when there's no getting over that rainbow

So I'm driving to school like usual. The window's down (well, halfway down because if it goes any lower it gets stuck and that's a whole 'nother problem) and the wind is breezily breezin' my sweaty neck. I'm speeding by eight miles but it's okay 'cause I never see any cops on the way to class. Or so I thought because in the corner of my eye I spot the police car. Except it's too late to notice because in a few seconds I will be passing this small side road the cop car is parked. I decelerate but it's no use. It's my time. I hope the officer is nice..

Then out of nowhere this white SUV (which evidently did not notice the sneakily hidden cop) comes zooming past me in the next lane, the police car pulls out, the siren's on and they're on the side of the road. Any other time I might have been like, "Ha-ha! Sucker!" but I was too relieved and recovering from my near-ticket incident.

Anyway, miracles really do sometimes happen.


As of today my summer class is over! WHOO. I feel like most of my entries are written right after a semester is over. Shows how sparse they are, yeesh. If anyone is curious, I was taking Human Anatomy & Physiology where I got counted off for writing Ejaculation Duct instead of Ejaculatory Duct. ..Yeah.

I have not even listened to Beautiful World even though I have it. I know I know, you may shoot me now.

Speaking of things I've bought, I also picked these up at Borders because they're officially shutting down. I'm on my second read-through of THG, and I still love it. As for the upcoming movie? IS IT MARCH 23RD YET. Reading through the interviews, I absolutely approve of the cast.

And guys, if you have not read the first two books of The Kingkiller Chronicle (The Name of the Wind & The Wise Man's Fear) you are missing out. It is epic fantasy in writing and in length - as in it is freakishly long but I wish it was longer. It makes me laugh in tears and then spouts beautiful poetry, even though the main character hates poetry and poets, ha. Kvothe plays the lute - the LUTE. Innkeeper Kote gives me Nino vibes, seriously. Also, Patrick Rothfuss is a hilarious person in general; I follow his blog, lol. ANYWAY. Read it and I will too. It's next on my re-reading list anyway.

Man, I really need to stop with these 'anyway's.

I got to scanning the Arashi piano scores from this thick hikigatari music book. Instead of the usual piano solo sheet music, these are accompaniment music sheets arranged for playing while you/someone sings along. I quite enjoy this book's arrangements. It automatically opens to an Arashi song now that I've scanned the heck out of these pages. XD;;


( Downloads )

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:

Helloooo, new decade! :D First entry of the year! Well, actually I've been writing a lot of private entries lately - about crazy things that no one wants to read about like strange dreams and such - so I feel like I've been active. But who am I kidding? XD

I also redid my profile, my layout, and switched out a lot of my icons. (I meant to change them all but I couldn't let go of some! ;n;) A fresh start is good! And I love that I can change the little banner whenever I like, without having to recode and such. Yes, because I am lazy. :(

( Gaming! )

( Kouhaku! )
OH MY GOD. RANDOM BALLS. ARASHI NEVER LEAVE ME.

( Birthdays! For maiisaki & kawarashii~ )

Um. Happy New Year everyone! &hearts

Gosh, guys. I know I've been failing at commenting lately (and posting too) but I thought I'd post this quickly before falling into the depths of intense essay writing and final exam studying. XD;;

- Christmas cards: I've got.. 3/15 done so far. .___.; Will get them done though! And ooh, comment here if you missed it and would like one~
- I have a trojan on my computer that just won't go away. >:[
- I uploaded two HY albums for kanesu and sucked her into becoming an HY fan. Ufufu~ For your downloading pleasure because they are amazing: Trunk & Street Story.
- Japanese skit went well! We got 100. But then again, everyone else did too.. I'll post more info about that later, maybe. XD
- I don't know how many pairs of socks I've had to throw away in the past month because they've gotten hole-y. I'm the only one in the house who has this problem, apparently. XD And actually, I'm wearing mismatched socks right now because the matching ones were--ok, I'll stop rambling about socks.

CRACK PART TWO: Part 1 if you missed it. :D

( This gets more lame the more I read it. )

Dinner. Check. New icon post. Check. Homework. Check. (Lol, yes icons come before homework. XD) And now my weekend's almost over, dangit. D:

( Ryusei no Kizuna Episode 1: Random thoughts and caps! )

I absolutely love Wasurerarenai. ;o; (One day I looped it an entire Calculus class. It was miraculous; I paid more attention to the professor with Arashi singing in the background. LOL.)

This batch is so random. And I apologize that there's no Jun Childminder icon. D: There just wasn't enough Matsujun action in his episode. @@;; Hopefully he'll get to do more childminding~.

Icons:
[30] Arashi | [03] Maou
Header:
[01] Matsumiya

Rules:
- Comments are super if taking any!
- Credit hakka_candy in the userpics info.

Texture/Scan Credits: Resources; yuckie_chan
My own screencaps: HnA-chan; Maou; Pikanchi Movie (for lolcreepy Bon); Hero PV; Pikanchi Double PV; Ohno on Hanamaru Cafe (for the [Jun Heartmark] because it's way too cute)



( Bon still gives me the creeps sometimes. .__. )

Me: *checks e-mail*
E-mail: LJ Paid Account Extension
Me: ... *clicks*
E-mail:
"(the following is an anonymous gift)

6 months of paid account time have been added to your LiveJournal account
'hakka_candy'."
Me:
Me: EH? Wait, what? Who?!

♥ I don't even.. wow. Anonymous person, you are TOO NICE OF A PERSON. It frustrates me that I don't know who to thank. Please let me know, so I can.. um.. do something for you in return. ;; Please.

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( Maou Episode 02 & HnA-chan Episode 14 )

I seriously need the Rookies OST now. D: The music's too beautiful. That drama makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. ♥

I've also been listening to One Love and How to fly way too often. XD God, how I love How to fly. And I noticed something; no rapping. :O So that means no sakurap for this single? And, I hope Arashi performs How to fly on Music Station, etc. along with One Love. Just because I love it so much and it'd be like what they did for the Lai-Lai-Lai performance (which I'm so glad they did that song because it was AMAZING).

WHO ELSE IS CRYING OF HAPPINESS BECAUSE NINO IS APPEARING IN MAOU? Well, the first episode but any Ohmiya goodness is enough to have me flailing. *__* Oh producer-san, I love you.

I'm excited for Hanadan Final too but just thinking about how it's a movie and how much longer it'd take for the DVD to be released before it leaks onto the internet makes me wish I was in Japan at this moment. ><;

Green is my favorite color and I've gone through too many Hulk jokes. XD So to satisfy my friends, we went to see The Incredible Hulk today in the theaters and IT WAS MADE OF SO MUCH AWESOME. I want my own Kickass!Hulk now.

I was actually going to wait to make an entry 'til I can upload more sketches for Nino month but I fail. And I didn't want to have you guys witness how I can really butcher Nino's features. HAHA. Maybe another time. XD

I have this friend who I recently got addicted to jdramas. How it all happened:

She started to like DBSK because of another friend of hers and I was like, "Man, I gotta work some Arashi magic and get her to like Arashi too!" One more fan's always better, right? So I asked her if she wanted to watch some jdramas, and she replied, "Sure." What else would bait anyone in but good 'ol Hanadan! So I let her borrow the first season, and it took her a week to actually watch the first episode. T_T But then she finally did and she LOVED IT. However, instead of getting jun-baited, she got shun-baited. XDD She likes the "hot and mysterious Hanazawa Rui." She thinks Matsujun is funny but Oguri Shun is too beautiful and pitiful that she feels sorry for him. LOL. She did rewind and watch the sad parting between Doumyouji and Makino a million times though. XDD She even made copies of both seasons for herself.

Plan B. Let's try to get her baited with the other members! I whooped out my absolute favorite drama of all time that I've watched more times than I can count, Yamataro! This drama never fails to make me tear up. I told her how much I loved Nino and it turns out she likes Sho more. Not that I'm complaining. XD We watched the first episode together with my sister and my sister kept cracking up again each time she sees the cool Mimura Takuya because she knows Sho's nothing like him. HAHAHA. My friend says he has a creepy smile so she thinks he's hot when he doesn't smile. XD She still likes Oguri Shun more though, I sadly admit.

I dropped off Hanakimi at her house today because Shun's in it and she's already half-way done yo. To her, it's definitely Ikemen Paradise. XDDD I wonder how she'd react to Shun in Binbo Danshi. HAHA. Everytime she finishes a drama, I get a text like, "Betty, get the next drama ready, I'm almost finished with this one." LOL. What have I done to create such an addict? I was thinking of getting her into some Arashi variety shows but I don't know where to start. I don't want her to get confused or lose interest. >_<; She does have a few songs on her Ipod so I could start with some performances. HMM. Well, I'll see.

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On another note, a new season of dramas! Last Friends keeps me at the edge of my seat with cliffhangers. T_T! Ryo really plays his part well. I cringe every time Nagasawa gets hurt though. D: It hurts me in the heart. Why, Ryo, whyy?! And Ueno Juri, so cool! *__* I downloaded Zettai Kareshi and was ready to flail but my sister said I can't watch it without her because she really wants to watch this one for some reason. So flailing that will have to come later. :(