when there&#39;s no getting over that rainbow

Aww, thank you! I hope I did alright on my essays too~ And haha, I saw "DO YOUR BEST" and Arashi's Do My Best started playing in my head. XD

Meme!:

a) Tell you why I friended you:
- I've already said this but I'm really glad you came across my layout and friended me way back then! &hearts I'm surprised you stuck with me for so long! LOL~

b) Associate you with something -- a fandom, song, color, photo, etc:

Hehe.

c) Tell you something I like about you.
- You're an extremely nice person! You have this bubbly air about you that just makes everyone happier. ^^ You also read my RPs even though they're terrible. XD And your voice is just adorable~ :33

d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
- KA-RA-O-KEEEE~

e) Ask you something I've wanted to know about you.
- How did you get into the Arashi fandom? :D

f) Tell you my favourite userpic from your list.

;____; &hearts So much love.

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kawarashii.livejournal.com

hahaha yeah , we've talked about it before xD
and heey!! how could you ever think I would give up such a friend xP

- Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..aa
you KNOW how to kill me ! Sakuraiba xDDDD you are asociating me with Sakuraiba !!!!

-;_; I love you !! truly !xD your RPs are fun ~ haha I read Aiba/Nino's but you did'nt write a part there :P again you make me sound really good person xD hahahaha

- KARAOKE TIMEE ~~~~~~~~~~ IS FUN !! now universty -_- started here as well , so we have to find us some free time xP

-Wish led me to them :D I was jun baited O_O .. yeah , then Sho took my heart away lol , after him came Nino for his looks and Aiba for being so cheerful then Nino was kicked away for some reason , after that it was riida !! then I got back to Aiba ! .. and Sakuraiba ~ then accepted Nino again ! lol I'm reaaallly an Arashi fan ..

- aaaah I love this as well !
*glomps*
how are you doing ?~

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Mwahahaha, I knew Sakuraiba would do the trick! :DDD

Love you too! :D And you really are a good person, why even question that? XDD

Yes, we need to! My fall break (a whole four days, lol) will come up soon next week, so maybe then. ^_^

Wow, it was Wish that led you to this fandom? :D Lollll~ Arashi does this to you! No doubt about it, you really are an Arashi fan. XD

I'm doing great! Just really relieved it's the weekend now. I'll be starting up another Ohmiya log soon for the RP now that my Ohno's back~ &hearts &hearts :DD

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kawarashii.livejournal.com

xD you are evil !

<3 *glomps* ~~stop flatring xD~~

woaa just 4 days xD ~ that would be cool !! if you had time :D we can make it !! =D

haha yeah .. it's fun to be an arashi fangirl deshou *__*

yaay for weekends~~♥ awww your Ohno is back !! go on continue 8D it's really good xD

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I usually work near borderline too XD
Sounds a lot of work, good luck!

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It's a terrible habit, huh? XD
Thank youu! I needed the luck. &hearts

Meme!:

a) Tell you why I friended you:
- Initially, it was to stop spamming the

ryuseinokizuna thread with our graphic ramblings. LOL. But I'm glad I did because you're an awesome person. ^^ Hope our friendship will continue on~

b) Associate you with something -- a fandom, song, color, photo, etc:

(I wish I had a bigger scan of this; he's so adorable here. :3)

c) Tell you something I like about you:
- You are soo sweet and kind. :3 Your compliments always bring a smile to my face and I get overwhelmed with the praise (which is a bad thing, you shouldn't do that to me so often, LOL). XD

d) Tell you a memory I have of you:
- Our complaints about getting rid of text on graphics and how little of scans there are of Toda on RnK promos. XD

e) Ask you something I've wanted to know about you.
- How long have you been photoshopping and how did you start making graphics? :D

f) Tell you my favourite userpic from your list.

&hearts&hearts!

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b) ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

c) Thank youu~ *fluttered* I honstly can't remember when was the first time I tried to pay more attention to others by complimenting, I guess because a lot of my friends do that too XD After all you deserve all the praise ♥

d) I got an input again yesterday about lack of Erika in RnK community XD

e) August~ I completely never use it before, and now I'm addicted XD Everything is self-studied, I hunt for resources, I read and try some tutorials and I learn from another graphic maker (like you ♥)

f) I should have known for earlier XD

*sends Nino in box*

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e) Whoa, really? Just since August?! That's amazing, seriously. I have been using Photoshop for years and I'm still an amateur. XD Well, and the stuff I did back then aren't even worth mentioning. LOL. I think it's awesome that there are always new techniques and skills to learn. And I'm the same way; I'm sure I could learn some things from you too. ;D

f) I-Is it that obvious? XDD

*opens box in glee* &hearts

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e) Ehehehe ♥ I'm still far from decent too, I haven't even grasped some basic techniques.. Yes, when I see my first graphics, for some reason they're saddening XD

We can both learn from each other, please take care of me ♥

(btw, I've changed the header again, and I need your help to change the color scheme again ^^ The header really looks crappy, since I hardly get a picture with 3 of them in the same frame..)

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Mm, yeah. XD Like, I still use Photoshop 6 and never bothered to upgrade but CS has some new features that make it easier and I still struggle with the old stuff. LOL. I don't know why, maybe I'm M like that. XDD

♥♥♥!! It is not crappy! I'm in love with the new header! I can't pull off grunge like that~ I'll adjust the colors in a moment and I'll edit this comment when I'm finished~ :DD

Edit: Changed! ^__^

Edited Date: 2008-10-12 04:40 am (UTC)

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Thank you ♥ Now we get green for the layout ♥

But a lot of people made resources like textures and brushes in PS 6 or 7, so it depends on your skill~ You're doing very good with PS 6 only, if you get CS then you'll do more than this ♥ And LOL I'm S cause I want to maximize all the features CS3 can give ^^

Aw, thanks ♥ The original picture for the header doesn't have a good quality, that's why you can see lines in their face ^^;;; (and Ryo's face has different color with his siblings XD)

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Thank you Betty! ♥ *hugs*

Either that or we have the same friends.
Most likely reason, yes. 8D I love having all these people in my flist, you're all such wonderful people. ;___;

Ganbatte! ^__^ I also have like a ton of papers to write and deadlines to beat. >:

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You're welcooome~ &hearts&hearts Just something small I could do for your birthday. :D

:D B'see, we're only wonderful because you're just as wonderful.
Ooh, thank you! Good luck to the both of us!! D:

Meme!:

a) Tell you why I friended you.
- You're an absolutely awesome fangirl. :D ~~And you like my icons, LOL.~~

b) Associate you with something -- a fandom, song, color, photo, etc.

Because it's Ao no Honoo Nino and NECK. &hearts

c) Tell you something I like about you.
- I like the way you fangirl. Your entries are so much fun to read. :D

d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
- We haven't been friends for very long (which'll change!), but I still remember our flailing over the AibaJun ALMOST-KISS in Shukudai-kun. *o*!!

e) Ask you something I've wanted to know about you.
- Hmm.. how did you get sucked into the Arashi fandom? :D

f) Tell you my favourite userpic from your list.

Because I do too. |D;; Hee.

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Thank you! ♥ (For basically everything you said XD)

a) Aww. Thank you! ♥ And I really do like your icons, the way you crop them especially :D

b) Oh man. I was afraid that the movie would make me have nightmares or something. ~~I wouldn't mind if those involved Nino though. XD~~ NECK *___*

c) LOL, really? I've never thought my entries were interesting to read. ♥!!

d) OMG! My inner AibaJun fangirl is surfacing every time I think of that. *__*

e) Long story. XD;; I was basically a Toma fan first (Hanakimi, and hence the bias. LOL) and he got me interested into JE, then eventually MatsuJun in HYD (although I've known him since Gokusen, never paid attention lol) since I'd been a Meteor Garden fan. :P But my Junbait moment was Kimi wa Petto. And I still remember my first crack!Arashi exposure: Arashi in Utaban, February 2008. Nakai-Ohno fights never fail. XD
So I'm still a relatively new fan. :)

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b) I wouldn't either. ROFL. But really, that movie was so creepy. XD

e) I love long stories. :) Aww, Toma fan! (My sister recently became a big Toma fan and it's gotten kind of crazy. XD)

I can totally relate to the not-noticing-jun part. LOL. I watched KwP, Gokusen, and HYD and never really paid attention to him. XDD (sorry jun!)

Nakai v. Ohno fights will never get old, that's for sure. XDD I wish I could remember my first crack!Arashi exposure; I'm thinking it was a Shukudai episode. And thanks for obliging to my question! &hearts&hearts I love these how-Arashi-stole-my-soul stories. :D

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Haha, it's kind of funny that I was the only one who thought Toma was good-looking in HanaKimi; most of my friends thought he was just adorable and funny. Then came Maou. OMG ksjafsk *___* They all agreed that he was so hot there. XD

LOL. But were you Junbait? Or Nino just happened to bait you in? ^^

That Utaban episode will always be special to me. ♥ Although, yes, Shukudai soon followed and the rest is history.

You're welcome! ♥ I've always wanted to share that story, and to hear other people's stories too. :D

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Omg, yes. I really loved Toma in Hana-Kimi too; my friend on the other hand was too smitten by Oguri Shun though. XD But MAOU. |D;; So so hot.

Actually, YTM did me in! XD The lovable family-loving, penny pinching, food-adoring Yamada Tarou. &hearts I can't even count on one hand how many times I've watched the entire series and have cried each time~ (Except I cracked up every time I spotted Sho in it since then, just because I knew Sho will never be as cool as Mimura Takuya. LOL.) And then Shukudai happened and it was "WELCOME TO STOCKING WORLD!" from then on. XDD

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YamaTaro!! OMG. ♥♥♥ It's so far my favorite Nino drama. :3 It's actually the first Arashi-related drama I watched after all the Jun ones, and I've got to say, that's when Nino started baiting me in too. That evil thing. LMAO. XD

Sho actually fooled me at one point too. XD Oh and I remember, my friend and I were talking about how completely opposite Nino's and Sho's characters were from their real selves. LOL.

OMG, that's the Christmas 2006 episode right? I watched that for five times now (I think XD;;) and it never fails to make me fall off my chair. These boys are so special. XD

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He truly is evil. XDD Sucking us in with that innocence and then truly being opposite of that.

LOL. I agree! Well, other than Nino being stingy with money. That I can see. XDD

YES, Christmas Sugoroku~~ &hearts I'm really hoping Shukudai lasts until this Christmas as well, so they could bring that back. (Although, I'm a little worried since they haven't called for any images of guests at the end of episodes lately. D:)

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Totally fooled us, tsk. XD Oh yeah! I forgot about that whole Don't-borrow-money rule in the Yamada home. :3

OMG, nooo. Not yet. D: I read that somewhere too, the lack of advertisements for new guests and omg. No! Shukudai has always been fun.

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yuusukeichijo.livejournal.com

Hohoho~ I need to do a meme anyways! XD

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Hehehe, it's a great time-waster! :D

Meme!:

a) Tell you why I friended you.
- I honestly don't remember how we became friends! It was so long ago. XDDD But I'm glad we did. &hearts

b) Associate you with something -- a fandom, song, color, photo, etc.

Mmm, wet Aiba~

c) Tell you something I like about you.
- I like how you post a lot about your life as well as fandom! :D I read a lot of your entries even if I don't comment a lot (ack sorry D:).

d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
- I remember we belonged to the same blogcrew at one point! XDD Coincidence, yeah? ;D

e) Ask you something I've wanted to know about you.
- The origin of your username! How did you come up with it? :D

f) Tell you my favourite userpic from your list.

LOL. Sakamoto. His fear of heights during that episode totally cracked me up~ XDD

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yuusukeichijo.livejournal.com

Yeah! I need to waste time anyway. X)

a. I think I was the one who friended you first, 'cause I thought you made awesome graphics!

b. HOMGGGG, wet Aiba!♥♥♥

c. Aww... Thank you! Haha, it's okay. :D

d. Haha yeah! But I don't participate in blogcrews anymore. ):

e. Oh, I get that alot. Basically it's two names, Yuusuke was taken from Yamamoto Yuusuke(He acted in HanaKimi), I thought he was funny and all. And at that time, Ichijo sounded damn cool to me. So yeah. XD

f. I love that icon too! (:

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I don't participate in blogcrews anymore either. ;D It was fun for the first couple. It surprises me how people can get really crazy with them. o.o!

Ohh, it makes sense now! XDD I didn't know it came from Yamamoto Yuusuke~ (Which reminds me I should really finish watching Taiyou to Umi no Kyoushitsu or something like that. XD)

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saariii.livejournal.com

lol, I'm just like you! Waiting the night before to get started on things. XP

Nino on the first banner ---->>> Should I call this feeling... love? ♥

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XD I need to get rid of this habit but I can't help but think, Ah, I still have time. I'll do this later. every single time. .___.;;

Ufufuu~ could it be? :D &hearts&hearts

Meme!:

a) Tell you why I friended you.
- Anyone who likes my graphics has got to be awesome. LOL. I'm kidding! I love making new friends and I'm so glad I did because you really are awesome. &hearts

b) Associate you with something -- a fandom, song, color, photo, etc.

It takes an Ohno to control a Jun's temper. ;D

c) Tell you something I like about you.
- You're good with words. You make so many points I agree with! Even on fangirly posts. You're also a medical student whom I admire; you must have a lot of patience! And of course, you're an amazing friend. :)

d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
- *looks at new Juntoshi folder* ^___^

e) Ask you something I've wanted to know about you.
- If you had any fandoms before Arashi, what were they? :o

f) Tell you my favourite userpic from your list.

Hehe.

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saariii.livejournal.com

Same here. Why do for one week what you can do for one agonizing night, right? =D

Nino~~~ ♥

Fandoms before Arashi... Hm. Define fandom. Like, this crazy over something? Arashi may be the first. Before, I didn't really watch a lot of TV or stuff. I used to just read books. And music. omg, I never listened to pop before Arashi. It was all stuff like Lifehouse, Dishwalla, etc. Alternative stuff. Haha. That's why Arashi is a COMPLETE turn-around.

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Wow, Arashi just might be your first. :D It doesn't seem like you're the type to be obsessive. ^^

As for me, I had phases. I'd be an anime-crazed fan for months/years maybe, and then I moved on to manga and read manga-scanlations for forever it seemed. Music-wise, I actually listened to the radio stations here! XDD Which I don't anymore. Then I had some Morning Musume phase that moved on to J-rock/visual kei for awhile. And then Arashi. And TV, I used to really like watching TV too. I wonder what happened to that. I-I guess I'm an extreme person? XD

I'm starting to think Arashi won't be a phase though. (Or if it is, it'll be a loong one.) Arashi probably belongs with the j-drama/videogaming category, which never stopped. &hearts

(I really need to stop replying with essay-long comments, sorry. .__.)

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saariii.livejournal.com

Oh, so you were into other Japanese stuff before you got into Arashi. That's a long list!

Arashi was my first exposure to Japan, lol. Well, okay, I eat sushi and stuff. =P But, before everything I liked was western, and of course, lots of stuff locally as well.

Oh, but I am the type to be obsessive. But mostly about RL things... Like, with a person, a thing... but never ever before with popculture, lol.

Yes, I do hope Arashi won't be a phase for you. I know it's not a phase for me. It's... too embedded into my system already, I cannot imagine a world without Arashi anymore, lol.

Haha, and here's my essay-long comment back to you. =P

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panthera-mort.livejournal.com

ohnoes.
essays for the whole week.
i, too, am a procrastinator.
i should be writing an essay right now but LJ calls me..
...and well, i have no will power
(^^;)
hope the essays goes on well.

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I know, right? XDD Despite my attempts, I was still LJing while writing my paper. So in the end, it took hours to write. Haha, whoopsies.

Meme!:

a) Tell you why I friended you.
- Ohmiya lover~ And you run that awesome Ohmiya fansite. *o*

b) Associate you with something -- a fandom, song, color, photo, etc.

"You want to support Ohmiya SK!"

c) Tell you something I like about you.
- You are so funny. XDD I love your entries because they make me laugh. And even coming back from a hiatus, you catch up on all of my boring entries. ;o;; You're awesome~

d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
- Omg. Your birthday gift for me was just beyond amazing. &hearts &hearts I still love it to bits.

e) Ask you something I've wanted to know about you.
- Tell me about the time when Ohmiya stole your soul~ :DD

f) Tell you my favourite userpic from your list.

I can't stop laughing. LOL.

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panthera-mort.livejournal.com

hey at least you finished it.
so that's good! :D
(if it were me... i'd be 'what homework? what essay? nino looks hot!')

ooh, meme!
i can't believe you still remember that bday picture!
and your posts are NOT boring~
ohmiya stole my heart when... ah crap, i couldn't remember. but i fell for nino. very hard. and well, whoever he loves ~~(except for jun)~~, i love too &hearts
ah! no wait, i think i was caught when ohno slept in nino's futon during 24 hour TV

And you run that awesome Ohmiya fansite
i love you for that :DD

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I LOL'ed. XD

The infamous Ohmiya snuggling sucked you in, eh? ;D I remember the first time I saw that clip, I was like, "is this normal? 8D" Lol~

&hearts&hearts

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panthera-mort.livejournal.com

they definitely sucked me in.
but come to think about it, i was already sucked in by then or not i would've gone 'OMG NINO IS GHEEEI'
... did you check out the 'arashi on crack' video during one of their concerts though?
jun + aiba with stockings on their head going 'yaaaaaaaaaaay~'
i was kinda new to arashi when i say that and i remember going 'ahh... so they do do drugs'
(>______<)

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apatots.livejournal.com

i'm late but i promised i'd spam everyone in my flist when i get back so here I am.

All of my professors decided to assign all of these essays this week.
Hahaha. The woes of college life. Now that'll take more of your LJ time. hee. Good luck, ne. Every college student needs that.

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I'll gladly take that good luck. :D But really, I understand now why everyone despises the word, mid-term. ;o;;

Meme!:

a) Tell you why I friended you.
- You have an awesome username. &hearts LOL. That wasn't the reason why though. Okay, I don't quite remember why, but I'm truly glad I did. :D

b) Associate you with something -- a fandom, song, color, photo, etc.

c) Tell you something I like about you.
- You are amazing. It seems like we've been LJ friends forever and it's awesome. I like that you fangirl about a broad variety of fandoms. I learn so much from them. I also like how you always sound so calm in your entries. XD You probably aren't but it comes across like you are and it's.. calming. Hehe. I make no sense, sorry.

d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
- APAMAGIC! (which still holds true~)

e) Ask you something I've wanted to know about you.
- Did you ever get to finish Maou? ;o;

f) Tell you my favourite userpic from your list.

Eheehee.

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twistedhalo04.livejournal.com

Betty we tend to gravitate towards each other really.. :DD

Answer the meme for me.. &hearts I did this before so I'd just answer back here :)

Gambatte with school dear *hugs*

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You're so right, Nicole. XD We really do.

Aww, thank youu~ *hugs*

Meme!:

a) Tell you why I friended you.
- I remember I was friends with Apa first. And well, you two are like peas in a pod so I guess that's how we became friends? :DD And it's inevitable because we're both giant Nino fans. HAHA. And we like scarves. On Nino, too.

b) Associate you with something -- a fandom, song, color, photo, etc.

c) Tell you something I like about you.
- I admire a lot about you. XD That you can write, your resolve to distribute time between school and fangirling without going crazy. (LOL maybe not.) You're incredibly sweet. &hearts

d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
- I can never come across a picture with scarf!Nino without thinking about you. :)

e) Ask you something I've wanted to know about you.
How did Nino steal your ~~money~~ heart? :DD

f) Tell you my favourite userpic from your list.

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twistedhalo04.livejournal.com

That's just how we are I guess :DD

LOL @ peas in a pod. ^^

That photo makes me want to reach out to the screen hehehe

My answers:

a. Yes it started with Apa and I remember you once posted a picspam of Nino in scarves or there was a picspam of Nino in scarves over at nino_daily and we started "talking" after that I believe ^^

b. It would have to be Right Back To You. You once told me you wouldn't attend my funeral if that song was playing :DDD

c. You are very sweet too. And you give off this very calm air... plus you're a Nino fangirl. How can I not like you?

d. Right now I remember the experiment you conducted for class recently the one with the tissue stuck on your heel.

e. First my answer... I believe it started when I saw YTM. That was the time I really got into the fandom and he stole ~~my money~~ my heart ever since :D

Now... what was life for you before Arashi? :)

f. It's a tie between

and

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I do remember my scarf picspam~ :D We will forever have that connection of scarves. &hearts

ROFL. Right Back to You! I'm still not attending if it's playing. XDD Kidding, kidding!

&hearts&hearts&hearts

Ah~, YTM was the killer for me too. ;D Life before Arashi? What life? XD But really, I guess it wasn't as obsessive-like? Hmm, I read manga a lot, played video games, read books, watched jdramas.. basically what I still do now but I used up more time doing those things then. XD Now I can hardly imagine a life without Arashi. Ahaha.

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twistedhalo04.livejournal.com

I guess we will &hearts

ROFL I know! haha

Life before Arashi? What life?

LOL That's the spirit. I can't imagine life without the fandom too. It's a pretty big part of myself now. I was having this conversation with a friend of mine and she believes that I will never find it in me to leave the fandom :DD

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furokugal.livejournal.com

Man, am I waaaay behind on the f-list this month or what!? XDD;;

Since I'm the type to wait until the night before to write an essay...

LOL That's sounds like a page straight out of my homework playbook! I'm terrible when it comes to writing papers, so I usually keep putting them off until the last minute too. ^^;;

Well, I hope everything worked out and you were able to get through them all! :D

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