october 2021 media roundup!
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watching
tv shows
remember how i watched nothing last month? well the same cannot be said for this month idk what overcame me. spoilers for like every show mentioned below :D also if you don’t wanna read all this (i understand) but watch my name it is such a good show <3
> hometown cha cha cha: ok i started this show on oct 1 and thought i wouldnt get caught up before it ended airing,,, but i ended up getting fully caught up in a week even though i was trying to pace myself ? i really love slice of life character-development-heavy shows so this was so perfect to me.. i feel a lot less feral about it now that its been like a couple weeks since it finished airing. i had a post in the making ab my more in depth thoughts but since the whole thing w kim seonho happened,,, i lost all motivation to work on it lol. one day i will successfully learn to separate the artist from the art but like. it sucks bc i havent liked an actor so much since park hyungsik and yeah im still a little upset lol you can never really trust public figures </3 anyways i really loved this show
> the tasty florida: wasted a perfectly good saturday night watching this. i need to Stop watching korean bls bc i never like them !!!! i dont even know what i didnt like about this one and also my solution to every love triangle recently has been poly and that never happens and i get upset so like . and what is it about all the cooking/chef centered dramas these days? you will never be to my star.
> on my block s4: i am seriously flawed in the way that i can never stop a show after i start watching it even if 5 years pass like,, i just stopped watching greys anatomy two years ago after keeping up with it since i was 14. so i didnt remember anything that happened in the seasons before and all i can really say is that jamal and abuelita carried the season as usual and cesar and monse are the worst characters.
> don’t say no: i watched this and yeah i can’t even say anything objectively about this show. i watched for the basketball childhood friends to lovers tropes and it kinda worked ? idk i liked how they started off the season not showing like relationship troubles right off the bat but honestly the entire season was really fucking wild (derogatory). fiat’s mom showing up out of nowhere ? king’s entire character? also every nice character reminds me of JUYEON for some reason so i kept thinking of juyeon every time leo was onscreen and …. well im sorry to juyeon for that.
> my name: god this show was so good. it’s been a while since ive watched action and this show’s plot was so good <3 major spoilers ahead !!! but i hate the trope where a character is just starting to find happiness/their purpose in life and then they get killed,,, and sure it wasnt jiwoo who died but pildo :((((( it was so clear that mujin loved donghoon bc we never saw him get close to anyone else no matter if it was in the past or present so it’s pretty clear that mujin unintentionally fell in love and couldnt handle it when he got betrayed by the One person he trusted,, and yeah that fucking hurt i did feel bad for him. im headcanoning that donghoon did love mujin back but just like mujin, he put his career above his feelings. all i can really say about mujin and donghoon is that it was so tragic how it ended they didnt deserve an ending like . . . that. im still glad that jiwoo killed mujin though. i also really liked how both the cops and dongcheon were both portrayed as morally grey bc it really made my brain twist trying to figure out who the “good” guys were. i loved that very much. and can we get han sohee to do more action she’s an amazing actress i love her ! also ive watched 4 dramas w ahn bohyun in it and they’ve never once done his hair properly ???? either it’s short as hell or long as hell (wtf is up w goo woong’s hair?) and i just want a nice middle ground T___T. im sorry for literally writing an essay maybe this show should get a post of its own but song jiwoo,, i love her. for sure one of my fav drama characters ever.
kpop content
i watched so much tbz content this month this was a tbz month ! i also watched stayc’s sports day content and they are so cute,,, im also so happy vitypark is back i love seeing them run around doing weird things <3
> the boyz: do not disturb (eps 1-3): i love seeing tbz get to relax and have fun so dnd was so nice to watch <3
> tbz timeout (eps 1-2): i love seeing tbz get to relax x2 and this one is even better than dnd ? them choosing their rooms and eating was so nice to watch and i will be honest,, sometimes watching them playing games and being loud stresses me out after long days of classes so watching them being chill and relaxed is also very much appreciated <3 can we also talk about the wonderful roommates that are hyunjae younghoon and haknyeon that is so wonderful to me.
reading
books
this was a good month for reading,, i think next year i will try to read 1 nonfiction book a month the way i did last year bc just reading scientific articles and my textbooks makes me feel dumb as hell i would like to read nonfiction ab topics that interest me :D i could start next month but i do not want to lol. anyways.
> kulti (mariana zapata): i did not enjoy this book at all tbh,, mz books are usually so good to me but kulti was an asshole the entire time and just kinda improved in the last like 25 % of the book. idk the whole possessiveness and “i’m an asshole to everyone but you” thing is just not attractive to me and the only thing that i really liked was how supportive he was of sal’s career.
> the silvered serpents (roshani chokshi): i wanna know why 2/3s of this book took me 3 weeks to read and then i read the last third in two days. the pacing was weird af but jesus that ending ??? i will be tuning into the bronzed beasts simply bc of how fucking crazy that ending was.
> dial A for aunties (jesse q sutanto): this book reads like a b-list bollywood movie. like. it was so dramatic and unrealistic but simultaneously the most entertaining thing ever ?? it was short and fun and i did enjoy it for the most part but like… i did not see the maureen/jacqueline coming? it came out of nowhere but lol if you turn the logical part of your brain off while you read,, it’ll def be entertaining. all the aunties were so fun too and the drama between them was so funny.
> cemetery boys (aiden thomas): this was a reread ! i wanted something short and easy for halloween and all the mysteries and thrillers i started weren’t catching my attention so i went for this book! its ya and a debut novel and you can definitely tell but the characters are so cute and genuine i love them <3 and the fact that its ownvoices just makes it better <3 a very comforting halloween read!
fic
started like 20 fics and didnt even finish like half of them? which is so unlike me tbh idk what happened,, hopefully i finish most of them in november <3
> not alone - cherry (crazylove): back when i was first getting into nct johnjae was the first ship i was interested in and they’re still so endearing to me so i loved this fic so much ? i felt so much i also really like kid fics and this fic really hit the healing/domesticity/earnestness nails right on the head and i just really loved it :D
> catch it on the replay - popliar (littlerhymes): milcob T__T i love them and everything ms pop writes is so good and this was literally so delightful to read :(( i love domesticity and this was so cozy i just really enjoyed reading this one !
> i know it's real, i can feel it - betweentowns: band fics are so fun i loved this one ! in general i just love how different writers characterize yeonjun it’s so fun to read him.
listening
total scrobbles: 2,162
avg daily scrobbles: 69
top artists:
1. woodz (150)
2. aespa (132)
3. seventeen (108)
4. enhypen (95)
5. blitzers (70)
6. ab6ix (66)
top albums:
1. only lovers left - woodz (134)
2. savage - aespa (131)
3. dimension: dilemma - enhypen (83)
4. attacca - seventeen (80)
5. seat-belt - blitzers (70)
6. mo complete - ab6ix (47)
top tracks:
1. aenergy - aespa (34)
2. love me like that - sam kim (28)
3. the feels - twice (28)
4. dimples - woosung (27)
5. starry night - wei (26)
6. kiss of fire - woodz (26)
7. waiting - woodz (26)
8. sociopath - jeremy zucker, keshi (25)
9. multiply - woodz (24)
10. play - ash island (23)
ok to be very honest i think this was just a mediocre month for kpop like yes there were like 30 different releases but i didnt really feel insane ab any of them ? aespa’s was probably the best for me along w woodz but seungyoun never disappoints so i was already expecting pretty good music from him ! tbz are having a cb tmrw and maverick sounds like lockdown epex to me so idk how i feel ab it. the concept though is amazing im so excited. also cix performing at that kpop concert in the stage outfits they wore when they got their first win ?? my babeys i love cix <3 i really like svt’s album but your choice was better. i think the stand out song of the month is somebody - keshi,,, it is just soooo good :D
writing
i finished writing and posted espionage this month which was great,,, ive been meaning to write this fic for so long and im happy w how it turned out. i also started outlining sangric actors but i havent started writing it and honestly i think i may take a lil break before i start writing it but im excited for that one too ! i think sangric actors will probably be my last fic of the year which is fine with me but i may write a few short oneshots that will probably come to me in like the middle of december.
overall
it’s been a decent month ! i had fall break and then had 6 midterms over the next 2 weeks which killed me,,, i only have about a month of the semester left anyways so i am very grateful for that <3 over my fall break i also redid my notion for no reason other than im not using a bullet journal next year so i wanted to try out notion for some of my longer-term reference type spreads? here are some pics bc i spent a Long time on this lol.
i think it’s cute !! also im strangely obsessed w green when up until a month ago green was like my least fav color idk why but lately ive really been liking it ! i had a decent/busy october and im counting down the days till the semester is over bc,, i cant do this anymore </3 but hopefully november is still okay ! i hope you have a good november too <3
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Date: 2021-11-12 03:33 am (UTC)Ur review of dial a for aunties has convinced me to read it lol I still have 8 more books left to complete my goodreads goal so I’m trying to read shorter/more entertaining books that I can fly thru and this seems perfect!!
As always obsessed with ur music taste <333 woodz always releases such good music its impressive! ALSO YES KESHI SOMEBODY!!! His music is always soooo addicting to me :’)
Finally UR NOTION IS SO PRETTY WTF!!! I’m genuinely so impressed,,, it looks sooooooo cute!! The green is perfect and it all goes together so well!
Wishing u luck with the rest of ur semester and hoping that u get some well needed rest soon <3333