I am probably definitely going to hell for this but wow... (thanks to fxamberaday for sharing ♥)

Have seen a couple of clips from today's MuBank: Beast's debut stage showed some potential but mostly they just seem to be attempting to replace 2PM - not surprising but so far I much prefer 2PM as they're stupid, funny, excessively fail and basically just perfect, with the added bonus of optional JoKwon and Seulong bringing even more laughs XD. Truthfully, we only really watched it because all the existing K-boybands seem to be dropping like flies, so we thought we'd better give some of the new ones a chance! As for SHINee... I still haven't figured if I actually like the song, and some of the clothing choices were a little questionable, but hairstyle-wise they're looking stunning - except for Jonghyun's colour of course - and their performance was pretty slick. Weirdly enough, this is the first SHINee song my mum actually likes, whereas I've liked their previous singles but am not so impressed by this song yet o.o What we do agree on though is that Key, Onew and Minho are rocking their hairstyles this time round :D

As for Kisumai on MSte: whilst their opening costumes weren't great, they were much better than what they wore to perform in *headdesk* Really, what was that thing Tama had on his head?? And unfortunately Mitsu slipped (twice?) during the performance :( I thought the song was rather Hikaru Genji-like - not their best song, but catchy anyway, even if their slower stuff is where they excel (Ame, Smile, Inori & Brand New Season are some of their best songs IMO) - and on the plus side, they got a sit-down talk, everyone got decent close-ups (and amazingly they all managed to look at that camera at the right time - something Yokoo seems incapable of doing on Shokura!), their performance was really high tension and impressive with the ramps and skating acrobatics - especially the YoSuke + Nika part ;) - and overall they did actually pull it off in a rather already-debuted fashion. And if that sentence makes no sense due to it being ridiculously long and run-on, I'll claim it's entirely due to the fact I'm posting at 3am ^^;

Also, important note: I hate stupid people very much today. Whilst this obviously applies to Kangin right now, it also very much covers certain ignorant co-workers who would happily try to argue that black is white (and then get killed on the next zebra crossing... sorry, obligatory Hitchhiker's Guide quote ^^) despite all evidence to the contrary. I'm very glad to have next week booked off as holiday time, and it might also be a good oportunity to start looking for another job since this one has me so burned out right now >.<

Oh, important note #2: evil Kyu is evil and it's a good job poor Mimi loves him and knows the feeling is mutual :D

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The atmosphere at work is so thick you could practically cut it with a knife. Everyone's in a bad mood with everyone else for one reason or another >.<

Personally, I just want some good news because this week seems to be getting worse by the day T__T Today we have:
- the Dream Concert poster has had Jay photoshopped out of the 2PM pic already
- my least favourite (to put it politely) Soshi member seems to be appearing in the new SJ-M PV
- they've announced Tackey's butai for January '10 will have Kisumai appearing again, so any chance of a debut announcement before Febuary seems impossible (not that I have a whole lot of hope for one anyway...) despite Playzone and a zenkoku tour for them. And ABC are going to be performing in 3 different butai that month, depending on what day it is - that's overwork on an SME level at least!

The only nice thing today has been the new SJ-M promo pic with Mimi looking absolutely stunning - oh, and Yossi's new official profile pic too :D But if this week continues like this, I'm going to be too scared to even switch the computer on by the weekend!

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I'm completely lost. I can't believe everything got so bad. I can't believe netizens can overreact sooooo much that he's actually had to resign. I can't believe the power these companies give to people who frequently aren't even fans of their groups. And I can't believe it's hit me so badly that I admit I've been crying this morning T___T

Don't get me wrong: what he said was stupid and offensive. But he was a teenage boy, an American teenage boy, and teenage boys are frequently stupid and offensive. He's probably not the only one either - if you told me that Khun, Han Geng, Tiffany and all the rest (Amber & Victoria too amongst many others) haven't felt alone in a foreign county and been homesick on many occasions, that they haven't hated Korea for it, then I wouldn't believe you. Maybe Jay & Tiffany have had it even worse than the rest because they look like they should belong but are still American inside. He shouldn't have said it but he did. And then he apologised and was prepared to make amends - surely that should have been enough. I can't blame him for wanting to get back to America right now though, with the hurtful things the antis have said...

Anyway, I hope they rethink this decision when everything's quietened down a little but, honestly, I doubt they will. But something needs to be done to stop netizens having the power to dictate what happens to idol groups and the rest - if the 'Only13' shit didn't already prove that, then this really does.

And, since it's the only thing I can do in this situation: new icon T___T