Who wants to be an Office Lady?

I have decided that being an Office Lady is clearly about the most awesome thing imaginable, according to Japanese dramas. While characters talk about hardships of not fitting in the norm, not being promoted and loved, my keen brain enabled me to make the following observations which all contradict the apparent complaints.

So, why is being an OL about the greatest thing in history?

1. You get to wear incredibly pretty clothes and even prettier shoes. In fact, while you/your parents/your friends/the neighborhood’s grocery store’s clerk’s second cousin’s aunt might all worry about your OL unattractiveness, my keen and beady eyes have noted the perfect skin, the gorgeous hair, and the fashionably-thin figure. You are cute enough to be an actress, in fact.

2. Kimura Takuya falls in love with you.

3. You work in adorably designed office space and with sweet, quirky, and cool coworkers. If there are any annoying cows and jerks among them, never fear, triumph shall be yours anyway.

4. Your boss is Fujiki Naohito. Fujiki Naohito moves in with you and then falls in love with you. Did I mention that he is Fujiki Naohito?

5. Whenever you have to pull that workaholic all-nighter, you look bright and fresh in the morning anyway.

6. Kimura Takuya falls in love with you.

7. You can keep Matsujun as your pet.

8. Did I mention that you can spend your days following KAT-TUN boys? Without worries about a restraining order?

9. The temp help is not only bright and useful, but is also damn hot.

10. Younger men find you irresistable.

11. You seem to ferret out the coolest restaurants around, solely for the puposes of hanging out/moping/girl-talking, with all the eating and drinking not making you gain an ounce.

12. The brilliant heir of a tea company shall be smitten with you forever.

13. You never run out of coffee. Or wardrobe space.

14. Kimura Takuya falls in love with you.

15. Kame labors all night in a vineyard to get you a bottle of wine.

16. You have your own theme music.

17. It has not escaped my notice that while you worry about eternal spinsterhood and unattractiveness to men, you inevitably end up with a bit of arm candy so sweet as to give other envious gals diabetes..

17. Since I don’t think I mentioned this before: Kimura Takuya falls in love with you.

Clearly, OL is where it’s at.

Who wants to be an Office Lady?

I have decided that being an Office Lady is clearly about the most awesome thing imaginable, according to Japanese dramas. While characters talk about hardships of not fitting in the norm, not being promoted and loved, my keen brain enabled me to make the following observations which all contradict the apparent complaints.

So, why is being an OL about the greatest thing in history?

1. You get to wear incredibly pretty clothes and even prettier shoes. In fact, while you/your parents/your friends/the neighborhood’s grocery store’s clerk’s second cousin’s aunt might all worry about your OL unattractiveness, my keen and beady eyes have noted the perfect skin, the gorgeous hair, and the fashionably-thin figure. You are cute enough to be an actress, in fact.

2. Kimura Takuya falls in love with you.

3. You work in adorably designed office space and with sweet, quirky, and cool coworkers. If there are any annoying cows and jerks among them, never fear, triumph shall be yours anyway.

4. Your boss is Fujiki Naohito. Fujiki Naohito moves in with you and then falls in love with you. Did I mention that he is Fujiki Naohito?

5. Whenever you have to pull that workaholic all-nighter, you look bright and fresh in the morning anyway.

6. Kimura Takuya falls in love with you.

7. You can keep Matsujun as your pet.

8. Did I mention that you can spend your days following KAT-TUN boys? Without worries about a restraining order?

9. The temp help is not only bright and useful, but is also damn hot.

10. Younger men find you irresistable.

11. You seem to ferret out the coolest restaurants around, solely for the puposes of hanging out/moping/girl-talking, with all the eating and drinking not making you gain an ounce.

12. The brilliant heir of a tea company shall be smitten with you forever.

13. You never run out of coffee. Or wardrobe space.

14. Kimura Takuya falls in love with you.

15. Kame labors all night in a vineyard to get you a bottle of wine.

16. You have your own theme music.

17. It has not escaped my notice that while you worry about eternal spinsterhood and unattractiveness to men, you inevitably end up with a bit of arm candy so sweet as to give other envious gals diabetes..

17. Since I don’t think I mentioned this before: Kimura Takuya falls in love with you.

Clearly, OL is where it’s at.

Who wants to be an Office Lady?

I have decided that being an Office Lady is clearly about the most awesome thing imaginable, according to Japanese dramas. While characters talk about hardships of not fitting in the norm, not being promoted and loved, my keen brain enabled me to make the following observations which all contradict the apparent complaints.

So, why is being an OL about the greatest thing in history?

1. You get to wear incredibly pretty clothes and even prettier shoes. In fact, while you/your parents/your friends/the neighborhood’s grocery store’s clerk’s second cousin’s aunt might all worry about your OL unattractiveness, my keen and beady eyes have noted the perfect skin, the gorgeous hair, and the fashionably-thin figure. You are cute enough to be an actress, in fact.

2. Kimura Takuya falls in love with you.

3. You work in adorably designed office space and with sweet, quirky, and cool coworkers. If there are any annoying cows and jerks among them, never fear, triumph shall be yours anyway.

4. Your boss is Fujiki Naohito. Fujiki Naohito moves in with you and then falls in love with you. Did I mention that he is Fujiki Naohito?

5. Whenever you have to pull that workaholic all-nighter, you look bright and fresh in the morning anyway.

6. Kimura Takuya falls in love with you.

7. You can keep Matsujun as your pet.

8. Did I mention that you can spend your days following KAT-TUN boys? Without worries about a restraining order?

9. The temp help is not only bright and useful, but is also damn hot.

10. Younger men find you irresistable.

11. You seem to ferret out the coolest restaurants around, solely for the puposes of hanging out/moping/girl-talking, with all the eating and drinking not making you gain an ounce.

12. The brilliant heir of a tea company shall be smitten with you forever.

13. You never run out of coffee. Or wardrobe space.

14. Kimura Takuya falls in love with you.

15. Kame labors all night in a vineyard to get you a bottle of wine.

16. You have your own theme music.

17. It has not escaped my notice that while you worry about eternal spinsterhood and unattractiveness to men, you inevitably end up with a bit of arm candy so sweet as to give other envious gals diabetes..

17. Since I don’t think I mentioned this before: Kimura Takuya falls in love with you.

Clearly, OL is where it’s at.

Ensnared by Jumong...again

I have restarted my watch of Jumong, the ur-period epic kdrama I started months and months ago.

It has the typical epic period kdrama flaws: long, a little slow, a lot of politics which might not be your thing (and even with my love of fictional politics, lengthy discussions on smelting and salt trade get a bit dull after a while). However, despite these flaws it's excellent excellent, excellent. It is incredibly awesome (was before, as well, it's just it's 81 eps and I got sidetracked), with incredible production values, cool story, strong women, and the hero who is the reason a lot girls have a thing for a sword-and-armor hero. Jumong would never knock Legend off my favorite period kdrama spot (as The Legend is my fave drama ever, hands down, with its driven pace, tormentedly complex characters etc etc), but it is very very good.

The thing I am impressed most with, in Jumong, the the progression of the titular character. He starts out as a snivelling, weak waste of space and slowly and painfully grows into this incredible, larger-than-life legendary warrior leader and King. And you believe every bit. Huge credit to Song Il-Gook for pulling it off. Watch him in the beginning, you are going to doubt he could even walk by himself, let alone lift a sword. I've seen scenes from the end, and you want to step ten feet back when he even looks at you.

Here is a really cool Jumong/Seosono-centric MV from the first half of the drama:

Ensnared by Jumong...again

I have restarted my watch of Jumong, the ur-period epic kdrama I started months and months ago.

It has the typical epic period kdrama flaws: long, a little slow, a lot of politics which might not be your thing (and even with my love of fictional politics, lengthy discussions on smelting and salt trade get a bit dull after a while). However, despite these flaws it's excellent excellent, excellent. It is incredibly awesome (was before, as well, it's just it's 81 eps and I got sidetracked), with incredible production values, cool story, strong women, and the hero who is the reason a lot girls have a thing for a sword-and-armor hero. Jumong would never knock Legend off my favorite period kdrama spot (as The Legend is my fave drama ever, hands down, with its driven pace, tormentedly complex characters etc etc), but it is very very good.

The thing I am impressed most with, in Jumong, the the progression of the titular character. He starts out as a snivelling, weak waste of space and slowly and painfully grows into this incredible, larger-than-life legendary warrior leader and King. And you believe every bit. Huge credit to Song Il-Gook for pulling it off. Watch him in the beginning, you are going to doubt he could even walk by himself, let alone lift a sword. I've seen scenes from the end, and you want to step ten feet back when he even looks at you.

Here is a really cool Jumong/Seosono-centric MV from the first half of the drama:

Ensnared by Jumong...again

I have restarted my watch of Jumong, the ur-period epic kdrama I started months and months ago.

It has the typical epic period kdrama flaws: long, a little slow, a lot of politics which might not be your thing (and even with my love of fictional politics, lengthy discussions on smelting and salt trade get a bit dull after a while). However, despite these flaws it's excellent excellent, excellent. It is incredibly awesome (was before, as well, it's just it's 81 eps and I got sidetracked), with incredible production values, cool story, strong women, and the hero who is the reason a lot girls have a thing for a sword-and-armor hero. Jumong would never knock Legend off my favorite period kdrama spot (as The Legend is my fave drama ever, hands down, with its driven pace, tormentedly complex characters etc etc), but it is very very good.

The thing I am impressed most with, in Jumong, the the progression of the titular character. He starts out as a snivelling, weak waste of space and slowly and painfully grows into this incredible, larger-than-life legendary warrior leader and King. And you believe every bit. Huge credit to Song Il-Gook for pulling it off. Watch him in the beginning, you are going to doubt he could even walk by himself, let alone lift a sword. I've seen scenes from the end, and you want to step ten feet back when he even looks at you.

Here is a really cool Jumong/Seosono-centric MV from the first half of the drama: