Holy Buckets, She’s Still Alive!

I know! I know! I know! It’s been about 18 million years since I last posted anything on this long-neglected website. I have no excuse, other than life has been… a lot, these past few years. But in all honesty, hasn’t life been a lot for all of us these past few years?

Despite going MIA as Zombie Mamma, I’ve been around… Writing for Rakuten Viki, writing occasionally for Kpopconcerts.com, and most recently, taking a job as a full-time instructional writer who specializes in… wait for it…

Boats!

Yeah… Don’t even bother trying to ask about that. I still can’t quite figure this one out. But here I am! Writing about boats… Learning how to operate boats… Attending boat shows… Visiting super awesome boat building facilities… Making friends with actual boat captains… And meeting said boat captain’s very awesome friends… Which brings me to the whole point of this rambling…

A couple of months ago, I was attending a boat show in Annapolis, Maryland and while I was there, my co-worker captain friend introduced me to one of her good friends. We had a lovely lunch together and spent a good portion of the afternoon just talking and as we parted ways, my new friend asked me if I’d be interested in being a guest on her podcast.

Now, as you may or may not know. When it comes to dramas and music, I have no problem being on podcasts and panels and whatever else comes my way, because talking about stuff I love is easy. But when it comes to talking about myself, especially in a public space, I get a little nervous. After all, who really wants to know about the Mamma behind the Zombie? I have a hard time believing anything about my life is all that special. (A bit effed up maybe, but special? Not so much…)

Be that as it may, when Alka asked me to be a guest on her podcast, Changing Platforms, I found myself inexplicably saying yes. Blame it on too much time in the sun or the bottle of wine we shared at lunch… Whatever the case may be, two weeks after I got home from Maryland, I was on a call with Alka, recording the podcast I present to you now.

Unlike anything else I’ve ever done on this site, this podcast is a very open and honest conversation about me, my life, and how many strange and unexpected turns it’s taken over the years. Of course, I can’t really have any lengthy conversation about myself that doesn’t ultimately lead to Korean pop culture and entertainment; because apparently that isn’t something everyone just randomly becomes an expert in??? Who knew!?

So there you have it, a rare glimpse into the inner workings of one very Zombified Mamma. If you gave the podcast a listen, or a watch, depending on where you get your podcasts, then you’ve proved Alka right (when she said people who like to hear my story) and me wrong (when I told myself there’s no way anyone would ever want to hear my story and I was crazy for agreeing to this in the first place. Yeah, I know, I’m still working on that whole self-love thing. It’s just that it’s REALLY HARD!) Feel free to leave a comment, if you want, or just drop a long-overdue hello. Because let’s be real here, it’s been WAY too long since we last met and I’ve gotta say, I’ve really missed ya!

KCON 2017 LA: “So Much Drama” Panel

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I recently shared with you Young Ajummah’s video of one of the 3 panels I was on during KCON 2017 LA. Today I’m sharing with you a podcast of one of the other panels I was lucky enough to be a part of, KCON’s introduction to K-dramas panel, “So Much Drama.” Woohoo!
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Drama Ramblings with Zombie Mamma – Episode 6: Mermaids, Goblins and Squeals of Fangirl Delight

drama-ramblings-episode-6I know it’s been a couple of weeks since I last recorded one of these but that’s what happen when life decides to smack you upside the head. I’m doing my best to keep up with all of the general insanity that takes over this time of year but there are only so many hours in a day and just one me. (Which is probably a good thing, seeing as how I’m not sure how well the world would handle more than one me…) Despite all of the crazy in my world at the moment, I did manage to find a few spare minutes to sit down and ramble on a bit about a few dramas so here goes… Continue reading “Drama Ramblings with Zombie Mamma – Episode 6: Mermaids, Goblins and Squeals of Fangirl Delight”

Drama Ramblings with Zombie Mamma – Episode 5: Chatting With Drama Debussie

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This week my most awesome and amazing friend, India (aka Drama Debussie) joins me for another episode of Drama Ramblings. Being the seasoned drama watchers that we are, we had more than enough to ramble on about and had a marvelous time in the process. Care to join us?

As I’m sure you could tell, India and I had a lot of fun recording this week’s podcast and I really hope I can talk her into joining me again for more ramblings in the future. *fingers crossed*

If you’d like to know more about India, I can tell you that she’s “a longtime obsessor of Asian dramas. Since 2003, India has created drama focused content for the blog dramadebussie.com, exclusively creates content for the Drama Debussie YouTube channel, has been the creator and host of Kpopstarz’s series The K-Drama Morning After, and is currently the co-host of the Hallyu-based podcast Drama Kandy. She also overuses reaction gifs on her Twitter in hopes to share her love of dramas with other drama fans.”

You can always hear more from India by checking out her website, following her on Twitter, or by giving her podcast a listen on Soundcloud.

Drama Ramblings with Zombie Mamma – Episode 4: A Chat With Young Ajummah

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This week my very good friend, Sara (aka Young Ajummah), was kind enough to join me in my drama ramblings. Together we talked our way through our favorite actors dramas and drama tropes as well as the dramas and tropes we just can’t stand. We also took a quick detour to talk about Gong Yoo and his most recent and wildly popular film, Train to Busan, during which I revealed one of my darkest and most ironic secrets. *cue dramatic music* Continue reading “Drama Ramblings with Zombie Mamma – Episode 4: A Chat With Young Ajummah”

Drama Ramblings with Zombie Mamma – Episode 3: It’s Complicated

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Believe it or not, I’m back with yet another episode of Drama Ramblings. (Woohoo!) This week it seems like all of DramaLand has decided to focus on complicated relationships and frustrating me to no end, which gives me a whole lot of goodness to ramble on about. (Which in all honesty, kinda surprises me because in all honesty I’m a writer, not a talker so this whole talking to myself for an hour or so, while I record these podcasts, really makes me laugh.) As funny as I’m finding this whole podcasting adventure, I’m also rather enjoying it so let’s cut the chit-chat here and get to the good stuff already! Continue reading “Drama Ramblings with Zombie Mamma – Episode 3: It’s Complicated”

Drama Ramblings with Zombie Mamma – Episode 2: Awesome Agents and Weasel Princes

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I have to admit, figuring this whole podcasting thing out has been a bit more complicated that I initially realized. However, I’m determined to get this all figured out and so I shall… Someday… I hope. I the meantime, I can keep posting these drama ramblings of mine on YouTube because why not? At this point, I’m still kind of amazing I actually convinced myself to do something like this (hello momentary lapse of sanity!) but I figured if I did it once, I might as well give it another go and see what happens. So here I go! Continue reading “Drama Ramblings with Zombie Mamma – Episode 2: Awesome Agents and Weasel Princes”

Drama Ramblings with Zombie Mamma – Episode 1 aka The Best Intentions…

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Yeah…. This title pretty much sums up my entire day but that’s okay. I promised that changes were coming and coming they are. I can’t say today’s adventures have gone quite the way I planned but hey, I’m trying new things and that’s all that matters. Continue reading “Drama Ramblings with Zombie Mamma – Episode 1 aka The Best Intentions…”