(with the rise of more "instant gratification" sns's such as facebook and twitter, my lj posts from now on will be me talking about jpop songs that stand out in my life ( Read more... )

often times, i think social media is a "phase" for me ( Read more... )

i am one to think that if i could pick only one year's worth of oricon-ranked j-pop to listen for the rest of my life, i'm sure i'd pick 2000.
that was the time period that had, i believe, hour singles that hit the double-million mark.
southern all stars' tsunami and masaharu fukuyama's sakurazaka were both theme songs for "mirai nikki (future ( Read more... )

i was looking at facebook, and marvel at coincidences. (keith is working on blizzard's web stuff... so you mean he's behind the wow armory right now ( Read more... )

so my [flavor of life] was ultimately returned in a most unfortunate way.

( yo bailo. )

i wrote about this on my japanese side (i.e. mixi) when i got in contact with my the second best friend i made grade school -- i say second because (at least in my memories) i already had one best friend before she transferred over to my school (chutoy, yes, you!) -- for the first time in like 10 years about a year and a half ago... but somehow i don't ( Read more... )

i think this is quickly becoming my favorite utada song of all time >.>

"the flavor of life" by hikaru utada (2007 ( Read more... )

i tend to have, as many people do, songs linked to people -- kinda like my internal theme songs for various people ( Read more... )

these are two of my most favorite j-pop songs ( Read more... )