Thanks to the expansive trove of treasures offered by Netflix, I have been introduced to various cable shows I would have never watched otherwise. I've gone through almost all of USA Network's original programming (some of the best cable shows out there!), and now I've moved onto Syfy TV with the likes of Z Nation and Haven. There was an episode of Haven last season in which a relatively unknown cover of an old song served to heighten the emotionally bittersweet conclusion. The song and the scene continued to play in my mind for days on end, so I did what any nincompoop would do and looked it up online. I present to you: "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" by Sweet Talk Radio. Isn't it hauntingly beautiful? Months...
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This past week was a big one for us Star Wars nerds fans. Even if you're not into the greatest sci-fi franchise ever created, you may have heard about a certain comic book already breaking records before its official release date. ;-) That's right — Marvel's Star Wars #1 was released on January 14th, 2015! Did you know that these days, major comic book releases almost always include different cover variants? And that there exist illustrators who make their living just from doing comic book cover variants? So with Star Wars being such a popular franchise — and because Marvel's acquisition of the comic book rights is such a big damn deal (previous Star Wars comics were published under Dark Horse) — it seemed that every major variant artist, comic book store chain, distributor,...
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Harro there! Remember me? I've decided to ease back to this blogging thing with a contrived post that crams my life within the last month through pictures (many which my Facebook friends and/or Instagram followers have already seen) and captions. Can you believe it's already been 3 weeks since Christmas? We kept it low-key again this year with a casual dinner at my parents'. My mother asked me to cook my famous 갈비찜 (kalbijiim, or braised short ribs) and while I was a bit nervous because I hadn't made it in over a year, it still turned out delish and I was proud of myself for not losing my touch. The day after Christmas found me at King Spa. My mother had insisted on treating my...
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