500!

[koganbot]

We've broken 500!

500 what?

Well, whenever someone posts a comment in koganbot, the comment is sent to my lj inbox. If I think the comment needs me to think about it further and/or a reply from me, I save it. Once I reply or think I'm more-or-less finished with it, I delete it. So, there are now 519 comments in my lj inbox that merit further consideration or a reply without having yet gotten the consideration or reply. (Actually, a few of the comments are in snsd_ffa, now that I've readjusted my settings to get those, too.)

So, for instance, I still would like to think further about what petronia and askbask and sub_divided and arbitrary_greay said regarding the Minami controversy, especially as to what is or isn't happening in Korea, whether and how much and why some K-pop idols might be under a no-dating or a don't ask/don't tell regime.

And if you listed a set of tracks and LPs in the comment thread to my mid-year list, 2011, I still hope to listen to what you listed.

And I want to respond to what AG has said about journalism regarding K-pop and what AG and greywing said during the discussion of white participation in K-pop.

And I've still got to go through that list of live Big Bang performances that sub_divided thoughtfully provided. (Also, though it's not on lj, askbask posted a very useful rundown of BoA's career over on ilX's K-pop 2013 thread that I hope will produce lots of future listening from me.)

Etc.

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[koganbot]

Did you wear a speed racer helmet?

[arbitrary-greay.livejournal.com]

Red tracksuit jacket and jersey pants, tacky running sneakers, construction gloves, goggles, and a white bicycle helmet with the red racing stripes. I might post a picture of the helmet later.

No recognition. The dance on Saturday was devoid of any Kpop, as everything but two songs (one a remix of Power Rangers, the other an anime theme song remix) were original tracks. I don't know if the DJ lineup for Friday's dance were different or did any Kpop.

I did not appear to get any recognition for my cosplay. However, I spent pretty much all day in guests' panels, and did not visit the vendor's hall that had a Kpop goods booth. Mayhaps I could have gotten some fellow piston jumpers if I had. The opening act to the Masquerade was also a cosplay and dance cover of SNSD's Paparazzi, so I probably just didn't run into any CP fans, or the simplicity of my cosplay didn't register as Crayon Pop, and most people probably assumed it was some anime cosplay.

The Psy cosplayer, of course, got tons of recognition and was grabbing people into the Gentlemen dance all weekend.