As a follow up to this week’s Caption This pizza debate, what was the worst food theme/placement in a k-drama? My choice would be WOK OF LOVE. The story centers on Lee Joon-Ho being an expert Chinese chef who opens a restaurant across from the luxury hotel that he left. What does a gourmet chef and his staff do after work is over? Head over to the Subway! If you are a talented cook with a restaurant full of tasty ingredients . . . would that make more sense to make your own meals? (Note: this was the peak of Subway’s PPL in k-dramas).

I'm so in love with Young Woo and Junho in Extraordinary Attorney Woo!!! I'm not even worried about the second half of the drama in terms of secrets and eventual truths coming to light. For me it's always been one step ahead of the curve and whilst it might not be a perfect show it definitely handles it's themes with care.

I'm gonna put all my chips in and say this is my fave of the year and one for the recommend list!

Who's with me?

Thankful for relatives who have gardens and like to share :) Picked over 150 ears of corn last weekend from my uncle's garden. Took 5 days to shuck, trim, de-silk, and cut off the cob (working around my job and cooking meals and all that other stuff that still has to be done). Started canning last night and I 'spect I'll be canning all weekend. Probably got enough corn to last 3 years LOL. But I'm very grateful!

People are asking me about EAW. It's ranking high on Netflix and my Youtube feed is full of Kang Tae Oh. I know it's a PEB drama and she's phenomenal and needed that well deserved recognition but I'm also really happy for KTO. I've wanted him to get this recognition for so long because he was always a good actor who never got the spotlight even if he was in good shows or good rated ones. But here we are. Also there are 4 other korean shows ranking in top 5 in my region. So it's awesome how people have tried different genres and even live airing shows in kdramaland.

Nominees for year-end poll Best Inanimate Object:
1: Fridge (Link)
2: Chair (Link)
3: Bridge (Alchemy)
4: Punching Robot aka Han Jae-Hui (Minamdang)
5: Diary (25-21)
6: Jade Egg Charm (Alchemy)

Any others?

it's 31 but humidity is 85% continuous. Daily clouds travel and then move. All the rain for not too far places. daily little drizzle.
Rain is alright as i consider it clean water - not the 1st 15 minutes and gift of mother earth. It's 2022 and i have made big loud broadcast that things will change but the start of the week i did the oh ho that i even was a bit surprised.

Monday morning 1:15 am i drank 1 litre of milk with 500ml of water - liquid for the month of july rule and after that around 800ml water each day. body fat burn increased even more inner heat.

today morning 10:00 am i drank 1 litre of milk and water and 100g butter. It was complete foolishness to go for 4 days straight with 800ml of water.

Good - busy in work had not much time to think over hunger

-ve - mother suffered. got angry at me. had only lunch on Thursday n didn't have dinner as i didn't have and lot more.I really felt bad for her but here when we go with rules then we are always ready to put our life on line. What can be done when we see goals and objectives more precious and when our life doesn't matter. That's the future for us.

Child suffers then parents suffers too.

Only if there was no water - not even 800ml each day - it could have turned out to be quite an entertainment. only for me - not the ones who care about me.

That's how real life is - intentionally or unintentionally you do hurt others.

Why didn't anyone recommend yumi's cells to me. I am yumi and I relate so much to the character and I thoroughly enjoyed the first season.

I have some favorite dramas that I like to go back to and watch at times. But with all the fragmentation and competition around streaming services, dramas seem to come and go. And just how many streaming services do I need to subscribe to! The illegal sites are beginning to look more and more promising to me (at least they have all the titles in one place along with all the viruses and ads). So, I decided to check the library, and to my surprise, I found a library not far from me in a small town that happens to have a collection of Korean drams! (the librarian is a fan!). How do other people handle watching older dramas and keeping them available to watch from time to time?

Finally finished Why Her? While I enjoyed the show overall, the romance made no sense until the bitter end. I am struggling to find a more mismatched pair not only in all the k dramas I’ve watched but romantic shows period.

Sageuk and Kim Min-jae fans.

tvN’s 12 eps. M/T drama POONG, THE JOSEON PSYCHIATRIST is now on Viki US’s “Coming Soon” list. Episode one airs Aug. 1.
Thank you Viki!

I think I'm cursed. Everytime beanies are active I'm not, and whenever I'm active other beanies aren't.
Everytime there's a popular drama everyone is posting about I can't open the site because I'm afraid of spoilers. I'm ALWAYS late to the party.

Today I started Woo's EP9 and I was like "why is this dude kidnapping kids to film Dead Poets Society?" Then I opened the site and saw like a million of posts about a kiss.

Why can't I ever watch the popular shows on time? Why am I always behind? It's so annoying. I watched 2521 like a month late, I dropped Business Proposal, I have Link on hold... Maybe I should just embrace the spoilers. It's 100% my fault (or maybe it's dramaland's fault for airing those shows when I'm in the mood for something else...? Nope, it isn't Tabong 😂).

Anyway, how are you Beanies? Did you liked this week? I'm loving it.
Have a nice day/night everyone! ^^

Happy weekend Beanies and keep Beaning On!

My family and I got the hopeful news that grandmother might be able to leave the hospital next week! She is sad and regretful to leave her beloved place, but she is surprisingly understanding and cooperative. Grandfather will move from his current single room to another double room in the retirement home where grandmother will join him. The stay is temporarily until we find something better, but having them together will already take away a lot of the stress and hassle the family dealt with until now.

Selfcare has been a challenge, but I started my daily walks around the block again. I lacked the energy after not feeling well both physically and mentally the last few weeks. Monday is the start of a new month. I hope August will be better!

I'm in NYC for work again this week, so most of my week was spent toggling between the company's different offices in Manhattan.

NYC summer is sweltering. The subway is NASTY (all caps intended). I feel like I'm entering a sauna bath and baking in the fumes of rotting garbage every time I get in the subway. Hope I don't melt into a puddle this weekend when I'm out and about.

Hope other Beanies are staying cool in the summer heat!

Just back from donating blood.
The Red Cross always loves slurping down my O-.

for EAW fans, the tree that featured in Ep 7&8 is now being reviewed for designation as a Natural Heritage. I'm very curious to know the behind the scenes story about this, maybe the writer grew up around there?
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20220729009700315?section=culture/entertainment

I’m here to announce the 3rd annual Beanie Pandemic playlist. Lots of old and new groups had comebacks this year. And a ton are touring or headlining right now (Seventeen, G-idle, Jackson Wang, J-hope and TXT —lollapalooza!). So next weekend starting when the Open Thread opens until Monday 12 am wherever you are! Just put your songs up on the fanwall and I’ll collect them and put them on a playlist on YouTube and Spotify! :) ❤️💜💛🧡💙🖤

I need 3 days of doing absolutely nothing so that I can finish the June/July shows and start all the ones premiering this week 😩😭 that I was really looking forward to.

Hey guys, here's another K-drama concept I came up with.

Title: Show me how to feel
Genre: A slice of life, Melodrama, romance
Starring: Lee Do-hyun (Youth of May), Han So-hee (My Name), Lee Jeong-eun "Psychiatric specialist" (Our Blues)

A young soldier's life is changed forever as he suffers a shot to the head while in combat. Barely surviving, the doctors weren't able to remove the lodged bullet from his frontal lobe and due to this, his ability to feel emotion and/or express it is compromised.. After being medically discharged from the army, his commander, who's been like a father figure to him, referred him to a Psychiatric specialist who does her best to help him adapt to his new way of living.. During one of his sessions, a female patient barges into the room having an emotional breakdown. Feeling embarrassed that she interrupted someone else’s session, she offers to repay him by buying him dinner… They say that First impressions are important, to the young soldier, the woman is a hot-headed emotional wreck. To the woman, the young soldier is nothing but cold-hearted but despite their flaws, they decide to help one another on their emotional(ess) journey called life….

Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency is my cup of tea, thought it was on Netflix - it is not.
Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist is new not on Netflix though. Strangely enough Vincenzo and Tomorrow were both available on Netflix Australia straight away and screened twice weekly.
Who decides which ones to show?

Second matter, I find I am getting logged out when clicking on the links at the top of the page, not everything but many -e.g. News or Recaps.