20 posts tagged “tv”
Well I thought I would get here and write a blog post whilst waiting for my steak to finish cooking in the oven, and post some pics of stuff that I thought would be fun to share and have been meaning to post, but then I realized my camera battery is mysteriously dead, so it’s charging now. Breaking things into categories is easiest, I suppose.
Plans for next year (and by that I mean, after September): I looked up CELTA courses last night for a few hours, and Thailand and Vietnam seem to be the main places to go. Vietnam sounds cool (and is $100 cheaper), but I have no huge desire to go there, and I would love to see Thailand. Unfortunately none of the schedules for the classes look super-amazing – the earliest one that I could do without getting out of my contract early starts in late September. The others start the first week or so of October. This is good if I want to work here a few extra weeks/go travel around Thailand a bit before starting. But it does also mean I will get home later in the year.
A couple of friends have mentioned they would possibly be able to look after Gizmo for me, so that should be fine. My project for this week, I think, will be to dive into the wonderful world of recruiting again and see what jobs are available in … hmm. How long will I be home for? I don’t want to inconvenience the cat-sitter for longer than necessary, so maybe 3 weeks? Anyway, need to look into getting another contract, as well as decide for certain which CELTA course to take (almost certain it will be Thailand, probably Bangkok. The Chiang Mai one is out in the wilderness, although there is a package where you have room and board for $2400 provided. Still think I might like Bangkok better, me being a city girl.
So yeah – looking for a job again. Should be easier this time around, since I’m already here. I think. Here’s hoping.
Knitting: So here’s where my camera would have come in. Never fear, pictures will be posted, as they are necessary (and I have to put some on Rav too.) I have … 3 projects I’m working on right now. (I mean, I’m pretty sure it’s only 3.)
-- The Shawl: It’s
about 50 cm deep now. Yay. I just
started the 3rd ball of the sparkly stuff, and my plan for the moment
is to finish all the sparkle stuff, and crochet or knit on a lace border with
the rest of the non-sparkly stuff.
-- The Shirt: Well, I did a fair bit of knitting the other
night at Feast to keep my hands busy and stop me from just walking out (they
were talking till 10:15 PM OMG and I wanted to get home before midnight. Didn’t happen.-sigh-) I’m on my third set of skeins, and have
realized omg I have a ton of this stuff.
(I bought 20balls just to be sure I would have enough.) The last time I checked, the shirt was about
25cm done, but I can’t remember if I’ve done more on it since then. Oh well.
The point is, it’s getting there!! Soon I will be able to start the
ribbing for the bodice, and if there’s anything more stimulating than
stockinette, it’s 1x1 ribbing. Woohoo, good times.
I’m trying not to think how bored I got with the ribbed scarf I made. It's SOOO SOFT, tho. Silk/cotton, gotta love it.
-- My most recent project, the ‘Tank Top Enabler’: This is a lace shrug I found on Knitty.com, ‘cause
I like my tank tops and I want to be able to wear them without having people stare
at me. So I’m making this shawl, and we’ll
see how it goes. I was working on it tonight for a bit before cooking dinner –
it’s marked as a ‘piquant’ (difficult) pattern in Knitty’s archive, but I did
the Argosy scarf, and that was too, so I think I shall be okay. I’ve only gotten about 15 rows into it, ‘cause
I’ve had to pull it out, restart, figure out the decreases, etc. I think I am going to be okay for the moment,
though. This will def. need to be blocked when finished.
And there was a huge sale at yarn.com so I went shopping for stuff for projects next year. I think I have at least 4 things planned, not counting whatever I just decide to do with the stash I already have. That will be my last yarn purchase for a while, I think - I probably want a new computer before September, so I should be saving for that.
Stuff I do while knitting: I can’t work on anything too complex while I’m knitting, especially if I have to read subtitles- I still haven’t quite gotten the habit of not looking at what I’m doing, probably cause I’m working with double-stranded stuff and don’t want to accidentally split it. Anyway – I’ve finished the drama I’d been watching recently, Romantic Princess. Despite the usual annoyances with plot holes, it was pretty fun. I totally was wrong about the main guy not really being attractive – he definitely grew on me (especially after that swimming scene). One thing that surprised me about this drama – actual kissing. Srsly. After watching Hana Yori Dango and Devil Beside You, this show was way more explicit (though not to be compared the Korean HYD where there’s a ‘bedroom aftermath’ scene.) Once I got into the show, I really enjoyed both lead characters, and they’re interesting strong characters, especially Xiao Mai.
Last night I watched a movie I’d never seen but have been hearing about for a while – 10 Things I Hate About You. I’ve been on a bit of a 90s teen movie kick anyway, but this was surprisingly good. I felt like it could have been a lil more fleshed out, story-wise. But it was a great, witty movie with lots of quirks (guidance counselor who’s writing a romance novel? White rastas?), and I’m a fan of Julia Stiles (Save the Last Dance – need to watch that again…) and of course, Heath Ledger is just yummy. I hadn’t heard his accent before, but it’s adorable.
What next? Hmm... have several TV shows I need to catch up on – have yet to see the new Who special cause I haven’t watched S4 yet. Maybe I will get started on that. Or all those like 5 other shows. We’ll see.
I’ve been reading here and there lately – some vampire novels and started (finally) Oku no Hosomichi the other day. I think I’m about halfway through it, but it’s one of those books that will probably bear re-reading. I especially want to go back and write down some of my thoughts on the haiku. And Anand reminded me, I really should write that post about why I chose this name for my blog. I need to get started on that translation too, before I forget all the Japanese I ever knew. At least I have the stuff printed out and in my house – that’s a step. I’d like to get enough into it to see if I should bring one of my dictionaries back with me – my grammar ones especially.
The rest of the time: there’s work. Which is fine as usual. I made one of my 7-year old boys cry the other day, on accident (not that I was sorry about it, mind you. ) Before you think I’m a horrible person – Korean children have this annoying habit of molesting foreign teachers. It’s not just my kids – it seems to be some sort of epidemic. It’s really annoying, because it stems from rudeness/disrespect – many Korean children are not taught that it’s rude to stare or point at foreigners, and several of my kids seem to think it’s funny to be disrespectful to me, not only verbally, but also touching me. I always get onto them about it, cause they wouldn’t dare do it to a Korean teacher, but it’s still really annoying. Anyway – I was in my afternoon class on Friday, and one of the boys, Reo, grabbed my ass with both hands. He only comes up to a bit higher than my waist, and my first response when someone does something like that is to backhand them. Thankfully I didn’t, but I spun around and grabbed his wrist so fast that one of my nails caught the side of his next and scratched him a bit. I don’t think it hurt him very much, probably just mostly surprised him, and he started crying a bit. Hopefully he won’t do that again.
Friday was also Teacher’s Day, a pretty important holiday here. Well, for us it was anyway. We didn’t get the day off, but we did get lots of flowers and chocolate. A couple parents brought cake, so we had 2 cakes, and 2 large boxes of fruit as well. And we got a bonus, which was nice. Donald and I went to Costco with Debbie and her kids that night, and I have stocked my freezer with meat, so I will almost def. not need anymore till I leave, I think, unless I start eating a lot more of it. Of course, I will have to go back for cheese, but that’s understandable. Next year I really need to get my own card. That reminds me – I need to go grocery shopping for normal-ish stuff tomorrow. I didn’t find maple syrup there, sadly (add that to my list of stuff to bring back with me), but I did get chicken broth, so I can try to make risotto again. Sweetness!
Like my awesome vase for the flowers? Yes, you too can own this awesome 1.5liter coke bottle vase....
Maybe I’ve not mentioned this before, but I like making (iced) tea, and since I have like 8 different kinds, I usually mix 2 together and see how it goes. Tonight’s mix is some Ahmad Black Mango and some Celestial Seasonings Peppermint. I like it. It’s a very light mix, and the mango comes after the peppermint but doesn’t get overwhelmed by it. I think I might do that again sometime. That mango is amazing! I’m running out tho – might have to traipse back to Itaewon.
Ah! Music! Well, I’ve
been feeling a little bored with my music lately – I haven’t gotten anything
new for a while. So I found a torrent
from November, some ranking list, and picked a bunch of songs I thought looked
interesting, as well as the new Fray and Three Days Grace albums. Haven’t listened to the latter yet, but the
former is… well. The Fray takes some
sinking in. I’ve been enjoying quite a
few of the others though – Rihanna’s ‘Disturbia’ which sounds like it could be
the theme for some upbeat version of the Silent Hill movies or something… well,
maybe more Resident Evil? Something set in a city. More towards psychothriller
and such. I was intrigued to see a new
OAR song, ‘Shattered’, which I like.
Always enjoy Nickelback’s singles – stop cringing, okay? There’s a few more, but I think my favorite
one is by someone I’d never heard of before.
It’s called ‘Shake it’ by Metro Station.
Dance-poppy, and addictive like whoa.
And on the other end of the scale is ‘Addicted’ by a band called Saving
Abel. The latter two are below for your
listening pleasure, but be warned that ‘Addicted’ is probably NSFW.
Hmm. 12:30 am. I should… go to bed, I guess? Wanna try out the camera first. And damn, I was going to finish that email to Julie tonight. -sigh-
I suck at Nablopomo. -shrugs- Sorry. I mean, it's not that I don't have interesting things happen to me all the time, just that I don't think about blogging about them everyday. I'm usually busy, you know, experiencing them. Also, it's been something like 2 weeks since I had a night home by myself/got home before 9pm. So, when I did have time, I just wanted to chill and not have to worry about being under pressure to do something like blog.
That being said, lots of fun/interesting things have happened. Where to start? The most recent are easiest to remember. Or perhaps to group them into categories. Here goes:
Knitting: I've been working on my dragon shawl, mostly. I'm just starting the third repeat of the pattern, so I have a ways to go. Still, I like how it's turning out. I would take pictures, but it's hard to see very well. I did a swatch the other day for the tunic I'm going to make, and will probably take that to SnB to work on this week. Yummy, silk/cotton blend in a nice light green. I finished my cowl as well, and am pleased with it, despite having to rip out the bind off and redo it. It's very awesome, and I'm supposed to take pictures at some point. I got into trading stuff on ravelry, and now have a hand-dyed skein of alpaca and a skein of blue/green sock yarn. I also bought some really nice alpaca to make a pair of fingerless gloves with - the new Sourwood Mountain pattern from Knitty. Unfortunately I need to learn cables before I can do it - it's supposed to be fairly difficult. However, the weather has taken a turn for the worse, so I'm sure I will be able to get them done and still have time to wear them a bit. If not - well, there's always next winter.
TV/Books: Did i mention I finished Hana Yori Dango, both seasons? I was happy with the ending, for the most part. Of course, now the Korean drama that's a copy of it is all over the place here - they even have F4 fajitas at On the Border. Let me tell you, Hanazawa Rui's Korean counterpart is not as attractive, especially when drawn with an oversized head on a shrimp's body. But in general, the whole Korean cast is not as attractive. Especially Korean-Makino. She's supposed to be cute, but... no.
Since then I've vague cravings to watch the last season of Doctor Who that I never got around to, but I've been watching another drama, Taiwanese, Romantic Princess. The lead guy is growing on me, and the lead girl, Xiao Mai, is beautiful as well as really sweet. But she's also naive as fuck and kinda annoying at times. She tends to do things without thinking (like getting engaged to play a prank on someone she doesnt like. I know, right?) It hasn't annoyed me enough to stop watching, so I'll keep going. I also watched the pilot for a an American drama called Damages that Jon was pestering me about. Still haven't gotten to True Blood. (shh... don't tell him).
I got a book from BookMooch a few weeks back, and picked it up last night. I liked it so much that I finished it
I've been working on another audiobook as well, when I'm knitting at home, or jsut when I don't feel like listening to music. I'm continuing with the Sword of Truth series. I always liked Stone of Tears, though there are some parts in the middle that drag a bit, and I'm about halfway through it right now. I still haven't decided if I will listen to the books I haven't read yet on audio, or read them first. I guess it depends.
Okay folks, that's pretty much not it at all, but I'm zonked. More later. In the meantime, here's a song I've been liking lately.
I just finished watching the last bit of Hana Yori Dango 2, so I'm done with that series. I really loved that show, though at times it was predictable and the back and forth kinda annoyed me. -sigh-
Poor Hanazawa Rui... he just kept getting screwed. Such is the way of Japanese dramas. Not like your amazing, sensitive first-love could be the one you're destined for - no, it always has to be the crazy guy who's your first kiss by accident and has some vendetta against you. Until of course he realizes how awesome you are, but by then you don't really want anything to do with him. Argh.
Yeah, I'll probably watch it again. -smile- Next up: Romantic Princess, the Taiwanese drama I started at the same time as HYD.
I surprised myself by getting stuff done today. I finished all of the editing for Kimura, did part of my work for stuff with Jihyun (gotta finish the rest tomorrow) and went to Jamsil. Well, I had to do that, cause otherwise how would Donald get here? He seems very nice. Hopefully Violet-teacher will be happy.
Okay, off to work on my cowl some more before bed. I get paid this week so I am going to hit up ddm and get some beads for Bethany's cowl, as well as some more jewelry stuff...
Currently singing: the theme from HyD2 - "Love so sweet" by Arashi
Where i took a nap all evening and didn't do anything. Now I am awake and prowling the net and wondering what to do. I've started watching a few dramas, and I have a legwarmer to start/finish. But there's also a cowl I'm thinking of doing and a shawl/wrap thing. And then all those designs in my head for modifications to stuff... I want to knit a corset, and I have an idea, just have to get the yarn to work it out.
So, new dramas! Not that I don't have tons of stuff to watch already, but I got bored the other day and went browsing on the subwire for interesting-looking stuff. I picked out a few that looked decent, and so far I have been happy with my choices.
Hana Yori Dango is pretty much the most popular thing ever. MatsuJun, Oguri Shun, and other pretty boys, and it's based on the #1 selling shoujo manga of all time. It's a high-school drama wherein the commoner girl at the rich snobby school stands up to the ruling foursome. Hijinks and romance ensues, obviously. I only watched the first ep last night, but I have dled the rest of them and will probably get back to it on friday evening. have dinner with my new Korean friend tomorrow and Gangnam snb on thursday.
Nodame Cantabile is about this arrogant musical student, Chiaki, who wants to be a conductor and his crazy gifted neighbor/love interest kouhai Nodame. the first ep is all, them meeting and Chiaki learning to not be such an ass. Nodame falls in love with him by pretty much the end of the first ep, but he's not so crazy about her. This series is so cool because it's all classical music. To be honest, Nodame's character annoys me with her 20-something Japanese spaz-cuteness, but hopefully she will get better. Chiaki is played by Tamaki Hiroshi, who I knew I recognized from somewhere - apparently from Asahi beer ads. He was also in the movie Water Boys, about a Japanese swim team, if you've seen that.
And last but not least, a Taiwanese drama. Actually, it was the first one I watched. But whatever. I'll probably have to wait longer to watch the rest, cause the torrents for the first few eps are kinda scarce. It's called Romantic Princess. A poor girl always dreams about being rich, and then is suddenly discovered to be the long-lost granddaughter of the richest man in Asia. It stars Angela Zhang, who also does the music for it, and she's very talented, from what I have seen so far. Of course, there's the whole clash of two cultures, middle and super-rich. There's the love interest (Jin - not really my type.) who is an ass at first, but (cause the credits and opening are spoilery like WHOA! No suspense there... ) of course falls head over heels in love when he realizes how awesome the girl is. It only took him to the end of the first ep to realize she's not a complete selfish fake bitch. He gets props for that.
I've got another one that I'm working on dling, so when I have seen that one I will post about it. Looks a bit more sketchy, but we'll see. Is it a bad thing that even as I watch these dramas, my mind is dissecting all the cliches and figuring out the plot lines. I mean, I have read synopses, but also just... they tend to be predictable in a sense. I don't know exactly how things work out, but I have an idea of the general structure of them.
Still haven't watched the rest of Doctor Who or started True Blood/Legend of the Seeker/Survivors but I will get to them eventually. I've been watching Firefly again though, and of course, keeping up with Psych. Which is always awesome... -sigh- okay, i think it's time for bed now. I'll do the knitting tomorrow.
Just thinking about that line makes me laugh - it's the first thing that the Gingerbread Man says in our play. Which, actually, is next Saturday. Wow, time flies. I'm going to try to get someone to video tape it for me, but I don't know how that will turn out, cause I will have to be directing them on stage. I might take my camera when we do the practice and film them then. Some parts are just adorable - Lina in Rose Class does some of the dance moves likes she's having a seizure, and it's hilarious. I really wish my camera could do zoom when it's in video mode, but alas. No such luck.
Okay, back to the topic at hand - Here it is! Took me just under two weeks, with blocking and all. I give you, Argosy!
Now what? I thought about starting the teddy bears, or that hood/cowl, but I think I am going to take a break for a few days and read a book or something. For one, my right wrist is bothering me. (So obviously, I'm trading knitting for updating my blog tonight...) I'm going to wear my brace some more and see if that helps. It doesn't hurt, really, it just feels... tired. And tingly as well. -sigh- I wonder if my generation will have higher instances of carpal tunnel syndrome. At least it doesnt cut down on my typing speed too much to only use one hand. Can still type faster than the rest of my family... -smirk-
one thing that did make me happy - my internet connection finally straightened itself out, so my ravelry is back, as are other important sites, like the ones to pay my student loan bills. I sent some money back to pay them today and am now officially broke until I get paid on the 10th. I have like, 9 dollars in my checking account and $30 in cash. Fun fun. My fault tho. No more yarn for me. Not like I don't have enough anyway. Need to destash.
for the moment, however, i think i am going to focus on jewelry making. i am finally getting motivated to design that key chandelier necklace that's been floating round in my head. Also, this weekend Tim intro'd me to his friend Cara, who is a producer/composer (and Korean pop idol Rain's former world tour concert master. srsly). We went shopping together, and she found some earrings she really liked, but her ears aren't pierced. They looked pretty simple, so I told her I would make her some, and we're going to Dongdaemun Saturday to get the stuff for that. Should be fun. I'll post pics on here when I do them.
Also happened to meet a man from uzbekistan on the way home on tuesday night on the subway. he didn't speak english, and i don't speak korean really, but we managed some semblance of a conversation. which ended with him asking for my phone number, -sigh- Didn't make sense, really. He asked me to get dinner with him, but i had already eaten. And why would you ask for someone's number when you can barely hold a conversation with them? The fact that he looked in his 40s and smelled of alcohol didn't win him any points either.
I've finished two series in the past week, but I have yet to write about one of them. Last night I couldn't sleep, though, so I scribbled down some thoughts on merlin. Obviously, spoilers and ranting. You've been warned.
*****
My first thoughts were, "This is not as good as Doctor Who/Torchwood." Not the best comparison, but those are the other BBC shows I am familiar with. Granted, Merlin is written for a different audience, but even in terms of quality, they aren't the same. Not that there haven't been some pretty bad eps in the Whoniverse (looking at you, "Cyberwoman" and "Countrycide"), but still.
Overall, I enjoyed this, but I really hope there's another season 'cause so many things that were left undone bothered me. Like, ALL OF THE SUB-PLOTLINES.
-- No closure on Arthur/Merlin. Obviously I didn't expect full on boy-sex, but some sort of revelation or understanding would have been nice. Not, "Arthur, don't be a prat I'm gonna go die for you now."
-- What happened to the pairings? It's like the writers started out with one idea and then completely scrapped that in favor of going along with slashdom. Then they bring in this half-assed thing with Gwen and Arthur, as if they suddnely decided they needed to do something with some connection to actual Arthurian legend after almost a season of complete disregard. And Gwen's character is already awkward enough, which has been demonstrated numerous times by her complete inability to interact with any of the guys without making herself look a fool / mistakenly saying something that no one but she will take the wrong way.
-- Uther and Morgana. um. can you say "electra complex"? or "just sketchy" might be better. maybe that's just my "didn't grow up with a father figure" bias, but personally i think their relationship is a little creepy.
-- THE ENTIRE FINALE. I mean, srsly, WTF? the writers really made Merlin an ass, and almost as much as much of a prat as Arthur. First he's all bitchy to Morgana, who probably is freaked cause she's having visions, although her coming outside all half-dressed and hysterical wasn't the best idea.
then the dragon. Yeah, Merlin, the dragon has been manipulating you for a while 'cause e has nothing to do but sit in his cave and ship you and his royal prat-ness all day, but rly? You're pretty dense not to have picked up on it before now, so you have no right to be angry, since it's only been obvious to everyone else since, like, the FIRST EPISODE.
Did I mention Merlin's totally hypocritical, as well as immature? Sure, yeah, do anything to save Arthur. No, wait, that person can't die! No, not that one either. His comment to Gaias about "We haven't done everything we're meant to do," (which also came from the DRAGON) - but you can't do anything if you go off and DIE for him. I understand he's all teenage powerful warlock being a rebel and refusing to accept what people tell him, but come on. People DIE. It HAPPENS. This would have been a good time for Merlin to start realizing that you can't save everyone. Obviously, he's not ready to lose his mentor, and Arthur's not ready to be king. (Though in my opinion, Hunith is totally expendable.) But... ugh.
And even though Nimueh is a complete bitch, it pissed me off how Merlin was so fine with killing her to fulfill HIS END of a bargain, but not with sacrificing any of the people who matter to him. Sure, Arthur is most important, but not to the point that other people are allowed to die. Obviously, there's not a lot of emotional sympathy for Nimueh anyway (the villains here are kinda flat), but to me it still smacks of hypocrisy. Or the inability to look a situation maturely and rationally.
Despite all this, I'm definitely going to continue to watch, in hopes that the writers grow. I understand that letting characters die is not something that many are comfortable with/ can pull off believably, but still. I was disappointed. Add that to the lack of resolution of ANYTHING in the series, and I was just kind of disgusted afterwards. Still, I'm glad the series made me think so much. Perhaps I will write something more formal about it in the future.
*****
Okay, bedtime now. If I don't get distracted by Rav again...
It's not fair that three such beautiful people should be fiction. granted, the actors who play them are real, but it's the characters I really love.
I spent the afternoon finishing Season Three, and I really loved it, even though I'm still a Rose/Ten shipper. But who needed that? There was enough slash to drown in, what with the Master and dungeon-surviving!Jack and last but not least, "Regenerate!"/angst!Doctor. Martha was nice too, though I think it would be cool if she hooks up with Dr. Milligan later. I thought the comment the conversation about the TARDIS key perception field was funny - "Like someone you fancy who doesn't even know you exist!" and Jack's comment, "You too?" Although, to be fair, it's been mentioned enough times as a joke that it's very clear the Doctor does know. And Martha's been building her house of cards since the first episode and the genetic transfer, so even though I think she's awesome in her own right, I still don't get the Doctor/Martha shippers. It's just not there, at least for me.
Ahh. And now that I have finished that, I will let myself dl the next episode of Psych. God knows I have so many shows that people have recommended that I will never finish all of them. Even though it's sad, it's kinda a good thing that Torchwood and Who are taking a break, cause it gives me time to catch up. I go through spells of TV watching, so it takes me a while.
Also today I finished my second puzzle!! This one took me the same amount of time as Starry Night, despite that it was 500 pieces, not 300. But I think it was a bit easier, even though I loved it and had lots of fun. I'll post of pic of it later.
While looking for pics of the puzzle on the internet, I discovered the Art Renewal Center. They seem a bit forceful in their views, but the important thing is that they have high-res images of lots of pre-Modernism paintings. And since I love pr-Modernist art, I really loved browsing through their stuff. I found some awesome stuff, and a new artist to love.
All these new pictures (and some of my old ones that I have been editing lately make me want to change my blog to make it more personalized, so I might start making banners or something. Or just do image editing. In all my free time, when I'm not doing other stuff, you know. Haha.
I'm off to the store for food and then to cook dinner, listen to an audiobook version of Twilight, and knit Tim's scarf. Fun times.
Well, after I put together my Starry Night puzzle. It took me about 5 hours, for 300 pieces. But then, it's a hard painting to put together. Still, I feel like it shouldn't have taken me that long, though I haven't done a puzzle in forever. I was going to get a frame for it, still might. Strangely enough, it actually came with glue to hold it together once it was finished. I though that was pretty cool. I have one other one still that I bought when I went to COEX, but there are a few more there that I was looking at that I liked - three of them were from Night of the Milky Way Railway, which I thought was pretty fricking awesome.
Then I ate the rest of my burrito and watched Human Nature/Family of Blood. I really liked that episode. For one thing, Thomas Sangster is so adorable. (He was the kid in Love Actually, Sam, whose mom died.) And he's only two years older than my sister, which makes me feel kinda weird, but oh well. I'm sure everyone has their child molestation urges every now and then. Though he is 18.... as of May.
I was annoyed with the Doctor for the way he treated Joan, but she was a bit snitty at the end too, though I can sympathize. I mean, he has Martha - and he'd just heard her say she loved him! And then goes to ask Joan if she wants to come along. -sigh- Watching this made me realize how amazing David Tennant is, how much I am going to miss him, and think that perhaps I should watch his new show. Looking it up on Imdb, it doesn't look too amazing, but still... But then, I have a ton of other things to watch. Psych, Torchwood (when it omg FINALLY AIRS), etc. Legend of the Seeker, the Sword of Truth miniseries is finally out, and while I kind of cringe, I also want to see it. And people keep talking about Merlin.
Ack. Just got lost on IMDB for 30 minutes reading randomness. Interestingly, they are remaking one of my fave shows from when I was younger, Cupid. No Jeremy Piven, but alas. Although, Fantasy Island wasn't as good as I remembered it being when I rewatched it, but it was still pretty damn sweet. I never did review it, though I meant to. Oh well. So much to do, so little time. Did I mention I was thinking of taking up watercolors again?
And lastly, cause I need to go to bed - I saw this and it made me laugh. Look at it, really.
'Torchwood' Writing Provides Absolute Confidence
It all changes in 2009 and fans of "Torchwood" have got to be ready.
One thing that won’t change, though, is the high standards and quality of writing the series has displayed from the first season.
http://www.syfyportal.com/news425614.htmlI choked when I read that second sentence.... -laughs-
Korean word of the day from Daisy teacher:
grandfather = haramboji
(In case you're wondering, grandmother = halmoni)
Well last night I got that Doctor Who soundtrack, and while I have only listened to it the whole way through, it is very good. I especially love the vocal pieces - "Love Don't Roam", the song that Rose and Nine dance to after saving Jack/London. (Bonus points if you get the totally geeky reference there. Hint: It has nothing to do with the show, but it was so obvious I had to.) Also, "Song for Ten", the piece that plays when Ten is picking out clothes in Christmas Invasion. Even the non-vocal pieces are beautiful - the piano in "Madame de Pompadour", and "The Daleks" are great. Here, have a listen.
Today's been pretty straightforward. I need to stop dreaming so vividly - it's making me late for work. I suppose there are worse things to dream about than the Doctor, but still. I'm not sure why this is bothering me now. -shrugs- It happens, I suppose. It comes and goes. I don't know that seeing an actual doctor could fix it. What would I say? I have really strange and vivid and emotionally powerful dreams? I watched another three eps tonight, so I don't think it's going to go away for the time being.
I just got back from the bathhouse, and I feel so nice now. I need to make dinner, I think, but then afterwards I'm going to knit some more and watch some Psych, I think. I need to work some more on those progress reports, but I might save them for the weekend. Tomorrow I get to go up to Dongdaemun and pick up some knitting looms that one of the SnB girls is getting rid of. Friday is the festival, so I'm going to be at the church till at least 930. I asked Tulip-teacher if she wanted to go get ice cream waffles after but she then she told me we'd be getting out that late. Oh! I know her name now! Chung So Jin. She was kinda confused when I asked her, but I said, well, we're friends and she calls me by my name, so it makes sense.
I have Twitter now! If anyone's interested in messaging me or keeping up with my feed. My username is Cinnamingirl. Or you can search me by email/real name.
-yawn- hmm. maybe I'll skip the Tv/knitting. I've already done a bit of both tonight and I'm kinda sleepy. I'm still attempting to finish this scarf this week. I really want to have my gauntlet started by Monday. But then, I also have a bunch of other things I want/need to get done. Have to check out stuff re: Japan and email peoples and all that goodness. I'm debating between calling my okaasan or writing her a letter. Phone call might be better, if I still have the number.
Ack. My palms are itching. But I've already been paid for the month, so I don't know what it could be. On a completely random note, I need a new contact Rx. Also, I want to buy a longer ethernet cable. For a completely lazy reason - my current one's not long enough for me to use my computer in bed. And Jessica wants me to get one of those USB connector things for my DS. Not that I have played pokemon in forever... but okay. And Xtna saw my bear mittens and wants a pair. -sigh- back to Edae, I spose...
my tummy's rumbling now. So, I'm going to dislodge Gizmo from her place in my lap and go make spaghetti. Night y'all.
All things considered, today has been a bit boring. I actually managed to stay awake the whole day, despite a weird sleeping schedule last night. But I got my goals for November written, and even though I didn't get a whole lot done today, I feel like it was a success, for the most part. And I still have more to do, once I finish this post.
I signed up for NaBloPoMo yesterday, so I'm officially a part of the whole 'post every day for a month' list. I did some writing in my journal, and though I didn't learn any new words yesterday, I did write down a bunch of them. I was in my observation class for Daisy and they were studying shapes, so I copied them off the board. Now I just have to look up the words and see how to pronounce them. One of my goals is to study a bit of Korean every day, and of course I'm going to start with the alphabet. But today I learned a new one from my afternoon classes:
junggap = gloves
We're studying clothes right now, so this afternoon I brought a bunch of different things back from lunch with me to play dress up. I really wish I would have brought my camera as well - they were so cute dressed up in my too-big clothes. I'm changing the way I do the class - trying to make it more about playing, at least with Joseph and Junie, and not worrying about really sticking closely to the book. It's easier to teach the girls anyway, and as long as I have them speaking English, I think it's fine if they play. But anyway, I brought in my pair of gloves that Jessica got me a bit back, the blue and white ones with sparkles, and since they didn't know the English at first, they of course told me the Korean. Had to look in my little phrasebook to make sure of it, since Debbie was already gone for the day, but I think it's a useful word.
Speaking of gone, that would be Rachel. Yepper, our supervisor just up and left. I'm kinda disappointed that she didn't even say goodbye or anything, but as Douglas pointed out, it doesn't really affect us. We just teach, and since we don't speak Korean, there aren't any extra responsibilities to work out. I don't really mind the lack of supervisor - it effectively means no one really notices when I take my two-hour lunch, like I did this afternoon. To be fair, I actually stayed in Rose, my last class, for an extra half-hour. I decided to do an art project with them today, and it took way longer than I expected, with all three classes. Let's not do that again, even though I think the kids had fun. I told wong jam nim (principal) that I was eating at home, then grabbed my stuff and left.
To be fair, even though I was at home, I was working. I made myself some ramen, and started on the progress reports I have due this week for Tulip Class. In the meantime I talked to Nick a bit and dled a new program that Robin at SnB told me about the other day called Ted. It dls the torrents of your upcoming tv shows for you, which is pretty sweet. I've been trying to figure out how to get utorrent to do that, since trying to keep track of three shows can be a pain. I imagine if I start following other ones, this thing will come in even more handy. Still haven't signed up for Twitter yet, but it looks like an interesting idea, and definitely fits my obsession with changing my facebook status.
After my class, came home, finished writing progress reports while listening to Gizmo howl in the bathroom. I put her in there because she got into the trash while I was out, and she managed to cry for about an hour straight. I have to say that it was a little bit impressive, actually. I tuned most of it out by turning up my itunes. I did manage to clip her claws when I let her out, though. I'm not really sure what's up with her, because as soon as I let her out she wanted to be held and cuddled. Most cats with sense would be upset and not want you to touch them. -sigh- I don't get her. She has to be the weirdest cat I've had, and that's saying something.
And now that I've rambled for no apparent reason, as well as watching an episode of Psych (S2 Premier, "American Duos" with Tim Curry guest-starring), I think I should go and do some more of the things on my list. Email to catch up, nails to fix, and the hangul alphabet to start learning. I might even get some knitting in this evening. I'd like to finish that scarf soon. Also should probably wash some dishes...
Last but not least - Today's picture.
But more on that later, when I feel like typing. Other than that, nothing really new. I have to write two scripts for the end of year performances this weekend; I haven't done my nails in ages and they're chipping like crazy; Gizmo appears to have gone more psycho than usual, crying loudly enough that I could hear her two floors down when I left tonight; I finally got my boxes of stuff from home but there are things missing, annoyingly; I haven't finished that gauntlet yet, but am still working on it; and tonight I went to Itaewon for the second time this week, bought a phone and had quesadillas for dinner;
So, back to what I was really posting about. This picture I took tonight in Itaewon. I was walking down the hill looking for a place to eat, and spotted the Mexican place, and then next to it is this stairway down into a club. And I read the sign and almost laughed out loud, and the people who walked past me must have thought I was strange, a foreign girl standing on the sidewalk grinning like an idiot outside a trannie club. But here's the picture, because I just had to have it in my collection.
Which reminds me, I need to write that letter to my okaasan. And email Bullock-sensei. And catch up on my email. And dammit, I will get those photographs edited sooner or later. I'm going to go knit now, and see if I can't finish this gauntlet, finally.
