Happy Labor Day Weekend! =) It's been so freakin' hot here in SD, it sucks! But yeah, I'm so glad for a break from work! It's been about a month since I last updated, so let's get to it!

K-POP!
All these people I care about are promoting right now and it's both awesome and annoying, LOLOL. Awesome because, hello, people and music I like and a bunch of performances to watch every week! But annoying because a lot of stuff to keep up with!

First there was Seungri! He's currently the only BB member whose solo efforts I actually care about (GD, I'm totally side-eying you right now, please stop with your ridiculousness and put out music I like and stop wearing all those crappy clothes!). He came out with his teaser for his new album a few weeks ago and when I watched it, I almost died, LOL. Seriously, I knew it said explicit, but it definitely didn't register and I was like O_O and then my mom walked by while it was at the part with the guy pulling down the girl's panties and I was like NOOOOO DON'T LOOK AT MEEEEEE and I almost had a heart attack, LOLOLOL. Then his single came out and his album and I've been jamming to it all, obviously! My favorite song on the album is probably Love Box, but yeah, the album is pretty solid.

( Some of Seungri's comeback performances! )

Then there was Henry! ♥♥ You all know how much I love Henry, it's seriously a lot! And he's back with my favorite, 1-4-3! When SMTOWN posted the video of Henry singing 1-4-3 acoustic and saying that he'd be coming back with that song, I totally FREAKED OUT!


Seriously, SO GOOD! Also, the fact that there were actually English subtitles for this video was A+.

Then there was the music video!

Totally cute! I hate Henry's blond hair though -- it just washes him out so much, please be getting rid of it soon. =( Amber and Henry's hair match in this video though, LOL. She rocks it slightly better, but yeah. Wish there was more Amber and less random girl because obviously Henry and Amber are the best!

( Some Henry comeback performances! )

There was also Henry on 100% Entertainment, which you should definitely watch because it is great!

Seriously, I love Show so much and Butterfly is so cute and Henry is adorable with his fail Chinese and going along with everything. ♥


There was also a comeback from Nu'est, which is totally cute as well. And Exo has a new song, Growl, which is definitely more my tastes than Wolf was. And bonus, a comeback from Sunmi (from Wonder Girls)! I didn't even know she was having a comeback, but this was one of the rare times that I downloaded and watched the whole M! Countdown episode from the 22nd, so I saw her comeback song and it was so awesome. it's definitely been stuck in my head forever!

SO GOOD!


SHOPPING
Today I went to the La Americas outlet mall down by the border with aznearthdragon and the brother. It was the first time we've ever been there and it's huge! Also, it's kinda weird being right next to the border! I mean, I've never been outside of the US and the fence of the border was right there on the other side of the back parking lot! Anyway, we were there for most of the day and went to a bunch of stores, but in the end, we didn't end up getting anything, LOL. Afterwards, we went to Plaza Bonita, where the brother got some jeans, took a break at home to eat, then went to Mission Valley to get another pair of jeans from Macy's (since they didn't have the ones the brother wanted in stock at the one in Plaza Bonita). So basically a day full of shopping, though I didn't get anything myself.

In other news, I bought a couple more tops from Urkye during their sale this month and they are awesome, of course. ♥ I didn't know how much of a difference there would be buying shirts made with room for your boobs, but now that I have some, it's definitely hard to go back to wearing my other shirts. I also just ordered this dress the other day when it was on sale (and the last of my size! But it looks like they've restocked, lol), so I'm hoping to get it soon since it seems like a super easy dress to wear that I can also wear to work (and it's been so hot lately, it would be great!). I need to save up to buy from BiuBiu also! They have cute things, but their shipping is slightly more. =/


NIGHT VALE!
A few weeks ago I started listening to Welcome to Night Vale and it is GREAT! I basically started listening to it at work and then I burned through all the episodes out so far in, like, two days, LOL. It's basically a community radio station for a fictional desert town called Night Vale. I'm so amused by the weirdness that is Night Vale and how totally normal it all is. The whole time I was listening to the show, I wished there was someone else I knew listening to it so I could discuss all the crazy stuff that happens and all the random stuff Cecil (the narrator/radio host) says! I basically gave a running commentary to one of my friends via IM while I was listening to some of the episodes, but it would have been greater if she knew what I was talking about, LOLOLOL. You should definitely listen if you haven't already: iTunes (eww) / Libsyn / Soundcloud.


I had more to say, but I'm getting sleepy, so this will be it for now. Hopefully this heatwave dies down a bit soon 'cause it sucks, especially when you're trying to sleep! =( I know that the heat here is probably nothing compared to the heatwaves other parts of the country are experiencing, but whatever, we San Diegans are weak when it comes to the weather! We have our typical good weather range and anytime it's a couple degrees hotter or cooler than normal, we moan and complain. As a native, I'm perfectly fine admitting it and it doesn't change the fact that I don't like it! XP

1. BIG BANG @ ALIVE PRESS CONFERENCE IN TAIWAN
   They are so adorable! The psychological test results were hilarious, LOLOL! And it was so cute when they were speaking Chinese! Especially how happy TOP was to say "我是TOP!" LOLOL. ♥



2. NU'EST
   
   
   I saw their debut stage on M! Countdown last month and thought this song was super catchy, but I didn't get around to downloading it until last night. And then I didn't get around to watching the video until this morning (I generally don't watch MVs). Anyway, I like this song and the video is pretty good. (I haven't looked at the lyrics, but based on the video, I'm assuming it's about bullying.)
   
   I checked on Wiki and these boys are SO YOUNG! Four of them are younger than my brother and that's just weird to me, LOL. I don't know any of their names, but the blond one that looks like a girl (he's so pretty!) is totally my favorite, LOLOL. ♥

I should probably get around to studying for Chinese now... =/

I have been super into Big Bang lately which means I've pretty much been watching all the things. (You know, since I have no life.) Anyway, let's just say this is pretty much a recap of Big Bang stuff from the last two weeks, LOL.

1. RUNNING MAN!
   Episode 84 & Episode 85 from KShowNow. (I'm still waiting for iSUBS to finish subbing these two episodes, since their subs are the best, but this totally works in the mean time. XP)
   
   They are so adorably fail in the first part, lol. ♥ I love how TOP follows Daesung around in the beginning -- it's so cute! And Seungri, he was so ridiculous, LOLOLOL. If nothing else, he should have at least hid the bag of bells before attempting his plan. And then there was Taeyang being totally cute and dorky, TOP being fail at running, and the ridiculous GD vs HaHa chase, LOLOLOL.
   
   I thought the second part was WAY more epic than the first one, but man, those rings made me cringe SO MUCH with secondhand embarrassment, LOLOLOL. I like how all the boys kept gathering together whenever they got someone on the Running Man team -- it was ridiculously adorable. ♥



2. FANTASTIC BABY!
   My favorite! Plus, it's also the best song for live performances, therefore posting pretty much all of their performances of it so far, LOLOLOL. XP (Not that I don't like Blue or Bad Boy, because I do, but you have to admit that Fantastic Baby is the most exciting to see!)
   
   120309 Alive Comeback Show
   
   
   
   ( BOOM SHA-KA-LA-LA! )



3. MORE STUFF!
   120309 Alive Comeback Show -- Which includes Tonight, Blue, Fantastic Baby, Love Dust, Bad Boy, Wings, and Last Farewell, with some behind-the-scenes and interviews in between the performances.
   
   120318 You & I -- In which they perform Tonight, Blue, Bad Boy, Fantastic Baby, and Lies, but the best part is the interview in the middle, LOL.
   
   120315 M! Countdown - Ain't No Fun -- In which Seungri falls down around 1:30 and I laughed my ass off. XP
   
   YG On Air -- There's Bad Boy, in which Seungri wears ridiculous shorts over skinny jeans, LOLOLOL. IDK, I couldn't stop staring at them and wondering WTF he (or his stylists) were thinking. Also, Blue, which just came out today.
   
   Also, all of Seungri's dance tutorials
because he is ridiculously adorable, lol. ♥

In conclusion, Big Bang is awesome! XP

[ETA]: Pixie Lott f/ GD&TOP - Dancing On My Own -- I've never heard of Pixie Lott, but this song is awesome. ♥

1. BIG BANG!
   
   
   I'm digging this song SO MUCH! ♥♥



2. JURY DUTY!
   Remember back, like, a month ago, when I said I had jury duty? I don't think I ever said anything on here about it, but that day they said they were looking for jurors to be on a long two-month criminal case and I was called back to be a potential juror. Anyway, I had to go back, like, three times. The first callback was to get more info on the case and to fill out questionaires, the second one was a follow-up on the questionaires, and the last callback was for final selection, which was on Tuesday. This was my first time going through this process because the other 2-3 times I've had jury duty, I just showed up on the first day and my name was never called, lol.
   
   So yeah, on Tuesday, they were making the final juror selections -- if you've never experienced it, the way it works is they have 12 potential jurors sitting in the box and each side would take turns excusing one person from the box and then the next potential juror would replaced the excused person until a jury is picked. I happened to be near the end of the line of potential jurors of the first set (about 50-ish people? I think they had about 100-ish potential jurors which they split into two groups), so I kinda thought they might not even get to me since it was pretty fast in the beginning and was starting to slow down, lol. They did get to me though and I was actually really nervous sitting in the box even though I didn't even have to do anything but sit there, LOL. But yeah, I think it was because the five or so people before me got excused right away, before they even got a chance to sit down in the box, so I was hoping for that too! But I ended up sitting in there for (what felt like) a long while because both sides were taking a long time deciding on who they wanted to excuse and one of the sides started passing on their turn, so I was kinda worried that I would end up on the jury! There were, like, ten other people excused while I was sitting there before I was finally excused.
   
   Anyway, that was my ridiculously boring jury duty story, LOL. I'm glad I didn't have to be on the jury for it. I mean, I don't have a job, so it's not like it would have mattered that I would be on a long case, but I don't think I could have handled the case itself. I don't think I'm suppose to talk about any details or anything, but it was a pretty big case with some pretty serious charges, so yeah.



3. CHINESE!
   We had a pinyin test in Chinese class on Tuesday! We went over the answers right away afterward and I actually did better than I expected, lol. I mean, I know I took Chinese before, but I kinda totally fail at pinyin and I think pinyin is, like, the hardest part of learning Chinese -- I mean, besides the speaking part, LOLOLOL.
   
   Anyway, while we're talking about class, can I say how much I hate semester system? Because seriously, quarter system is definitely more my speed! 16 weeks in one class seems like FOREVER, especially considering we'd be halfway through if this was quarter system. I'd forgotten how torturously LONG semester system was and how slow it was too. I'm tired of going to class already, lol, but May is so far away. =(

That's pretty much it. As for job hunting, it's whatever. Same old, same old. Send out resumes, hear back except for once-in-a-blue-moon, and then nothing. =/

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