Libera me, Domine, de morte æterna, in die illa tremenda

I used to post on this thing 3-4 times a day. What happened? Oh yeah, life...

Several things!

1. I've started watching Doctor Who. And hell if I didn't become ridiculously obsessed. I'm about halfway through series 1 (2005), and I've skipped around in series 2 and 4 as well. The whole Doctor/Rose thing is lovely and heartbreaking. It literally made me cry at one point. Me. Cry. That's nearly unheard of. I love British TV. It really never lets me down. I guess over the years I've come more accustomed to British humor, because I seriously find this show SO AMAZINGLY FUNNY. This was not the case 10 years ago, when I had issues trying to figure out why Brassed Off was considered comedic... I think watching the British version of Whose Line every single day for many many months somehow changed my brain.

2. As per darkeyedwolf's recommendation, I started watching Rebound, which is adorable. Plus, MOCO IS IN IT, AND I LOVE MOCO. Who doesn't love Moco? Freaks. That's who. I've had issues with Aibu Saki in the past (I really, REALLY hated her character in Utahime, and due to transference, I've been lukewarm about her ever since). This is the role that actually made me like her. I cannot help but like her here. (This happened once before with Seto Koji, who I HATED in Koizora, but won me over in Atadan) The plot is a bit weird. Body issues, fat people, etc etc etc. I enjoy that they actually made Saki and Moco appear fat - usually they put a normal sized girl on screen, and are like "OMG FAT!!!!11". And I like that there is a show that addresses this. I DO NOT LIKE that she apparently lost 70lbs in 2 weeks. Not possible. BELIEVE ME. As formerly kinda-anorexic (long story), I know this cannot happen. 30lbs in 2 weeks eating nothing but 5 baby carrots a day? SURE. But not 70. Either way, I'm only a few episodes in. I got distracted (as per usual), but I do hope to return to it as soon as the Doctor Who mania burns off.

3. I'm not going to talk much about Dae here, mostly because it breaks my heart. I will say that I don't think he should be found responsible. My dad actually had a similar situation happen to him. He was driving on the highway at night when all of a sudden the car in front of him swerved into the other lane. Because YOU CANNOT PHYSICALLY SEE WHAT IS ON THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU, he didn't see that there was something in the road, and hit it. This happens. Dae didn't see the motorcyclist, and it was no fault of his. I don't know Korean law, and I'm SURE it's different, but here in the USA, you would not be found responsible for something like that. Especially if you didn't hit the person in the first place. I think people are paying WAY too much attention to Dae, and not focusing on the real issue - the driver who hit the motorcyclist to begin with, and then drove away. I have sympathy for the deceased's family, of course. But I also have sympathy for Dae, who is also a victim, IMO. He's being blamed for something that he could literally not avoid. Wrong place, wrong time. I have a feeling a lot of these people who keep saying it's Dae's fault (or at least partially his fault) don't actually drive on a regular basis...

4. Things are boring / okay at work and stuff. I'm not going to stay long there - no fault of theirs, but I need to change. I can't live my life doing this.

5. Went to the doctor, got meds. I hope to soon be happier. Now, if I could only remember to take them...

6. The weather's been really fucked up here. Everyone knows of the devastating tornado's all over the country? Well, last night three hit in Massachusetts. Seriously. Tornadoes. Here. We don't get many of those. But these were bad. They hit six towns, killed four people, injured at least 200, and practically destroyed a whole town center. Luckily I live rather far from where they struck, but I did get a scare when randomly the sky turned green last night. Weirdly enough, we didn't even get much rain. The storm seemed to pass just below where we are.


I think that's it for now - I have to go to the gym (*gag*), so off~

1. Don't be alarmed if you randomly get replies to comments you posted a long time ago. I'm trying to go through them and reply, because I hate being such a sucky friend.

2. I'm freaking the fuck out over my imminent schooling. Several of the programs I want to apply to have deadlines in January. And since, for some reason, I assumed the deadlines wouldn't be until April/May, I'm screwed. SCREWED.

I made a list of programs that look interesting. Luckily my first choice isn't due until June. But my second choice (University of Hawaii Tropical Medicine) is January 15th. *cries*

3. I started watching Gloomy Salad Days awhile back, but I don't think I'll continue watching it. It's just... weird. But it made me realize just how long it's been since I've watched a twdrama. Which is bad, because now I'm noticing all the shitty production again. Clearly I need to watch a big budget twdrama, just so I can ease my way into them again.

I'm in an American tv mood right now, but I think I'm going to watch Mawang and Maou. Probably Maou first, since it's shorter. And possibly Yamikin Ushijima-kun because my dearest Taki stars in it. Though he looks HORRIBLE in it (why the facial hair? WHY?!). Almost makes me miss when he looked like a dirty hobo.

Also, surely everyone has seen the preview for the ParaKiss movie by now, right?
I'm dying, DYING to see it. Osamu as George (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Words can not possibly express just how awesome and perfect this is), Keiko as Yukari (I love her so much... not loving the rumors she's dating Osamu. She need to stick to Pi, kay?)... Amazing dream casting. I'm a little less sure of Yusuke as Hiro (not that I don't love him, but it just doesn't seem right to me... I picture someone kinda like Shun... or Kim Bum, randomly), but I guess it'll work out.


Still waiting for a Big Bang comeback. Getting tired of said waiting.

I watched the first episode of HnH 2 raw, and while I have only gleaned the very basics from my viewing, I can say that I ship Hotaru so so so so much with Osamu's character.

Now, that was probably a given for me. I love Osamu. He's one of my three favorite Japanese actors (Shun and Taki make up the rest of the triad). And Ayase Haruka is my favorite Japanese actress. Naturally, I'm all over that shit. But that aside, I never really shipped Hotaru and Takano. To be honest, I liked Hotaru and Makoto in the first season. I always knew Hotaru and Takano were OTP, but I never understood why.

But seriously, COME ON. In the first episode we have Seno (Osamu's character) piggybacking Hotaru when she's drunk (OTP!!!!), and then they wind up in bed together (I'm not sure why or how, but it happens). I mean, REALLY?! Plus, they're all laughey, and do weird dances, and seriously, OTP. O. T. P. I'm not often wrong with my OTP-sense (kinda like spidey-sense, but a lot less useful), but sadly, I know I'm wrong here.


HOW IS THIS NOT OTP?!

( A few more caps, featuring Takano as Carmen Miranda )

I keep forgetting that the reason I call Fujiki Naohito "Takano" is because of Hotaru no Hikari (yes, I call him "Takano" all the time)... So, in this instance, it makes sense. But no other time, really.

Random -> Osamu is wearing shorts in the episode, and somehow that freaks me out.

OMG Japan! I have no words. NO WORDS.

( major major major spoilers for Cheap Love )

I just finished marathoning Proposal Daisakusen. I don't know why, but suddenly I had a massive urge to watch it. And since it's a jdrama (and thus nice and short), I didn't get antsy at all. I love jdramas, they're so easy to watch.

So, Pro Dai... I'll talk more about it later, because I want to sleep, but I enjoyed it a lot. Not my favorite drama in the world, but adorable and sweet.

But how did I not know Nana and her legs and Yuta (AND Takano) were in it?! If I had known that, I would have watched it ages ago. Nana is one of my favorite Japanese actresses (for some reason most Japanese actresses don't leave an impression on me. I only have around five I really love, not that I dislike the others or anything), and Yuta is one of my favorite Japanese actors.

In fact, while I love Yamapi a ton (though I object to his hair in this... too much like baby!Yamapi), and find Takano a hot piece of older-man ass (Fujiki Naohito, for those who aren't hip to my random nicknames... I never remember his real name, so I always calls him "Takano", the name of his character in Hotaru no Hikari), I was ALL OVER Yuta in this show. Why so hot, Yuta?
(It was totally the hair. I like the longer scruffier hair. Plus his character reminded me a lot of Osamu's character from Atadan, which made me happy, and also reminded me of Osamu, who is sex on legs. One day I'm going to rank my favorite Japanese actors [it's complex, and involves three tiers]... one day...)

I think I managed to get away with fast-watching because I didn't cap. Well, I capped a bit, but not much. It was liberating. But regardless, what I did cap was usually weird stuff. I'll post some later, because right now the caps are spread between my computers...

But I do want to post these two... This one happened to be the first cap I took.

I was all like "AH! Jesus!"
( The next one is under a cut, because it's spoilery, kinda maybe )

I finally finished Kurosagi people! I can't believe it took me so long, I mean, I started it last June. I was almost finished with it too, but for some reason never got around to finishing it.

Well, because the Drama K.O. is kicking my ass in gear, I went ahead and finished it.

The ending was satisfactory. I knew there was UST, so I didn't expect a hugely tidy ending (ala One Pound Gospel), but it was much better than I thought it would be. I'm NOT going to be watching the movie (I've already been warned, so no...), so in essence I am done with Kurosagi for good. Kinda sad.

Anyway, a few caps from episodes 10 and 11.


Pi's so pretty when he emotes

( The rest (obviously contains spoilers for the end of Kurosagi) )

So thank you, Kurosagi. You've provided me with lots of pretty angsting, and Pi-cleavage. And there's no better gift in the world than that.

( Drama K.O. List update )

I decided to follow the rest of my peeps, and do my top 12 drama boyfriend list.

In response to cranberrysheep's Drama Boyfriend Playoffs, I listed my top 12 (well, technically it was 13, but who's counting) ideal drama boyfriends. And then ambergold and princess_dexter made more detailed posts, and well, I decided to as well!

And because I wanted pictures (and since a lot of my choices are from dramas I watched ages ago, when I didn't know how to screencap) I didn't have any ready to use caps, so I spent awhile going through my big ol' folder of drama discs. But this also meant I spent awhile rewatching my favorite parts of various dramas. But I'll get to that later.

Amusingly about half are from twdramas. Apparently I still love me some Taiwanese men after all ;P. Oddly, a lot of my choices are from unpopular dramas as well. And I totally have actor repeat offenders (three of them, actually!)

Anyway, list! (Note, the frst 5 aren't really in any concrete order. I love them all too much to choose between them)
( Top 12 drama boyfriends )

So on my quest to find a drama to watch, I downloaded four possible choices: Kisarazu Cat's Eye, Stand Up!!, The Vineyard Man, and TRICK.

I watched one episode of Kisarazu Cat's Eye, and quite enjoyed it. It is filled with actors I already know (Okada from V6! Sho from Arashi! TakaC! Masa from IWGP! [yes, I know that's not his real name] Takeru from Atadan! [also not his real name, but whatevs] Narimiya Hiroki!), so that makes life easier in general. I'm also highly amused by it all.

I skimmed The Vineyard Man, and I already know I'll like it. I just, apparently, really need a shorter drama right now. But OMG is Yoon Eun Hye adorbs.

I tried TRICK, but the copy I found is just bad quality. Either I'll have to suck it up, or find a better copy. Either way, it's not happening now.

And then I watched Stand Up!!. I've known about it for awhile, but never got around to watching it (I almost always watch strong romances, which is why some things, even if they're good, or classic, get pushed aside). Now it has two of my favorite jdrama actors in the world in it: Shun and Yamapi. Lisa always tried to get me to watch it by bringing that fact up time and again (what can I say, I'm easy... give me pretty pretty boys, and I'm good). Course Pi was only 16 in this, but who's counting? (And I'm only 16 months older than him)

Anyway, I'm enjoying it. I'm only on episode 3 (I'm currently on a strange Inuyasha fanfic binge which is dividing my time... Anyone know any good stories?), but it's pretty epic so far. I'm amused by how they're all such dorks. Like Pi's a train otaku, Shun can't talk to girls without comparing them to his soccer ball, Hiroki wants to see panties all the time, and Nino's just a geek. AND PI'S TEETH! *cries*


I know that the swastika is a Buddhist symbol. I lived in Asia for 4 months, I saw it a lot. But still, every time I see it I get that nervous laugh you get when someone says something really inappropriate, but you can't say anything... Yeah. Oh, swastika... why you gotta mess me up?


Also, DORKS

TODAY WAS AWESOME.

First we decided to go and do something actually related to Japanese culture. We went to Asakusa (touristy type place) today, and went to Sensouji temple and the Kaminarimon gate. It's funny to see the differences between Chinese, Korean, and Japanese religious places. Chinese temples are GAUDY (but in the best possible way), Korean ones are fairly plain (or at least the one I saw), and Japanese ones are kinda in the middle. ALSO PAGODAS!


The pagoda at Sensouji!

We transfer trains at Ikebukuro, so we always are making random Ikebukuro West Gate Park references (which is amusing, since I have yet to see it... though I AM going to watch the first episode today!). Well today we ACTUALLY went outside to the park. It was cold, and dark, but Nagase was ONCE IN THAT AREA, and that is good enough for me!


Ikebukuro West Gate Park, Nagase not included...

( Akihabara (WITH OTAKU), and The Lockup restaurant )

After we took pictures in a picture booth (we've done it EVERY SINGLE DAY so far). We have a set of poses based on inside jokes that we do. Our next set will be based on Big Bang, which is highly dorky and funny.

We then were still kinda tipsy, so we bought some cigarettes, and smoked like bad kids. BAD KIDS. Apparently when we drink we feel like smoking. It's weird.

Anyway, tomorrow is another day of awesome!!

Yeah, it's 2am. I'm dead tired. I should be sleeping. Hell, I should have been sleeping hours ago.

But... BUT...

Instead I am watching Buzzer Beat episode 8 raw. Because I cannot help myself. I was checking for the episode shortly after it aired (being in this time zone makes it easier for me to keep track of when shows air. Seoul and Tokyo are both one hour ahead. China, Hong Kong, and Singapore are all in the same timezone as me. Nice and simple.

ANYWAY, Buzzer Beat. OMG I love that show. I watch it with a rabidity not seen since Atadan. I half love, half hate watching shows as the air. It's annoying since I want to know what happens ASAP, but on the other hand that keeps me interested. (ASIDE: WTF NATSUKI?! Okay, yeah, totally hate her. She's getting into the kdrama secondary girl-bitch category, which is not a good place to be...)

Still watching and obsessing over What Happened in Bali as well. I'm on episode 11, but then I got impatient (I had to leave and actually do stuff, which meant I couldn't watch more, but I HAD to know what happened!) and skimmed through the episodes up until 16. OMG SO MUCH LOVE. SO MUCH. Sometimes it feels like my heart is being ripped from my chest though. I guess that's good. I know I'm going to cry at the end.