Waiting For Donghun ~ A.C.E 6th Anniversary (Day 608)

It is genuinely hard to believe that the charming men of A.C.E have to celebrate their 6th anniversary as enlistees!! But, here we are. I am trying to think of another group where every member was concurrently serving and, as a result, had to celebrate their debut anniversary while serving. The only one I can READ MORE

Waiting For Donghun ~ Celebrating 600 Days! (Day 600)

Well, it’s official, and I am taking this auspicious 600th day of Donghun’s service to make an announcement: Donghun has become a father!!! Not in the conventional sense, of course, but a dad nonetheless. Back on February 21st, DH took to A.C.E’s official Daum Cafe and left a sweet message about his new parental status, READ MORE

Playlist Roulette ~ Myself [Monsta X]

Oh my, can it be? The Playlist Roulette is making a return? Really? It has been so long and there has been so much music released  (along with new group debuts) during the long hiatus from this blog series that I had to spend a good deal of time adding more music to the Strictly Korean playlist (from where READ MORE

[Musings] Dreams Do Come True ~ OnlyOneOf in Chicago

Even though the winds this past week have diminished a bit in my K-pop sails, I did prepare this post about my OnlyOneOf concert experience and want to publish it before they end their Grand America Tour. If you are a K-pop stan, be extra kind to your ults, faves, not so faves as well as READ MORE

Waiting For Donghun ~ Celebrating Under 100 Days! (Day 540)

It’s official!!! Donghun has under 100 days remaining in his military service! Since it has been a minute since our last DH Fan-artastic offering, I decided it would be nice to showcase a little Donghun fan art for this countdown day. German artist, Quilianna created a wonderful rendition of DH sipping a glass of wine a READ MORE

Waiting For Donghun ~ Happy Birthday Donghun! (Day 524)

Oh my goodness gracious Mr. Lee Donghun is officially 30 years old!!!!! Now I know by some K-pop standards and to some K-pop fans, that pushes him right into ahjeossi-land. But when you are a mature K-pop fan such as yours truly, dirty thirty is prime! Oh, and let me be clear: when I say mature, READ MORE

Waiting For Donghun ~ Celebrating 500 Days! (Day 500)

It is the 500th day of Donghun’s military service!! 5-0-0! Amazing, right? The end of his service is a mere 138 days away ~ we are truly almost there! I don’t know if you would agree, but these 500 days have actually moved rather quickly. Of course for those yearning for all of our A.C.E men READ MORE

Waiting For Donghun ~ Happy Lunar New Year ~ Year of the Water Rabbit (Day 487)

새해 복 많이 받으세요!! Welcome to the Year of the Water Rabbit! Here we are ushering in yet another Lunar New Year with our resident Water Rooster, Donghun! I wonder if the water element will work some kind of special magic for Donghun. Well, for one, he has a mere 152 days remaining in his READ MORE

Waiting For Donghun ~ Happy DH New Year 2023! (Day 466)

Wow…when we began this journey it was the year 2021 and here we are embarking upon yet another new year – but this time we are so much closer to Donghun’s discharge so the celebration feels all that much more festive! We are nearing the home stretch of our ethereal main vocal’s service as discharge READ MORE