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It may be in there somewhere, but it's not the opening. I'll watch later - and oddly not available in Korea on the 4th but maybe that's because my VPN was in the states. And Tae won't have time for anything more than a one episode appearance....who knows when they'd even start shooting the next season. Coffee and then Incheon. I'm a wreck. I LOVE the ARMY bomb leading. But, of course.

I'd move to Korea in a heartbeat if it wasn't for my two dogs, one who is 13 1/2. Cost of living here is much better: it's safer; more civil. Of course, learning the language might be a help. (I'd also move to an affordable part of Canada, if there was one, or Scotland, or the west coast of Mexico- all in the mix. But my dogs. )

I'd rather not live in trump's America.

Hunger Games, Blood will flow. We just have to hope - and I do expect - that they will have multiple shows in every city they go to. Tey know they can fill the stadiums and know ARMY is beyond thirsty.. It's really a smart strategy to go with the 10th anniversary of The Most Beautiful Moment in Life> They can safely perform stuff they are familar with and ARMY will not be expecting a whole new set list. They'll be able to drop in some new stuff, a bunch of the solo work and some old favorites. Whatever- I don't care. I just need to see them.

I wonder if they'll be better with 2024 sales. RPWP has to be double what Indigo was. And there will be Jimin Muse and Hobi "Hope on the Street", Tae, though Friends was really a single, and, of course, Happy. That Jungkook over 3M is for 2023 - what took them so long to announce it? The continued lack of respect us really annoying.

This is so sweet -and sad, at the same time. https://www.instagram.com/p/DEOxr_oTcaG/?igsh=MWxtamtya204cmk5OQ%3D%3D

And they call them a "pop" group. Not a K pop group and not a "boy band". Finally getting the recognition they deserve. I trust that the company and/or managers give them this info. And Happy New year! Sun is up and the comeback year is officially here. 💜. keeping fingers crossed I get out on my flight on Sunday- 🐇🐇🐇

I read about this. BTS was performing for free and BigHit was fronting the cost of production. Yoon has been corrupt from day one. We know that BigHit can absorb the cost, but it's such BS. May he end up in prison - Here's a nice post for Tae - (and I'm still freaked out about getting home...all everything is impacted by the week of mourning. Fingers crossed....)]

There has been a one week national period of mourning declared so no Tae birthday related content and all scheduled music and variety shows will not be happening. The Korea Herald says that k-pop stars have expressed condolences but I have seen only one. I'm sure that they, like everyone in the country, are still in shock.

My dad, who traveled a lot, said that they happen in threes. And that it's always safest in the back of the plane. Fingers crossed for me that I get n my flight from Seoul to SFO on Sunday. Not just Boeing - they wouldn't have made the engines. That will be Roll Royce or another company. Boeing does not manufactur their own engines.

It's hard to click the "heart" and like these posts. I did see video of the likely bird strike and one engine "puffing" but cannot imagine how that would have impacted the landing gear. And it only needed one engine to land. Something was up with the hydraulics- they have the black boxes but it takes weeks, minimum, to determine the cause (unless you have shrapnel holes in the fuselage because the Russians thought you were a drone and shot you out of the sky-). The mention of "bad weather" is ridiculous if you see the video. No landing gear and evidently no brakes, either. I don't understand why the pilots didn't try to turn it a little and go off the runway because they had to have seen that concrete barrier coming at them.

At least 149 dead in the plane crash. Unlikely that there are more than the two survivors already pulled from the tail (of 181 total on board.). Both crew - so would be the flight attendants who would have been sitting on their jumpseats at the very back of the plane, behind the lavatories at the emergency exits. It doesn't look like they opened the exits, but were pulled out by rescue workers. I had just booked my flight from Jeju to Seoul on Jeju Air. So awful.

I'm glad he took the time necessary to recover from whatever was impacting his health. Maybe depression, but a piece of me wonders if he, or any other idol, suffer from an eating disorder/ It would seem like something that could afflict people trying to stay rail thin. However, if that's what it's been, I would think they would eventually address that as a service to MOA. Jimin and Jungkook won some awards last night. I watched part of the red carpet live but left when it ended and didn't watch any of the actual ceremony, The wording of JK's award lead me to believe that it's sales that drive these particular awards. But who knows.

Cannot wait for part 2. I don't think Jin knew they were going to do a scary one, but Hobi is being such a good sport about it all, especially since he had been discharged the day before (and they shot that little dnace challenge the same day - same outfits.) Suns in western languages are FINALLY up on the last Live. This is just funny - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD9tQfYTSie/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA%3D%3D

I think that creating JinB was excruciating for Hobi. He lost weight, was isolated - so obsessive and such a perfectionist. Maybe he has reflected on that and recognizes that he did it and doesn't need to do all that again. He values the members and their contributions more than he had before he was in the military. Time of reflection. I somehow don't seem him doing a lot of American/British composers and English lyrics but maybe one - Merry Christmas - it's a lovely., non-windy, sunny day on Jeju.

This is Christmas Eve in Korea and it's exactly 14 years since Hobi arrived in Seoul and the dorm. Hobi and Jin grabbing each other's super valuable tree toppers is a reminder for us of how their lives have changed. All that hard work and deprivation (and too much chicken, Jin would say), squabbling over dumplings, sharing clothes and that pile of shoes at the entrance of their room to now, when baubles are worth 100s of thousands (and JK moving into his insane new home.) https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD7PbMqPB0A/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA%3D%3D Also, Merry Christmas from me, who along with @amylance1215, will be the first among us to enter Christmas day.

The most encouraging and hopeful quote I've seen so far. OT7 will be back!

And I had FINALLY gotten my weekly (Sunday!) call from Chris and a drunk Lexie - at midnight their time - Facetime so I didn't get the notification which is just one more reason to not like her....I've read a lot of the twitter threads bit can hardly wait for the subs. I wonder what they could do as a sub-unit. Hobi did have JK on I Wonder fo his album. He maybe has some Jin as backup on his new album. This is nice - acknowledgment from Bing Crosby's family. I hope Tae gets to see these.

Whoa - guess I'll watch Yuzu today, too. And Peppa Pig is very popular with the 5 yr old set... Hoping Tae's voice gets a break - it's not like they don't have three other high octave vocalists. Hobi is definitely releasing and reminder: PDogg was in LA with him, so, at the very least, there was music produced. Just a cute reminder of how far Yoongi went to be a good member: https://www.threads.net/@yoongi.gummy.smile7/post/DD1RWXmTjh-?xmt=AQGzsI8EaYTu15YI1JPIhjBfLr7uFpCJ7Y1UlK10lv1miA

I can understand him promoting HumanMade stuff (other members of the group have, also) but see it more as a gesture than, say, a brand ambassador. Something's up, though, unless it was just shopping, which is possible and maybe not why he's in Japan. I also love that Jin (and Wendy) are described as having "insane ranges". Jin has range, though, it really is Tae who has the widest range, since his voice is low but he carries off the falsetto stuff so beautifully.

Someone tell JK. Some subs are up for his Live but not English or other "western" language.

Oh - I forgot - Bing Crosby's family posted this. So cool for Tae. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDzuYhKMujL/?igsh=eWR6NjNkb3N4cXZt

Haven't a clue how the winners are tabulated. Can we vote? And TXT - I will be back in Korea in March and although Sean's vacation starts the afternoon of the 7th, I'm sure I could arrive on Jeju the 8th if I could get a ticket for the 7th in Incheon. @Faithyu Do you want us to try to get tickets for one of the cities? Will there be intense competition anything like BTS? If more of us try, better chance? Of course, trying to resell tickets you don't need might not be easy. I don't know how that works in the EU. And Jin and figure skating collision - And

and pre-sale for MOA You know what makes me happiest about this is that it means they are okay and aren't going away permanently. I was concerned. They just needed a break. And Soobin must be better. And - uh, oh

Well, the other members get leave. Maybe he's the first to ask. I hope he spoke with Jin and Hobi and Yoongi. They could be reassuring (though I somehow doubt they'd have been up for the Live, except maybe Yoongi, but would he watch?) He's have to have seen Jin - they are so close and Jin knows how being away from ARMY and being isolated from what he loves can impact his mood....he'd be sensitive to that. I wish we knew some of those things -)I can see he's proud of his new house - maybe he'd have invited any member in Seoul to come by and see it.