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28 Responses to “Muffler check: Autograph from a “Top Gun.””

1. This is a very sensitive subject for many of us. I too have family members who have served this country of ours in various branches of the military and fortunately those in my immediate family returned to us. I know there are those who have not been fortunate in this regard. As an American, I can say I am beyond grateful for the immense sacrifice these men and women in our armed forces and their families have made. For those still suffering, my prayer is that God (MY belief) will give you soothing peace and healing.

   As far as Ji-Hoon goes, this is where the “rubber meets the road.” Fantasy is no more in this instance, this is Real. This is HIS Real life. There will be no sexy pants, tight shirts, slick dance moves, just a citizen fulfilling is duty to his country. This is where fans/fangirls have to get their heads “out of the clouds” (no pun intended) and realize, we won’t die because he’s gone for two years. This is an insult to people who Actually have a spouse or son or daughter serving right now, as I type this. Ji-Hoon is not in our Personal everyday lives physically (as much as we may want him to be), so to behave like the world will end, when he leaves for two years makes no sense to me. That two years will fly by so damned fast. Look how long this blog has been up and running. Stephe and Terri probably say, “Dang, where did the time go?” When you’re not “watching the calendar” the time will pass as it’s supposed to and he will be back sooner than you think. In the meantime, the man has MORE THAN ENOUGH music, film, fancams, pics, posters and other merchandise for all of us to GAWK at until he returns.

   We have to all put on our “big girl britches” (myself included) and go on with life, while he’s going on with his. Stephe said once before that Bi is Korea’s biggest star/ambassador for their country, the powers that be won’t put him in the “Deepest Sh__t.” After basic training, he’ll probably work in the soup kitchen or in the medical unit stocking shelves or performing for the troops. It’s been said that a lot can happen in two years and I agree that’s true, but I don’t feel unnerved, scared or anything like that for him. YES, there is A LOT of unrest out in the world right now, but that’s really a Constant anyway. I don’t know of any time in the history of the world, where there wasn’t war going on somewhere. As long as there is someone who has a differing opinion from someone else, there will always be war and the possibility of war. So, if and that’s a big IF it happens on Ji-Hoon’s watch, we’ll do what we always do, PRAY him through it and (I believe) God will protect him and bring him back fine. In the meantime, we must keep cool ourselves and be mindful of our own emotional and physical health. You can’t worry about situations, you can’t change. It’s taken me a lot of years to get THAT ONE, but I finally did.

   I’m a BIG believer in speaking/not speaking things into existence. If people don’t want harm to come Bi’s way, or his career to go to sh__t, the G-Dammit quit “putting it out into the cosmos!” (So a man thinketh, so is he)

   I am only putting GOOD VIBRATIONS out there for Ji-Hoon. The only Being that controls anyone’s destiny is God (in MY ever so humble opinion). I hope my words do not offend, as that was not my intent. Peace & Love.

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   BiAlamode said this on March 23, 2011 at 9:36 pm | Reply

   • Speaking things into existence. Exactly.

     Peace & Love.

     Stephe ^@@^

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     Cloud USA said this on March 23, 2011 at 11:13 pm | Reply

   • SO TRUE!! NOTHING BUT LOVE!

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     lotus6000 said this on March 24, 2011 at 2:19 pm | Reply

2. Gaahh, I know what you mean girls. For now, I am enjoying Rain’s picts in uniform coz the movie he is in but really, I know this is the way is gonna be from now on. Since Rain cut his beautiful hair my heart has being hurting coz it was the beginning of a change in his life. I understand that there’s nothing he can do about it; he is going in no matter what soo we must prepare *sighhh* and make it easy on him. Stephe, I think you are right in everything you said, It is difficult enough for Rain to leave his family, friends and career behind to do his duty and we Clouds should stand by him, support him and keep his career alive while he is doing MS. It will hurt him if we protest or cause any trouble. We have to remember that Korea is another country with a set of rules very different to what we are are used to. I am a weeper, this time without Rain is gonna be awful for me but I know that somewhat I gotta get myself together and do something positive for him. It’s the least I can do for all the joy Rain has given me. 😦

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   Marisara said this on March 23, 2011 at 4:36 pm | Reply

3. Stephe, at any time you want to talk about anything! PLEASE feel free to Email me. Really I mean it! We all need to just vent and or talk and Terri I ain’t taken your friend cause you and I already went through it. 🙂

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   lotus6000 said this on March 23, 2011 at 3:58 pm | Reply

   • ROFL.

     Girls, you are driving me insane.

     Terri :-}

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     Terri said this on March 23, 2011 at 9:49 pm | Reply

     • LOL

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       lotus6000 said this on March 24, 2011 at 2:19 pm | Reply

4. (Pardon me, I need to vent, y’all know how it is. Not trying to preach. Not trying to debate. Just trying to keep my head on straight after seeing stuff on a lot of blogs out there.)

   I’m just as bothered and sad as anyone about JiHoon going off to serve his time, believe me. I spent 14 years of my childhood and young adulthood not knowing whether my father was alive or dead because he was off on Air Force missions overseas during war- and armistice-times. Emotionally it was a nightmare. But it taught me three important things… 1) Until war is finally eradicated, there always needs to be defenders to protect the innocent or we are toast. And 2) Those defenders should be given credit for being special enough to make other people’s lives a priority. And 3) The old cliche: Life hands you a lemon and it’s going to BE a lemon because you can’t magically change it into something else. Don’t sit there staring at the thing. Grab a pitcher and the sugar and ice and a big wooden spoon and… you get my drift. Come to terms with it.

   I feel that Rain has served his country more than enough by literally and figuratively bringing the world to South Korea. But the bottom line is, he HAS to go serve in the military. Without some act of God, it is NON-negotiable. It’s gonna happen, and we’ve got two choices: Come to terms with it and support the man and get it over with. Don’t come to terms with it and be depressed for two years.

   I’m not going to spend the next two years depressed over Rain and depressing him from afar with my depression. I mean the man feels bad enough as it is because we’re all so upset, which is why he’s running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to make us feel better so he can at least go off with a smile.

   It’s not about me anyway when it comes to this matter. It’s about him. And what he needs right now is a fan base that’s going be proud of him and reassure him and roll with this mess and say, “Hey baby, it’s okay, we’ve got your back, you do what you gotta do, you keep us up to speed, we’ll keep you up to speed and send you fun stuff, you sneak out pics and footage through your peeps and let the media “accidentally” get shots of you, we’ll do crazy stuff on YouTube and our Twitters and blogs so you can laugh your ass off, we’ll oooh and ahhh over the movie the military’s going to put you in, and you be ready for a helluva party when you get back, boo” rather than the teeth-gnashing and wailing across the blogosphere that only makes him feel guilty about something he can’t help.

   I am putting JiHoon in the Creator’s hands and trusting that he will be protected for us (the way I did my father). I have to do that in order to stay sane. If at the end of two years, I’ve worried myself to death over a war that ended up NOT happening, I mean… what a waste of energy.

   I actually thought things would be BETTER if we got to have him longer, but now I’m not so sure. Being lucky enough to have the man for pretty much an entire year after the time he was to originally report seems to have made no difference in the Fan Happiness Level. He should have just gone on and he’d at least have a good six months under his belt by now.

   And so for the next three years on and off starting now, some of the freshest JiHoon pictures will have him in uniform (he’s making a military movie, he’s going in, and the military themselves are putting him in their own movie). So what’s a woman to do? Deprive herself of his newly released pictures until 2013 or something? (I actually saw that said on a blog yesterday — no, not on Cloud USA — some person vowing to boycott him “in uniform”, and I cracked up and was like honey, you’re slicing off your own nose to spite your face. Your loss. Not mine. Ain’t happening.)

   Gah. Just my buck-fifty.

   Stephe ^@@^

   BOY, THIS WAS FREAKING L-O-N-G! Dang, Stephe!! LMAO Wow.

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   Cloud USA said this on March 23, 2011 at 6:10 am | Reply

   • Stephe, I don’t know what blogs you saw and I hope your not referring to my statement because not once did I say I would not support JiHoon. Infact I have stated several times how I feel about war but that I do and will always support our troops and any other that have to fight for our rights and freedom. I also stated I will watch his new movie he is doing. But only because it is JiHoon in it and I will always support him no matter what. However War is still WAR! not all of us have our loved ones back or if they are they are in no way the same people they were when they left. Now I don’t know if you’ve talked to JiHoon or what, but this is the state of affairs we have been given, many times you have stated how proud you are of you father and my sister I am very truly happy for you. This is just not the cards dealt in my family. My statements I made where and will be a one time thing but was heavy on my heart and had to say it. My brother during his leaves would never let us say to him when it was time for him to leave goodbye, is was always I’ll see you later. My cousin is gone and as I was happy to have had my father and brother back they were NEVER the same. But to BOYCOTT JIHOON now that’s crazy and to extreme and maybe these people doing this are really not Rain fans in the first place or just have an agenda of their own. Again I will say I LOVE this man JUNG JIHOON/RAIN and will ALWAYS SUPPORT HIM and will even watch and support his MOVIE!! I due hope you understand what I was trying to say also. And for him to be doing a war film (just my opinion) doesn’t ease my mind into it. I don’t feel guilty for expressing my feelings but I’m also not gonna exchange anymore words on the matter. And BTW I DO HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD MY BOO!! WILL COME OUT JUST FINE!!! AND FOE THOSE TRYING TO BOYCOTT SCREW YOU…

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     lotus6000 said this on March 23, 2011 at 7:23 am | Reply

     • I wasn’t trying to upset anyone or engage you in a war or no war debate. I was simply getting out my own frustrations, like anyone else, over things I’ve read across the Internet since last summer but stayed quiet about, and kind of looking forward to what other stuff folks would throw into the mix. I was just continuing a dialogue that you opened up here because that’s what we all do best around these parts — TALK to one another.

       Yeah, my dad made it back. But I haven’t said what condition he was in, and I haven’t talked about who I’ve had to bury. And don’t worry, I won’t. I didn’t realize that sharing stuff about my family would cause the pain that it obviously has. *lips zipped*

       Guilt about expressing your feelings… ? Not going to say anything else about the matter… ? I swear, I have the strangest effect on people. *going back in my hole*

       Stephe ^@@^

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       Cloud USA said this on March 23, 2011 at 2:37 pm | Reply

       • DON’T YOU DARE MISSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its hard at times when we type and can’t read the other persons expressions, and I never want to affend anyone thats why I said I would stop at my last statements. I’m still kinda jumpy from what happen on the other site. I LOVE ALL OUR conversations…

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         lotus6000 said this on March 23, 2011 at 2:47 pm | Reply

       • Girl you BETTER TALK TO ME!!! We need to share…we just need to be able to find away to read between the lines or something. And from what you’ve said about your father and others sound like we just have a lot in common. So no matter what we talk about I’m pretty tuff I’ve had to be, I just never want to hurt anyones feelings.

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         lotus6000 said this on March 23, 2011 at 3:00 pm | Reply

         • I’m here. I’m okay. I hope you are too.

           Just letting it sink in that like you said, it IS hard to read between the lines of a comment or a post (I know this, but sometimes can’t resist wanting human interaction anyway) and that in itself is probably the strongest argument to just keep stuff under wraps.

           ^@@^

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           Cloud USA said this on March 23, 2011 at 3:32 pm | Reply

5. I really hate to put a damper on this love fest of the military but I also had a father and brother and close cousin in the military all of different stations and service ranks. I’m very proud of all who fight for freedom and rights since I’ve always been very vocal not here but else where on our rights as African Americans and Multi-Racial Women, but I hate seeing him in military clothes because at the end of the year he will be in it FOR REAL! and god help him and us if the sh** hits the fan a lot can happen in two years. I HATE WAR!

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   lotus6000 said this on March 22, 2011 at 3:06 pm | Reply

   • Totally agree with you on that!

     On a lighter note, this movie is gonna kill me.
     Thanks..
     Diva

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     divalcious said this on March 23, 2011 at 3:12 am | Reply

     • Heck, I’m going to be spazzing out during the opening credits even. I just know it. It’s all over.

       Stephe ^@@^

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       Cloud USA said this on March 23, 2011 at 6:32 am | Reply

     • I so agree with you there, It seems they are pulling out all the stop on this one. And of course he is an excellent actor. I have every confidence in him.

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       lotus6000 said this on March 23, 2011 at 7:38 am | Reply

6. Omo…”Top Gun” is right… Wow! Rain in uniform and a “Fly Boy”! He continues to get better and better. I am really looking forward to this movie, and adding another favorite to my collection…♥

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   chisun said this on March 22, 2011 at 2:30 pm | Reply

7. ok. Im dead. Plz prepare my funeral!!!!

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   lluviakoreana said this on March 22, 2011 at 8:21 am | Reply

8. I am extremely partial to men in uniform (thanks to my soldier father, my hero). Add that to also being extremely partial to Rain, and you KNOW I’m having a spazztastic fit. Ughnnnn…!

   He looks like Heaven here.

   ^@@^

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   Cloud USA said this on March 22, 2011 at 4:24 am | Reply

9. He looks so hot in uniform !

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   Jho said this on March 22, 2011 at 4:01 am | Reply

10. Wow what a hot picture. I am speechless.

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    cecilia185 said this on March 22, 2011 at 2:54 am | Reply

11. Ok, that’s it, I am dead now!!! Lordey, plzz take me and have mercyyyyyy on meeeeee!!!!!!! I am gonna fly now; seee youuu uppp thereeee!!!!! Rain I wanna fly with youuuuu!!!! Thud O.o ouch!

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    Marisara said this on March 22, 2011 at 2:19 am | Reply

12. Rain look hot in military gear!!

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    Flower said this on March 22, 2011 at 12:55 am | Reply

13. que piloto tan sexy !!

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    nair1 said this on March 22, 2011 at 12:11 am | Reply

14. Ownnnnnnnnnnnn my angel… “..Watching every motionIn my foolish lover’s gameOn this endless oceanFinally lovers know no shameTurning and returningTo some secret place insideWatching in slow motionAs you turn around and say..Take my breath away..”

    Thanks for sharing my dear ^^ kisses from Brazil!

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    Lane said this on March 22, 2011 at 12:09 am | Reply

15. He looks like a “natural” up there. Looks good as a “Fly Boy!”

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    BiAlamode said this on March 21, 2011 at 9:55 pm | Reply

    • Doesn’t he though? :-}

      Terri :-}

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      Cloud USA said this on March 22, 2011 at 12:40 pm | Reply