the bananas! they are SPEAKING to youI've watched JIU raw and I will watch it again with subs, but mostly the first episode is ( Read more... )

Ah, summer J-dramas. I always come back to you, no matter how long the flirtation with other media is ( Read more... )

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Oh yeah, it's on for Jiu. And it doesn't look like it'll be burdened by a love story, unless we are talking about the inevitable slashing between Meisa and Tabe Mikako because OBVIOUS. Also, hello handsome Shirota! I really hope you're not a psycho killer in this!

meganbmoore and calixa I most likely will not be around for the City Hunter watching as there is a food truck festival in town and I must eat with two hands the most carnitas, tacos, bacon thingies, Filipino fusion food, banh mis, that I can. Because being stuck out in suburbia, food trucks are more of a city thing and I'm not traipsing off to LA just to stalk the ( Read more... )

Meisa Kuroki & Tabe Mikako to star in a suspense series

The only way this would have been more awesome was if it was Maki in the 'white' role, but that would have been too obvious. As it is, Tabe is fantastic, and I suspect she'll do a lot of the heavy lifting, emotion-wise. I have written before about how I don't like procedurals regardless of ( Read more... )

OH FUCK YOU, NAKAJI.

And you, Dr. Catboy. YOU DO KNOW YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS SHIT, RIGHT?

Oh LJ promos, sometimes I just don't get you.

You know what else I don't get? Has there been any proof that Asano Taeko and Eriko Kitagawa aren't the exact same person? Like, documented, have they ever been in the same room together ( Read more... )

It's a FUJI production, so obviously it's pretty.

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Okay, so free internet doesn't work on Sunday, because I'm assuming everyone is at church. The proliferation of churches here is a little bit like Starbucks. Often a church is within a few feet of another church, of the same exact faith.

Saturday I had a little bus adventure on my way back from Home Plus+. It's about a 45 minute bus ride from ( Read more... )

when Korea screws me over, Japan tends to bring the happy: I don't say this enough about some dramas, but Seriously, Tumbling is So Fabulously Gay and Sparkly it outsparkles Korea and a Liberace tribute and JE's stage outfits.

Yamamoto Yusuke & Seto Koji and Nishiyama & the littlest Hanadan brother - YOU ARE GLORIOUS AND I LOVE YOU.