when there's no getting over that rainbow

Just a continuation on various things I've been watching. It doesn't stop! Speaking of things that don't quit, everyone I know is getting married. I'm at that age where everyone around me is having a wedding. I will have been to 3 weddings this year, in which I'm a part of the wedding party for all three. And I'll be going for sure to 2 more early next year. It's rough when there's all this love in the air, lol.

Wonder Woman

Geezus, Gal Gadot is such a classic beauty. All of the close-ups of her were gorgeous. I quite enjoyed the ridiculous slow-motion posing during the action scenes. Also Ares lookin' like he came out of a Dark Souls game is amazing.

The Fault in Our Stars

It took me a looong time to watch this. I loved the book and genuinely cried while reading it (during Isaac's eulogy in particular). People have told me the movie just wasn't up to par, which is reasonable; it rarely ever is. But I finally got to seeing it and it was as people said. It was a decent movie, but just didn't incite the same feelings as reading the book. I did enjoy the little John Green cameo though.

Fate/Zero & Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works

What I love about this series is that it gives no damns for character deaths. Granted, I actually enjoyed the prequel a little more than UBW, just because there was more depth to the servants and their backgrounds. UBW was just a bit too high-schooly for me. But to sum it up: best recurring kill is choke death (everyone wanted to choke a bitch), best weapon Gae Bolg, best villain Gilly (Gilgamesh) -- he's just too beautiful, still holding out for Gilly and Saber's wedding. I don't know how Saber can say no. Thoroughly ate this entire thing up.

Hey, don't forget: I am the bone of my sword.

Forever

I recently rewatched this gem of a series. It's just a one season ABC show and one that totally deserved more than it got. I'm not alone with that either -- I have the show page liked on Facebook and every time it updates with a clip and "Watch it again streaming here" post, there is RAGE in the comments. It makes me laugh, but also sad 'cause I too want more. Anyway, it's about a medical examiner that has been around the same age for the last 200 years. Reason why, he can't die. When he does get shot or killed, he just wakes up again naked in a nearby body of water. His character is very Sherlock-ish in the way that he just knows a lot about everything, and the premise isn't really anything that hasn't been seen before. But I just love the characters. All of them are so charming and is the reason why it's so re-watchable. Totally recommended.

America's Next Top Model: Seasons 1-2

I can feel the judgment. But I saw all of it is up on Hulu and I decided to watch it from the beginning during lunch at work. And oh boy is all the drama so delicious. The staying power of fashion is quite amazing. A lot of the styles are still in (or were brought back) today, even though these episodes were in the early 2000s. Also, Tyra Banks doesn't age. She looks exactly the same hosting America's Got Talent today, what!

Goodness guys, Perfume is adorable. I was expecting them to be great live, and yet I'm still super impressed! I went to the last show of the Cosmic Explorer tour in New York. Lemme just try to recount the concert experience, shall I? I apologize in advance that things may be out of order and more of a general recollection of the event rather than in-depth; my memory ain't the greatest.

( What happens at a Perfume concert )

tldr; YES. PERFUME. YES.

Ever since my cousin got Netflix, my sister and I have been parking ourselves in front of the TV every time we eat. And that leads to..

TV SHOWS GUYS YEAH

Merlin (Season 1-4): One thing I love about this show, is how each season wraps up so nicely with action! And drama! And this is the one show that my mom started watching with us (by accident: I'm sure she saw Merlin/Arthur bromance and was an instant fan) and continued watching with us. She got real excited when she saw a preview on the Sy-Fy channel - even though we watch on Netflix: "Morgana was chasing Gwen in the forest!" It's an accomplishment if my Asian mama can remember all of the characters' names. Except Gaius. She always calls him Guy. Poor guy.

Glee (Season 1-3+): Chris Colfer once said in an interview that some girls told him that seeing his face makes them cry. This is pretty much how I feel whenever Kurt sings.

The Guild (Episodes 1-5): So this started off incredibly low-budget with awful acting but it really got much better as it went on. Episode 5 is pretty hilarious. Oh the memories of being part of a guild in an MMO.

Supernatural (Episodes 1-4): I am a total wuss. I really wanted to continue this and I feel like I'm missing on a lot of Sam and Dean goodness, but it's freakin' scary. XD If the rest of the episodes were like the airplane soul-taking episode it would be fine and dandy. But the Wendigo and Bloody Mary episodes creeped me out. I need like, a PG version of this show, guys. The next episode was titled Skin I think, and my sister and I decided to take a break. A long one.

Top Shot (Season 1-2): I LOVE THIS SHOW. It's so reality TV but so good. They compete not only with guns, but long bows! Crossbows! Blow-guns! Knives! TOMAHAWKS!

Full Metal Jousting (Season 1): Since I loved Top Shot so much, I thought this one would be a lot of fun too. It's all right, and I think there was just not enough diversity. It was just a regular joust after joust. My favorite parts of the show were the horses. Seriously.

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On Jdramas, I've still got to catch up to Nazotoki & Lucky Seven, but I can only watch them in little doses. I did catch the first episode of Ohno's new drama and I love it already! There's something about it that really holds my attention that the other two didn't. I've yet to watch Aiba's new drama, but I've got it downloaded and it looks super cute. I mean, Aiba & Becky? You got me there.

I'm going with the book I drooled on lovingly:



I'm not sure whose idea it was to give baby Betty this book but it was the best idea ever. Firstly, it's interactive. You can pat the bunny, smell the flowers, and play hide-and-seek with Judy and Paul. So what if my copy had a defective scratch-and-sniff, and the piece of material for hide-and-seek was hanging by a thread.. I could still pat the fuzzy bunny. :D Secondly, the book demands you to. To quote: "Judy can pat the bunny. Now YOU pat the bunny." How could I not? But mainly, it brought me to the joy of reading. Well, eventually, because I did have an era where I'd only read pop-up books. But you know, reading is reading. Haha. I was one of those kids that was abandoned at the book area in stores. I'm sure a couple of very nice ladies asked me more than once if I knew where my parents were. My family would just drop me off there while they shopped, and then picked me up when they were done. This happened at Target, T.J.Maxx, the local grocery store, you name it.

And then stores started setting up those video game stations.. LOL.

Point is, I am definitely getting a copy of Pat the Bunny for my future children. I'm not sure where mine went but it wasn't in shape for sharing anyway. And I will abandon them in book sections of stores (with periodic surveillance). I turned out okay so I'm sure they will too. ;D

( Contest )

The Hunger Games: I just finished Mockingjay and I am overwhelmed with emotions. I have loads to say about it, but I don't even know where to start. Just that, if you haven't read the series, READ. IT. You will not regret it. And then come back here and talk to me about it. :D?

Boy Meets Boy: Adorable, funny, witty. Short and sweet. I love the way it's written. Oh here, have a passage that might convince you.

I spin around and knock a few books off the shelves. When the song is through, I
bend to pick them up.

I grasp on the ground and come face to face with a cool pair of sneakers.

"This yours?" a voice above the sneakers asks.

I look up. And there he is.

His hair points in ten different directions. His eyes are a little close together, but man, are
they green. There's a little birthmark on his neck, the shape of a comma.

I think he's wonderful.

He's holding a book out to me. Migraines Are Only in Your Mind.

I am aware of my breathing. I am aware of my heartbeat. I am aware that my shirt is half
untucked. I take the book from him and say thanks. I put it back on the shelf. There's no way
that Self-Help can help me now.

Aaand, I guess this doesn't have anything to do with books, but I scanned a piano score of Niji (accompaniment sheet music again) for arashi_on's fundraiser for Japan via g_clef_no_arash. I'm also working on the rest of the music from the book for someone else, so that'll be up sometime as well. :)

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FRIENDS LIST YOU HAVE CONVINCED ME. I just marathon-ed all of SPEC in two days with my sister. (Could have been one day if I had finished downloading it all. D:) GUYS OH MY GOD THIS SERIES.

Please direct me to your Spec posts, I will be there.

(in Japanese that would be "Wow wow wow")

Officially on my Winter Break! Yaaaay

Things I am looking forward to:

First roadtrip with the family to visit more family! No, really. We used to always take planes! :O

WE ARE GOING TO A CIRQUE DU SOLEIL SHOW. WHEE.

Ashida Mana on Himitsu no Arashi-chan will be all sorts of adorable! If you haven't seen her on SMAPxSMAP Bistro yet, you should right now. She played hide-and-seek with them you guys.

Iryu 3: I love Team Dragon so much. And I also wish Noguchi would just go away forever but he keeps reviving, I don't even know.

Super Marionette Arashi. This segment, LOL.

I wish a happy holiday season to everyone! &hearts Stay warm! (Some people will have a harder time with that than others, I assume. XD)

This is neat, guys! My Statistics professor has this list of useful links for data and graphs. One of them is the Google Insights for Search site that generates frequency timeplots based on interest level of a search term. And that leads to...

( Giant graph & an attempt at some researching )

Any thoughts? Why do you think they've gotten so popular? Anything I left out? (There's a lot I left out!) DOES THIS ALL JUST MAKE YOU MORE CONFUSED. D: