I Registered For Japanese!

Elementary Japanese I, to be exact. I'm so psyched. Last semester, since I registered so late, there was no room in the class, but I am IN for Spring. My professor is named Mihoko Wakabayashi. Which is only the coolest name ever of any of my teachers for all time. She seems pretty badass. I'm also considering taking Japanese Mythology, but it's confusing because it starts in March instead of January, and for location it says "On Location (Travel Course)". And I don't know what the hell that means, so... I'm also going to take Piano I with Briana! It could either be really fun or really suck, but at least I'll be with a friend. Who whines a lot.. Anyway.

My ultimate goal is to major in Film/Film Studies and become a film and television editor, and minor in Japanese. ^_^

Sooo... hopefully I don't suck at it. :D

P.S. Like my new header? 

Recap: You're Beautiful - Episode 2

On to episode 2! Credit again to maxichan at livejournal for the wonderful screencaps I used to make my montages. :)

Drama: You're Beautiful (미남이시네요) 
Episode: 2

We're back to the scene from last episode when MN and the rest of A.N.Jell are sleeping like... well, angels. :B Everything is great. Until of course, the girl who had her heart set on becoming a nun rolls over only to faced by three violently attractive (and in Jeremy's case half naked) young adult males sleeping next to her. Needless to say, she freaks out a little, and wakes Jeremy up in her haste to get the hell out of the room.

Discovering her lip is split open, she tries to remember exactly what happened last night, and suddenly flashes back to falling on someone and kissing them by accident. Panicking, she attempts to recall exactly whose lips broke her fall. Unable to remember anything further, she clasps her hands and imagines she's back at the convent, and all of this was just a bad dream. Jeremy interrupts her organ accompanied reverie as he bites into an orange and scolds her for her clumsiness last night. She stares at his mouth as he sloppily chews and wonders if those were the lips she fell on. He quickly snaps her out of it by grabbing her face and telling her to go apologize immediately, meaning the victim was someone else. As he stalks off he observes to himself that MN's skin is "way too silky" for a guy, and wipes his hand on his shirt in uncomfortable confusion.

MN enters the house to see Shin Woo sitting at the counter, who offers her some tea to make her feel better. Assuming he was the one she kissed, she apologizes profusely until Jeremy once again stalks in, reprimanding her for having tea when she was supposed to be apologizing. Realizing the truth, she listens in shock as Jeremy and Shin Woo recount exactly how she fell on Tae Kyung, kissed him... and then puked on/in his mouth, which the germaphobe then proceeded to faint from. Oh dear god.

In the meantime, a shocked A.N.Jell fan club watches an online video showing both TK and MN being carried to the van, unconscious, and Sa Yu Ri blames the new addition to the band for the trouble. These fans could either turn out to be really annoying and ruin things or eventually extremely helpful.

Tae Kyung, also with a bloodied lip (I guess she fell on him really hard?), shudders as he remembers the events of the night before. Just in time to be greeted by his bad mood, a timid MN tries to enter with some tea and a scented candle to calm his nerves. How manly. No, really, you're not going to get caught at all pulling shit like that. He snaps at her, again reminding her that she always does things he hates, and stalks off to the bathroom to take a shower, leaving her shocked behind him. TK appears to regret his harsh words momentarily, but shakes it off, seemingly angry at himself for even caring.

As TK brushes his teeth far too aggressively than is really necessary, MN decides to leave the tea anyway, but on her way to his desk some wax from the candle drips, and in her haste to clean in up, she bumps into a nearby bookshelf... which proceeds to topple over. TK showers in the other room as MN weakly holds the shelf up, desperately trying to put out the now hazardous candle on the floor to no avail. She can't seem to push the shelf back up on her own, and blowing on the candle from so far away has absolutely no effect. Somehow she manages to turn a fan on, blowing papers dangerously close to the flame. Finally she decides the only way to put it out would be to spit on it.

Something TK unfortunately witnesses as soon as he walks out of the bathroom. "Did you just.. spit... in my room?" A sheepish MN attempts to duck under his arms as he traps her against the shelf, but he orders her to stand and starts ranting, shaking the shelf until things start falling. Like, say, a small statue on top of MN's head. Which knocks her out. TK freaks out a little, not actually having wanted to hurt her, and picks up the statue in a panic just as Jeremy, Shin Woo, and Manager Ma enter because of the racket. And what they see is an unconscious MN, and TK appearing to have tried to bludgeon her with some sort of award. He quickly explains he didn't do it on purpose to the unconvinced audience, and MN is rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.

Waking up on the way to the hospital, a confused and dizzy MN, once the situation's been explained, points out that going to the hospital would immediately reveal her secret. Manager Ma, who apparently did not even think of this, orders the ambulance to stop and patches MN himself in a nearby park. TK calls Manager Ma to check on MN (aww, he DOES care), and the manager spouts a load of nonsense about how severe MN's injuries are and passes the phone to MN. TK asks where in the hospital they are... turns out he's there. It doesn't take long before TK realizes they're big fat liars and not at the hospital at all. Especially when a vendor starts yelling about eggs.

As MN and Manager Ma arrive back at home, an irritating reporter approaches them and cheerfully questions MN about the rumors -- and after seeing her recent injury, about how it happened. TK walks in just after this, and seeing the look on MN's face, the reporter assumes TK was the one who injured MN, a fact MN hastily disputes.

Jeremy later watches cheerfully as he orders his dog, aptly named Angelina Jolie, to lick MN to death. He again scolds her for starting trouble for the band, and a dejected MN wipes dog slobber off of her face and heads inside. She encounters Shin Woo, who gives her the idea to at least clean up TK's room to make it up to him, which she starts to do.

As she sorts through the various crap on the floor, she comes across many albums and movies featuring the same woman, Mo Hwa Ran. As she muses he must be a fan, TK enters his room, asking what she's doing there NOW. He snatches the albums out of her hands and heads straight for President Ahn as MN scrambles after him, TK demanding they get rid of her immediately. President Ahn waves him off and MN is left in TK's dust yet again with a nasty comment.

Meanwhile, the fans turn on MN, convinced she is the cause of all the trouble coming to A.N.Jell. MN asks Manager Ma how bad it could possibly be, and he demonstrates by dropping his jacket from the roof, yelling that it belongs to Go Mi Nam. The crowd of "angels" proceed to stomp and tear the jacket to shreds like starving dogs on a strip of bacon as MN makes a pained expression from above.

MN begins to question whether she is really cut out to pose as a pop star, even for her brother. She too is convinced she's ruining everything, something Manager Ma immediately denies, trying to keep her spirits up. We then see group of middle aged women reading the newspaper, one of them adamantly insisting Go Mi Nam is her nephew and munching Bugles while the others roll their eyes, not believing a word. The woman continues to brag, and we're left wondering whether she's telling the truth or just a little.. touched.

At the hotel TK is now staying at due to his disaster of a room (just clean it, you big baby) and more importantly, the presence of MN in his house, a glamorous woman arrives -- the woman who watched the press conference in the first episode, and also the woman on all of TK's albums. The two encounter each other and take an uncomfortable elevator ride, where it is revealed the woman, Mo Hwa Ran, is actually TK's mother. He recalls having to pretend he didn't know her when he was a child in order for her to maintain her career, and icily tells her it would be pointless for her to pretend she knows him now that HE'S famous. Mommy issues. She tries to soften him up, remembering when he used to call her mom. "Back then I thought everyone who gave birth was a mother," he snaps before leaving at his floor. Ouch.

In a meeting with President Ahn, it's decided that Go Mi Nam needs more exposure, so his first performance date has been moved up. MN panics, following Manager Ma and Wang Kko Di out and asking much too loudly how much longer she was supposed to pretend to be her brother, not excited in the least that she is on the verge of becoming extremely famous. Manager Ma shushes her and assures her everything will be fine before leaving. A thoughtful Shin Woo watches (and listens) from up on the roof, muttering to himself. "So that's what it was.." Later talking with Jeremy, Shin Woo remembers the night before when he was helping MN to the van. Holding her up (and checking her out, really), he noticed something strange (two somethings?) and felt her pulse -- girls' pulses being faster than guys. It seems the suspicions he had last night were just confirmed -- Go Mi Nam is a girl. He doesn't share this with Jeremy, however, who comically describes MN as being "too soft and plushy" and "he makes you feel bad".

Preparing for her big debut as a star, MN struggles in a photo shoot with a rather overenthusiastic photographer, eventually relaxing and throwing out a bunch of fairly girly poses. She looks like a model, which is great. If she didn't look like a FEMALE model.

 

As MN struggles with learning dance steps (pop idols have to be able to do anything and everything, folks), the fans take a turn for the worse, harassing her each day as she comes home.

Wang Kko Di tries to cheer MN up, convinced she can pull it off and tells her not to care about what people think. TK and President Ahn chat via video conference, once again arguing about MN. Just as President Ahn excuses himself for a bathroom break, MN begins to master the dance steps in the same building and her confidence takes a boost, despite one of her.. balls falling out of her pants. Yeah. She has makeshift balls.

MN is dragged into the nearest room -- the room President Ahn was just in -- and Wang Kko Di gives her a pep talk about her fake.. erm.. package. TK, still on the other end of the video conference, completely misunderstands both their dialogue and their actions as Wang Kko Di starts to undo MN's pants. Pretty freakin' hilarious. I was already loving it, but I fell COMPLETELY in love with this show from this scene on.

TK freaks out even more when they shut off the lights. Also.. her balls start glowing. Glow in the dark bouncy balls, folks. Gotta love 'em. It's a wonder no one has figured it out before this, what with her clearly female singing voice (there's feminine and then there's blatant GIRL) and glow in the dark balls falling out of her pants all the time. Not to mention her FACE. After they turn the lights back on, they brilliantly decide to discuss both how to properly tie her balls on.. and how no one will be able to tell MN is really a girl. TK, of course, hears everything, and even starts recording some of it. And then he starts getting mad. I wonder to myself why they didn't see HIM on the screen on the other end of the video conference, but whatever.

Tae Kyung seems to get angrier and angrier as he drives to the dance studio to confront MN. Bursting into the room and heading right for her, most people seem to assume he's about to hit her, but he just stands there staring for a minute before pulling her into an abrupt hug. A.K.A. The Discreet Feel Up. His suspicions confirmed (she's clearly not wrapping them up well enough, this is the second time it's given her away), he steps away just in time for President Ahn and the reporter from earlier snap a picture of their "reconciliation". TK follows President Ahn out, again listing the many reasons why MN should not be part of A.N.Jell -- except, surprisingly, the most obvious one. Again President Ahn disregards this and runs off.

The guys learn the showers downstairs are broken, so they're moving upstairs. Jeremy discusses the possibility that MN is really dirty, since he's never seen her shower yet. Shin Woo wonders to himself how she HAS been showering at the studio all this time. Turns out, MN is showering upstairs. Where a bunch of guys are headed. As she's getting dressed she hears them approaching and ducks around the corner. Which I don't really understand, because she already had her shirt on and everything. But instead of just leaving, she leans against the wall and averts her eyes. She begins praying in her head to Mother Abbess, an imaginary version of whom conveniently pops out of a nearby locker.

She encourages MN to not be ashamed and just think of the guys as the same as the naked baby angels on the church ceiling, which she does, somewhat creepily until Jeremy interrupts her thoughts. A knowing Shin Woo throws a towel over her eyes and steers her out of the room, but her smile soon disappears when she sees TK has been outside waiting for her. "I know your secret," he announces to a dumbstruck Min Nyu. Uh-oh.

Recap: You're Beautiful - Episode 1

I thought I'd start recapping this drama, because I LOVE it and it's currently airing at 6 episodes so far. So, episode 1 recap. Yaaay. ^^ Credit to maxiechan at livejournal for the lovely screencaps I found and used to make my little montages. :B

Drama: You're Beautiful (미남이시네요) 
Episode: 1

We start in a solemn church setting -- organ, nuns, the whole shebang. The nuns, amongst themselves, have a conversation highly reminiscent of The Sound of Music about a young nun in training that is late... again. We see the aforementioned girl rushing across the courtyard struggling with her habit before finally reaching the church, peeking in, and slipping cheerfully into the back row. In the midst of her "Hallelujahs", she spots a young girl in the row across from her clearly not paying attention, her focus on a video player in her hands. She whispers and asks her to turn it off, but the girl simply stares and turns the volume up louder. Rude. This is why children shouldn't be given nice things.

In her adorable naivety, she assumes her request simply wasn't heard -- so she decides to take care of the matter personally, and after a brief struggle, the video player goes flying... into the middle of the church, blasting rock music. To the shock of many. A chagrined Go Mi Nyu (or "Jemma", as she is known in the church) crawls after the video player as it is kicked around the room. When she finally gets a hold of it, she looks up to see everyone staring directly at her, and does what any good nun-in-training would do -- pretends to faint. We cut to what is presumably the concert the little bitch girl had been watching in the middle of church, a group called A.N.Jell.

The crowd goes wild as the three (highly attractive) band members play their little hearts out. On the way back from the concert, a man, most likely the manager, tells the lead singer, Hwang Tae Kyung, that they're seriously considering bringing in a new vocalist to help with the band -- he's straining his voice too much, he needs back up. TK doesn't like this so much. But then, he doesn't look like he likes anything much.

As punishment for disturbing the holiness and sanctuary of church with k-pop, Min Nyu is made to clean the church statues -- which for some reason includes David, who she proceeds to have a lengthy conversation with (with a towel around his waist to shield her innocent eyes). As she contemplates her upcoming move to Rome, the towel falls, and like a good nun, she shuts her eyes, prays a little, and attempts to put it back, distracted after observing that he has bird poop on his backside. Meanwhile, not too far off, a suspicious looking individual is examining a photo that looks remarkably like MN, and comments on the similarity of the faces.

MN later assures Mother Abbess her moped skills are up to par, and jets off to pick up her ticket for Rome. After awhile, she notices a car behind her, and attempts to let it pass. It isn't long before she realizes the car is actually following her. After a bit of a chase, a highly apprehensive MN pulls over. Back at the studio of A.N.Jell, the boss sings the praises of the new vocalist, Go Mi Nam (Hmmmm.). The picture is the same one the other man was holding before. The boss is REALLY excited. Mi Nyu is really not. The suspicious man gives her the wrong idea, and she does the only thing a young nun-to-be can do. Knocks him out.

Chasing after her yet again (and blocked by a rather lazy looking tractor driver for a long minute), the man finally manages to stop MN with a word about her brother. At the studio, the boss keeps congratulating himself on finding such a good vocalist -- one with "the voice of an angel", no less.

It turns out the suspicious man is MN's brother's manager, and he needs her help. Her brother has been chosen as the new vocalist for A.N.Jell, but he can't make the meeting. Perhaps, maybe, since they look so alike, can she pose as him so as not to destroy his dream forever? :D MN agrees, not knowing what the hell she's getting herself into. She shows up on the day of the meeting right on time... dressed as a nun. Seeing many school age girls crowded on the sidewalk outside the studio, she heads over curiously. The girls, clad in angel wing headbands and various other angel themed accessories, compliment her on her originality, assuming she's also an A.N.Jell fan and whining that the band will notice her out of everyone. Why hadn't they thought of dressing as nuns?!

The leader of the fan club, Sa Yu Ri, laments that they wait for hours every day just to see the band members. As if on cue, a white van pulls up and the crowd runs over, screaming. A disoriented MN stands there, blank faced, as it all unfolds. She appears to be awestruck, staring straight ahead as the three walk by. The hyper one, Jeremy (or Kang On Yu), comments on how cute she looks and signs an angel fan one of the girls handed to her as she stands there like a statue. I know she's about to be a nun and all, but can you really blame the girl? I mean... damn.

Manager Ma arrives and hands her a bag of clothes, waiting as she transforms from Go Mi Nyu to Go Mi Nam. She still totally looks like a girl, and a gorgeous one at that. But whatever, there's that whole androgynous thing in Asia. Plus it's a drama. The boss man welcomes her (him), sitting her down to sign the contract, which she does, clumsily, after a moment of hesitation. After which Tae Kyung bursts in to stare down the new recruit, soon after dragging her and the contract with him to the studio room.

She is confronted by both Kang Shin Woo and Jeremy, who comments on how short she is, and then is ordered to sing. Based on how she sings, Tae Kyung can decide if she's even worthy to be in the band. MN hesitates, having not spoken to any of the band members at all yet. She hesitates for so long, in fact, TK smirks to himself. "You can't do it?" he asks smugly, and prepares to rip her contract in half.

At that moment, she starts singing, making everyone freeze. It certainly isn't the voice of a young MALE, but no one seems to be very concerned with that. A shocked TK slowly lowers the contract, staring. A bright light seems to fill the room as a latin hymn pours out of MN's mouth -- voice of an angel indeed.

TK can't really say anything after this, so he just leaves in a huff, and that is taken to mean he approves of her voice, at the very least. Jeremy gives MN a congratulatory pat on the head, and the worst seems to be over.

MN is just glad the whole ordeal is over and done with, a fact which she celebrates with a surprised and desperate Manager Ma. He exclaims that she can't go to Rome, because she needs to keep posing as Go Mi Nam -- due to, Manager Ma claims, some bad plastic surgery he still needs to recover from. Say what, sir? MN is conflicted, and goes to church later to pray and consult with Mother Abbess, who surprisingly tells her to go out and see the world. MN is still set on going to Rome, and she arrives a few days later at the same airport A.N.Jell happens to be traveling to Japan in.

Shin Woo and Jeremy discuss the new vocalist and TK's dislike of the whole situation, who ignores them and walks ahead. MN and TK end up crossing paths -- or more accurately, knocking into each other. A startled MN realizes who it is she's collided with and grabs the first thing on the floor (note: NOT HER TICKET), dashing off before TK can recognize her.

He realizes she's left her ticket behind and attempts to follow her, but MN hides, to the shock of the smoking drinking tourists inside of the room she's in, who look suddenly guilty. She hastily assures them there's no need to worry because she's there, and after a quick peek, heads out of the room. TK calls Jeremy and SW for back up, and MN ends up having to avoid both of them as they start after her (Jeremy in particular running while still preoccupied with eating his ice cream cone).

She manages to dodge TK yet again by hiding in a group of muslims (close enough?). At this point she finally realizes she is holding some sort of music player and NOT her ticket to Rome. Realizing TK has the ticket, she devises a plan to run past and grab it from him, which is of course immediately thwarted by the arrival of SW and Jeremy. The band eventually gives up trying to find her as she's already missed her flight, and head to Japan as a helpless MN sits alone in the airport. She listens to a song from TK's music player, sitting by herself, recalling what Manager Ma had told her earlier.

Her brother had wanted to become a famous singer in order to find the mother that abandoned them so long ago. A flashback of two rather unattractive children that I can only guess are meant to be Mi Nam and Mi Nyu (since they look nothing like the gorgeous Shin Hye) being taunted by a crowd of bitchy kids, one of whom is more than likely related to that brat from the beginning. Go Mi Nam assures a tearful young Mi Nyu that he'll find their mother by becoming famous like she was.

Later in Japan, the press conference to introduce the newest member of A.N.Jell is starting, and MN stands alone in the bathroom, finally removing her nun clothing and taking a pair of scissors (apparently quite skillfully) to her long hair. As she continues to transform herself, the boss announces to a crowd of reporters and fans that Go Mi Nam has arrived, and everyone waits with bated breath.. and keep waiting... as it takes a little longer than usual. 

TK rolls his eyes and grumps until finally, the doors open, and "Go Mi Nam" steps out in all his (her) glory. Jeremy comments on how manly he looks, to which I say, HA. Not so much. Still, everyone is excited, and TK grumps some more. An unknown woman watching the press conference from home comments, wondering aloud if "that boy" is really her son, since they're nothing alike, and it's not clear who she means -- TK or MN.

Later on, MN explores the hugely unrealistic idol house and unpacks (Virgin Mary statue and all). She comes across TK's music player and has the bright idea to return it to his room. She snoops a little, putting the music player in his desk, bumping a lamp, and commenting on the lack of dust just before she realizes TK is coming back.

Hiding quickly in the bathroom, MN searches for a place to duck behind without success. TK notices the lamp has been moved, as one who is extremely OCD often does. Hearing a noise in the bathroom he goes to investigate and MN promptly sits on the toilet as he enters, trying to look inconspicuous. Fail. He asks her what exactly she's doing, and in her nervous fumbling to answer, the bidet turns on her as TK watches blankly.

After 30 seconds (which TK promptly times, looking at his watch just before it shuts off), the bidet yields and a sopping yet sheepish MN attempts to apologize. He asks her if she's done with her toilet shower, and she bows in apology and splashes him. He cuts her off, saying he can tell that since she does things he hates, he will hate her. She will continue to do things he hates, and he will continue to hate her. Harsh. She apologizes again, leaving. He comments to himself to be more careful, as he had no idea how dangerous the bidet was. Odd.

Later at a club, a nervous MN gulps down champagne with a grimace (she grew up in a convent, okay?) as TK looks on in disgust. Manager Ma drags her over to a nearby woman, who happens to be the band's stylist, and in on the secret. She immediately puts her hands on MN's chest, soon after assuring her "they're so small [she'll] never get caught", to MN's mortification.

MN attempts to entertain quite a few women who all exclaim she's their type as she downs more champagne, inevitably becoming quite tipsy. Manager Ma suggests she head to the bathroom, which she does, surprised to find a replica of the statue of David there. As she wonders aloud what he's doing there, Jeremy walks in after her and asks her why she's in the ladies room, which she uses her drunken stupor to advantage to answer. As she stumbles away, a confused Jeremy is at a loss as to why he suddenly feels somewhat.. nervous.

MN next bumps into Shin Woo, who advises she go up to the roof for some fresh air. Jeremy spots her heading in a direction that is not the bathroom and wonders to himself what on earth she's doing. A suddenly nauseous MN encounters TK on the roof, who panics as she makes it clear she is about to barf, offering various useless things to puke in (such as a water bottle) before settling on a flower pot. Trying not to vomit himself, TK replaces the flower in the pot, where it promptly dies.

MN, who is feeling much much better at this point as Jeremy and Shin Woo arrive, decides it would be a fantastic idea to climb up on a bench and yell about the sky. Naturally, she slips, and the three others run to catch her as she heads right toward their faces.

I think everyone knows how this is going to turn out.

We suddenly cut to a dream sequence, where a goddess like long haired MN floats down from the sky, the other band members watching after her in awe. That is so a bad wig, but she looks nice anyway.

She smiles in her sleep, commenting on what a wonderful dream this seems to be. And... I know, right? Just look where she's sleeping.