Look at what I got on Monday!!! It's my super belated Christmas present from Melissa :D
Pretty epic story: She had ordered it 2 weeks before Christmas, but it took a while and then when it did finally arrive, they sent it back to Korea because she wasn't at her apartment to sign for it so she had to make a bunch of calls and then they finally sent it back to her and now it's in my possession! (Phew.)

SHINee: 2009, Year of Us

(Sorry for the crappy picture. I took it from my phone.)

It's BEAUTIFUL (and so are they, of course). Black and white and red and desaturation galore! And it's so...different than most other album art/photos I see. It has this sort of artistic feel to it, with candids and harsh lighting and whatnot. I wanna put the photos up in a gallery for all to admire :)

Thank you, Melissa!!! I love it!

My collection is growing :)

Polygamy

K-Pop is a polygamist religion. Most of us have multiple "husbands". It's true. I have 2.

Key and Taec.

And very soon, I'll have Joon as my 3rd.

My sister said she has 3: Khun, Onew and Minho.
(I have successfully converted her into a K-Pop fan! But that's a story for another blog post.)

When I posted my statement on Twitter, I got replies from K-Pop tweeples who said they had 8. (Luckily, they weren't the same as mine.)

There are so many husband-worthy guys out there in the K-Pop world, it's impossible to choose just one ;)

Mail time! (Part 2)

When I got home from my Walmart/school supply run today, I found a package waiting for me on the stairs. I thought to myself, "YAYYY MY SHINee STUFF IS HERE!!" False alarm. It was my book for my Modern Asia class. 10 minutes later, my dad walks in the front door with the mail in his hand, holds up a small gray package and asks, "What's this?". I dash over to him in about half a second, snatch it out of his hand, and upon seeing the green Customs sticker on it, celebrate and cheer for a good 2 minutes.

Inside:

The mirror dog-tags and lock & key earrings will become permanent accessories. :)

Animals!

K-Pop boys make me want to parade around in an animal onesie costume...and not just for Halloween.

SHINee for Hello Baby :) That is one lucky toddler.

Why are Onew, Taemin and Minho's all mixed up? Onew should be the chicken, Minho the cow and Taemin the frog. Key is a raccoon ^_^. Jjong works as a tiger, he was one for his Yunhanam date too.

And MBLAQ too!

Cheon Doong is a giraffe (with his sister Dara)

Mir is a bear! Awwww. (With his sister and nephew)

LOL! Joon's fish head doesn't really count, but who cares?! Look at those muscles ;)

Why are K-Pop boys so ADORABLE!? They just keep giving me more reasons to love them.

TTFN

The goodbye stages are over :(
Come back soon, my loves!

100115 - Music Bank
SHINee - JoJo & Ring Ding Dong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IevzxjueZy4

2PM - Tired of Waiting & Heartbeat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nQnV6fk7QI


100116 - Music Core
2PM + SHINee waiting room!

SHINee - JoJo & Ring Ding Dong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=damVdHhPwqI

2PM - Tired of Waiting & Heartbeat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgoCzkR6IsA

100117 - Inkigayo
SHINee - JoJo & Ring Ding Dong

They only announced that SHINee would be doing JoJo, but once I saw Taemin's pants, I knew Ring Ding Dong would be coming :P
(0:18) My heart actually started hurting. It's the last performance...*sigh*
(0:38) This is what my sister calls the "milky voice"
(1:25) Remix!
(1:44) Further proof that Inkigayo has the best camera people ever. ;)
(3:14) Crotch shot again! Thanks, Inki :P

2PM - Tired of Waiting & Heartbeat

(0:13) THEY SAVED A PLACE FOR JAY!!!! Right in the center, right where he's supposed to be. Thank you, Inkigayo!!!!
(0:19) Trying to blind everyone...
(0:42) HOLY S***! Ripped pants on all of them. Hello thighs! Awkward though...
(1:35) ASDFGHJKL Khunnie spazz attack!
(2:28) *smirk* ;)
(2:51) Oh hello Junsu's shoulder, nice to meet you again.
(3:22) They've been switching up the Heartbeat choreo lately. Me likes.
(4:15) Now Junho is the puppet instead of the puppetmaster
(5:39) New fanchant :) Instead of repeating the names they say "We will wait for Park Jaebum. We will wait for 2PM." I hope they heard it and understood.
(6:01) It's not over...
(6:16) RESURRECTED! That's right, they'll be back in April :)

Videos of the Week

1. Onew's cover of "Cracks of My Broken Heart" (Eric Benét)

I've been spazzing over this for a whole week. It's just too good. ♥
And if you search "cracks of my broken heart" on Youtube, you get a result page full of Taeyang, Onew, and Yoseob. LOL. K-Pop FTW!

2. SHINee + 2PM MuBank waiting room

My faves are together in one room!!! It's a dream come true! But a bittersweet one, I must add. It's because they both are doing their goodbye stages. (TT_TT) No more Heartbeat, Tired of Waiting, Ring Ding Dong, or JoJo promotions. *sigh*
Onew + Junsu are so cute ^^ (Don't get me wrong...I still ship Onkey.)
This was on Junsu's bday, so Taec says happy bday at the end, but it gets cut off. :(
OneDay needs to do more stuff with SHINee!

3. Key vs. Jokwon

This has been a long time coming, the ultimate diva-off! They're copying the dance from the Sweet Dreams MV.
(0:16) Jjong's like "go go go go"
(0:23) I really want to know what he's saying about Taemin and Minho
(0:40) UNF!
(0:48) He's singing along LOL!
(0:54) kekekekeke...
(0:59) Taemin and Minho are like the embarrassed sons thinking, "oh god...umma, what are you doing?!"
(1:06) Thank you for that close up shot ;)
(1:13) Yeahhh GaIn unnie!
(1:17) Couple fight? lol
(1:25) And the Diva-Off officially begins!
(1:34) x_x
(1:40) ssanti-krumping ROFL
Further proof that OneDay + SHINee = awesome!
Oh Key boo, you do this stuff, and I still love you. It's the power of K-Pop boys.♥

Dazed and Confused

I finally got to reading SHINee's interview with Dazed and Confused (January 2010 issue). The pictures are horrid, but the interview was epic win!

(I skipped straight to Key's section first. I was definitely not disappointed.)

Super long post. Read the interview and my spazz outs after the Jump!

Mail time!

My first SHINee YesAsia order arrived today!! *massive spazz out*
I'm wearing both right now. Jjong on my "firsts", Key on the "seconds". :)

The calendar is as good as I had anticipated :) Now I get to stare at Onew for two months...*smirk*
So happy! ^^

Schooling

Made my mom watch today's JoJo performance on MuCore on the live stream. She says she likes Onew. Yay! And then I made her and my sister watch a bunch of random 2PM and SHINee videos and dumped some K-Pop knowledge on them. I'm slowly K-Pop-ifying people :D This is fun. Pwahahaha.

Hello Baby!

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O.M.G! I am so excited for this :) They're doing season 2 of Hello Baby. I never watched the first season with SNSD, but if the show is anything like 2AM's Love Escort, then this is going to be AWESOME! And even if it's not, it will still be awesome because idol boys + babies = EPIC CUTENESS WIN! And, it's a good sneak peek to see if they'll be good fathers in the future ;)

I can picture it already. Key is going to be the overly-concerned umma (the kid is sitting in Key's lap already), Onew is the laid-back appa, Taemin will be the cute hyung, Minho is the serious hyung, and Jjong is the silly hyung.

Okay, I did my research. Thank you, SNSD's Wikipedia article.
Since June 23, 2009, the group has been on a reality series titled Girls' Generation's Hello Baby, on cable network KBS Joy, where they take care of a baby named "Cho Kyungsan" (Korean: "조경산") and each week they (or an invited male guest, called the 'daily dad') select the "Best Mom" and "Worst Mom" from among the members according to their contribution in taking care of Kyungsan for the day. The show ended on November 17, 2009.

So, I wonder who the boys are going to get for the "daily moms"...
This is like SHINee's Yunhanam, but with a kid instead of a noona!

Packages

I ordered stuff from YesAsia 2 weeks ago. I can't wait for it to arrive!! All SHINee stuff...hehe.

2010 Desk Calendar, Key's Safety Pin Earrings, and Jjong's Screw Earrings

So freaking excited for the calendar!!! I've seen scanned images, and they're gorgeous ♥

AND I just ordered MORE SHINee stuff today x_x

The SHINee World - Ver A. CD, Lock and Key Earrings, Almighty Key Necklace, and Mirror Necklace.

I have never wanted to wear so much jewelery until now :)

From the Yoo Hee Yeol's Sketchbook Nov. 14, 2009 (no Jjong, cuz he had swine flu *sad*)

Yoo Hee Yeol (interviewer): What if you had to describe SHINee in one word?
Onew: Contemporary Band.
Key: Yes, that means...it means that we'll set the trend in any aspect, whether it be in dance, music, or fashion.

Yup yup. Gotta love boys with style ♥

Uber Christmas Special Commentary (Part 2)

MBC Music Core (Saturday, KST)

1. 2PM
Heartbeat + I Hate You

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Back to the half-white, half-black concept. I wanna know how many suits they have now. I kinda wonder if the stylists just have a bunch of suit halves and they just mix and match the fronts and backs. LOL.
0:07 = Scary red under-eye...it makes him look like a Samurai. (I can't find a picture of what I'm talking about. My google skills are weakening.)
0:26 = Channie, stop ripping Taec's heart out!! He had just put it in 13 seconds ago. Let him enjoy being alive first.
1:11 = Hello, Junsu's forearms. Nice to see you again :P
1:43 = Khunnie has really bulked up. I wonder what's hiding underneath those clothes...*
3:02 = Nice round-off back-tuck there, Junho :)
3:13 = Haven't heard this live in a while :/
3:55 = Mmmm sexy beast time! Happy 21st bday today (Dec 27, KST) Taec hun!
4:16 = Mmmm mouth wiping/body touching sexy time. LOL.

*They're performing a new song for SBS Gayo Daejun!!! I hope the outfit concept is more...revealing...this time so we can see what's underneath ;) Bwahahaha!

2. SHINee
Get Down + Ring Ding Dong

Yes! New song performance :D
0:05 = Key baby's rap is <3
0:17 = Jonghyun's "Yeah, that's right" awkwardness
0:32 = Baby, your hair is getting ridiculous! Too much red in random places. And are you wearing a rain poncho??? LOL. What are the stylists trying to do with you?!
1:02 = I'm still trying to figure out how Jonghyun can pull of that hair...it's insane.
1:32 = New "butterfly" keke. Don't cover your gorgeous face though! And it's those little grins/smiles after that get to me every time. <3
1:50 = Is Taemin wearing the same pants as the day before? *checks* Yes, you are! Actually...so is Minho...and Key...and I think Onew too...ROFL.

Boy kitties!

Cr: ChangminxJunsu

I just died of an aegyo overdose. x_x

SBS Gayo Daejun is brilliant for making this. How can any girl resist this?! It just makes me want to watch it even more. OnewDubu, Prince Khun, and Jinwoonie!! <3
Freakin Jinwoon's is the cutest thing ever. I giggle every time (and I've watched it about 10 times in the last 5 minutes). And Yoseob and Jinwoon do a super OneDay mashup of Heartbeat and A Friend's Confession while Onew does Ring Ding Dong in the back. I can't figure out what dance Khunnie is doing though.

I just realized that Jinwoon licks his lips at goodbye part...he needs to stop being so cute yet seductive or else he's going to replace Changmin as my fave 2AM-er.

Wrap that box back up and send it to me, please!!!

JoJo

I like to delude myself and pretend that this song is about me :P I usually hate it when people call me JoJo, but since it's my SHINee boys, I don't mind at all. Hahaha.


Of course I'll come back and stay. :P

Key baby is totally ready for Christmas with the red and green highlights. Wrap him up for me, please!

They're back to colorful clothes for JoJo performances! I actually like the odd mismatching. Jonghyun's hat looks really good on him. And I want Onew's jacket!

This noona's gone totally crazy over these 5 boys. I've entered SHINee World and I never want to leave.

All nighter...

watching SHINee's performances and "SHINee's YunHaNam" and finding all their music. Good thing I've been sleeping so much the past couple of days. I ♥ Jonghyun & Key. I wish they weren't my dongsaengs. All 5 of them are such adorable young men. Loving their music and especially their dancing...I'm hesitant to admit it, but they're better dancers than 2PM...(Hottests, don't kill me.) I will post a stage-presence comparison in the near future.

Pre-"Ring Ding Dong"

Post-"Ring Ding Dong"

(They stand in the same order in both pics kekeke)

They matured SO MUCH for their 3rd mini-album. It's really evident in the MVs.
Debut song: "Replay (Noona Is So Pretty)"
Latest song: "Ring Ding Dong"

Until next time, peace!