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Happy Birthday Baek Jiheon 🍯💛

(April 17th, 2003)

#jiheon #happy birthday!

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realfromis_9

#jiheon

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04/05/24: 이두나! (Doona!)

#kdrama

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Happy Birthday Park Jiwon 🐰💜

(March 20th, 1998)

#jiwon #happy birthday!

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#jiwon

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02/14/24: The Big Bang Theory

That was a lot of fun. I think I started earlier last year? or late 2022, so with a some month long breaks sprinkled in between, it took a little bit more than a year. I'm gonna need a new show to watch while I'm eating.

The ending had me in tears. The way Sheldon delivered his Nobel Prize acceptance speech and acknowledged everyone one by one (Astronaut Howard Wolowitz) started the waterworks. Everything came full circle: Sheldon was being selfish and uncaring while his friends still stood by his side and he finally recognized them on the biggest stage. It's nice that the ending felt more like an acknowledgment and we knew the characters would continue on, versus an ending like Friends where they all moved out and were parting ways.

Howard was definitely my favorite character. He started as a weird sleaze ball but turned into a responsible and caring husband and father. Simon's acting was arguably the best next to Jim's, most of my favorite scenes have Howard as the main character.

My top 10 moments (for closure, and ranked):

Howard's dungeon master impersonation

Howard's song for Bernie

Penny's Christmas gift to Sheldon

Sheldon reconciling with Georgie before his wedding

The group sharing what was or could have been in Howard's dad's letter

Bernadette telling Howard she's pregnant (again)

Sheldon's dad's pep talk after his first theory is disproven

Sheldon and Penny doing the intimacy test together

Sheldon symbolically giving up his spot to Howard

Sheldon admitting (for the first time) his feelings are hurt to Penny

Even though I didn't watch the whole series as it aired (I saw a lot of episodes in high school/after college), this series spanned from my early adolescence to right when I moved out. It was a show that was always around, and watching the whole thing almost brings closure to that stage of my life.

I'm glad I decided to watch this. On to the next one. :)

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Happy 6th Anniversary fromis_9 and flovers! 🍀🩷☘️

#fromis_9 #happy 6th anniversary!

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#fromisanniversary week 1:

favorite member: lee seoyeon (happy seoyeon day!)

#seoyeon #happy birthday!

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Happy Birthday Lee Seoyeon 🐼♥️

(January 22nd, 2000)

#seoyeon

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happy birthday saerom! 97.01.07

#saerom #happy birthday!

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Happy Birthday Lee Saerom 🦊❤️

(January 7th, 1997)

#saerom

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12/31/23

I know I say every year flies by really fast, but 2023 has been one of those years that's felt like it lasted forever. When I was looking back at pictures of what happened in January and May, I couldn't believe those both happened this year.

My plan from the start was for 2023 to be like a soft year off. I wanted to maintain my career while placing a light emphasis on health and real world/self improvement education. I wasn't looking for a lot of change, and on paper, this year should have been great since a lot of positive things happened for my family.

However, when I really think about it, I spent a good chunk of this year not at my best. I had a pretty bad neck injury in May that I still haven't fully recovered from, and emotionally I've had to step out of my comfort zone to make room for a special person. On top of that, I haven't had the time like past years to keep up with kpop. I've really leaned on kpop during my first six adult years so I can really feel my anchor being gone.

Something that really stands out for me in 2023 is the lack of that one magical special moment. So far, they've been

2017 - the moment I clicked on my first GFriend b-side (Neverland)

2018 - Nagyung's 반반 hair reveal at KCON Thailand

2019 - getting a selfie with Hayoung at Washington Square Park

2020 - the release of the Feel Good mv after 15 months

2021 - standing atop Namsan tower during my first Korea trip

2022 - Nakyung's shh to open Hush Hush during the first concert day + the Stay This Way fanchant on the last concert day

2023 - ???

so they're all kpop related. I really just don't have a single moment this year where all my emotions pour out again. That probably leaves my year ranking at

2018 > 2019 > 2021 > 2017 > 2022 > 2023 > 2020

Not everything was bad: I still learned a ton about a lot of random things (sports, politics, history), improved my social skills, *worked on* my emotional maturity, and got physically stronger. If this is considered one of my worse years, I'll consider myself lucky.

Minor kpop dump:

Song of the year: 눈맞춤 - 프로미스나인 (fromis_9) [#menow was good too but I like 눈맞춤 more)

Album of the year: EXIST - EXO

Top 5 b-sides of the year:

What I Want - 프로미스나인 (fromis_9)

OMG - NewJeans (뉴진스)

One Kiss - Red Velvet (레드벨벳)

Lucky Star - NiziU (니쥬)

Oh Ma Ma God - EVERGLOW (에버글로우)

Seasonal songs:

겨울: Sugar Rush Ride - TXT (투모로우바이투게더)

봄: WHY - Kep1er (케플러)

여름: 여름이 들려 (Summer Comes) - 오마이걸 (OH MY GIRL)

가을: 7HEAVEN - 퍼플키스(PURPLE KISS)

Current top 5 DDR songs (song + chart combo)

Ace for Aces

Possession (20th Anniversary Mix)

Gerbera

London EVOLVED ver. C

mathematical good-bye

Milestones

Spent the whole year in a relationship :)

Made my annual Korea trip for the third year in a row

Significantly improved my reading, timing, and stamina when playing harder songs (912k on snow garland fairy, my first few 15 GFCs, solid GFCs through the 14 folder, three 12 AAAs)

Went to my first football game (49ers wiping the seahawks in the wildcard round)

Attended my older brother's (first) wedding

Attended my sister's wedding

Saw all my extended family in Oregon for my cousin's wedding

Made two SoCal trips

Learned a lot about personal finance

Goals for 2024

Get promoted to senior staff

Get a 900k on an 18 + PFC a 13

Learn to cook six traditional Cantonese recipes

Work on my flexibility (shoulders, back, and hamstrings) to prevent injury instead of focusing on weight

Read all five books currently sitting on my bookshelf over the past two years

Sleep earlier, wake up earlier

Talk less, listen more

I really coasted throughout 2023 (+ the second half of 2022), so I want to put my foot on the gas a little more next year. It's time to get back to growing my career, improving my health, and applying that conscious effort towards my personal goals.

24 is my favorite number, so I hope it's gonna be my favorite year too. :)

#life #personal

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Happy Birthday Jang Gyuri 🍊🧡

(December 27th, 1997)

#gyuri #happy birthday!

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gorgeous ♡

#sowon #happy birthday!

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Happy Birthday Roh Jisun 🐑💝 (November 23rd, 1998)

#jisun #happy birthday!

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jisun day 2023 weverse update

#jisun #happy birthday!

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#happy 31st! #so much has changed