September 17 in the US. Hopefully only a few hours after airing it will be available for download.
Excited. I have missed you, Schmidt.
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KPOP Republic 2013 last night, September 7, 7:30 sharp at the new Smart Araneta Coliseum. Raves and rants in pictures.
Arrived with a slim margin of time to spare. Just enough to get pizza and water and get as close to SHINee as humanly possible. This would be it.
Show started at promptly 7:30 with Christian Bautista and a Korean girl in a flimsy bondage dress we did not know as hosts. They brought up 6 girls who were apparently pre-picked from the audience for a mini dance showdown to the tune of Gangnam Style. 3 out of 6 were chosen based on applause, for the prize of getting to dance with the idols. This did not happen, or at least we did not see it happen.
The girls of Upper A, Door 12. Officially bored now. Happy side note: Smart Araneta looks good. Clean, white and blue and shiny and new. Thumbs up.
“Electronic” duo Crispi Crunch featuring Soonmi of April Kiss starts the show with more songs than the artists we actually paid for. Crispi Crunch sounded more rap than electronic to me. And Soonmi can’t seem to dance for her life. Nor did she look very happy to be there. Psh.
Dalshabet took the stage in revolutionary cobalt blue polka dot mini dresses with skirts that open to white hot pants. The magic of velcro. They performed a total of 5 songs, threw a bagful of stuffed animals to the waiting mosh pit, smiled and fan-serviced unlike sulky Soonmi, then off they trotted to the deafening explosion of applause and cheers. You were cute, girls. But the sight of your backs mean only one thing: EXO-K is landing.
The boys blurted out all the English words that they could to massive cheers and heart failures. Baekhyun, Suho and Chanyeol were especially adorable. Kai looked bored but was noona jail bait nonetheless.
The boys had dance skills and stage presence like only SM Entertainment can churn out. Set list: Wolf, History, XOXO, a fan-service, nearly impeccable, short acapella of Hawak Kamay, 365, and finally (sad face but heart jumping for SHINee) Growl.
SHINee’s BACK!! Still an incomplete set though. After a short moment of panic and a quick head count, our hearts slowed to realize the missing member was only Minho. Phew. Key took the English-speaking responsibilities, jokingly passing the floor to Onew for a moment for the crowd to see him stutter adorably. Then he went on to explain Minho’s whereabouts. He was shooting some drama, was so busy. It’s all good.
SHINee’s picture care of KPR Facebook page. The boys opened to Dream Girl, introduced themselves and left the floor to Key, then proceeded to explode more lungs with Lucifer. They followed with Stranger, doled out the stuffed toys in the middle of Beautiful (by which point the lovely Taemin and JongKey all decided to lose their jackets) with fans sadly recognizing that the next song would be the last. Key affirmed this when he introduced Why So Serious, and then it was over and they were gone. No Replay, no Ring Ding Dong, no Sherlock (blames Minho). The pleas of “we want more” were ignored.
The stage was empty by 9:30. Full heart. Slimmer pocket. Sad face.
The end.
And so our favorite blood, gore and sex soap opera comes to an end. With it femalekind’s much needed weekly dose of Alexander Skarsgard and his signature growl. Truly a pity.
True Blood surely had its ups and downs in the last 6 years, from that Ilfrit ridiculousness and the annoying story line that is Lilith to peaks such as Anna Paquin’s Golden Globe win, stellar ratings and all of Alex’s screen time. The source material isn’t exactly the stuff of brain food, but it is perfect meat for guilty pleasure. For that, thanks to all concerned.
My most ardent wish now, Mr Bruckner, as the beloved sexy series wraps up with Season 7 next year, is that you fulfill for us Trubies what Mrs Harris unconcernedly, intentionally, cruelly did not. After surviving 6 seasons of danger climbing up her porch with just her sharp sassy wit, awesome tan and a little ball of fairy light, Sookie Stackhouse deserves Eric Northman, just as much as Eric deserves his happy forever after with her. No love lost for Bill Compton, but you cannot dole out that mind-blowing Season 4 and not give us that ending.
I expect everything is clear. Thank you.
Yours,
Hopeful
Source: True Blood on Twitter
Source: Buzzfeed
Ouch. Just. OUCH.
Source: Mashable
This day and age, everyone needs WiFi, and a few Maslow steps after that, a new job.
The updated Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs above is the gospel truth, but then that’s just me diverting from the topic even before I began it. Thank you weknowmemes. That was a good one.
The apt addition of Wifi aside, Maslow’s theory still holds water, and as explained by this article, is the reason why you and I will quit our jobs. Up or Out: Solving the IT Turnover Crisis published on The Daily WTF website provides a lengthy discussion on the reasons behind high employee turnover in the IT industry. The basic uncovered dogma however encompasses all fields, and comes back to the employee’s need for self-actualization.
After she has overcome the proby-status hazing, gotten past stirring coffee for the boss and has taken on real work to learn real things while enjoying good pay and benefits, the employee has also gone several steps up Maslow’s ladder. She has food on the table, clothes in her closet, cosmetics on her bourdoir (a need, naturally), a secure home, connection with peers, and after a few years, proper recognition at work in the form of a promotion and a good hefty pay raise. She is the picture of a happy employee. But as she inches to the edge of the self-esteem step, she will be plagued with one haunting question: “what now?” Once her head hits the ceiling, she will be activating her Jobstreet account, and yes, she will quit.
This, the article posits, is human nature at work, and is something an employer should expect from his brightest employees. Never mind the mediocre ones. They will sulk and hate you and your workload behind your back but they will never leave you, because they are not qualified enough elsewhere. Prominent lawyer Paul Cravath accepted this and proposed what is now dubbed the Cravath System, to wit:
“Bring lots of new employees in, team them up with mentors, provide real work to do, and give them a choice: either get lots of great experience and get out, or work hard for a higher-up position.”
Makes good sense to me. For one, employers cannot promise to make each stellar employee partner. Surely there won’t be enough seats. Which thus implies that there will come a time in their employment relationship that even the best companies will not be able to offer what its best employees need. Thus it might as well be a mutually engaging relationship, with both the employer and employee making the best of their time together.
So, if you too are finding the itch to climb up the ladder, please, do scratch it. If what you are feeling is more than the occasional work slump, then it is contrary to the breakup cliche. Because boss, it is not just me. It is you too. And really, it’s not your fault.
Credits to image, article owners. Special credits to @kuyamarkeds for the heads up on the article, among other things (P.S. Follow his Twitter account to get updated UAAP tweets and random nerd musings).
