Linkage: KDramas, LJ Smith, knitting, race, manga, gender

[oyceter]

• desdenova has started to watch Damo! Whoo! I pet my shiny new obsession and beam as it spreads. Come on, people, make me feel better -- who else is out there watching kdramas?
  
  My current kdrama sources are meganbmoore, shewhohashope, rilina, vonnie_k, The Stack, Dramabeans, and of course d-addicts for information.


• For the other Sekrit LJ Smith fans out there, shewhohashope pointed me at this. New short stories! And a promise that Strange Fate is not dead yet.


• I'm not blogging about elections because most of the press surrounding them make me blow my top. Also, I assume everyone's already reading delux_vivens, but for those who aren't, she has been posting a lot of articles and links about Obama and race.


• Via rilina, who already highlighted Asia Pacific Arts' best music of 2007: best Asian films, best Asian-American films (I really want to see Munyurangabo now), best wordsmiths, and top 10 places to see Asian films in CA (most in Bay Area and LA). I'm just sad there aren't more in Bay Area and even more jealous of rachelmanija and her LA-ness.


• I've long been frustrated by the lack of visibility of non-East-Asian knitters of color in the knit blogosphere -- I'm sure POC knitters are there, but their blogs and designs and culture definitely get much less focus if they're not East Asian. So I was delighted when SistahCraft pointed out Black Purl Magazine and its venture into the print world.


• And David Welsh gives a wonderfully snarky tip sheet for journalists writing about women in comics. I hope they read it and actually listen.

I tend to forget that people don't read my mind and instantly realize what I'm reading; is anyone interested in knowing my blogroll? Also, since I can't telepathically figure out what you guys are reading, what are some of your favorite blogs?

Comments

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Wait, is that LJ Smith's real site? Not a fan site? With the unicorn? And everything?

Oh, my, and also: hee!

[rilina.livejournal.com]

I actually had no intention of clicking on that link until I saw this comment. Even without knowing anything about her work, my reaction is also: hee!

[oyceter]

I know! I know! Did you check out the rest of the gallery?

[oyceter]

I know! I know! I thought it was a fansite too, only shewhohashope said it was real. Also, it's got the short stories.

[sarahtales.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. And she's on the NYT list!

My sixteen year old self would have been so happy, but I hope even my sixteen year old self would have grinned a bit at the unicorn...

[oyceter]

I know! The unicorn! Did you check out the rest of the gallery?

[the_rck]

The two (non-LJ) blogs I'm currently checking most often are Bookshelves of Doom and Smart Bitches, Trashy Books. I also occasionally visit The Newbery Project, a blog started by a bunch of parents interested in reading all of the Newbery Award winners.

[oyceter]

Ooo, someone just pointed me toward Bookshelves of Doom -- really fun so far.

[rilina.livejournal.com]

I am so bummed that I have not been able to watch Munyurangabo yet because I live in a wasteland when it comes to Asian-American culture. Gah. Must. Escape.

[oyceter]

I really need to actually go to some of the film festivals and events around here, especially because they're so close!

[rilina.livejournal.com]

I finally got around to watching those Beau Sia videos, and oh my, how I fangirl in his general direction.

[oyceter]

I finally just watched them as well, and yes, yes, yes. He is so awesome!

[rilina.livejournal.com]

Plus, he is cute with a mohawk! *is shallow*

[oyceter]

I know!

I, um, finally checked out the APA best performers of 2007 too, and am ogling at all the pretty people.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

My Bloglines blogroll. (http://rpc.bloglines.com/blogroll?html=1&id=telophase)

No, I don't actually read all of those every day - I haven't read any of the library or comics/manga ones in weeks - and a bunch of them only update rarely, but there's enough there to occupy my time. :)

[oyceter]

Oh cool! I must figure out how to show off mine, since for some reason a direct username substitution doesn't seem to work.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Go to Bloglines, log in, and before you click on any blogs to read, scroll the info page in the main frame down. I found the link to produce that somewhere there. :D

[oyceter]

Cool, thanks!

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

The blogs I subscribe to are mostly humor/mockery blogs or cute/funny animal stuff, but there's some other stuff in there, too. I also have several web comics, which are not really "blogs", per se, but I shall include them anyway.

Mockery
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books (http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/index/)
I don't read romance novels, but I like their commentary on them, especially when they post bad book covers.
Claudia's Room (http://claudiasroom.blogspot.com/)
Mocking reviews of Babysitters' Club books.
The Dairi Burger (http://thedairiburger.wordpress.com)
Mocking reviews of Sweet Valley High.
Go Fug Yourself (http://gofugyourself.typepad.com)
Mocks celebrity fashion. You don't need to care about fashion to read it (I don't); they're always funny.
Lurid Digs (http://www.luriddigs.com)
NSFW! Mocks the decor (and sometimes the guys) of photos posted to gay dating/hookup websites.

Animals
I Can Has Cheezburger (http://icanhascheezburger.com)
lolcats
I Has a Hotdog (http://ihasahotdog.com/)
loldogs
lolsecretz (http://lolsecretz.blogspot.com)
Post secret with lolcats and other animals.
Cute Overload (http://cuteoverload.com)
Cute animal pics.

Other Humor
Dooce (http://dooce.com)
Can be pretty well summed up as "a neurotic woman writes humorously about her neurotic daughter and neurotic dog". She's very, very funny.
Because I Said So (http://mom2my6pack.blogspot.com/)
Another woman writing humorously about her kids. Not quite as funny or well-written as Dooce, but I enjoy it.

Other
Andrea's Buzzing About (http://qw88nb88.wordpress.com/)
Autism and disability activism.
Language Log (http://languagelog.com)
Linguistics!
Candy Blog (http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/)
Reviews of all sorts of candy.

Webcomics
Dinosaur Comics (http://www.qwantz.com)
Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com/)
Sinfest (http://www.sinfest.net)
The Perry Bible Fellowship (http://pbfcomics.com/)
XKCD (http://xkcd.com/)

[oyceter]

I love Go Fug Yourself, but I stopped reading them via Bloglines because they keep updating posts or something, so they would keep appearing.

Also, thanks for the link to Dairi Burger! They are doing LJ Smith stuff too, how awesome!

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I never have that problem with Go Fug, but every so often Candy Blog gives me the last ten posts again, even though I already read them. Annoying.

And yeah, I like that Dairi Burger is reviewing other stuff, too. They had a series I totally forgot existed, Sleepover Friends, but I know I read quite a few of those.

[keilexandra]

Thanks to telophase's helpful instructions: my Bloglines blogroll.

[oyceter]

Ooo, thanks!

[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

Well, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books has earned my favour of late.
Also:
Claudia's Room,
Writeous Sister (http://writeoussisterspeaks.wordpress.com/),
Pam Noles (>http://andweshallmarch.typepad.com/),
Neil Gaiman (http://www.neilgaiman.com/),
Angry Black Woman,
Muslimah Media Watch (http://muslimahmediawatch.blogspot.com/),
FeministSF (http://blogs.feministsf.net/),

I'm probably forgetting a few because the ones that don't show up on my lj friendslist get checked up on every couple of weeks. LJ spoils me by letting me have everything together, I can't handle Google Reader and such, and my bookmarks get randomly deleted every few months.

[seraphcelene]

This is probably a stupid question, sorry in advance... Can you get kdrama with English subtitles? Over the years I've seen bits of different shows that look highly dramatic and therefore insanely interesting, but the subtitles aren't ever in English. Unfortunately, I will admit that I'm not savvy enough to recognize what culture they are. When I was in junior high I used to watch a telenovella with my friend's mom and she translated everything into English. I don't remember the name of it now, but it was insanely awesome. I watched it every morning waiting for my friend to finish getting ready for school, we walked together. So, yeah, English subtitles ...

[oyceter]

Yup! You can get them on DVD, though the DVDs are really expensive (check YesAsia.com, and if they're region 1, they'll play in the US, region 2 for the UK). I also check the d-addicts wiki and Soompi forums.

[delux-vivens.livejournal.com]

I assume everyone's already reading delux_vivens,

lol you flatter me! thanks. i was wondering where all the traffic was coming from.

you know... this post has given me the idea for a new mission... to get you hooked on cheesy as hell nigerian soap operas!

if i knitted, i'm sure i'd love black purl.

[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

I feel like this is a perfect opening to gibber about Super Story, should you know what I'm talking about. Oh, those increasingly rare home visits and my mother's insistence on watching obscure Sky channels.

[delux-vivens.livejournal.com]

no, i'm not familiar with it. mostly my nigerian soap exposure has been when going to a braider (which i dont do any more, lol) and watching extremely cheesy movies about Star Crossed Luvvers (TM).

[oyceter]

Hee, more people for you!

Oooooo Nigerian soap operas? Tell me more!

[delux-vivens.livejournal.com]

cheesy movies, often made in and around lagos, with star crossed lovers, young men torn between love and duty to their families, jealous ex girlfriends , and the like.

cheesy as hell, but fun.

[oyceter]

Awesome! I have to try and find some.

[innle.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the Smith link . . . she's changed her name to Ljane? And has a big illo of herself and a unicorn? And is posting her publishers' email addresses on her website? Oookay.

I'll still read the next one.

[oyceter]

I know! I still want the next one.

Black Purl Magazine

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not anomymous, I don't feel like creating another account just to comment.

Hey there, it's Sahara! Thanks for linking to my post! Please put the word out to your knitting friends to submit articles or patterns to Black Purl. I get tired of knitting Euro patterns; the more inclusion, the fresher the craft gets.

Thanks again!

Re: Black Purl Magazine

[oyceter]

If only I knew people who wrote patterns! But will try and spread the word, thanks.

[thistleingrey.livejournal.com]

I read you via feed, so this is very belated--I've been posting slowly about my kdrama-watching. The index page is here (http://reqfd.net/stack/index/index-films-tv/). It needs updating from my lj-export file, but I keep not having time.

[oyceter]

No problem, and thanks for the link! Yay more kdrama watchers ^_^.

[sophia-helix.livejournal.com]

I want you to know that I was desperately googling for Damo downloads and THIS was the third hit down. More Damo please!!!!