"Oh my god, I feel like I just found out that my favourite love song was written about a sandwich."

In a continued Herculean effort to stop wasting money every month on Netflix and actually borrow a worthwhile number of movies, I watched 27 Dresses last night. It wasn't bad, actually. Typical romantic comedy where you can see who gets together with whom a mile away but then again, that's the charm of romantic comedies, right? I, for one, happen to like cheesy romantic comedies because my own love life sucks so bad they're light-hearted and usually fairly shallow, therefore require very little thinking. I really liked James Marsden's character, and the witty banter had its highly amusing moments (see this post title). I also watched all the special features, etc that were included on the DVD (gotta get my money's worth) and I gotta say, a couple of those bridesmaid's dresses weren't half-bad, despite the director saying that the costume designer was supposed to find the ugliest dresses in existence. Makes me question my own her fashion sense.

Also been hearing a lot about Kim Hyun Joong's controversy that stemmed from his attendance at the former South Korean president's birthday celebration. I don't feel like ranting a whole lot on his situation and everyone's reactions (including his own) but I will say this. Fangirls are annoying. Off-topic? Not so much. I dislike the fans who will defend their idol's actions and remove all blame from said idol as if he/she can do no wrong. Judging from what I've read about this former president (and I am in no way even pretending to know a thing about Korean history), it was a big deal that Kim Hyun Joong was at his birthday celebration and congratulated him. Saying that "he's an idol, not a politician" is a weak argument. Just because he's an idol doesn't mean that he's devoid of political opinion. And just because he's the oh-so-awesome Kim Hyun Joong does not mean that "he couldn't have been there intentionally" (even though it turned out that he wasn't there intentionally... but I'm targeting those who said this even before that fact came to light). And even though he was understandably upset at the controversy that his appearance caused, Kim Hyun Joong (based on the translated message that he posted on DSP website) should know that as such a popular entertainer, obviously people would jump on his back about this. As an idol, he should almost expect it. I mean, come on, haven't we heard enough accounts about how ruthless netizens and anti-fans can be?
And on a final note, to those who kept saying that him showing up at this guy's birthday party and congratulating him was no big deal and why is there this huge controversy, etc etc (historical background aside)... the sheer fact that numerous news articles came out about it obviously shows that there was more to it than it being "some dude's birthday party". And slightly off-topic, just because you don't see why a controversy in another country/culture is a controversy doesn't mean that it's not a valid one. Different culture, different values, and no, yours is not the better one.

Did I say that I wasn't going to rant a whole lot about this? ><

Listening to right now: Tim - 사랑합니다