Who's That South Korean Idol?

Not sure if "idol" is the correct term. I made this a few years back with the intention of making a game where the readers would try to guess who the person was given clues and the above picture. Doubt anyone will actually comment. If you do and get it right, I'll give you a mystery prize! *Oooh! Ahhh!*

Based on a quick web search, here are the facts.

1. Born in 1993
2. Debuted in 2008
3. Blood Type A
4. Used to lie to her dad, telling him that she lost her money to get more.
5. Auditioned 20 times
6. Wanted to become a singer since 7th grade
7. Dabbles in acting

Going Backwards

Just when I said that this place would be my everything blog, where I talk about whatever, I make a new one within a week; my bad. The thing is that I'm applying to graduate school for a Master of Science in Visualization and it was recommended that I have a blog of some sort. While I do have this one, I did not believe it was a good reflection on my artwork or refined enough to show to professionals. This place is where I spitball things, to get it out of my head. It's for me, not the pretty version that I'm trying to, in some ways, sell.

I'll go ahead and put the link here in case somebody actually wants to see what I create.

Without A Head 

Hopefully this will be the last social media account that I create...well, here's to hoping.

Skip Beat Episode 12 and 13 - Sort of Recap

Although Episode 11's sort-of-recap went differently than expected I'll continue to attempt explaining what happened in the episode with the screen shots I saved.

I think this might be the set of Dark Moon (one of the gigs that Lian and Gong Xi are working on). I don't know why he's dressed like a student, but there he is.

Gong Xi just found out that she's adopted!! ... kidding, she's obviously upset about something. Perhaps she's thinking, 'Why is Lian not looking at me, even though I could never ever like him. He's still not looking. Maybe he'll look now? Now? Well he can go to hell!'

Episode 13

"I'm only doing this because it's my job....wouldn't do this otherwise...nope...never....wouldn't happen."

"Just breathe. Everyone loves me. Everyone loves me. Everyone loves me...."

"We all know I'm the true main character. YUP!"


Summing episodes 12 and 13: shenanigans between Lian and Gong Xi, Shang pouts , and the manager steals the show in adorableness.

-Alyssa

Skip Beat Episode 11 - Sort of Recap

Remember when I said that I had pictures for the remaining episodes of the drama, remember? Well I'm bringing them out now and will give comments on what I think happened!

Gong Xi is straight up tripping as she sees her fairy companion "Corn" from years ago. She's either dreaming or recovering from a head injury.

When you're a wealthy actor with a nice pad, being shirtless and drinking a bottle of water like everyone's looking is a must..

Maybe someone told Gong Xi she's acting a little too crazy?

Probably one of the many scenes where the two have misunderstood each other. Maybe Lian saw the previous picture?

I totally forgot that I saved these. I thought it was something odd and slightly humorous for Gong Xi to say, "I want Qin to feed me a hotdog too." while spying on her in the bushes.


And that's Episode 11! I thought for sure that I'd have some idea of what went down this episode from the pictures. All I got was that Gong Xi is still up to her usual shenanigans while Lian broods.

Laundry

   At the beginning of this blog I had a clear direction in mind, sort of. I was going to write about all the dramas that I watched even the movies, because I love analyzing things. For a short while I was a guest Korean Movie writer for Seoulbeats (this was probably two years ago, I'll list the articles below). I eventually quit, because it wasn't fun anymore and every week felt like I was writing an essay for class. Sometimes I wonder if it was the right decision, perhaps I needed a push. Looking at this site, over the past two years I've only come up with around 30 or so articles, not much.

   I created this place with the intention of writing about any movie or drama, no matter the origin, and not having to worry too much about grammar or somebody giving me the go ahead. It was my place. I always dreamed of becoming as popular as Dramabeans or any other mass Korean media sites. I'd check my stats all the time, watching the view counter slowly rise to 3,000. I discovered that a majority of the views were either from robots or people looking at pictures I've posted. I begged you guys to comment and as of now I'm at three. Not discouraged, I decided to expand my outlets, making a Deviantart and Tumblr account. I'm pretty sure I won't be using the Deviantart account, but on Tumblr I've got 4 followers and few likes, better proof that people are actually out there taking notice.

   So why mention all of this? Why go on and on about stats and popularity and being just like everyone else. Well, since creating my tumblr I've also made another one centered around lesbian fanart and the occasional fanfiction. I didn't want to turn away some of already gained audience with things that might not interest them. I have been thinking about creating yet another account to talk about my life and things and sexuality and stuff. Today it hit me; this place is mine. I seriously doubt anyone is reading this and though my page view counter is now hitting 8K, fuck it. I'm going to write about what I want.

   Clarifying things, I don't identify as lesbian or straight. Maybe I'm confused or in denial, but at this point in time I don't think it really matters what name I put on it. I tried the word bisexual when coming out, for the first and only time, to my best friend and it felt weird. I just know I like people and one of my favorite things in a person is when he/she seems nice, genuinely nice.

  To think this whole post was a result of wanting to post a picture of Hush Puppy from Beasts of the Southern Wild. I was contemplating if this was the right place to put it and the dread of creating more and more places to categorize where my things go was dreadful.

Seoulbeats Articles : Take Care of My Cat, Baby and Me, The Man from Nowhere, The Aggressives, Finding Mr. Destiny, A Million, Hellcats, You're My Pet, The Wonder Girls, Sunny, Silenced, A Brand New Life, and Blades of Blood.

Hush Puppy

 

While I didn't LOVE the movie, I did find it memorable. I'd love to check back in on Hush Puppy years down the line. 

From Beasts of the Southern Wild, reference used.

White Christmas Episode 1 and 2 Mini Recap

Scary shit has never been my cup of tea. You know that movie Disturbia with Shia LeBeouf? The boy finds out that his neighbor is killing people, stashing bodies in his garage. Well when I saw it in theaters I had a jacket over my head with a small hole to peek through. Granted that was many years ago it's the gist of how much of a wimp I am, not that I mind. Another time I was watching The Woman in Black with a group of friends and a lovely cat sitting in my lap. At one part this bird pops up out of nowhere which caused me to jump in surprise which probably scarred the once content cat for life as he bolted up the stairs not to be seen for the remainder of the day. Knowing this about myself, for stupid reasons, I have put myself in the line of fire by deciding to put my declaration against scary/thriller media to a temporary end. It started with the French zombie-type thriller Les Revenants moving on to the South Korean drama White Christmas. What I’m willing to watch for six handsome boys…

You might counter that the series is not that scary. Well, I’m a scaredy-cat.

  

 EPISODE 1:

The episode starts with the talk of monsters and my man Baek Sung Hyun looking stoic. I’ve followed him since Tree of Heaven, a time where getting hit by cars or cancer were the norm. There was no such thing as a happy ending. It’s Christmas break at the most prestigious high school ever. We’re talking about the top 1% here. Seven students and one teacher decide to stay behind. The first episode spends a majority of its time setting up the characters, revealing that they have all received an anonymous letter foreshadowing death. Some students speculate the meaning, but for the most part they don’t take it too seriously. One creepy night they discover a bloody man at the school’s gate. Not thinking hey this man can be dangerous because this is pretty much how all horror themed media goes, they let him in. Out of the seven students there is only one girl (Eun-Sung). At the end of the episode she attempts to commit suicide, exactly where the letter predicted. Coincidence? Maybe not.

EPISODE 2:

Eun-Sung lives another day. The creepy man is still there. My gosh, just looking at him gives me the chills. More character development is done, which I would love to share with you, but well I’ve sort of got a life now. You should just watch it instead, it’s worth it…DO IT NOW! The whole episode revolves around finding the person who wrote the mysterious letter, back stories, scary looks, and the start of teenage angst. I’ve got to say this was the first episode in the series that I had to pause the show and take a breather due to the creepy factor rising. One moment you think the boy is all alone in his room and the next BAM there’s a hand on the chair. The episode ends with the viewer discovering that the teacher has a note as well. No one is safe.  

What I love about the show is that by prolonging the inevitable death the viewer is constantly on defense wondering when it’s going to happen. And it’s not like the romantic comedies that string you along for ages wondering when the two will end up together, because the character development and the environment they live in are fleshed out enough to keep you invested.