Bold all that apply!

1. I wish I could fake a British accent
2. I can make my tongue look like a seashell.
3. I'm Asian, and yet I don't eat rice.
4. I love music.
5. I hate my camera because it didn't come with adequate memory.
6. I love sushi. Especially unagi.
7. Acting like a "gangster" annoys the fuck out of me, but at the same time, I am deeply amused.
8. I love being surprised.
9. I love presents.
10. I love cold nights.
11. I want world peace, but I know one of our world leaders would screw it immediately.
12. Spiders scare me like crazy.
13. I like bracelets.
14. I have a sister named Rinnie.
15. Chickens are amazing.
16. I wish I went to the beach more often.
17. When I want time to go fast, it goes slow, and vice versa.
18. I can never seem to finish something until the last minute.
19. I love the little things. If it's a funny little note from a friend or just a little something special, it means so much to me.
20. I like getting letters through the mail.
21. I am me.
22. I really like the color black. It defines me.
23. I love koala bears.
24. I like anime, and loved it back in 4th grade, but I don't watch it much anymore, save for the occasional episode of Inuyasha.
25. I believe in fate.
26. I wish everyone was original and acted as themselves.
27. I hate pop rock.
28. Gangsta people scare me.
29. I adore eighties music. Especially Cyndi Lauper and Duran Duran.
30. I want to make something of my life.
31. I take pictures a lot.
32. Eugenia is crazy.
33. I don't mind having a quiet night in, but at the same time I don't mind a loud night out.
34. My math teacher has telepathic powers.
35. I would rather wear skirts than pants.
36. I'm very neat but my desk is messy.
37. I hate math.
38. I love old movies.
39. I want to go to an Ivy League university.
40. I think Sackcloth Fashion sucks!! Screw rap-metal!
41. I really enjoy thoughtful gifts, even if they suck. It is the thought that counts after all.
42. I'm short.
43. I love the rain.
44. I love to watch people laugh.
45. I take ballet.
46. I cry when other people cry.
47. I love my Jackie O sunglasses.
48. People who act like one thing then get pissy when they get called that one thing annoy me.
49. I cried during A Walk to Remember and am not ashamed to admit it.
50. I'd love to go to public school.
51. Linkin Park is not my favorite band.
52. I live in California.
53. I love summer and the sun. I wish I had a house in Hawaii. I can stare at the beach for hours.
54. I find it so annoying when, as soon as a person stops liking someone, they like someone else a week later. Give it some time to heal, dude!
55. My parents are divorced, and I like it better that way.
56. I buy more CDs in a month than many people buy in six months.
57. Gunbound, Counterstrike, Diablo, and all of those games are really stupid and people who sit there playing those games for like 23 hours a day are losers… BIG ones.
58. Love at first sight is a mere excuse for lust. (sometimes ^^;;)
59. God will be very disappointed of us.
60. I don't know why Asians like rice so much. I mean, come on.
61. I have never been to Texas.
62. Lindsay Lohan is more tolerable than Hilary Duff.
63. One day I hope to be able to forgive.
64. I have a strong hunch that spam is today's soy lent green.
65. I can handle pain, but make it quick.
66. I love salad.
67. I hate green.
68. Black nail polish is common and is a lame-ass excuse for being punk or depressed. Punks are different. So paint your nails different. Black nail polish is too cliché if used for the wrong reasons.
69. don't agree with that. Black nail polish is just black nail polish. I wear it a lot even though I'm not necessarily 'punk'... so screw whoever wrote that.
70. Weezer is a great band.
71. I want to travel the world.
72. I don't understand people who dislike others because they fall under a certain classification. It's like, "I don't like people who like pink...." Well, they could be awesome people, you know.
73. I hate it when people criticize themselves aloud so they can get compliments.
74. I'm online for 6-7 hours a day on weekends. Isn't that sad?
75. If I had to be stuck on an island, the first thing I would bring is a friend, but my phone and CD player would be sorely missed.
76. I like my MySpace.
77. I love earrings.
78. I love when it's cold, but my favorite season is summer.
79. I'm going to a Catholic all girls school.
80. I am not afraid of dying, just curious to see where we go.
81. Sometimes I just cry for no reason.
82. I hate how un-intellectual people try to appear deep. What is deep and what qualifies a person to be deep?
83. I love Eddie Furlong.
84. I love gay people but I am not obsessed.
85. I crave lollipops all the time.
86. I don't like narrow-minded people.
87. I love being so caught up in something that I can't hear other things or see anything else except the thing I'm focused on.
88. I feel sorry for people with Hanson tattoos.
89. I love jokes.
90. I love water, and would choose it over many drinks.
91. I loathe people who flirt incessantly. It’s like come on, have some shame.
92. I love the smell of fire.
93. I believe in Karma.
94. I love nighttime.
95. I prefer hanging out with guys over girls.
96. I think anyone who can influence you to be a better person is a Godsend.
97. Please wear deodorant if you are 10 or older. PLEASE!
98. I am aware of being a disappointment to my family.
99. I cannot skateboard for the life of me.
100. I am horribly sentimental; I will not throw useless things out.

Jacked this idea from Hikari-chan.. needed a little reading break XD

It's my favorite walking song. The beat is perfectly matched to my fast-walking ways... I was out for a walk with my mom earlier and that was the only song I listened to, over and over. We were out for almost an hour.
I've watched Jun-kun's Final Time concert performance so many times that I could probably dance my way through it blindfolded. It's just that good. Hontoni a case of Batsugun Matsujun, ne? I'll gladly admit that I was Jun-baited. My love for Arashi exists because of Hanadan, and Tsukasa <3
Anyway, as it is I just wanted to share this little fascination of mine with you :) And now, for some very choice screencaps* from his solo performance X3 Gomen minna, some may be a bit blurry...

I know it's not his tanjoubi anymore in Japan, but in Canada, it is. SO yeah. Tanjoubi Omedetou Nino-chan!
25 years old, yet forever 17. <3
I swear, he just doesn't age. Ever. At all. He hasn't changed a whole lot since their debut 8 1/2 years ago XD
But I don't mind <3 X3

                               all the random little freckles on his face are so adorable <3

                         ギタプレイヤ！！

Dakara sa,
Hope you enjoyed my mini Nino-homage. Just some of my favorite pics, ne :)
Tanjoubi Omedetou <3

Minna Oyasumi!

Yoossshhhh...

Zettai Kareshi -- Hayami Mokomichi, Aibu Saki, Mizushima Hiro (2008)
Up to episode 8 have been subbed by sars, posted by god knows who and watched by me.
    In a word: Amazing! Possibly my favorite drama (excluding from the poll of course, Hanadan, because that will         always be my ichiban, thus I have taken it out of my mental poll)... still hopelessly torn between Night and Soshi.... <33

First Kiss -- Inoue Mao (2007)
Up to episode 4 watched.
    Will continue to download the rest gradually... I've had other things on my download list... Pretty good though. I'm     intrigued as to what will happen next, and am happy to see Inoue-san in a different role than Tsukushi :)

Maou -- Ohno Satoshi, Ikuta Toma (2008)
Unreleased.
    Excited as hell (how apt) for this drama!! Toma-chan and Riida teaming up for an onscreen drama XD My energy doubles just thinking about it!!

Yoiko no Mikata -- Sakurai Sho (2003)
ONE episode watched. Which is complete and total nonsense...
    Kioku fansubs have put it on hiatus until their 'leader' returns, so I guess that means I have to pray that she returns quickly, so I can watch my dear Sho-kun in what looks like an amazing drama.... I watched the first episode months ago and I am still really psyched to know what happens next....

Nobuta wo Produce -- YamaPi, Horikita Maki (2005)
Haven't started it yet, but am definitely interested.
     Came across it while randomly surfing the d-addicts wiki page and decided it looked like an interesting drama. Will eventually find the time to watch it...

Kay, only 5 dramas? Seriously? When the drama-obsessed me runs out of new dramas to watch... that is a sign that someone needs to start coming up with some new dramas! I am hoping to see one of Nino-chan and one for Jun-kun...A newer one with Sho-kun would be divine... *sigh* Yamada Taro was amazing, I mean, 2 of my favorite stormy boys, both in starring roles.... amazing, ne? But of course no one seeds on the friggin torrents I am trying to download and thus, I fear I shall not be seeing it again anytime soon..

Thus ends my mini-rant...
Quick SHOUTOUT to Hikari-chan for writing such a great fanfic that refuses to get out of my head...I would love to read more right now, but I have work in..7 hours and I have yet to sleep. And Desire is 31 chapters long... Ooki da na...demo, I'm sure it will be just as awesome as Decision! <3 *hugs* arigatou ne!! ><

Jaa minna, Oyasumi!! ^____^
z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z- z   -_-"

I watched the Summer 2007 Final Time Kotoba no Chikara concert on veoh XD

It was pretty awesome, I must say, full of their usual hyper energy...

The solo performances were really amazing. Jun's gravity-defying cirque du soleil-esque performance of Yabai Yabai Yabai was chou entertaining :P That and Sho's Can't Let Go and Nino's beautiful Niji are my top 3. Aiba's Friendship was fun and Ohno's usual bad-ass dance song was of course, excellent (although I can't remember the name of it at this moment).

I don't think I could narrow down all the group performances into a cohesive list of favorite -> least favorite... there were too many and they were all so good. A couple that I can recall at the moment are that superfast version of Jidai, their always energetic performance of Carnival Night pt 2, and the last song, Happiness. Great way to end the concert, on a happy note. It brought Aiba's cheerfulness back, anyway, as he seemed to get a tad emotional again when they all said their individual thank yous to the audience. It makes me sad to see him tear up like that at the end of the concerts.. :( Makes me want to just give him a big hug...

ANYway, I have only seen 3 of their concert on veoh, admittedly... would like to see more, but wouldn't know what to search for.

I like watching the concerts because they totally boost my spirits after a long day at work, but also because they introduce me to a couple songs I maybe haven't heard yet, and thus my Arashi song base grows! It's at 54 now XD When I started out as a pitiful little Arashi wannabe fan last year I didn't really want to hear any of the strange other songs. That kind of blind ignorance has made me sad to the core lately, because if I hadn't snapped out of that, I would be missing out on like 40 or so amazing songs.

I do have a favor to ask you all, minna! Does ANYONE have an mp3 copy of either Sho's "Can't Let Go", Jun's "Yabai Yabai Yabai", or "W/ME"??? I can't seem to find any of them and I really want em XD

If anyone has those songs, pleeeeaseeee msg, comment, whatever and I'll give you my email or something.

Anyway, I have to work tomorrow so I spose I should be going to bed now... sigh. Even though I would gladly re-watch the concert and just call in sick..

Oyasumi minna! Or should I say, Ohayou?
Jaa.

Wow, it's been a while since I last voxed :P

I got my calendar!!! It's amazing <3 Full of gorgeous pictures and really sweet interviews (that I have yet to translate)... I adore it. Only, does anyone else have that pages-falling-out problem? Or is it just my bad luck. Nevertheless, I superglued the pages back into the book. ^///^ Hopefully they will stay there.

One of my favorite photos in the calendar has to be this one of Sho-kun.

His hand looked pretty swollen on News Zero (thanks ghol for posting the pic)... poor thing. <3 Ganbatte Sho-kun!

The cookbook/photobook is spectacular :D I love all the candid shots and the recipes all look so yum. It's going to take me ages to translate them, but I intend to make every single one!! ><!

I'm really excited for Riida's new drama. It looks really good, and Toma-chan is in it, which makes it just that more appealing :) I've loved Toma since I saw Hana Kimi (which, admittedly, was only a few months ago...). Nakatsu is awesome <3 I also liked his 1 episode guest spot in Hanadan 2... (technically I saw that first.. and it took me halfway through the first episode of Hana Kimi to figure out where I was recognising him from... but still!)
ANYWAY! Like I said, really excited! Ohno's first starring drama role! His new hairstyle is so cute too :)

The shows I have been keeping up with most as of late are VS Arashi and Zettai Kareshi.

VSA is hilarious and really entertaining! Although, it makes me kind of sad that Arashi hasn't won a single episode since the first. Still, the tasks are so engaging. I find myself cheering when one of them catches the falling pipes at just the right time, or when they make it up the climbing wall really fast. It's become pretty easy to guess the MDA about halfway through the episode :P That may just be my favorite part of the show... the MDA vote XD Their expressions and how they will all gang up on one person and converge on their platform makes me laugh :)

Zettai Kareshi is AMAZING <3 Mokomichi does such an awesome job with his robotic role. Aibu Saki-san is adorable as Riiko. Some of her facial expressions have me rolling on the floor, and that bit with the empty fridge and the tube of mustard in episode 4 was hysterical XD Mizushima Hiro is gorgeous as always, and is sooooo so so cute and kid-like as Soshi  ^______^  <3
I'm 6 episodes in and the Love Triangle has deepened!!! I really want some sort of magical device that will make my veoh player download the 7th episode faster.... >.>

 

Anyway, that's really all I have to update for the time being... and I really need to get to sleep :P
Oyasumi minna-san <3

...is EXTREMELY hard to do.

Especially when you're waiting for an Arashi school calendar and cookbook...

And you're as impatient as I am...

Yeah.

 

On another note! Fave new drama: Zettai Kareshi! 絶対彼氏 (Absolute Boyfriend)

Only seen 3 episode (that's all that's been subbed so far..), and yeah, the storyline has been altered a bit from the original manga, but the concept remains the same and it is SO awesome! Mizushima Hiro is gorgeous as always, and plays the new, modified version of Asamoto Soshi very well :D Aibu Saki is adorable as Riiko, and Hayami Mokomichi does a perfect job as the perfect robot boyfriend, Night. If you have never read the manga, it matters not, because, well, it's not a sequel, it's an adaptation.

Some pictures...

 

 

Riiko and Soshi

 

Riiko and Night

 

Soshi <3

 

Riiko and Night.. again

I`ve really been into the solo songs lately.. I mean, Arashi is amazing as a whole, but I really wanted to get a better sense of what the individual members were like, so I listened to a couple solos, watched a couple solo concert performances.. and yeah, they kick ass XD

So far, I`ve listened to...

Jun: W/ME, Tell me what you wanna be
Sho: Yume de Iikara, Can't let you go, Anti-Anti
Nino: Himitsu, Niji, Ashita ga aru sa
Aiba: Itsuka no Summer, Friendship
Ohno: Rain

If you have any other suggestions, and/or places I can download, since limewire is being a pain....please share! Torrents are always awesome!! ><
Yoroshiku ne~ ^____^

Some of my favorite group songs at the moment:

Tomadoinagara
Lai-lai-lai
Yes? No?
La Tormenta
a Day in Our Life
Right Back to You
All or Nothing
Fight Song
Subarashiki Sekai
Here We Go

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Yeah, I know I haven't posted anything of real substance in the last little while, but there hasn't really been anything to report, and I don't have access to a lot of the awesome sources that some of you have XD

Tonikaku.. watashi wa nemui, dakara..nemasu!
Oyasumi minna!

Dramas

Yamada Taro Monogatari - Ninomiya Kazunari + Sakurai Sho - FINISHED!!! IT WAS AWESOME!

Bambino - Matsumoto Jun -  5 episodes in... still distracted by other dramas...

Gokusen - Matsumoto Jun -   FINISHED - Laughed, cried, LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT!

Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo 3 - Matsumoto Jun -   1 episode in

Stand Up! - Ninomiya Kazunari + Oguri Shun -  watched episodes 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10,11.... in the process of torrenting the last couple unviewed episodes

Honey and Clover - Ikuta Toma -  watched like 15 minutes and gave up. I liked the movie better.

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (japanese) - Ikuta Toma + Oguri Shun + Horikita Maki -  FINISHED - AMAZING!

First Kiss - Inoue Mao - 3 episodes in

Yoiko no Mikata - Sakurai Sho - 1 episode in... trying to find torrents :(

Kisarazu Cat's Eye - Sakurai Sho - 2 episodes in, looks promising

Zettai Kareshi  -  Mizushima Hiro  -  2 episodes in, watching it as it gets subbed XD

Movies

Hana Yori Dango Final - Inoue Mao + Matsumoto Jun + Matsuda Shota + Oguri Shun + Tsuyoshi Abe -  unreleased

Honey and Clover  - Sakurai Sho -   watched it. it was so cute! ^______^

Variety Shows

Arashi no Shukudaikun  several episodes under my belt...

VS Arashi  watching it as it gets released. I LOVE this show!!! It's so colorful.... and hilarious :P But it has mysteriously disappeared from Veoh when I do a search for it... but it's still in my library....O_o

 

Also, minna... I wonder.. has anyone seen White Dragon? It's a chinese movie... and possibly one of the funniest I have ever seen :P I watched it with my friend once, and remembered recently to download it on veoh... it's really awesome, if you haven't seen it yet, you would be wise to do so  ;)

Oyasumi minna-san!~ ^______^

Dramas

Yamada Taro Monogatari - Ninomiya Kazunari + Sakurai Sho - 4 episodes in and LOVING IT! The STORMY-ness of it all is just..... amazing.... <3 @_______@

Bambino - Matsumoto Jun -  5 episodes in... kind of got distracted by other dramas...

Gokusen - Matsumoto Jun -   FINISHED - Laughed, cried, LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT!

Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo 3 - Matsumoto Jun -   1 episode in

Stand Up! - Ninomiya Kazunari + Oguri Shun -  watched episodes 1,2,3,8,9,10,11.... couldn't find the rest

Honey and Clover - Ikuta Toma -  haven't started

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (japanese) - Ikuta Toma + Oguri Shun -  FINISHED - AMAZING!

First Kiss - Inoue Mao - 2 episodes in

Yoiko no Mikata - Sakurai Sho - 1 episode in... can't find more :(

Kisarazu Cat's Eye - Sakurai Sho - 2 episodes in

Movies

Hana Yori Dango Final - Inoue Mao + Matsumoto Jun + Matsuda Shota + Oguri Shun + Tsuyoshi Abe -  unreleased

Honey and Clover  - Sakurai Sho -   haven't bothered to look for it yet

Variety Shows

Arashi no Shukudaikun  several episodes under my belt...

 

Jaa minna-san.. I know I've only finished two of the shows I had listed.. but I'm a busy girl! All I do is work, sleep, go to school, and watch Dramas... I hardly eat because my mind is too focused on those 4 things XD

Dakedo...Shinpaijanai! I'm still alive! Just a little sadder since the semester is more or less over and that means no more japanese classes until september... :(  Until then, my dramas will be my teachers. Dorama Sensei XD

Oyasumi ne!