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

So the GTOP album... I've been listening to it since it came out, and can honestly say I love it. So much. It's such a great mix of all different styles, which is lovely. My favorite songs are probably "Oh Mom" (TOP... idek), "Obsession", and "Oh Yeah" (despite it constantly reminding me of Arashi). But really, I love all the songs. Even GD's square dance song.

What square dance song, you say? THIS SQUARE DANCE SONG.

Seriously, all I can think about when I hear it is a country square dance. Like, in a barn somewhere, with couples sitting on a wooden post fence, dressed like this, watching other couples twirl about, whilst clapping their hands. And somewhere in that fantasy, GD is up on stage with his jug band, singing this song, while styling a pompadour, and dancing about. THIS IS A VERY IN DEPTH FANTASY. But you know, it could also work for line dancing. Just throw in more cowboy boots, and take away the fancy dresses. (Despite living in the LEAST country state in the nation, I have square AND line danced in my youth...)


But anyway, the point is, I like the album. I ordered my copy last week, and it hasn't shipped yet (presumable due to the holiday). I don''t really care which cover I get (though I wish they had released a red one... otherwise the silver and green are my faves). They're ALL THE SAME, only different colors. I don't see the need to buy multiple copies, since THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME. Maybe if they had different pictures, or different tracks. But just different colored album colors? Uh.... no. Sorry YG, you're not getting my money on that.


Otherwise, I hope everyone had a good holiday. If you were around during my rapid posting/deleting, and/or my tweeting, uh... sorry? My Christmas was weird. And not in a good way. But whatever, it's over, and it's kinda sad because I L-O-V-E Christmas, but what can you do.

As for right now, it's still blizzarding. And thankfully I haven't lost power, so all is good. As for work tomorrow (today?), I don't know. I really don't like schlepping a long distance in the snow, in my car which doesn't really have heat.

Long story short;

Flailing

Waiting for stream to upload

Occasionally hearing noises

Extremely choppy, but can see some old concert clips

Still really choppy

Playing Turn it Up MV

Still choppy

MC talks for a long time

Still choppy. Frantically download a new internet browser to see if it works.

ACTUALLY WORKS

Go through a short preview of each song.

Occasionally choppy

Some songs are amazing (TOP's rock song). One I will forever call the "GD Square Dance Song".

Finally play High High MV

MV is filled with lots of white girls. Am angry that I am not one of the aforementioned white girls.

INTERVIEW TIME

Gets bored, and leaves to write this entry...

This shit is happening TOMORROW. At 3am. *sigh* I'll probably groggily wake up so I can watch it real quick before going back to sleep.

I'm still digging GD's hat. And yay, TOP's bowtie is straightened. That was bothering me.

I wonder if those lines in TOP's eyebrows are scars, or like, random shaved bits. There are pictures with and without, so I'm unsure. If they ARE shaved bits, I don't really like them. They remind me of how in the early 90's, my classmates used to shave their eyebrows like that to look like Vanilla Ice.

.... I don't even. I can't right now, because I'm at work, where public flailing is not looking well upon, but OMG GTOP!

I'm so excited for a joint GD/TOP album. GTOP songs are always my favorites, so this is like a fucking dream for me. December 24th is going to be the best day ever. Christmas AND GTOP!

And BB's comeback in February of next year? Which makes me wonder about the Big Show, and whether they'll debut their new stuff there. So (if the concert, in fact, does occur) will it be prior to the release of the album (late January), or after it. Which means, my plans change. Taipei first, Seoul later? I'm so confused.

PLUS a digital single by Baby in early January?! Seriously, dying.

It's a fucking perfect storm of amazing YG stuff. My life is so much better right now, guys!

I'll be capping stuff, and making gifs, and videos, and all sorts of shit later on. When I'm not at work. In ~7 hours.

Why in the fuck do I not have a GTOP icon?! Must fix that soon!

Big Bang Pimp Post : Members (part 3)

TOP


How to explain TOP? TOP is badass, or at least he seems so on the surface. In reality he is a huge kid. He loves toys, joking around, and messing with the other members. His voice is so unique, and as one of the rappers in Big Bang, he brings a strong hip hop edge to the songs. He's grown up a lot since his debut, and only recently started coming into his own as an actor. Overall he's hugely talented, and amazing.

( More info / pictures / videos )

Go here for the "disclaimer / credits / where to buy" page.

Ohhh goodness. Somehow, through no real fault of my own, I ended up reading some RP fic for GD and TOP. I read one really good one, and a couple of okay ones. But the best was when there was an arranged marriage between TOP and Lee Hyori! I LAUGHED SO HARD.

But anyway, I meant to post this awhile ago, but whatever. I'm still loving Buzzer Beat. It's not anything groundbreaking, but I don't care. It has a lot of the same feeling that Hachimitsu to Clover had, which naturally makes me love it. (Random OT - This fall I'm going to watch H&C again. For some reason that show reminds me of autumn)

Anyway, caps and such!

The guys were all like "yay navels!", and Mai was like "YAY ABS", it was awesome.
( Buzzer Beat episode 3 )

I'm not going to lie. I laughed my ass off.

But still, poor JiYong-sshi! And TOP looked slightly traumatized by the whole event. I did like how they just kept going on with the performance, regardless of bodily harm...

(action starts at ~1:30)

The rest of the Big Bang Arena photoshoot pictures have been released, and OMG I LOOOVE them! I loved GD's first pic, but the second is even better! And TOP is too damn hot for his own good...

( GD and TOP from the Arena shoot )

Yes, I've taken to using Korean honorifics occasionally. I also use the Japanese honorifics sometimes. It depends on who I'm talking about... Like I have extreme fannish love for GD and TOP, but I can't exactly call them "oppa" like most fangirls can... I'm older than them. And I call Oguri Shun and Ikuta Toma, Shun-kun and Toma-kun respectively (it's valid, I am emotionally attached to both of them :D). I'm glad Mandarin isn't as strict with the honorifics.

Anyway, moving on... Several shots have been released for TOP and Baby's drama/movie/thing 19. I love these shots, because they're obviously super over the top and hilarious. Especially Baby's...
( Baby and TOP getting their ridiculous on )

Also randomly today I was desperately searching for and reading Hana Kimi fanfic. Specifically Mizuki / Nakatsu fic. Probably not a good idea to read slightly smutty boy - girl/boy/?? fic while at work... (I hope this won't be a long term fic yen. Like, I watched Gokusen back in December, and I STILL check ff.net every day for updates/new stories. More people need to write Shin/Yankumi Gokusen fic, damn it!

(Should probably mention I got the images from Big Bang Fansite)

I'm currently taking a short Dal Ja's Spring break. We're at the point in the story where happiness between the OTP is shattered by bitchy secondary girls and lots and lots of misunderstandings. I always have trouble watching these parts (why I haven't finished Densha Otoko yet, despite only having two episodes left). So yeah, short break. A short break that involves me watching My Queen.

FYI: I'm planning a huge picspam / pimp post of Dal Ja's Spring when I finish (only 5 episodes left). I already have pic categories planned.

Anyway, on Saturday I got one of my Big Bang packages; stuff not sold on YesAsia or DVDHeaven. Specifically the CD and Diary/Planner they released for their FILA campaign. The CD had three songs on it, all new (as far as I can tell), including the FILA song, and Dae Sung's trot single 날봐귀순 (Look at Me, Gwi Soon), which is weirdly addictive. There's one more, but for some reason itunes didn't import the song name correctly, and I have no idea how to translate the Korean, so yeah. Also, the diary is REALLY thick, and filled with amazing pics from the FILA photoshoot (including a bunch of group pics with little white kids!). I'm highly pleased by it all!

( Big Bang for FILA stuff... picspam )

I just looked up these items on star-thots.com. The FILA Diary is selling for almost $100 there!! I got it for less than a quarter of that.

Haven't watched episode 3 or 4 of B&W yet, so no spoilers for me! I'm planning a massive comment reply today and tomorrow as well.

And oh! Huge playlist is coming sometime soon! It needs editing, but I'm working on it!

So the MV for the w-inds feat. GD song was released.


I... well... I really like the first half of the song. The second half was okay, but the second half of the video totally lost me (is it me, or does the choreography kinda suck?). Maybe it's just because I'm SO not used to J-pop. On the plus side, the chorus is great, and GD's rap is FABULOUS (as per usual).

It also seems like w-inds is trying a little too much to be K-pop-ey. Like that's what GD normally wears, but sn0tcat tells me that that is NOT what w-inds normally wears. The clothes actually look like stuff Big Bang wore in The Great concert. But again, I have no idea.

Also, I found out today that TOP used to be fat!

SO CUTE! No wonder he's body-conscious now, despite looking fabulous. Recently I've been loving TOP a bit more than usual... he's just so adorable!

And God, WHEN WILL GD'S ALBUM BE RELEASED?! Big Bang is supposed to be vacationing in May, and then from the end of May to July they'll be in Japan. So like, there's a limited time here. If it doesn't happen I'll be super super sad.