date: 2009-11-16 07:51 pm (UTC)I've heard about Lulu's trainwreckiness - I wonder why that happened.
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Date: 2009-11-15 05:13 am (UTC)That's all.
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Date: 2009-11-16 07:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-15 07:57 am (UTC)To tell the truth, what I didn't like was how Shun talked english - in that way it would have been better if they make Hiro the FBI agent; and the other thing that bothers me is Hiro's character is way to hyper. Shun is the reserved and cool agent, while Hiro plays the hotheaded detective from Japan. Somehow I have the feeling that it should be reversed, but that may be just me.
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Date: 2009-11-16 07:52 pm (UTC)btw, hate to be a pest, but what was the name of that office jdrama you recommended - I can't seem to find the post.
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Date: 2009-11-16 08:47 pm (UTC)No problem! I can promote that drama day and night XD. The title is Haken no Hinkaku.
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Date: 2009-11-15 11:28 am (UTC)3. I dunno - Mi Nam is just a cuter version of the Yi Nok from "Hong Gil Dong", only Yi Nok was trying to be street-wise (always with disastrous consequences and without much success) and Mi-Nam is much younger and a nun (thus has an excuse to be naive). It doesn't bother me as much here because TK doesn't call her stupid (as a pet name) but I still see this as a minus. It seems that Hong sisters just like this accident-prone type - the lead lady from "My Girl" was also something of this sort, she was a successful swindler (unlike Yi Nok) but she also was accident-prone.
5. I have watched Princess Lulu (gosh I forgot about it), but I didn't like it . This to say, you might like it if you really want to watch something with JJH, there wasn't anything of the things you usually don't like. Also you liked "Worlds Within" and "Worlds Within" gave me the same feeling of "the actors feel distanced from their roles"..
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Date: 2009-11-16 07:54 pm (UTC)Re: Lulu. I know WW was a divisive drama but I know people who loved it really loved it. I have yet to find anyone who liked Lulu so I am almost tempted to check it out because of trainwreck syndrome.
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Date: 2009-11-16 08:27 pm (UTC)yes, but she never had any success either. That makes her not stree-smart, but street-stupid. Also, it is a bit hard to believe that someone who can't make a step without accident as Yi Nok could have survived on the street, thus adding the other layer of questionable writing.
I wouldn't even mind agressively stupid but naive, silly, weak, and always helpless
you see I rather don't mind weak physically or accident-prone (if there is some reason to be so - as in bad health, very young , sheltered, motherless pheasant girl) but strong in her heart like Min Nam who is pretty tough as not to complain about her lot, be always cheery and always try to protect TK and the other boys. There are different layers of strength and this type of strength does for me just fine. Yi Nok was the same, but in the case of Hong Gil Dong it is not the character of Yi Nok, but the way Hong Gil Dong treated her that I don't like. I would have been fine with her character if not for the constant "stupid girl".
Also, I can relate to gluing your fingers together - I did it TWICE myself.
I have yet to find anyone who liked Lulu so I am almost tempted to check it out because of trainwreck syndrome.
I want you to watch it now - I don't think I have really reached the train wreck parts, I only watched about 8ps of LuLu. And I might even like WW in the future - who knows? I haven't seen too much of it. It just gave me a very awkward feel..
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Date: 2009-11-16 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-16 08:41 pm (UTC)But as I said, ability itself is not that important to me, as long as the heart is strong. Both Mi nam and Yi Nok always want to help. My most hated type is whiny types, general "woe is me".
Oh, I forgot - some people loved LuLu too, this is how I found it - from the favourites lists of aja-aja maintainers.
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Date: 2009-11-16 08:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-16 09:05 pm (UTC)I am enjoying YAB immensely, but if I have to be fair I will give it 7/10 (if nothing goes wrong). As a simple romance drama it is great and every character is very well thought through and all the dialogues are awesome. But it is what it is - a simple romance drama. I love TK the most, his character is awesome.
There is one bit of additional value for me in YAB - I find it HILARIOUS. Non of Korean humour never did anything for me, I always was cringing inside. This is a very first drama that makes me laugh, to a point where I am roaring with laughter. Some of the funny scenes are just priceless and very non-cliche and JGS does a great job at being funny. Take the scene with the pig - I LOVE THAT ONE.
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Date: 2009-11-16 09:07 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-11-16 07:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-15 06:42 pm (UTC)Apparently Kim Jung Eun wanted to quit in the middle of it cos she couldnt understand the direction the script and her character was going in!
On the other hand, there is JJH... I would rather just watch Married to the Mafia to get the KJE and JJH fix though. Much shorter and better!
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Date: 2009-11-16 07:55 pm (UTC)princess lulu
Date: 2009-11-15 07:13 pm (UTC)Re: princess lulu
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