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Is it possible to jump time-lines, Omona? 🕰🤔
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Date: 2020-06-12 07:13 am (UTC)I'm not an avid gamer and tbh I plan to buy PS4 now that it's most likely gonna get cheaper, some friends suggested i should just play in PC using Steam. But I'm not that familiar with each pros and cons lol.
What would you choose and why?
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Date: 2020-06-12 03:28 pm (UTC)I've always had playstations, it's just what I'm used to
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Date: 2020-06-12 07:16 am (UTC)this week i've just been feeling really tired, angry, overwhelmed and frustrated... and disappointed. just a couple of things that made me just idk, really sad and disappointed. from men cheating on their wifes in public bathrooms(of course lol, because men seem to love toilets) to JK Rowling's whole transphobia mess. i know she's been a hot mess ever since she started talking basically, but man she really should shut her mouth and stay away from twitter (just like a lot of ppl should *kuchTrumpkuch*). it's a shame that something i loved so much growing up (harry potter) is now kinda stained in a way because of the things that have come out about Rowling (it's been like this for a long time, i'm just only speaking about it here now).
this is really another way of do we support the creator and/or the creation situation. just like artist/music. can we still consume the art/creation when we know the creator is a bad person or not.
i'm just so sick and tired of it all.
on a better note; changmin and ikuta toma getting married is really nice and lovely and i'm really pleased about that. we could really use something good.
also, i said so last week but one of my best friends gave birth last week and they got a little baby boy. he's doing super well! i'm so happy and proud and despite feeling like garbage all week this all really lifted my mood. I gave them a birth tree as a gift. It sounds a little strange when i directly translate it to english but it's actually really nice. i ordered them a young tree they can plant in their garden as a way to celebrate a new life (by both having a baby and planting a new tree), with my wish for the baby to grow up in a healthy and green environment. I gave them an apple tree, the apple tree symbolizes love, safety and gratitude (so it's my wish that he grows up feeling/having this).
They absolutely loved it. I hope i can go visit them in the near future, i really want to see the little baby. Considering i will always be childless and so will my brother, this is probably as close as to idk a nephew i will ever get so i was really emotional about it
sorry for my broken english today, like i said i'm really tired.
what are your plans for the weekend? apparently it gets really warm here today and tomorrow so i'm not looking forward to that.
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Date: 2020-06-12 07:35 am (UTC)congrats on your best friends baby! i am not familiar with a birth tree but it sounds so lovely (and environmentally friendly)
hope you have a great weekend :)
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Date: 2020-06-12 08:02 am (UTC)yeah the week really flew by!
the netherlands isn't doing that well either, i havent really seen ppl hugging it out yet but otherwise ppl don't give a crap anymore. i feel like at official places they pretend to care but otherwise they don't care. like yesterday i had to go to the doctor and everybody was much social distancing and polite and all that and outside the doctor's office they just barged into you like wow, the pretence.
i just want to stay home as much as i can. my dad has started work again this week (as a busdriver) and my anxiety is going through the roof. thankfully he keeps telling me he barely has any passengers, so that's at least something. that whole place is so unhygienic though.
sorry to hear about your boomer colleagues. it's something about that roughly 50/55+ y/o white men that makes them somehow feel superior and know it all. it's sad that it's just the general opinion on things, no matter how much i try to change it it's hard and so far it's taken me years already for people close to me to make small changes (but definitely noticable ones). also trying to educate them. but it's hard, they are so stuck in their ways. its so tiring
also re: asians having to keep their heads down. here people always say stuff about immigrants that they are bad etc. but then they literally say this: 'yeah but not all immigrants are bad, look at the Chinese. they are here but they never bother you". like oh so they are only allowed to exist and be here when they do as you tell them? when they try to make themselves disappear so you can have your own way? people are so racist and they don't even notice it anymore because it's so integrated in their every day life that they think it's normal what they say and think.
i hate it when people say other's can only exist when they behave on THEIR terms. i mean, i don't mean that they can just go and be criminals but if they have different ways to do things, isn't it fine?
you probably get what i mean. the whole conditional thing.
edit; sorry for the broken english lol
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Date: 2020-06-12 07:42 am (UTC)i just started a new job earlier this month, teaching at my city's university (from home for now) and i'm enjoying it a lot, though it is tiring. so happy to have escaped my previous job and especially my gaslighting manager
since quarantine, i've been watching a lot more kdrama's as anxiety relief. do you have any tips for my next ones? i am currently watching (and immensely enjoying) my id is gangnam beauty and mystic pop-up bar. i usually enjoy dramas with some romance, but preferably with other storylines in the mix (slice of life/office/crime/historical). my favorite dramas usually deal with societal issues in korea in some way and have great female characters, like misaeng (ultimate fave), because this is my first life, signal, stranger, hello my twenties, 20 again, weightlifting fairy etc.
have a great weekend :)
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Date: 2020-06-12 08:13 am (UTC)i'm happy you are teaching! are you able to prepare and do your lessons alright online? it must be weird to start a new job and having to do it from home? or do you enjoy the challenge?
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Date: 2020-06-12 07:53 am (UTC)On a scale of 1to 10 mine was a -5
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Date: 2020-06-12 08:40 am (UTC)these past weeks have been tough but also heartwarming seeing my people and others coming together to fight for our rights! i was also again relinded why i don't communicate with some people anymore cause some of them have been showing their aaaasss!
haven't been really listening to new kmusic but i have been watching variety shows like hang out with yoo. rain is an unintentional funny guy lol.
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Date: 2020-06-12 11:42 am (UTC)something that i am scared about is that people will forget about it once something else is happening, thats why we must constantly remind each other about it and not forget and give up
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Date: 2020-06-12 10:00 am (UTC)Except for the scandal and Japanese songs, they've handled IZ*ONE so much better. I love how consistent their sounds and concepts are, and they're not copy-pasting the girl crush trend (as I'm betting IOI would have done lmao), they've made their own niche for themselves.
Let's hope that the post-IZ*ONE groups will be better managed :(
I haven't seen it but I'm sad. I remember Momo and Sana being really shy about singing after debut because they had faced so many criticism for their voices... I don't want this to start again.
I don't know what's up with JYPE singles. Momo's voice is usually a lot more grating on the singles than the bsides. I wish they would let her sing in a more confortable register. It's like they're doing it on purpose (as part of their sound maybe?) but it's just throwing her to the wolves.
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Date: 2020-06-12 09:46 am (UTC)Remember two weeks ago when I talked about a job interview for the exact same job I did but with a partner instead? Well on Wednesday I had the job interview (went very well!), on Friday they told me "we want you in" and sent me a wage proposition (slightly better pay and I've jumped two levels on the administrative classification without having to negociate for it lol), and on Tuesday they asked me if I was ok to start six days later.
So long story short, I'm starting on monday lol.
I'l actually very nervous! It went so fast, I feel like I barely had the time to let it sink in.
Kitty cat has been here for a two weeks now and is doing very well. I still don't have a cat tree but she has many places to hide (I've made her a space in my wardrobe for example). The other kitty cat is also doing much better now that they're in two different flats lol.
Last weekend I had the first birthday party of the month. I really freaked out because our birthday friend wasn't breathing correctly, and her being tested negative to covid-19 just before wasn't really reassuring. Turns out she had a massive asthma attack because she's suddenly allergic to cats, and she spent the last weekend at her parents' (who have a cat) so no virus here.
This was a whole other story in itself because her parents are so abusive in their words towards her??? I felt so bad seeing all of this. She's a recent friend and the friends in the group know her for longer so they reacted more, but I'm still so angry and shocked. They've gaslighted her so much she denied the verbal abuse for a while when we spoke about it. They're not doing it on purpose, they love their daughter and repeat behaviours they were educated with... It's still awful.
This weekend we're celebrating a friend's birthday, we were supposed to do it in the middle of March so lol, bad timing, let's do it later. We'll be ten persons but will only see each others outside, in a big garden. The solace is that this group of friends is responsible and I know they'll be careful.
Then my parents are planning my grandma's birthday in two weeks (90 y/o!) with only my uncle and aunt joining us for coffee in the garden as well (so six around the table, and eight for coffee) and that makes me really nervous too. But my grandma is so excited to see us ;_;
How do you cope, Omona?
Honestly I feel it's much harder now, at least during quarantine we were told what to do. Now I'm making choices. Everyone is making choices. But those around me seem to slowly go back to normal, so I don't feel like the choice is entirely mine anyway.
When I'm in such a nervous state, the way I'm coping is by having social interactions, seeing my friends and family. If I hide at home, my mental health could go down and I could go back into a depressive episode. I know because I've already been there. So I really feel like I'm putting my mental health over my physical health (and everyone's around me) lately and it's making me even more nervous.
I don't know what to do and how to feel.
Also why so many birthdays in June T_T
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Date: 2020-06-12 10:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2020-06-12 09:55 am (UTC)i've self-quarantined myself because i had a cough last week and it's still here but it disappers then reappears. i was so worried last week but now i think i'm okay. how's everybody?
i'm laughing at this tweet and comments on this thread
"why is it 10 minutes??" "10 minutes for a song??" lmao
clearly they haven't encountered short film mvs. i miss that era.
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Date: 2020-06-12 10:50 am (UTC)i miss the short films era so much :( remember t-ara? god, i loved their mini dramas. day by day was great.
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Date: 2020-06-12 09:59 am (UTC)Yesterday I watched a video with Yunho saying "Today will not come back" and it had such an impact on me. Usually, when I try to get motivated and tell myself I should do something today to be more "free" the day after, it doesn't work because I know there will be new things to do tomorrow so the gain is not so true. However, thinking that I'm loosing something has more impact on me. So yesterday when I was swimming I stayed 15 minutes more thinking it's not tomorrow that I will be able to swim these 15 minutes. I have the opportunity today.
Do you also have inspirational quotes wich work more than others? What makes you react or not?
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Date: 2020-06-12 10:53 am (UTC)"stay afraid but do it anyway" and "your worst days in recovery will always be better than your best days in relapse".
i hate those quotes that focus on losing time though, i already feel bad about it, i don't need a reminder lmao
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Date: 2020-06-12 11:03 am (UTC)work has kept me busy. my boss + colleagues like the visual concept i made for our upcoming project so that's a relief since we only have less than 2 weeks to prepare everything. bummed that i prolly gonna work this weekend but well i don't have anywhere to go so doing work would be fine right heh.
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Date: 2020-06-12 11:12 am (UTC)My gym reopened last week on Tuesday and some people barely respect the sanitary rules. WE'RE ONLY FRIDAY! I'm always this close to go see these nasty men (because obviously they're men and they think they can't get sick) and drowned them in hydroalcoholic gel. Why are people so stupid? It won't kill you to wash your hands and clean the machines.
I bought an Apple watch last week because I'm unemployed and clearly I needed to spend the money I could have saved and the little activity rings drive me mad. I work out 5 days a week and have set easy daily goals AND I DON'T COMPLETE THE RINGS!! I don't know why the watch doesn't take into account all my suffering.
Right now in France, the police is protesting because, for once, the government is siding with its people and not these racists (not that it's going to last lol they know they need the police in their pockets). Funny how they all are like "not all policemen are racists, not all policemen kill black people" when they don't even realise than them being all together united against the people they're supposed to protect is the problem. We know that ALL the policemen are not racists but the few who aren't do nothing against the ones who are and this is why black people are killed. Also all these assholes shouldn't be allowed to be policemen without knowing the law.
On a lighter note, I finally listened to the new WayV album and it's a bop! These men are so cute and Lucas is so so fine.
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Date: 2020-06-12 03:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-06-12 11:42 am (UTC)I hope Jeongyeon is doing ok with her injury, she’s still performing which has me worried but she seems like she’s in good spirits (though once again that could be so fans don’t worry)
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Date: 2020-06-12 11:46 am (UTC)oh man 100
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Date: 2020-06-12 12:14 pm (UTC)i wanted to to talk about how this week i suddenly got into txt, but i can't bring this positive energy now. i like them though, maybe i'll write something next week.
i hope your day is going better than mine
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Date: 2020-06-12 12:19 pm (UTC)i impulse bought a bag of 120 milky chupa chups because i suddenly remembered how much i loved those when i was kid and omg they still taste amazing ugh
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Date: 2020-06-12 12:20 pm (UTC)The store manager at the place where I've been doing a bunch of my shifts lately is hot and I lowkey drool after him every single time I see him, he looks like he'd give excellent hugs... OTL
Hanbin was trending on twitter again yesterday and I peeked at the tag to see what it was about and someone wrote "one year without you and the pain still lingers" and I thought ??? He's not dead???
He seems to be moving on with his life so his fans should too, it's not like he's gonna go back to YG (there's no way he'd be stupid enough to climb back on to a sinking ship)
NCT content team started yet another mini-program for Dreamies, Jisung shouldn't be let anywhere near a kitchen lol
A while back youtube recommended an unsolved mystery documentary about South Korea's missing frog boys and I finally got around to watching it (5 boys went missing in -91, cops fucked up the investigation, bodies were found 11 years later, the murderer was never caught), I feel really sorry for their parents. It's bad enough that something like that happened in the first place but it definitely shouldn't have taken so long to find them. Not to mention that it was never properly solved..
What are your weekend plans? Approximately how much ice cream do you plan on consuming this summer? What foods do you like eating during summer when the high temperatures take away your appetite?
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Date: 2020-06-12 12:27 pm (UTC)So this morning I listened to Goodbye by SNSD, and wow. I can’t believe the song is already six years old. I was OBSESSED with it when it came out and I still think it’s their best song to date.
Speaking of SNSD, I miss second generation girl groups (they’re from the second generation, right?) maybe because I was so much younger back then haha.
Anyways, I have a meeting in 4 minutes to train the new guy. Can’t believe my boss scheduled a meeting for us at 8:30 when he’s not even online yet 😑 anyways, ciao and I hope y’all have a good weekend!
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Date: 2020-06-12 02:31 pm (UTC)Same! I think it's partly missing being younger (youth! and having hope for the world and myself) and partly missing having someone to look up to. And then also just missing that era of sound and styling. I miss how the second generation leaned more into having 'Concepts' and how they changed with every comeback while still putting their own unique spin on things. I feel like current groups are more pigeon holed into a more limited image.
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Date: 2020-06-12 02:25 pm (UTC)Anyway, nobody seems to be talking about how the chorus sounds like Fifth Harmony's Work From Home. more more more = work work work. I'm not big on the song and the chorus, but the beginning is pretty.
I did like how colorful the MV was and how the lighting seemed different from a typical kpop MV. I really like the clothes and that they used patterns! -- not something that you get to see often in kpop. But I feel kinda weird about the fact that the clothes they're wearing are exactly the type of hipster, bohemian chic clothing that was popular when I was a teen (c.2006-2012). Is that style already coming back?
I wish the dance matched the clothes more. The white outfits are great with the dance, but the rest of the outfits don't really work with it. I guess the dance matches the music, but because I like the outfits so much, I wish it were more of a smooth dance and not so modern~ for lack of better word.
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Date: 2020-06-12 02:38 pm (UTC)eunice - aoa. eunice is soo underrated and i think a lot of that comes from being older than most 3rd gen idols and her group members. she would suit aoa really well, from her guitar playing to her main vocal and main dancer abilities. we've seen how well she does with more mature, sexy concepts like miniskirt, as well as cuter concepts like heart attack. and considering how she's stuck with dia through all these years, i'm sure she'd do the same for aoa, giving them a needed boost in numbers.
jueun - twice. jueun is both gorgeous and talented and i feel she could be such an it girl if she were just promoted better. one of the problems is that dia's releases haven't done much to define her personality in the group. and twice is the opposite - every member's image and role in the group is super clear. i think jueun fits twice's image really well and she'd be so popular as a member. plus jyp liked her when she was on kpop star so... it could happen!
huihyeon - blackpink. now let's pretend yg is a decent company for a minute, otherwise i would never send anyone there. but huihyeon deserves that high budget treatment and a place she can really spit fire. her deeper voice would go so well with bp's songs, AND she could write her own raps instead of spitting those embarrassing bekuh boom lyrics that yg inflicts upon bp. she's so gorgeous too and i think she'd rock those designer fashions, which lbr, is at least half of bp's appeal.
yebin - oh my girl. this one actually required very little thought. oh my girl, for me, are defined by their "fairy-like" looks and sound. each of the members have that quality where they just seem... idk, almost ethereal. and yebin fits that! her voice is powerful and yet sounds so sweet and airy, and i think her visuals match perfectly too.
chaeyeon - dreamcatcher. on the other hand, this was the hardest one. chaeyeon is the face of dia SO much so that it's hard to imagine her anywhere else. and a lot of other groups have a really defined face member already. ultimately, i went with dreamcatcher because the group has a lesser focus on visuals compared to other groups, and is more focused on the music, the concept, and the members' talents. and it'd be so fun to see chaeyeon when she's not being pushed as The Pretty One. plus, the darker concept would be such an interesting contrast and would only make her even prettier, i think.
eunchae - pristin/hinapia. eunchae's evolution over the years totally fits here. she's an amazing vocalist and super cute and full of energy, which would fit well with pristin. then in woowa we saw her transform into a more mature version of herself, and gain more attention as a main dancer. and for some reason, i think she'd fit SO well in hinapia. idk what else to say i just think it WORKS and i want to see it.
somyi - loona. oh our poor somyi. so underrated and so mistreated. i want to put her in a group that would embrace and SHOW OFF her unique visuals. loona members have such a wide variety of looks so she'd fit in well, AND she would get a solo to really highlight her talents, which dia has never quite done for her. and with loona's insane fandom, she would get the love that she deserves. plus, the way somyi was an aid before joining dia reminds me of how go won was a fan of loona before joining them.
(to be continued bc apparently there's a character limit?)
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Date: 2020-06-12 02:38 pm (UTC)and for the ex-members:
seunghee - t-ara. well she was a member of 5dolls before anyway, lol. she's been shuffled around the mbk groups a bit. unfortunately i didn't have a chance to get to know her much because she was in dia for such a short time, but i do think she would fit in to t-ara well.
eunjin - red velvet. YES i feel strongly about this one. i think eunjin could fit in almost any group because she's so talented and versatile, but i especially think rv could benefit from a stronger rapper, and she fits rv's duality to a T. TO A T. her bright and sunny voice fits in, she can do cute and adorable, and she can do mature and sexy. i would love to see her take on all the different colorful concepts that rv have done over the years. oh eunjin i miss you.
jenny - gfriend. she was part of gfriend's original lineup and i actually think it would work perfectly. she'd probably be one of the most popular gfriend members for her sweet voice and gorgeous visuals. (although umji kinda has the sweet voice thing on lock already) idk, their concept really suits her, she's always had that youthful cutie energy.
and if you actually read all this... thanks! and what do you think?
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Date: 2020-06-12 03:31 pm (UTC)I MIGHT HAVE CRIED DON'T JUDGE ME
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Date: 2020-06-12 05:24 pm (UTC)Fully back to work after taking may off and I think it's ok so far. Figuring out how to pivot my work to make it through social distancing has been difficult but I'm starting to get more client leads so hopefully getting back to my full income will happen soon.
Have to start apartment hunting again soon. that'll be fun in this climate -_-
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Date: 2020-06-12 08:39 pm (UTC)Is it possible to jump time-lines, Omona?
I WISH. especially these days.
my oldest friend got stuck in kind of a dicey situation on her way home from work the other night. i was about to wrap up a phone call w/ one friend when she called. i missed it by like 2 seconds and was pretty freaked out when i listened to the voicemail she left me. she got stuck on I-84 (portland); some dude in a white truck a few car-links ahead of her had hit 3 other vehicles, and then the dude ran into a barricade set up by protesters. she wasn't bothered by the protesters, but someone ran towards all the stopped cars and told everyone to stay inside cause there was an active shooter. my friend headed straight home once all the protesters passed, every emotion hit her at once, and that was when she called me.
i was trying to find out what was going on cause i couldn't get through to her for a good 20 minutes. couldn't find out anything. she called me back and i just let her talk about it while i listened. i found a video of the truck a couple hours later and she verified it.
come to find out, a couple days later, that the asshole in the truck was shooting backwards towards the protesters. authorities ~claim~ they're not sure whether he was intentionally shooting at them or not. i mean, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...
afaik, no protesters were hurt. i'm still bothered, though. like, what if she had been directly behind him? i've known her for 15 years; we still haven't met in person. i guess it says something about your friendship w/ someone when you're the first person they call after that kinda thing.
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Date: 2020-06-13 02:51 am (UTC)I can't believe she made Soo Hyuk/Hyung Bin the "bad" person at the last minute with that b.s. And how wishy-washy she made the female lead...just what?????????!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!??! I understand being empathetic and seeing the good in people, but like.....the other male lead killed two people and she decides to be with him still?? This writer must have written the drama to live out her own fantasy or something.....IDK romanticizing psychopaths/serial killers is just.....not it.
SUCH A FRUSTRATING DRAMA!!!! WHY DID I TORTURE MYSELF! lol