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Lost in Omo! The Vlog

Yes, Omo! is branching out into the wonderous world of vlogs. Because I feel you all need to see my mug when I’m ranting about things, right?

Here be Vlog the First – I was using the new iMovie, which can seriously go get stuffed as it’s the most unintuitive editing program on the face of the planet. Bad sound, bad editing – but it can only go up from here, right? Right? crickets

Subscribe and shit. Also, feel free to throw any suggestions or topics at me (except for Fucking Daesung)!

‘Last Scandal’ mid-view report

I’d only heard good things about Last Scandal, and, as I already had a thing for big star-normal Joe scenarios in non-Korean media, I bumped it up the queue after finishing Stars Falling From The Sky.

The chemistry is off the charts, people. Off the charts. And you all know I love that shit.

As much as I love male modesty. Bless.

Jung Jun-ho was good in IRIS, but he’s fantastic in this – I had no idea he was such a gifted comedic actor. Understandably, he was always going to be secondary to Lee Byung-hun and his teeth in IRIS, so I’m pleased to add him to my stable of Actors I Like In Everything Ever. I’m now looking forward to Queen of Reversals, despite Park Shi-hoo’s inclusion in the cast (more on that another time, or when I recap Prosecutor Princess).

I was devastated, however, to learn that Choi Jin-sil committed suicide soon after Last Scandal wrapped. Part of me was so affected by this that I was reluctant to continue the drama – but I know that, as the last piece of work she completed, Last Scandal stands as a testament to a genuinely talented and charismatic actress. The joy she brings to the screen is like sunshine on my computer monitor, and I’m glad this fun, well-written series showcased her talent before she left us way too soon.

Here’s to Last Scandal, and to Jin-sil.

Oh!

Whilst shopping today, I saw the above and thought, “woe is moi! I have neglected my blog!” And thus, I solemnly swear to update as much as humanly possible. Let’s begin, with a snapshot of where we’re at:

Language Skillz: Getting there
New Foods Tried: Over ten, less than twenty
Hilariously Over-Packaged Kpop (and Kdrama) DVDs Bought: 6
Inappropriate Actor/Singer Crushes: 3
KDramas Started: 13 (10 finished)
KFilms Watched: 15 or so?
“WTF?!” Comments From Friends & Family: They’re dropping off, slowly but surely.

Bring the omo on!

Tumblr?

In lieu of actual content, as real-life is ridin’ my ass –

Lost in Omo! has a Tumblr!

I’ll use it to cap-spam the dramas I am watching, YouTube clips, gifs of G-Dragon groovin’ – you know the drill.

Follow! Reblog! Socially network things!

Or if they find a cure for deja vu

Sorry about the lack of updates, but my fine household has been in the process of a fairly traumatic move. But we are now settled into our new digs, and have picked up on everyone’s favourite show about terrorists, not tuna – IRIS.

My watching-partner-in-crime, Erin, and I are roughly at the halfway mark and shit is getting real. In all honesty, the show was quite slow in the beginning – mainly because it was an exposition party and-a-half – but slowly, like a creeper bush on a fence, it’s weaving its way through our hearts. Or we’re suffering from something like Stockholm Syndrome.

The most mind-boggling aspect of the first six or so episodes was the pacing, by and far. Remember when there were two montages in a row? And then every episode after that had a love montage that went for way too long? And then there was that creepy kid, Yuki? Now I’m starting to worry about the short-term memories of these characters.

Seon-Hwa – also known as The Fiercest Woman Alive – is captured by Hyun-Jun – AKA Teeth – after she’s sent to kill him. He ties her up, they have a lot of chemistry, he unties her, they continue to have chemistry, they are wary of each other, chemistry, she wakes up in a bed. Then she has a flashback. Simple, right? Normal, considering?

Not when the flashback is to the previous scene.

It’s so amazing, I can’t even. Despite all its flaws and obvious time-filling, I love this show and its obsessive love for flashback-montages so much, I can almost forgive them for the incessant use of that bloody love theme over everything.

Almost.

(Kim So-yeon:

Sorry, I can’t hear you over her fierceness.)

CRUNKY

(I swear, this blog won’t just be a series of updates about what the hell I’m eating.)

I didn’t mind this – it’s a lot more bitter than the chocolate I’m used to, but in a pleasant way. Did I mention it’s called CRUNKY? Say it in a deep, sports commentator’s voice, you won’t regret it.

Love/Zany, ‘IRIS’-style

We are currently watching IRIS – it was the first KDrama that piqued my interest, and we have so far been a bit slow on watching it due to moving house.*

A more in-depth look at the drama will come soon, but in episode two, I couldn’t help but marvel at what follows the scene where Seung Hee and Hyun Joon have their chat on the rooftop:

That’s right – not just a montage, but a love-flashback-montage (in episode two), followed by – with nary a breather – a ~zany~ work montage.

Two montages. In a row. Two.

Ladies and gentlemen, I love KDrama and everything it chooses to be, even if it looks like the episode was running short and they had to fill those extra minutes with something.

*(Anyone who says I’m watching it for T.O.P. as an assassin is wrong, as I feel IRIS will be a serious and thought-provoking exploration into the inherent struggles between South and North Korea in face of an outside danger; not eye candy in the form of a boybander and Lee Byung-Hun. Honest. I swear.)

T.O.P Moonlights (or: flavoured water?)

I found this in a Korean supermarket:

Despite what my dear friend Steph suggests, I did not squeal like a fourteen-year-old girl at the sight of it, as that wouldn’t be befitting of a woman of my age. Crickets

After passing by the Daesung-featured peach flavour as all peach flavoured things are the Devil and not because T.O.P. is my inappropriately young idol crush, I cracked open the can bravely, and took a swig. The drink was, to my joy, basically Granny Smith apples in a can, and my Google-fu lead me to the Lotte website (looking exactly like I’d expect an Evil Corporation’s Nice Face Webpage to look like) – where I learnt it’s called Refreshing Water 2%. “For consumers fed up with pure water!”

The site, however, did not explain why T.O.P. is holding what appears to be a clothing price tag gun and safety glasses on the side of the can, as I’m an unworthy Mac user and could not watch the Windows Media and RealMedia (RealMedia?!)-fueled CFs. This leads me to believe that the can tells the sad yet inspiring tale of a young pop idol who, moonlighting as a retail assistant, loses his sight in a freak pricing accident during the busy Christmas period, teaching us the lesson that safety glasses are awesome and retail is not. A sage moral indeed.

Judging from the fact I have eaten no less than two Granny Smiths a day since drinking this, I believe I would be in favour of adopting it into my regular drink roster. Not that Daesung peach crap, though. That can just get lost.

EDIT: I found the CF on YouTube (view it here). Nope, still doesn’t shed light on Extra-Safety-Retail T.O.P, unless he’s really into the makeup counter and rubbing lipstick off people. GD’s appears to be the story of Batman and his lost threesome, and Dae’s is just weird. Freakin’ peach flavoured stuff.

Hello!

There’s no real place to start with a blog like this, so I’ll just smile creepily and say welcome.

To assess where I’m at:

Language Skillz: Poor
New Foods Tried: 1
Hilariously Over-Packaged Kpop DVDs Bought: 1
Inappropriate Actor/Singer Crushes: 2
KDramas Started: 3
KFilms Watched: 3
“WTF?!” Comments From Friends & Family: Too many to count.

The road before us is long. And filled with vowel sounds I can’t pronounce.