academic

• 4.0 semester-
• finish research paper
• submit abstract-
• create presentation-
• apply to graduate-
• make list of grad programs
• korean speech contest-
• graduate

professional

• create linkedin-
• portfolio website
• attend a job fair-
• submit internship application
• submit a job application-

personal

• 5k step average 3x
• post anything after semester start-
• graduation pictures

seen for the first time

2026

• 03/06 | rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles: the movie (2021)
• 04/15 | the attorney (변호인) (2013)

2025

• 02/06 | right now, wrong then (지금은 맞고 그때는 틀리다) (2015)
• 03/06 | tampopo (1985)
• 07/05 | kpop demon hunters (2025)
• 09/10 | superman (2025)
• 10/08 | how to train your dragon (2025)
• 10/29 | the call (2020)
• 12/25 | die hard (1988)

2024

• 02/08 | treeless mountain (나무없는 산) (2008)
• 02/?? | frybread face and me (2023)
• 02/18 | nimona (2023)

• ☆ Passcode to the Third Floor by Thae Yong-ho
• ☆ "Queer Eye for K-Pop Fandom: Popular Culture, Cross-gender Performance, and Queer Desire in South Korean Cosplay of K-pop Stars" by Layoung Shin (downloaded)
• ☆ "Translating the pet man: the "milky pup... by Geng Song
• ☆ "Beyond a queer utopia: interrogating misogyny in transnational boys love media" by Divya Garg and Xiaofei Yang
• Neo-Confucianism of Joseon dynasty––...
• Principle and Material-Force
• ☆ "Mediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South Korea" by Jesook Song;Michelle Cho
• "Constructing the Ideal Victim: Glorification of Crown Prince Sado in South Korean Popular Culture" by Barbara, Wall;Byung-sul, Jung
• "From Victimhood to Martyrdom: "March for the Beloved" and the Cultural Politics of Resistance in 1980s' South Korea" by Su...

MDST: japanese anime

• Anime: A Critical Introduction by Rayna Denison
• Frames of Anime: Culture and Image-Building by Tze-yue Hu
• "Your Name | Kimi no Na wa: Interpreting...
• Magic, "Shōjo", and Metamorphosis: Magi... by Kumiko Saito
• "Oni in Manga, Anime, and Film" from Japanese Demon Lore: Oni from Ancient Times to the Present by Noriko T. Reider
• "Sex and the Single Cyborg Japanese Popu... from Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime by Sharalyn Orbaugh
• "The Psychology of the Otaku" from Beautiful Fighting Girl by Saito Tamaki
• The Moe Manifesto: An Insider's Look at the Worlds of Manga, Anime, and Gaming by Patrick W Galbraith
• media:
  • Momotaro Divine Sea Warriors (1945)
  • Sailor Moon (1992) (Episode 1 and 2)
  • Elfen Lied (2009) (Episode 1)
  • Tetsuwan Atomu (1963)
  • Astro Boy (Episode 1)
  • Tatsumi (2011)

fiction:

• Pachinko ??
• Player Piano ; Kurt Vonnegut
• Tower ; Bae Myung-hoon, translated by Sung Ryu
• A Magical Girl Retires ; Park Seolyeon, translated by Anton Hur
• Things We Lost to the Water ; Eric Nguyen
• There There ; Tommy Orange

non-fiction:

• The Extinction of Experience ; Christine Rosen
• The Anxious Generation ; Jonathan Haidt
• Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age ; Rod Dreher
• The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality ; Bhaskar Sunkara
• The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from E...