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Guys, I've been watching a TON of stuff. It's like all I do now. All of the anime, jdramas (although not as many as I would like), movies and TV shows. So much that I have no idea how I fit any of it into my schedule. AND I've been playing a lot of video games, whaat. But I guess it only seems like a lot due to how rare my posts are. |D; SO HERE WE GO.

Kimi no Na Wa (Your Name)

Everyone and their grandmother's labrador has seen this movie. And with good reason. I watched it streaming first, which I know I know was a terrible idea, and I thought it was a damn good movie. BUT THEN I SAW IT AGAIN IN THE THEATER. It was a whole 'nother experience. The music got to me. The iphone scene was again SO REAL HOW? The music got to me. I knew what was going to happen and yet my eyes got dry and had to lubricate themselves. I didn't even tear up the first time I watched it so these tears were so unexpected. Watching it in the theater was so very worth it.

Bungou Stray Dogs

I really enjoyed the first two seasons of this. Each character is based off a literary figure and their 'moves' are names of their work. And embarrassingly enough, it took me way too long to figure that out since I wasn't as familiar with japanese authors. It was a no-brainer once the foreigners joined in the cast, lol. The art and action is fantastic. Also, Dazai is A+. I'm there once the third season is out.

A Life

Probably KimuTaku's most emotionless character. A lot of medical dramas are ridiculous, and most of the time that's why I love them. This one was just something else. I didn't understand why he was helping this hospital in Japan when there was nothing there for him. Asano Tadanobu's character was unbelievable. Why they wasted him on that character, I will never know. Although it was refreshing to see Matsuyama Kenichi in a drama. I'm also unsure why halfway, the opening decided to change the title from A Life to A LiVe. I mean, I'm complaining but I still quite enjoyed it and finished it, lol.

Fragile

Speaking of medical dramas. NAGASE. FREAKING. TOMOYA. So many slides. I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED JUST ONE MORE ENDOSCOPY, they say for the third time.

Legion

Without spoiling anything, the entire show is quite weird, but that's to be expected with a schizophrenic mutant. Sudden obese demon sightings we dubbed The Fat Man. Also, David speaking to himself in two different accents is genius.

There's plenty more that I'll just continue in another post. :D

Current Music: Crywolf - Whisper (Acapella Version)

Eeeet's been a heckuva long time! So shhh, let's forget my last entry was four years ago. As I'm typing this, I'm realizing this may be quite a long entry, lol. But hey, this is long overdue. And I've got fandoms I need to talk about, this is important.

Let's take a look at this screenshot of Matsujun right here. Yes. I was watching this and my mom passes by and catches him on the screen. You know what she says? "How is he so handsome?" I didn't know how to answer, because I really don't know how. That is Matsumoto Jun for you.

Sekai Ichi Muzukashii Koi (Episodes 1-3): I have to be honest and say, it's been a long time since I've caught up on Arashi dramas. It's probably been a couple of years I'd say, but I couldn't resist this one. And good thing, because it is quirky and adorable. That is all.

Thermae Romae (Movies 1-2): I'm late on these movies but Abe Hiroshi is hilarious in these. I ended up watching them with my sister as we ate, and my parents were around and ended up watching with us as well. It was that funny. And he's naked 90% of the time, it's a wonder why Ueto Aya's character cannot resist.

Hamilton: The Musical: Ha! Thought I'd make the entire world outraged and say I got tickets, huh. Well nope, but HOLY HELL WOULD I LOVE TO GO. Count me in as one of the obsessed. YOU GUYS, you need to listen to this entire musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton. And the good thing is you can from beginning to end, because if a line is not sung, it is rapped. It's all on Youtube/Spotify and other places I'm sure. If I had to pick a favorite song (AND IT IS HARD) it would be Satisfied. You're welcome. :) Okay, okay I have honorable mentions: Guns and Ships, It's Quiet Uptown.

His Dark Materials: I think I've written about this trilogy before and I'm so fond of these series of books -- The Golden Compass/Northern Lights, Amber Spyglass, Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman. And this article is telling me that the BBC is making a TV show and I AM STOKED. The Golden Compass movie kind of, I dunno, ~~bombed~~ didn't translate well to the screen, so I'm hoping the TV series will do it justice.

The Kingkiller Chronicles: This is along similar lines and I CAN'T WAIT. Also the third book would be nice. I've been waiting a long time so I guess I can keep waiting..

Also going to a Perfume concert and Aladdin on Broadway in September, whaaaaat. *_*

Love you my friends, I'm still alive and still checking my friends list even if I've not been active. :D

Current Music: Wet - It's All In Vain

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.

Current Music: Matt Nathanson - Kiss Quick

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)

Current Music: miwa - don't cry anymore (piano version)

Bought a colorful envelope set! Now to actually start writing letters..

Watched The Golden Compass with my sister. It's a shame that it pales in comparison to the book series. D:

Finished Shadow Hearts 2 and it was delightfully fun to play! I've gotten so attached to the characters from the first two games that I'm delaying playing the third, haha.

Cirque du Soleil will be in town! *o* The Alegria show specifically. The family is still deciding whether to go (if we're free then) and if we can afford to.

Like everyone says, Mother is so good. For a human drama, the pacing wasn't slow at all. I could not stop watching.

( Screencaps! In no particular order: )

Current Music: Tales of Destiny OST - Despair

Wanna know something awesome? Saturday is my birthday. Whoo whoo! But then, that only means it's getting closer to June 7th, and that leads to summer classes. :(

Anyway.

( I never know where to lj-cut my posts )

&hearts Love and miss you all.

Current Music: MISIA - EDGE OF THIS WORLD

( For Nicole (twistedhalo04)~~! )

( Time to pimp out a drama! )

arashi_on Layout Contest:
I honestly don't have the confidence anymore. XD There are just too many talented graphic makers in this fandom, really. I'll probably still try though, because I'm an M like that. |D Any of you lovelies jumping into the contest, too? So I may dump my layout-making woes on you? :D?

Rhythm Heaven for NDS:
SO MUCH FUN. I pretty much fail at the whole 'flicking' part but gah, it's addicting. I'm a sucker for anything music-related like this. *is a music geek :(*

Paid tuition for the fall semester and should probably get off my butt to go buy books, but I'm feeling lazy. XD

What else.. Ah! I've still got to take pictures. *headdesks*

Current Music: HY - Ocean

I think I just pulled a gluteus maximus playing tennis the other day, if that's possible. It aches. And it's kind of awkwardly just one side. XD

Gosh, how I wish it was Christmas in July. All I'm getting is Clean-'til-you-drop July. D: My grandma is visiting soon and she's never visited before. We're always the ones making the traveling plans to visit her in CA. And she'll be sleeping in my room (while I get.. wait, where am I going to sleep?). I've been contemplating whether or not I should move my calendar in case she gets curious, but I think I'll just leave it. |D

( It's been awhile since I've done these~ )

Current Music: Spontania - 今でもずっと feat. 伊藤由奈

Got my computer back~ And of course, it was empty. So since then I've been installing and downloading, and still. XD But anyway it's summer! And I have time to properly update! Hah!

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A couple of weekends ago, my family left to California to go to a wedding that wasn't. XDD So we had fun instead (not that weddings aren't fun but you know). Thus on the plane rides to there -- there's always a connection flight D: -- my sister and I were being our normal selves.

Me: You know how there's always a big debate over which one tastes better: Pepsi or Coke?
Sis: Yeah?
Me: You know what our (family's) answer would be?
Sis: What--
Me: Whichever one's on sale.
Both: [cracking up]

(Have I mentioned our family's stingy? We're very frugal. I could write a whole entry on how my dad saves money and dub it "The Chronicles." Actually, I think I will one day.)

Me: *slides up window shade*
Sis: Man, we always sit by the wing.
Me: I like wings.
Sis: Chicken wings?
Me: And I like breasts too.
Sis: おっぱい？
Me: おっぱい。
Both: おっぱいバレー！
Both: [dying]

Me or Sis: (randomly) I feel the G's!!

Went to The Aquarium of the Pacific and it was amazing. I love fish. &hearts Especially jellyfish. (Somewhere, Arashi no Mae no Shizukesa is taunting me.)

( And he shall be my squishy~ )
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Aaand, I am terribly addicted to Godhand Teru. Why must such goodness be limited to six episodes! So much more amazing than Code Blue, yet so much shorter. D:

(Sorry if I'm late, but) WHAT ARE THE ODDS?

And then I was on edge just waiting for Ryousuke (Toma) to mention the deceased's name just once. Just once! *cries* Alas, he wouldn't oblige just that. Daiki said it a thousand times, Aki and Hanei and even Teppei say "Naruse-san" at least once. ASGDLGHH;K Anyway, adored this drama. I spent most of my time watching it crying, "Why such good people?!" ;o; And laughing about Toma getting these roles with terrible father-son relationships.

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Also. I just cried after watching the first episode of a drama with a title that implies quite the opposite of a gesture. Damn you, Smile, for doing this to me. JUNNIE.

The first season of The Quiz Show was incredibly intense. Did anyone else see it; especially those last two episodes? Intense. Looking forward to season two!

Current Music: 中島美嘉 - ひとり (endroll ver.)

Wow, I really need to stop this 'disappearing for long periods of time' thing. ;; Can I summarize a month in bullets? I-I'll try.

- Totally been battling it out on ~~Ohno~~ Chrono Trigger on the DS. So much fun. I have such fond memories of this game, since it was the very first RPG I've ever beaten. And dangit, I picked up the girl's pendant before I asked if she was all right. IT WAS SHINY OK. *guilty*
- Akai Ito DVD box set comes out on my birthday! [/random] The drama had an abrupt, but very cute ending. &hearts My love for that series is so strong.
- Got my hair cut! It's not as short as Shinonome Mei's yet not as long as Takemiya Mei's. XD Speaking of which: there's also another Mei in Love Shuffle. Could it be? The popular name of the season? Haha. Pictures later!
- Calendar came in! I've actually hung the wall calendar on my wall; not really sure if I want to tear out the pages yet. Hm. Here's to hoping Sho's tush doesn't fall on my face while I sle-- on second thought.
- One of these days, I fear I'm going to accidentally forget to put my phone on silent and Aiba's "DON'T TOUCH ME!!" will ring in class. I can sense it.
- Local video rental store was having a closeout thanks to these $1 Red Boxes, so my dad and I went crazy and bought tons of used DVDs and games. XD 'Cause I mean: Dirge of Cerberus, Wild ARMS 5, Disgaea 2 ..GUYS. I get to watch my sister get scared of shooting soldiers, while I shout, "SHOOT 'EM IN THE HEAD." Ahaha.

Ugh, man. I really am taking advantage of there not being a deadline on these requests huh. Hmm, I guess it will be a surprise when I do get 'em finished? :D? (Ah, I'm really not a writer though -- a fast one anyway. In what time it took for my English class to write a full page, I wrote one paragraph. >>;)

But anyway, will toughen it out the rest of this week with essays and exams so I can have a lovely Spring Break next week. I hope. XD

Current Music: Chris Daughtry - Home

HAPPINESS DAY FOUR:

- Finished Bloody Monday. :D So.. when are they going to announce a special/season two? XD
- Believe. &hearts THANK YOU JUNNIE.
- Ooh, a friend of a friend might buy my Calculus book. $__$!

( Dramas and more dramas )

( Happy Birthday Apaaaaa~ )

Current Music: HI-FI CAMP - キズナ

DAY 3: (it's only day three?! XD)

- I went to grocery shopping with my dad to Wal-Mart and got so excited over apples on sale. ;p
- I burned Akai Ito episodes 1-3 on a DVD to watch with my sister but for some reason the second episode was audio-less. So my sister and I did the voiceovers for everyone for the entire 37 minutes. LOL. Then I requested for some background music to set the mood since it seemed empty without it, so my sister started humming the Bara no Nai Hanaya theme. It was a wthlol moment. ;p
- Board game night at my cousin's! We also watched Meet Dave and Hellboy 2 and ate lots of food. I-I think I've been watching too many movies lately.
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Akai Ito: Episode 4 is out~ I have yet to download and watch it though, but I'm psyched.

And someone from D-addicts pointed out:

You know what's really cute? their birthdays are one day apart!

Mizobata Junpei's birthday is 1989-Jun-14 and Minamisawa Nao's is 1990-Jun-15. Literally 366 days apart (when not a leap year) and the theme song for Akai Ito is 366 days!

Agh. Why is this so darn cute. ><; Someone, save me from my sappiness!
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( Happy Birthday Kawarashii~ )

DAY 2: Ack, I skipped several days but let's pretend I didn't. :p

- Jdrama binge! :D
- It took me forever but I finally checked my final grades for last semester. (Whew!) Glad I got the grades I wanted. ^^; And coincidentally, my last English teacher is my next as well. Ahaha, guess he'll be seeing more of my terrible essays! Hopefully I can pull an A out of this one as well. XD
- Doumyouji's and Makino's Southern Island shirts in Hanadan Final are ingenious.
- I got

miserabilities and

twistedhalo04's cards. &hearts
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( Dramas: Oh! My Girl!!, Akai Ito, Bloody Monday, & Akimahende~ And how this turned into a Nino flail entry, I have no idea. )

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Time for more HY! Gah, why does a community for them not exist?! But I did find a fansite. :Db
Anyway, feel free to download if you like~ &hearts

HY - HeartY [2008.04.16 Album] (Including 366日, the theme for Akai Ito)
MF: .001 | .002

HY - Sanpo ni Ikou (Music Station 2008.04.25) [768x432]
MF

Current Music: HY - ビLOカナVEナスエル

Happiness Meme: Tagged by

kawarashii waaay back when~
1. Post about something that made you happy today even if it's just a small thing.
2. Do this everyday for a week without fail.

DAY 1:

A family friend was holding a party today and to my sister and I, that means we get to come, eat, and leave. LOL. The hostess knows it too and doesn't mind. She tells us to eat more. XD Anyway, we ate by ourselves at a table and reminisced (or rather, for me it was more like recalling) all of our relatives including our late great-grandmother in Vietnam. There are so many relatives.. It seems kind of unexciting but this was my happiness for the day.
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The Johnny's Countdown 08-09! Loved how the entire stadium was audible when truth started up. XD And was it my bad eyes or was Toma missing this year? D: Ah, there were other things I wanted to flail about but I'll have to watch it again.

Finished RnK! (Yes, finally. Haha.) I enjoy reading comments on threads on D-addicts just to read opinions from people who aren't Arashi fans. And I always get this bubble of happiness when someone says something like, "I watched this for someone else but Nino started to grow on me." You may stamp 'Proud Mom' on me now. XD

Oh, and got up to episode 7 in Bloody Monday. Still seriously amazing. *o*
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( Birthday wishes for catlarry & maiisaki~ )

Current Music: Epik High - Fan

Am I the only one who hears this whenever Arashi introduces themselves in Korean? XDD

I've got tons of memes to do so I'll try to find time to do them later this weekend. ^^

Bloody Monday Episode 01: Y'know, I wrote this massive analysis of why I love this drama and the actors but I scrapped it. Just watch it. :D

Various Beautiful days performances: I can't help but crack up each time I watch one of these. Why? Because the staging requires heartfelt and emotional position changes, right? And then the first thing I see is Nino swaying his flaily arms like a 10-year-old to his next position. It had me rolling. XD Please never change, Nino. (The performance is really pretty, though. I like the warm autumn colors, especially.)
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OH, I wrote a little something yesterday. It's so crack-y I still don't know how this happened. XD;; Well, enjoy!

( Please, have some crack with your Arashi )

Current Music: Rascal Flatts - Backwards

Yesterday, ~~all my troubles were so far away~♪~~ I got a ticket on campus for doing the most stupid thing. I forgot to put my parking decal up on my rearview mirror. ASGHGAH. I usually keep it in my glove compartment while I drive because it clearly says on it not to drive with it up. And well, everyone drives with it anyway 'cause they're smart like that while I tried to obey the instructions. XD So anyway I forgot and got charged $25. Luckily, the ticket was discounted down to $10 because they pitied me. That could've been ten McChicken sandwiches at McDonald's. *weeps*
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Drama Talk: I finished Rookies! &hearts Excited for the special and movie~ And speaking of specials, Code Blue will have a special as well. As much as I like medical dramas, could Yamapi have gotten any more boring of a role? D: Every episode he has this thing where he rubs his fingers in one hand like he's itching to do surgery. (Does this make sense? Did anyone else watch Code Blue? XD) And then he performs surgery. And that's it. I would've much preferred a Maou special even if the ending was perfect. Like, how does Kumada's son feel about that ending?! *shot*
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( Happy Birthday Bobbylyn_n! )

Current Music: TRIPLANE - you

I kept encountering things related to Maou last night. No kidding. XD Three times in a span of hours. Maybe I'm suffering in anticipation of tomorrow's last episode, or something. ;-;

1. Code Blue episode 08-09: Kuroda-sensei got caught under collapsing steel frames. It was like, Death of Naruse Ryou!!, all over again. XDD And then I was just waiting for Aizawa (Yamapi) to do the Tomoo-like identity switch: "I'm not Aizawa. I'm Kuroda. DUN DUN DUNN." But my hopes were crushed 'cause he didn't and just went along to save Kuroda-sensei like he was supposed to.

2. Seigi no Mikata episode 03: Youko (Shida Mirai) got an express delivery box. First thing that entered my mind was, !! HOSNAP. SHE RECEIVED A TAROT CARD. But really, she just got Choushuu Koriki junk.
A tarot card from Amano Makoto would have been so much cooler. >3>

3. My sister was watching Gakuen Heaven (with all of those sparkly broad-shouldered males and/or males that look like females) on her laptop and my head snapped when I heard "Naruse-san." But Naruse ended up being a shiny & blonde long-haired tennis team captain. I died a little.
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( That one secret meme that's been around the flist )

Just drop a comment and I'll send the actual meme over~ :D And there was more I wanted to type but I have an essay due tomorrow that I haven't started. .__. I-I should probably get to doing that right about now.

( Code Blue Episode 02 )

( Maou Episode 03 )

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My eyes? Nah, they're not getting worse..

Where is my sequel

Whoa whoa whoa

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How do people put up with me?

Birthday girl Nicole! (and other flailings and stuff)

A small update!

Do you like bird? How about jellyfish? Squirrels?

The Voice of Maou

It's March already, huh.

Toma makes a great Nakai.

Arashi sagashi atari KAWARASHII~

It's been so long since I've flailed this much.

Just the beginning of my spammage.

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I'm a procrastinator.

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