ive just noticed how much ive spent being a kpop fan and it nearly have me a heart attack. so basically i first started listening to kpop occasionally back in 2015ish. it was like 2ne1, big bang, shinee and suju. but in 2018 i started ulting bts. but not to the point where i would buy albums and go to concerts cause im still a fetus and live with my parents. and i was only 15 years old. flash forward to 2020. i found stray kids. i mean when i first heard bts' discography, i was blown away. i mean when i heard any kpop groups discography i was in shock. but when i heard stray kids, more specifically miroh and side effects. my jaw was on the floor and i made it my mission to stan them. there is something so special about their music and how they work together that drew me to their music. it sounded so different from other groups and when i found out that they produce and write their own music i knew that it was the end of my bank account. after learning all their names and spending 3 days listening to all their songs i bought my first kpop album, that being go live. i watched gods menu the day it came out, and even if i only knew who felix was, i love that mv so much. the gods menu era was my first comeback as a stay and let me tell you, i was so shocked. i had only listened to western artists, so this kpop comeback thing was a whole new experience. almost instantly i knew that this was going to be a group i would listen to forever. as soon as they announced their repackaged album, i got myself mentally prepared to be bankrupt again. a side note, i still have no job so all this money i spent is pretty much all my cash i could find in my room without having to steal from my savings account. i ended up getting all three versions of the in life album. except i somehow managed to see that mwave was selling signed albums of the 2 regular versions, and i knew i had to get it. before that i bought a signed even of day album so i knew that i had to get the stray kids ones (i got minho and jeongin's signature!) so i cried as purchased the albums and decided that i had to get the limited edition or else it would look weird having 2 albums line up but missing one. so i used good ol amazon prime and within a few days my over priced limited in life album came. imagine having to explain to your mom why another package from south korea came...after that there wasn't much skz content to buy, thankfully. however, i was strolling around my local mall and found out there was a small kpop/korean stationary store. so i went in, with no intention of actually buying anything. but then i saw the miroh album and all logic when out the window. it was $32 canadian, which is a decent price, i think? im not sure, maybe someone will have to tell me. but i bought and when my mom came to pick me up i was so excited. i opened the album on the way to my dance class (im a competitive dancer btw) and pulled chan, minho and hyunjin. i was initially worried i would pull you know who, cause the whole situation when down like 2 weeks before i bought the album, but i didn't so that was great. that was around the end of october ish. so now its november and stray kids announced they're having a concert. wow, time to spend money again. long story short, i bought tickets through yes24 and it was $91 cad. my mind was out the door along with my will to live and bank account. the whole thing, including the ar tickets and other stuff the package i bought came with, was $40 cad. but since the cost to ship to canada so expensive it made the shipping about $50 cad. and thats when I promised myself i wouldn't buy any more stuff. but that was before they released their concert merch and i knew it was over for my bank account once again. oh and the concert was amazing and i cried twice...so yeah. i ended up buying their lightstick, mini lightstick ring and sweater. all for a lot of money. rest in piece my bank account. and if you think that wasn't enough damage done, they released their seasons greetings. so since its their first seasons greetings, i HAD to buy it. actually i didn't, but i did anyways cause that's what a stupid person does. so thats how i ended up buying more for them. that was the day they released the seasons greetings info, i can't remember when that was cause it feels like its been forever. now its decmeber 10th and i missed the sensation of opening up packages in the mail, apart from my dad's taxes and my bank statements. so i went on eBay, as one does when they want to spend money, and saw something that caught my eye. it was an ot8 signed clé levanter album. did i know if it was actually signed? no. did i check to see if the shop was reliable before buying? nope. did i impulse buy and somewhat regret it afterwards? absolutely. after i bought it, i checked the sellers reviews and it was 98% positive, which boosted my confidence that i was actually getting a legit signed album. it won't be here (in canada) until the middle of march cause of covid, christmas shopping delays and it being from china. but i did get an email, as of today (dec 19), saying that it was shipped and has left the shipping place in china. so thats good news. so now the ending to the insanely large rant, is that i have so much stuff coming to my house, but since i live so far away from asia and things skz related wont be shipped until the end of december, im stuck opening nothing until christmas. which isn't that bad, but the whole reason i buy things is for the thrill of opening them without really knowing what it is. in other words, ordering stuff online makes it christmas all year long and all i want is presents...
(i could've put this into paragraphs but im too lazy...sorry english teacher)
