#have you seen a gif of this dude dipping a lady and like eating his cig before kissing her

[caughtinkorea]

It Is What It Is

I’m almost home. I haven’t bought my ticket just yet, but believe me, I'm almost there. This last minute thing is the Naija in me lol.

I have been a whole lot happier lately. I’m more at peace with myself. I’ve been traveling a lot lately. Most recently I stopped by Okinawa for a few days. I wanted to try a different place in Japan I’d never been to and decided on a whim to go to Okinawa instead of Osaka. It’s beautiful btw. Humid... and expensive... but beautiful nonetheless. 

I’ve had time to spread a little more of my good luck charm to my friends before I leave. Little Brother and his gf were up against a couple other potential tenant candidates for a place they wanted in Australia and they got it! He asked for help correcting a letter he wanted to send to the landlord to get it, and I helped him zhuzh it up a bit. He recently sent me a thank you message saying he got it. I’m super happy for him, and he seems to be adjusting well so far. ^^

I’ve managed to figure out why my dating life in Korea has been a mess. According to J my problem stems from the fact that I like overly attractive guys.

Now, I could take this a certain way and be offended by it, but I know that’s not what he alluded to. Every time I point out someone I’m attracted to in the building, he remarks back “oh, the good looking guy over there *typical look*. He knows my type even better than Jazz lol. So, rather I take this somewhat as a compliment because he sees I have a keen eye for the delectables. Unfortunately that often means they tend to be no good.*sigh* You know they got tons of girls throwing themselves at them, and we all know that story ugh. I mean, I like what I like. I can’t help it. And that often seems to be a decent chunk of the guys that like me too...well... in a very shallow depth. Do I find myself to be the most attractive women? Definitely not, but I won’t be listening to any guy that tells me otherwise. They already have enough input everywhere else. So as long as this is the case it seems I never really stood a chance lol. But I refuse to settle *coughs* like I’ve seen so many other foreign girls do here *coughs*. I stand by my motto. If I wouldn’t settle for you in the States, I’m not gonna do it here either.

In May I made a new friend. I’ll call him Bond. I knew I wasn’t looking to meet any serious potentials, so I’d long thrown that thought out the window. I’ve had a very weird and at many times very interesting life here in Korea, and it seems like it will be that way till the very end. I’ve met too many interesting characters to count. Anyway, why do I call him Bond? Well, he’s kind of like a secret agent. I’ll leave it at that. On paper, he’s pretty perfect. He’s tall, fit, educated, well traveled, has a good job(works for the government), polite, well-mannered, and has such an attractive British-ish accent. Is he physically attractive? I mean, I guess *rolls eyes*. He’s nothing special to me, but if he ever sees this he’d probably think I’m bitter for reasons. lol  But he’s definitely cute in a big teddy-bear type of way. You know, equipped with jujitsu training, and probably knows 20 ways to disfigure a person... but that’s neither here nor there. Teddy-bear! *jazz hands*

So we’ve been keeping in touch since May. We decided to be friends, and he already knows I’m leaving very soon. We were supposed to meet before my trip to Thailand, but his work came up last minute. So that didn’t happen and my 2 week trip turned into 1 month. Oops! But we kept in touch throughout my time there. Fast forward to more recently and we finally got a chance to meet. I dressed very casually with my banged wig and he with his formal work suit. We had chicken and beer and honestly the date wasn’t anything special. He seemed tired from a long days work and maybe a little annoyed. I understand. I basically almost cancelled right before our meeting. Honestly I was a bit annoyed myself. He kept skipping over the question of what exit to meet at, and I felt he’d been acting different the last couple of days after I turned down his last minute request to meet close to where I was staying for chicken and beer since we were both apparently in the area. I had just come back from Okinawa that day and was busy preparing plans for a dress for my brother’s wedding and I just wasn’t feeling it. I was tired. So I declined. He was probably also annoyed at the fact that when we met up I let him know I’d been using a fake name previously. For safety reasons of course. He seemed to be a bit insulted by it, but shrugged it off. Guys just don’t understand. But it is what it is.

We still managed to meet for 3 hours then he payed for dinner and we said our goodbyes. Before the end, I managed to get out what he liked to do on his free time to let loose. He seemed to open up more. From what I gathered he seems very morally upright tho he does indulge in nights out. So that was good to know... I mean with his job and all, I’d definitely hope he’d be a good person. 

So Saturday comes and we decide to meet to hangout in Itaewon. He usually likes going to one particular spot with his friends so I say I’ll meet him there. When I arrive I can’t seem to spot him anywhere which was odd since he’s really tall for a Korean. I’m going around back and forth to different spots. It’s super humid out and I’m getting hot and aggravated. We keep missing each others calls and messages. After about an hour of this telephone back and forth nonsense I’d decided I’d had enough and start walking back to my guesthouse to call it a night. He calls. I’m angry, but I answer the phone. He says he’s now at a kebab place eating with one of his friends. I tell him I’ll stop over real quick to say hi. Tho I was angry and didn’t want to do it, it’d be a waste of good makeup, outfit, and night. Someone is gonna see me damn it! I’m not letting all this go to waste!

I start walking toward the restaurant. I see him and he reaches for a hug but I stick my umbrella out. Uh uh! Not with the mess you put me through going around in all this sticky heat. We walk over to the restaurant. I greet his friend and we sit and talk while they eat. Before going in he told me his friend didn’t understand any English, but when I spoke to him he seemed to understand pretty much everything just fine. Even more than him. Bond was unexpectedly quiet throughout the convo. I just kept catching him staring at me in somewhat disbelief through my peripheral every now and again. I kept asking him what he was staring at like that, but he’d change the subject and never really give an answer. I bet the whole time he was thinking “Who the heck is this!? This ain’t the same girl I met the other night.” I did clean up a bit differently. This time wearing a dress and head equipped with a long bang-less wig. So I could see why he might have been confused lol. They finish eating and the plan was for them to head home, but Bond decides he’ll stay out longer with me. His friend catches a Taxi and we head to Thursday Party.

He offers to buy me a drink so we head toward the bar. We ended up doing this coupley thing all night where we’d act like we were gf & bf every time someone approached our space. Tho we clearly saw each other as just friends. I squeezed into the side corner next to him by the register and when he turned to order some guy came to approach me. When he turned back around he caught my eyes, and angled himself to make his presence known. I leaned in to whisper in his ear and dude got the point and dipped. I enjoyed his company throughout the night. He was very fun spirited and enjoyed dancing, so we did that all night long. His demeanor was a juxtaposition from the previous night we had met up. Before he came off very calm and reserved. I loved that his big self didn’t seem to care who was watching him or what anyone thought of him. He was just out to have fun.

We eventually moved over to his favorite spot and this is when I realized his popularity with the ladies. No wonder he liked it there. Since he had been buying everything I offered to pay for the next round of drinks. We head over to the bar and I ordered. A drunk Thai girl being escorted through the crowd by one of the security guards poked her face out and sent him kissy faces. I was like “what was that?” and he rolled his eyes and we laughed it off. A few moments later he spotted a Latina heading towards him and called it out to me. This girl kept hovering around him making it very apparent she was in for the kill. She was super thirsty, but I was rather amused. But at the same time, it opened my eyes to just how disrespectful some women can be. Like I was just standing there watching as she clearly didn’t care that he was obviously entertaining another woman. Maybe she didn’t see me as a threat, but for a moment I just stood there fascinated at the disrespect. Bond wasn’t showing her any interest, but she wasn’t about to leave anytime soon. The bartender hands me our drinks and I felt like being petty, so I graciously handed one to Bond, held mine in the other hand then gently caressed his head as I looked seductively in his eyes. She got the memo and bounced immediately. XD

He loved dancing in the middle of the floor so he pulled me along and we found a spot to dance. He had such a fun spirit about him and encouraged me to dance along with him which I obliged. Through out the night people would approach us asking if we were a couple and telling us how we looked good together. We’d laugh it off and tell them we were merely friends. Others would approach us individually to swoop us up and dance, but we’d always move towards each other and angle ourselves a certain way to signal we were each others company for the night. Guys who wanted to dance with me would be lead to him by my eyes then give him a thumbs up or tell him I was pretty and he was a lucky guy. Girls would approach him, sometimes even small groups, and try to dance up on him. He would always dance towards me and I’d make my move. It was always so funny. 

At a point we adopted a cute little kgirl that approached me with compliments. Her English was limited, but she told me she loved my dimples. Bond thought she said pimples and was perplexed like “who compliments pimples? what a weird child” lmao. We danced together for a bit and she leaned over to ask Bond if I was his gf. I tried to pretend like I wasn’t even paying attention and just minding myself dancing even tho I was trying to be nosy and hear what his answer would be. I was just curious to hear what he’d say. Unfortunately I couldn’t but after telling her something that was inaudible she turns to look at me and gives me a cute cheeky grin. We all just continued dancing and we dubbed her our daughter for the night. She was precious. We headed over to the bar on the other side for another drink and I reached to get my card, but he stopped me, gave me a what are you doing?-insulted look and told me he would pay for it.  

It’s not really a big deal but he was so manly about it in a way that you don’t typically see here so it was refreshing. I can just tell he’s the type that likes to pay for everything for his girl. Yasss king! XD 

We head back to our spot on the dance floor and after some time we notice that our daughter isn’t there so we decide to go around and look for her and make sure she was okay since she was by herself. He is leading the way as I follow him through the crowd, but we momentarily get split for a few seconds, and I see this girl's hand reach out to grab him. She is just a split second too slow and barely missed grabbing him which was replaced by a bunch of air.

I am in awe of the attention this boy had been getting all night with the ladies. What is this?? The hunger games? It was fascinating. Honestly I didn’t get it. Was it because he was tall and imposing? Fascinating I say. Just fascinating.

We go back to our spot and she eventually shows up. We decide to call it a night soon after. He suggests we take a cab together and he’ll drop me off first since he believes we are headed the same direction. I let him know I’ve moved guesthouses and am now staying in Itaewon very close by. We stop for him to grab some water from the convenience store close by then finally start heading our separate ways. He gets a cab, we say our goodbyes, and he hops in. I start heading towards my guesthouse and a guy slowly riding by in a taxi sticks his head out and says “beautiful!”. I turn to the perpetrator and say “Thank-” ....

-_-

It’s Bond. He’s a whole mess! Go home Roger. XD The taxi speeds off. 

I continue walking towards my guesthouse, turn into the empty side street and right as I’m about to approach the door some kboy sneaks up behind me and speaks to get my attention. I was momentarily startled because I had unusually been unaware and he hadn’t made his presence known. I ask what he wanted and he shyly says he had been following me and wanted to tell me how pretty I was. *facepalm* Why do guys not realize how creepy that is? He was harmless so I just tell him thank you and give him a smile. He asks if that was my boyfriend. “Huh? Who are you talking about?” The guy that was in the cab. “How long have you been following me?” Since y’all were at the convenience store. CHIIIILLLLEEEE!!! smh I saw him leave and knew he wasn’t your bf. So I got courage and wanted to tell you you are my ideal type and I just wanted to see if you’d grab some drinks with me and just talk. “Umm, where is there a place around here to drink?” He tells me that every place around here is closed so let’s grab some drinks in the store and go to a hotel and chat. 

Kboys ladies and gentlemen! Kboys

[whenimgoodandready]

Meteora Butterfly:Hybrid of a Mewman and a Monster, heir to the throne of Mewni, youngest princess in history to Dip Down. Mariposa Diaz:False claim on being male, identical mole to Marco, mistaken for a Starco child. Ever wonder what they’d be like grown up? (well, a second time for Meteora, but still). Let’s see how the Butterfly Girls are doing:

*Gone Baby Gone-It’s a play date with Baby Meteora and Mariposa. They get along perfectly like BFFs and Star and Marco watch over them like parents. Awwwwwwww. Just then, Hekapoo shows up and warns Marco to not leave Earth as she senses a dark force approaching (Wait, Wait! Wait! Dark force? Isn’t that the same thing Father Time said to Star? What’s going on?...........oh! Wait! I think I know, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, “You-Know-Who’s” coming! Mmhmm, yeah).

Anyways, Hekapoo leaves and Star and Marco find out the babies are gone! WHAT! You guys! C’mon! You two are no better than Janna! Where’d they go?............in the Neverzone!? Oh God! How long were they gone 5/10mins!? Are they senior citizens right now!? Well, don’t just stand there, GET THE BABIES! Or kids, or elders, or whatever, just get them! Star and ✨Abs✨ Marco arrive in the Neverzone and battle against a witch lady named “Old Irma”................who’s a butterfly? Wait! A butterfly! It’s-it’s, Meteora and Mariposa! They’re okay! And they’re warriors! And they’re names are Grobb and Bork, respectively? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

They’re teenagers which makes sense. Marco went in as a teen and grew to be an adult whereas Meteora Grobb and Mariposa Bork went in as babies and grew to be teenagers. Why has Star not been affected yet!? When will we ever see Adult Warrior Star!? Ugh, this is so frustrating! They don’t remember Star and Marco (well, they were infants, so how well would they know?), but “Grobb” senses a strong hatred for Marco (it just won’t go away now would it). They decide to invite them into their cave and tell them they were raised by mountain women until they all passed and so it’s just now the two of ‘em. They eat spiders cuz food is scarced to them and then (THUD) (THUD), Star and Marco are out cold!

Damn! Those girls are savage! “Grobb” and “Bork” drag their sitters to some creepy and flamboyant magical being named Wyscan the Granter and offer Star in exchange for him to grant “Bork” magical powers. He looks a bit like that alien guy from Season 2 of the original Sailor Moon. Did I mention Darons a fan of that? Cuz she is! However, “Bork” starts to have second thoughts when she sees how creepy this is (Dudes got a mouth on his stomach!) and fortunately, Star and Marco wake up to stop her. Wyscan easily defeats Star and “Grobb”, so it’s up to Marco and “Bork” to stop him (Might>Magic). Eat spiders, Creep!

Marco finally convinces “Bork” that he’s her brother by retelling the story ending with her little penguin finger toy necklace that she remembered from babyhood. However, The Butterfly Girls don’t wanna go back home cuz they’re happy living in a cave and being a family with each other. Well, how are Star and Marco gonna explain this!? “Hey Eclipsa and Globgor! Guess what!? You’re daughters not gonna be the princess/queen of Mewni anymore cuz she’d rather stay in the Neverzone with her “sister” and eat spiders for the rest of her life!” and “Hey Mom and Dad! Guess what!? My baby sister doesn’t wanna grow up on Earth cuz she’d rather live in a cave in the Neverzone with her magic “sister” and eat spiders for the rest of her life!” Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! Yeah, that’s not gonna sit well with them, so how do they get them to come home? Food! Yummy, Yummy food! 🥞🍱🌯Like breakfast burritos! They agree, but only under the condition that they’ll still be able to grow up together to be The Butterfly Girls. Deal!

You know, when I first read the plot for this episode, I thought we would get a running gag of Star and Marco running around looking for Meteora and Mariposa and going through crazy tasks and always missing a close shot at seeing them or finding them as they casually walk around having fun while slowly growing up fast from infancy=>childhood=>teenhood=>adulthood and well, you get the idea! It was still cool that we saw them as teenagers and what their personalities would be like. Of course, this was their Neverzone Warrior selves and not their genuine “have yet to grow up” selves, but if they keep up that spunky spirit and partnership, they’ll make it far in Mewni/Earth. They could be the next Crescenta and Emily! And it shows that The Butterfly’s and The Diazes are the best team there is! I like the name the fandom gave them, The Butterfly Girls! Sounds so right. The signs are there, Father Time warned Star and Hekapoo warned Marco about a horrible horrible thing happening and since this is the final April episode, and we’re starting the May eps that are leading up to the series finale, also we’ve seen the plot lines for the upcoming eps, and it’s obvious it’s Mina Loveberry who’s the final evil in “Star vs. The Forces of Evil” that needs to be defeated by battling against her and her new Solarian army and getting the happily ever after we’re all waiting for for the past four years already.

#svtfoe #gone baby gone #svtfoe gone baby gone #meteora and mariposa