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5 Things In the News Today

Posted in Music, NYC, Rant, Seoul, TV, Tokyo, WTF? with tags , , , , , on June 12, 2008 by illdielaughing

NOTHING seems to be sparking my interest enough for a full post.

 
Lee Jun Ki is gonna kick R. Kelly’s ass. 

1. Iljimae’s ratings has exceeded 20%. This drama is uber-popular, I would watch it but, generally, I am incapable of taking Lee Jun Ki seriously (it was the first minute of Time Between Dog and Wolf that did me in.) Yes, I am aware that I’m being completely unfair but we’ll see, maybe I’ll watch it and fall in love(???)

2. Cassiopeia still thinks that it’s a good idea to waste money on the Dong Bang boys’ birthdays. Micky refused the gift of a thousand dollars worth of camera equipment. Cass, here’s some advice: feed your self, your family, maybe an African baby or two and BUY THEIR ALBUMs. DBSK doesn’t want digital what-not’s from you, they want album sales. [Their was also a birthday party (is it just me or is it just weird to celebrate the birthday of someone you don't know?)]

3. Doctors at the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo’s Bunkyo-ku performed surgery on the wrong eye of a 70 year old patient. -_-; Good going guys. They performed surgery on the correct eye the following day. This is somewhat good news because the old man had a glaucoma in both his eyes. This is good because now the guy can see through both eyes, this is bad because what if he didn’t have glaucoma in the the other eye, and this is silly because shouldn’t the old guy have said, “hey, that’s the wrong eye”? 

4. Remember when R. Kelly peed on that 13 year-old girl and video taped it? Well, that was, say, 10 years ago and the case is now going through trial. R. Kelly’s people are alleging that the man is not R. Kelly and that the girl is not who they say it is. The prosecutor is saying that the man is R. Kelly and that R. Kelly is a perv (in the video R. Kelly [if it is him] makes the girl walk around, pee on the floor and then he proceeds to have sex with her, though I’m not sure if the sex comes before or after the peeing upon her incident). Well, with songs like “Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number” and “Bump N’ Grind” I’m wondering how the jury will decide. 

5. The Dow and NASDAQ are up… but don’t be fooled America, we are in a recession :) .

6. (Another one because because number 5 wasn’t fun!) People (what a vague word) seem to forget that their favorite artists aren’t the only singers in the world and that, YES other artists might release a single on the same day. Not it wasn’t on purpose. Relax… don’t get a headache worrying over conspiracy theories. 

7. Sorry, that wasn’t news either, just griping… Hmm… How about this. DBSK is releasing their T Concert DVD! (More Idol paraphernalia that I’ll be too cheap to buy(exclamation point optional).

8. Okay this is the last one, I only added it because I forgot about the best news this week. So You Think You Can Dance is back! And so is America’s Best Dance Crew, (they have a crew on the show called fannypak) I am SO excited.

(9. I finished Fruit’s Basket. The last book was kind of unnecessary, the plot points could have fit into book 22 but it was nice to draw out a series that I didn’t want to stop reading.)

Okay, I’m done with my “5″ News points. You can choose which five were the most exhilarating. 

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The Internet [and Why I Want to Kill It Right Now]

Posted in Randomnosity, Rant with tags , on May 22, 2008 by illdielaughing

If you’ve been on the DBSK thread over at Soompi you may want to either shoot yourself or your computer as well. 

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Crazy Fans Should Start Demanding Pay

Posted in Rant, Seoul with tags , on May 14, 2008 by illdielaughing

 

I think this crosses a serious line. I know people say, “If I saw DBSK in the street I would take pictures!!!!” That’s more or less a given (from an appropriate distance), but there is no reason for this serious stalker photo. I mean, this is illegal guys. It doesn’t matter who your idol is, when they signed their contract they didn’t give ALL of their life to the public nor should there be young girls on their property at night. These girls are not even getting payed!! So I say, if you want to make yourself seem less crazy for hiding in someone’s bushes this late at night, come to America, you’ll have a job. 

I honestly think that this is a good example of fans asking too much of their idols. DBSK works pretty much 24/7 all year round, they release single after single, they’re on variety shows, they fly back and forth between Korea and Japan, they do their tours of Asia, they do sooo much, too much. They look skinny and malnourished because honestly they’re overworked. I don’t want to sound preachy but I think a vast majority of people would agree that the above picture shouldn’t even exist. 

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Hana Yori Dango I and II

Posted in Rant, TV on March 21, 2008 by illdielaughing

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I somehow finished the last season of Hana Yori Dango yesterday. I had started it last summer and then stopped in the middle of the sixth or seventh episode. Yesterday I started watching again from the 8th episode and finished the season. Then I thought that I should watch season two since everyone just seems to love the drama but… I did a My Girl with this one. I watched the first episode (Well I watched the first half of the first episode and then I skimmed the last half) and then the second half of the last episode(okay I skimmed that too). I really couldn’t condone spending that many hours on a drama that was already driving me crazy from episode one. I’m know I’m in the vast majority by not liking this drama.

It’s just that I can’t bring myself to like Domyouji’s character. Domyouji is an obnoxious brat and Makino has really bad taste in guys because there is nothing good about Domyouji’s character outside of the fact that he likes her. And then there’s Rui, who Makino keeps calling “Hanazawa Rui”, can she be anymore formal? Rui and Makino are much better suited for each other in my opinion. But I know I’m in the minority about that as well. I don’t know exactly what happened in Season two and I’m not to concerned about finding out (well, I might read a synopsis).

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Ughh, Fandom…kinda sucks…

Posted in Crazy People, Music, Rant on March 9, 2008 by illdielaughing

Watching Guerilla Date with DBSk was borderline painful for me. Here’s why:
1. It was funny that Junsu was saying that he enjoyed walking outside again. I was like “huh?” you’re surrounded by tons of fans a good tenth of which are clinically insane and you enjoy this? Right…

2. I was surprised that someone knew the exact date of DBSK’s debut. I guess Korea puts more emphasis on debuts but even when I was younger and loved N’synch I had no idea what year they debuted (which once again could simply be due to my general laziness about these things).

3. The girl that “doesn’t like Jae Joong, but Loves him” kicked a girl in the head trying to get to DBSK and she cried. That’s relatively normal I assume, but she was a bit cuckoo. I loved Micky’s face during the entire thing he seemed so uncomfortable.

4. Yunho had to start dancing again. “Dance time for the friends”. Sit the fuck down, Yunho, just tap your feet quietly. Don’t you sometimes feel like Yunho is that friend you havethat is always making a spectacle of himself? But I do love how Yunho always hugs his fans, it’s really sweet because you know that makes their day.

5. Somehow Jaejoong reveals the women in his masturbation fantasies. Sorry, I’m crossing a line, but let’s be honest here. The guy asks him how he deals with loneliness that a guy feels (what kind of answer is he expecting?) and Jae Joong says he watched foreign movies because those actresses become main characters in his imagination. Oh Jaejoong, Jaejoong, Jaejoong…

6. Lastly, it was slightly painful because it led me to writing everything below(/after the jump).

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“Don’t You EVER Insult Hyori!” (This is a useless post)

Posted in Crazy People, Rant with tags , on March 7, 2008 by illdielaughing

SHUT UP.

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I swear I’ve gotten so many ridiculous comments about Lee Hyori, Kim Ah Joong and whoever else I might have insulted about being untalented.  But the Hyori lovers are definitely the most ridiculous. They go from threatening peoples lives to saying “Fuck you asshole!!!” to giving long essays about why “Hyori is great!”.

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At least when people defend Kim Ah Joong they don’t make ridiculous threats on peoples live or use a ridiculous amount of exclamation points. I do point out Kim Ah Joong’s plastic surgery a lot but that isn’t why I think she’s a bad actress. I just think she’s a bad actress. And I think that her extensive plastic surgery is really distracting but the two are in no way related. There are actresses that I like that have gotten plastic surgery like Uhm Jung Hwa and Han Chae Young, I also have friends that can’t stand either of them, but I don’t ever threaten there lives or use 5 exclamations points at the end of my sentences when I talk to them.

I say this all to say that I am really curious about all these crazy people that comment on my blog. Not the ones that sanely disagree with me but the ones with the excessive punctuation and homicidal disposition.

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Giordana Completely Steals from the “I am African” Campaign

Posted in NYC, Rant, Seoul on February 12, 2008 by illdielaughing

So… What am I talking about? Well, if you walked around the city a few months ago you would see posters like these:

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The “I AM AFRICAN” campaign was a way to help keep children alive who were suffering from or affected by the AIDS epidemic.  A great cause and, in my humble opinion, a great campaign concept.

Now moving on to Giordano. They used Jang Dong Gun (for the millionth time) and Jung Ryu Won for there spring ad campaign. And what did they do? What was their concept? Um,*cough* well that is COMPLETELY bit off of the “I AM AFRICAN” campaign.

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Wow, this is COMPLETELY unoriginal. I understand being influenced by something else but it is obvious that Giordano knows they’re stealing from the “I AM AFRICAN” campaign and doesn’t care. I’d have to say this is Giordano’s most unfortunate ad campaign that I’ve seen so far. The pictures are nice but the face paint makes no sense in the context of clothing and…they stole their campaign idea. Gah, how frustrating. I saw this over at Popseoul! and they apparently didn’t realize that this was just a complete rip-off, they squealed about feeling “spring-y inside”.

. . .

Seriously.

On another note. I love Jang Dong Gun, and I like Jung Ryu Won and besides the plagiarism I do like the ad campaign. But that’s probably because I loved the “I AM AFRICAN” campaign. When you think about it though, the AFRICAN campaign is so much more deep and important than any ad campaign Giordano will ever do. So to steal from them is kinda… stupid. It’s so frustrating that most of the Korean population will have no idea that this idea is completely unoriginal. This must be how some Japanese feel about the numerous American’s that have no idea that The Ring is a remake.

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Koda Kumi, you shouldn’t have had to apology in the first place. . .

Posted in Rant, Tokyo with tags on February 10, 2008 by illdielaughing

So everyone knows about Koda Kumi’s silly comment about women’s fluids after they turn 35, right? Well, there was an uproar with so many people upset at her “insensitivity”. Oh God, do these people really have nothing else to care about except some innocent scientifically accurate comment a singer makes? I thought it wouldn’t end up being anything when I heard about it so I never posted. I really didn’t find it that interesting or important. But the fact that she had to give a tearful apology was just ridiculous. So much so that I just had to rant about how ridiculous it is.

From Tokyograph:

On Thursday, Kumi Koda appeared in an exclusive interview on Fuji TV’s “FNN Super News” to apologize for a remark she made on “All Night Nippon” last week. She had stated that “when women turn 35, their amniotic fluid goes rotten,” leading to many angry reactions from the public.

It’s like the people reacting negatively to this feel as if Koda spilled the beans about something. “Oh no! The world will know about my amniotic fluid! Damn you Koda Kumi!” Give it a rest.

Not everyone was convinced, however. An informal poll taken after the broadcast through Sankei Sports’ website indicated that 81% of the viewers felt the apology was insufficient, while only 9% said it was enough. Fuji TV later announced that by midnight on Thursday, it had received almost 300 phone calls about the broadcast. About a third of them carried heavy criticism, such as saying that Koda’s apology felt insincere. Only 9 of the callers defended the singer.

People actually called to complain… That’s just another level of sad states of minds. Couldn’t they just quietly simmer in their unneccesaary anger? To waste so many people’s time is just ridiculous. I think it’s even silly that 9 people just called to say they were happy with her apology. Who cares? Go eat some food and get drunk instead of hanging on every word that she says. I just can’t imagine that so many people have so little to do. I’m thinking that it has to be sad housewives with no children or grown children that actually have nothing better to do or think about.

Koda Kumi shouldn’t be crying because she is still number one on Oricon. She really should be having the last laugh.

Anyway, this is just another sad example of how the world is obsessed, in a rather depressing way, with celebrity. As Tears for Fears would say, “It’s a very very Mad World”.

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GIVE IT A REST!

Posted in Rant, Seoul with tags on January 27, 2008 by illdielaughing

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Once again, the E.L.F.’s were out in the freezing below zero weather to protest the addition of Henry or anyone to Super Junior. 700 obsessed girls sat outside of SM Entertainment with their silly signs and a lack of sanity. My friend summed up why they did it rather well. “To them adding someone else to Super Junior is like adding another book to the Bible.” I get it now. There would be so many protests about that. But let’s put things into perspective here. Idol group vs. A book that is the basis of a religion that millions of people believe in. Hmm. Well, I can’t say that I sympathize with the E.L.F.’s who, by the way, want an apology from SM for causing mental damage. Are you friggin’ kidding me?

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Cya, Gong Yoo

Posted in Rant, Seoul with tags on January 14, 2008 by illdielaughing

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He’s off to complete is two years of military duty. He was just gettig his career off the ground so it’s unfortunate to see him go but I think he’ll still has a good fanbase when he’s released. Good Luck in the Military, Gong Yoo!

You’ll find unintentional war rambling after the jump.

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