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 ~ Celebrating Under 200 Days! (Day 440)

Wow…..the long road continues to shorten! When we started this journey at 638 days and counting, getting into the 100’s seemed like a distant dream. True, time marches on without hesitation or break, but I think we all can agree that some days seem to just drag out longer than others. And that can be READ MORE

Waiting For Donghun ~ Celebrating 400 Days! (Day 400)

Day 400!! Can you see the light at the end of the tunnel yet? It seems to be getting brighter and brighter, right? For this milestone I thought we might enjoy some fan art. This Fan-Artastic selection comes to us all the way from Indonesia and I think it is so very, very cool. Putri Sabrina READ MORE

Waiting For Donghun ~ Celebrating One Year Completed! (Day 366)

YEAH!!! One year successfully completed!!! So, let’s have some fun. K-pop fans are genuinely spoiled. Having our favorite artists and groups simply singing, dancing and performing is already a lot. But our K-pop idols go several extra miles to entertain and connect with their fans. And A.C.E is no exception. And while we often get READ MORE

Waiting For Donghun ~ Celebrating Under 300 Days! (Day 340)

Another milestone!! Yes, Donghun officially has under 300 days remaining in is his military service! Hoorah! These baby steps are adding up, aren’t they? For today, a Donghun Selca Magic moment. I feel like a selca from the Take Me Higher era and was a little inspired by a line from the song that read, ‘. . .the prettiest flower READ MORE