let me out.

[rosdrise]

WHAT A GORGEOUS DAY. It's days like this that I really miss college and sitting on the front lawn of my house pretending to study. Now I'm stuck inside staring at a computer screen all day D: Too bad I have to spend this evening cleaning as my family is coming in for the Easter weekend. I'd much rather sit on my porch and read. Though, I need to pick up a new book. Something fun, since the last thing I finished was A Thousand Splendid Suns and that was heartbreaking.

Not that I don't like looking at the computer screen since that means I'm watching dramas. Speaking of which, I think I'll talk about them right now.

I'm currently through 10 episodes of Kekkon Dekinai Otoko and I'm really enjoying it. It's got great writing that's funny and sharp and a wonderful cast of characters. Though I am suprised it took me so long to realize just how similar it is to the movie As Good As It Gets. It didn't hit me until episode 8 when Kuwano dog-sits Ken. They are pretty much the exact same story about a man who is fantastically bad at interacting with the world around him and consistently insults his OTP. They even both have neighbors with (adorable) dogs. This isn't a slight on KDO, because As Good As It Gets is a great movie and the jdrama is very much an extended version of a great movie.

This is a show I would recommend to anyone because it is just a lot of fun. Plus, Abe Hiroshi does a great job of playing the odd duck Kuwano. I only wish people didn't talk about marriage in EVERY episode. I just finished Dal Ja's Spring. I'm sick of hearing about how marriage is the end all and be all of happiness.

I'm also watching Oh My Lady and I don't know... it's taking it's time to pull me in. Maybe because the characters in KDO are so crisply drawn everyone in OML just pales in comparison. I kind of hate to admit this, but I'm with dramabeans in not really feeling any emotional connection to any of the characters. Mostly I just feel really sorry for the two little girls that keep getting shafted. Though, episode 4 showed more promise than the previous 3. Here's hoping things start picking up since all the pieces seem to be in place now.

Also, it looks like I'm going to have to check out Cinderella Unni which I hadn't planned on since everyone seems to like it so much.

Comments

[jennekohan.livejournal.com]

Have you read The Mortal Instruments series? It feels like Harry Potter and Twilight combined.

[cranberrysheep.livejournal.com]

No, but I've heard of it. I know the author used to write HP fanfic. Have you read them?

[jennekohan.livejournal.com]

I've read the first two so far and I thought they were alright. I'm not sure if I'd read them all over again, but they kept me entertained!

[cranberrysheep.livejournal.com]

I'm all for being entertained! I'll have to see if my rinky dink neighborhood library carries them.

[sailorgaia.livejournal.com]

I know the author used to write HP fanfic.

.....lolwat!? People get published with a history like that?!

[cranberrysheep.livejournal.com]

You must not be involved with HP fandom if you haven't heard of Cassandra Clare. I didn't start reading fanfiction until after she had left the scene, but pretty much everyone knows her since she was a Big Name Fan. I think she's pretty much responsible for the fanon version of Draco as a sex god in leather pants (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DracoInLeatherPants). I also think some claims of plagiarism were brought against her. Regardless, I pretty sure her fame in the HP fandom is what got her a book deal.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Re: OML.

I am enjoying it a lot but I admit to not being emotionally engaged in it yet (ep 4 shows some promise though). Ultimately, I can like a drama for a good long while without emotional involvement but if that involvement ultimately does not occur, it loses me (my biggest problem with YAB was that I was not emotionally involved and finally realized I'd never be).

I think part of the issue is neither of the protagonists have major adversity or bad lives - Siwon is a huge star who has had some spanners thrown in in the shape of a baby but it hasn't really wrecked his life or anything. And while CR has to work hard, I don't know, we haven't seen her emotionally desperate.

[cranberrysheep.livejournal.com]

For me it's a mixture of emotional stake in a character and the degree to which I am entertained. I'll use YAB as an example as well - I didn't really care what happened to anyone, but Tae Kyung was a really fun character. I enjoyed watching him so that was enough for me to suffer through the lameness of the rest of the story.

[onmyowndick.livejournal.com]

So glad you like KDO. I had so much fun watching it. I loved all the characters so much.

I've been reading Dealing with Dragons and it's really fun and cute. It's a kids book but it's really entertaining. Princess Cimorene is pretty awesome.

[cranberrysheep.livejournal.com]

I think I remember being told by someone it had a kind of open ending. Normally that sort of thing drives me crazy, but I love all these characters so much I really don't think I'll mind.

I LOVED that series when I was younger. I don't really remember them beyond basic plot of the first book when the princess goes off to live with a dragon. But I do remember they were fun reads.

[onmyowndick.livejournal.com]

I thought it got wrapped up pretty well.

They are so good! I'm a little sad that I didn't discover them earlier but I'm really loving the books so far.

[cranberrysheep.livejournal.com]

That is excellent news!