Ramblings VII
+ HATE? REALLY NOW? So I see there was another attempt at a 'hate' meme again a few days back. And of course all the usual suspects got... what's the word for it? Hated on? Yeah, and of course it seems that STORMY team got bitched about as well. I think... I'm getting used to it. The past 'hate' memes have made me accept that you can't please everyone. And "I HATE STORMY" is old meme.
I don't know, I'm not delusional enough to believe that fandom is all rainbows and sparkles but honestly, to attack Haru in such a ruthless way? Low. I concede that our rules are a bit strict and seem to be a pain to other people, but there are reasons for that. And honestly, 1 extra click and a few extra letters to type in? It can't be that difficult right?
Also, apparently we make money from our stuff? Really? If we are, then none of us see it. Honestly, I find it offensive that someone even suggested it - It goes against the ethics of the entire team. Not to mention it goes against everything that fandom is about. And if you want to accuse us of that, why not accuse everyone who runs a website full of free goodies for download, but the site is supported by ads? Or how people cut their links into 100MB units so that they can get reward points on MU which can be turned into something of monetary value and even money itself?
And, while I'm at it (I think I need a good rant, sorry guys!) "STORMY" is a stupid name? I kinda like it. Or at the very least, it's usable and easy to identify what we sub. What else would we call a Arashi focussed sub team? "Arashi"? We'd probably get accused of being idiots with no imagination. "AMNOS"? Again, we'd get accused of being idiots with no imagination and probably sheeps on top of that for using something so overused in fandom. "Aibakaland sub"? Again, is that any better really? No matter what, I think it'd be a lose/lose situation for us.
Either I sorta get upset when people attack STORMY like that coz we're only a small team and we do our best to distribute in a fair way and at the same time stop people from uploading our videos. We as individuals don't have rules as strict as STORMY coz the scale of uploading isn't as great or persistent.
Okay, now that's over with and off my chest, adkljjikk I saw Arashi!! :D
+ TV WATCHING. Since Gran has gone back home, I've been staying in the living room a lot coz it's warm there :D So I usually leave the TV on and watch/listen to it while playing around on my laptop (while also eating, listening to music/watching something on it etc. I know, I should just do one thing at once ^^;) Anyways, I was watching Dateline on SBS, which is a current affairs/world issues sorta show and their main story was on Japan's new saiban-in court system which is to be introduced some time soon. And they were interviewing people and of course they had the random 'people walking in the streets shot' for voice over bits, and where better to shot such a shoot than at Shibuya! Which is when I saw this! I admit, I spazzed a little. Even though what they were talking about was serious and actually quite interesting, the fangirl in me took over and I was just watching hoping for another shot ^^;
Actually that was a pretty trivial thing to be talking about ^^; But honestly, I never expected to see Arashi on my own TV screen outside of me playing one of their things. I'm not sure how it is else where, but here, unless you watch the 2 government channels and usually it has to be the SBS, you see nothing but Aussie soapies or American TV, which are perfectly fine, but it doesn't really interest me much. Not enough scrawny Japanese guys to perv on maybe? XD
+ ADKL;KSJ OHNO IN A DRAMA?!?! I'm sure everyone has already heard, but Ohno is gonna star in his own drama :DDDDDD I'm so excited to hear about it! And he's not playing a spacey/carpetbag character, but instead some sort of cold blooded lawyer bent on revenge? YES PLEASE. PLEASE LET ME HAVE ANGSTY, SERIOUS, INTENSE DARK HAIRED OHNO!! *drools*
*wipes drool away* Right, so strange and pervy fangirly imaginings aside, I'm really looking forward to how Ohno will fare considering it's not his usual type of role. That being said, I have confidence that he can pull it off if his ability to be adaptable in his butais are any indicator of his acting ability. I think it'll be a nice image change for him as well, because he can't be the dopey, loveable captain forever right? Well, I wouldn't mind if he did stay that way but it's refreshing to see him challenging himself again ^__^
And while we're here, I sorta wonder WHY he agreed to take on the role? I think I remember reading somewhere that he didn't like doing movies/dramas because of the nature of the shoot ie how it's shot in bits and pieces and is stop, start sorta thing? Something like that. Has he changed his mind about dramas? Is the script/premise of the show really that interesting to him that he would do it despite it being TV? Are JE just pushing him coz the group is really popular and they want him to get more TV exposure? Or did his mum push him to do it coz she saw the Korean original and told him to do it when she heard he could? :P
+ PAIN!! Hahah, I seem to like to whine about this sorta stuff, but seriously, today is a weird day for body pains. The last 2 weeks I've had a huge ulcer on my tongue which makes eating the most excuriating thing in the world, especially since I like sour and spicy things D: And my bottom incisors have been throbbing for a few days since I bit into some really hot fish and I got all paranoid that I'd killed them that I got my dentistry student friend to check it out for me ^^; Hopefully it goes away soon. I need my teeth to eat D: And I got a shot today. It hurts D: Both in my arm and my wallet. It was in prep for travel and was for Hep A and Typhoid fever (coz my body is stupid like that and doesn't keep antigens D:) and cost AUD$94 which was actually down from AUD$164 coz I know the pharmacist. Not to mention the other immunisations that I had to buy for chorea and malaria ^^; I'll run out of money before I even leave the country!!!! Was that TMI, I wonder...
Right, it's 4am, I'm off to bed!