Breaking Blog Silence

You were probably all hoping I had quit as a Crazy Ahjumma.  Well, sorry to burst your bubbles guys but I am back.  After 6 months of serious health scares for my son, surgery, more health scares, hospital stays, a trillion & one visits to a plethora of doctors, mostly specialists, lots of medicines, extreme stress & fatigue for all in our home, I am happy to report he is doing better.  He has a long way to go but he is no longer starving to death, that G Tube made a huge world of difference for his little body.  He gained over 10 lbs in the 2 months since his surgery & is doing beautifully.  He still has immunity issues but we'll get there.  I don't want to jinx anything by saying he's out of the woods but he is heading in the right direction for a change & for the first time in months I feel like it's okay to take deep breaths again.  Thank you to all who offered encouragement, support, prayers, love & laughter.  Anytime you want to know more about Liam's journey head on over to our family blog here.



Next THANK YOU so very very very much to K Muse & to Dongsaeng for putting up with this very silent & completely unhelpful Unnie over the last 6 months.  If not for you guys, this labor of love of ours would have died a fast death.  You kept us going & even helped us thrive beyond our dreams.  Which is probably a reflection on how much I am not needed but I don't care you have to keep putting up with me.  I may disappear every once in a while but you people are stuck w me!

It would seem that uri dongsaeng let the cat out of the bag already, for the first time in months, this weekend I sat down & watched K Dramas.  6 hours worth of K Dramas nonetheless!  It was like manna from heaven for my weary soul.  I wanted to watch them over the last few months but A) have been way too busy taking care of my son & the rest of my motley crew and B) couldn't handle the extreme drama, when I had actual real life drama pulling me under.  It was too much emotionally for this mommy to handle all at once.  So I had to take a real break from all things KDrama.  I still had my tunes though.  Thank goodness for KPop!!

When last we spoke, I was supposed to be doing reviews, per episode, of The Master's Sun, but then things got bad around my neck of the woods & I had to stop what I was doing & go into offensive mode for my son's health.  Well on Saturday night I finished off TMS' last 3 eps.  Sigh....where to begin.  First, I am not going to do a detailed review/recap. It's been too long for one of those.

Cliffs Notes version:
He gets his memories back, he pays off her contract w Madame Go, he is still in love with her, she is still in love with him,  BUT she is afraid of herself & of the life she leads & that it could put him in danger, so she tries to leave.  First she helps him solve the whole Hee Joo vs Ha Na fiasco.  Yay.  I thoroughly enjoyed Little Sun's over the top stomachache/appendicitis on the plane.  Seriously so funny!  Then she finds the guy that her spirit hung out with for 3 years while she was comatose and it's him she is leaving with.  She comes back, that age old K Drama plot of a year later (or 2 or 3 or 5 whatever) & they have the happily ever after reunion, after she proves she is good enough for him?  What?!?  I get she has pride & all & I can't completely blame her but really, it irked me.  Just another device to keep them apart until the last minute. Ugh.

Okay personally, I thought ep 16 was boring.  It dragged on & on.  It had it's cute moments of course.  But blah blah blah, it was quite obvious they were just stalling for time.  By episode 17 they picked things back up, about 1/2 way through 17, but eventually.  It had a happy, cute, everything tied up in a neat little bow ending, but it left me underwhelmed all in all, after such great episodes all the way through. I think they should have simply ended it in 16, not pushed for that extra episode, just for ratings.  And yes they kissed & yes it was okay, but once again, underwhelming.  After everything this couple went through & the amazing chemistry they had together, there really should have been a little more umph in that last kiss.

Best part of the ending for me was that his aunt got to be pregnant.  I thought that was incredibly weird but very sweet.  Maybe she'll grow a heart after all.  And how cute were Kang Woo & Little Sun at the end walking the red carpet.  All in all I'll give TMS a standard 8.5.  It had the potential for a 10 but the last 2 eps were hum drum & did not live up to the rest of it.  BUT at least the Hong Sisters didn't pull another Big.  I'd have had to crack some heads otherwise.

And yes, I have finally started watching my Hyun-y, KHJ's new drama Inspiring Generation.  I have only made it through ep 3, so I am looking forward to seeing my man in ep 4 but I have to say the kid they picked to play him young, is awesome.  Major acting chops.  They did a phenomenal job casting him as a young Shin Jung Tae.  I can't wait to dive back in after I get some chores done.  I spent this weekend sick, again & am still recovering bronchitis.  Yes again.  I swear 5 times in less than 2 years on major antibiotics, breathing treatments, codeine cough syrup & steroids I am beginning to think WI is trying to kill me.  O.O

Before I sign off I have one awesome announcement, next month I will be in Merrillville, Indiana to watch BAP LIVE in concert.  And who bought me these tickets?  Well my Captain Awesome, no less.  How great is my guy?!?!?  I didn't even know they were coming here.  I have been so focused on my kids that I hadn't even paid any attention to anything.  So I will be heading out April 19th for a girls weekend w one of my favorite people.  Yay us!  I so totally need this break.  It has been an insane 6 months!!!!!

I have missed all of my fellow addiKts so much & have thought about you daily.  I cannot promise that I will start doing episode by episode recaps again, I simply don't have the time or energy but I will continue to post & talk to you again weekly.  I promise.  And trust me I will talk about KHJ's drama every opportunity I get.  So look for me on Twitter, FB & here.  Sending all my love out into the Blogosphere.

To give you something to enjoy & to help you get moving & smile here is Super Junior_M's Korean version MV of "Swing".  So much cuteness & eye candy!  I am awake now!  Now that's what I'm talking about!

Unnie's Wednesday Write Up: What would YOU do if your Bias came to town?

Once upon a time a LONG LONG LONG time ago. Seriously, like really long ago, you know the same time the wheel was invented, I was a teenage girl.  See?  A REALLY long time ago.  Shut up I was too a teenage girl...once.  No!  I wasn't ALWAYS an ahjumma, it was less than 20 years ago for crying out loud!!  Now... shhh!  

Wait where was I till you argued with me that I've always been old?  o.O
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Oh that's right!  {{Sigh... Swiss Cheese Brain Strikes Again!}}  Ugh!

Okay so, onceuponatime...  I was a teenage girl.  19 years old & I was already engaged & had plans for the evening w my CA & some friends.  But one of my bestest friends, that I am still bestest friends with today, called me at work to tell me breaking news!  My crush du jour was in our town, Phoenix, AZ.  I won't say who it was; as he has aged he's gone insane, & thinks he has tiger blood running through his veins now, & quite frankly I'm embarrassed to admit I crushed on him.  He was there to donate some item of clothing he wore, in some movie he was in, to the newly opened Planet Hollywood, a restaurant owned by famous people, to show off their crap from movies.  Anyway, my bestie had seen this in the newspaper & she said we should go & see him!  And I was over the moon at the idea.  I asked CA if it would be okay, if I blew off our double date to go drool over another guy, & as usual he was fine with it.  What a guy, eh?  So we went.  We saw.  We got autographs & pictures & we rocked.  Of course that star was probably wasted & we all looked the same to him but who cares!  We lived out every teenage girl's fantasy that night & I still have the pictures to prove it....somewhere. o.O   I think?

Why am I telling you this?  It has a purpose I promise.  Recently a friend & reader from Hawaii went on her own quasi-quest to search out her own bias.  As you may know Super Junior has been visiting & playing in Hawaii this last week.  And her favorite of the group is Donghae.  BTW my friend is my age; with kids in tow she took them to the same beach the SuJu boys had been spotted previously...to no avail.  She had fun w her kids & went home.  A day or so later her friend, who worked at the hotel SuJu stayed in, called her & excitedly whispered into the phone as she left my friend a message, "Pick up your phone! I think one of your Kpop guys just asked me a question and he came from the pool so he didn't have a shirt on. He looked good, girl...whoever he is.." 


SuJu in Hawaii:

I bet he looked good!  Dang Good!

Of course we all, meaning the group of us she was telling this story to,  freaked out that she had SuJu in her midst & yet did not immediately start the stalking process.  We went totally krazed fan girl on her. Poor thing, never saw us coming.  *SMH*  Eventually she did make her way over to the hotel & looked around.  But she said that while some fan girls lucked out & got a glimpse or picture/autograph, a lot more got nothing.  Herself included.

In her own words, I'm not a 19 year old girl on summer break. I don't have the time or the willingness to camp out at a hotel to see them. Does it make me less of a fan? Probably but I was relieved to find that as I hoped...my Kobsession is just a part of who I am.  In all my excitement, I never forgot I am a wife & mother."  

Which made me respect her so much more.  Then she asked me a question...  I paraphrase.... "What would you do Jess if it happened to you?  Would you be able to just drop everything to stalk?"  And the truth is no, I probably wouldn't.  I have 4 kids of my own, one of whom has special needs.  So, without any notice or help set up first, then no, I would not be able to just drop everything & go stalk my bias.  BUT it would be really really really tempting to just drop & everything & run like a lunatic towards the bias.  Seriously tempting & I'd probably be all sad face & disappointed, not in front of my kids, but when they weren't looking.  Yes, even if it was Kim Hyun Joong himself!!  Of course, first I'd be wondering what the crap he was doing in Nowhere Wisconsin?!?!  O.O   But as much as I adore him, I remember I too, am a wife & mom first & foremost. See, I can be responsible too.   Besides, do I really want to meet my bias in real life?  I just don't know, simply because I think I would be embarrassed he'd think I am a complete whackadoo or worse an old lady! ^^  This is why I think it would just be common courtesy of our oppas & biases if they could just text us first you know something like, "Hey krazed stalker fan, I will be at dot dot dot on dot dot dot...clear your schedule I'm ready to be followed by nutjobs & whackadoos."  Is that really too much to ask?!?!?  I think not!  O.O

I had another friend this week ask how would I react if my bias saw one of my tweets or comments & I KNEW he had seen it?  I have to admit to not being able to answer her question satisfactorily.  I talk a big game, claim KHJ as MINE on this here blog, mostly because I am safe in the knowledge he will NEVER know!  LOL  I picked a bias that doesn't even like smart phones, & never uses his twitter account to post cute selca's of himself.  Which makes me sad as it brings me joy for my anonymity.  LOL  So I'm pretty sure he will never know I existed.  Now I have tweeted a few K Idols over the last year BUT they are so popular I am sure they never get to see my cheers & congrats & happy bday wishes, as they very obviously get lost in the huge crowd of well wishers & fellow addiKts.  Which is probably the only reason I feel safe tweeting them.  I do recognize I am older than they are & I'm married & have kids.  So I guess I can say the same thing.  This AddiKtion is a part of who I am, but it isn't the whole me.  I am a wife, mom, daughter, sister, friend, Sunday School teacher, avid book reader, movie watching, beach going, photography fan, who loves music & dancing & singing all the time!  Who has a great sense of humor & hopefully not a skewed look at life.  Not everything in my life revolves around stalking a bias.  It just seems that way on here.  I'm totally normal in real life.  Honest!  ^_^   {{Shut up Dongsaeng I am too totally normal!  Shaw!!  Like you're one to talk!}}

Does this mean I don't fantasize that one day, my bias just happens to see something I wrote or tweeted etc... follows it to my profile, sees a pic of me, becomes enamored & has to know more about me; therefore searches & reads through everything & falls head over heels for me & then seeks me out & says, "Run away with me, I'm in love with you?"  Oh heck no! That fantasy is alive & kicking!  Giggle.  What? I'm human & I'm a girl AND I'm a hopeless romantic at heart!  Who wouldn't want to be swept off their feet by the man of their dreams?  What exactly happens to my husband & kids?  I never think that part out. LOL  But according to the rules of the "5" my husband has to let it happen, he's in my list then it's okay!  hehehehe...

But what about you guys?  Would you drop everything in your life to chase after that chance for the elusive oppa spotting or autograph opportunity?  Would you don a pair of sunglasses, a head scarf & an overcoat & go in search of your bias, should he arrive in town or would you walk right up to him & demand pictures, autographs & hugs?  Would you purposely seek him or them out?  I don't think I could or would.  IF I happened by an area they were visiting as well, & IF I thought they wouldn't mind then maybe.  But having grown up in So Cal I learned early on, celebrities are just regular people w awesome jobs.  If they aren't On at the moment I spot them, then I'd probably just giggle, stare a little without being too obvious & then.....leave them alone & go about my daily life.  Unless I were at a signing event or a concert or something where they were supposed to be On, On camera, On stage, I'd let them just be themselves.  Does this make me old?  Boring?  Not fun?  A party pooper?  Maybe but I'm okay with that.  

If you missed any of the cute videos that SuJu has been posting from Hawaii this week then let me hook you up!  Enjoy AddiKts, see you Friday!

I LOVE this hula dance to Spy!!  Oh SuJu you have got to be so much fun to hang out with!


For my friend "M" here's Donghae for you sweetie.

Siwon shows us how to get to his hotel & some fun faces.


In the vein of Hawaiian vacays....Mahalo SuJu for the eye candy & the giggles.  You guys rock!

Saranghamnida,

Happy Birthday to Leeteuk

We all know that being a fan of this world that one of the hardest parts of being a crazed Fan Girl is the fact that it is nearly impossible to have just ONE bias.  As much as I adore KHJ, he is not my only bias.  So you see even I, whom it would seem suffers severe tunnel vision in regards to her special guy (who has no idea she exists or would even be remotely interested in the old lady who silently stalks him on the internet) suffers from multiple bias syndrome.  And like many of you, each new drama, each new group, each new singer introduces me to another possible one sided love affair.  About 15 months ago it happened to me with today's birthday tribute.  I liked SuJu well enough, each man quite cute & talented & such different personalities.  Then this one made his I'm going into the military announcement & my Pinterest page was suddenly being flooded by fan girl pins of Leeteuk.  And then I remembered him from the Google K Pop Concert in San Fran last May.  And I remembered how incredibly cute his little dimples, his smile, his personality was.  And I was in love....again.  giggle.

(sigh...the power of cute dimples gets me every stinking time!)

Well, today, (July 1st) I celebrate some of the cutest dimples on the planet as their adorkably sweet/sexy owner turns 30 years old.  Leeteuk you are adorable!!  Never change who you are!

Some facts about Leeteuk.  His real name is Park Jeong-su.  He's a singer/songwriter, actor, & MC/television host.  And he is the leader of the Super K Pop group Super Junior.

He is just 2.5 months from finishing up his first year of military service & has just over one year to go.  And in April 2007, we almost lost Leeteuk in a major car accident.  Alongside 3 other SuJu members & 2 of their managers.  Where he sustained severe injuries; including shards of glass imbedded in his back & above his eyes, that required 170 stitches.  It also messed his spine so badly that when he is shirtless you can see that his upper abs are slightly crooked, they do not line up.  I was sure after that he wouldn't have to serve in active ms but Leeteuk has proven he is a fighter & he is loyal & will not allow anyone stop him.  He is such an amazing person & I am very proud of him, even though I don't actually know him (or he me, for that matter).

So here I am, & Dongsaeng too wanting to wish a remarkable man a very happy birthday!  We are so glad we are able to celebrate your birth, & are so grateful you are still with us.  Sending you love, happiness & wishes for a birthday filled w love from your family, friends & fans.  That you can sincerely feel our best wishes & prayers on your behalf.

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY LEETEUK!!!

Love,
Unnie & Dongsaeng

And now of course what would a TCA birthday tribute be without a pictorial tribute as well.  It would be very boring indeed.  O.O  And we are a lot of things but hopefully boring is never one of them!

Enjoy AddiKts!!

The OMG he is so sexy Leeteuk

The adorably dimpled Leeteuk.

The no matter what I'm doing, wearing I will make Unnie drool Leeteuk.

And just because I adore him...

The boom you're *ded* over the shoulder look.  

Make sure you wish Leeteuk a Happy Birthday too.  Just a little over a year to go before he is out of the military.  Leetuek, Fighting!

<3 Unnie.
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for more pictures of Leeteuk or anything SuJu related feel free to check out my Leeteuk & SuJu too Pinterest board.

And for good measure a few cute Leeteuk YT vids: