Proud or embarrassed at your addiction to Drama?

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Not proud, but not embarassed either. I never lie about it though. Then again I don't encounter very many people who understand this kind of addiction, so when I tell 'em I really didn't study for a test cuz I watched 10 straight eps of whatever drama, I get this weird look from them and they think I'm lying. Still, I don't lie abt it, so I'd say I'm somewhere in between. thumright

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Many people thinks I'm weird because of my addiction, but I'm kinda proud of it... Mr. Green

(Because thanks to the dramas, I fell in love with Japan and the Japanese language, I started to learn it two years ago and now I can understand them without subs! ^^)

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:44 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

half and half - dramas are cool and i love 'em, but its kind of geeky... or more than kind of, its pretty geek-tastic

for some reason people seem to think its weirder than my obsessions with, for example, inappropriate cover versions, religious and racist propaganda, Sun Ra, Wm. Burroughs...

see, i got a lot of non-mainstream interests, but somehow watching japanese tv shows with subs is WAY weirder than ANY of that in the eye of the average... well, stoner, i don't meet a lot of straight-straight type people Tongue

btw in the real world i only know four people who watch any j-drama, and that includes immediate friends and my daughter (who made me watch all of the live Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, mini-geek that she is!)

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:56 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Depends who I am talking to actually. So far whenever I tell any of my mates I watched asian dramas as well, they are shocked. I dont know why since I am asian :p :p :p

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i should say that im really proud of my addiction to japanese dramas. i also watch korean and taiwanese dramas but im really into japanese dramas. i tell everyone i know that im really a drama fanatic. it's a little bit cheezy for a guy like me to tell my friends about this but i really dont care. i love japanese dramas for many reasons. first, i like the scripts. the way things are presented in the series i watch is very intelligent. it makes you think and relate to the stories. that's the reason why i cry when the actors cry, i laugh when they do and i feel their emotion. it feels like being in the story/situation itself. secondly, the characters are great. The actors play it really really well. third, i really like the choice of songs/music they play in the dramas. it suits the drama well and it adds more spice to the story. lastly, the story makes me temporarily forget about everything around me and it takes me to a different place where i could really feel the excitement, the joy, the love and the sorrow of every stories.

i'm really proud of my addiction to japanese dramas. i'm even learning japanese so i could relate more to the stories. and it made me consider to try living in japan.

i really appreciate all the subbers, the seeders and all the supporters of japanese/korean/taiwanese dramas!

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:29 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

not proud but definitely not embarrassed... even had it in my friendster profile.. Smile

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I used to be horribly obsessed with anime, and I was never embarrassed about it, because all of my friends were the same way. then I grew out of anime, sadly.
but I'm pretty cool with loving dramas. I actually got my mom addicted to them. whenever we find a series that we like, we download the whole thing and watch it over and over again.
she's especially fond of Gokusen, since she's a teacher and she's had those kind of students. although she doesn't take out her pigtails and throw her glasses off to the side and go into superhero mode like Yankumi (which is sad, because I'd pay to see that)
random observation: Yankumi must have killer health insurance to constantly be replacing all those pairs of glasses......

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:44 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

proud!

i can always recommend ppl on which dramas to watch and all. (: best, i don't lack a common topic with friends since all of us are dramas crazy. pinch

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:04 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I'm from UK and its rather unsually here..I mean I'm sure there are some people here just like me but it'snot something to talk about like in asian countries...but I make my friends and colleagues aware of my craze for anime and dramas (jap&korean)...people are fine with it and won't think weirdly of it..it's just like being addicted to the western (UK or US) dramas but in a different language...as for anime..I think most people know the difference between anime and cartoon.

So I'm a proud addict!

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Slightly embarrassed. I feel like a freak sometimes because I know more about Korean entertainment than my Korean friends do. And because I know more about Korean culture than I do my own.

But in online Asian communities where nobody knows who I am, I am a proud addict! Smile

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:05 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

it's embarrassing when it feels like I'm losing my masculinity when talking about it with my friends. It's also kind of embarrassing because of how I'm watching/supporting entertainment outside of my ethnicity.

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

ha ha I used to be sooooo obssessed with Anime as well!!! Wow those days. I never thought of that or watching dramas as an addiction though, more just constant entertainment!!!

Definitely proud of it

So much that I wanted to learn all the important asian langauges!! Japanese, Korean, Cantonese.....
Tongue

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

no lol, I made my friend who had never watched asian dramas b4 watch last friends and she was like o____O at like everything, lol, she wants to watch it agen though.. :S and omg, her fave character was sousuke looooooool

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I think it's nothing to be proud of... but also nothing to be embarassed about it... it is just watching "TV"... and I just like Asian dramas instead of Western...

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

definitely proud of it. never embarrassed about this obsession... cheers

(not a lot of people can relate about this, and that's what separates me/us from the rest of the world who just work work work or study study study!)