this is one of my favorite 2PM videos...and mainly because i love the way jay says "everybody just clap yo' hands" in the beginning :D

i miss you jay park

biggest public pet peeve

my sister just sent me this link which talks about weird things people do in public...and touches upon my BIGGEST public pet peeve: people clipping their nails in public. i cannot explain how much i hate repetitive noises...and clipping nails is the worst. i've been on trains, buses, planes, and even in my office...and heard people clipping their nails. drives. me. crazy. good to know it's not just me being neurotic :)

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/complaint-box-public-grooming/

and so it begins

the countdown on the main JYPE site has been a beating heart since friday...and today, as suspected, we received confirmation that the official promotions for 6PM will begin in just 3 short hours. it sounds like we'll hear a teaser probably of the single, and i'm sure rapidly followed by an MV teaser, full song, and full MV. they're going to begin promotions on friday the 13th (so much irony) on music bank. and a press conference on 11.3 to reveal official plans...though JYP was spotted in NY on friday so if he's at the korean press conference, which he very likely will, well, he's sure racking up a lot of miles recently.

i can't say i'm surprised-- i pretty much called promotions beginning the weekend of the 13th. though, it is pretty suspect that the "stalker documentary" aired on KBS and 6PM is making their comeback on KBS, when they've always made their comebacks on MNET (and MNET has been good to 2PM, see: wild bunny). there are so, so, SO many rumors flying around, i seriously don't even know what to believe anymore. i think i need to stop reading other people's posts and blogs too because i'm pretty easily influenced and my thoughts kept flying all over the place.

JYPE sneaks in that they've left some of jay's vocals on the tracks, but i'm pretty sure that's just a shrewd move to stave off boycotters who will be appeased by jay's voice. i'm not going to purchase the album until it's announced that jay is back in 2PM if/when that happens. even if the boycott doesn't work, i want to know that i did my best to prove a personal point as a consumer, to a company i don't think is loyal or has treated their artist fairly.

how do i feel about the whole situation? i think it sucks SO freaking much but was kind of expected. JYP/E has been turning a blind eye to all fans' pleas and ignored all questions, so this is not totally out of left field or anything. however, i did have hope, a lot of it, that the truth would win, "good" would prevail over "evil," and that nice guys WOULDN'T finish last. i wish the other 6 SO much positivity to get through this ridiculousness of having to move on without jay and i hope jay, as well as junsu, khun, taec, wooyoung, junho, and chansung, know how much love and support they're receiving. as i said before, i don't think 2PM will ever be the same again-- jay had a special magic that sparked everything awesome about 2PM, but unfortunately, the other members are pawns in JYPE's game so they can't even do anything to protest.

as was evident in my last post, i pretty much lost all hope, but i've since come around to the idea that all is not lost. sure, everything looks really bleak right now, but as i read somewhere else, darkness doesn't last forever. there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. and i'll hang in there and continue to fight in my own way for JAY and 2PM-as-7. there's a rainbow after the storm...and while the storm may rage for months, i will wait for, hope, and pursue that rainbow :).

we'll see if i'm still this rational in 3 hrs when the teaser is released...