Guess what inspired me to start this
blog?
No, it wasn’t all the amazing Korean
dramas I stumbled across during the first few months of my addiction
(although that helped).
It was actually the Dramabeans year end
recaps for 2011, which drove me wild with envy. To have seen so many
dramas! To write so authoritatively about them! To recognize actors
by name, and excel at playing six degrees of Park Shi Hoo! When I read those
articles, I saw unicorns and rainbows.
And now here I am, having posted on
this blog at least twice a week for the past 52 weeks. In the
meanwhile, I’ve watched an obscene number of dramas—new and old,
good and bad—and can recognize, name, and outline the relative
merits of practically every handsome young actor working in Korea
today. (Next year, I’ll work on the old and ugly. Or not.) I know
what I like (realistic romantic comedies with a heavy dose of
melodrama), what I dislike (whimpering, useless female leads; talking
heads vying for political power in funny hats), and what I want to
see more of (hot kissing; see above).
