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[oyceter]

1. I have almost convinced my dad that he wants to give me tiny laptop, since it's not like he uses it anyway. Sadly, tiny laptop's trackpad right click button is broken, which is not good. It works with a mouse, but that will cut down slightly on portability. On the other hand, getting fairly good at typing on it now...


2. Got Lasik on Monday. Currently eyes are a little dry and feel like I have contacts on, but I am still not over the fact that I can open my eyes and see things clearly! (I can't wear contacts.) My face feels so naked!


3. The Blockbuster here has DRAMAS! BWAHAHAHAHA! So far, have watched eps. 1 and 2 of Legend, eps. 1 and 2 of the Taiwan version of Hana Kimi, and ep. 1 of Smiling Pasta. Sadly, Smiling Pasta is the one my mom bought and so far the least good of the bunch. I keep wanting to whack the heroine for playing dumb and cute. On the other hand, the secondary lead heroine seems interesting and wounded. Any recs for tdramas greatly appreciated! I think my mom is very happy that I am watching stuff in Chinese.


4. Watched Warlords, the latest movie with Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kaneshiro. Unfortunately, was jetlagged and nearly fell asleep. Also, as everyone changes hairstyles and clothing every three scenes, I kept mixing up Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro's characters, despite knowing full well what they look like. I blame the scruffy facial hair. I think I will buy it anyway, as the rented DVD had English subtitles, so I can sic it on rachelmanija when she visits, as who knows when it will come out in the US!

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

The TW Hana Kimi started very fun, but there was a scene I think about 2/3 through that I had serious issues getting past(but no one else seem to) and the ending...wasn't an ending. Legend is fun and pretty good, but I prefer the other sageuks I've seen.

*is jealous over The Warlords*

[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

I don't recall which scene you're talking about, so either it didn't bother me, or i just don't remember it. Hana Kimi kind of dragged for me too. I much preferred the Japanese version, for all that I liked the main actors almost as much in the Taiwanese version.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I can't remember the spoiler code and my computer is going incredibly slow, so it would take forever to look up, so I'll simply say that it's a scene where he pretends to be drunk and, imo, takes teasing too far, especially in the context of an earlier event.

That said, it seems to be like a part of Meteor Garden(that bothered me much, much more, and I never got past it) where the culture has something of a "no harm, no foul" attitude, and because the show and characters have no problems with it, neither do most fans.

[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

Oh, right!

That kind of thing always pisses me off, and I find the best way to get around it is to forget it ever happened. Since the characters always do it's surprisingly easy to pretend it never happened.

(I imagine this is what fans of US soaps do)

I just found Meteor Garden dragged too much.