Wednesday, January 15, 2014

What a Busy Day! Shopping, K-Town and U-Kiss Concert!!!

You cannot come to LA and not go shopping in downtown LA at the fashion district. It can be crazy and you have to pay for parking. But it is worth it. Parking will cost you a couple of dollars. There are a lot of shops full of clothes. But since I'm not a skinny person I don't shop there. They have a lot of shoe places. Some of the ones I saw today were so awesome. They were bright colored, had spikes and had like six-inch heels. I love heals but I'm tall enough without them. On bare feet I'm about 5'10". So I am not a small person in any way. They have a lot of jewelry and purse shops. There are a few small places that have 99-cent jewelry and that is what I buy. I usually go for quantity over quality. I bought three pairs of earrings, a clutch and a necklace. I'd rather have more cheap jewelry rather then a few expensive pieces. The Santee alley is where I do most of my shopping. You can walk around and see what else is around. The purse I was a little hesitant over. But the jewels and designs on the handle made me buy it. It cost me 10 dollars. It was just so cute.
K-town is around 15 minutes from the fashion district of LA. We didn't do much exploring because we were hungry and didn’t know about traffic back to the concert venue. But we did go to the Koreatown Plaza where the Music Plaza is located. When I walked into the store I heard angels song. I was so excited that I could touch these K-Pop albums I've only seen on the Internet. My poor mother looked around but I know she would have rather been at home. I hade some cash and a few bucks in my bank account so I looked to buy a new album.  I looked at albums by FTIsland, Yong JunHyung, Beast, U-Kiss and many more. But I finally decided on "2 Cool 4 Skool" by BTS. I loved their second album so I bought their first one. So I now have another album to review in the future. Then my mom had to listen to the album with me in the car on the way to the venue. Some pictures will be posted somewhere on here.
My mother refused all offers for me to educate her on U-Kiss. We arrived at the venue around 5pm and got in line around 5:30. My mom was afraid that she would be the only "old" person at the concert. There were a few "old" people waiting to see U-Kiss. The doors didn't open until 7:00 and the show started around 7:45. I was way more excited then my mother. I mean this was my first concert. Like I’ve never been to any type of concert before tonight. Well I guess I kind of lied. I’ve been to a really small concert in a basement of a bar and then I went on a Celtic Thunder cruise and they had concerts. Well I will call this my first real concert. Standing in one place for long periods kills my back. So my back was shot ever before the concert began. Random rabbit trial! I have this really big, flavored lip balm that looks like a big glue stick. But when I was going through security the guy was like “You have a blow Pop?” they guy was surprised and I think slightly amused by it. When I told him it was a lip balm and that he could open it, he did. He thought my lip balm was funny and probably awesome. Now back to the topic. The venue wasn’t very big so all seats were pretty good. I was in the balcony way in the back. There was only one row behind me. But since we were in the middle section it was a good seat. We were not allowed to take any pictures or video of the concert. I did it anyway and got in trouble. I’m a rebel at heart.
The video I took was pretty crappy. The quality is crappy, the video is shaky, blurry and you can’t really see they guys very well since I was trying no to get caught. The concert did a super fan contest for each city. The super fan for LA was a forty-year-old woman. She did have a great super fan story and when it gets posted in YouTube I will post it for you to see it. But it goes to show you that K-Pop is not just for the young.  But everyone pretty much stood for the whole concert, which made my back hurt even more. But it was worth it. Kiseop’s birthday is on the 17th and from what I understood the American KissMe’s got him a cupcake cake. It was really cute. It was of a bear face. What was so funny was Kiseop took a bite out of one of the cupcakes and Hoon “kissed” him to remove the frosting. I’ve seen some K-Pop idols “kiss” but when Hoon turned around he had frosting on his lips and Kiseop had a shocked look his face. It was funny. My mom told me after the concert that no straight, white, 22 year olds men would every do anything like that. I guess you would understand better if you were there. I just say its because they are Korean and move on. Asians’ get away with lots of things because they are Asian. After the show I was going to buy their Album but they didn’t have any left and I didn’t want any of their other merchandise. I wouldn’t wear a hoodie or shirt, so why buy them. I don’t hang posters on my wall, plus I didn’t think they were that cool anyways. Also what would I do with a glow stick? Nothing, it would sit in my room somewhere and collect dust. If later on I want merchandise I could always buy it from eBay or something. Another random thought! I did notice that Eli wasn’t wearing is eyebrow piercing. But I have to say their song “0330” displays the Korean language in a beautiful way. It makes it sound so beautiful.
My father just laughs at the guys and he thinks they are feminine. U-Kiss is not a feminine group. I thing Kevin is their most feminine member but I’m sorry you can’t look at Hoon’s biceps and think he is feminine. So I made my mom tell my dad that they are not as feminine as he thinks they are. Even a few members “showed” their abs. The concert was awesome. Their first song was “Stop Girl” and their last song was “Neverland”. The concert ended around 9:30. After this concert U-Kiss is equal with Big Bang as my favorite group. My mom did enjoy the concert and thought they were funny during their Q&A session. My mom’s favorite member is Kevin. I can’t decide who my favorite member is. It’s between Hoon, Kiseop and Soohyun. But all of them are awesome I was sad when it ended and I hope they come again soon. 
this is the link to the video since i could not get it to load. 


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