Honestly, Pride got me goo goo over Kimura. I think I might do a re-watch even though I just watched it.

Also, it had kissing! And a bed scene! In a J-drama?? WHAT ALTERNATE UNIVERSE HAVE I STEPPED IN???

ugh. i hate labor day weekend.. i have to work at the food tent.. and i don't even get PAID!! i do it all outta the kindness of my heart and complain the whole time. LOL! but i do get free food..

yummy!!! somtum (green papaya salad) and bbq chicken, pork, steamed fish.. and thai tapioca dessert. YUMMY!! the free food makes it all worth it.

@lb_tmi - you're makin me hungry and crave thai food. and there's another 45 min till lunch and since we have a company sponsored event today i don't even get to go out and get food i really want. but free food is free food. the asian in me loves anything free haha. there's this BOMB thai place by my parent's place up in norcal... which i just remembered, i will not be visiting again till november. DAMMIT!! maybe i'll have to make a trip up there just for that hahah.

@Samsooki,

Shamwow really is a piece of crap. However, the Shamwoohoo, that's a $5 value for just $19.99!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab5IwgcJRiE

@Gallivanter,

"I went to see M83 last year and it was BY FAR the worst concert I’ve ever been to. "

Not even during Coleurs. I love that song!!

"Anyone going to Bumbershoot this weekend in Seattle? I’m planning on going on Monday and I always have this excitement/terror of going to giant music festivals"

It should be awesome to see Modest Mouse at Bumbershoot.

hi everyone!

am working so this is will be short...

I LOVE PRIDE!!!!! love Kimura and takeuchi!! I also recommend it!

99th OT..... wow.... cake for JavaBeans.... !!! it would have been nice if we can all get together.... ^-^

ok...busy day today...

HAVE FUN EVERYONE!!!

SAMSOOKIE...GOOD TO FINALLY SEE YOUR NAME A FEW TIMES HERE... ^-^ MISS YOUR ANALYSIS AND JOKES!

@ Samsooki : chopping the veg is the only thing I really like about cooking! I can work off a lot of frustration from my day prepping for a curry or making a big salad (hand ripping lettuce is also v good for relief of frustration).

But I do like the idea of chipping in to buy one for Javabeans esp if there's a bonus prize free gratis additional giveaway item of equal or better cheesiness.

I've started watching What's Up Fox on Dramafever (b/c I was watching Triple on Viikii and then the links weren't working). It's very cute and I'm enjoying it. I'm on Ep 9 (having started on Sunday....) Has anyone else seen it? I'd never heard of it before.

@ javabeans

i totally bought into the free 2nd set of knives when i bought the miracle blades, and then had to pay a SEPARATE shipping fee even tho the knives all came together ??? AND i bought the knife block for BOTH sets, which had its OWN 2 additional shipping fees. the infomercial ppl SAW me coming thru the PHONE!

@ lovenyc52

u should buy a ticket and fly up here for the weekend and work the food tent for the free food. :)
oh, and the second reason i work the food tent? i get to take a 5 mins break and shop at the other stalls and buy PASSION FRUIT!!! i LOVE passion fruit!!!

currently watching Meteor Shower...surprisingly entertaining :)
thought it was just another remake..I'm not much a fan of BOF besides that i loved
the Soeul Couple!

@56 reluctantbutaddicted

I watched What's Up Fox a few months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it!

LOL at all the infomercial comments...I was never tempted by knives or choppers or food sealers or anything to do with cooking or food, oh no! For me it's always the exercise dvd's that promise to make me look 6 sizes smaller IN ONLY SIX WEEKS!

Oh yes, I'm talking P90X, 10 Minute Trainer, Slim in 6...and my personal favorite, Hip Hop Abs! And if Chuck Norris is pushing it, then I'm going to watch it, otherwise he'll hunt me down and kill me in my sleep, I just know it.

@Samsooki and @belleza : I watched those "infomercials" on youtube and laughed out loud, alone, middle of the day, when I should be working, like a crazy person. Happy crazy person, that is.

@langdon813 : Thanks, it hadn't occurred to me to be scared of Chuck Norris if I didn't buy what he was selling, but now I am. Thank goodness I just cancelled my cable so I'm not tempted by this stuff. These days I'm basically only watching k-drama and dvds. So, I figured, save that $65 (CDN) per month and I can spend it on dvd rentals and purchases. I did buy rabbit ears, so I could get a few basic channels, but I can't figure out how to hook them up to my new and very pretty flatscreen super high-tech plug-your-computer-right-in TV. Sigh.

Re: What's Up Fox

It was enjoyable for the first half but it quickly deteriorated for me. I still haven't watched the last episode.

Re: Pride

I didn't realize it was the same writer for Love Shuffle. Explains a lot. If I could get Kimura to look at me with that tilted head, smoky gaze and whisper, "Maybe". . . .I think I'd be a happy woman. Also, I didn't realize how hot kissing people's eyes could be. . .but it's hot.

@ Janie

Yes. Park Ye Jin. It's been a long week!
September's the busiest month at work for me, and it's only the first week. Aigoo!

@ langdon813

ROI marathon! That sounds so tempting...but I've so many first-run viewings of dramas to go through. It'll have to wait. :(

@ Samsooki

The thing about buying infomercial products is...you end up on millions of telemarketing lists afterwards. No thanks. Plus, if you wait a while, the products often end up in stores eventually. I saw the ShamWow recently at Costco - a whole set for dirt cheap.

AHHHH....college football season is here.
Pac-10, what a disappointing start!

@11 djes

Where in a world(literary) do you live? !5m of earthquake??? That must be horrendous... I trust everything OK with you and people in the affected area?

@37 Samsooki

You are too funny! Thought we Asian girls(may be not boys, though, come to think of it) in general(there may, of course, be some exceptions) can do good job chopping up things...

I'm currently watching Swallowed by the sun and trying to get into My fair lady(only at Ep.3. Looks like it'll improve by Ep.6, according to Ms. Javabeans, so didn't want miss out on that.

Have a happy holiday weekend, everyone! (I, myself, is working... go figure)

Plus bunch of Jdramas, good for when I just want to relax... Ortros no inu(the main guy is sooo cute), Otomen and surprisingly, Karei naru spy(has surprising touching moments, here and there), otherwise, it's just so silly and funny.

B & W, Is it that good? worth watching ?

the contour ab machine takes the cake on infomercials. do absolutely nothing, and get abs. YES!!!

@19 Jae - some of the older Xman is on aja-aja's site, but you have to download. Some don't have subs. But, I do have a site for 1N2D: sharing is caring - Enjoy!!!

Anyone know where I can watch old episodes of Miraculous Victory & Defeat?

@66 Samsooki

"$19.95 + $8 s/h + $8 s/h = a ton of savings of time, energy and a verve for living."

HA!!! I'll take two!

@67 celestialorigin

B & W is excellent! And extremely addictive...once you start you want to keep going. It was really hard to wait for new eps each week! I have every intention of getting the DVD's and watching the followup movie.

@68 lb_tmi

I know, right?? I can eat doughnuts AND still get fabulous abs! Win win!

Hey JB,

Any reason you're not following Swallow the Sun? It's doing very well in the ratings but gets almost zero pub here. Just not your cup of tea I guess?

@71 Ivuson

I know, It's getting better and better. I'm watching it right now the last part of Ep. 17 and OMG! Can hardly wait till next week...

@lb_tmi and @langdon813 - contour ab machine..is that the one where u wear this giant belt thing with silicone pads on the inside and it like... vibrates your fat away to reveal amazing abs? i see that on hsn all the time and im like, wth!? where does it GO!? what's better are those magic pills that say you can lose 40 pounds in 3 months and never go hungry. i'm so sure. but dare to dream? i would love to live off ice cream and cupcakes and have abs of steel.

btw - this is regarding a topic a few threads back. i totally made hamburger helper this week and enjoyed it immensely while watching wild bunny. i bought 3 boxes and i think the sodium in one box is more than i should be allowed in a month.

lemme amend my previous statement. i would love to live off of ice cream, cupcakes and hamburger helper and have abs of steel. make me a pill for THAT.

One more Pride fan here -- no one has mentioned the Queen soundtrack and the friendships. I loved how Aki was always talking to her neighbor (the guy pretending to be rich) in the laundry room; girl/guy friendships are another thing that don't show up in a lot of J dramas.

Laughing is another missing item in Jdramas. The main female character in Love Revolution is the only woman I can remember just laughing (sometimes at herself and sometimes at situations).

Does anyone here have 1st or 2nd hand knowledge of Korean hospitals? I notice in several dramas that the patient needs a guardian. And in Coffee Prince the mom was always bringing food for the grandma. Is the guardian supposed to feed the patient, or was she just being nice? Also, there always seems to be a humidifier steaming away near the head of the bed. Are these just drama things, or real?