Pinocchio Review

Hello my lovelies!~

Guys, I've finally finished Pinocchio! It might've taken me months to do so, but I've finally finished it! And let me just say, I absolutely loved it! 

Lee Jong Suk and Park Shin Hye have always been 2 of my favorite actors when it comes to Korean dramas and when I found out they were going to starring in a drama together I was squealing and jumping for joy. I was a tax bit skeptical at first when the trailer for the first episode came out and LJS was wearing some godawful wig. I told myself that if he wears that through the whole drama, I wouldn't be able to take him seriously and wouldn't be able to finish the drama. Luckily for me, he gets a makeover and all is right in the kdrama world. 

As you can expect from 2 actors that have other big name dramas under their belts, the acting in Pinocchio was on point. Especially the lady that played Park Shin Hye's mom. Throughout the entirety of the drama, she's cruel to her daughter and makes you feel resentment towards her and you feel no sympathy for her whatsoever. However, at the end of the drama, she turns it around and you find out all of the reasons she did what she did and makes you feel sorry for her and take pity on her. The way she is able to portray this change in character and make it so believable to the viewers proves just how great of an actress she is. 

The plot of this drama was pretty different from other ones with the addition of the "Pinocchio" girl who could not tell a lie without hiccuping straight afterwards, therefore giving herself away. However, this aspect of the drama was not the focal point and it focused mainly on a quest that LJS's character had after the false accusation of his father. I felt that they could have used the Pinocchio aspect a little more than they did but the storyline was still very good!

I thoroughly enjoyed this drama and I hope another one of the same caliber comes out soon because I think I'll start going through withdrawals! This one definitely gets two thumbs up from me!

See you guys next time with another review!

~Jessica

Emergency Couple Review

Hello my lovelies~

I'm back again with another Korean drama review, and this time I'm not neglecting my studies to do so! It's officially summer break which means more time to watch dramas which means more reviews coming your way!

I just want to start off by saying how much I thoroughly enjoyed watching this drama! I mean I pretty much couldn't stop watching and I marathoned it in like 3 days tops. I loved the medical aspect of the drama and I have no idea why. They were probably misrepresenting the field in so many ways but I just couldn't seem to care and was sucked right it. Every time they had a new ER patient, I was readily waiting to see what was wrong with them and how they would handle it. Maybe this drama was reawakening my feels that I had back in the day from Scrubs....

I've always been a fan of Song Ji Hyo because I've pretty much watched Running Man since the beginning. She's just always appealed to me because she never really tried to have an overly-cutesy image (which tends to get on my everlasting nerve after a while) but I had never watched any other drama that she had starred in. I think overall I enjoyed Ji Hyo's performance in this drama! I always think it's quite the feat if the main female character doesn't annoy me at some point or another. Ji Hyo's character was strong and did what she had to do! And I do have to say, Song Ji Hyo is very good at playing a drunk.

Choi Jin Hyuk, on the other hand, is pretty much bae. I mean have you seen his amazing, precious eye smile? But on a more suitable note, he has always been one of my favorite actors. Like I said, I might be a bit biased because I find him very,very attractive but I promise you I'm also a fan of his performance in his dramas! I can't really pinpoint what it is about him, but I'm always just entranced with his role in this drama as a dorky, smiling intern. Two thumbs up!

If a drama is gushy and romantic and so cute you want to punch someone, I can almost guarantee I'm going to love it. This drama was like that, but only in the parts where the two main characters are finally together and they're outside of the ER. So, it's not too often but it's still enough to make you squeal about it. 

So, all in all, I really really liked this drama and I'm actually super sad that it's over and I can't continue to watch! I honestly have no idea why the medical drew me in like it did but I'm not really complaining! It just makes me sad that Choi Jin Hyuk is in the army and can't make anymore dramas right now. Guess I'll go curl up in a corner and cry..... Just kidding! It's back to drama-watching I go!

See you guys soon!

~Jessica

Dream Knight Review!

Hello my lovelies!~

So while I should have started studying for my finals, this weekend I watched the drama that has GOT7 in it, Dream Knight! I didn't feel too bad about starting it because the episodes are fairly short and you can definitely marathon it in less than 3 hours. So technically I just took a short break from studying (shhhhhhh).

If anyone knows me they will know that I am absolutely in love with GOT7, Jackson in particular. That was one of the main reasons I decided to start this drama and I'm actually glad that I did!

With the first few episodes, I was really starting to doubt my drama selection because it was just so damn cheesy! However, once I began to look past all of the cringe-worthy cheese that filled the drama, I began to actually enjoy it and was able to fully invest myself into this drama. 

Okay, not even gonna lie, but JB totally took me by surprise with his performance in this drama. I watched him back before he had even debuted with JJ Project when he was the male lead in Dream High 2 and was not completely sold when it came to his acting skills. But he took me by surprise with how well he connected with the female lead, Song Ha Yoon (who I just found out is 28 but doesn't look a day over 16 0_0). In my opinion though, Jr. was definitely the stand out actor in this drama. He was the one that seemed to be fully immersed in his character and didn't have the slight awkwardness that the other members had. He had me loathing him at one point and then turning around and making me feel sorry for him the next. Definitely the stand out!

The drama was actually really good! I know I wasn't expecting much when I found out it was going to be an idol web series drama, but it pulled me in. The ending of it even had me tearing up and almost crying! I was that invested! I was telling my friend through the whole last episode that if it ended on a sad note, I would cut someone. :P

One thing that bothered me though was the fact that JYP was the moon. Does that man always feel the need to be in EVERYTHING that any of his artists are in? Like what even.

So all in all I definitely liked this drama, even through all the cheese and grease that came with it! Although I think I might be a little biased when it comes to anything GOT7 related. 

Until next time guys!

~Jessica

Update + Sorry!

Hello my lovelies!~

First off, I just want to say how sorry I am about how it's been a while since I've last updated. I've been so swamped with school work it's been almost impossible for me to focus on anything else.

Today marks the last day of classes for the 2015 spring semester at NCSU! This means that dead week is over, hallelujah! But, of course, this just means that finals start next week. So, I'm going to have to hole myself up in my room and study my ass off for the 6 exams I have. This might actually kill me.

So, hopefully after May 7th, which is my last exam and move out day, I will be able to update on a much more frequent basis! So expect more drama reviews, maybe some book reviews, and updates about life in general!

Thank you so much for being patient with me! Love you guys so much!

~Jessica

Currently Watching + Sorta Review

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Whoever knows me knows that I am a major fan of Korean dramas. I don't really know what it is about them, but they just seem to suck you in and you just can't seem to stop watching! Ever since I've started watching them, I just can't seem to watch that many American TV shows. With every episode it's like you're watching a movie and the plot just gets better and better with every episode!

So, as of late, I've started the drama Healer! It seems that I've started this at the most inopportune time since I have finals in right under a month, but that obviously didn't stop me! :) I'm only 12 episodes in, but I'm going to talk about how I feel about the drama so far!

I'm just going to start out by saying how damn cute the two leads are! Ji Chang Wook and Park Min Young have some of the best chemistry that I've seen in a while in a show. Whenever they are on the screen together, you just can't seem to look away!

I've never been a fan of love triangles in a plot but in this one I'll make an exception because the triangle is between the main girl and then the two different personas that the main guy is portraying. :P One is an adorable, clumsy man that comes to work at the same newspaper company that the main girl, Young Shin, does and the other is "Healer", a night courier that works for whoever pays him the most money to do whatever they ask him to do.

The actors in this drama are exceptional. I've always been a fan of Park Min Young ever since I first watched her in City Hunter where she played alongside Lee Min Ho. I had absolutely no knowledge about Ji Chang Wook going into this drama besides the pictures of him I had seen on Tumblr. I wasn't really expecting much since he was not really a name that was commonly known, but boy was I surprised. He's amazing at acting out the different personas and he doesn't make them look forced at all. All I can say is, is that I've definitely become one of his fans!

This drama definitely hooked me right on the first episode and each one afterwards has just reeled me in further and further. The plot is very easy to follow and doesn't have too much going on where the viewer gets confused, unlike some dramas that I have either watched or attempted to watch in the past. It's very easy to want to marathon and just continue watching even when you know you should be doing work (like me).

All in all, I am absolutely loving this drama so far and I cannot cannot wait until my work load from school has lessened even in the slightest bit so I can finish the remaining 8 episodes that I have left to watch! I highly recommend for anyone who loves action and who loves a good cutesy romance to watch this!

Until next time!

~Jessica

Work Work Work

Hello everyone!~

Ughhhhh it really seems that all I ever do these day is go to class, do homework, and go to work. Don't get me wrong, I'm super blessed to even have a job that allows me to make money and pay the few bills that I have. But, my job is pretty much a bore-fest most of the time. Hardly anyone ever comes in here, and when they do they're few and far between. 

Sure, I'm always complaining about having to go to work to my friends. But in reality I actually sort of like the quiet time. It allows me to get homework done that I would not have time for otherwise and it lets me just sit back and de-stress about everything that is going on in my life, whether it be personally or educational.

It also lets me catch up on my shows from Netflix and Hulu but shhhhhhhhhhhh! You didn't hear me say that!

Love you guys! And thanks for continuing to put up with me! 

~Jessica 

Nothing Like a Little Study Break

Hello my lovelies!

Ah! Midterm season is just now ending and I swear they will be the death of me one of these days! These past 3 weeks have been super crazy and I've been devoting all my time to studying and to writing papers (more like trying to but instead getting distracted by YouTube and Netflix). Whenever anyone asks me my major and I tell them psychology, they're almost always quick to follow up with how easy it is to be in the social sciences. I'm currently in my sophomore year and boy can I tell you just how wrong they are. There's so many things due all around the same time with so little time to get all of them done. Half of the time I ripping my hair out one strand at a time would be much less painful than what my school has labeled "hell week".

Rant over, promise! I thought I'd just take a break from being holed up in my dorm room studying to take a break and blog to clear my mind of all the stress! Thanks everyone for putting up with me and you guys mean everything!

Love ya!

~Jessica 

Hello, hello!

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog!

My name's Jessica and this is my first ever serious attempt at writing down all of my various thoughts and feelings, so bear with me as I venture through through life and try to find my way. So I'm not exactly sure of what direction this is going to go in at first so please stay tuned to see what posts I make and what they're about! Thanks so much for checking out my blog, it means so much to me!

Love you guys!
~Jessica