Hi! How is everyone doing? St. Martins´ day here today, and a fair. Kind of like Halloween with a little dress-up, except with an actual point, going door-to-door throwing peas, singing songs and bringing good luck for the family, cattle etc. and THEN asking for candy. Going to the fair later, hope I don´t spend too much money.
I am on break from dramas since I have a lot of books to finish. I have been reading Castaneda, cause someone said I could get a better understanding of "parallel worlds" and "shapeshifting" from him. Got me thinking.... our conscious could be inside a different shape completely. so .... there should be nothing extraordinary going to the Upper World, Underworld, turning into a bird or an animal like Northern Siberian shamans... How much our thinking has changed where something that was once considered just as common as wearing a different outfit, is now "supernatural", "fantastic". But at the same time, animal world has almost-supernatural traits we dont even see! Animals can do things people would need supernatural powers for... yet it is natural for them. natural, except not for humans. but not impossible. perhaps we will master it too? what I am saying is... turning into an animal, travelling through space and time, flying and all those superpowers is just embodying peoples´ wish for doing all that as naturally as they see happening in case of animals.... just like shamans borrow the strenght of a totem animal. - you can draw a line to dramas from here if you wish and something comes to mind. like supernatural powers, borrowed from animals, shape-shifting and existing in two different shapes but one soul... maybe in different worlds.
also, I just went to see Frankenweenie, Tim Burton´s new stop-motion and it is awesome! sweet, funny, witty! I felt his love towards the genre. and it explores the question of life-death, and peoples relationship with their animals (who live a much shorter time than the owner, so you´d have many sorrows if you keep pets. ) Tims films contain a lot of characters who arents real, yet they are. they are more like symbols.... or spirits, maybe.

Happy OT day!!!!!!!

Hope everyone's having a great week!!!!
All the Unnis have lots of fun at Big Bang!!!!! <3

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Happy OT everyone...
Three words - BIGBANG TONIGHT!!!!!!! Okay that was two haha....

Hi!
I haven't posted on OT before but I've been lurking for months now :-)
The reason I've come out into the open is because I have a question...
I'm going to Korea in a couple of weeks and I was wondering if it's possible to buy season 1 of 1n2d with eng subs as a box set over there?
And what about other dramas with english subs? I've heard some of the subs are terrible so I'm not sure whether to risk it or not.
Thanks!

Happy Friday!

I am here in sunny, chilly Newark, sipping on cranberry juice and waiting for my co-conspirators to come back from Starbucks.

BIG BANG!!!

Last night, the Terrific Three watched Uhm-force's "Introduction To Architecture" and KorazyLady tried soju for the first time. She likes it! Hey Mikey! Lol

The rest of the gang will be here early this afternoon and then - THE CONCERT! Woot!

Hi folks!! so this is just going to be a mini rant because this is the second week without internet or land line at home and it's horrible!!!! I hate Telmex, they promised that it'd only be for three hours and now it's been two weeks... and they won't even effin tell me why, but of course they keep charging me for the services that they aren't providing me! gah... thank god for starbucks where I can at least connect to the internet for a few hours... even if it is slow. so needless to say I'm not watching any dramas at the moment, I'm just glad that I can read it from the DB website! I love you all :)

Soompi Reply me 1997 page 119. A present has been left there.

I'm also reading recaps of most shows. Not actually watching anything seriously now but Full House 2 is beckoning with its short episodes and fairly fast developments. Anyone else watching this?

I can't watch Nice Guy but even reading recaps... it's so intense (kudos to the reviewer for the awesome writing) and I sorta still hoping for some kind of happy ending for the leads... even tho all signs seem to be heading towards a massive heartbreak．．．and if Maru dies.... urgh!!!

This is a great year for dramas... So many with the winning combi of awesome writing + fantastic directing + spot on casting. I'm a happy camper.

I'm discovering something about myself: apparently, I can't deal with melodrama stress when I'm totally invested in a story. Every time I see a new episode of Ooh La La couple, there's all this inner stress as to whether I should watch it or not. That's how invested I am in that drama. Please, please, scriptwriter-sshi, do not do NOT DO NOT make Hyun Woo's cancer murderously return so divorced couple can remarry.

Other than that, I'm at peace reading-but-not-watching Nice Guy. I'd be stuck in bed unmoving if I was actually watching this. I want a happy ending, I want the hematoma to go away, I want understanding and honesty all around. Frustrating and stressing all at once.

Did a quick mini-marathon of Can we get married? Am liking this. I was afraid I'd be stuck with tons of youthful pretty folk antics but luckily, no!

Gotta get back to the Great Seer or it'll be hard to keep up. Anticipating the end of Vampire Prosecutor. Gonna miss it. Haven;t seen Madame Butterfly in a while. Sometimes flaky coincidences (and scripting "bad timing" or "just in timing" work for me, especially in comedies) but sometimes not so much and the contrivances just turned me off. I guess I should give it another chance.

J-drama: Am watching Priceless, Ooku, and Monsters. All are wonderful, although I want Priceless to pick up the speed a little. Not sure if Moai-san is gonna get fired and thus all three will be battling Big Bad Brother. Wondering if Brother will come down with a physical ailment and need a transplant. Am really wanting to see something about the past about both brothers and both mothers...and yeah, deceased dad.

Looking forward to Missing You (I miss you)

Thanks to you guys for all your witty fun recaps.