Rain/Domanja check.
A little birdie says that this is Rain back around June 15 in a store’s Calvin Klein section. Ooh, if only you’d model for Calvin again, Ji-Hoon. Those were some HOT pics back in the day! — ^@@^ (image: B4 @DC Rain Gallery / ratoka @rain-cloud)
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NEVER question my height again, you scoundrels! LOL! (images: DC)
Two girls and an umbrella. Cute.
Two guys and an umbrella. ROFL! (Apparently this was during the inane “height controversy”, when Rain and Jung-Jin purposely stayed stuck to each other like peanut butter and jelly for benefit of the paparazzi.)
Two guys and a ball point pen (we think). And a pair of pouty lips. No comment. 😛
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Dear Terri, I am truly sorry but I knew this was deeper, and I have also lost very dear sweet loved ones to that curse also! Just in case you didn’t know black women are the highest in that rate of death because of their very lovin partners on the (DOWN LOW) or drug use! So yes I feel your pain and I do not ignore the people that have made progress but how to we tell an innocent child that is dying from HIV this progress. I’m not going on with this, it is to touchy! But you need A HUG! So I can’t touch you physically but, BIG HUG SWEETIE! Let this one go!
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Lotus,
Thanks for the hug. Hugs are good. Always. Back at ya. :-}
What do you tell the child who is dying about the progress we have made? You don’t TELL them. Instead, you SHOW them. You show them they matter by fighting for them, by working as their advocate to ensure that they get the proper care from our negligent and biased health care system. You blanket them with your support. And then you tell them the same thing I tell my brother every day. That you love them.
And yes, I am aware of those facts about African American women. I’m so sorry to have to say that I am.
Terri :-{
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Terri, I’m so sorry for you sweetie, you need to calm down I could really feel your rage, and your right you should have made your point in the frist comment.But I’m sorry I still disagree with you, our society as not made enough progress in this area or other area’s, which I will not even touch on, maybe in your world they have but in reality every day someone is suffering total injustices from our society and as far as your issues with the Asian men, all cultures have their way of dealing that doesn’t make it right or wrong its just the way it is.And my point to all this is we should all be more accepting of each other and less critical,unless you’ve walked in my shoes don’t judge! This is the main point I’m trying to get across. Please have a wonderful day.
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Oh my goodness.
Rage? Rage? LOL. Oh, my dear Lotus.
Rage is what you feel when your little brother comes to you and tells you that he is HIV+, and that he has caught the virus from his CHEATING partner. Rage is what you feel as you watch your little brother nurse that same cheating partner until the partner DIES of AIDS. Rage is what you feel as you help your little brother move out of his home of fifteen years FOUR DAYS after his partner’s funeral, because his partner’s intolerant FAMILY insists that he get the hell out and he has ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHTS WHATSOEVER by law to stay there (a house, by the way, he ultimately loses, in a long, drawn-out and farcical legal battle).
Conversely, now my brother works with a company (yes even here in Georgia) where he doesn’t have to hide the fact that he is gay. The company also offers expanded domestic partner benefits and he has health insurance that takes good care of him when he gets sick (and he gets sick a LOT because he is HIV+) And thanks to our loving family, my brother doesn’t have to worry about what will happen to HIS chosen life’s partner after he is gone.
I’m not sharing this part of my story because I want to make anyone feel bad, but to help you all understand my perspective. We HAVE made progress. We truly HAVE. And I KNOW we have because I have absolutely LIVED that progress myself.
Sure, the struggle is hard and the wins are slow to come. But they ARE coming. Maybe you are right that we haven’t made “enough” progress, but we are dealing with sex here, which is obviously a touchy subject in any culture.
But we must at least acknowledge that SOME good progress has been made. Otherwise, we are insulting all of the wonderful people who have worked so hard to make that progress HAPPEN. Many of those people (many of whom were very dear to me) are gone now. But they should NEVER be forgotten.
Ever.
Terri :-}
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Good morning all,
Sorry I “joined the party late” but I honestly think these pictures are refreshing to see.
@lotus6000,
You are right……..we (society) especially American society have a tendency to SEXUALIZE all physical displays of affection btween males. This attitude leaves no room for a father to show love for his son by embracing him. It keeps brothers from showing love one to another, as well. This type of attitude also “stunts” a man’s emotional growth so it leaves men with absolutely NO CLUE how to show REAL affection for their woman as well. In this country, for males to show ANY KIND of physical affection is considered “suspect” at best. Which is so wrong! Only the most SECURE men can do this and say To Hell With It, I’ll Do As I Damn Well Please!! I know who/what I am!
Maybe if men showed love toward each other more, there would be less war/violence (in an ideal world, of course!)………When society as a whole starts to ALLOW its young males the FREEDOM to express their emotions physically or otherwise without ridicule or scrutiny, then maybe this will become a social norm and not remain a taboo. All types of physicality between males should not be construed as GAY!!!
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Ok Y’all Stop! Think about this for a minute, JiHoon is an old fashion man, and in some asian cultures this is very except able.
In our society today we have gotten so homophobic and close minded that our men don’t even hug and kiss or show emotion hardly anymore toward their own fathers,brothers and/or sons and this makes me said, if anything this shows strength not weakness or should one man putting his arm around another show gayness no one said a thing about the two women!Why cause this is more accepted? And I might also add that JiHoon has two hands on that umbrella when we all know one hand would have sufficed. And I for one don’t want him to become so americanized that he loses his sweet goodness, this is a major reason we love his music because of the old school loving and sweet talk that gorgeous man gives us!
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You do make a good point, lotus. 🙂
Stephe ^@@^
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Excellent point. You’re right, I never thought a thing about the women. In our society, 2 women with their arms around each other doesn’t even merit a second glance. I’m the opposite of homophobic but I DID a little bit start to assume and we all know what assume means, don’t we. 🙂
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Woah! ROFL! I never thought that others might think that this might look gay! ROFL! I only thought they look so adorable, particularly with such a dainty looking blue umbrella and the expressions on their faces! But now that you pointed it out, I see your point.
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Lotus,
First of all, let me say that I disagree with you about our “society.” I do NOT think we have “gotten so homophobic.” In fact, I think it is completely the opposite. We may have a long way to go, certainly, but in my own experience, great strides have been made towards becoming more inclusive of all people, regardless of our differences–INCLUDING differences in sexual orientation.
Second, the problem I had wasn’t with these particular photos. These photos were cute as hell and I loved them. A lot. The problem I had has to do with this “acceptance” people keep trying to convince me Asian culture has with their men’s sexuality. Because, frankly, I think that is complete and utter b*llsh*t.
Asian men are allowed to take pictures with other Asian men, and they may be allowed to take “carefully planned out” promotional shots with their female counterparts (and engage in close-mouthed, very still kisses in K-dramas). But let them be caught in a supposedly “compromising position” with a woman anywhere for ANY reason–or heaven forbid ever do anything that might suggest that they might have, at some point, actually had SEX with a woman–and Asia EXPLODES.
Can someone please tell me how this is “accepting” in any form or fashion? How is it okay for Asian men to embrace their “feminine” side and take pictures with their arms wrapped around other men, but if they show they have any “b*lls” at all, if they even show a trace of wanting a woman sexually, then they are punished SEVERELY for it? How is this “accepting” exactly?
Part of Rain’s problem is that, as much as he may WANT to, he can’t allow the same kinds of photos to be taken with his female counterparts that he can with his male counterparts. Because if he does, some netizen out there will latch onto them and start some ridiculous scandal about a purported romance between the two stars that UNBELIEVABLY might END someone’s career. Which is ABSOLUTELY ridiculous. And completely NOT ACCEPTING.
And THAT right there is the whole problem, as far as I’m concerned. Why the double standard? Why can’t Asian men (and women for that matter?) just relax and be themselves and be able to take the pictures they want to take, regardless of who they are with?
So, you see? It’s not that I don’t want to see Rain cuddling with Lee Jung-Jin under an umbrella. That’s perfectly fine. But I would have LOVED to have seen him cuddling with Na-Young under that umbrella TOO. THAT is the point I really should have made in the first place.
And now I have.
Terri :-}
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Two guys and an umbrella!?
Guffaw. Snort.
You know, he is either extremely secure in his masculinity, or sometimes he just doesn’t think things through to the bitter end…
And that’s all I’m saying.
ROFL.
Terri :-}
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Lol I TOTALLY agree.. I saw this umbrella one and the one where they’re looking over their shoulders this morning and I was like ermmm… Does he not get what some people will assume??
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Yeah. Sometimes ya gotta wonder… and go, errmmm, Rain…? Whatcha thinkin’, dude? LOL
Stephe ^@@^
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Lolll… yep! Welp… I love Rain no matter what. Just wish he had someone to play devil’s advocate in some instances, ya know? Funny how those other pics are just coming out now.
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AHAHAHA !!!
that was sooooooooooooo sweet and that cuttie pie od rain & LJJ making me laughting so hard bou man ekekek 🙂
yup the prouting out his lip i gues i first person in line well kissing rain contest i well goes for all day uuuhhhhhh :P) MUCK !! yes i would love rain to model CK FOR US AS MATTER FIRST NOW!!!!!!!!!! KAAAAAAAAAAAA !! he can in none shritless ekekek boxer and undie too o.O i would mind at all or even stripe down on that sexy pole like his rainism that well me the sexyer of rain model i give him hight class on that ahahah
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Hahaha! I so love it! And why is it we seem to be more on point with him? And omg those sweet pouty lips!(let’s not go there) hahaha!
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These are cute………Love his sense of humor!!
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Two guys and a blue umbrella rofl! Just too adorable!
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