Hey, it’s been a while since I’ve done a Time Out for TV post!
These thoughts about the latest Korean drama I’ve been fixating on has been stewing in my head for a month. I really need to be able to put them into a “pensieve”, so I’m taking a break from books today.
It’s now a little over halftime for “I Hear Your Voice 너의 목소리가 들려“, which currently airs Wednesdays/Thursdays over SBS in South Korea. Episodes 9-10 aired last week, but my notes are more about the first 8 because there was a natural break in the story at that point. So…8 episodes’ worth of comments! This is going to be long, but it will be such a relief to get this out of my head. *flexes fingers*
Lucky Gremlins are watching a 3D movie! I wish I can watch Lee Jong Seok in 3D.
When I get bored or need a break from mental breakdown-inducing work and there’s internet connection, I hang out at one of my favorite online communities: Colourlovers.com.
Yesterday was particularly productive colour-wise because I needed to clear my head between a series of reports and communications that The Emperor wanted me to write.
These are my favorites among the patterns I created yesterday. I’m already using one as my Twitter theme. 😉
Big Apple Graffiti
Harlequin Bridesmaid
A Wild Fabrication
Nightfall at Jupiter
Ice Cream Madness
Imperial Garden
I created some color palettes and corresponding patterns inspired by book covers before. I’ll look those up for a future post. 🙂
☽ The day before that, we talked about a new Korean variety show called “Moonlight Prince,” which totally has nothing to do with moonlight or royalty. It actually has to do with books, and the concept is something similar to an idea for guest posts that I wanted to implement here but just never had the time to properly do. Maybe I should try to start on this soon; it could be fun!
☽ Lea thought the title of the show is pretty, though, and might be a good one to use for a story or as a username. And so:
@rainecaphriel: Okay, next time na mag-game ako, Moonlight Princess na ang username ko. XD
“Next time I play a game, I’m going to use Moonlight Princess as a username.” It might be good to save this up for an epic fantasy edition of “Angry Birds.” LOL
Later, this prompted me to remember that I have a history with even more moonlight-related things.
☽ The local “Twilight” fandom knows me by my username: Clair de Lune (French, moonlight).
☽ One of my most memorable scenes from one of my favorite Korean dramas last year, “The Moon That Embraces The Sun”, is when the heroine, Heo Yeon-woo, sent the Crown Prince a classical poem as a response to his letter.
A monk living in the mountains
desired the moonlight
he saw it floating in his bottle of water and filled it
but at the temple he realized
that if you lean the bottle and pour it out
the moon disappears
It’s such a vivid image that I can almost draw if I had the talent to do so. And it’s also significant in the story because it alludes to both characters’ developing feelings for each other and the painful lesson that they had to learn then: you can’t always have something just because you want it.
☽ One of my favorite movies of all time is “Sabrina,” the one which stars Julia Ormond and Harrison Ford. No matter how many times I watch this movie, I just never get tired of it. And my favorite song from the film is “Moonlight” by Sting:
So there! I just hope this doesn’t mean that if I get zapped by some magical light ray that transforms people into supernatural creatures, I will turn into a werewolf. I’d rather turn into this instead:
I’ve toyed with the idea of putting up another blog where I could write about non-book-related things and occasional personal stuff, but then I remembered that I put up a disclaimer that there will be non-book stuff in this blog because it’s The Girl Who Read and Other Stories after all, and stories are everywhere, not just in books. Besides, it’s just a pain to maintain too many blogs.
So, lest I protest too much, I will just go ahead and write, and…yeah, I’ll probably do this every weekend.
I’ve toyed with the idea of putting up another blog where I could write about non-book-related things and occasional personal stuff, but then I remembered that I put up a disclaimer that there will be non-book stuff in this blog because it’s The Girl Who Read and Other Stories after all, and stories are everywhere, not just in books. Besides, it’s just a pain to maintain too many blogs.
The Girl Who Read and Other Stories 