Dramaland

Winter is coming to an end, finally. I always love the arrival of winter; the first snowfall, holidays, and celebration. But it quickly tires and I yearn for the freedom and mobility that comes with warmer weather. I want this winter, in particular, to end soon. Meanwhile, I've reached as far back as dramas from last May and I'm well on my way to being all caught up. While You Were Sleeping Now that I've finished this, I think I can say that it failed my expectations. I really liked it in the beginning. I thought the drama introduced its characters in an interesting way. And I do think the character and relationship development was the show's strongest point. Each of the 3 main leads (Hong Joo, Jae Chan, and Woo Tak) were complete strangers in the beginning, but by the end they were deeply intertwined in each others' lives. A good deal of that, however, was due to the fact that they dream with each other, which I don't think was explained very well.

My workload has been particularly intense lately. I find nooks and crannies in my schedule to watch dramas, but I don't always have time to write about them. Lately, I started 2 new dramas that I'm excited about and finished about 4, including some that ended a long time ago. Go me! Hwayugi We now know how Sun Mi could potentially kill Oh Gong. I was skeptical and curious about how her emotions for him could turn murderous. But in actuality, she has such a strong pull over him, she has the power to unintentionally physically hurt him. I do think the geumganggo will come off soon. Oh Gong won't eat her. He sincerely loves her now. And I don't really understand why he loves her because I find her character to have grown quite uninteresting and sobering as the series as gone on. But he does love her. She does have feelings for him. And the geumganggo is putting his life in danger. Adding to the danger Sun Mi could possibly induce, there are several supernatura