Calling all Beanies to Beantown: Dramabeans in Boston
by girlfriday
As promised, javabeans and I will be heading to Boston for an event at Harvard University on Friday, April 4. If you’re in the Boston area, come out and see us! The Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association invited us to come talk about running the site, beauty norms, gender roles, and and stereotypes in dramas. I don’t know if there’s enough time to cover all those topics in one sitting (Have you heard us ramble in our podcasts?) but we’ll do our very best.
We hope to see lots of friendly Beanie faces there!
Friday, April 4, 2014
8 to 11 PM (ish)
Sever Hall 113
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
This is a ticketed event for $10 admission, open to the general public. You can buy tickets online.
For more info, contact the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association.
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1 shuchi
March 17, 2014 at 10:10 AM
is that you guys?which one is JB and which one GF?
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yenthi
March 17, 2014 at 10:15 AM
The picture is of Gong Hyo Jin & Shin Min Ah.
JB & GF are much more pretty. :)
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fab
March 17, 2014 at 10:40 AM
Shin Min ah looks so much different here, couldn't recognize her with that tan and hair.
But you could say SMA is Javabeans and Girlfriday is GHJ. :D
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shuchi
March 17, 2014 at 11:33 AM
ohh..silly me,couldn't recognize them from mobile!
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mira
March 17, 2014 at 12:26 PM
what if it was really them and they've been trolling everyone all this time ?
how good is Gong Hyo Jin and Shin Min Ah's English ?
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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉
March 17, 2014 at 12:45 PM
Gong Hyo-jin's English is pretty near perfect since she spent high school in Australia. Don't know about SMA.
And she and Shin Mina are real-life besties, just like JB and GF....let's get out the tin hats and conspiracy theories NOW!
Cid
March 17, 2014 at 2:44 PM
Lol
annnsow
March 17, 2014 at 3:13 PM
Lol I was gonna say… Omg guys you look like korean stars wth! One of you looks like Gong Hyo Jin!
xD I wanna see JB @ GF I'm sure they're 10x more pretty :p
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snow
March 17, 2014 at 11:55 AM
LOL :D
But I must say Gong Hyo Jin is looking a bit like JB here....
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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉
March 18, 2014 at 9:30 AM
also side note, GHJ's hair looks AMAZING in that pic. SMA could probably use it as a mirror, it's that shiny.
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2 redfox
March 17, 2014 at 10:38 AM
wish I could meet some of you in Europe.
Instead I am busy sending Vladimir Putin links to Boys Over Flowers, Gaksital and Three Days, hoping, for one, to make him a drama addict so he´d stop being the terrorist, and two, to compare him to the baddies. Especially jun pyo´s mom.
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fab
March 17, 2014 at 10:42 AM
LOL. Yeah that old hag totally needs a hobby to keep him busy.
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Megan
March 17, 2014 at 2:01 PM
But I thought stealing back Soviet era countries WAS his hobby. Its more fun scaring the crap out of Europe and the US than it is having to do work and looking at the value of rubles drop everyday.
But yeah, I think he would like sageuk drama's the best. Ones with lots of martial arts in them.
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redfox
March 17, 2014 at 10:46 AM
actually, it would be great if other Dramabeaners could do that as well, on the Kreml home page.
http://eng.letters.kremlin.ru/
what would they think if everyone started recommending watching dramas instead of harrassing free countries....
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2-sides-to-every-story
March 17, 2014 at 12:46 PM
http://www.globalresearch.ca/media-war-the-battle-for-crimea/5373778
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redfox
March 17, 2014 at 12:55 PM
that site belongs to a Russian governmental institute and is part of their propaganda machine, so it is full of rubbish. also, the only ones I have EVER seen using nazi /faschist symbols are the russians that accuse others of being that. This is a case of Wolf yells Wolf and the sheep run towards him. except the wolf doesn´t know he´s about to get run over.
I am searching for dramas that would depict a brutal leader and his machinations and lies...a la Putin, to send the link to next. what could it be. some sageuk?
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2-sides-to-every-story
March 17, 2014 at 2:34 PM
Okaaay. Have some more links.
http://rt.com/op-edge/referendum-in-crimea-ukraine-russia-354/
http://www.sott.net/best-of-web
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/05/ukraine-bugged-call-catherine-ashton-urmas-paet
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/03/everyone-agrees-ukraine-sniper-attacks-false-flag-argue-culprit.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SBo0akeDMY
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/03/16/obama-declares-self-determination-threat-us-national-security-paul-craig-roberts/
http://www.infowars.com/the-eus-stunning-hypocrisy-on-crimea/
Or I suppose all these sites are owned by Russian governmental institutes as well?...
As for a sageuk rec--how about the Princess' Man? That's the one where a character named Suyang causes lots of bloodshed, and finally overthrows the rightful king. Of course, he manages to justify all the killings through perfectly trumped-up charges.
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redfox
March 17, 2014 at 10:28 PM
If you want to be blind and bang your head against that wall, go ahead. Paul Rogers is a convicted spy.
I don´t see how you benefit from posting those links, but I advise you not to be so dam serious about it. what do you gain?
check your facts before you post anything. I have personal friends who were there the whole time. think twice before you try to fool me.
Enough of this, sorry, Javabeans and Girlfriday. I honestly just wanted to share that I am pulling this kind of crazy stunt to Putin. nothing else. but some poeple already seem brainwashed by Russia :-( for them to attack me so fiercely just for posting links to dramas to Putin, something is really off.
mo0mi
March 18, 2014 at 8:27 AM
wait what are you talking about? how is putin and crimea politics is related to this conversation at all??
Julia the Berkshire Beanie
March 17, 2014 at 3:42 PM
I picture Putin as more the baddie from King2Hearts
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korfan
March 17, 2014 at 11:57 PM
*laughing*
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3 hatchii
March 17, 2014 at 10:41 AM
While you are in Boston, try Oishii Japanese restaurant of Rod Dee, the best thai food in town!
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dokutokunaneko
March 17, 2014 at 3:32 PM
Second that!
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DMJ
March 17, 2014 at 4:07 PM
Don't forget to stop by at the Paramount at 44 Charles st, Becon hill for Sat/Sun Brunch! They are the best in Boston, but be prepare for a long lining.. :))
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Rawrling
March 17, 2014 at 6:19 PM
A Japanese restaurant serving the best Thai food? lol.
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Jasmin Rice
March 18, 2014 at 3:08 AM
Is that Japanese or Thai restaurant.?
Or Japanese with the best Thai food in Boston.
Just curious. :-)
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wickedwings
March 20, 2014 at 4:04 AM
How come a Thai food restaurant named Oishii?
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4 ilikemangos
March 17, 2014 at 10:43 AM
Too far for me, as usual.. Have fun everyone!
Just the other day i was going through some pics of the shin min ah - gong hyo jin coupling. These two besties are so adorable together!! I want to see both back in another drama or film.. Particularly you shin min ah, who seems to be going incognito these days..
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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉
March 17, 2014 at 12:52 PM
They are the cutest together, especially since Shin Mina has the most obvious and adorable case of unnie-worship of GHJ for more than half her life.
(which is totally understandable, because I have it too. And I want her movies with Jo Jong-seok and Park Hae-il to come out soon!)
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5 jomo143
March 17, 2014 at 10:53 AM
I should go. It's only a 10 hour drive. :)
Julia? JoAnne?
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Julia the Berkshire Beanie
March 17, 2014 at 3:44 PM
I'll be there for sure. Please let us meet up and have dinner together or something. @JoAnne @Jomo
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trisha
March 17, 2014 at 4:11 PM
you guys have the username started with J and seems as GFF. You all should make a trio of something.
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Julia the Berkshire Beanie
March 17, 2014 at 4:15 PM
I'm staying at the Courtyard Marriot
342 Speen St, Natick, US 01760
$110/night
Arrive Thu - leave Sat. A swing by HMart somewhere along the way to stock up.
Totally want to connect with some other drama fans for lunch or an early dinner friday or saturday.
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aurohm
March 23, 2014 at 9:42 PM
110 a night? eek. are there any cheaper hotels? i'm from ny, 17 years old.... :'( do you know if there's any hotels that are like.... 40 dollars for a night lol.
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6 vanillasalt
March 17, 2014 at 11:24 AM
i wish there was one in LA
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7 buticut
March 17, 2014 at 11:40 AM
Wish I wouldn't live at the other side of the world LOL. Hope all beanies attending will have a great time...I mean, I know they will! I've listened to some of your podcasts and you girls are absolutely hysterical.
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8 samsooki
March 17, 2014 at 11:58 AM
Woo... that's less than 100 yards from my former freshman dormitory...
JB and GF should have done this back when people were telnetting and IRC-ing (sigh, doubtful any of you youngsters even know what that was.... I am so old...) then I could have just walked over ... now I am miles and many decades removed.
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yenthi
March 17, 2014 at 12:10 PM
I still remember those days. I'm 30 with a Bachelor's in CS. ;)
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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉
March 17, 2014 at 12:48 PM
I do know IRC *coughfansubsandscanlationscough*, but then, I'm old too.
I'm jealous of the many cool people Harvard gets to speak to its students. I mean, they had J.K. Rowling, and now they have JB and GF....
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Denali
March 17, 2014 at 1:37 PM
Nice to read from you again, Samsooki.
*toasting to City Hall days*
You are so not old - my 1st day in computer class consisted of inserting 8-inch floppy disk into the FDD, which was "such a blast", back in the days. ^^
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cingdoc
March 17, 2014 at 1:44 PM
I can beat that...papercards with holes punched on them for computer to read
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cingdoc
March 17, 2014 at 1:46 PM
I can beat that.... Papercards with holes punched in them for the computer to read
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Mrgrt
March 18, 2014 at 3:08 PM
Me too!
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cingdoc
March 17, 2014 at 1:53 PM
@samsooki awwww....so close, chingu...you should go...the ladies would love to see The Samsooki's fam.... I know I would
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cherkell
March 17, 2014 at 2:24 PM
Samsooki dahling!!! Good to see you've returned! We may be on the same calendar page here -- remember the PROFS e-mail system that was only telnetted between certain college campuses? My first feeble attempts at coding FORTRAN and COBOL. Ah, good times.
Have fun, Boston Beanies! Just bring wine, and no one will get hurt. :D
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AnotherFan
March 17, 2014 at 3:02 PM
Oh I know telnet and IRC too, well then I am kinda old :-)
I started my CS degree back in the days when C++ was considered a really cool language and I learned Java on my first job..
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9 m
March 17, 2014 at 3:14 PM
darn it - of course this happens AFTER i move out of Boston. have fun & enjoy beantown!
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10 dokutokunaneko
March 17, 2014 at 3:34 PM
Aaaahhh noooooo I've been waiting for you guys to come to Boston since forever and the one day you're here I have to be away on a business trip!!!!! It's 10 minutes from my apartment too! :(
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11 Julia the Berkshire Beanie
March 17, 2014 at 3:59 PM
Any recommendation on nearby hotels? The Boston Seaport Hotel I like to stay in has no rooms available. The Boston Harbor hotel is $420/night (choke).
I'll probably end up at the Courtyard Marriot on Speen St in Natick because it is right off the Mass Pike and I know how to get there and the rooms are nice plus a good breakfast and a pool. $112/night.
So what is the best way to get to the event in Cambridge? By T? How late will the T run? What line/stop do I get off?
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DMJ
March 17, 2014 at 4:18 PM
I would recommend Hosteling International Boston at 19 Stuart Street, Chinatown. Although it's not in Cambridge area, it's really near T red and orange line. It's a hostel but they have both private and dorm rooms with free breakfast. I stayed in their dorm room when I was in Boston for couple days and really impressed with the hostel.
You can ride T read line nearby the hostel to Harvard square for about 19 minutes.
Here their website: (http://bostonhostel.org)
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Katie
March 17, 2014 at 5:08 PM
It's a brand new hostel...opened up within the last 1-2 years so it hasn't gotten all gross yet. I haven't stayed there, but it's near my gym (the Y).
To get to Harvard, it's pretty straightforward take the Red line towards Alewife and get off at Harvard Square.
If you're taking the Green Line, connect at Park Street. If you're taking Orange connect at Downtown Crossing.
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Katie
March 17, 2014 at 5:09 PM
Granted, I'm not advocating for the hostel, I've never stayed in one in the US, only in Europe, so it's a little different haha. But hey if the other hotels are crazy ($420?! Sheesh, it's Boston, not NYC or London :P) then I'd go for a hostel.
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papillon
March 18, 2014 at 10:29 PM
the T runs til around 12-1 AM ish. To get to Harvard take the red line
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12 Hanan
March 17, 2014 at 4:19 PM
YESSSSSSSSS
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13 Eileen
March 17, 2014 at 4:54 PM
OMG! Who's going to be there? We should do a meetup before and after! I propose #dbmeetup if you're on twitter!
I went to NY last time when they all came over last time, and it was great! Hoping to see more of you guys on my home turf!
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14 Katie
March 17, 2014 at 5:06 PM
ERGH. $10? Of course Harvard would charge lol. That aside, I'm excited you girls are coming to Beantown, wish you could have done an outside event as well ya know where we could all drink lol.
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15 Lana
March 17, 2014 at 11:32 PM
Noooo, I just moved out of bean town and you guy decide to come now. Not fair. Sob......
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16 korfan
March 18, 2014 at 12:02 AM
Awww, can't attend ..... but wishing all those who are a wonderful time!
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17 Ami309
March 18, 2014 at 9:15 AM
I wanna go there! But actually it's sooooo far from my city and country. Maybe 12 hours or more by plane to get there (I'm from indonesia).
I hope both of you will come to our country, cus there are so many drama and korean wave lovers here... :)
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18 Pakykul
March 18, 2014 at 10:30 AM
wish I can be there
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19 Firdhiye
March 18, 2014 at 11:03 AM
Lucky to you beanies in US, you get to meet Javebeans and Girlfriday so often. That would be as awesome as seeing my fav K-drama actors in a fanmeeting :)
Maybe there will be an event in somewhere in Europe in the future. K-drama,Dramabeans fans over here too.
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20 kimchikay
March 18, 2014 at 6:15 PM
Ack I'm so upset! After living there for 3.5 years, and literally beside Harvard, I just moved a month ago~!!!
aigooooo.....SADFACE.
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21 Sei Ryoku
March 19, 2014 at 6:25 AM
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE Oh my gosh April 4th is my birthday!
..
And now I realize that I live nowhere near Boston.. T^T ^_^
But seriously, thank you ma'ams for working hard as you do and planning and prepping and writing (a LOT) for us beaniebays!
Thank you for the awesome present - even if I will be staring wistfully out my window, wishing I was there. ^_^
Love,
Sei
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22 hatchii
March 19, 2014 at 12:33 PM
Oopsie. Oishi is the best japanese restaurant in town. Rod dee is the best Thai resto in town.
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23 124xoxodr
March 19, 2014 at 6:08 PM
I'm going I already purchased my ticket I'm very excited can't wait
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24 Yee
March 20, 2014 at 3:59 PM
Yes!!! Lucky enough to be in NYC for a business trip when Dramabeans did the NYC meet-up and now they will be in my neck of the woods!
I've bought my ticket and will be there!! Can't wait!!
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25 princessjihyo
March 25, 2014 at 1:55 PM
lol the standard/premium female dorm is sold out for the hostel on that date. figures. :(
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