SHINee

Alright, I've already written about DBSK and my enjoyment of their music and more my amusement at their dancing, but I now want to share a bit about another band I stumbled across while admiring my pretty Korean boys. This one is called SHINee. It's another 5 member Korean boy band, just like DBSK except where some of my fav five have American-ized names (Max, Micky, Hero) Shinee has made it a little harder on the US fans by keeping their very non-English names. They are (no guarantees on spelling here) Junghyun (lead vocals) Onew (band leader) Key (the only semi American name) Taemin (my favorite) and Minho (apparently very charismatic).
So far, I've only found two of their songs that I absolutely love, but they are an amazing two songs. And hey, look at all the One Hit Wonders America has produced! I'm allowed to like a band for one or two songs only. Anyway! The song that I fell in love with because of how catchy it is and (again) the amusing dancing, is called Ring Ding Dong.

I could listen to this song every day! In fact, I have been! ~laughs~ It's actually about how much they like this girl, so much that it makes them crazy and if they could only have her there's nothing else that matters. Of course, they say it better. I admit that I was drawn in originally by the 'fantastic' 'elastic' parts that were so incongruous it was funny. The 'butterfly' and the milk drinking scene sealed the deal. The randomness just grabbed me. And even knowing now what the song is about and having read the English translation, I still have no idea what fantastic elastic or milk have to do with anything, but hey! That's what I find so fun about these bands!
The second song that I really like of theirs is actually from a show that I fell in love with some time ago. Boys Over Flowers. It's hugely popular and actually a really good show. I had no idea who the music was by and honestly didn't really care. I just liked hearing it while I was watching my precious Jun Pyo and violin guy (feel horrible that I forgot his name and even worse that I don't care enough to look it up). The song is called Stand By Me and it's really sweet. Anyway, I was still laughing over my first viewing of Ring Ding Dong, searching the band name to see what other song titles of theirs looked interesting when I saw it.

It reminded me how much I really liked the show. I might even go back and watch it again! I really like the actor who plays Jun Pyo. He was really good in Personal Preference too. Much better than violin guys' Playful Kiss.
I wish SHINee had an official music video for Stand By Me. I would have liked to see what they looked like as they sang this. And if I'm really honest with myself, I don't think I'll ever pass up an opportunity to watch one of these boy bands dancing! ~laughs~
None of their other songs have really grabbed me yet, but I have not seen them all, nor given them all my full attention so this may not be permanent. More on the way!

Yesterday

I had a horrible dream last night. It had to do with DBSK actually being humongous jerks, but the funny thing was that there were only three of them and none of them actually looked like themselves. I think my subconscious is just playing with me. And a little roughly too! Perhaps I should have a word with that subconscious of mine.
It rained yesterday. I was so happy that I threw on a hoodie and I went for a walk. It wasn't raining hard at all, just enough to call it rain instead of drizzle. It was the first rain this year so the water on the streets was very dirty. I usually like to splash but I just couldn't bring myself to play in the muddy water. Next time!
I couldn't get over how beautiful it was. The smell put me in a good mood right away, and the sun's light was diffused enough that shapes became sharper while colors were more muted, making everything seem clearer. I enjoyed every moment of my walk and were it not for the fact that water was starting to soak through the sweater, I might have walked for even longer than I did.
I find myself getting restless. I think I want some sort of appointment to keep, something physical. I want a dance class or a sports team, or ... I don't know, something. I want to have to be somewhere and I want to get stronger while I'm at it.
I was brushing my hair yesterday and my arm got tired! How weak have I gotten?? So, turns out there are many improvements I need to be making on myself. Heh, maybe if someone is daring enough to hold their breath for me, it might happen. Lol!

Inconsiderate Licensers!

Alright, thanks to Melissa (again) I've come to really enjoy another korean drama called Sungkyunkwan Scandal. It's another '12th Night'-esque show where a girl has to pretend to be her brother in order to achieve a goal. The things I really like about this show are that I really enjoy the gender bender situations, Micky from DBSK is the main male character, there is a hot guy (or two, I haven't really decided) in the show, and it's period. All great reasons to watch the show and that's what I've been trying to do. On to the problem!
I've watched til the end of episode 4 and now I am stuck. The two websites that supply my subbed shows are stubbornly not showing anymore. Apparently the videos are unavailable because the license is pending in my area. Well jeez, if not the internet, where am I supposed to watch my shows? It's not exactly on daytime television for goodness sakes, and it's not going to be out on dvd for at least a year. I was watching that! I want to keep watching that. I'm so irritated! ~Rants, raves, stews in impotent rage~ Poop.

Stuck

I was dropping a letter off at the mail-box this morning. No, that's not the exciting part. Even though I live in a house, my whole block shares a mail-box area so there's a public outbox. So as I dropped my letter off, I reached my hand in a little so that I could push the envelope past the lip so that there was no way anyone could pull it back out (I was a little paranoid because it's an important letter) and that was when I tried to pull my hand back out, then realized that my ring was caught. My hand was stuck in the mailbox! I couldn't pull my hand too hard because my ring would dig into my skin, or slip off and then I'd lose it. And I'm sitting there with my hand stuck in the mailbox thinking, 'What do I do? I can't wait for the mail lady to come so that she can open the box and help me. She comes at like, 11:30 and it's only 7:30. ...I hope no one comes by and sees me like this!' After more gentle tugging, wiggling, and whining, I finally turned my hand and was able to pull it out sideways, and sighing in relief, I walked home.

I was telling Veronica about getting stuck and laughing with her. We came up with the scenario where I was really stuck and what I would do when people came by. It devolved to my having to pretend that I wasn't stuck but was guarding my letter. "You look suspiscious!" I would say to the passers-by, "Move along! I'm guarding the mail. I'm a guard dog, bark! Bark, bark!"

And then that spawned the thought that our neighbors would then cross the street to avoid our house when passing by because of the weirdo that lives here. And here we talked about doing the invisible rope gag just to cement our psycho reputation. And just in case you don't know what I'm talking about, here, watch this.

I find myself wondering if the owner of the house would have rented to me if he'd known anything about me at all. ~Laughs~

Dumbing Down

I was looking through a couple boxes that I've kept of my school work and I had the horrid realization that I wouldn't be able to do that level of work right now. I got some good grades on tests and as I read the questions I think, "...duh...george?" It's a little sad to think that I've forgotten more than I currently know. If I had perfect retention, or ANY retention, I'd be one smart cookie. I look at my math homework, you know, the one assignment I actually turned in, and I can't help but realize, wow, I used to know this! What happened to it? Even some of my reports...
Maybe it's good that I didn't actually end up sending in an application for that science thing I was all excited about. I'd probably end up trying to mix two chemicals or compounds that really shouldn't be mixed and blow the building to smithereens. Then I'd be in trouble.
I never liked learning things in school, but I really liked knowing them after I'd been forced to learn them. Now that no one is making me learn or use any kind of real problem solving, I'm getting really rusty and I don't get that empowering feeling of, 'ha! I know that when not many people do' feeling that I used to get on a regular basis. Ok, that regular basis was like once a week, but that's more than now!
Am I going to do anything about it? Nah, probably not. Like I said, I like knowing things but I hate learning them. If I'm not being made to put in an effort, the effort will not be made. Oh well. I need to find a guy who will make me do things because I won't do them on my own.

DBSK Band

Melissa has done it again! Every time I think, 'Ok, I have enough interests, nothing else of any interest to me,' Melissa comes and introduces me to something new. Now, sometimes, it doesn't go so well *coughElviscough* but most of the time I become more engrossed in the things than her. To name a couple examples, the Animorph series, Korean dramas, and now a Korean band called DSBK. In this instance, she lured me in with the music video for their song, 'Balloons' which is hillariously silly. And so long as I'm being honest, 'silly' is my weakness. If it's silly or funny, I'm probably going to love it. But see for yourself how devious and sneaky she is! This is what she showed poor, unsuspecting me.

Yeah. And then, to seal the deal, she shows me their song, 'Mirotic' just to "show that they're a real band." Yeah. The music is catchy, and again, the dancing was funny.

I've gone on by myself since then of course. The only other song that I've liked enough to remember the name of is, 'Why Did I Fall In Love With You?' and I've even begun trying to memorize it, but holy crap! They sing the words so fast! I don't even speak english that quickly so the memorizing is slow and arduous. I have been able to memorize their names though: Hero, Xiah, Max, Micky, and U-Know. I can always tell Hero, Max, and Xiah apart, but Micky and U-Know...not so much.
Another thing I like about this band is that they sing whole songs in both their native Korean, but also in Japanese. It's almost a given that they sprinkle english words and phrases into their songs, since most modern asian singers do it, but I mention it here because I really like that they do. As much as I enjoy and even admire the asian culture, it's really nice to hear things in the songs that I don't have to look up to know what they mean. "I've got you under my skin!" ~laughs~ (I think they got this part wrong though. You know Frank Senata's song, 'I got you under my skin?' In this song, the woman is the one who's head over heals in love but they're telling her that they have her under their skin, instead of she having them under her skin. Just a little side note I found funny.)
Anyway, I have no idea what Melissa is going to introduce to me next and if I'll love it or if it's going to be a point of contention between us (like who would kick who's butt, Kirk or Picard) but either way, it's always interesting.

Whoops

I told myself I was going to write more this month. Heh, oops. In my defense, my modem crashed and I was unable to access the internet for a couple weeks. ~Sigh~ At first I thought it was going to be no big deal. The internet is fun, but I don't need it to entertain myself. I have many interests! And then the third day rolled around and I sat there thinking; how did I ever survive without the internet? It was amazing how many things popped up that I found I'd always taken the internet for granted for. I couldn't look up phone numbers without paying for 411. I couldn't look up how to get to certain addresses. I couldn't look up the lyrics to the song stuck in my head. I couldn't look for the release date of that book I was waiting for. I couldn't talk to people unless I actually called them or went to their house! I couldn't even arrange the order of my netflix movies! It was a long, long, long, long, long, long couple of weeks. I did miss the Korean and Japanese dramas I watch on line, but more than that, the internet is such a usefull tool! It's amazing how easy and convenient everything has become with the invention of the world wide web. I will never complain about my internet bill again. It's so worth it.