A lots been happening, which is not the reason I haven't blogged in a while since more happening would mean more to write about. I've just been fairly apathetic. But here I am, making an effort, so... you're welcome. ~laughs~
I went to dad's house for Christmas and it was way fun. When the real party started (when the guys had to go out for more beer) there was Dad, Lisa, Michelle, Shane, Daniel, Chris, Jenny and myself. And what does our family do but play games? On this night it was cards. We started off with Taboo, which is really hard! I'm so used to Catch Phrase where you can say anything you want in order for the other people in your group to be able to guess the word, but in Taboo there are four or five words that you can't use even in the hints! Like for Bellybutton, you can't use umbilical, pregnant, stomach or...uh, other words that would really help to be able to use. I was not the best player. ~sighs~
When things got too competitive we switched to spoons. That's where the alcohol really started showing up. Several times that night, people were not satisfied with the seating arrangement so at random intervals they would stand up, signaling every one else to do the same, and we would all play musical chairs to either Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or what ever song happened to be on the radio. Unfortunately, I was not quick enough to sit down often times and ended up having to take what ever seat was still empty at the end... which often put me on the corner of the end of the table. Not a good seat. I jabbed the corner of the table into my stomach at least twice while diving for the quickly disappearing spoons. Luckily, my parents have a table that has blunted corners, so it hurt, but it didn't kill me.
It also didn't help sanity's cause that there was a camcorder that Michelle got for Christmas there. Everyone was hamming it up for the recorder. I'm kinda hoping the videos don't make it to the internet, but if they do, I'll post them here so you can see why I'm so weird, and that I never had a chance.
I'm planning on visiting some friends from the Bay Area for New Years. I'm excited but this particular group of friends likes to drink a lot, so I'm a little nervous.
Oh! I spoke to my brother Stephen on the phone on Christmas because he called Dad and Lisa and Lisa passed me the phone. We got into a conversation about drinking and he was saying that his boss' favorite place to throw up (we thought it was funny that she had thrown up enough and in enough places to have a favorite place) is the bath tub. She said it's because you don't have to aim, you don't really have to stay sitting up, and it makes pretty pictures before going down the drain! ~Rolls on floor laughing~ Is that not the most random thing ever??
After thinking about it for a little while, I told Stephen that I wanted to try throwing up in a flower garden because then there really would be something pretty to look at while you were hurling and also, the smell would be better. But Stephen brought up a good point. He said that he and his friend got really drunk one night and were spraying each other with fabreez dragon fruit and Oust air sanitizer the whole time. Well, when Stephen was throwing up later, all he could smell was the fabreez and now he hates the smell of dragon fruit so he can't use it anymore. I'd really hate to have the smell of flowers ruined for me because of a puking party.
I got a Kindle for Christmas! I'm so happy. Well, the only thing I could be a little unhappy about is how easy it's going to be to spend money on books now. I used to have to get up, get ready, and go somewhere to buy books! Now, I don't even have to get out of bed. I just turn on my kindle and they offer me books to buy! And then I don't have to wait for them to be delivered to me, they're just there! Ready to be read! I'm just waiting for New Years day when I wake up and find that I've bought $600 dollars worth of books while I was drunk. ~sighs~
There are some new music videos I'm planning on posting, but that's for another day. I'll probably be back to talk about my New Years soon, but hopefully there will be another korean whatever post here before then.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
F.Cuz 'Wanna Be Your Love'
Alright, Korean bands often name their bands something clever... ish to set themselves apart. See MBlaq, B2st, 2NE1, Se7en, and so on. So, anyone want to guess how you say F.Cuz's name? I will tell you! You're supposed to pronounce it as 'Focus.' Heh. I, personally, think they went too far in trying to make their name unique.
Anyway, I've not listened too too many of their songs because I've only just heard of them and because while I found their music video "Wanna Be Your Love" entertaining... mostly because it looks like a second hand store threw up on them, and because one of their shirts has a bad word on it... and also I find the spiky, furry hat strangely cute, I haven't found their other songs very memorable.
I'm not overly fond of the hat with the two feathers sticking out, but I do like the spiky, furry one, as I mentioned in the previous paragraph. I also think the baby blanket that one of the boys is wearing around his shoulders like a wrap was funny. If you'll take a look at the boy with the, er, comic strip like jacket, the one that has the picture of the lady's face on it, you'll notice at 57 seconds into the video that you can read the words right below it, the ones in the black box. It says, "F*** Me Blind"... only without the stars. You can see it even more clearly further along in the music video, such as at 1:57. I thought it was freaking hilarious. Of course, it was slightly dwarfed by the huge message, 'F***in' My Way' that Hero wore on his shirt in the music video for Rising Sun. Let me post that for you too. It comes very prominently into view at 1:48.
Hehehe. I don't know if they wear clothes with that word on purpose, or if they are innocent and don't know what the english on their shirts says. I may never know.
Anyway, the costumes left so much to be desired in this music video that I really don't know where to start. The only common denominator among the four boys was the sheer chaos. From the rainbow socks to the flannel pj bottoms to the Christmas sweater, denim vest and oddly adorned hats I've just never seen anything quite like it. I rather hope that I don't see anything like it again too.
There really aren't very many moments of coherent dance in this music video. The part where they all stand in an almost fencing like stance and then sway their hips back and forth is the one most repeated. Other than that, I kinda get the feeling that the directer said to them, "Ok, we have two hours to film this. Just be as cute as possible and we'll go with what we get." It really looks like there was zero rehearsing or even discussion about what to do. Like at 33 seconds in you see the guy on the far right trying to make half a heart with someone and no one completes it with him. And then at 43 seconds in, cute hat dude is putting his arm around far right guy's shoulders and far right guy looks like he flinches for a second, like he had no idea what hat dude was doing. And at 2:54 they're just running out ideas so they start jumping up and down. Those are just a few of my favorite moments of obvious spontaneity gone awry but there are many more if you look for them. Poor guys.
Anyway, the make up was fine. They were made pretty without the layers and layers of eye liner. If there was eye shadow it was all natural tones and not Mblaq's signature blues or sparklies. And there was no U-Kiss shiny lip gloss. I actually found three of the four boys really attractive in this video once I got past the clothing.
I'm sure you can guess what the song is about, but basically it's saying that he wants to stop being friends with this girl and to fall in love instead. There actually wasn't a lot to the song besides the chorus. He states that nothing will change, that they'll still be really good friends, it's just that some times they'll be like friends and sometimes they'll be like lovers. He's telling her that he won't leave and that he's confident and so to say what ever she wants to say. It's fairly simplistic, much like the rest of the music video, and yet oddly catchy.
There's only a little english in the song. Luckily, the song's not too complicated so there are some common Korean words in there that are now almost as familiar to me as english. Saranghe and mianhe being a couple of them.
I think the song is better than the music video and it's one I'll be adding to my mp3's but not to my music video section.
And lastly, Eatyourkimchi's take on 'Wanna Be Your Love' They've always got great stuff to say! And sometimes, they influence what I have to say about a video. Heh, which is why I'm going to endeavor to start making my blogs first so that it's all me... and then I can go back and change my review if there's something about theirs that I like more than mine. hehehe. Cheat! I know.
Anyway, I've not listened too too many of their songs because I've only just heard of them and because while I found their music video "Wanna Be Your Love" entertaining... mostly because it looks like a second hand store threw up on them, and because one of their shirts has a bad word on it... and also I find the spiky, furry hat strangely cute, I haven't found their other songs very memorable.
I'm not overly fond of the hat with the two feathers sticking out, but I do like the spiky, furry one, as I mentioned in the previous paragraph. I also think the baby blanket that one of the boys is wearing around his shoulders like a wrap was funny. If you'll take a look at the boy with the, er, comic strip like jacket, the one that has the picture of the lady's face on it, you'll notice at 57 seconds into the video that you can read the words right below it, the ones in the black box. It says, "F*** Me Blind"... only without the stars. You can see it even more clearly further along in the music video, such as at 1:57. I thought it was freaking hilarious. Of course, it was slightly dwarfed by the huge message, 'F***in' My Way' that Hero wore on his shirt in the music video for Rising Sun. Let me post that for you too. It comes very prominently into view at 1:48.
Hehehe. I don't know if they wear clothes with that word on purpose, or if they are innocent and don't know what the english on their shirts says. I may never know.
Anyway, the costumes left so much to be desired in this music video that I really don't know where to start. The only common denominator among the four boys was the sheer chaos. From the rainbow socks to the flannel pj bottoms to the Christmas sweater, denim vest and oddly adorned hats I've just never seen anything quite like it. I rather hope that I don't see anything like it again too.
There really aren't very many moments of coherent dance in this music video. The part where they all stand in an almost fencing like stance and then sway their hips back and forth is the one most repeated. Other than that, I kinda get the feeling that the directer said to them, "Ok, we have two hours to film this. Just be as cute as possible and we'll go with what we get." It really looks like there was zero rehearsing or even discussion about what to do. Like at 33 seconds in you see the guy on the far right trying to make half a heart with someone and no one completes it with him. And then at 43 seconds in, cute hat dude is putting his arm around far right guy's shoulders and far right guy looks like he flinches for a second, like he had no idea what hat dude was doing. And at 2:54 they're just running out ideas so they start jumping up and down. Those are just a few of my favorite moments of obvious spontaneity gone awry but there are many more if you look for them. Poor guys.
Anyway, the make up was fine. They were made pretty without the layers and layers of eye liner. If there was eye shadow it was all natural tones and not Mblaq's signature blues or sparklies. And there was no U-Kiss shiny lip gloss. I actually found three of the four boys really attractive in this video once I got past the clothing.
I'm sure you can guess what the song is about, but basically it's saying that he wants to stop being friends with this girl and to fall in love instead. There actually wasn't a lot to the song besides the chorus. He states that nothing will change, that they'll still be really good friends, it's just that some times they'll be like friends and sometimes they'll be like lovers. He's telling her that he won't leave and that he's confident and so to say what ever she wants to say. It's fairly simplistic, much like the rest of the music video, and yet oddly catchy.
There's only a little english in the song. Luckily, the song's not too complicated so there are some common Korean words in there that are now almost as familiar to me as english. Saranghe and mianhe being a couple of them.
I think the song is better than the music video and it's one I'll be adding to my mp3's but not to my music video section.
And lastly, Eatyourkimchi's take on 'Wanna Be Your Love' They've always got great stuff to say! And sometimes, they influence what I have to say about a video. Heh, which is why I'm going to endeavor to start making my blogs first so that it's all me... and then I can go back and change my review if there's something about theirs that I like more than mine. hehehe. Cheat! I know.
U-Kiss Band
Bet you'd never have guessed it, but U-Kiss is another Korean guy group. Wait, you mean you saw that one coming? Huh, guess I'm becoming predictable. Anyway, U Kiss is not my favorite band, but they have a few good songs that I watch when I wan't something I haven't seen in a while.
The first is Bingeul Bingeul... um, it either means Again Again or Round and Round... I can't really remember. I think I've watched the video with english subtitles once, but if I did, I don't remember what it's about. I just know that their dancing amuses me and their costumes are funny. I actually really like their white costumes. The jackets look military to me, and there's just something about the pristine white Admiral's uniform that gets me. Maybe it just reminds me of Grand Admiral Thrawn, whom I love. Anyway, very attractive. The confetti bits used as eye shadow... not so much. ~laughs~
The second is Man Man Hani. I especially like this one because of the "Hey" "Ho" "Hey" they add to the end of the "Man Man Hani" during the chorus that go along with the hand motions. This one is about the girl treating the guy badly and he's asking if she can find love so easily that she doesn't think she needs to be nice to the guy. "Am I that easy? Is finding love that easy?" Stuff like that. He's saying that she's going to lose him if she keeps up the crap. A little too much make up for my tastes, but eh. That's pretty much par for this kind of music. Get used to it or listen to something else!
And third is a song called Shut Up. This music video kind of reminds me of Gackt's video Ghost because of the slightly robotic dancing. Oh, and this song is about how much he doesn't like his girlfriend anymore. The words remind me of the Backstreet boys song, Don't Want You Back. U-Kiss is saying, "Oppa hates you. Oppa doesn't want to hear any more of your lies" and really depressing things like that. I thought it was a little bit funny that the girl in the music video is smiling through it all. She's from Peru... I think. I think the only reason she's smiling even though the song is all about how they want her to leave and that she's just a soul sucking cheater, because she doesn't speak a single word of Korean. Ha! (Yes, I stole that from Eat Your Kimchi, but I thought it was awesome so I used it here) And, surprising enough, I liked their costumes and make up... though I don't know why the one on the bike looks all beat up. Whatever! They look good!
So that's U-Kiss.
The first is Bingeul Bingeul... um, it either means Again Again or Round and Round... I can't really remember. I think I've watched the video with english subtitles once, but if I did, I don't remember what it's about. I just know that their dancing amuses me and their costumes are funny. I actually really like their white costumes. The jackets look military to me, and there's just something about the pristine white Admiral's uniform that gets me. Maybe it just reminds me of Grand Admiral Thrawn, whom I love. Anyway, very attractive. The confetti bits used as eye shadow... not so much. ~laughs~
The second is Man Man Hani. I especially like this one because of the "Hey" "Ho" "Hey" they add to the end of the "Man Man Hani" during the chorus that go along with the hand motions. This one is about the girl treating the guy badly and he's asking if she can find love so easily that she doesn't think she needs to be nice to the guy. "Am I that easy? Is finding love that easy?" Stuff like that. He's saying that she's going to lose him if she keeps up the crap. A little too much make up for my tastes, but eh. That's pretty much par for this kind of music. Get used to it or listen to something else!
And third is a song called Shut Up. This music video kind of reminds me of Gackt's video Ghost because of the slightly robotic dancing. Oh, and this song is about how much he doesn't like his girlfriend anymore. The words remind me of the Backstreet boys song, Don't Want You Back. U-Kiss is saying, "Oppa hates you. Oppa doesn't want to hear any more of your lies" and really depressing things like that. I thought it was a little bit funny that the girl in the music video is smiling through it all. She's from Peru... I think. I think the only reason she's smiling even though the song is all about how they want her to leave and that she's just a soul sucking cheater, because she doesn't speak a single word of Korean. Ha! (Yes, I stole that from Eat Your Kimchi, but I thought it was awesome so I used it here) And, surprising enough, I liked their costumes and make up... though I don't know why the one on the bike looks all beat up. Whatever! They look good!
So that's U-Kiss.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Slightly Creepy Music Videos
Alright, so I found this on-line show called Eat Your Kimchi on youtube.com and it featured a couple artists that I had either earlier not heard of or ignored. I enjoyed a couple, but the ones that are sticking in my mind long enough that I want to write about them are the slightly creepy ones. Creepy? What kind of creepy? The 'holly crap, that lady is psycho!' and 'that...can't be legal' kind of way. There may be more videos out there that really deserved to be put with these two, but I haven't found them yet, so you're going to have to be patient.
The first one that I'm going to share here is the less creepy one, you know, work my way up to the 'that could give me nightmares one.' It's by a girl group called T-Ara and the song is called 'Yayaya.' You may recognize the guy in the video. He played the really hot vet in My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho. His name is No Min Woo and even though he really is not focused on, by any means, he does have a couple scenes where his facial expression is totally cute, like when one of the girls is brushing his hair. I don't know why, I just think it's really funny. The feeding part was hot.
Oh, if you're wondering what the song is about, um, the words don't really make any sense but they kind of give you the impression that they're asking a guy to pay attention to the girl singing because she has a crush on him. It's really meant to be more of a fun song than one that means anything. Also, I hope that you're not one of those people who gets easily offended by things that are not politically correct, because T-Ara is dressed up as Native Americans and pat their mouths going, "Ah ah ah." I personally think it's kinda cute so if you don't like it because 'it's not right' or some such reason, please feel free to keep that opinion to yourself.
The first posting is HD so if it's too slow and you don't care if it's a little pixelated, watch the second posting. It's the same video. Without further ado, "Yayaya."
The reason I call this kinda creepy is that they girls pretty much kidnapped the poor guy. They found a crash victim and instead of treating wounds, they tie him to a pole and carry him to their village, where they tie him to another pole and then proceed to flirt with their captive audience. That can't be legal, right?
The second, and far creepier music video is called, "Going Crazy" and it's by a female artist called Kan Mi Yeon.
The very first part of the video is a girl calmly sitting in a chair, sewing something white and frilly and in the background, just waking up, is a guy who is tied to her bed. My first thought was, "Woah... That's some blatant S&M in this video!" I mean there was no leather, whips or chains in sight, but a guy tied to the bed was more than I'm used to seeing from the Korean artists I watch.
It got weirder as the video progressed and I felt more and more uncomfortable with the situation until the scene where he's still tied up and they're sitting at the table together. That's when I put it firmly together in my mind that this was not a consensual game they were playing. Then the 'wedding' scene sent unpleasant goose bumps down my whole body and I involuntarily let a creeped out shudder escape my lips.
The guy in this video is from a korean boy group called MBlaq, which I have not yet blogged about because I wasn't impressed enough by them to do so. I may have to now because there are only so many groups in Korea at the moment, so look forward to that. I thought he handled the whole thing very well! I probably would have been crying or screaming, or... something! When he turned his face away from her kiss, I was like, "Oh, you brave, hot, too much eye-liner wearing fool! She's crazy and you're rejecting her??' His name is Mir, by the way.
The lyrics are the girl saying that she's gone crazy and can't help but wonder where he is and who he's talking to and since he doesn't answer when she calls, she's texted him and called him a hundred times. She says that she knows she's going to lose him if she keeps acting like that but that she just can't help herself. She wonders when her heart got so sick and so on and so forth.
When the man sings, he's saying that his family and friends can't understand why he's still with her since she's so spastic. He says that her constant smothering is turning him into a mean person and before he can get any crueler she should just leave him.
I could not have been more surprised by the final scene, though looking back on it, I really should have seen it coming. And here it is, 'Going Crazy.'
So, yeah. Creepy much? Like when she imagined them dancing together? Wow, talk about delusional!
And Melissa showed me this one by Epik High. It's called Fan and it's about some one who has fallen in love with a star, or someone else who's way out of their league. It's talking about how even if the other person doesn't know they exist, they'll keep loving that person and watching them and if they'd only kiss him then he'd give them the world and so on and so forth. Sorry about the bad quality of the video. You're free to look this song up on your own and find a better version of it.
Anyway, so those were just a couple of the new artists I was introduced to last night and I thought I should share them.
More coming soon!
The first one that I'm going to share here is the less creepy one, you know, work my way up to the 'that could give me nightmares one.' It's by a girl group called T-Ara and the song is called 'Yayaya.' You may recognize the guy in the video. He played the really hot vet in My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho. His name is No Min Woo and even though he really is not focused on, by any means, he does have a couple scenes where his facial expression is totally cute, like when one of the girls is brushing his hair. I don't know why, I just think it's really funny. The feeding part was hot.
Oh, if you're wondering what the song is about, um, the words don't really make any sense but they kind of give you the impression that they're asking a guy to pay attention to the girl singing because she has a crush on him. It's really meant to be more of a fun song than one that means anything. Also, I hope that you're not one of those people who gets easily offended by things that are not politically correct, because T-Ara is dressed up as Native Americans and pat their mouths going, "Ah ah ah." I personally think it's kinda cute so if you don't like it because 'it's not right' or some such reason, please feel free to keep that opinion to yourself.
The first posting is HD so if it's too slow and you don't care if it's a little pixelated, watch the second posting. It's the same video. Without further ado, "Yayaya."
The reason I call this kinda creepy is that they girls pretty much kidnapped the poor guy. They found a crash victim and instead of treating wounds, they tie him to a pole and carry him to their village, where they tie him to another pole and then proceed to flirt with their captive audience. That can't be legal, right?
The second, and far creepier music video is called, "Going Crazy" and it's by a female artist called Kan Mi Yeon.
The very first part of the video is a girl calmly sitting in a chair, sewing something white and frilly and in the background, just waking up, is a guy who is tied to her bed. My first thought was, "Woah... That's some blatant S&M in this video!" I mean there was no leather, whips or chains in sight, but a guy tied to the bed was more than I'm used to seeing from the Korean artists I watch.
It got weirder as the video progressed and I felt more and more uncomfortable with the situation until the scene where he's still tied up and they're sitting at the table together. That's when I put it firmly together in my mind that this was not a consensual game they were playing. Then the 'wedding' scene sent unpleasant goose bumps down my whole body and I involuntarily let a creeped out shudder escape my lips.
The guy in this video is from a korean boy group called MBlaq, which I have not yet blogged about because I wasn't impressed enough by them to do so. I may have to now because there are only so many groups in Korea at the moment, so look forward to that. I thought he handled the whole thing very well! I probably would have been crying or screaming, or... something! When he turned his face away from her kiss, I was like, "Oh, you brave, hot, too much eye-liner wearing fool! She's crazy and you're rejecting her??' His name is Mir, by the way.
The lyrics are the girl saying that she's gone crazy and can't help but wonder where he is and who he's talking to and since he doesn't answer when she calls, she's texted him and called him a hundred times. She says that she knows she's going to lose him if she keeps acting like that but that she just can't help herself. She wonders when her heart got so sick and so on and so forth.
When the man sings, he's saying that his family and friends can't understand why he's still with her since she's so spastic. He says that her constant smothering is turning him into a mean person and before he can get any crueler she should just leave him.
I could not have been more surprised by the final scene, though looking back on it, I really should have seen it coming. And here it is, 'Going Crazy.'
So, yeah. Creepy much? Like when she imagined them dancing together? Wow, talk about delusional!
And Melissa showed me this one by Epik High. It's called Fan and it's about some one who has fallen in love with a star, or someone else who's way out of their league. It's talking about how even if the other person doesn't know they exist, they'll keep loving that person and watching them and if they'd only kiss him then he'd give them the world and so on and so forth. Sorry about the bad quality of the video. You're free to look this song up on your own and find a better version of it.
Anyway, so those were just a couple of the new artists I was introduced to last night and I thought I should share them.
More coming soon!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Awesome Previously Over-Looked Songs By DBSK
Having decided that I may get myself a new ipod for Christmas, my first task was to decide what music I would put on it. Naturally, my first thought was Dong Bang Shin Ki, or DBSK/TVXQ/Tohoshinki. So I looked them up on yahoo.com because as much as I like the group, I'd only heard a handful and they'd been around for years so I knew I was missing out. I found a list of their songs and then went to youtube.com to listen.
Much to my surprise, DBSK has a couple songs that they didn't make videos for that are really good! Well, I guess that wasn't so much of a surprise, but still. I was at least half expecting that I wouldn't find any new good songs and that they only got really good towards the end. But, I had underestimated my boys. Silly me.
The first one I like because it's a little bit harder than DBSK's usual pop songs without being grunge. It's called Hey! (Don't Bring Me Down) and I think it's Japanese so they sang it as Tohoshinki. Since they didn't make a music video for it, it's not a lot of fun to watch, but it's pretty fun. If you are, however, the kind of person who really needs to see something to appreciate the song (like me) then watch the second version which is a whole lot longer but shows how cool their concerts were.
Gah, those five are just so freaking good looking. Well, can't say I was crazy for Micky's curly hair, but whatever. How awesome would it have been to have Max floating over your head, reaching down to you? Yeah, I had a dream about him right after I saw this video. It started off really really nicely!
And the second song is called Box In The Ship. This one is more of a fun song. It's one of those, 'feel good' 'happy to be alive' songs that I don't generally go for, but DBSK has done well. Now, I haven't looked into it at all, but this might be a remake of an english reggae song. Either way, it's another song that didn't have an official music video but that is definitely going onto my ipod.
I even thought that little bit in the middle with the music that sounded Arabic-ish was awesome!
Anyway, so those are the songs that I found that I had not heard before but turned out to be pretty cool. I've listened to them each several times now, and it just keeps getting better.
Much to my surprise, DBSK has a couple songs that they didn't make videos for that are really good! Well, I guess that wasn't so much of a surprise, but still. I was at least half expecting that I wouldn't find any new good songs and that they only got really good towards the end. But, I had underestimated my boys. Silly me.
The first one I like because it's a little bit harder than DBSK's usual pop songs without being grunge. It's called Hey! (Don't Bring Me Down) and I think it's Japanese so they sang it as Tohoshinki. Since they didn't make a music video for it, it's not a lot of fun to watch, but it's pretty fun. If you are, however, the kind of person who really needs to see something to appreciate the song (like me) then watch the second version which is a whole lot longer but shows how cool their concerts were.
Gah, those five are just so freaking good looking. Well, can't say I was crazy for Micky's curly hair, but whatever. How awesome would it have been to have Max floating over your head, reaching down to you? Yeah, I had a dream about him right after I saw this video. It started off really really nicely!
And the second song is called Box In The Ship. This one is more of a fun song. It's one of those, 'feel good' 'happy to be alive' songs that I don't generally go for, but DBSK has done well. Now, I haven't looked into it at all, but this might be a remake of an english reggae song. Either way, it's another song that didn't have an official music video but that is definitely going onto my ipod.
I even thought that little bit in the middle with the music that sounded Arabic-ish was awesome!
Anyway, so those are the songs that I found that I had not heard before but turned out to be pretty cool. I've listened to them each several times now, and it just keeps getting better.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Secret Garden
This drama came highly recommended to me from Melissa... my precious little sister. ~Sighs~ I'm about half way through episode 5 and I have to admit that I'm actually enjoying it more than I thought I would. There's been several funny moments and that's mostly what I look for in a show.
The main female character is a stunt woman who doesn't have a lot of money but has personality in spades! She's caustic with people she doesn't know, but is self effacing and really humble with the people she works with and her friends. The main male character was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, a multi-millionaire who's family owns an up-scale boutique mall thing among other businesses. He seems mostly interested in looking better than his cousin Oska while doing as little actual work as possible. He looks at the women his mom sets him up with to determine their family status, education, wealth, looks, and so on. He's got this weird addiction to Italian, master craftsman made track suits. The unfortunate part of this is that these track suits are all covered in sequins. ~Shakes her head sadly~
Well, through the usual mishaps that crop up in everyday life of Korean drama characters, these two meet and end up spending the better part of the day together. He doesn't tell her that he's ridiculously rich and she shows him the sharp side of her tongue and he's intrigued by her.
The drama does this really cute thing where whenever the main male character is thinking of the girl she's there standing, walking, or sitting beside him. It's in his imagination, but he'll look at her every once in a while, talk to her. And when he catches himself thinking about her he starts this litany of fairytale titles to try to distract himself. It's adorable.
My favorite moment so far is the sit-ups moment in the middle of episode 3. I wish I knew how to post from www.dramacrazy.net because it really is too cute. Dude comes to her stunt school to see her while she's teaching and joins the class for the sit ups. Guy kicks off some one who comes to hold his legs for him and then tells the girl that he needs a partner to help him, so she holds his legs. He starts doing these little crunch type things, looking like he's not trying at all. She gets a little irritated and tells him to do it properly to which he replies that she wouldn't like it if he did it properly. Then he does a full sit up and puts his face right in hers. He goes back down and comes back up and each time he does a sit up their faces end up very close. It looks just a little funny because he strains his neck a little to put his face right in hers, but it's so very cute. She gets all flustered and I know I'd have been blushing like crazy!
Unfortunately, when he realized how little money she has, he starts being mean to her. They've shown that it's because of how he was raised, his mother being incredibly rude to the stunt girl. But still. I guess it will just be hard for all the rich guys who fall in love with less than rich girls now that they have to follow in Gu Jun Pyo's shadow (Boys Over Flowers). He was such a great character!!
I'll write more as I get further in the series. I may even find a way to post pictures or parts of the show without having to use fan made music videos.
The main female character is a stunt woman who doesn't have a lot of money but has personality in spades! She's caustic with people she doesn't know, but is self effacing and really humble with the people she works with and her friends. The main male character was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, a multi-millionaire who's family owns an up-scale boutique mall thing among other businesses. He seems mostly interested in looking better than his cousin Oska while doing as little actual work as possible. He looks at the women his mom sets him up with to determine their family status, education, wealth, looks, and so on. He's got this weird addiction to Italian, master craftsman made track suits. The unfortunate part of this is that these track suits are all covered in sequins. ~Shakes her head sadly~
Well, through the usual mishaps that crop up in everyday life of Korean drama characters, these two meet and end up spending the better part of the day together. He doesn't tell her that he's ridiculously rich and she shows him the sharp side of her tongue and he's intrigued by her.
The drama does this really cute thing where whenever the main male character is thinking of the girl she's there standing, walking, or sitting beside him. It's in his imagination, but he'll look at her every once in a while, talk to her. And when he catches himself thinking about her he starts this litany of fairytale titles to try to distract himself. It's adorable.
My favorite moment so far is the sit-ups moment in the middle of episode 3. I wish I knew how to post from www.dramacrazy.net because it really is too cute. Dude comes to her stunt school to see her while she's teaching and joins the class for the sit ups. Guy kicks off some one who comes to hold his legs for him and then tells the girl that he needs a partner to help him, so she holds his legs. He starts doing these little crunch type things, looking like he's not trying at all. She gets a little irritated and tells him to do it properly to which he replies that she wouldn't like it if he did it properly. Then he does a full sit up and puts his face right in hers. He goes back down and comes back up and each time he does a sit up their faces end up very close. It looks just a little funny because he strains his neck a little to put his face right in hers, but it's so very cute. She gets all flustered and I know I'd have been blushing like crazy!
Unfortunately, when he realized how little money she has, he starts being mean to her. They've shown that it's because of how he was raised, his mother being incredibly rude to the stunt girl. But still. I guess it will just be hard for all the rich guys who fall in love with less than rich girls now that they have to follow in Gu Jun Pyo's shadow (Boys Over Flowers). He was such a great character!!
I'll write more as I get further in the series. I may even find a way to post pictures or parts of the show without having to use fan made music videos.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Se7en
It's been a little longer than usual since I've written a review so even though I don't feel this post will be as comprehensive as usual, this blog will be about the Korean artist Se7en.
I've heard four or five of his songs and can not say that I'm overly impressed. There's only one that I enjoy but even it has some less than wonderful points. Here it is, Better Together.
The highness of his voice really shouldn't bother me since half of DBSK had fairly high voices, but for some reason it does. I also don't know how cute I think he is. He has a pretty mouth when it's not stretched to incredibly large proportions. Also, the women in the video are dressed just hideously. The ones in white wigs and those horrible costumes. And then, the ones later on who have those ugly mask things on? I kinda wonder if Se7en is gay... I mean, more than I usually wonder about korean artists. Since he doesn't find women attractive, he can't tell that his are even less attractive than usual? I don't know.
Also, and most importantly, I think the guy can't dance. He can perform some dance steps, but after watching groups with real talent, it's obvious that his dancing ability is... lacking.
You may recognize Se7en from my list of Top 5 Worst Hard music videos because his video, Passion was number 3. I've since reconsidered and think that he should have been number 2.
I, personally found the song itself unmemorable but I was distracted by the horrible music video. His arms had no muscle what so ever, and yet he showed them off as if proud and again his attempts at dancing left much to be desired. It was hard to tear my eyes from the shiny doo rag and the bedazzled denim vest. So I suppose it is possible that the song was good and I just didn't realize it.
Shall we change the pace a little? Se7en has a couple ballads. I can't say that I've fallen in love with it. Maybe if I'd waited to listen to it until I was in the mood for a slow song, but I just don't have the time since I'm blogging now. hehehe. Without further ado, One More Time.
The dancing irritates me... I think this is just one artist that I need to hear on cd or radio and not a visual media! But the main reason I'm not in love, is because of that little section in the middle where he's dancing in front of the movie theater where the music changes from ballad-y to ...what, hip-hop? I don't know. It just wasn't necessary and broke the mood.
So, that's Se7en! Maybe you'll like him more than I did. Hope so.
I've heard four or five of his songs and can not say that I'm overly impressed. There's only one that I enjoy but even it has some less than wonderful points. Here it is, Better Together.
The highness of his voice really shouldn't bother me since half of DBSK had fairly high voices, but for some reason it does. I also don't know how cute I think he is. He has a pretty mouth when it's not stretched to incredibly large proportions. Also, the women in the video are dressed just hideously. The ones in white wigs and those horrible costumes. And then, the ones later on who have those ugly mask things on? I kinda wonder if Se7en is gay... I mean, more than I usually wonder about korean artists. Since he doesn't find women attractive, he can't tell that his are even less attractive than usual? I don't know.
Also, and most importantly, I think the guy can't dance. He can perform some dance steps, but after watching groups with real talent, it's obvious that his dancing ability is... lacking.
You may recognize Se7en from my list of Top 5 Worst Hard music videos because his video, Passion was number 3. I've since reconsidered and think that he should have been number 2.
I, personally found the song itself unmemorable but I was distracted by the horrible music video. His arms had no muscle what so ever, and yet he showed them off as if proud and again his attempts at dancing left much to be desired. It was hard to tear my eyes from the shiny doo rag and the bedazzled denim vest. So I suppose it is possible that the song was good and I just didn't realize it.
Shall we change the pace a little? Se7en has a couple ballads. I can't say that I've fallen in love with it. Maybe if I'd waited to listen to it until I was in the mood for a slow song, but I just don't have the time since I'm blogging now. hehehe. Without further ado, One More Time.
The dancing irritates me... I think this is just one artist that I need to hear on cd or radio and not a visual media! But the main reason I'm not in love, is because of that little section in the middle where he's dancing in front of the movie theater where the music changes from ballad-y to ...what, hip-hop? I don't know. It just wasn't necessary and broke the mood.
So, that's Se7en! Maybe you'll like him more than I did. Hope so.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
The Shack Review
Just got done reading The Shack by WM. Paul Young. Yeah, it's been out for a couple years and I think I have a vague memory of it causing something of an uproar in the Christian community. I only recently picked it up and only because my inherited mother, Lisa, recommended it to me.
I was not overly anxious to read it when she told me about it. Some poor guy's little daughter is brutally murdered and he has a really hard time dealing with it until he goes to the shack where she was killed and spends the weekend there with God. But, as is often the case, I got it so that I'd have something to talk about with her more than any real desire to read the thing.
I kept wondering, what? Is he going to sit on the floor of the shack and talk to some disembodied voice or some white light for two days? What could the author possibly think God would say to someone in that situation? I love you? It's all according to my will, so get over it? I just couldn't imagine.
Having now finished it, I'm not sure how I feel about it. It was a real tear jerker, for one thing and I don't really like sad books. I think I cried off and on, mostly on, through the last third of the book. I'm so glad I was alone because I felt dumb enough with my red puffy eyes and sniffing huge amounts of snot back into my nose without having an audience. I haven't cried that much since... I don't know, Walk To Remember?
But because I did cry so much, I guess I got into the book. It took a couple chapters. There were some things in it that I disagreed with, theologically, but on the whole it was well written and was at least thought provoking. I had decided even before I started reading the book that it was going to be appreciated for its entertainment value only and should, in no way, be a religious guide. Mom warned me that it had some errors in it. I figured I was just going to have to look at it like the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
Anyway, it had some interesting views on God and religion and the human condition. It talked a lot about human beings' independence and free will, the price and the illusions.
On the whole, I would recommend it to people who are like minded in that they are not so religiously zealous that they could not look past the dogma of the book, but who are religious enough to grasp the finer points and the branches of views presented by the author. That is not a very wide audience, I guess. ~laughs~
I was not overly anxious to read it when she told me about it. Some poor guy's little daughter is brutally murdered and he has a really hard time dealing with it until he goes to the shack where she was killed and spends the weekend there with God. But, as is often the case, I got it so that I'd have something to talk about with her more than any real desire to read the thing.
I kept wondering, what? Is he going to sit on the floor of the shack and talk to some disembodied voice or some white light for two days? What could the author possibly think God would say to someone in that situation? I love you? It's all according to my will, so get over it? I just couldn't imagine.
Having now finished it, I'm not sure how I feel about it. It was a real tear jerker, for one thing and I don't really like sad books. I think I cried off and on, mostly on, through the last third of the book. I'm so glad I was alone because I felt dumb enough with my red puffy eyes and sniffing huge amounts of snot back into my nose without having an audience. I haven't cried that much since... I don't know, Walk To Remember?
But because I did cry so much, I guess I got into the book. It took a couple chapters. There were some things in it that I disagreed with, theologically, but on the whole it was well written and was at least thought provoking. I had decided even before I started reading the book that it was going to be appreciated for its entertainment value only and should, in no way, be a religious guide. Mom warned me that it had some errors in it. I figured I was just going to have to look at it like the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
Anyway, it had some interesting views on God and religion and the human condition. It talked a lot about human beings' independence and free will, the price and the illusions.
On the whole, I would recommend it to people who are like minded in that they are not so religiously zealous that they could not look past the dogma of the book, but who are religious enough to grasp the finer points and the branches of views presented by the author. That is not a very wide audience, I guess. ~laughs~
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Worst "Hard" Music Videos Ever
It's long been a favorite amusement of mine to laugh at the cute little Korean boys trying to look 'hard,' like street-wise gangsters. Most of them are too pretty to pull it off. They wear make-up and their hair is generally perfectly quaffed. Plus, I'm sorry but I've never seen an asian guy and been intimidated. Even Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, and Jet Li, I don't look at them and quake, though I know they could lay me out without breathing hard. They're just too cute.
When I see an asian guy in gangster style clothes I generally smirk and mentally compare them with 'real' street guys. And by 'real,' (I honestly don't mean to be offensive here) I picture a black guy usually. White guys can pull street tough off ok, but not like black. Black guys are just usually taller, bigger, and better built. Asians, no matter how much they work out, are just designed differently. They're generally shorter (though there are definitely some tall Asians out there) and with smaller muscle structure.
Lets count down the music videos from the ones where I smirk at the precious little lambs trying to be hard to the very worst attempt ever at looking 'street' ever recored on film.
Starting at number 5: DBSK's Survivor.
Reasons Survivor made the list? First, listen to this song without watching the video and it sounds up-beat. Read the translation, and it's a happy, hopeful song. Their surroundings suggest that they have been just trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic environment, but look how clean they are and how new their clothes are! There's not a smudge of grime, a rip or tear, or a piece of second hand clothing anywhere. Three of the five guys in this group have voices much too high to be wearing this style of clothes. They're wearing make up, not a lot, but some, their hair is perfect, and... ah, you get the idea. They are the cleanest, best dressed, happiest 'Survivors' of all time.
Number 4: Super Junior's Don't Don.
This one isn't so, so bad. It's funny because of all the make up, but at least none of them are wearing 'gangster' hats or saggy pants. Yes, some of their dance moves are trying to be hard but then they have the whole violin part which you just can't have if you're trying to portray 'intimidating.' I think I've talked about this before, but Veronica and I both agree that the worst thing these 'gangsters' would ever think of doing is getting ice cream from ice cream trucks and then not paying, thus are they running from said ice cream trucks in the music video.
Number 3: Se7en's Passion.
Even were I considering not talking about the horrible sideways hat worn over a face too soft to ever be considered intimidating... his jackets are freakin' bedazzled. I'm sorry, but that killed it for me... not that it had much life from the very beginning. Anyone else notice that he made the same arm movements for the first 6 seconds of the video? I knew right then that this video would fail. And possibly the worst part? The complete lack of even muscle definition? He's wearing that horrible denim vest thing and has spaghetti noodles for arms. He's not very good at dancing... I think sponge bob could kick this guy down in a street brawl.
Number 2: Beast's Shock!
I had a second thoughts about choosing this video for the list because I couldn't tell if they were really trying to be hard or not. I mean, there was a lot of glitter and shiny so I hesitated. But I think they were trying because of the ripped jeans, all the black clothes, short gloves, spikes and chains. And so, because they are trying to be hard with those things, they get the coveted number two spot! So let's reiterate some of the reasons I thought they might not be trying as some of the reasons they make the list. Look at all the make-up! That's more eyeliner than I usually wear in a month! Most of the guys in this group are fairly pretty too, so that ruins any chance they had of recovering from the make up. See all the shiny? There's sparkles everywhere! Each one of those boys has enough jewelery on to drown a man. None of which is hard. They have the 'glam' down, but street tough? They'd get the crap beaten out of them the moment they stepped out of their doors looking like that.
And the Worst Ever... (Drum roll please!) Big Bang's Nunmul!
... Yeah... Anyone else thinking Taeyang looks completely retarded in cornrows? And the bandanna tied like um...that rapper who died...I forget his name. Tupac? Anyway. You kinda have to get used to the sideways baseball caps when trying to watch R&B style music videos, but this was the first, and hopefully the last, Korean guy I see in cornrows. Plus the back of his jacket had rhinestones! All 5 boys look like they'd been watching way too much MTV, with their T-shirts, baggy jeans, and converse, the nice car just topping off the awful stereotype. And may I ask why they went for the gangster look for such a slow, ballad-type song? Does that make sense to anyone else? There were even a couple dance moves in there that reminded me, spot on, of moves I've seen all too often in San Francisco's rainbow district. Not conducive to inspiring intimidation. I dare anyone to tell me they'd fear for their lives if they met these guys in a dark alley.
This one takes the cake, making me want to either cry or laugh till I cry... I haven't decided. Either way, Please Stop!
Lastly, before I sign off, I want to make an honorable mention here. TOP's Turn It Up.
After I got over the creeped out feeling, this became my 'instant cheer up' video. The reason this didn't make my list of the top five was because I don't think TOP is trying to hard, he's trying to be a pimp, which is slightly different. So this video will probably top my 'Attempting To Be A Pimp' list or 'Funniest Of All Time' list if I ever make one, it didn't quite make my 'Hard' list.
When I see an asian guy in gangster style clothes I generally smirk and mentally compare them with 'real' street guys. And by 'real,' (I honestly don't mean to be offensive here) I picture a black guy usually. White guys can pull street tough off ok, but not like black. Black guys are just usually taller, bigger, and better built. Asians, no matter how much they work out, are just designed differently. They're generally shorter (though there are definitely some tall Asians out there) and with smaller muscle structure.
Lets count down the music videos from the ones where I smirk at the precious little lambs trying to be hard to the very worst attempt ever at looking 'street' ever recored on film.
Starting at number 5: DBSK's Survivor.
Reasons Survivor made the list? First, listen to this song without watching the video and it sounds up-beat. Read the translation, and it's a happy, hopeful song. Their surroundings suggest that they have been just trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic environment, but look how clean they are and how new their clothes are! There's not a smudge of grime, a rip or tear, or a piece of second hand clothing anywhere. Three of the five guys in this group have voices much too high to be wearing this style of clothes. They're wearing make up, not a lot, but some, their hair is perfect, and... ah, you get the idea. They are the cleanest, best dressed, happiest 'Survivors' of all time.
Number 4: Super Junior's Don't Don.
This one isn't so, so bad. It's funny because of all the make up, but at least none of them are wearing 'gangster' hats or saggy pants. Yes, some of their dance moves are trying to be hard but then they have the whole violin part which you just can't have if you're trying to portray 'intimidating.' I think I've talked about this before, but Veronica and I both agree that the worst thing these 'gangsters' would ever think of doing is getting ice cream from ice cream trucks and then not paying, thus are they running from said ice cream trucks in the music video.
Number 3: Se7en's Passion.
Even were I considering not talking about the horrible sideways hat worn over a face too soft to ever be considered intimidating... his jackets are freakin' bedazzled. I'm sorry, but that killed it for me... not that it had much life from the very beginning. Anyone else notice that he made the same arm movements for the first 6 seconds of the video? I knew right then that this video would fail. And possibly the worst part? The complete lack of even muscle definition? He's wearing that horrible denim vest thing and has spaghetti noodles for arms. He's not very good at dancing... I think sponge bob could kick this guy down in a street brawl.
Number 2: Beast's Shock!
I had a second thoughts about choosing this video for the list because I couldn't tell if they were really trying to be hard or not. I mean, there was a lot of glitter and shiny so I hesitated. But I think they were trying because of the ripped jeans, all the black clothes, short gloves, spikes and chains. And so, because they are trying to be hard with those things, they get the coveted number two spot! So let's reiterate some of the reasons I thought they might not be trying as some of the reasons they make the list. Look at all the make-up! That's more eyeliner than I usually wear in a month! Most of the guys in this group are fairly pretty too, so that ruins any chance they had of recovering from the make up. See all the shiny? There's sparkles everywhere! Each one of those boys has enough jewelery on to drown a man. None of which is hard. They have the 'glam' down, but street tough? They'd get the crap beaten out of them the moment they stepped out of their doors looking like that.
And the Worst Ever... (Drum roll please!) Big Bang's Nunmul!
... Yeah... Anyone else thinking Taeyang looks completely retarded in cornrows? And the bandanna tied like um...that rapper who died...I forget his name. Tupac? Anyway. You kinda have to get used to the sideways baseball caps when trying to watch R&B style music videos, but this was the first, and hopefully the last, Korean guy I see in cornrows. Plus the back of his jacket had rhinestones! All 5 boys look like they'd been watching way too much MTV, with their T-shirts, baggy jeans, and converse, the nice car just topping off the awful stereotype. And may I ask why they went for the gangster look for such a slow, ballad-type song? Does that make sense to anyone else? There were even a couple dance moves in there that reminded me, spot on, of moves I've seen all too often in San Francisco's rainbow district. Not conducive to inspiring intimidation. I dare anyone to tell me they'd fear for their lives if they met these guys in a dark alley.
This one takes the cake, making me want to either cry or laugh till I cry... I haven't decided. Either way, Please Stop!
Lastly, before I sign off, I want to make an honorable mention here. TOP's Turn It Up.
After I got over the creeped out feeling, this became my 'instant cheer up' video. The reason this didn't make my list of the top five was because I don't think TOP is trying to hard, he's trying to be a pimp, which is slightly different. So this video will probably top my 'Attempting To Be A Pimp' list or 'Funniest Of All Time' list if I ever make one, it didn't quite make my 'Hard' list.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Heroes TV Series
Ok, this is a slight departure from the usual asian reviews, but I've been watching Heroes, Season 1. Yes, I'm a few years behind everyone else but I'm watching it now and have decided to blog about it since I haven't seen any new Korean productions besides Full House. Oh, I bought Ninja Assassin on Blueray though and it's got some wonderful extra features including a segment called "Training Rain." I just have more and more respect for the Korean artists every time Americans talk about working with them.
Anyway! I'm currently on episode 16 of Heroes. If you're planning on watching this and don't want anything spoiled, don't read this posting!
I started the series liking Clair a little. She was a cheerleader but I tried not to let that make me dislike her right off the bat. She was different than the usual highschool cheerleaders and I began liking her more and more. Oh, Clair is the one who can regenerate at amazing speeds. She demonstrates this by jumping off a three story catwalk onto hard desert clay and then setting her broken bones and letting her skin heal itself. I thought it was cool that she chose to trust her secret to a kinda 'off' guy, one that seems nice but doesn't fit in with the 'in' crowd that cheerleaders are expected to keep company with. The longer the season lasts, however, the more I'm getting annoyed with her character. She's become obsessed with finding her birth parents and that scenario has just been done to death. Poor little teenager who has a couple issues at home decides that she needs to know who her parents are to know who she is. Whatever.
Peter Petrelli, the empath sponge guy, I really like. Yeah, he's having issues right now and he isn't the shining example of wonderfullness that I originally thought he'd be, but I'm hoping he'll either come back around or blow himself up before I lose all faith in the guy. He's being taught right now (by the guy who can become invisible) to control the powers he's sucking up from everyone else. He's an empathic man in both temperament and powers. He wants so badly to see the good in everyone and to believe that humanity's worth saving. I like him a lot more than his brother though the show keeps trying to hint that the senator to be is actually a really nice guy. I haven't seen it yet. Plus, when Peter learns to control his ability, he's going to be one of the strongest mutant people ever! He'll be able to fly, heal, move things with his mind, walk through walls, be really strong, read minds, become invisible, stop time and many things more that they haven't even showed yet. It's looking more and more like he's going to be exploding at the end of the season and destroying most of New York, killing millions. No one's perfect.
Parkman is a cop who's almost too nice to do his job well. He seems like a pacifist who doesn't stand up for himself at all. He's also having issues at home in the beginning of the season, attending counseling sessions with his wife. He develops the power to read minds, which helps him to locate a missing little girl and impress the FBI enough to get him noticed. He blows his chance with the FBI however, when he tells them that Sylar (the main bad guy who's going around killing other 'special' people) is being held in a paper factory and looks stupid when Sylar is not found at said factory. He find out that his wife had an affair and is all butt hurt for a while, but then things start looking like they're going to turn around and she turns up pregnant with Parkman's son, but things don't stay good for long. Needing to work after receiving a 6 month suspension for the paper factory fiasco, Parkman takes a bag of diamonds from a man who was killed while under his protection. Anyway, Parkman seems like he's really out there to help and serve and defend. He's sweet, but a little clueless and a little bit of a push over. He's ok. I like him.
Senator Nathan Petrelli, Peter's older brother, can fly. He's very reluctant to admit it though. He comes off as a man who is only interested in power. Period. He puts the election before his family and friends and everything else. His family has a lot of skeletons in the closet and most of his time on screen seems to consist of trying to clean up messes so that it doesn't hinder him in the polls. He's also not my favorite because he has an affair early in the show with Niki. His wife is in a wheel chair because of a car accident that happened while the senator was driving. In all fairness, the accident wasn't his fault because another bad guy (Linderman) had some ruffians in a big landrover type car, bashing into the senator's car. I also think that the senator didn't have enough control of his power at the time that he could help that he flew out of his open convertible and left his wife in the passenger seat of a speeding car that then smashed into a lane divider. You also find out later, that Senator Patrelli is Clair's Biological father.
And Hiro, pronounced like the english word 'hero' is one of my favorite characters because he's so funny. He's totally excited about his power, which is the ability to manipulate time and space. So he can travel back and forth through time and also teleport to anywhere in the world. He seems to have the most problems controlling his powers though. He actually couldn't use them at all for a while and decided that he had to have the sword of his boyhood hero in order for his powers to work again. I, personally, think it was all psychological, but who knows. I also think it's funny that he's such a nerd (he often references Star Wars, Star Trek, and various comic books) that he does Spock's 'live long and prosper' hand thingy and the person who plays his father is George Tekai, they gay asian guy from the original Star Trek! Ha! Anyway, Hiro's a dork and actually performs my favorite part of the whole series (so far). He doesn't speak good english. He calls Nathan Petrelli 'frying man' trying to say flying man, anyway: He calls out to Nathan, "You fly!" and he sails his hand through the air making 'whoosh' sounds to illustrate flying. Nathan, who doesn't want other people to know what he can do, says, "Sh! Keep it down!" So Hiro lowers his hand to chest level and lowers his voice, repeating the gesture. I'll have to see if I can find it on youtube or something because it is so much funnier than I'm describing it.
Ha! I found some funny Hiro moments. Um, some of these are so so funny, but there are some really good ones sprinkled in there. Hehehe.
And there are a few more, but I've become bored now and am ending this post. I may continue...you never really know. Bye!
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