Papers

12/12/12

"The f***er didn't print out the papers" --> best line I've ever heard said about a professor xD

The Hobbit and Other Movies

12/17/12

 I went to the midnight showing of "the Hobbit" a few days ago. I had to stay up till 4 am after not sleeping too well the night before, but it was totally worth it :D The movie was amazing, there were a few songs in there [kinda wish they did more of those], but they were very well done, and OMG I loooooved this movie ^__^ I really want to go see it again because it was so amazing. Yes, there were extra parts added into the movie that weren't in the book, but I think they only expanded on the story and made it better ^__^ Oh and... Kili ^__^ Ahhhh, he's so cute xD Anyways... I'm gonna stop obsessing about him... but he's seriously adorable :] The eeeeeearly morning of 12/14/12, I also happened to see a few of the shooting stars that were part of the meteor shower. I saw 4 in total... and the last one was this bright star that flashed vividly across the sky for a second or two... it was amazing :D

Last night, Zhenya and I watched this 1997 movie called "Nothing to Lose" :) We were originally planning to watch "Office Space," but then I remembered this movie, and it's soooomewhat similar to Office Space :P Zhenya LOVED it, and I also had a ton of fun watching it all over again :) Good old movies :D

There's a movie that came out at the beginning of October, and I finally got a chance to watch it today. It's called "Pitch Perfect," and it's got a lot of a cappella music... if you like glee [because of the music, not the drama], you will probably like this :) I've been obsessed with their song "No Diggity" for the last few weeks :P There's rap in the beginning, but I don't even mind because it's got a reeeeeally nice beat, and I love the Anna Kendrick's vocals in that song :D

I've been meaning to rewatch "Leap Year" in the past week or so, and I decided to do that today :P At the end, "You Got Me" was performed by Colbie Caillat, which just reminded me of the fact that "Letters to Juliet" also has a bunch of her songs... along with "Valentine's Day." So I watched Letters to Juliet too :P Interesting how the last two movies I watched today were about someone who was engaged [or about to get engaged] and how they broke off that relationship to be with someone they couldn't stand at the beginning of the movie xD That's chick flicks for you :P Oh well... but good movies!! Both of them :D

That Moment

2/12/12

That moment when he says something adorable and doesn't even know it ♥

Cross-Dressing in the Media

So I have recently realized that I looooove a *cute plot* where the girl must cross-dress to reach a dream/goal or to get somewhere she where she wouldn't be able to get to if she wasn't a guy. Need an example??

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Hana Kimi (Japanese manga) - The girl Mizuki puts on a uniform and attends an all-boys high school to get closer to her high-jumping idol Sano

Coffee Prince (2007 Korean Drama) - The girl Eun Chan [who looks like a guy anyway] pretends to be a guy to get a quick job and save her family, which then involves into a permanent source of employment

Mulan (1998 film) - "Mulan disguises herself as a man by making her hair shorter and wearing a soldier's outfit so that her disabled father won't have to go." Source

"Motocrossed (2001 film) – Alana Austin is a girl whose father won't let her race because she's a girl, so she goes undercover and poses as a male to race for her big brother." Source

"She's the Man (2006 movie) – Amanda Bynes dresses as a man to be accepted in Illyria's boys' soccer team and get revenge in Cornwall. Based on the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare." Source

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The website TvTropes actually calls that character a "Sweet Polly Oliver" :) Upon further investigation, it seems like a LOT of K-dramas have this :D OMG. Mush watch more k-dramas xD *obsess*

Personally I prefer the girl-dresses-as-guy stories, but guy-dresses-as-girl stories are funny too :) Like... Tootsie, Some Like it Hot, Mrs. Doubtfire, etc...

Blackout 1/18/12

This Is What an Internet Protest Looks Like
That's only a few of the websites that are participating in the blackout :)

Seriously... like if you go to google, wikipedia, and even xkcd (along with plenty of other websites), you will see some sort of "blackout."

And some people are just really ignorant of what is happening... for example, see all of the angry and confused people on Twitter's Herpderpedia xD I found out about this through Gizmodo, and they have some other really great articles on there... But seriously, wouldn't you think that those people (a) could actually READ the message on Wiki or (b) would use some other website to look up info xD And... seriously?! "SOAP" ?? xD Wow...

Find out more on the blackout and SOPA/PIPA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

Update on PIPA

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Movies and K-Dramas

1/17/12

I've been (re)watching a LOT of stuff recently. Here's a few things, with possible comments??

Coffee Prince (Korean Drama) - adorable :3
Boys Over Flowers (Korean Drama) - basic plot is similar to CP as I mentioned in one of my earlier entries, but also cute in its own way
Dream High (Korean Drama) - quite different as far as Korean Dramas go, I think, but I liked it - once I got past the first ep or 2, I mean...
What's Your Number?
She's the Man - SUPER CUTE :D
G.I.Jane - So goooood!!
Star Wars (Ep1-6) - Just epicness :P
Lord of the Rings (1-3) - Just epicness :)
Back to the Future (1-2) - Just epicness :]
The Princess and the Frog - Eh. Was an okay movie... the end was good though :)
Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Alan Rickman is awesome xD
Pride and Prejudice (2005) - I liked most of the cast, but I felt like the movie was too rushed, and the actors didn't do their characters justice... The older version with Colin Firth was better overall :) Largely because there were so many more details included (even though that made the movie super long xD)
Camp Rock - I personally liked the story :)
Another Cinderella Story - I looooved the music :P

Change Up

Drama: Boys Over Flowers

So over the last two days, I watched "Boys over Flowers" :) It was pretty cute :P As far as Korean dramas though, I still prefer "Coffee Prince" :D *goes and turns on the soundtrack for CP*

Btw, this entry will have spoilers, spoilers, and more spoilers!! O_o

I will not go into the details of what happened with the plot(s) of the drama(s), for I just want to comment on a few small details. Throughout most of the drama, I wanted JiHoo to end up with JanDi because, as JanDi said herself, he is basically her soulmate. A part of me wanted JoonPyo to not remember JanDi in the last ep, so she could end up as JiHoo's girlfriend and later wife, as that old man predicted - and as JiHoo's grandfather wanted.

Speaking oh JiHoo's grandfather, it seems like he died at the end when they were showing the "4 years later" part. JanDi and JiHoo were talking about how the clinic shut down, so I assume the clinic would only shut down as a result of its only doctor dying :/ It was sad how little time JiHoo got to spend with his grandfather. The picture on his desk was so cute though :) --> of the two of them fishing :P

A few other things were unclear. Did JoonPyo's mom finally come around and spend more time with her family?? Or was she only doing that in the "4 years later" part because her husband woke up?? Oh, and if she did come around, did she go and try to talk to her husband while he was in a coma?? And is that the reason why he woke up?? :) I wonder how they announced that [his coming out of the coma] to the public, as it seems like they told everyone he was dead...?? xD Oh, and also as a random comment -- imagine JanDi's reaction when she finally came over to JoonPyo's house and saw the man she was trying to awaken before... him walking around, all healthy.... imagine her like, "WHAT?? You're the FATHER?? O___O" xD

But again, going back to the JiHoo/JanDi issue... he said something along the lines of him possibly staying back a year just so she wouldn't have to complete her last year of medical school alone. After that, he said something that seemed to imply he went to medical school either because of his grandfather or because of JanDi... aww :) Cute!! But again... sad that he doesn't end up with her :(

As for similarities to Coffee Prince [CP]... let's see... How about the fact that the basic plot line is this: Rich, hot, and egotistical guy who has everything falls in love with a girl who is barely getting by. They meet at school [work, not school in CP] and initially hate each other. The girl then develops a crush on one of the guy's best friends / group-mates [cousin, not friend in CP], which causes some problems... When the family of the guy find out that he wants to marry someone who is poor, they are super angry and try to tell him to find someone else. It's a happily ever after ending where the guy is a changed man and is no longer his old egotistical and lazy self :P hahah, of course there are a lot more details that don't match up, but that is essentially the gist of BOTH of them. Hahah, wow.

Oooooh, and don't forget that HanGyul's grandma in CP was JoonPyo's grandma in BOF. I was surprised at that. Oh, and YiJung [the 3rd F4 guy, who ends up with JanDi's best friend GaEul :]...? His brother apparently runs a coffee shop and makes a "leaf" design in the coffee froth, which I think was one of the designs featured in the opening of CP :P

Anyways, I highly recommend Coffee Prince!! And Boys Over Flowers too, but CP comes first :) [Those are links to the first episodes!! :P]

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On a totally random note, WHY IS IT RAINING/POURING IN DECEMBER?! :( It's almost Christmas, and there's no snow. WHAT!!!!???? >.< One of my friends said on Fb,

♪♫ I'm dreeaming of a greeeen Christmas ♪

Actually, another friend posted a somewhat similar status a few days before Halloween [when there was that really bad snow storm] --

♪♫ I'm dreeaming of a white... Halloween?? ♪

So yeah. This weather needs to stop. I WANT SNOW.