my (re)newed obsession…
between all my feverish cooking (tonight was chipotle simmered carnitas taco bar night) I did squeeze in a great movie over the weekend. We went and caught “The Host” at the Parkway Theatre in Oakland.
so…back when I had time on my hands (I’m talking HOURS) I used to go hang out with mom at her house, binge on Korean food and watch K-dramas. It’s always so melodramatic that even MadTV spoofed it. I’m such a dumbass that I’m guaranteed a good cry at least once a video. That’s right. VIDEO. (more on the video part later) I haven’t had the heart to throw away our VCR because of my occasional K-drama cravings. Anyway, my pal Jodie who is incredibly hooked on the shows linked me to this awesome Tiger Cinemas that is the K-drama equivalent to Netflix. DVDS! Not videos! And the whole series at a time! Not just one video a week! Okay, so in Korea (South Korea, to be precise) tv shows last roughly 3 months to a year or so. There are some that go on forever (like Dae jang gum) but most of them do not. It’s nice because you rarely get the bizarre storylines on some American soap operas (one character dies then comes back as their separated-at-birth twin only to find out that it’s not their twin but their mom’s twin whose embryo was frozen and fathered by her neighbor’s cousin who is now a woman) and they end usually before you get tired of the show. Anyhow, the K-Drama video stores locally usually have a weekly release of one or two video tapes of maybe 4 episodes that last 20 minutes each. And the shows that they offer as “new releases” are shows that were originally aired maybe 5-7 months back in Korea. Now with my new find, I can have instant gratification!! I can finally chuck my VCR that I shamefully hide so our friends won’t mock us for our techie embarassment! Yay. Just a little sunshine in my cup.
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