we are only made of air and dust

I fixed everything and got internet/wifi back up a few days ago and then immediately went into a frenzy of downloading and flailing over silly things to get the taste of failed social skills out of my mouth - it's funny (or not) that I've lived in other countries without access to the internet for a long time, but one week in America and I'm climbing the walls.

I think this means social life/I need to work on that. But the internet is important! How else will I download Korean TV and check obsessively on the status of my official documents to go back to Korea?

Speaking of which - the FBI finally came through on my background check, so now I just need to do some more paperchasing - I need apostilles on my BG check and my diploma. Then I can finally present myself as a prepared candidate, then I get a job, and then I disappear for another year.

And it will be the best damn year ever, because it has to be - to make up for the first year of mostly awful things.




yoinked from lauds & the greatness of tumblr (I'm nextstopbliss on that - feel free to follow me, Russian porn bots are doing so!)

I will admit that my ovaries did wake up briefly during the entire video but then promptly went straight back to sleep after it ended. I really yearn to have a cat, but not a human being. (my priorities - A+++)

( I missed your heart )

mistakency I GOT YOUR MIX CD AND I LOVE IT (like two weeks ago). Expect a reply!

and I've been sucked into the WTFAWESOME of City Hunter and hopefully by the time 4th of July is over, smithereen will be too.

Though I think he'll be on one of those inevitable 'next' lists soon enough.


( trailers for GOTH, and K-20 with my boyfriend Takeshi Kaneshiro )

I actually downloaded and watched Ep 11 of Last Friends raw a few days back, but I didn't have much to say after the fact (still working through rage issues on episode 10), and it's too hot to form anything coherent this weekend either, so instead, have some pic spam!

( I'm a prisoner of love )

So other than the Edison Chen nude photo scandals, the other big thing in Hong Kong lately has been the arrival of the Hana Yori Dango cast to film parts of the movie in HK. The fan reaction was batshit crazy to put it mildly, and Evil-sama and Shun both look varying shades of uncomfortable, and downright pissed. This is the thing I could never understand about some fangirl behavior - the incessant screaming/running after/grabby hands pack mentality. Maybe it's because while I'm biologically a girl, age-wise, I've left girlhood behind in the metaphorical dust (and that I'm in the same age group as Shun and Matsujun). And even when I've been a fan and had the opportunity to meet actors/musicians, I didn't feel the need to shriek or otherwise scare them. Though there was that one time when James Marsters thought I was badly flirting with him, but that's a whole 'nother story - anyway, I go out of my way to be as polite and respectful as possible, and unobtrusive. It could be a virgo + Asian thing and being sensitive to the whole personal space issue (I FEEL YOUR BOILING BOILING RAGE, EVIL-SAMA AND I MAKE IT MY OWN.) but I just think it's also just a basic human courtesy as well - be kind and courteous unless there's a reason not to - and nothing brings my contempt like flaming stupid, which is what those fangirls exhibited. I get that it's really OMG EXCITING that their idols are There, but they're actual people, over there to do their job, and it's time consuming and expensive. They could have stayed on home turf and done it within the familiarity of their own bubble, but they decided to mix it up and ventured outside. There's a difference from when there's a set stage and you're in the audience and shrieking and flailing - the safety barrier, for one - but if some random strangers just came up to you on the street and they were noisy and loud and pulling at you - I don't know about you, but I'd weigh my legal options first and then belt one of them across the face and then leg it.

I know there's a small contingent of fans making the trek to Las Vegas to hopefully get a glimpse of the HYD cast, and I hope that they'll be smarter about their encounter. I'm not into as HYD as much as I used to be (and truthfully, that was mostly because of the OMG, HANAZAWA RUI factor) but I'll be interested in the movie when it comes out - and crossing fingers, maybe I'll even be in Japan by then so I could watch it. Teaching apps, don't fail me now!

( movies what I watched )

( as for the dorrrrama side and here be spoilers for current jdramas and kdramas )

I recently listened to albums by Greeeen and HalCali and....I approve. I'm also really liking this korean dream pop band - Dear Cloud. Their premiere PV, featuring Waffle Guy from Coffee Prince is a big drippy valentine to me, because oh my god, I love boys in eyeliner and adam ant/david bowie warpaint and swanning about poetically with guitars and THE PRETENTIOUS IMAGERY AND seriously, this is chocolate cake and strawberries to me. And yes, to clear up any confusion, the lead singer is a woman. ;)

And their entire album is just full of great chill out music, not just Ice Fortress.

but I still LOVE YOU BEST, EVIL-SAMA. <3