Yes, I'm mad.

Before I start my little story, let me just shed a little light on how Korean artists' Japanese albums work. For some reason, Korean singers think they just have to be successful in Japan, so they join a Japanese record label. Usually, the albums they release under this label come in three different versions: A standard edition with just the songs or single and a limited version with bonus tracks and a DVD that includes the music video and music video and photo shoot. The limited version can come in two forms: A or B. Both will have the music videos but they could include a different version video or the music video shoot. So now let me explain why I'm upset. This whole "let's put different goodies in each goody bag" gets quite annoying and expensive. Now, the album that I bought, SHINee's Boys Meet U single album, came in three version as well. In August when it was released, I planned on buying all three because I though they all came with different items that i just had to have. I wasn't able to buy them though for I had a few tuition fees to take care of. Last week, I finally had a little bit of money that wasn't going towards anything so I decided to finally buy the albums. But I didn't buy all three like I planned. When I researched the albums again, I figured out all three had the same three songs and the versions that included the DVD also had the same content. So why buy all three? So I ordered it and picked it up on Tuesday from the post office. Like I mentioned in a previous post, I'm all about my photo cards. That's really the only reason I buy albums. Even if I get a card of a member that's not my favorite, I still hang it on my wall because I love them all so in the end it doesn't matter. The post office workers decided to be extra slow that afternoon, so I ended up being late to class that day. Luckily she was just doing her opening introductions to the lecture and passing out a study guide for our test. I had some extra time and really couldn't wait until I got home to see which member's photo card I got, so I opened it in class. Let me tell you, I was so upset. It didn't come with a photo card. I took to twitter to ask why it didn't and my memory was refreshed. Japan decided that they just love draining the fans of their precious, heard earned money, so they decided to only put a photo card in the standard version rather than all three, which is why I planed on buying more than one version in the first place. I was so mad. SO MAD. I still am actually. I have two albums to buy that I never ordered from the lack of money AND an album to pre-order because SHINee decided that releasing two full Korean albums, a Repacked Korean album, a Japanese full album, a Japanese single album, and a Korean mini album wasn't enough for one year. Dear SHINee, please go to sleep until next year or something because I have no more money for you five gorgeous idiots. You have drained my bank account enough for 2013 so please go away. Sincerely, a very broke college student.