Con/ Concert Season Has ARRIVED!!!

From the Korea Times Music Festival to KCON to many more, Kpop events are coming up and it's time to prepare funds, transportation, cosplay ideas, and so much more. I definitely recommend going to a Kpop concert at least once in your life. My experiences at these events last year were more than phenomenal (seeing SNSD perform with Jessica for the last time EVER before she left was THE best gift of all time) and I cannot wait to see what these events have in store for this year. Hopefully I can attend most of them. I'm definitely low on funds this year and I'm trying to save every penny T.T, but I really would like to see both GOT7 and APINK and all of the other performers at this years' KTMF. BTS is also coming to the United States for their second tour and GOT7 is having a fan meet in San Francisco. All of which costs lots of monies.....>.<

But hey at least there is still time left to prepare and save up. This weekend, I'm thinking of going to WonderCon 2015 as a volunteer, which is not really kpop, it's more of a comicbook convention, but I still can't wait! Sometimes I can find a few kpop cosplayers here and there. I volunteered last year too and it was a blast. The cosplay was obviously AMAZING!!! I'd love to hear if anyone is going to any events and has any innovative ideas for concert funding, or cosplay ideas, or just how you plan to have fun at conventions in general. Please let me know~

Voting for the Mnet Asian Music Awards 2014 has started!

At the end of every year, Mnet hosts a huge award show in Hong Kong which features many Kpop artists. The troublemaker duo, Beast's Hyunseung and 4minute's Hyuna have had amazing highlight performance stages in past years. I've been watching MAMA live-stream at around 2am in the morning since 2012 x) This year however, SHINee isn't nominated for any of the categories, so I might just watch the replays later on. I will still be voting though so here's the link if anyone else would like to support their idol groups!
Vote for the 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards here.
Here are the current standings for some of the categories so far (and who I personally am voting for):
Best New Artist: YG and JYP are battling it out with Winner and GOT7, but so far GOT7 is in the lead!!!! I love both groups, but I'd have to say I'm a bigger iGOT7<3
Best Dance Performance Solo: I'm actually voting for Hyuna's "Red," but Ailee is currently in the lead with "Don't Touch Me." Again, I really truly love both solo artists, but as for dance performance, Hyuna's Red is so much fun to dance to.
Best Music Video: 2PM's "GO CRAZY!!!" I agree with this LOL It's seriously the funnest video and dance ever!! I think this or Beast's "Good Luck" should also be song of the year because they're both just crazy good xD
Best OST: Right now Lyn is in for the win with her OST "Destiny" from the K-drama "You Who Came From the Stars." I'd say it's the cheesiest OST LOL, but I do love the drama<3 It's super cute and "Twilight"-esque.
Those are just some of the leading artists for now. The voting doesn't end until early December, so there's still time to vote for your favorite idol groups ^_^ Good Luck to everyone!!! May the awards be ever in your unnies and oppas favors!!!!

KCON 2014 Line-Up Updates

CNBLUE was the most recently announced line-up for the two-night concert event KCON 2014!!! My thoughts: They're not SHINee.... >.< (SHINee's my ultimate bias group btw) but I'm excited nonetheless!!!! I had missed CNBLUE's concert when they came to LA a couple months ago because it was on a weekday and I had class ); But now they're back!!!! Hooray!!!!! Who's excited to see YONGSEO couple??? I definitely still ship them <3 I've watched almost all the WGM seasons and they're still definitely my favorite alongside Khuntoria, even though Khunie is with Fany now. I definitely love Nichkhun and Tiffany as a real couple, but I think his WGM experience with F(x)'s Victoria is a nice memory. Anyway back to KCON, I'm still wishfully hoping that yongseo will perform together. Anyone else think that Yongseo should perform???
As for SNSD, I'm thinking of cosplaying Mr. Mr. one day and I Got A Boy for the next day. Any thoughts?? Is anyone else cosplaying as Mr Mr??? Lemme know how your costuming is going~ I'm still searching for the perfect materials and making sure that it's comfortable enough to walk around in for the whole day. I decided to choose these concepts because I absolutely love the dresses that they wore at the end. It's completely gorgeous!!
Lastly, BTS is also going to be attending KCON! WOW!! I hadn't been pay attention to them really, but somehow after watching music shows and whatnot their songs just creeped into my head o.o It was actually Boy In Luv that drew me in. Every time that I finished watching music shows for other artists I found myself singing Boy In Luv at the end. And everything after that was history lol So, I'm also looking forward to see them on stage. What are everyone else's thoughts for the KCON line-up so far???

Why I'm Starting a Blog

This was at the 12th Korea Times Music Festival. I know I'm sitting really far back, but I'm on a poor college student budget D; and I like going to Kpop concerts just for the experience and this was a super fantastic experience. I loved all of the performers, but B1a4 and Exo-M were definitely the highlight of the night for me. B1a4 ending night with "Baby, Goodnight" was simply perfect. The fireworks were a great bonus and being outdoors is really refreshing for a concert. I'm the type of fangirl who loves to enjoy a concert wholeheartedly so usually I'll be jumping up and down, but that's so hard to do when you're indoors. The shear number of people creates so much extra body heat that even when the night deepens I never end up needing a sweater.

Hooray!! My first blog post!!! I would say "Haii everyone," but my audience currently consists of zero people lol so I'll mostly be referring to my computer screen. I started this blog because I'm facing a block in life. I'm having a mid-life crisis at the age of 19! A college crisis??? A mid-college-life crisis??? I'm writing this blog in hopes that by expressing myself in writing, I'll discover more more about what my interests, passions, and life goals are. Anyways, the rest of that rant is for another time. The second reason I have for creating this blog is stated in the title, Random Acts of Kpop. I'll be writing little tidbits here and there to share my concert experiences and opinions/reviews on K-dramas and the like. All the components of the usual Kpop blog. I really really wanna do some free giveaways in the future just because depending on if this ever gets any views ^-^. Korean pop music and the Hallyu wave have, in a way, jerked me out of my comfort bubble and finally sparked something in my life. I'm still a little unsure about where it'll take me, but I'm hoping to figure that all out soon. As for how I got into kpop, that story will be in the My Life tab~ Thanks for reading~