Christmas, Presents and meme-time ^_^

[zombiezahn]

Oh, it's a shame this is my first entry after Christmas...I really wanted to post this earlier because basically I just write about my Christmas...*sigh*

So, a HAPPY (very) BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!!!
or rather: Happy last days of 2010!!!  

Comments

[showyoursmile]

I was super super into Arashi at first, then super super into Toma, but back then, I didn't really buy stuff yet. It was only as I was transitioning from Toma into SMAP that I started buying things, so SMAP got the lucky break. xD For Arashi, I have the 5x10 ALL THE BEST album, the LE Hatenai Sora single, the 2006 AAA photobook, the HanaDan movie photobook, the RE Believe single, the AAA 2008 concert, and the 5x10 concert. For Toma, I have some old junior photobooks and the Ningen Shikkaku movie photobook. Then for SMAP...I have a lot more than the other two, lol. That's awesome, though, having all the albums/DVDs/most singles for K8. :D I don't have anything outside of SMAP/Arashi/Toma, except for a stack of idol magazines that have multiple JE groups. :< But the SMAP stuff makes me happiest, so that's where my money mostly pours now. ^^;

It's nice to break up depressing things with light ones. ^^

Excellent choice~ Our living room TV is the best, too; I tend to just make my family endure it, but they tease me/poke fun at whatever I'm watching when they pass by the living room, lol. xD;

[zombiezahn]

It's funny that so many people in the SMAP fandom initially were mainly Arashi fans, as my very first JE group was TOKIO - because I looove Tomoya (since I watched My Boss My Hero) ♥ although the first Johnny I knew about was Toma in Hana Kimi I think ^^
Wow, you got a LOT of Arashi - when I was in Japan, I remember how there nearly wasn't anything Arashi-related because it was sold out all the time... Ah, I've got that 5x10 ALL THE BEST from them too ^^

Mmmh - I think I love a lot of JE-groups, and I always like to get merchandise (I'm a little obsessive with it...)
Of course SMAP are my JE ichiban, but I really love KinKi Kids, TOKIO & Kanjani too - so from them I have the most merch ^^ Somehow a V6 album and KAT-TUN CD also found their way into my shelf...although I'm not really a huuge fan (at least of KAT-TUN; V6 are fine, but I don't listen to their music much
-__-)

I'd love to get a good TVfor my own room (the one I have i like 7 years old...) but until then I have to use the living room >_> And I know what you mean, when I listen to one of my CDs while cooking and my mom comes into the kitchen she alawys makes fun of it *grrr*

[showyoursmile]

My best friend is a huge Arashi fan, so she was the one to tug me into Arashi/JE fandom about two years ago. ^^ Then I fell for Toma after Maou (and HanaKimi, which I watched around the same time), then SMAP stole my heart with a combination of things about one year ago. I love pretty much all of JE, but I def have to prioritize -- I am lacking in the time and money to love them all equally, lol. ;) Hopefully I'll have a job soon, which will help.

I have a small, oldish TV in my bedroom, but I usually just watch on my laptop if not on the big TV. People just don't understaaaand.

[zombiezahn]

I didn't know anyone in this fandom until I found it myself (or rather together with monstakarotte ^_^°)

First I also was more of a drama-fan, just when I found a youtube video of the Countdown while looking for TOKIO-related stuff, I discovered that most of my favourite actors belonged to the same agency. I learned about Johnny's and quickly became a fan _(*.*)_

Money is also a problem with me, atm I try looking for a parttime student-job or something, but I fear before the start of the new semester I cannot put this plan into action *sigh*

[showyoursmile]

How fun. :3 At least you still had someone to enter with. ^^ Very neat, though; I'm always curious about how other overseas fans got into fandom~ My friend found Nino through "Letters to Iwo Jima" -- if it weren't for that, she (and even moreso I) would have never found JE (because there's no other way to find them unless you seek them out -- not even anime conventions here have any Johnnys stuff). :o We MIGHT have found it because we used to watch this Korean drama, "Winter Sonata", on the AZN Channel my family had at the time (which never aired jdramas), and then the kdrama "My Lovely Sam-Soon"...but really, we probably would have just ended up in K-Pop fandom instead. I'm happy it turned out the way it did, though. ♥

I feel your pain. :( It's such an expensive hobby to have, and jobs can be hard to find. I wish you good luck in your parttime job-search. I'm looking for one, too, to get some experience in between undergrad and grad school, eek.