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Continue readingA few days ago one of my favorite blogs, The Art of Manliness (yes I know I'm a girl but I still enjoy its content), published a post called A Man's Guide to Dry Cleaning. The article was well-researched and well-written, and chock full of helpful information. However, it was apparent from the start that the author does not have any first-hand experience in dry cleaning. I asked myself why I couldn't do it better myself. My parents are Korean immigrants who have been in the dry cleaning business for 22 years. I have helped out at the store since I was 7 years old, and continue to do so to this day. Sure, I may not run the store, or even work...
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Continue readingParamount's $15,000 horror flick Paranormal Activity may be the most successful movie ever to propel itself to phenom status via the use of social media and web interactivity. Beginning with its humble origins, the movie urged fans to "Demand it!" to play at additional locations. The website promised that the film will open nationwide once 1,000,000 "demands" were hit. Social media widgets were easily visible and easily accessible on the website, encouraging and reminding each visitor to tweet, share on Facebook, email, and paste the URL of the site wherever possible. They even had available a snippet of code that can be used on MySpace, website, fan site or blog to help spread the word about the movie. Belong long, Twitter users began...
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Having grown up in the U.S., I have heard on more than one occasion that celebrities possess larger heads compared to those of the general population, the idea being that the larger head will have larger features, which will show better on screen. There is even an episode of Entourage where Turtle proclaims, "The bigger the head, the bigger the star." However, in Korea, the exact opposite is true. The smaller your head/face, the more attractive you are. A picture of Ivy, a Korean celebrity, posing between two fans. Notice how small her face is compared to that of "normal" people. (image source) It is not uncommon for foreigners to be utterly confounded when first met with this phenomenon. "Gosh, your face is so small!"...
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