Lissiel's Journal

This post was almost titled "I would hit that in a New York Second". Cause, um, WOW.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_EfVtiUBSc&feature=channel

Also, Tokyo Hotel?


...I am not learning German now. T.T Who said German guys could be hot now? And he's a twin. Cripes.

/Edit: Oh man. IOWA got marriage equality before we did? Fail, California. Faaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiil. -_-;

So, I'm getting on a plane tomorrow and coming home!! YAAAAY!!! And those of you who've had the misfortune of trying to travel with me know how utterly neurotic I get right before I have to walk out the door for that kind of thing, because I'm convinced I've forgotten something and OMG YOU CANNOT BUY TOOTHBRUSHES IN CALIFORNIA IT WILL BE THE END OF THE WORLD OMGOMGOMG!!!1.

So, in the spirit of not going through my packing a fourth time and having to re-do it again, I bring you a brief intro to Arashi, with more reasons to love them (for those of you who weren't listening the first couple of times, omgseriously why don't you all love them as much as I do yet??? T^T?)

The thing about Arashi that makes them very very different from anything in the American market, as far as I'm concerned, is that they're happy. American musicians sing about smacking up their hos and shooting police, or their slutty girlfriends cheating on them, or how their women hate them and such? Arashi's song lyrics are all "It's definately going to be all right" or "In the next five years, who will be by my side? It'll be the five of us, again. <3" (Yes, matsujun wrote a song about how much he loves his bandmates. Seriously. They are all so wooby.)

American Stars go on drug binges and star in reality shows where they sleep their way through the household and scream inebriated obscenities at each other on the lawn? Arashi does shows about visiting cranky old people, and taking care of little kids so their parents can go on dates. But they're not all sweetness and light. They ARE twenty-something boys, who've been friends since they left home at about ten. Nothing delights them quite as much as making each other do COMPLETELY ABSURD, BIZARRE THINGS. Like the one time they made ohno go to an okama bar. :Db

The short answer is: THEY ARE HUGE DORKS AND YOU SHOULD LOVE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE HILARIOUS.

( The long answer is under this cut, with picspam and youtube links. Seriously, you guys. )

*To be continued*

Things that suck a lot:

*Instead of knowing whether I'd be moving this week, like I thought? I got to spend 45 minutes on hold with SJSU over a minor transcript thing only to find out that I wouldn't know until they got my FINAL transcript (not the in-progress one)... sometime around dec. 20th. Four or five days AFTER we were supposed to come home.

*My final project for editing is to interview a local professional editor. I HATE being forced to talk to strangers, esp strangers who have no reason to help me outside the goodness of their hearts. It feels a lot like begging. These are busy people! Who don't even work for the school! It shouldn't be their job to help me with my schoolwork. D:<

*I think I might be coming down with something; I've had a low-level headache for the last three days or so straight, and keep falling asleep. Argh. NOT THAT I HAD THINGS TO DO OR ANYTHING. Poor game, body. Poor game.

Things that suck less:

*We had a massive thunderstorm this morning, right outside our building, and the fog was so thick we literally couldn't see a thing out the windows and the thunder was really really loud and it was fun.

*This guy makes my ovaries flutter like butterfly wings. He's so cute, and such a good boy and his mom is so lucky! He says his mom is his best friend. *jealous!* I want three or four just like him. Cloning technology is really coming along, right? Lord knows he's never going to reproduce.

1.Ohmiya. I just. You two just keep on keepin' on, ok? I'll be... over here. In my bunk. Also, Nino. Seriously. ♥

2. Stephen Colbert. THE INTERNET HAS NO HEARTMARKS BIG ENOUGH FOR THIS. I mean. I truly thought I'd never wish to be registered to vote in South Carolina. BUT NOW I DO. /caplock abuse.

3. Kittens Because you can never have too many silly cat macros.

4. I want to make a whole website that just compares Sakurai Sho to lolcats. THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD BE GLAD I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH FREE TIME. I know you're all very grateful.


What are some things that you loves think are awesometastic?

They think I look like matsujun. LOL. You guys, no girl has EVER been that pretty, and he knows it.

Apparently, they also think that Ohno looks most like Kiera Knightly.Obviously, this site is too hilarious.

I have both a new Tea Ceremony icon AND a new Flower arranging icon.


You can all be hideously jealous now. It's ok, I know.

Uhhhhhhn. D:

You guys. I've had ONE WEEK of japanese classes. Four class periods. In that time, we've already had three quizzes, learned twenty kanji and done 17 pages of written homework- not counting the reading or grammar-notes to study.

There are no trauma-faces bad enough to express how bad I am going to DIE this semester.

Also, Dear self: I'm really tired of this tummy being ticky biz. If I'm going to get sick, can I please just get sick already rather than this back-and-forth nonsense? No love, Me.

/Edit: (Aren't you guys glad I don't keep making new posts for this stuff?)


Ohno, Jun, honeys, you're in the middle of a dirt road through a big field in hicksville, decorating a cake, wearing a pink wifebeater and matching baby-pink trucker hat. D: I don't even... HOW ARE YOU TWO NOT DEAD? Honestly. You need to pay your security people more.

Arashi's upcoming single PV:

They call it "HAPPINESS" for a reason. The face I'm making right now looks something like this :D or more like XD. Cause, leader getting shoved out of the frame! Aiba trying to eat Nino's head! Sho makes tea! I have no idea what Ohno and Nino are doing about twenty seconds in, but it looks vaguely dirty! THERE ARE PUPPIES. YOU GUYS.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KLD5l8VNSw

How are you all not totally head-over-heels for this band yet??? SRSLY GUYS.

EDIT: Translations from an interview on their last single "Love So Sweet", and adlkjsadgfhg, how did I miss these?

Jun:
The info in a sweet mail from Nino is a secret between only you two.
When Nino was away from Japan filming “Letters from Iwo Jima,” I got a really sweet mail from him. The contents…? That’s secret. (*grin*) Anyway, the contents were short but filled with emotion. Vice versa, because we were separated, I think I too got accustomed to that and included those emotions, and thought, ”There are more important things than words.”
Sho:
After we finished filming the “Love So Sweet” PV, it was late at night, but when we went back to the dressing room, everyone celebrated my birthday. And there was a really sweet chocolate cake and… is this story no good? (*grin*) It’s embarrassing! Talking about your sweet side… (TV guide: The story’s no good.) Well then, I’ll give you an extra piece of information. At that time we were relaxing almost naked. I’m done! (*grin*) Please look forward to seeing us as mannequins in the next PV!

I would like my tinfoil-hat now plz.

Japanese class was horrific and hideously intimidating like it is every year. But I'm ganbaruing! Even though we had to Jikoushoukai, and I messed up and looked like a retard! Because I listened to arashi being retards before class, and it made me all happy!

Also, this semester when I inevitably end up drowning in kanji that I just can't for the love of g-d remember? I will go back and re-read those interviews that arashi gave where they talk about showering together. And also watch Shibata Rie cause Sho to make the trauma face. >:D Yesh, they are my secret weapon.

Seriously though, I'm starting to think they're not really human. I think they're made entirely of sparkly rainbows and win. The levels of crack they're on would seriously kill a normal person. *nodnod*

I have new copies to be my own of "How's it Going" and "Arashic," and I'm really super sugar-high* and clearly this meant that I should re-watch the Arashic tour video digest. Which is basically the "Aiba is adorable show". Which obviously meant I should watch the aiba-reads-baby-lions-bedtime-stories video. And now, I've come to the conclusion that at this point? I'm pretty much just waiting for the day that Aiba shows up on Sho-kun's doorstep with a half-dozen nigerian babies and a sob story. Because you know it's just a matter of time, and arashi+babies would probably make people's heads explode of cute. And I think head-explodies are funny. <3

Also that I think its kind of charming and hilarious when Sho tries to be tough (Since I'm watching his solo in the taipei con now). I keep thinking,"Yeah, you look pretty bad for a dude in sparkles, but... you flew across the country in between shooting a drama to help your little brother with his homework. I FAIL TO BE INTIMIDATED, SRRY." Also, even his angry-protest lyrics kind of make me want to give him a hug and mess up his hair. Which. I think is kind of the wrong response. I can't help it! He has his little juniors backdancers all done up in camo. It's adorable.

On the other hand, while it's entertaining to watch jun guitar-whore during his solo when Nino is playing it in arashic, watching him guitar-whore when it's a tiny under-aged junior playing it is actually REALLY REALLY CREEPY. Particularly when you factor in the nice faux-military costume from Arashic versus the electric-purple HARDO GHEI costume from Taipei. I guess they didn't want two camo costumes in a row? Still. It's kind of awful.

In closing, OMG YAMATARO. DO WANT.


* On the way up to SJ, Mike and I hit up kinokuniya, where I kind of made out like a bandit and it was total win. I also got a pink lunchbox with baby bunnies on it, and it makes me feel like I'm five. *glee* On the way home, Christina and Mike and I ended up in front of a Marie Callendar's and decided we wanted pie. We had two slices each. It was kind of a terrible idea, but SO WORTH IT.