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My U-KISS Feelz R Damaged

So in the time that I was stuck in the snow storm and couldn't go anywhere, U-KISS came and went. Watching the MNET stuff on them isn't helping, either. It makes me want to meet them more than anything else. It'd be so awesome to meet them! They all seem like really cool people and I think we'd all have a ton of fun together!!! Also, Eli tweeted me because I was complaining about how I couldn't be there but he tweeted me back saying "well, you should still be there anyways" and now all of these people are following me and retweeting my tweets. LOL Thanks Eli.. I guess... XD

Just, y'know sitting here in lonliness and misery, folding paper cranes. I'm trying to make my own U-KISS concert by blasting a playlist on their mooziks as loud as I can, but it's just making me sadder.
~R

Korean Age/ True Maknae of U-KISS

So I remembered that Korean age is very specific. So much so that 2 minutes between twins is enough to rank one child higher in status than the other.

Korean age is also a very big deal to any Korean/ in Korean society. If you're older, you are the one that's talked to, and you're also the one that usually makes all the decisions. Ajumas and ajyoshis (grandmas and grandpas) are in very high status in Korea. They can talk on the top of their voice in a train but everyone else will get sushed. They are kind of like the people that no rules apply to an it's because they're older than everybody else.

If you're younger than someone, in Korean society, you have to call them by an honorific. It differs depending on male, female, their relation to you, and your gender. For instance, the maknae is the youngest person in a group. Hyung is an younger male to an older male. Sonbae-nim is from a younger guy to an older guy in a school/ education situation. Oppa is from a girl to an older guy. They older people also have honorifics for younger people.

The older people set the standard of familiarity in a conversation. For instance, when you first meet and older person, you have to greet them with "annyongnaseo" which is the full version of "hello" in Korean, and demonstrates the full amount of respect. However, an older person you just greeted with "annyongnaseo" could return with an "annyong" which is the shortened version of "hello" and often translated to "hi" or "hey." Only in very friendly situations with these people will a younger person be able to say annyong to older people and it usually doesn't even happen in marriages, or in family situations, kind of like dropping the honorifics in Japanese.

This makes dating very difficult in Korea because when you meet a girl, and you greet her with "nuuna" (what a younger male calls an older woman, also translated as "older sister") you run the risk of calling her old looking and offend her. However, if you don't use the right honorific and refer to her as being younger than you, it also might be interpreted as that you think she is inferior.

It's very difficult to get the honorific right when you first meet someone and a lot of Koreans will greet you by blatantly asking what your birth date is, before they even say hello to you.

So a while back I posted a post about the new maknae of U-KISS, now that Dongho was gone, all to find out that, except for Soo Hyun who's 2 years older than everyone else, they're all 22 and that there really wasn't any maknae. Well, there is because they weren't all born on the same day, at the same minute, in the same second, which is how far Korean age specificity goes. So, I went and looked at all of their birth dates and here's what I found: (from oldest to youngest, not counting Soo Hyun)

Kiseop: Jan 17, 1991

AJ: June 4, 1991

Eli: March 13, 1991

Hoon: August 16, 1991

Kevin: November25, 1991

I always thought Hoon was the second oldest but he's the second youngest XD Woah I really didn't know Kevin was the youngest!!!

BEHOLD YOUR NEW MAKNAE, KEVIN WOO!!!!!!!!

not me...
~R

She's Mine- U-KISS

So I feel the need to share this not just because they're U-KISS and extremely amazing, but also that this is something that is new to them, not commonly seen anywhere, a style that I particularly hate, and they did it SO AMAZINGLY!!! Honestly, I fell in love with it immediately. I usually only like videos like these when they're old, the style of that era, and they were some breakthrough artist that I respect. Kind of like my love for the Bee Gees. But this is so amazing, it worked so well for them, and I don't doubt that it was probably one of the more fun videos to shoot, like when an actor gets a chance to do a ridiculous drunk/ high scene where they get to overact and do all of these fun things that you don't see anywhere else in acting. I think AJ had the most fun. XD I wish I had a car so I could go to their concert and see them do it live. D:< This is my fav song of last year.
~R

Congrats guys, you've all survived another year!!!!

So today I am officially allowed to get drunk off my ass in Korea!!! Yay!!!! Korean age is confusing but basically it adds another 1-2 years onto your age. For instance, unless you were born on January 1st, it adds 2 years onto everybody right now. Once you have your b-day, it's only 1 year. But I'm now 19 Korean age!!! Whoo!!!! Actually, it might be 20, but idk. I'm saying it's 19.
~R

Dying my hair

So I've decided I'm going to dye my hair because it's turning all yucky and brown. I'm dirty blonde but us dirty blondes, as we grow older, our hair grow darker. For instance, my dad was a white blonde when he was born and through elementary school but then it started getting darker and darker and now it's a deep brown and it's starting to turn grey. Mine's going on that path and I've not dyed my hair before because it's blonde and I love my blonde hair and I knew I would never get that colour back but since it's all brown now, I figured "Why bloody not?!?!?" So there we go... I want to dye it a dark red like Kiseop.

I was going through google trying to find a base pic for the colour I want and it just so happened that the 24th pic was Kiseop. I was like "Oooh I like that colour. Wait is that KISEOP!?!?!?!?" Yes, yes it is. It just so happen that I want his colour.

U-KISS US Tour

So U-KISS is having a US concert, the closest I'm going to get to them in a while because 1. I don't live in S. Korea, and 2. I'm going to be in Cali for the next few months visiting family. So, they're going to be in New York, San Francisco, and LA. Problem with that, I'm not going anywhere near San Francisco, I'm leaving Indiana a few days before the NY showing, and LA is a six hour round trip from where I am (without traffic) on a school night (yes I'm taking a few classes and a job while I'm in the US for a few months.) So the tickets are $50 for the seats far off, 75 for a few rows closer, 100 for a few more and 180 for the front row VIP tickets with a meeting, a photo, and a signature. I really want to do it but I have no way of getting there :/ I'm trying to appeal to all of my friends to take me. I really hope some one'll step up.

So I'm on a bit of a U-KISS kick. Sue me.
~R

Christmas Flight/ Holidays

So I had a layover in LA and Las Vegas. Before heading to Indiana. It's like they're trying to keep me from going to my family. It's like "Here: let's have you go from London to LA to Las Vegas. Maybe you'll stay, or at least feel more depressed when you finally get to middle of nowhere, Indiana." I stayed a night in LA with my grandparents (from my dad's side) before going out to my sister's. MY NEPHEW HAS GOTTEN SO BIG!!!!! He's only one but he is adorable and has a mullet because his hair is just starting to come in.

Anyways, my Christmas has been bloody fantastic. All of my friends and family gave me all these different sets of chopsticks because to them, all I am is a person obsessed with Asian culture. So I got a Korean slang book, some Buddhist stuff, and a sushi making set as well as all of the chopsticks. I'm going to have fun messing with that :) We were all really lazy today because of plane flights and stuff so half of us slept and the other half of us played video games. We're all finally getting up to make dinner and we'll probably play the Walking Dead Board Game later. Just cuz. Also, my parents and my older sisters really want to play Cards Against Humanity (even though we don't own it) but it's really awkward w/ your parents and siblings (youngest of which is more than a decade older than you) who want to play a dirty card game... Its awkward for my mom to even say threesome around me.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Shinee // Sherlock

So I've had this song stuck in my head for FOREVER (like... a month...) but it's such a good song! I absolutely love Shinee.

I love the jazziness of it. Also, if you really like the video, do not watch Eat Your Kimchi's review of it. You'll never be able to watch it the same way ever again! But if you do end up watching it, Soy un Dorito.

VIXX

So here's a new and upcoming k-pop band: VIXX!!!! Their name stands for Voice, Visual, Value in Excelsis (don't ask me how.) Anyways, their band is made up of six members:

N: Leader

Age: 24 (korean) 23 (normal)

Blood Type: A

Leo: main vocalist

Age: 24 (korean) 23 (normal)

Blood Type: O

Ken: main vocalist

Age: 22 (korean) 21 (normal)

Blood Type: AB

He's often referred to as the hottest member in the band but I personally think Ravi's the hottest.

Ravi: dancer/ rapper

Age: 21 (korean) 20 (normal)

Blood Type: O

This is Ravi, my personal favorite.

Hongbin: rapper/ vocalist

Age: 21 (korean) 20 (normal)

Blood Type: B

Hyuk: Rapper/ maknae

Age: 19 (korean) 18 (normal)

Blood Type: O

So that's Vixx. Please give them the attention they deserve! They have amazing music, they dance really well, they sing really well, they look great, and they're working hard o promote themselves! They're definitely and up-and-coming k-pop band!

Here's their most popular song right now, Voodoo:

Warning, it's a little graphic and was banned in Korea (though that isn't saying much.)

Am I the only one that would really like to have VIXX under my control?

Eat Your Kimchi!!!

So EYK is having the EYKmusic awards! You better go vote for U-KISS!!!! Or Shinee... Or B2ST... Or 2PM... Or 2NE1.... Or Girls' Generation... Or anyone else... BUT U-KISS!!!!!