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stonepicnicking_okapiI am combining my usual Music Monday with answers to Sunshine Challenge #5
Journaling prompt: Be a carnival barker for your favorite movie, book, or show (or any other of your choice - game, comic, anything else)! Write a post that showcases the best your chosen title has to offer and entices passersby to check it out.
Creative prompt: Write a fic or original story about a character reluctantly doing something they are hesitant about.
I struggled a bit with this prompt. It's not really my thing to try to convince someone else to like what I like. But I don't mind talking about 4 songs by Korean rapper Agust D (aka SUGA of BTS, real name: Min Yoongi).
So in my mind, Agust D has 4 great songs: Agust D, Moonlight, Daechwita, and People No. 1.
"Agust D" is the best pump song. I listen to it almost every time I exercise. There are military style snare drums, and he samples James Brown's "It’s Man’s Man’s Man’s World." James Brown is a big deal where I'm from (South Carolina). Here on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y_Eiyg4bfk&list=RD3Y_Eiyg4bfk&start_radio=1
"Moonlight" is my favorite song. It's a me song. It sounds like me. Rolling, strolling, people-watching, and not getting in anyone's business. Not too fast. Not too slow. Not too angry. Nothing to do with sex, romance, or love. [Live in Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1_WpxS3NqI&list=RDz1_WpxS3NqI&start_radio=1] And it has this line, which is universal for poets and songwriters:
Verse1 은 존나 빠르게 썼는데도
I wrote Verse1 fucking fast,
Verse2 는 진짜 안 나오네 쥐어짜도
but can’t make Verse2 no matter how hard I rack my brain
"Daechwita" is his most important song because it introduces the world outside Korea to Korean culture. Daechwita (literally “great blowing and hitting”) is a genre of Korean traditional music consisting of military music played by wind and percussion instruments, generally performed while marching. And the video is epic.
"People No. 1" is his best song. He had something to say, he said it well, and the beat pushes. The closest I've ever come to finding something I might want to tattoo on my skin permanently is this line from the chorus: 뭐 어때 [What about it] On youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHbl6mt6X80&list=RDsHbl6mt6X80&start_radio=1
This is the chorus:
뭐 어때
What about it
스쳐 지나가면 뭐 어때
If you brush past, what about it
뭐 어때
What about it
상처받으면 뭐 어때
If you get hurt, what about it
때론 또 아플지도
Sometimes you might be in pain again
가끔은 속상해 눈물 흘릴지도
Sometimes you might get upset and shed tears
뭐 어때
What about it
그렇게 살면 뭐 어때
If you live like that, what about it
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For the creative challenge, yesterday I did a double drabble about Watson going to Devon with Sir Henry Baskerville.
Title: Hesitancy
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: Gen
Length: 200
Summary: Watson reflects on the decision to go to Dartmoor with Sir Henry Baskerville.
Holmes’ proposition that I accompany Sir Henry to Baskerville Hall took me completely by surprise. Holmes had declared Sir Henry must not travel alone, and he rightly pointed out that Doctor Mortimer would be preoccupied with his practice. A designated companion seemed to be indicated.
When Holmes put forth my own name, I was flattered by his faith in me to act as his second in so seemingly inscrutable an affair, and I was also buoyed by Sir Henry’s eagerness at the prospect of my company. And, I will confess, the promise of adventure on the Devonshire moor was tempting. I have always been a man of action, and the situation seemed to suggest that action would be required whether the source of the mystery was natural or supernatural.
My only reluctance, a hesitancy which I dare not show or voice, was leaving Holmes to his own devices for an unknown period of time. The idea of him confronting a blackmailer, of being in danger and me far away, unable to come to his aid, did not sit well with me.
But what could I do?
That Holmes would take every care of himself in my absence was my prayer.
Journaling prompt: Be a carnival barker for your favorite movie, book, or show (or any other of your choice - game, comic, anything else)! Write a post that showcases the best your chosen title has to offer and entices passersby to check it out.
Creative prompt: Write a fic or original story about a character reluctantly doing something they are hesitant about.
I struggled a bit with this prompt. It's not really my thing to try to convince someone else to like what I like. But I don't mind talking about 4 songs by Korean rapper Agust D (aka SUGA of BTS, real name: Min Yoongi).
So in my mind, Agust D has 4 great songs: Agust D, Moonlight, Daechwita, and People No. 1.
"Agust D" is the best pump song. I listen to it almost every time I exercise. There are military style snare drums, and he samples James Brown's "It’s Man’s Man’s Man’s World." James Brown is a big deal where I'm from (South Carolina). Here on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y_Eiyg4bfk&list=RD3Y_Eiyg4bfk&start_radio=1
"Moonlight" is my favorite song. It's a me song. It sounds like me. Rolling, strolling, people-watching, and not getting in anyone's business. Not too fast. Not too slow. Not too angry. Nothing to do with sex, romance, or love. [Live in Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1_WpxS3NqI&list=RDz1_WpxS3NqI&start_radio=1] And it has this line, which is universal for poets and songwriters:
Verse1 은 존나 빠르게 썼는데도
I wrote Verse1 fucking fast,
Verse2 는 진짜 안 나오네 쥐어짜도
but can’t make Verse2 no matter how hard I rack my brain
"Daechwita" is his most important song because it introduces the world outside Korea to Korean culture. Daechwita (literally “great blowing and hitting”) is a genre of Korean traditional music consisting of military music played by wind and percussion instruments, generally performed while marching. And the video is epic.
"People No. 1" is his best song. He had something to say, he said it well, and the beat pushes. The closest I've ever come to finding something I might want to tattoo on my skin permanently is this line from the chorus: 뭐 어때 [What about it] On youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHbl6mt6X80&list=RDsHbl6mt6X80&start_radio=1
This is the chorus:
뭐 어때
What about it
스쳐 지나가면 뭐 어때
If you brush past, what about it
뭐 어때
What about it
상처받으면 뭐 어때
If you get hurt, what about it
때론 또 아플지도
Sometimes you might be in pain again
가끔은 속상해 눈물 흘릴지도
Sometimes you might get upset and shed tears
뭐 어때
What about it
그렇게 살면 뭐 어때
If you live like that, what about it
---
For the creative challenge, yesterday I did a double drabble about Watson going to Devon with Sir Henry Baskerville.
Title: Hesitancy
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: Gen
Length: 200
Summary: Watson reflects on the decision to go to Dartmoor with Sir Henry Baskerville.
Holmes’ proposition that I accompany Sir Henry to Baskerville Hall took me completely by surprise. Holmes had declared Sir Henry must not travel alone, and he rightly pointed out that Doctor Mortimer would be preoccupied with his practice. A designated companion seemed to be indicated.
When Holmes put forth my own name, I was flattered by his faith in me to act as his second in so seemingly inscrutable an affair, and I was also buoyed by Sir Henry’s eagerness at the prospect of my company. And, I will confess, the promise of adventure on the Devonshire moor was tempting. I have always been a man of action, and the situation seemed to suggest that action would be required whether the source of the mystery was natural or supernatural.
My only reluctance, a hesitancy which I dare not show or voice, was leaving Holmes to his own devices for an unknown period of time. The idea of him confronting a blackmailer, of being in danger and me far away, unable to come to his aid, did not sit well with me.
But what could I do?
That Holmes would take every care of himself in my absence was my prayer.
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Date: 2025-07-22 07:42 pm (UTC)And once again Watson has my entire sympathy. Eloquently and touchingly worrying about Holmes, while Holmes omits to tell him what his actual plans are ^^"
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Date: 2025-07-22 09:39 pm (UTC)Yes, poor Watson. I always am sore on his behalf at this point.
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Date: 2025-07-24 12:07 pm (UTC)From his first album release, I'm very fond of Tony Montana.
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Date: 2025-07-24 07:42 pm (UTC)Yes! I usually listen to the live versions (new and old) on Youtube.