Curio-queries - Intentionally Blank

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I know I haven't really been active on this account recently. The little time I've had recently for tumblr has been keeping @bts-polls running and trying to make progress on my Run BTS series on my main. (I once remember thinking if I stuck to a schedule, I'd be done by the time Jin returned 😅🤣😂).

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💜BTS is/in Art💜

Where are you, Min Yoongi? 🤣

ART USED: Saint-Malo, Arnold Lakhovsky (1880-1937

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Arnold Lakhovsky (1880-1937) was a painter and sculptor of Ukrainian-Jewish descent, he was known for his landscape paintings. He later lived and worked in Paris (where Saint-Malo is) and New York City.

SEE & READ MORE:

https://vsemart.com/russian-jewish-painter-arnold-lakhovsky-1880-1937/

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This was so weird. My aspec self did not appreciate the lack of nuance in the dating question but I decided to take it as a friendship date. There's also just the weird parasocial element to normalizing the idea of self-insert theoretical dates that squicks me just a little bit but I think that's showing my fandom age more than anything else...

Any of you get this 'personality quiz' also? I'd love to see everyone's results.

My result:

and here's everything else it gave me:

Spotify

Your K-Pop Persona

See how you stan and share it with the world!

Run BTS: 057 | BTS Chef part 1

Original Air Date: 01 JAN 2019 Episode Length: 24: 28 Total Parts: 2 YouTube English Subtitles: No Title Song: Idol

Synopsis: The guys are divided into three teams. They begin by competing in minigames to earn first pick of ingredients for a meat and pasta dish.

Production: The cooking episodes are always an easy concept for the show. These ones are the most forettable for me though. The minigames were fun and well-chosen. I do still think the prod team uses the info graphics as too much of a crutch. Does anyone actually try making these recipes? lol

Endearment: The guys absolutely are trying to keep the energy up on thjs episode but there's just something that doesn't feel very natural. Maybe because they had such a long hiatus from the show and just had full schedules but they seem like they're having to try just a little more than usual with this one.

Winner/Loser: see final part

Best Cheater: none

Member Moments:

RM: Is it just me or was RM looking extra tall next to yoongi during the opening.

JN: Jin is so hyped for JK on his team and all of their play boxing

YG: Yoongi absolutely using their advantage at the minigames to get exactly what he knew he could work with.

JH: Hobi being savage to Jimin again talking about needing to play smart

JM: Jimin's iconic merengue moment

V: Poor V, he wanted the italian food ep and things just kept falling a part for him

JK: JK absolutely killing those egg whites. i do think he would have won if he was paying attention to the end goal of the race and not just the mixing.

Bonus Content: I liked the bonus bits better than the main episode. The Jimin and Jin boxing moment was cute

CQ Rank: 2.5

(CQ Eval Date: 26 MAR 2024)

Check out this post for my Masterlist of all episodes and descriptions of how I'm evaluating these.

Previous Episode: 056

Next Episode: 058

What is the audio in this clip?? Is it something I should recognize?? I don't understand why ANY of the tracks from D-Day weren't used...there's even Interlude:Dawn if they wanted instrumental only...Am I missing something? Wait it sounds like part of the beat for Snooze but with more added to the front? I'm so confused...I need someone that's better with music than I am. That sigh at the end is giving more RM and less SUGA as a producer to me though ...