145 stories from Mildly Bitter's Musings
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Some demonic Xmas trees for you this season
I'm deep in Korea travel planning but here are some interesting shows from November.Â
Destined with YouÂ
In Destined With You, Rowoo…
A classic truly terrible drama lyric
A bunch of shows sort of drifted between September to October so here's my wrap-up for the two months. **********************************
My Lovely L…
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Did the dramas I watched in August run out of steam or did I?Â
Looking back on how I fell into K-dramas, it was clearly about the collective trauma of the pandemic. I needed this n…
Jungkook in tiny at GMAÂ
I didn't finish as many series as I would have liked in July. But I did go see Jungkook sing on Good Morning America and start my long-awaited bathroom renova…
I ended up watching a couple of "sad people shows" â„¢ done in very different styles but both with a languid thoughtfulness.
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Summer StrikeI found Im …
I did a Namjooning trip to DIA: Beacon to see the Indigo album MV locations in April.Â
 I'm way behind in my blogging about K-dramas due to my D-Day activities. So let's get into it.…
From a cluster of dancers dressed in gray and black, Suga emerges in beaming white.Â
As he performs "Interlude: Shadow," we watch this mob around him film him, follow him, and crowd him.…
I've been really busy with work for the past few months and my drama writing has fallen to the wayside. But I wanted to keep track for posterity a few shows I saw.Â
Plus I went to Atlanta…
Gratuitous cat pic for 2023
Viciously striking out at the thing that has hurt you is a human response but in two K-dramas I watched this month, revenge plays out differently for teenage bo…
Due to travel, I am behind on my drama posts. I also had some trouble watching shows while I was on the road so my viewing got interrupted. But I finally fulfilled my early pandemic plan…
Happy Birthday to Jungkook.Â
In September, I finalized my plans to go to Korea. It's my first international trip since December 2019. After two years of Korean lessons, I am hoping …
All 13 of Seventeen
It was a hot month and I didn't want to leave my house much. I did go see Seventeen in concert which was fun. I had not really been following their work but still a go…
The BTS group "hiatus" is processed now. It has been for sure, NOT A BREAK. As always, barely keeping up with all they are doing.Â
It's exciting to see the different paths each of the art…
Not a disappointment--seeing Stray Kids in concert. K-dramas sometimes a disappointmentÂ
It can be frustrating when a drama has interesting characters and a compelling setting, and then …
Bigfoot was more into The Red Sleeve than I was
A lot of Sad Rowoon this month and it would be nice to see him in a light comedy. If you're listening Korea, please let him have a fun and li…
Gratuitous pic of my foster cat
Disney+ has broken into the business of K-dramas and whoa was it a mess. But Netflix offered some new shows that work well for their formulas.Â
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Park Hyung-sik speaks for all of us during The Heirs
From teens to Noonas, lots of romance this month.
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The Heirs
The Heirs is a classic teen K-drama from 2013. …
I was deeply disturbed by the play This Beautiful Future in 2017 when I first saw it in London.It's written by Rita Kalnejas about two teenagers in 1944 France. They've snuck away to have se…
If you don't tell me...
I won't know since I am idiot.Â
We stan the self-aware leading man of Our Beloved Summer. Â
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Our Beloved Summer
The great ple…
While the pandemic is not over, with the new year, I no longer feel the need to call this a Pandemic Diary.
I'm just going to review the dramas I am watching or share my thoughts about th…
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Gratuitous pic of LA and a sunset at LACMA
Back on my drama bullshit and feeling good. I have had a really good month of dramas I've enjoyed and I feel a bit renewed in my …
I came late to the BTS fandom, arriving in December 2020, maybe a little scared and unsure. I was intimidated by how much BTS content there was and how much there was to learn about the cult…
I went to the Grand Canyon. Recommended.Â
As I mentioned before, I have been really focused on my BTS education lately. Remarkably, I am headed to their concerts in Los Angeles in No…
Me and my freshman dormÂ
This month marks the 28th anniversary of me moving to NYC. My boss was moving his daughter into the same NYU dorm I lived in yesterday. While it was probably…
I am Mildly Bitter. I feel like Min Yoongi is speaking my language
Hello. I am a Min Yoongi stan now. It came fast and furious. I'm sad I did not discover his existence sooner. But I am her…
