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No, not really. We eat a lot of pasta of course, because in Italy it's a course and not a side dish, but we don't eat it every day, nor is it always spaghetti. As you rightly say, spaghetti have their own flavour, and so has each type of pasta: penne, ziti, farfalle, eliche, amorini, tagliatelle... they all have a slightly different taste and should be paired with different sauces.
But I don't want to bore you with this. I'd rather let you eat in peace and enjoy your... lunch, I suppose? :D

LOL.
Maccheroni with chicken popcorn?
Ahhhh
Ohhhh
hmmmm
did I mention how funny it is NOT to agree on something? :P

By the way: Italians NEVER eat maccheroni. In fact, this type of pasta doesn't even exist. So, if you ever meet someone who declares (s)he's italian and then goes eating maccheroni, doubt! ;)

Oh, we agree 100%. Stupid movie, badly acted, badly written and badly shot. But actors make mistakes at the beginning of their career, I suppose.
However, I'm not going to debate on taste. It's good to agree, but disagreeing is funnier. ;)

I respect yours too.
Obviously, it's hard to pinpoint reasons why we like or dislike an actor. I can give you 100 reasons and it would boil down to taste buds anyway.
This said, I'll try: Lee Min Ho is too preoccupied with his good looks. I can almost imagine him on stage: "Oh, you combed my hair the wrong way, I look like an old ahjumma!" or, "shoot me from the left, that's my best side". And so on.
Joo Won... don't like his lips.

Ha Ji Won I love because she's versatile, has an incredibly infectious smile, can express a lot with her eyes and makes her roles believable. Brilliant identification talent.
Also, I'm more lenient towards actresses. Always.
;)

P.S. No, don't kill me: I think Matsuda Shota is one of the most gorgeous specimen ever.
I think we definitely share more taste than what it appears at a superficial glance... ;):D

Hahahaha, that "of course. period." holds a lot of meaning! ;)
I believe here we will decide if you want to kill me after having known me for 10 minutes, or if you'll be tolerant:
not only I don't like Lee Min Ho, I also don't like Joo Won.

I'll wait the verdict in a corner. ;)

As for Bride Mask, as I said I'm in the wrongest mood for it. I tend to... enter the stories I love and live them intensely. When they are over, they leave me empty and drained. If I make the mistake of starting a good drama while I'm in such a mood, I'd end up dropping it. It's unfair towards the drama.
So, it will have to wait.

Not so Lucky Seven. I loved the pace of the first episode and I want to see more of those characters. I suppose it's lucky for me that you don't remember the ending: don't spoil my fun! LOL ;);)

I love action. I also love romance, thrillers and clever, brainy shows. The only trait I can't stand to find in either novels, dramas or movies is fluff.
I do I do IS a mature drama, indeed. It deals with adults matters in a very non-conventional way for a K-drama, depicting a strong and intelligent female lead (Hurrah!!!), and a young puppy-like male whom I hadn't given one cent in the beginning but is oh so endearing it's almost unbelievable. He grows on you in a way I never thought possible when I started watching. I thought he was too... cute, too child-like. But, well, the actor's doing a great job with his character. And so is Kim Sun A - but I had no doubts about her. :)

I fear you may be right. From my K-drama experience, I can't say I'm enthusiastic of the way they seem to deal with the whole family issues and children in particular. In a typical Korean scenario, the father WOULD go away and than come back after n years, with the child running towards a perfect unknown dude crying: "appaaaa!!!!".
I hope this drama proves me once again wrong.
As you say, Tae Kang needs to grow, both professionally as well as a man (but not too much, lol), but he also needs to be part of the baby's life, if this drama wants to hold to its great premises and development up to now.
Perhaps he could go for a much shorter period? Bah... I don't really see a way out. :P

Thank you for your request. :D
Love your profile picture! :)

Uh: Lucky Seven is another top priority. I love the whole cast, including Matsujun. :D

LOL.
First of all, thank you. Long or short list, recommendations are always welcome. :)
The Bride Mask is my next project, but not right now, as I feel this is a great drama to be appreciated when the mood is right, not when I'm in a funk like now and prefer going out than watching tv. ;)
This said: Code Blue is a great drama, in my opinion. There's no romance at all, but the characters are very well written and the pace is gripping.
Lee Min Ho... shall I? Shall I not? I shall: he leaves me completely cold. He could be a beautiful statue, for all I care.
Ghost sounds definitely interesting: I'll add it to my neverending PTW list. ;)
The Man from Nowhere is a blast, I totally agree. And Won Bin's a hell of a good actor (not to mention hot... just to end the message on a shallow note, lol). ;)

Thank you for sending it! :D
You seem to be into "action" dramas. Any clever one to recommend? :)

I'm not going to ignore you, or your conjectures! ;)
The strength of this serie are indeed the characters (which, I may add, are the strength of any good story). They are all so well outlined and developed, they feel very real, comprehensible and identifiable.
Since we are in the realm of guesses, given the tone of this drama I believe Tae Kang will go to the USA and it will be Ji An to insist he does so. Whether we will be given a "happy" ending for them as a couple is unclear. He's grown up tremendously, but I'm not sure Ji An is ready to have a child-like man by her side. Mind you, he's wonderful: enthusiastic, attentive, caring and responsible too, but I believe she'll insist he finds his own path in life before committing.
What do you think?

It's nice to meet you too! :D
My name's Rita, by the way. Thank you for your kind words, I find it quite hard to review things I truly loved. For some reason it's easier to express dislike than deep love.
I should finally start Jejoongwon too: your review intrigued me a lot and one of my best contacts here has been recommending it since forever. Unfortunately, K2H has left me emotionally drained and I am now in need of a small break from "intense" dramas. I put on hold The Bride Mask for the same reason.
So you are not really into Japanese dramas? :)

Thank you for your friend request. :)

You too!! Sweet dreams! :D
And it was good talking to you too, as usual. ;)

I love Camus and Antonia Byatt too!! :D
And Northanger Abbey is a very underrated, but absolutely hilarious novel. I love how Austen was able to make fun of the tropes of her time without being a particularly outgoing person. She elaborated it all in her mind and the restricted circle of people she would meet. Quite astounding. :)

And go on showering: I love it. My wall looks a lot better with writings on it, more so if it's about literature ;)

I know she died some months ago. It's a great loss, but she was quite old too. Luckily she left us enough to read. :D
Yes, she had this wonderful, quit simple way of capturing tiny details of reality and make them into a poem. I have a little book with her poems collection in my bag and read a poem or two on the train or whenever I'm in need of words :) Yes,it's never too late to learn a new language... unfortunately, I'd also like to read Su Tong in the original, Dostoevsky, Banana Yoshimoto or Chinua Achebe... I'd need three lives. ;)

J.B.Priestley is not a well known author, although he wrote a huge number of novels, theatre pieces, essays and articles. He dealt with various issues, from politics to pure fiction, however his notable works are the dramas dealing with time and how it moves life a spiral. I adore his style, he's one of those authors I felt love at first reading for. :D

Oh, my favourites... how much time have you got? LOL
With no specific order: Thomas Hardy, John Boynton Priestley (the subject of my thesis, by the way), Orwell, Wilde, Austen (of course;)), Somerset Maugham among the English realm; Böll, Haushofer, Hesse, Kafka (talk about claustrophobia, but I simply adored him), Stiefter among the German one. They were pleasures, more than assignments, and they still are, when I feel like contemporary literature is a little repetitive and... plain. :)

What about you, apart from Conrad, of course?

By the way, I don't think I ever told you this: my favourite poet EVER is Wislawa Szymborska. Pure love for her way to manipulate words. I wish I could read it in the original. :)