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fangirling alert...

2009-11-05T08:39:38Z

Ohmygod Yesung! Performing Ring Ding Dong with Shinee on MuBank tomorrow since Jonghyun's stilll unwell! Oh wow! XD

Wait a sec... how are they going to work this? Because Yesung... and that dance routine... *giggles*

Ooh, I can't wait now XD

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does yokoo think he's in kkkity again?

2009-10-31T22:19:21Z

Rewatching the Kisumai on MSte again last night, I realised something about Yokoo's recent ability to actually look at the correct camera (unlike on most Shokuras!) - he seems to have re-found the confidence he had during KKKity. Seriously, he's all smiling and looking at the camera and actually paying some attention to what's going on around him, which is something he hasn't really done for a while. No idea why it's taken him this long to get it back but it's great to see!

Quick recap of the week now:
- Work was terrible (Monday), horrible (Tue), just about bearable (Wed & Thur), and Friday good - since I'd booked it as holiday ages ago :)
- Health was average (Mon), non-stop coughing (Tue-Fri). Eventually went to the doctors on Friday and now have antibiotics, so I'm beginning to feel a little more human
- Desktop comp was 'fixed' on Monday - but it doesn't run as efficiently as it did before and it's much, much noiser than it used to be so I'm not impressed. Suspect it has something to do with them unnecessarily replacing the motherboard when the problem was the PSU...

I hate to admit it but my geekiness hit a new level today ^^; I've never really got into RPGs before, but after reading about Dragon Age Origins I've spent the afternoon playing the flash game Dragon Age Journeys and absolutely loving it *headdesk* Origins is out next Friday and I'm really tempted to preorder it - Game promise to have it delivered on the release date so I wouldn't even have to wait long for it... Oh god, I really am a total geek now!

I've spent the week stressing over my ideas for NaNoWriMo and finally decided to stick with the fanfiction version rather than original characters. I admit that most of this decision is because there's a chance people will actually read it if it's fanfiction, whereas I wouldn't have the faintest idea where to post it as original work. Of course, this is all dependent on it actually getting written in the first place ^^

Oh, I'm finally getting to use my new QMi♥ icon too :) I'd made it the night before the computer died, so of course it hadn't been backed up or anything and I've only been able to get at it again this week. Still not sure it's quite finished but it'll do for now ^^;

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rambling time....

2009-10-26T01:17:02Z

The closer it gets to being tomorrow, when I have to go back to work again, the more nauseous I feel... I'm pretty sure my job shouldn't make me feel so worked up, especially not such a crappy, underpaid one as this is. Okay, think happy thoughts instead... no, not working T___T

Okay, happy thought change of subject time! I spent all day working on graphics for a new LJ layout - and then got distracted talking to my sister and showing her some of my holiday photos from last year's Japan trip that she hadn't seen, instead of actually coding the layout ^^;

So, nice parcel came in the post this weekend, containing one of our many yesasia orders: FT Island's first two Japanese singles, their Japan concert DVD from the beginning of this year, and Super Junior M's mini album:

I'm really enjoying what I've seen of the concert so far :) The only problem with FTI is that they have such an extensive back catalogue considering they've only been around a couple of years, which isn't good if you're an obsessive completist like me ^^;

Went shopping to Borders on Friday. The good news was they had a sale on... and the bad news was that they had a sale on! Went a little bit crazy, as you can see in the picture:

In my defence, I didn't actually pay full price for anything... but I managed to spend more than enough anyway! Hopefully the CV book will pay for itself if I actually manage to get myself another job soon too...

Okay, must be bedtime now... and then work again tomorrow :( Never mind, will distract myself all day by plotting out my nanowrimo story in my head instead of actually paying any attention to the bitching and complaining~~

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they actually call this customer service????

2009-10-23T14:33:21Z

I could cry right now, I really could. Second PC engineer came round today; he spent half an hour replacing the motherboard, pressed the on switch... and nothing happened. Resulting conversation went something like:

"Sorry, I'll have to order a PSU and book another visit."

"But the last engineer ordered one, you were supposed to bring it with today."

"Well I was only given a motherboard."

"But he ordered one."

"Well I wasn't given it."

"But-" *boom* Ayame's head explodes in frustration.

So a third engineer is coming round next Monday. Perhaps it's for the best that I can't get any more time off work and so won't be here to see it - I might accidentally batter the next one with the keyboard or something >.<

Oh and the best bit? I rang the service desk to complain and according to their records a motherboard and PSU was ordered and dispatched for todays visit. So where did the PSU end up? The complaint letter is now nearly two pages long in Word, and I suspect it'll be even longer after Monday...

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yet more computer woes...

2009-10-22T00:43:42Z

Engineer came out today to see to my computer: probably the PSU needs replacing. Unfortunately the idiot on the helpline incorrectly listed the problem as simply "no display" despite my telling him exactly what was wrong on the phone, so the engineer didn't have any parts with him. The result: parts ordered and another engineer visit booked for Friday >.< Also, long complaint letter written regarding the appalling level of service from the helpdesk and the waste of both my time and that of the engineer today... hey, typing all those complaint letters for my boss has come in handy at last!

Also accomplished today: finally got around to typing my CV up again since the only digital copy I had of it was lost with my old computer. Just need to finish updating and polishing it now - as soon as I figure out exactly what my duties my current job actually entails o.O

Still no conclusion re nanowrimo, but have realised that if I'm going to write this with original characters, I've only got a week to get the character descriptions sorted out since I'm rather compulsive like that ^^; Possibly should actually make that decision before spending time working out the characters though...

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more computer woes...

2009-10-20T17:55:25Z

Of the good: spending the past few days marathoning The Big Bang Theory season 2 - the perfect solution to having to deal with stupid people irl ;)

Of the bad: waking up to find out my desktop computer switched itself off overnight - and won't switch back on T___T Rang the ~~trained chimpanzees~~ helpline and have an engineer coming out tomorrow to look at it, but in the meantime I'm using my laptop, which is okay but just not quite the same :(

Of the undecided: whether or not to try NaNoWriMo this year? It's something I usually only remember the existence of too late to sign up but since I have a week or so to think about it this time... I don't know? I've got a general plot I've had in mind for a while now, but I haven't figured whether it would be better to keep it as a fanfic or to try with original characters yet either. And then my track record tends to imply I'm easily distracted but I did always work better with essays under pressure ^^;

Note to self: Super Junior "Reset", KAT-TUN "Rescue", BoA "永遠"..........

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what on earth were the kisumai wearing on mste????

2009-10-17T02:16:24Z

I am ~~probably~~ definitely going to hell for this but wow... (thanks to fxamberaday for sharing ♥)

Have seen a couple of clips from today's MuBank: Beast's debut stage showed some potential but mostly they just seem to be attempting to replace 2PM - not surprising but so far I much prefer 2PM as they're stupid, funny, excessively fail and basically just perfect, with the added bonus of optional JoKwon and Seulong bringing even more laughs XD. Truthfully, we only really watched it because all the existing K-boybands seem to be dropping like flies, so we thought we'd better give some of the new ones a chance! As for SHINee... I still haven't figured if I actually like the song, and some of the clothing choices were a little questionable, but hairstyle-wise they're looking stunning - except for Jonghyun's colour of course - and their performance was pretty slick. Weirdly enough, this is the first SHINee song my mum actually likes, whereas I've liked their previous singles but am not so impressed by this song yet o.o What we do agree on though is that Key, Onew and Minho are rocking their hairstyles this time round :D

As for Kisumai on MSte: whilst their opening costumes weren't great, they were much better than what they wore to perform in *headdesk* Really, what was that thing Tama had on his head?? And unfortunately Mitsu slipped (twice?) during the performance :( I thought the song was rather Hikaru Genji-like - not their best song, but catchy anyway, even if their slower stuff is where they excel (Ame, Smile, Inori & Brand New Season are some of their best songs IMO) - and on the plus side, they got a sit-down talk, everyone got decent close-ups (and amazingly they all managed to look at that camera at the right time - something Yokoo seems incapable of doing on Shokura!), their performance was really high tension and impressive with the ramps and skating acrobatics - especially the YoSuke + Nika part ;) - and overall they did actually pull it off in a rather already-debuted fashion. And if that sentence makes no sense due to it being ridiculously long and run-on, I'll claim it's entirely due to the fact I'm posting at 3am ^^;

Also, important note: I hate stupid people very much today. Whilst this obviously applies to Kangin right now, it also very much covers certain ignorant co-workers who would happily try to argue that black is white (and then get killed on the next zebra crossing... sorry, obligatory Hitchhiker's Guide quote ^^) despite all evidence to the contrary. I'm very glad to have next week booked off as holiday time, and it might also be a good oportunity to start looking for another job since this one has me so burned out right now >.<

Oh, important note #2: evil Kyu is evil and it's a good job poor Mimi loves him and knows the feeling is mutual :D

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Happy birthday to the Johnny's dancers....

2009-10-05T12:36:07Z

Happy birthday to Kosshi, Bun, Yonehana & Takeuchi - the last one a little belated but hopefully the prettiness in my icon should make up for it ;)

I have to admit I completely forgot about Kosshi's birthday until my mum reminded me this morning and that's when we remembered the MAD/MADE birthday season began with Takeuchi's birthday last Friday; weirdly enough 9 out of the 22 MAD/MADE members have birthdays in October/November, not to mention Yonehana from MA and 2 of the KanJuu Veterans who used to be in Kansai MAD. Personally I suspect it's probably one of the random criteria Johnny uses when choosing which group to put a Jr in to - hey, it's no weirder that choosing group members by whether their initials can be turned into a random, nonsense word :D Either that or people born in October and November are generally better dancers... wait a sec, Donghae and Henry are October birthdays too, maybe there's something in this theory....... ^.^

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shokura 2009-10-04

2009-10-05T07:53:21Z

Only watched half of it so far but think I've seen all the important parts:

Kisumai's new song 雨 is ♥ but not as ♥ as Kei calling Yokoo "渉" during the Kisumai talk - I love that Kei, Yokoo & most likely Shige at least are all still friends from the KKKity days... actually, I love all KKKity member-ai, as you might be able to tell from my new icon!

Yara is totally S, Bun is from another planet and YamaRyo is so genki it makes even Mimi look miserable in comparison - and this is why I love Butoukan :D

Chibi-ABC is adorable and Goseki-sama does love laughing at Fumi, doesn't he :)

As an aside, much as I want the Kisumai to debut just as the seven of them, I still feel Johnny is wasting an opportunity to debut EbiKisuTokan (ie ABC-Z + Kis-My-Ft2 + Butoukan) and create a bigger boyband than even Super Junior, especially now that SuJu are down to 12(+2) - but that has even less chance of happening than a Kisumai debut.........

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bad tempers and bad news............

2009-09-09T12:31:07Z

The atmosphere at work is so thick you could practically cut it with a knife. Everyone's in a bad mood with everyone else for one reason or another >.<

Personally, I just want some good news because this week seems to be getting worse by the day T__T Today we have:
- the Dream Concert poster has had Jay photoshopped out of the 2PM pic already
- my least favourite (to put it politely) Soshi member seems to be appearing in the new SJ-M PV
- they've announced Tackey's butai for January '10 will have Kisumai appearing again, so any chance of a debut announcement before Febuary seems impossible (not that I have a whole lot of hope for one anyway...) despite Playzone and a zenkoku tour for them. And ABC are going to be performing in 3 different butai that month, depending on what day it is - that's overwork on an SME level at least!

The only nice thing today has been the new SJ-M promo pic with Mimi looking absolutely stunning - oh, and Yossi's new official profile pic too :D But if this week continues like this, I'm going to be too scared to even switch the computer on by the weekend!

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2PM's Jay........

2009-09-08T08:02:46Z

I'm completely lost. I can't believe everything got so bad. I can't believe netizens can overreact sooooo much that he's actually had to resign. I can't believe the power these companies give to people who frequently aren't even fans of their groups. And I can't believe it's hit me so badly that I admit I've been crying this morning T___T

Don't get me wrong: what he said was stupid and offensive. But he was a teenage boy, an American teenage boy, and teenage boys are frequently stupid and offensive. He's probably not the only one either - if you told me that Khun, Han Geng, Tiffany and all the rest (Amber & Victoria too amongst many others) haven't felt alone in a foreign county and been homesick on many occasions, that they haven't hated Korea for it, then I wouldn't believe you. Maybe Jay & Tiffany have had it even worse than the rest because they look like they should belong but are still American inside. He shouldn't have said it but he did. And then he apologised and was prepared to make amends - surely that should have been enough. I can't blame him for wanting to get back to America right now though, with the hurtful things the antis have said...

Anyway, I hope they rethink this decision when everything's quietened down a little but, honestly, I doubt they will. But something needs to be done to stop netizens having the power to dictate what happens to idol groups and the rest - if the ~~'Only13'~~ shit didn't already prove that, then this really does.

And, since it's the only thing I can do in this situation: new icon T___T

ramblings...

2009-08-11T21:45:06Z

A few weeks ago, before my birthday, I was actually planning on posting an entry about some of the things I'd done for the first time while I'd been 26: first holiday alone, first time on a plane, first time visiting Japan, first time seeing Ebikisu live etc...

And then another first was added to this: first time in a car accident :( Three weeks ago someone pulled out of a sidestreet without looking, right into the passenger side of my car. Long story short, I'm back at work now, which is a lot of fun since I'm not supposed to be typing according to my GP and that's most of my job description - and my online time ^^ - and I've got my car back too, but I'm not very fond of driving anymore right now...

Anyway, now I'm 27, and the Kisumai have just announced further concerts this autumn. Much as I know I can't manage another Japan trip so soon after my last one, I admit I have at least checked rough plane & hotel prices ^^;

In the meantime, I've got a pile of emails and comments to catch up on (as usual ^^;). I've also got a pile of upload links in my megaupload account which I need to post to various communities, even if some of them have been there for so long that I can't actually remember who they were meant for in the first place. And to accompany my fail!memory, I have a shiny new Yesung icon too :D

my fail rivals yesung's.....

2009-06-15T07:59:59Z

I was originally going to write an entry about how, with the recent announcements that Yesung and now Sungmin are both going to have regular TV appearances, I'm rather looking forward to getting to see both halves of sung² (and - at least in Yesung's case - the resultant fail) on TV a little more...

And then I was sorting through my emails in Thunderbird and discovered that instead of moving a pile of comment notification emails to my 'deal with' folder - to be, you know, dealt with - I instead managed to move them to the 'drafts' folder underneath it ^^; Which would probably explain why I thought I was up to date with comment replies, when clearly I have some going back weeks that I've missed ::headdesk::

So really, instead of writing an entry about Yesung's fail, I've managed to demonstrate equal fail of my own ^^; Oh well, at least I know what I'll be doing when I get home from work tonight XD

I suspect this is one of those occasions where a Yesung!fail icon would be particularly useful, but since I haven't yet got one I'll have to settle for a slightly confused-looking Sungmin :)

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super junior know how to make anything obscene......

2009-05-27T00:16:37Z

I admit I've been a little MIA recently, but it wasn't really by choice. I can now personally confirm that a 2-week headache seriously impacts both real life and internet time :( Not to mention the part where I ended up taking a nap in the staffroom at work one afternoon whilst waiting for the painkillers to kick in because I couldn't even see straight by that point. Anyway, the good news is that it finally cleared up at the end of last week (even if I never actually found out what caused it...) and now that the Bank Holiday weekend is over I'm back! I also now appear - against my better judgement - to have a twitter account o.O But the less said about that the better for now ^^;

So this entry does actually have a point too - I know, makes a change ^^ I come bearing a Super Junior Happy related gift

As requested by angkoru over at mingaday, from the Taiwan version of the mini album:

Super Junior Happy - 요리왕
Jacket Making Film & Music Video Making Film

MU [.001] [.002]

It really does take a special type of Sungmin to pose seductively with a bell pepper XD

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want to go back to bed...

2009-04-14T07:48:46Z

am ded. need moar sleep. admit that possibly 3.5 hours is not sufficient to get through day. c. might have to poke me on drive home to keep me awake - assuming i don't just fall asleep in work first...

Okay, so am completely ignoring May Shokura filming reports since it seems to be yet another month where Watta & three quarters of Ft2 might as well have not bothered turning up, along with unnecessary guests taking up time that should belong to Jrs (HS7 last month, Tackey & NEWs this month) - I used to love this programme so much and now I'm barely bothered that it doesn't turn up for download... /end rant.

On to more amusing things - at least to me ^^; Just occasionally my family all end up on totally the same wavelength, and it's a little scary when they do. Yesterday, for example, one of our cats was whining to go out all evening and eventually my mum said to him (yes, we do all talk to the cats thankyouverymuch) "Have you got a boyfriend out there? Or a girlfriend?" I just started laughing - must be the sparkly boyband effect that had my mum ask if our male cat has a boyfriend before asking if he has a girlfriend 8D

I've also recently had the following two conversations:

First of all, again with my mum. We were discussing SuJu and concluded that, really, Donghae was pretty much the only member that you could actually take home to meet your parents safely. How bad could the rest be? How about:

Ayame: Can you imagine taking Heechul home to meet your parents? "Hi mum, this is my boyfriend Heechul..."
Aya-Mama: "And this is his boyfriend Hannie. And this is *his* boyfriend Siwon..."

ShiHanChul: so obvious that even parents ship it!

And yes that is a sparkly new shihanchul icon I have over there :)

And then there was my sister. She'd gone to Cardiff overnight to visit friends, and since Torchwood is filmed/set there, we'd been joking all week about her keeping an eye out for Captain Jack. Yesterday, after she'd arrived and checked into the hotel and everything, she sent me a photo of the "hub" and we ended up texting re Captain Jack:

Sis: Where is he? Torchwood needs defending!
Ayame: He's probably busy somewhere... with Ianto... Busy ;-)
Sis: I'm going down to the hub. With a camera. I may be some time... don't send a rescue party!

I think there's the slightest chance my family is all mad....

obsession is....

2009-03-04T02:55:51Z

.... getting so excited about the first preview pics for the new Suju album that you stay up 'til 2.45am making a crappy HanChul icon the night before you have a training course for work and have to be out of the house at 8am...

Not that I'd ever do anything like that, of course. Just don't look at my new icon and you might actually believe me ^^; But ohmygodwow liking the new pics very much!

Also ohmygodwow Tamachan in Gokusen 3 special & movie! ohmygodohmygodohmygodwow!!!! As the 2D leader?! Can't wait to see this!!!!!!

In other news: I'm not dead! But my computer Gaya is - he's now been replaced with my snazzy new Gocchi - which is part of the reason I haven't posted in weeks...

Also, completely randomly, HanChul and ShiHyuk completely rule my world right now 8D Must attempt to make icon of Siwon wiping Hyukkie's tears away - the biggest problem there would probably be choosing which of the many times he's done this to icon!

And now I'm going to bed zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz................

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captain kim heechul of torchwood: seoul.....

2009-01-18T20:50:03Z

I had a few minutes spare this afternoon and decided to watch the flashback of the first Jack-Ianto meeting in Torchwood, because it's so heartbreaking and sexually charged all at the same time ;-) And of course, my twisted mind suddenly went "what if Suju were Torchwood?" and I ended up with a cast like this:

Torchwood: Seoul

Captain Jack Harkness = Captain Kim Heechul. Slutty and irresistable to either sex, who else could it be :D

Ianto Jones = Han Geng. Joined the Seoul office after the destruction of Torchwood: Beijing. Flirts constantly with Captain Heechul, lots of UST there, but actually hiding his half-cyberman boyfriend Siwon in the basement - for some reason I feel that after the discovery of this Heechul is more likely to keep him around for lots of kinky sex with the pair of them, rather than killing him like Jack did with Lisa...

Gwen Cooper = Lee Sungmin. Ex-policeman who discovers Torchwood's existence and ends up joining them to save the world. As friendly as a puppy, but can be as cold as ice when necessary, and able to fight to defend himself. More than a little attracted to Heechul despite already having a fiancee - has been known to share the occasional kiss with him too (totally inspired by recent Nanjing Super Show events o.O)

Rhys, Gwen's fiancee = Lee Hyukjae/Eunhyuk, Sungmin's fiancee. Not half as stupid as people make him out to be, but frequently lied to in Sungmin's attempts to keep his new job secret. Proves his worth when he finds out the truth about Torchwood - and promptly sets out to help them in their latest job

I just need to think a little more about who would be Tosh and Owen - and of course Captain John and Martha too! This is a very dangerous path I've set off on.....

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did heechul set out to break the internet??!

2009-01-07T02:39:24Z

I remembered today something that should have been another of my New Year's resolutions - not to be so late anymore. Unfortunately, I've managed to be late to work every day so far in 2009 (even if that's only 3 days!), and quite spectacularly overslept by the best part of an hour this morning ^^; Then having to de-ice the car doesn't help - though mostly it's just me being useless and easily distracted at home rather than leaving as early as I should ^^; Oh well, let's see how I do tomorrow - though with the fact it's nearly half two now and I should well be in bed already but instead I'm sat here writing this, I'm not being too optimistic :D

I did want a new icon to go with this post, but my stupid animation software crashes everytime I try to import the video for it. Obviously, said icon would be the stunning Heechul x Jungmo kiss from last weekend's Super Show - something I have probably watched more times than is healthy ;-) I have to admire his nerve, and the fact that 90% of the responses I've seen have been positive is also great. I'm very much of the opinion that it was totally hot, I hope he emulates it with both Hankyung and Siwon sometime in the near future (and someone also manages to film that - preferably in HD!), that if it were an indication of his orientation that that would be a perfectly good thing, and that if certain other SuJu members wished to do the same then that would also be all to the good of humanity XD Oh, and if that was the show when Siwon's grandmother was in the audience then I hope she wasn't too shocked, and that if it was the show when SHINee were there then they should learn from their hyung's the best way to behave on stage, though possibly not until certain members are at least a little older... By the way, did I mention the hot? ::smirk:: Anyway, will carry on battling with animation shop tomorrow - I will not let it beat me!

Speaking of the kiss, I showed the video of it to a friend at work today. She knows I like BL & yuri type stuff, and JPop & KPop, even though she's not interested in any of that herself, so I was interested to see her reaction. She was all "but that's another boy" when Heenim was approaching Sungmin, and was stunned into silence at the kiss! This might not sound so impressive, but I've known her nearly 2 years now and I don't think she's stopped talking once in that time, so that's quite a big deal!! She didn't have any problems with it when she did remember how to speak - she was mostly concerned with whether Heechul is likely to get in trouble for doing it!

As for the fic that ate my soul, luckily it's slowed down a little since I haven't had much time to write over the past few days. Unfortunately a plot bunny for another AU started nibbling, so now I'm working on two AUs at once - and have a vague urge to write something in a third one too... I feel this will most likely end up with a thoroughly confused Ayame o.o

Think it's nearly time for bed now, but first mini Shokura 2009-01-04 review:
Yay! for Tama pimping, Watta-Miya pairing during Hatsu Uta, soooooo much YoSuke love during Hatsu Uta, Taipi & Watta being the only Kisumai to sing separately twice (again during Hatsu Uta!), Butokan's new song being really pretty with plenty of Bun vocals, and Crazy Accel's gorgeous new introduction with Hasshi's heavenly voice!

Oh, and slightly disturbing: not only does Tsukachan really look like SuJu's Eunhyuk, but it turns out he raps in a similar way to him too... I can't help but feel this is slightly deliberate since Johnny's will have been watching Toho & now SuJu moving towards Japan, and have taken steps towards Korea themselves - and it can't be a coincidence that the groups they've sent to Korea so far are the Johnny's groups with the closest to an SM mentality: Arashi = OT5 and much, much skinship, and sending Ebikisu as backdancers was deliberate too with 11/12 members vs SuJu's 13/15, skinship, OT3, YoSuke, HiroSuke (even if I can't say I've ever really noticed that one!), FumixGocchi love, group baby/magnae with an amazing voice & looking years older than their actual age (Changmin vs Kyuhyun/Ryeowook [not so much looking older but just voice for Wookie] vs Hasshi) etc - the similarities are endless! But back to my main point - someone in the groups or their management has noticed the similarities, so maybe Tsukachan's Eunhyuk-like rapping was also deliberate... ooh, conspiracy theories abound ;-)

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liveblogging countdown 08-09

2008-12-31T15:53:37Z

Warning - severe fangirliness and exclamation mark abuse featured under the following cut!

arashi!!!! step & go to open

group intros: news - kanjani8 - kat-tun @ tokyo dome

tackey with ebikisu (no senga & hasshi cos too young) @ imperial theatre with sp guest nishikiori

kinki kids @ kyocera dome

tokio on a bus somewhere!

v6 in a restaurant somewhere!!!

2008 singles medley
-k-t: don't u ever stop/lips
-news: taiyou no namida/summer time/happy birthday
-8: wahaha/musekinin hero
-hsj: mayonaka no shadow boy (vtr footage cos all 10 there)

arashi: one love

30secs to go til new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i can see fumi, gocchi, taipi, and watta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AKEMASHITA OMEDETOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kinki: happy happy greeting mixed with footage of dome/imperial. machida & yonehana visible @ kyocera too

kouchan gets birthday flowers from tsuyo

i can see miyacchi & nika too!!!!!

surprise hit medley start!
-kinki: garasu no shounen/aisareru yori aishitai/yakusoku - 1st perf of new single!!!!

uchi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
daybreak
and kanjuu!!!!!
aoi inazuma
kirijun!!!!!!!! hamadai & senzaki!!!!

arashi 10th anniv medley:
a.ra.shi!!!!!!!!!
kansha kangeki ame arashi
sakura sake
love so sweet
happiness
truth
beautiful days

tsubasa!!!!
mezamero yasei!!! and tatsumi right behind him!!!!!!!!!! and fukuda & kosshi visible too

-made in japan. hasejun? and pi & toma?? who backflipped?
v6 enter to sing!
-light in your heart

sorafune
baru/jin intro then tokio enter to "sing" 8D
amagasa

imperial: tackey - ai kakumei with ebikisu dancing

back @ tokyo dome: daite senorita - tsubasa/inocchi!!!!/pi/jin/matsujun - pin love!!
sushi kui ne - aiba/yokoyama/???
love you only: ???? lost picture

imperial:
tackey & nicky!! - kamen budokai ebikisu backdance (abc-blue & kisumai-green suits)

tokyo dome: seems like all present out on stage
real face
weeeek
sukiyanen, osaka
seishun amigo pi-kame with okada/mabo/nino/ryo
ai nanda
midnight shuffle - no matchy-san tho but uchi!!!!!

thank yous from tokio/v6

beginning to think ?hasejun/toma actually junno & nakamaru with their new boyish haircuts! backed up by fact no hasejun @ ushi-year group - guess they didn't bother inviting him? grrrrrr

ushi-year group - aiba & nino introduce:
pi/junno/koki/tacchon

ad break #1

nagase molesting matsujun!!!!!!
more thank yous from tokio w/ jun
news w/ sho

ad break #2

even more thank yous - nino w/ v6
ohno w/ kat-tun

ad break #3

again with the thank yous - aiba w/ 8
imperial: tackey & nishikiori (nika/tama/taipi/kitamitsu/fumi behind)

ad break #4 - ai kakumei cm! and v6 vibes con dvd too!

kinki kids @ kyocera - but someone forgot to tell them they were on!!!!

hatsu uta @ tokyo dome - all w/ clips from imperial gang

thank you from arashi

end - and another ai kakumei cm!

missing people: toma/kazepon/hasejun/toshin/shoon/yara/4 over-18 jump members!!!/multiple daisenpai/question/five.........

meanwhile nhk is showing various sites around japan celebrating new year - think i just saw ueno - i want to be there again!! ::sobs::

from procrastinating to prolific..........

2008-12-29T02:22:23Z

Ohmygodjustkillmenowplease! I've just written another 960 words on a fourth story over the past two hours - and it's not even finished yet! I haven't been this prolific in years ^^;

Also, message to brain: the intention was to write drabbles. And by that I meant 200-300 words each, not nearly 1000 with more to go. Please learn to count. Yours sincerely, Aya xoxo

I'm off to bed now, or else I've got no chance on that no oversleeping thing. And tomorrow night I'm going to find a nice SuJu pic and start working on a header for my new, inevitable fanfic journal - the thought of which will probably be enough to keep my brain from ever letting me write anything ever again...

Procrastinating....

2008-12-28T23:15:54Z

....is something I'm very good at. One of the best even. It's a skill I've always had but it's gotten a lot worse as I've gotten older, and at the moment I'm managing to accomplish... absolutely nothing. I think half my problem is my tendency to take on too much - even when I've got 15 things to do already, it always seems to be a great idea to add something else to the list. And then I get irrationally stressed out and unable to prioritise the list and end up not actually doing anything at all ^^; Prime example: I still haven't written a proper trip report from Japan despite being home for two months, and haven't even taken my photos in to work to show everyone...

And why am I pondering this right now? Two reasons really, and I'll explain them backwards

The lesser of the two reasons is that despite the fact I've hardly written any fanfiction in the past few years (and even less before that that I was happy enough with to post publically), in the past day and a half I've written probably at least 1000 words across two and a half stories, in a fandom I've never written for before. I've been toying with the idea of writing a drabble for each possible pairing in the fandom for a couple of weeks now which is suju therefore 105 possible pairings across the 15 members - obviously not romantic pairings in most cases though - the theory being it's both a way to practice my writing and improve my focus, with 105 drabbles being a finite goal to work towards. A couple of days ago I had a vague inspiration for a universe of my own to set it in but I was still trying to work out which romantic pairings to use - there are too many that I ship in suju ;-) - and ironically I've ended up writing the two stories based around a fairly rare pairing that I've never particularly shipped before, that only came about because the characters were mostly 'leftovers' XD Anyway, I guess only time will tell how long my inspiration lasts for with this. I do intend to polish up what's done and post it eventually, but not yet: I've also inevitably started writing in the middle of the overall story so need to backtrack a little for it to have the slightest chance of making sense to anyone who isn't me! I'm strongly considering setting up another journal/comm for posting any writing I do in though too - mostly as an excuse to make a SuJu header for it! :)

The second reason is that I've decided to make my New Year's resolutions at little early this year, and try to use that to organise my head a little. Why early? Because I'm worried that if I wait to post this I'll end up procrastinating again and not get it posted at all ^^; So I guess here goes:

1. Finally get around to setting up my Japanese-only blog, to practice my 日本語
2. Post semi-regularly at both this lj and my Japanese one too (at least twice a week on each)
3. Not plan or take on too much website-wise, and drop planned ones if necessary
4. Without violating #3, get planned website #1 open by special 8th anniversary 4th Feb 09 - yes I'm deliberately being vague about said website in case I fail miserably at this plan ^^;
5. Sort out scanning and uploading promised to other people
6. Stop oversleeping! That way I can accomplish more before work than just straightening my hair ^^;
7. Actually write some more fanfiction as above
8. Return to romanizing/translating/colour coding song lyrics - with the intention of a website at the end
9. Study Japanese a lot!
10. Also begin studying Korean seriously - more than just knowing the alphabet!
11. Look for another job!
12. Save up for another trip to Japan, even if it seems a long way away

With all of the above in mind, hopefully I'll be posting again in a day or two with an updated to-do list - that I intend to prioritise then work through, whilst not getting stressed over it all. I guess I'll have to wait and see how successful I am...

Also in happier news: they left the Kisumai & ABC songs in the KAT-TUN con DVD!!!!! Watta & his guitar!!!!!!!! Koki picking on Miyacchi! Ayame = so so happy!!!!! SOPOPOGMPRONMUGEFUANCFKLASNGFTLOGIV;W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kisumai abc-z con goods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

2008-10-11T21:05:29Z

Okay so I'm not dead, despite it having been about 3 months since my last entry! I am, however, in Japan!!!!! Thanks to the wonders of jetlag I am actually up before 6am and so I thought I'd post these pictures.

I arrived here early yesterday morning and spent the afternoon trying to find Yokohama Arena (got hopelessly lost and am vv happy to have tried this out the day before I actually have concert tickets!). Anyway, did find it eventually and spent a couple of hours queueing up for goods so that I wouldn't have to spend as long today.

Click on the photo to link to the gallery with more pics - I've not uploaded photos of the individual clear files yet, will do that tonight...

Tensai! Shimura Dobutsuen/Gokusen 3 clip 2008-06-28

2008-07-09T19:55:14Z

Clip from Tensai! Shimura Dobutsuen (frequently referred to simply as "Aiba's zoo program" in our house :) ) from 2008-06-28 where Aoki Sayaka visited the Gokusen 3 set with Dynamic the otter and met the 3D lead students, Yankumi and even took part in a small scene herself.

Credit: Kattea @ Jpopsuki tracker / http://clubbox.co.kr/arashi / clipped & uploaded by ayameko

.avi // 142MB // 640 x 360 // 19m 51s // DL @MU: [.001] [.002] @MF: [.001] [.002]

~~Only on MU for now but I can do MF mirrors if there's any interest...~~ MF mirrors added

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Battery episode 10 megaupload links - final episode

2008-06-16T18:05:43Z

Episode 10 of Battery uploaded here - this is the final episode...

Battery episode 7-9 MU / Sensei wa Erai! subs MF links

2008-06-13T20:24:35Z

Episode 7-9 of Battery uploaded here.

Also, I've added MF links for the Massuki fansubs hardsubbed version of Sensei wa Erai! here.

Sorry for the delay with both but I haven't been on the computer much the past couple of weeks because of health problems ^^; I'm downloading episode 10 of Battery now so will try to get it uploaded over the weekend...

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