Then you must be lost.  Want a cookie?  Kidding.  You, in fact, have stumbled across my journal.  Congrats!   Welcome!  If you’re not here by mistake, typo, or coercion, and genuinely have an interest in viewing this journal, please proceed.  Tread carefully though, since I tend to be a bit random and silly.  The harmless kind though, so no worries. =]

I have had this account for a while, but never really did anything with it (until now). I like a little bit of everything, but I have been going through a JE phase lately. If you don't know what that is, consider yourself lucky, hahah. I am content with just passing by here and there. 

Read if you wanna try to decipher the inner workings of my brain, or if you’re bored.  Either one is fine. =]

( Random Trivia About Me )

Basically, I’m interested in many different things: music, manga, dramas, video games, anime, reading, drawing, writing, foreign films, etc.  My fascination varies from one topic to the next.  It makes life more fun that way.

Currently...
Watching:  Love Shuffle (Getting kinda lame) & Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (Hmm...)
Playing:  Jeanne D'arc (PSP) <- I love these types of games.  The baddies are haters though. =P

If you're looking for things I've done, you can find them by clicking below.

Ya-Ya-yah Resource Guide - Updated Oct. 6, 2009

( Fun with Screencaps )

Sales Post - JE Magazines, Manga, DVDs, Games Updated Dec. 17, 2009

Please comment on this post if you wanna friend me (why? =P) so that I know you're not some psycho I should be worried about. ;]

Enjoy your stay! =D

The superficial kind:  I'm disappointed that my fave team didn't make it to the Superbowl. =/  That game was messed up in more ways than one.

The serious kind:  A couple of weeks ago, I attended an uncle's funeral.  He was nice and caring, giving me pocket money every time he saw me even when he wasn't a man of great means.  It's a sad loss, but he was sickly and he lived 3 years beyond the 2 years the doctors gave him.  An amazing feat when you think about it. 

Rest in peace until we meet again, uncle.

I'm not disappointed in his passing, since he was getting weaker and weaker by the day.  It was inevitable.  My dad had promised to meet up in April, but we met earlier under sadder circumstances.  Since he lived in a different state, we drove 10 hours to reach them.  Once there, we had a mini family reunion of sorts since an aunt and cousin came from Holland for that sad occasion amongst other relatives.  I was happy to see them and to know that my cousins had mellowed out and weren't annoying brats like before.   Then there's my aunt, whose house we gathered at.   ***SNIP***  It was getting long & ranty.  Let's just say my uncle's sister is a tightwad who cannot grasp the circumstances and learn from the past.  People are at your house for a reason.  Stop being so petty and ridiculous.

Okay, out of my system.  More cheery stuff later on.

Might as well clear the backlog before welcoming the new year.  This didn't even include everything I was thinking of writing about. D=

( Matsushita Yuya )( V6 is awesome! )( Perfect Girl Evolution ) ( NEWS ) ( Past Smiles ) ( Blurbs )

Okay, done.  Enjoy the photos.  Please don't steal the links and whatnot. =]

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!

I came across the Summer Snow jdrama with Domoto Tsuyoshi again and realized something...



...the cute guy on the left is Tsubasa.  When I watched it before, I had no idea since I wasn't into Johnny's that much although admittedly I thought he looked strangely familiar and should have known. =/

Oguri Shun is on the right.  This prolly was the second drama I saw him in. GTO being the first.  Man, was he tiny.  I didn't think he'd spring up like that, but looking at Nishikido, it shouldn't be too surprising.

I thought this drama was a good heart warming tale that kinda reminded me a bit of 14 sai no haha and something along the lines of 1 Litre of Tears. They're not similar to those really, but I think they're alike with the subject matter and emotional aspect with family and friends.  It's a pretty mellow drama overall.  I know I didn't like the opening theme song though.

Yeah, I used a Pokemon reference for my title.  It'll work.  Ack, I didn't think so much time has passed since my last entry.  Well, I'll keep it short and post some more in detailed entries later since I don't want the shock of my reemergence to overwhelm you. =P

I was watching Arashi's VIP Room with Ueto Aya & Becky. 


Becky looks cute, right? Very girly.  Her episode with Arashi was really fun.  Lots of teasing and laughs. Anyway...

Ueto Aya's ideal sort man sounds like a jerk.  Erase her phone book? Sure.  Treat her like a puppy? Why not.  Girls are weird. =/  Becky on the other hand wanted someone with more depth, artistic and drama-like.   This got me thinking.  What are MY impressions of Arashi as dating material?  After a tiny bit of thought they are:
Ohno - Space Cadet
Sho - Calculating.  He may seem to be bullied and whatnot, but he knows what he is presenting as his image.
Nino - Take it or leave it type of guy.
Matsujun - Conceited, standoffish.  I think once you're on his good side, you're prolly really treasured. 
Aiba - Dorky, excitable

If I were to choose, I would pick Aiba.  He may not be the best looking, but he seems kind and genuine which is what really matters to me.

Hopefully my next entry won't take as long to pop up, heh.

I've come across some interesting Youtube videos that helped me make a cool origami flower and do a self french manicure.

First, I was trying to find a video on making an origami Kawasaki Rose.  Well, my efforts resulted in a puffy box rather than a rose.  BUT, there was a link to a cool looking origami lotus that proved more fruitful. 


Not bad, eh? =D  It's looks cool and tough to do, but it's really not.  Just a little patience and you can knock one out in no time.

Next, my mother was bored and decided to paint my nails.  She chose a rather bright pink and decorated it with a random design as shown on the left.  Well, a couple of weeks later it chipped and I was in the mood for a french manicure.


I rarely do my nails, so I think the french tips look all right.  The video made it seem easy.  Definitely cheaper than at a nail salon. =P

Would anyone be interested in Young Song scans?  I have a couple of old ones with NEWS & Tackey & Tsubasa.  They might be located online elsewhere though. *shrug*

It may not look like it from my journal, but I am into all sorts of music.  Pop, Rap, Country, Classical, Rock, American, Asian, etc.  Music trumps appearances for me which is kinda strange since I am into JE....   Before I immersed myself more into Japanese-land, I was more into Korean groups back in the day.  That's the opposite of what's happening now, right?  Japanese -> Korean?  Heh.  I guess I go against the flow of things.  =D

Back then I was into 1tym, Shinhwa, S.E.S....a lot of other people.  SM Town & YG were the main agencies that I was aware of back then.  SM being more poppish and YG more hip-hop oriented.  Ah, since I am listing out the names of different groups, can I tell you how stupid some of the names appear?  There were groups like Fin K.L. -> Fine Killing Liberty, H.O.T, G.O.D..  Um, okay... Anyway, I suppose the downfall for me was the appearance and sudden disappearance of newer groups.  They kept getting younger and more random.  Then came the realization that many groups consisted of a couple of average looking people with awesome voices paired with meh eye-candy to balance it out I guess.  That along with me being unable to grasp the language beyond "saranghae" and random Korean words prolly killed it for me. No real translators back then, so I was left in the dark.  Oh, lets not forget the crazy fangirls. *shudder*

I came across some random videos while organizing and thought I would share (LEAD / W-inds / & even Tackey & Tsubasa had some things tucked away in my files back there =O).  They're some of my favorites.  I'm doing this from memory, so mistakes may appear.

The following are LOW QUALITY.  Seriously.  Most of the video files are in .asf - .asx - random ones like that.  I don't even think I've seen those file types lately. =/  Windows Media Player should be able to play most of them.  These came from all over the place so if the credit isn't in the video itself, I just have no clue.  Sorry, it's been years. 

( Read more... )

With that, I hope you have sweet dreams tonight. <- doesn't sound creepy at all. Ha!  I may post the other half later if I'm up to it.  I hope you found something interesting or to your liking in this post.

Edit:  Before I forget, I made a sales post of random items in case you were interested in parting with your money in exchange for some shinies. =P

GaaoYa3 just posted a new pic of Taiyo.  He's looking good and happy. Very idolish, heheh. =D  The guy in the lower left hand corner looks like Shintaro from 3 Nen B Gumi 7 to me, so I wonder what sort of get together this is, or if it's some random fans getting a picture.  Glad to see that he's well!

As I promised hikaeru , here are some Akama Naoya clips that I most likely found on Naver (Lingiyui's site, maybe?...)  He was in some sort of drama(?) about an unruly older sister or something.  I'm not really sure.

Edit: From hikaeru :
"It's Platonic Sex, about his wild sister who run away after having conflict with his father, she got raped and a man "kept" her at his house and she works at club and, she had a boyfriend who worked at gay club because he's having big debt with the club owner.

She sold her body to pay her boyfriend's debt but then her boyfriend left her after she finished his debt.
Then a famous AV actress found her and invited her to join AV world, while at that time, her father's hospitalized.
And... To be continue lol as I couldn't find the second part of the drama yet... lol I guess it's based on real story of ex-AV actress, Ai Ijima (?!) who died recently..."  Thank you for clearing that up. =]

These clips are really short.  There are also some sound clip files in there from the same show.



Download here.

I bought some magazines a couple of months ago and since one of them was damaged in the mail, I have no qualms about messing around with it on a scanner.  As such, I scanned practically everything, skipping only about 15 pages since I prolly won't be undertaking a similar project ever again. =O

1)  You can do what you want with them, just don't steal these and claim them as your own, please. =]
2)  I don't have the best scanner in the world so colors may be off. It's nothing photoshop can't fix (probably =\).
3)  As you can see I have no idea who some of these people are.  Any help identifying them would be appreciated.





Now I know how much effort and patience it takes to share scans. So a big thank you goes out to everyone who uses their time to do so. =D

Please don't claim these as your own scans (not like they're the best quality anyway!).  Enjoy! =D

Edit:  Thank you for your kind comments!  I really appreciate it. =]