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...
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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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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
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
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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]
~~~
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.
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]
~~~
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.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Poem: Finals
‘Twas the week before finals, and all through the town
Not a student was drinking, not a frat made a sound
The adderall popped and the coffee was drank
In hopes that your mind won’t suddenly blank
The guys and the chicks depart from their beds
While visions of passing danced around in their heads
Crammed cafes and library dates
Regretting the days that you slept in late
While out on the campus there struck a big nerve
Of Asian kids sprinting to screw up the curve
The readings you ignored pile up to the ceiling
Our asses are saved by Wikipedia stealing
Time home for Thanksgiving was a bittersweet tease
Come back to find College screwing you on your knees
Facebook and Twitter prove a hefty temptation
Earning your citizenship in the procrasti-NATION
Increasingly worrisome for that borderline class
Friday nights out made it impossible to pass
All the moments we said “at least I have time”
Well the time has come…. did you do it? Neither did I.
Stressed and starved and screwed and sorry
That we skipped lecture to eat Chipotle and watch Maury
Sit down to find that you forgot your ID
…and your blue book, and pencil, and scantron–FUCK ME!
Exams handed out, the questions complex
Pray that it’s over, like a night of bad sex
Winter break so close we can almost taste it
High School friends, kegs, spending every night wasted
Eyes begin wandering while we’re cramped in our seats
That one kid is dragged out for trying to cheat
Smelly dude next to me, chill bro you’re fine!
Lord knows that your grade will be better than mine
Hand in the exam, relieved that it’s done
It’s been real, Econ 100, but the furthest from fun
One down, three to go, and to all that relate:
HAPPY FINALS TO ALL, AND TO ALL PASSING GRADES!
- Nate A.W.
Just reposting what ha had in his status :P
Not a student was drinking, not a frat made a sound
The adderall popped and the coffee was drank
In hopes that your mind won’t suddenly blank
The guys and the chicks depart from their beds
While visions of passing danced around in their heads
Crammed cafes and library dates
Regretting the days that you slept in late
While out on the campus there struck a big nerve
Of Asian kids sprinting to screw up the curve
The readings you ignored pile up to the ceiling
Our asses are saved by Wikipedia stealing
Time home for Thanksgiving was a bittersweet tease
Come back to find College screwing you on your knees
Facebook and Twitter prove a hefty temptation
Earning your citizenship in the procrasti-NATION
Increasingly worrisome for that borderline class
Friday nights out made it impossible to pass
All the moments we said “at least I have time”
Well the time has come…. did you do it? Neither did I.
Stressed and starved and screwed and sorry
That we skipped lecture to eat Chipotle and watch Maury
Sit down to find that you forgot your ID
…and your blue book, and pencil, and scantron–FUCK ME!
Exams handed out, the questions complex
Pray that it’s over, like a night of bad sex
Winter break so close we can almost taste it
High School friends, kegs, spending every night wasted
Eyes begin wandering while we’re cramped in our seats
That one kid is dragged out for trying to cheat
Smelly dude next to me, chill bro you’re fine!
Lord knows that your grade will be better than mine
Hand in the exam, relieved that it’s done
It’s been real, Econ 100, but the furthest from fun
One down, three to go, and to all that relate:
HAPPY FINALS TO ALL, AND TO ALL PASSING GRADES!
- Nate A.W.
Just reposting what ha had in his status :P
Total Geek
12/5/11
http://www.innergeek.us/geek-test.html
I am 28.22878% geeky [Total Geek] :P
+ Geekish Tendencies................................≥09%
++ Geek.............................................≥15%
+++ Total Geek......................................≥25%
++++ Major Geek.....................................≥35%
+++++ Super Geek....................................≥45%
++++++ Extreme Geek.................................≥55%
+++++++ Geek God....................................≥65%
+++++++! Dysfunctional Geek.........................≥75%
Fave one was "I own more than one slinky" xD
http://www.innergeek.us/geek-test.html
I am 28.22878% geeky [Total Geek] :P
+ Geekish Tendencies................................≥09%
++ Geek.............................................≥15%
+++ Total Geek......................................≥25%
++++ Major Geek.....................................≥35%
+++++ Super Geek....................................≥45%
++++++ Extreme Geek.................................≥55%
+++++++ Geek God....................................≥65%
+++++++! Dysfunctional Geek.........................≥75%
Fave one was "I own more than one slinky" xD
Sunday, December 4, 2011
KEEP HOLDING ON
12/4/11
No matter what, the clocks will keep on ticking, the world will keep on turning, and life will go on. Just keep smiling and don't give up :) [Who said that? Me xD]
Alternatively... "If you are going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
~
I was starting to feel sad again because of the bad day yesterday [awesome evening though :], and I was having dinner all by myself. Then, "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus came on shuffle on my mp3 player...
The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down, but
No I'm not breaking
I may not know it, but
These are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most
I've just gotta keep goin', and
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, cause
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
And I smiled and felt better. Who knew that it would be MILEY CYRUS that put me into a good mood?? :)
No matter what, the clocks will keep on ticking, the world will keep on turning, and life will go on. Just keep smiling and don't give up :) [Who said that? Me xD]
Alternatively... "If you are going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
~
I was starting to feel sad again because of the bad day yesterday [awesome evening though :], and I was having dinner all by myself. Then, "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus came on shuffle on my mp3 player...
The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down, but
No I'm not breaking
I may not know it, but
These are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most
I've just gotta keep goin', and
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, cause
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
And I smiled and felt better. Who knew that it would be MILEY CYRUS that put me into a good mood?? :)
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