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So yeahhhh. It’s 2am and I’m not in the least bit tired so I’m listening to Junsu’s solo album. Basically, I have love/dislike feels for this album. Some of these tracks are really good, others….I don’t particularly like.  First of all- and this is purely my opinion, remember that - let me just say that Kim Junsu can do lots of things and do them exceptionally well: Sing, do musicals, dance and compose a gorgeous ballad.  Things I don’t think he’s quite got the handle on: acting, and composing dance songs with strings in them.  Here me out on that last point. A lot of the time when Junsu puts out a dance track I feel like the song doesn’t build up to anything, like there are key elements missing from the song to make it complete. Songs I’m thinking of when I say this are Mission, Xiahtic, kind of Intoxication (although I still love the Japanese version) and Tarantallegra. And then, the guy loves to throw in strings. Don’t get me wrong, I loveeeee when strings are used well. But only if coupled with the right mixture of like, other stuff. ugh I sound like a snob already.  BUT look at the other dance songs on the album that don’t have strings in them and how different (and a bit better imo) they are. SRSLY. Step away from the strings in Garageband Junsu. Please? Explore something else for a little while, like you did in Fever. Moving on. So the songs I do like are Lullaby, No Gain, Set Me Free and Around and Around and I guess that’s it.  Now, the actual title track - I’m kind of split on it. There are parts of it that are good, but again, I feel like it one long intro most of the the time. I’m so nit-picky about JYJ’s music .___. It’s because I just want them to do well and have everyone appreciate their talents, but honestly I don’t feel like it’s as good as it could/should be so far.   If I had to give it a rating, I’d say 2.9 out of 5, since I like about 4 songs total. Except I feel like Tarantallegra is growing on me so make that 5.

ihopericksantorum: I hope Rick Santorum gets stolen by Nicholas Cage and then given back because he’s unconstitutional DEAD.

I just finished reading The Hunger Games and I officially don’t get what everyone was raving about.  I like the new world concept, I really do, but the whole plot just seemed so predictable and convenient for me. I’m about to die, oh look, someone comes out of nowhere to save me. I’m cornered in a tree, oh look, there’s a wasp’s nest to drop on my enemies. I’m so oblivious to the fact that two boys are infatuated with me, oh woe is me. It’s like, I knew exactly what was going to happen before it happened.  And the writing style…I’m on the fence about it. It’s very simplistic so you get to kind of imagine around the words…but I’m not sure if I like it too much. And really…”the boy with the bread”? That’s the best way to describe someone?  I guess my real problem was the lack of likeable characters. I grew attached to Peeta but the rest of them, not so much. I kind of hated Katniss. Like, a lot.  I’m going to read the other two books to see if it gets any better, and I’m definitely going to watch the movie to see if it can flesh out the book for me. I am curious as to what happens, but I’m just going to hazard a guess that the whole thing turns into Katniss and Co. overturning Capitol and living happily ever after with Peeta, the end. I’ll be pleasantly surprised if that isn’t the case though.  It’s unfortunately to admit that I enjoyed Twilight more than this…but it is what it is. 

So I just thought I’d add my opinion to the millions out there.  I’m going to go ahead and make clear that I support and like the KONY 2012 campaign, and it has nothing to do with “being a sheep” or “falling for a scam”. Yes, they’re misleading. Yes, they spend 1/3 of donation money on actual causes.  But I like what they’re doing because: - They used harnessed the power social media in a way that’s both awe-inspiring and  scary. Can you imagine if 70 million people knew about conflict minerals? Human rights violations? Acid attack victims? Public stoning? We actually might be able to change some things in this world.  - No matter how it happens, governments are going to take note that people care (or at least know about it) and that they shouldn’t scale back their efforts to capture Kony because it probably isn’t the best idea to anger the masses. Yes, there are specialists on the ground in central Africa right now and maybe they won’t send any more; but if no one seemed to care enough about the mission, they’re going to pull the plug. That’s money and resources being spent that they could use elsewhere. Let’s face it, if a government feels that something is not in its best interest, they’re not going to follow through. See: Rwandan genocide.  - Why wouldn’t you want to bring a war criminal to justice? Crimes committed years ago are still crimes. I’m pretty sure Bin Laden didn’t get anything done since 2001 and everyone still wanted him dead for their peace of mind. (Please correct me if I’m wrong about this, however).  - When you give to a charity, you MUST know that a good chunk of it is paying for their officials/advertising/travel expenses. It’s kind of naive to think otherwise. That’s the choice you make when you donate; no point in crying “scam!” after you find out. At the end of the day, a lot of people who watched the video aren’t running to donate to IC’s various causes. They’re clicking “like” and “share” to make themselves look like a social activist in front of their friends. 20 minutes later, it’s forgotten about. But you know what? 10 more people now know something they didn’t when they woke up, and where’s the harm in that? If anyone has a another reason why I shouldn’t support the campaign, please let me know. I feel like I’m missing out some key points of the opposing argument. 

So this year, I: Had my heart broken Got in debt Met some amazing people Laughed a lot Cried a lot more Witnessed a Snowpocalypse Graduated high school Started college Went to New York …a lot… Visited Tennessee for the first time Was a DJ Wrote a song Was stone broke Got my first job Drove a car for the first time Tried squid in Korean bibimbap Went to a club for the first time Got insanely drunk at home by myself one day Went to New Jersey to see 3/5 of my favorite band Got my first credit card Started wearing makeup regularly Got called beautiful Lived, Loved, And learned. Ready for a new year to do it all over again.

LOL I wrote this email to my friend when I was in 10th grade. oh the memories.  so there’s this guy in my ap am lit class. named charles. he looks like a toad. he makes me hate going to class. we’ll call him toad from now on to save me having to type charles. here’s the problem: day one: toad: hey sexy, my name is charles. me: umm, hi. kim.  *shakes hand* toad: you’re new here?  me: yes. do i look new?  toad: yeah, you just got that aura.  me: rrriiight.  *class takes place. teacher asks us to introduce ourselves. when i mention having lived in england for 10 years everyone was all woooooow, do you speak english? and i was all, no i speak klingon. well, not really, but it would’ve been awesome.* toad: hey beautiful, how are you today? me: fine.  toad: so…uh…what kind of things do you like? me: reading. i’m a nerd. toad: oh me too. i read manga. but i’m a cool nerd and you’re a sexy nerd. see, we got that connection… me: uh huh. toad: i love your accent.  *End of class*  -next day - toad: so you left a lot of friends behind in england? lot of boyfriends? how many guys have asked you out since you’ve been here?  me: umm…none?  toad: whatttt? that’s crazy. i don’t believe you.  me: *rolls eyes*  toad: you like chess?  me: no. nor do i know how to play it. toad: well, i could always come over to your house and teach you. me: *snorts* no way. my family would decapitate me if i asked to bring a boy home.  toad: not even if it was supervised?  me: no way.  *silence* toad: who you texting? your boyfriend? you’re not allowed to text in school at all. ever. *gets all scary mad* me: okay then…*inches desk away* *toad moves closer, leans over my desk.* toad: who’s that on your wallpaper? (my wallpaper is a picture of yunho) me: *ignores*  toad: i love you. (i’m not even kidding. =_=) me: *thinks* WHAT THE FUCK! toad: you like talking on the phone a lot? i’m sorry, i didn’t catch your last name…. me: *facepalm* I CAN’T EVEN GET RID OF HIM BECAUSE WE HAVE ASSIGNED SEATS. HE’S SUCH A CREEPPPPPPP. i’m considering telling him that i have a boyfriend who’s waaaaaaaaaay protective. WHAT SHOULD I DO?!?!?!?! i might start dating matt JUST so i can say that.  HE MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL. and he sits close enough so i can feel his BREATH ON MY ARMS.  DEAR GOD, WHY D: