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Monday, December 23, 2024

Rants and Weekly Raves (RAWR) #468


Anne: Completely happy Tuesday Everybody! So…fast replace on the hurricane that got here by means of Texas. In truth, it was a tiny one, and I used to be fortunate. By no means misplaced energy, and the timber did not fall onto the roof. Not like the poor individuals two streets down from us, they misplaced energy for over 6 days. Though it hasn’t been as scorching instantly in spite of everything that rain and wind, after 5 days, it’s un-livable with out air-con. 

Anyway… I have never posted shortly resulting from a wide range of causes, of which work was only one little fixed annoyance on high of my quick consideration span. Moreover my binge watching of the quick YouTube dramas, I’ve additionally been watching quite a lot of selection/discuss exhibits. And it is the latter that has been giving me a number of leisure recently.

Plenty of these exhibits that I watch discuss relationships and married life. Granted the {couples} are in leisure, so… I are inclined to take what they are saying as extra leisure and will not be the complete reality. One of many issues that made my eyes go buggy was the dialog about having youngsters sleep within the dad and mom’ mattress when they’re little. This is without doubt one of the issues that my husband completely refused to permit, and he informed me this earlier than the infant was even a actuality. Since I had no actual opinion by some means on this, I agreed. From the very starting, the infant slept in his personal mattress. So…I’ve by no means needed to expertise slightly child attempting to squeeze in between his dad and mom. It didn’t come as a shock that, even on these discuss exhibits, probably the most frequent complaints about having a toddler sleep with their dad and mom is the interruption of grownup occasions. In my harmless little mind…I believed it was the child prevented the occasion even beginning, however who knew that I wasn’t even near understanding. These dad and mom have been interrupted in the true sense, as whereas in the course of having intercourse, they might discover that their beforehand sleeping toddler can be awake and watching them. Okay, sure, the dad and mom have been underneath the covers, they usually did have a “separation” from the sleeping baby…however I am unable to think about having intercourse in the identical mattress that my baby is sleeping in. It could be so awkward that I do not assume I may focus. To not point out my husband by no means sleeps with any garments on, so…all the pieces can be awkward. 

Probably the most horrible story I’ve heard on these exhibits was truly a few group of three ladies (early 20s) after they determined to go trip in Paris collectively. The ladies met a cute man in a bar, and he invited them again to his place. One of many ladies actually wished to go, as a result of the person was tremendous cute (apparently), however the different two have been hesitant, resulting from logical security protocols about going to a stranger’s home. Anyway, the ladies, after getting contact data, handle, and a name schedule, let their buddy go. Ultimately, the woman did not get the night time she wished, besides slightly make-out session. So…the ladies went again to their lives. A month of so later, the woman known as her pals asking in the event that they have been feeling unwell, and if they’d developed any odd patches on their pores and skin. Neither of the opposite two had any points. The woman went to the hospital and was instantly interrogated, even the native police confirmed up. It turned out that her pores and skin an infection was resulting from a bacterial or fungal pathogen that solely existed on decomposing carcass. The interrogation led to an investigation again to that man they met within the bar in Paris. The police discovered 2 girls buried in his yard…

Okay, sufficient of the discuss exhibits that I have been watching, and let’s discuss among the exhibits that I’ve been watching these previous few weeks.


My Candy Mobster

I began this on Viki as a result of many of the episodes have been aired, and it’s nearly on the finish! Even so, I did not assume I’d binge all of the episodes in 3 days and now I am ready for the final 6 episodes. After I first learn the synopsis, it did not actually intrigue me. The outline on MDL is only a description of the three important characters. However as soon as I began…I used to be hooked!

The plot is about Search engine marketing Ji Hwan, the one inheritor of a strong Korean mafia household, who took over the household “enterprise” when the daddy went to jail. Nonetheless, Ji Hwan, after stabilizing the gang and the preventing with their “enemy”, he dissolved the felony doings and opened a meat product firm that’s staffed by ex-convicts. Ji Hwan spends a lot time attempting to construct the enterprise and maintain his personal individuals, he has kind of missed his whole childhood and early years. And now on the ripe age of 36, he’s beginning to discover “different” issues.

Go Eun Ha, is a girl who’s a content material creator, for an organization that creates contents for teenagers. She runs into Ji Hwan. And this results in a complete collection of misunderstandings, that do finally will get resolved. Then there’s Prosecutor Jang, who additionally has taken a liking to our FL. 

Ji Hwan doesn’t have the gorgeous boy look, however his face on this drama is sort of effectively sculpted. 

Now, despite the fact that this present is technically a contemporary romance between an online creator and the son of a mafia boss, the romance half looks like I am watching a highschool drama. Discover that I did not even say a school romance. And since all these boys all reside collectively, even the home looks as if a frat home, one with out the events and the ladies. 

Sure, in case you are planning to look at this, be ready for some very elementary romance scenes as a result of our ML has by no means had a girlfriend. (As if we are able to consider that in actual life…) However it could possibly occur. I began courting round his age, however I used to be not enjoying round within the kiddie playground.

There’s an total background plot of Ji Hwan looking for his lacking employee, the looks of a brand new drug in the marketplace, attempting to maintain his enterprise afloat, and attempting to keep away from a sure girl who’s chasing after him. There are some fairly humorous moments, even the truth that his whole senior administration all gown in black fits. 

The present is sort of cute!


Haunted Home for Sale

This can be a Taiwanese drama whose title is not fully right, no less than not the English title. This drama is a few realtor having to cope with homes the place violent deaths have occurred. One one hand, she makes positive that consumers know if a property has been the scene of a violent loss of life and however, she helps sellers cope with find out how to promote a property that was the scene of a violent loss of life. 

She has slightly helper, who can “scent” spirits earlier than he “sees” them. With this particular ability, he might help her determine which homes have vengeful spirits. Simply be ready that this isn’t a comedy, despite the fact that a few of his “ghost” encounters are form of humorous. 

The FL, Lu An Chi, is concentrated on making as a lot cash as attainable, as a result of her mom has fairly a big sum of debt. Her aim of getting cash did trigger her to get into bother, which was fueled by a vendor who lied so as to recoup the dropping value of their home. Since it’s a Taiwanese drama, there is just one episode every week. With the final episode I completed, along with her profession within the realtor enterprise in bother due the above troubles, she stumbles upon a bunch of individuals calling her for assist in coping with homes with violent pasts.

The present in fascinating despite the fact that it is not precisely about haunted homes. There’s positively a non secular part to the plot. The present is fascinating over all. And I’m to see the place this can go. 


The Princess Royal

I began this solely after I had been seeing this on the apps for fairly some time. The rationale I did not begin this was for a really foolish purpose. I DO NOT like this drama’s important print title poster (see above). I am unsure why, however all the pieces in regards to the above picture is throwing me off. However after I lastly began the present…all the pieces is healthier than the above picture.

They give the impression of being so good within the drama. Who on this planet designed that poster!

The story is in regards to the elder sister of the emperor in episode 1, Li Rong and her estranged husband, Pei Wen Xuan. Originally of the story, the couple has been married for 20 years, however accomplished separated for during the last 15 years. As a consequence of these years of animosity in direction of one another, they’d a hand in killing one another. Once they died, they each get up again earlier than they have been married, a couple of weeks earlier than their marriage was deliberate. 

It took about two episodes for one another to appreciate that they each have reminiscences of the final 20 years. Whereas at first, they determined to pair collectively to perform what one another wished previously life, it does not take lengthy for his or her interactions to fall again to how their relationship was after they have been first married. They determined that neither wished to relive their marriage life the best way it was, and determined to only turn out to be one another’s greatest buddy, since they know one another so effectively. 

However it is not solely their relationship that was modified, it was additionally these round them. We see the “reality” of what occurred of their previous life, and the way every of their choices affected the individuals round them. For instance, we see Li Rong’s youthful brother, Li Chuan, the crown prince and his love, Qin Zhen Zhen, and the way he nonetheless fell for her regardless of assembly underneath a unique circumstance. We see that Li Rong’s misunderstanding of Pei Wen Xuan’s “love” for Qin Zhen Zhen (his ex-fiancée) was fully resulting from hypothesis. She wished to interrupt off the engagement for years, however her household by no means let her, till his household fell into dire circumstances. We additionally witness Shangguan Ya, who ended up turning into the empress by marrying Li Chuan, had another person that she favored. 

I’m actually having fun with this drama. It isn’t any totally different from different re-birth story, however the one factor that’s totally different is the principle couple, after realizing one another’s circumstances, we see a pair who has spent over half their lives with one another, just about divorced, and are on the street of getting again collectively. They used what they bear in mind to assist them navigate the street blocks and challenges that occurred of their final lives. The humorous moments, thus far, are how petty Pei Wen Xuan is every time Su Rong Qing, the person that his spouse “fell” for of their final lives, is round. This husband actually doesn’t hid his feelings every time Su Rong Qing is circling round his spouse. (A brief notice about Su Rong Qing, who lived with Li Rong longer than her personal husband did, within the first life. Su Rong Qing’s household was fully worn out, and she or he felt partly accountable. She begged the emperor to spare Su Rong Qing’s life, and was solely allowed to reside after he was castrated. Therefore the explanation why he was allowed to reside in her manor for a number of years.)

The tempo is nice. I like all of the again tales and questioning what’s going to occur with everybody, if they will one way or the other escape their tragic endings. I actually, actually like the principle couple, as a result of it is a romance story not of the younger and harmless, however of a pair who have already got made all of the errors. Like it!


Okay…and that is it for this week. I see that Misplaced You Endlessly season 2 is out, however I would like to recollect what occurred in season 1. So it is perhaps a couple of weeks earlier than I lastly come round to attending to this one. Hope everybody finds one thing good to look at, and I will attempt to watch much less of the addictive quick dramas on YouTube. Have an excellent week!

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