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rush is over… *sigh*

last night, i rewatched Kokuchisezu and (finally!!) my eyes got all watery during the scene where Mama told Papa that she would follow him wherever he goes and that she would never leave his side… (T__T) and of course the scene where Ryo-kun completely broke down and wept. Iyaaa~~ the professionalism of all the actors made the drama seem realistic / believeable (? not really the work im looking for). It  just pulls u into the story and makes u feel like you’re watching the events as it occurs. Dunno how to explain it. Its not like any of the dramas that ive seen.

Anyways. when i was walking home after class, i passed by this cute asian boy who looked like Narimiya Hiroki from Ima Ai ni Yukimasu. I kept thinking about Hiroki-kun until i got home and decided to google-image the guy. Apparently, he appeared in ANAN magazine’s sex issue in 2005. The pics were (O ¬ O) quite sinful!! LOLL And then i found out that YamaP was recently featured in one of the sex issues too! Those shots mustve been quite pleasant yet painful to look at for YamaP fans…

But then i thought “Takki should be on the next issue.”

preferably a SOLO shoot, of course! XD but i cant even imagine how many hours of nosebleeding that would cause! asd;lfkj What, we’ve only seen half a buttcheek in BDNM, Taiyou no Kisetsu, and the Kamen PV?? we want more yo!!! hahaha i dunno about u guys, but i miss seeing Tono’s six packs.

Anan, onegaishimasu~! (≥ υ ≤)

One of Takki’s best dramas. 

its obvious that his acting has improved a LOT. Those expressive eyes and his crying face… Yet surprisingly i didnt cry when i watched it for the first time this morning. I dont understand why, but I rarely cry during movies or dramas. My mom often says that im “cold-blooded” and in reply i would normally say, “well unlike somebody, i dont cry about EVERYTHING!” XD But even though i didnt feel really emotional, i did feel a light tug at my heart during the ironic scenes…

I did a ridiculous amount of giggling and squee-ing during the Guam part tho. i couldnt stop repeating the scenes where he was talking in Engrish. His “Everything’s fine” sounded so perfect, i was absolutely stunned. God, i wish there couldve been more of those scenes… even though it wouldve been taihen for Tono ^_^;

Its true that a lot of us would’ve preferred a a series rather than a SP drama. But think about it this way. For these exclusive productions, the directors are looking for the BEST of the best in the geinokai. Since Yoshitsune ended, the fact that Takki has been chosen to star in a variety of SP dramas signifies his reputation as a highly recognized and respected actor.

So even though a series drama would be super awesome, these special dramas are looking REALLYYYY good on Takki’s resume, which is in my opinion more important than anything else. Not to mention, Watari-san’s compliments to Takki. That in itself is a huge honor for both Takki and us Takki fans. Takizawa-san, we’re so proud of you~~~ (^ 3 ^) ~*

so after days of thinking and comparing products… i finally got a new laptop yesterday. My old Sony VAIO was beautiful, but unbearably heavy and the keys were loud. After a while, i just completely stopped using it… and since i have two lecture courses next quarter and a couple of longggg ass plane rides in December, i figured it was the appropriate time to get a new laptop-chan. I’m lovin it *squibbles*

i was really mad when the online TV froze last night. I basically missed 2/3 of Kokuchisezu because the TV was being retarded. So basically, i stayed up for nothing *sigh* and since i woke up this morning, i’ve been stalking clubboxes and fan sites for the download… hopefully, a HD version will be uploaded soon. but in the meanwhile, u guys can watch it here @

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v166308074RTsYDzT

of course, u do have to register and install Veoh. but after watching the 5 minute preview for Kokuchisezu… its really worth the wait (and it downloads faster than clubbox!!) Will write a review later ^___^

Absolutely UNCALLED FOR. 

While we are grateful that someone has decided to sub Takki’s MS performance, i would rather not have a subbed clip at all if it means that we have to put up with people’s degrading comments about Takki. (And wtf, there were major mistakes in the translations that should’ve been edited. This is definitely not their first translation boo-boo. Because now the whole world thinks that Takki’s real dad and half brother are dead. Wow. Nice going).

demo hora, this is exactly the type of annoying shit that is polluting the fandom. You guys realize that Takki was working all night on Ai Kakumei, right? He pulled yet ANOTHER unnecessary all-nighter in order to finish the song before the performance. He was given almost no time to actually think it through and edit it to perfection. Thats pretty damn obvious because its not like ANY of the songs that he has previously composed. MAYBE, people should consider things like that before judging his work. 

i also find it disgusting that people claim to “love” Takki. Especially WHILE theyre making fun of him about such a sensitive topic. Yea, it was a stupid mistake on Takki’s part because it was an accident that couldve been prevented. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda… no one wanted it to happen (especially when we think back to how indescribably awful Takki mustve felt during the concert…) so its REALLY not a good idea to make it into a joke. BTW, February 2007 was not a few months ago. 

Takki probably doesnt/will never know about all this shit-talk. But i am playing my part as a fan and i will not tolerate those kinds of sarcastic comments about him. He works too damn hard for the sake of his fans to deserve to be treated in such a manner. Yes, i do have a problem with you, newshfan. And whether anyone else agrees with me or not, i think you should feel bad about what you’ve written. 

Jesus, how long has it been since i’ve blogged about Takki?? LOL
i have to wake up at 6 am to register for the next quarter, so i figured theres really no point in sleeping XD When i turned on the online TV, MUSIC STATION was on!! ahhhh, ive been such a terrible fan lately… Missed a huge portion of the Kokuchisezu rush and i almost forgot about MS?!?

Ai Kakumei sounds really latin-ish.
Almost like a mix between Ikanaide and Black Butterfly.
After a short ballad intro, Takki recited the following lines (copied from Saturn)…
 

「女と男のLOVEと書いて
これを革命と読みます
愛して愛されて
この永遠のテーマは
Girl loves Boy　から始まるのです」

「Onna to otoko no LOVE to kaite
Kore wo kakumei to yomimasu
Aishite aisarete
Kono eien no tema wa
Girl loves Boy kara hajimaru no desu」

「Writing the LOVE of a woman and a man,
this is read as kakumei (a revolution)
To love and to be love
This eternal theme starts with Girl loves Boy」

** its an effed up translation, but I think this is what it means…
革 written in cursive looks like 女 (woman) on top of 男 (man). In Enbujou ‘08, 命 was written with the english letters L O V E. Ideally, 革命 looks like it spells out woman + man + love. But technically, it is read as kakumei (revolution) By this, he means that the love between a woman and a man can be revolutionary.
 

so i take it that this song is about US? (T v T)
Overall a really catchy song, but needs some getting use to… for me at least.
but the performance cracked me up, particularly because :

1) The song was produced by Takki and someone named MARK Davis. And Food Slave’s name is Mark. What an unpleasant coinkidink… OF ALL THE NAMES!!!

2) At the end, Takki started waving a baton like a orchestra conductor *LOLLL* it was awkwardly hilarious yet really cute…

CHEMISTRY recently released a new single. omgggg. i friggin love their songs. Of course, i like Kawabata-san’s voice more than Dochin-san’s… but overall, they both have really nice vocals. I cannot wait till their Winter of Love album~ ♥

Anyways, last night, i did a little bit of drinking with Food Slave. I’ve been feeling kinda sad lately (damn Seattle weather) and after i drank 3/4 of a Boone’s Farm, my face turned bright red *LOLLL* Which is a first for me because that never happens when i drink with my family and i usually dont drink on an empty stomach!! But yea, thinking that i was actually getting drunk, Food Slave chugged down his glass, acted drunk, and said he was going to sleep over. I refused and paid for his taxi ride home XDDD Bitch thought he could fool me lol

ONTO THE MAIN TOPIC.

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I had a dream last night about Wordpress. I tried to login and this lady-robot voice (the one u hear in sci-fi movies) came on and…

ME : *types in password*
WP : ACCESS DENIED.
ME : *retypes password*
WP : I SAID, ACCESS DENIED. Signed out for too long.
ME : …OH BITE ME BITCH 
WP : *flashes red* Deleted all posts.
ME : !!!!!!!

omg, it was a nightmare (T_T) I kno im a total nerd for even having a dream about my blog in the first place, but hohry crappu. i would probably throw my desktop out the window if that ever happened. But yea, i took that as a sign from blog-chan that its probably getting really pissed about my midterm hiatus…  *sigh*

anyways, this is gonna make me sound even MORE like a nerd but…  ive wanted to do a post on a special book for quite some time now. I’ll be reading this text at the end of my Anthropology of Modern Japan class, but it was just so interesting that i couldnt help myself. Its called Fanning the Flames and it talks about obsessive consumerism and fan-idol relationships in modern Japan society. Which is why it is so interesting *lol*

Itd be cool if all of u could buy the book, but because there are only two chapters about fan-idol relationships (the rest of the book is about anime/sports fans) it wouldnt be really fair… so i scanned and uploaded the pdf for those of you who are actually interested in reading this.

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At around 1 pm today, a man stood in the middle of Red Square.
He drenched himself in gasoline and lit himself on fire.
It was a suicide, but no one knew who he was or why he did it.

At the time, I was inside Kane Hall, one of the buildings that surround the Red Square plaza. During lecture, i heard a really loud siren and thought nothing of it until lecture ended and i was on my way out of the building. I wondered why there werent a lot of people inside (there usually were) yet there was a crowd outside. I made my way through the crowd and saw a couple of parked police cars and an ambulance. In the middle of Red Square, there is a sitting area made of four gigantic brick slates. Between two of the slates, i saw some white stuff on the ground and several dark-colored items around it.

I left campus hurriedly, ducking under several crime scene barrier tapes that blocked people from entering Red Square. At first, i thought it was a stabbing or shooting… but when i got home and checked the Washington newsites, i found out it was a suicide that i fortunately did not witness.

i’m not sure what to make of this incident, to be honest… 
i’m not sad or scared yet i am at the same time? its just weird.
Because why would someone choose to publicly commit suicide in such a horrific way?
In any case, my heart goes out to the victim’s family and friends.

For pictures and the full story : http://www.komonews.com/news/33593829.html