異常

It's all an evolution. Once upon a time my connection to East Asia was little more than being an admirer of Kurosawa films and Cha Bum-kun.  Now I look puzzled when someone hands me noodles without chopsticks and unthinkingly say 여보세요 half the time I pick up the phone like I don't have caller ID and am not fluent in three languages that have perfectly good words for it.

I like TV dramas that are described as understated or cerebral. I don't mind romantic comedies but prefer those in which nobody gets stabbed (looking at you, K-drama people!). I'm annoyed when the comedy turns into a melodrama halfway through. I dislike young people getting incurable illnesses as a plot device. I have little interest in period dramas. I'm okay with lawyers, cops, doctors, and fried chicken shop owners. I'm less okay with dirty cops, bankers, politicians, and entitled chaebol heirs. I listen to more deathcore than K-Pop. I don't like being 160 km from the nearest shop that sells Shin Black.

Come visit me in my beach shack on the Gulf of Corinth. Have couch, VPN, and subscriptions to nearly everything. Please bring Kirin Ichiban.

Friends, Romans, Countrymen

If you disagree with my reviews or opinions feel free to object in a respectful and articulate manner. I shall consider your feedback and may respond politely. I may trash your favourite show in devastatingly offensive terms but I prefer to keep it civil on a personal level. I really see no point in getting into flame wars with the sort of people who would get worked up into a name-calling frenzy over a TV show or celebrity. However, I do find trolls and edgelords mildly amusing and sometimes can't resist poking them in their smug, narcissistic jeeblies.

Should you try and engage me in an uncouth fashion you may find out that I've been trolling and insulting people on the internet for far longer than you have. But you'll probably just be ignored. Please take note.  :)