Warning: This post contains a lot of fangirling

As part of BEDA (Blog Every Day in April), I have decided to do this "30 days of Kpop Meme" but will condense the posts to 3 days a post, because I want those other days to post other Kpop related stuff for my April is KPOP Month! project. :)
So without futher ado:

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Day 1: Your favorite kpop guy group
C.N. Blue


I really love them because they can actually play music and stuff, rather than just sing. (Not dissing other boy groups in anyway cuz I love other groups too!) I just like the fact that they can really play. I mean it sucks that they can't play live during music programs like Music Core, Music Bank, Inkigayo, or M Countdown because of time constrictions and sound problems etc, but I know that they really can play hehe.

Aside from their music being so good and catchy, the boys themselves are too cute! They're so dorky and lovable! I don't know how Minhyuk (right) manages to be so damn cute and sexy at the same time; Yo~ng is sooo charismatic on stage, that's the reason he's the leader; Jonghyun with his beautiful voice and face; and Jungshin chingoo~ the nation's friend!! I like him better with his messy ponytail hair rather than the suave girlish hair he sports lately, but he's still the nation's friend hehe. Their interactions together are so funny and cute hehe.

I'll admit if it wasn't for SNSD (Seohyun being on We Got Married with Yonghwa) I wouldn't have known about them, but I'm so glad I do! Just watching their small appearances on We Got Married was enough to make me love them hehe. Now they're getting suuuuuuper successful, what with doing so well on music shows despite being pretty new at first, their songs were so damn good!, and all of them getting acting deals in dramas and stuff, it just makes me so proud! :) Considering they all came from wealthy families and then struggled to get by in Japan really says that they were willing to give up their comfortable lifestyles for their music. They've come a long way in so short but they really deserve all their success!


Day 2: Your favorite kpop girl group
Lol is this even a question?
SNSD/Girls' Generation/소녀시대/So Nyuh Shi Dae ♥


No other words to describe Soshi than: beautiful, amazing, perfect, goddesses, flawless, etc.
Haters gonna hate~ (and trust me, they have A LOT of haters because of jealousy issues)
I really don't understand the hate though. These girls have gone through sooo much hatred wise, struggling their way to the top, but now that they're THE top girl group in the industry, they still have remained the same sweet, dorky, HUMBLE girls they have been from day one. They never forget who they are and that their fame can be taken away at any moment, so they appreciate at it while they have it and are so thankful for the support and love they do get, considering they have a lot of haters.

Day 3: Your ultimate kpop guy bias
G-DRAGON
GEE GEE GEE GEE BABY BABY, GD GD BABY BABY

Uuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnfffffffff - The things this boy does to me, I can't even ♥

This guy is absolute perfection!!!!! He seriously just driiiiiiiiipppsss with charisma!!!! Every time I watch Big Bang videos or anything, I just can't NOT look at him, my eye goes directly to him.
Despite the fact that I've been into kpop for a year now, I only recently started listening to Big Bang, and this was around the time that their subunit GD&TOP were debuting, so I instantly fell in love with G-Dragon. As I learned more about him, I realized that he is Big Bang's producer and writes most/all of their songs! For some reason this just adds to his appeal lol, like he's in charge of his own music which I love! Plus the fact that he's CONSTANTLY changing his image is so awesome: srsly he is always changing his hairstyles! There was a lot of talk over his recent "black hair" that I honestly loved, but blonde!G-Dragon will always be my favorite ♥, I especially love the way his hair is now, though who knows how long it'll stay this way, Big Bang is due for another comeback in a few days XD. I love the fact that he's willing to take risks and has sooo much confidence in himself gahhhh it's just so sexy! :D He just demands the stage with his charisma and he can pull off so many different looks and styles of music (from his poppy "Heartbreaker" to his hip hop "Knock Out" and his adooooorably sexy self in the "Don't Go Home" music video my goddddddddddddd. Words cannot describe how Kwon Jiyong makes me feel~~~~Now here's an adorably cute video of him speaking English:

See?! How is is possible for him to look so incredibly cute yet sexy at the same time!! And in just a plain white v-neck or a white suit!! Gahhh he's just so perfect! Seriously, just browse through Fuckyeahgdragon tumblr (the source for most of these pictures) and I dare you to try and not fall for him, it's impossible!

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So phew, I feel that these first 3 topics were really spazzworthy, though I tried to contain myself as best as I could (I couldn't for GD though!). Here are the rest of the days to come

Day 1: Your favorite kpop guy group -CN Blue
Day 2: Your favorite kpop girl group -SNSD
Day 3: Your ultimate kpop guy bias -Kwon Jiyong! G-Dragon♥
Day 4: Your ultimate kpop girl bias
Day 5: Your favorite kpop song from your favorite guy group
Day 6: Your favorite kpop song from your favorite girl group
Day 7: A kpop song that makes you cry
Day 8: A kpop song you know all the words to
Day 9: Your favorite kpop performance
Day 10: A kpop dance you'd like to learn
Day 11: Your favorite kpop music video
Day 12: The very first kpop song you've ever heard
Day 13: A kpop group you dislike and why
Day 14: A kpop song that makes you smile
Day 15: A kpop song that reminds you of someone you miss
Day 16: Your favorite kpop lyric (and a translation)
Day 17: A kpop idol you wish was your older sibling
Day 18: A kpop idol you wish was your younger sibling
Day 19: Your favorite interview of a kpop idol or group
Day 20: Your favorite picture of your guy kpop bias
Day 21: Your favorite picture of your girl kpop bias
Day 22: Your favorite picture of your favorite kpop group
Day 23: A picture of a kpop idol who you think is underrated
Day 24: A picture of a kpop idol who you think is overrated
Day 25: Your favorite kpop music video
Day 26: Your favorite cover of a kpop song by another kpop
Day 27: Your favorite dance battle
Day 28: Your favorite cover of an American song by a kpop
Day 29: A kpop song you never get tired of
Day 30: A kpop idol that has amazing eye smiles

KPOPiversary♥

Okay, I'll admit I haven't blogged in forever! Like...at all in since 2010, I didn't even finish my 30 Days of December meme! But to be fair, I was in Las Vegas for New Years so I didn't really have much time to blog then lol. And ever since I've been back in school, I've been CRAZY busy, like unbelievably-no-college-student-should-be-this-busy-crazy kind of busy. And as it is I've got 4 projects due next week, not including all the projects I do for work, but I honestly I need a break, and blogging has always a way to relieve my stress, so this shall be my break!

Anyway, I had always planned to do something big blogging wise in April because April 1st is my ~Kpop anniversary lol. But as soon as I heard about "BEDA" Blog Every Day in April - it was just too perfect so now I'm doing this for sure! Hopefully I can keep up with it (lol I can already tell it'll be easier said than done but I'm going to try!)

So, as I mentioned, April 1st is my ~KPop anniversary. What I mean by that is that last year on April 1st was the first day I had EVER heard a kpop song in my life. I know it's a stupid thing to remember, but Kpop has literally turned my entire world upside down and changed my future so it's pretty significant to me.

Another reason why I remember that date so clearly is because it is April Fools Day which has a lot to do with how I first heard a Kpop song. People always ask me how I got into Kpop so I'll explain how!

Louie used to always go on this website called 4chan where it's pretty much full of brilliant trolls and where almost all internet memes are created. If you don't know what 4chan is, wiki it, it's pretty interesting. Anyway, last year as their April Fools joke they had SNSD's "Gee" playing in a loop on their website (or certain boards I'm not sure), and Louie looked up the song and voila, we came across this video!

With its shitty quality, I couldn't make out their faces, so I honestly thought they had just computer generated copies of the same person/people, idk how I thought this lol. It wasn't until the end of the video that I realized they were NINE girls and I was blow away by how IN SYNC they were with their dancing! That was what had fooled me into thinking it was just the same person copied and a change of short color or something lol. Once I realized there were nine girls the first thought was "How are they so in sync?!" and the second was "Why are there so many?!"

Then I googled "SNSD" and this is the first picture I ever saw of them. Click for full size

When I saw it, my mouth dropped, I was like "How are they all so freaking beautiful?!" And their legs, jealoussssssss. The only problem was that I couldn't tell them apart lol.

The next day I spent the entire day listening to "Gee" and watching their music video where I could finally see their faces and stuff lol. I had instantly developed a favorite, Sooyoung♥ (the furthest right) from the moment I saw her in that first photo! I don't know how, I guess because she was the first I could tell apart? Idk but I love her!

I watched all their other videos, at the time Run Devil Run had just come out, and I was shocked at how different they looked! It took me a while to figure out who was who, especially because their looks constantly kept changing! Short hair, blonde hair, "dark" concepts, etc. But it I finally figured out who was who in 8 days. That same 8th day, I joined Soshified and I knew I was sucked in for goooood.

At first I had thought it would only be SNSD that I'd like, but slowly I began listening to/liking other songs by other artists, and now all I listen to is Kpop! T_T And I constantly watch Korean tv shows and dramas and movies, etc. It's completely taken over my life! I've even become an Asian Studies minor, learning Korean (ugh I can't wait for the day that I don't have to wait for subs to come out to watch something!), and it's just changed my life completely. I still want to be a journalist, but my plans are to be a journalist in Korea. Maybe I'll get to interview an idol! :D

So, yeah. Kpop has changed my life and I'm a loser for that, but oh well. So in honor of my Kpop obsession thanks to 4chan on April 1, 2010 April will now officially be KPOP Month to me!!!

30 Days of December: 5

Well a happy belated MERRY CHRISTMAS to those who celebrate it!!!!! I was supposed to post this yesterday but obviously due to the holiday I was busy hehe. On to the meme!

Days 1-5 | Days 6-10 | Days 11-15 | Days 15-20



Day 21: A recipe

This is a rice crispy equivalent, except you use Corn Flakes instead of Rice Crispies and it's mostly made around Christmas because you make it into a wreath shape. (Usually there is one big wreath made instead of individual little ones). I want to share this with everyone because it is sooooo good, and such a big part of my early childhood Christmas memories. Whenever I think of Christmas as a little girl, this treat always comes to mind and for a while my aunt stopped making it, so yesterday on Christmas when she showed up with two plates of it, me and my cousins and sister freaked out over it because we hadn't had it in so long. :) It's just so tasty!



Day 22: A website
My Tumblr! I was really defiant against getting a tumblr, I don't really know why, but I got one now and I really like it! It's a lot like Livejournal but LJ is still waaaaaaaaay better because you can filter things so that your friends "feed" isn't all cluttered and there's profiles and user pics and communities and yeah I was supposed to be promoting tumblr lol.



Day 23: A Youtube video

I love this performance of theirs! And my favorite Sooyoung looks GORGEOUS as hell here! ^_^



Day 24: Whatever tickles your fancy

I chose this performance out of all their other Christmas performances because I thought it was cute! Plus the "Jingle Bell Rock" at the end is awesome because of SHINee and f(x)! First of all Amber from f(x) was still around and not M.I.A! And although I kind of hate the fact that they treat her like a boy (I mean I know she prefers to dress/look masculine, and I"m all for that, I LOVE Amber, but when they actually TREAT her like a boy by dressing her in a MALE hanbok that's just crossing the line for me, because no matter how masculine she chooses to dress, she still is a GIRL and when it comes to traditional hanbok, they should've dressed her in a female hanbok! After all she's in a girl group!) I thought it was really cute that she sang the part with Jonghyun and Onew hehe. :) Plus Luna+Taeyeon sing together - the best voices of kpop (though honestly I think Luna's voice is better), and then there's the Jung sisters who sing together too! ^_^ Overall, just a really cute performance. :)



Day 25: Your day, in great detail
I actually won't go into great detail because I'm trying to work on not rambling too much. This Christmas was so awesome. I helped my mom all day with decorating the house and wrapping billions of presents because this was the first time in forever that we were having a family party at my house (because my mom was finally back to host it). It was fun, I got to see family members I hadn't seen in forever, and I wore this blue dress that I promised my little brother I'd wear lol, but the real reason why this Christmas was so awesome was because of my Christmas presents.

I know, I know, it sounds so materialistic, but the thing that I love was the fact that my mom got me almost EVERYTHING from my Ultimate Christmas Wish List!!! I titled that my "Ultimate" Christmas "Wish" List because I honestly never thought I'd get any of those things, (I even said that in the original post), and I would've been fine with not getting those things because I didn't expect them AT ALL, but seriously my mom got me like almost the entire list!

Cowboy boots? Check. Red boots? Check. Uggs? (Or the ~fake equivalents) Check. Subscription to Entertainment Weekly? Check! SNSD Hoot poster? CHECK! CN Blue poster? CHECK! EDIT: Gladiator sandals? Check. SNSD Calendar? CHECK! Plus many other things, I was just really blown away by the fact that my mom actually read the list, and got me the things I wanted! I never expected her to actually get my kpop posters or a subscription, etc.

Earlier in the week my mom suggested I blog about something (that I've been meaning to blog about anyway) and I felt a little weirded out by the fact that she read my blog. I mean, I do link to it on Facebook every time I update, but I never thought she would take the time to actually read it, especially since she was in Iraq this whole time. Now I see that she really does read my blog, thoroughly too, and it really paid off and now I'm not "weirded out" by it but really thankful. It was just such a rewarding Christmas and the fact that my mom is back just made it so much better. Family parties just weren't the same without her.

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Okay so there's only one more post about this meme before I start blogging back to normal and stuff! ^^ This was the Christmas edition post, so the next one will be the New Year's edition post! :)
Day 1 - Your Favorite Song
Day 2 - Your Favorite Movie
Day 3 - Your Favorite Television Program
Day 4 - Your Favorite Book
Day 5 - Your favorite quote
Day 6 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 7 - A photo that makes you happy
Day 8 - A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 9 - A photo you took
Day 10 - A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 - A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 - A fictional book
Day 14 - A non-fictional book
Day 15 - A fanfic
Day 16 - A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 - An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 - A talent of yours
Day 20 - A hobby of yours
Day 21 - A recipe
Day 22 - A website
Day 23 - A Youtube Video
Day 24 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 - Your day, in great detail
Day 26 - Your week, in great detail
Day 27 - This month, in great detail
Day 28 - This year in great detail
Day 29 - Hopes, dreams, and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 - Whatever tickles your fancy

30 Days of December: 3

I found this other December meme that was more Christmas-themed and I kinda wish I would've done that one instead but oh well, this one's still fun too! :)

Days 1-5 here & Days 6-10 here.

Day 11: A Photo of You Taken Recently

This is me and my roommate Emmie. I'm on the right. And we are decked out in Harry Potter paraphernalia...because we were at the Deathly Hallows Part 1 midnight premiere hehe.



Day 12: Whatever tickles your fancy
I kinda don't like these "whatever" days but oh well, I didn't make the meme. So I'll post a Christmas-themed video! :D

3/4 of my favorite Super Junior members (just missing Sungmin!) singing "Feliz Navidad" makes my Mexican heart happy!♥ ♥ ♥



Day 13: A fictional book
It would've been totally obvious and sadly overdone for me to say "Harry Potter, duh" so instead I decided I'd recommend a book I read for the first time this year and was sadly missing out on this entire time.

There's just something about this book, there was not real plot...it was just a story about these 5 sisters and their suicides, but it was written so poetically, so hauntingly beautiful (just as the girls were). It is definitely a good read and I couldn't put it down from the very first page. There's also a movie of it starring Kirsten Dunst, I've never seen it but I'm loading it up now so I can watch it soon; from what someone's described to me, it's pretty accurate.



Day 14: A non-fictional book
Okay this one IS Harry Potter related, sorry can't help it!

I loved this book so much because it described the birth of Harry Potter fandom from a fan's perspective, yet she climbed up to being an insider with J.K. Rowling! Reading this book just gave me all kinds of nostalgia and makes you really appreciate the world J.K. Rowling has created.♥
I'll post a quote from JKR that I absolutely love because it soooo describes the reason why I adore Harry Potter:
"When all the fuss and hoopla dies away...I think it will be seen that this phenomenon was generated, in the first instance, by kids loving a book. A book went on shelves, and a few people loved it. When all of the smoke and lights die away, that's what you'll be left with."
So beautiful and so true. <3 Harry Potter may be this super huge franchise now, but it was first and foremost a truly wonderful book series, and THAT'S what fans love the most about "Harry Potter."



Day 15: A fanfic
Uh seriously? I don't read fanfic anymore so I'm not going to pretend I do and go looking for one to post here, sorry!
Instead I'll leave you with this video of BEAST/B2ST performing "Beautiful" outside in a winter setting? :D I love this song, it's so cute!!!!

I wanna learn the dance and it's just so cute! Gahh I'm so in love with them right now but it's kinda sad that they're named "Beast" and I prefer this cute image of them rather than their beastly one hahaha.

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Okay so halfway through with this 30 day meme, that means I'm halfway through December! :O
Day 1 - Your Favorite Song
Day 2 - Your Favorite Movie
Day 3 - Your Favorite Television Program
Day 4 - Your Favorite Book
Day 5 - Your favorite quote
Day 6 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 7 - A photo that makes you happy
Day 8 - A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 9 - A photo you took
Day 10 - A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 - A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 - A fictional book
Day 14 - A non-fictional book
Day 15 - A fanfic
Day 16 - A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 - An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 - A talent of yours
Day 20 - A hobby of yours
Day 21 - A recipe
Day 22 - A website
Day 23 - A Youtube Video
Day 24 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 - Your day, in great detail
Day 26 - Your week, in great detail
Day 27 - This month, in great detail
Day 28 - This year in great detail
Day 29 - Hopes, dreams, and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 - Whatever tickles your fancy

This is NOT Okay

So, there's been rumors going around that SNSD's Jessica was inappropriately touched during the 12th Annual Korea-China Song Festival that took place on December 2. You can read the article here.

There is no hard proof (meaning you can't actually SEE his actions) of the man touching Sica, but there are SO MANY other signs in the video that make it pretty obvious that something inappropriate occurred. There are videos where you can see all these signs and reactions.


Here is a fancam of the event. There is a guy who sidles in behind Sica around 0:10 and from then on she immediately begins to look super uncomfortable and looks back to see behind her many times as she tries to scoot closer to Hyoyeon and Sooyoung.


Many people theorize that the guy touched/groped her before she had the microphone and she was trying to get away, but couldn't because of the close quarters they were in so she decided to grab the microphone to draw attention to herself/that area in hopes that the man wouldn't touch her again.
You can see as soon as she's done giving the speech, she immediately whispers something to Hyoyeon and she gasps and looks disgusted and glares at the man. Sica then moves over to Sooyoung and whispers to her too, drawing a gasp from Sooyoung and a look in the man's direction too, meanwhile the man has begun to sidle away from the situation because he knows Sica has just told someone.

This next video is the highest quality and longer so you can see the girls' shocked/disgusted expressions (and Sica's uncomfortable expression) clearer. (You'll have to fast forward to about 4:20). You can't really see the man well in this video, but you do see a more detailed reaction from the girls afterward, like how Sica tries to keep a smiling face but can't, and Hyoyeon gathers the group together and they scurry away together after Sica has told them what happened.

101202 한중가요제 ending from yoyoyuan on Vimeo.

You also see Jonghyun and Key from SHINee sort of picking up what happened and looking a bit shocked as they sort of stand guard there to prevent the guy from following the girls should he be stupid enough to do so.

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Anyway, that's the breakdown of the accusation and why many believe Sica was molested; but that wasn't the main reason for this post.

And before anyone tries to tell me that it wasn't "molestation" - molestation is a form of being touched sexually or inappropriately without a person's consent - so yes, Sica was molested.

I am absolutely horrified that the two biggest SNSD sites Soshified and Soompi Forums refuse to allow discussion of this matter for fear of "embarrassing Sica even more." How does that even make sense?!?! What's worse is that the only site that is talking about it is AllKPop and all the commenters there are 13-year-old trolls who are literally jealous of the girl idols for being close to their precious oppas!

I understand that Soshified and Soompi are trying to do good by not bringing more negative press to SNSD, because they have a lot of haters, but this is NOT a situation that should be taken lightly. They, and the Korean public in general I suppose, are just trying to sweep this under the rug as if it's a situation people will just pretend never happened. A lot of people have even been saying that things like groping happen daily and that we should just get over it because it's no big deal. But just because people kill daily, does that mean we should just sit back and let it happen? NO!

These websites are actually hurting the idols they're trying to protect personally. By not allowing fans to discuss it and be outraged you're only showing Sica that she doesn't have the fan support she thought she had. We should be the voice she most likely doesn't have under contract in situations such as this.

Most importantly, the lack of immediate response or the fact that people are trying to keep this all "hush hush" otherwise Sica will harm the image of SNSD and SME is disgusting! People always rag on victims for "victimizing" themselves and blaming themselves, but it's exactly this type of attitude that causes that! For example, say Sica did decide to speak up about this and it caused SNSD negative publicity and cause them to get more haters for some absurd reason, people will begin blaming her for having the nerve to speak up about feeling violated, therefore they're making her to blame when it shouldn't be her fault!

Another thing that makes me so mad is those people who say she was "asking for it" by dressing "that way" or being in SNSD who's a big group of sluts, but when in the world did dressing like a slut (which is subjective...) ever make it okay to be molested? Even in strip clubs they have strict rules about not touching the girls. Whether a girl is covered up from head to toe or completely naked, it is NEVER okay to touch her without consent, EVER.

The fact that society (Korean society, online society, etc) is just trying to sweep this under the rug or tell her/us to suck it up and deal with it is so horrid! Think of how Sica must feel, being molested and being told to suck it up? It's like a slap in the face and makes someone feel insignificant! How are women in general supposed to feel okay about speaking up about situations like this when society's reaction will be "Oh just suck it up, hush hush"?

I don't care if I'm not a huge, well known blogger, I'm speaking about this because that's how it starts. As long as many of us speak up OUTSIDE of Soshified or Soompi, hopefully Sica will see that she does have fans that are willing to support her by speaking up about this and know that we won't simply take this "hush hush" manner! I'm sorry, I just feel strongly about a subject like this, I know how it feels. Speaking about sexual molestation creates awareness and it's just a step closer to allowing all women to be unafraid to speak up! We need to change that now. Speaking up, even about a situation that isn't personal, just speaking about Sica's situation and supporting her is enough, it's a start!

My Ultimate Christmas Wish List!

Now that it's December, I decided to post my ultimate Christmas list (meaning I'll probably get NONE of these items). I'm one of those people that knows what they want so when people ask me what I want I never say "I don't know, just get me whatever." NO not for me lol, I have a legit list in my mind and I tell you what I think you can get me with a reasonable price lol.

Anyway here's my wishlist. I'm going to try and put them in order of most desired to least desired (though I do want them all soo badly).

1. A subscription to Elle Girl Korea


Who cares if I can't read a word that's written in the magazines, as long as I get pretty photoshoots of my kpop idols that's all I care about. ♥ Plus, now that I'm taking Korean next semester, hopefully this'll help me learn the language faster! (I'm already learning how to read hangul, just gotta know what the words mean! lol) But ugh here is the index page for the Elle Girl Korea website but I have nooooo idea where the "subscribe" button is or anything, damn my lack of Korean! :( :(



2. Cowboy Boots


Maybe it's the fact that being in New York has made me more affectionate towards my Texan roots, but I find myself wanting a pair of cowboy boots soooo badly lately. I really want brown ones with a bit of a heel. Idk what I'd wear them with but I really want them!!! The only thing is that they seem to be really expensive, even online. :/

Also, it might be because Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother totally "pulls them off", but I also want a pair of red boots hehehe!





3. A subscription to Entertainment Weekly

A WEEKLY magazine full of things I find interesting, full of the subject I currently write about in my school newspaper? Uhm perfect for an aspiring journalist like myself!



4. KPOP Posters/Merchandise
OMG OMG PLEASE I WANT THESE SO BADLY OMG!!!!!!! I would TOTALLY put these higher up on the list but they're a bit impractical other than to decorate my dorm & stuff lmao. BUT OMG SERIOUSLY THERE'S NO OTHER REASON OTHER THAN PLEASE I WANT THESE SO BADLY PLEASE!!!!

4a. Posters
I REALLY want the new SNSD "Hoot" poster that I found on eBay for $5 here because as much as I love my RDR and Oh! ones, they're a bit outdated (lol not really) but the Hoot one is fierce AND colorful (whereas Oh! was only colorful, and RDR was only fierce). Ah who am I kidding, I just want a new SNSD poster! It's awesome!!!!



But since I already have 2 SNSD posters, I would really like other posters of the groups I love like CN Blue or 2PM! I would LOOOOVE any of these CN Blue posters because they were the first boy group that I fell in love with!


They're the typical Yesasia.com posters (click on the picture for link) that are like $11 dollars (though there's free international shipping!), and I found this other one on eBay for $5 plus shipping! ^_^



The only type of 2PM poster(s) I liked I found on eBay here for about $10 (plus shipping) and they come in a "package" deal. I'd really love "Type 1"!



Then there's this poster of all the SM artists I saw at SM Town LA this year! This would really just be wonderful to have, as a momento of my first kpop concert, and I just love all the artists here, and gahh yeah lol. The only thing that sucks is that it's like $25 on Yesasia! :/



4b. Calendar

I really want the new SNSD WALL calendar (not desk one), and I found it HERE for $17!!!! (eBay had it at $30).

4c. Stickers/Cell Phone Charms
Okay these are probably the least important but OMFG I WANT THEM SOOOOOO BADLY!!!!!!!!! THEY'RE SO CUTE AND ADORABLE AND OMG I CAN CARRY THEM AROUND WITH ME EVERYWHERE AND GAHH I LOVE STICKERS AND CELL PHONE CHARMS!!!! PLEASE SOMEONE GET THEM FOR MEE!! /capslock

Seriously aren't they SO cute?! You can see bigger pictures by clicking on the images themselves and going to the source. The first ones come with 8 images of SNSD, while the second one is of individual members! I REALLY want Sooyoung, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, and Yoona! ♥ Ahh who am I kidding, I actually want ALL of them, seriously!!!


Lastly, there are stickers! I just love stickers and want to put them in my scrapbook, on my laptop, etc. These would just be great stocking stuffers. ^_^


WOW I'm obsessed with KPop SNSD. :x ANYWAY on to the rest of the list!



5. Purses

Okay after that looong mega specific post, I'll try to be more general. A have this hidden obsession with bags and shoes and I have soo many, but I always want more. After moving to my dorm I had to pick and choose which bags and shoes to take, but while I was here I realized that I don't have a black or white purse! So that's what I want. I looked on Kohls.com and found two really cute Vera Wang bags that I want on sale for about $50!


Though of course with this I'm a lot more flexible, pretty much any bag will do as long as it's big! I hate small purses lol. And although I'd looooooove any color/pattern bag I really need a black or white one.



6. Shoes

Again, people don't know the secret obsession I have with shoes. If I REALLY listed every pair of shoes I wanted, this list would be never ending, because there's a pair of peep-toe Christian Louboutins that I looove right now, but I won't even bother listing that on my ultimate Christmas list, that's like on the IMPOSSIBLE Christmas wish list lmao. I really wanna start wearing heels but I only have one pair so I don't have much variety to mix with my outfits (when I actually dress up lmao). I can't wait to go home and steal a few pairs from my mom hehe.

6a. Uggs

Anyway, I really want a pair of Uggs, or just comfy boots. Everyone here has them and they slip them on all the time and I'm just like "Ugh hold on let me tie my shoes" or something lmao, so I want comfy, convenient shoes! :)

6b. Gladiator sandals

Ugh for the longest time I've wanted a pair of these sandals and I've never gotten them! I don't care if they're suddenly out of style this summer, I'm still gonna wear them if I get them! I especially want long, gold ones like this:


Truthfully there is so much more, I always want more, I'm a typical American. However, these are seriously the things that I REALLY want right now, aside from, you know, MONEY to be able to buy them for myself lmao. Ugh now I sound completely greedy and materialistic, I swear I'm not! This is just a WISH list, and I'd be completely happy with whatever I get! Going home is seriously just enough for me right now. :) Really, I never thought I'd be this homesick so I can't wait until I go home for the holidays.

Anyway, I hope you all get what you want on your wish lists, and have a fun happy December! :)

My Proudest Accomplishment

This is something that I've wanted to write about for a while because it was a big deal for me. First I must preface this with an in-class assignment we had in my journalism class. We were to interview each other and write a 250 word article on something interesting that we found out through the interview. Later our professor posted them online and showed a few on the screen in class so we can read. A few people had complaints that their stories were inaccurate or they were misunderstood, and then mine (the story ABOUT me, not the one I wrote) was displayed in class. My professor asked me if I had any complaints/if she got anything wrong but I said, "Nope, she pretty much got me perfectly, to a T." So I want to share the story with you all, it's short.

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"Setting Trends in Texas"
By Kelly Japsi

Abigail Hernandez or “Abby” an aspiring magazine owner is not the typical St. John’s freshman, for one she is 20 years old, not the standard age for a freshman coming into college. Like many she is a resident student, but her story getting here is quite interesting. Abigail comes from El Paso, Texas, which is mostly populated by Mexican residents, including Abigail and her family. People in her town hardly ever leave, but Abigail knew early that she would not be one of those people; her thirst for diversity and future career brought her to bustling, face paced city of New York.

Her family having been in Texas all their lives were very reluctant to have their oldest child leave home. For the two years Abigail was not attending college she worked to help support her family, which added to the objection of her going to school so far away from home. She expressed that her friends understand her reasons for leaving, while her family were uneasy until they visited the St. John’s campus. Her family appreciated the fact that St. John’s was a good quality Catholic school, a large part of their life in Texas.

The real reason Abigail decided to attend college in New York? She believes her passion for Asian pop culture; especially music would be more accepted and appreciative in a city like New York rather than Texas. She even remembers the song that got her captivated by the genre, “Gee” by Girls Generation. She recounted advice she received from someone in Texas who told her that getting an education in New York would give her an edge on the magazine industry in Texas, although she does not plan on going back.

Along with being a role model for her three younger siblings, this Texas native is already making a statement at St. John’s by writing in the entertainment section of the Torch. We should be very interested in seeing where this aspiring magazine owner can take the Asian pop culture scene in New York.

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So before this assignment I had always wanted to write Kpop related articles for my school paper, but was always too afraid to suggest it to my editor, but after being interviewed by Kelly, she inspired me to go for it, so I did! I don't know why I was so worried, my editor was all for it! I had just suggested an album review on SNSD's new mini-album Hoot that came out on October 24, but she thought the idea was so cool that she said I could do a 900-word artist review on them. A 900 word article as a contributing writer that's a big deal...on my FAVORITE kpop band ever that I am freakishly obsessed over?!?! NO PROBLEM!!!! I was so excited and eager.

So the newspaper came out a few weeks ago and I was so excited, I got an ENTIRE half page (vertically lol) AND they used my absolute FAVORITE picture of SNSD ever!! Here's a screencap of the PDF version of it. - It's my favorite picture because Hyoyeon is front and center for once and she looks gorgeous! :)

Anyway, the reason I'm writing about this - so I was proud of my story, my friends were happy for me, we taped it on my wall along with my other stories, whatever, I was content and that was that. BUT THEN, I found my article on the paper's online website...and OMFG I could cry of happiness. 10 people "liked" my story on Facebook and it was tweeted once. AND they used my second favorite picture of SNSD (here's a screencap)!!! - It's my second favorite picture of them because when I was first captivated by "Gee" and decided to Google "SNSD", that was the first picture I ever saw of them and I instantly fell in love.

So, being sooo proud that 10 people had "liked" my story, I posted it on Facebook and tweeted it. Which caused my friends to like it as well; then my friend Kellie and my mom reposted it on Facebook...and now it has 50 "likes", 50!! I don't think I have that many friends who care enough to click on a link, let alone a link about kpop lol, but I guess I do. But it doesn't matter that it has 50 "likes" all from my friends, the thing I'm most proud of is that before I posted it on my Facebook and my friends liked it - there were 10 random people I DON'T know who genuinely liked it enough to "like" it! ♥ I feel so proud and accomplished, and I feel EXTRA happy that it happens to be on an article about SNSD! ♥

AND one person even went as far as to COMMENT on the story! (Lookie here!) That was just even more touching to me. ♥

After I found out that my story was liked and commented on, I went snooping for my other stories, and they had no "likes" or comments. So then I went through other stories online of other writers and none of them were liked or commented on either, just mine! And the other stories were written of waaaay more popular subjects that people would want to read about (Four Lokos being banned in New York soon?!) That is just crazy to me (that people liked my story on SNSD, not about the Four Lokos being banned lol).

So yeah, I just wanted to share my proudest moment and accomplishment so far in college, and in my journalism career. :) HERE is the article in its entirety if you want to give it a read. :)