Do Re Mi

I was thinking about small, petty things that used to bother me when I was younger.  I thought about what I've improved on in my life because I feel that I have a lot of issues, lol. So one of the things I thought about was how I would be bothered by something that someone said to me or maybe certain actions that someone did or did not do. One of the big things was how people might not comment or take notice of something that I did to my hair, clothes, makeup, etc.   Over time, I thought to myself, why do I care?  Do I feel the need to be accepted?... noticed?... or maybe I just wanted an ego boost.  Then I thought, hey, does it really matter if a person comments on whatever I did or not?  What truly matters is that I care about it! People can comment all they want about something but if you don't care, none of their comments really matter. The moral of this particular story is, if you like what you did about yourself, then that's all you should nee...

Flower Boy Next Door is a really cute and cozy K-drama to snuggle up with for the winter season!  The story revolves around an agoraphobic girl Go Dok Mi (Park Shin Hye) who has a habit of peeping on a guy living across from her apartment, Enrique Geum (Yoon Shi Yoon) who is the friendly eccentric brother of the guy Dok Mi is peeping on, and Oh Jin Rak (Kim Ji Hoon) the hapless romantic neighbor who lives next door to Dok Mi. I found the theme of the urge to peep on handsome strangers to be very different and unique.  I also enjoyed Dok Mi's journey to getting out of her agoraphobic tendencies through Enrique.  The romance is very innocent and I love Dok Mi's cute practical fashion. The layering is just adorable!  I love her sweaters Flower Boy Next Door gets extra kudos because they added yet another unique factor and that was casting a Japanese actor as a supporting character. Watanabe Ryu (Mizuta Kouki) moves into Dok Mi and Jin Rak...

Today's weather was crap-tastic.  It looked like mild weather outside being dry, overcast, and not windy.  But when I took two steps out there, it was so freaking freezing, I had to retreat back into the house.  I was planning on walking the dogs today but that never happened because it was too unpleasant outside. I started off my day going to this egg breakfast place with mom and sis.  I ordered the mushroom omelet and the Belgian waffle (to share). So yummy and perfect!  Waffle had a nice presentation and was good but it could have been more toasted. Now lets rewind to last week.  I finally decided to branch out from my basic tuna roll sushi and make something more interesting.  I opted for kimbap because all I would have to do was add some extra ingredients; Its base was the same shoyu tuna I usually use.  I also made cream of mushroom pasta. The kimbap was fairly easy to make.  All I had to do was add: 1. Taku...

I remember the first time I was exposed to Adventure Time.  I was looking through tumblr gifs and came across this strange-looking yellow dog with sparkly eyes. I was somehow reminded of an overly exaggerated anime character.  I started to see this weird yellow dog more and more often and I wondered if it was some kind of internet meme.  Then I watched some Smosh videos and I recall seeing Adventure Time art that fans drew. One day, I decided to look up this cartoon on youtube and watched a few clips with the odd yellow dog and found them to be hilarious!  The humor in adventure time appeals to adults and children alike and I was immediately drawn into this ingenious story. I love the freshness and honest expression of the characters.  It makes the conversations so effortlessly funny.  The humor can be fairly dark and I find it interesting that words like 'freaking' and 'friggin' get past the censoring for children.  There are also othe...

I mentioned earlier that I went to the mall recently.  Anyone who's been to a mall has probably seen all the kiosks that scatter the walkways with eager salespeople trying to pull people over. I had finally finished my sweater shopping and was heading back to meet my sis at the food court.  As I was walking by this kiosk, I briefly made contact with the salesperson so gave a friendly smirk.  Now that I think back on it, I should NOT have done that because apparently, that was an opening for him to come over to talk to me about whatever he was selling. He actually walked over and handed me this sample and I was gonna graciously take it and be on my merry way.  Unbeknownst to me, this was his sales pitch and he chided me over to his kiosk.  I was annoyed with myself because I should have just told him I was meeting up with someone.  I guess I was mad that my sis wasn't answering her phone (after countless times calling her) so I thought I'd kill time unti...

I went out to the mall with my sister on Sunday.  It was one of those days where we thought it would be a good idea to hang out together since she's rarely off from work.  That workaholic. xD When we got there, I stopped by one of my favorite clothing stores, Forever21. The store was actually written as XII Forever so I suppose you could call it an extended version of Forever21 with much more selection. I usually shop on YesStyle.com and that's where I get a little bit of perspective on prices.  When I see a plain thin sweater shirt, my limit is under $10, depending on how substantial the material is.  Here's an example: For a thin sweater, I'm not gonna fork out $22.  I've also shopped excessively at Ross over the years so I know that thin-material clothing isn't going to retain its good appearance for long. So I walk into the store and I see that it's sectioned off into different color and style schemes.  One side may have flowery and femini...

Jyu Oh Sei or "Planet of the Beast King" is an anime that moves at an amazingly steady pace given its limit of 11 episodes.  It draws you into the cold, high-tech space colony of Juno and its contrasting setting, the relentless and wild Chimaera. Plot: "Thor and his twin brother, Rai, are cast off to a forsaken planet by unknown masked men after witnessing the suspicious death of their parents. Given only a beam knife and a smelly satchel, they wander together in search of civilization on the primarily plant based world. They soon discover the plants have the advantage. Only the strong survive; the ones who throw away their humanity and become the beasts humans once were." Anime News Network   The cover art (the first picture) is slightly deceiving because at no point in the anime does the main character Thor appear like that.  So here's a better cover art piece that represents the anime more wholeheartedly.  STORY    ...