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I went to the library to pick up two more GH novels (The Masqueraders and Regency Buck, I hope I like them...) and ended up borrowing two movie adaptations of Jane Austen's Persuasion (the 1995 Amanda Root and 2007 Sally Hawkins versions). Oh man. I can take some changes. I can take some differences. But why oh why did they fuck around with the end ( Read more... )

It's still Christmas here, though I know it's already the next day in most of the world...I was unconscious for most of the day, thanks to a night of bad sleep. XD;

Random Christmas stuff:

Lena Park singing Christmas carolsDon't forget Amazon's free Christmas MP3's (I can't get a clean link, so go to MP3 downloads, there should be a link from the ( Read more... )

The biggest shopping mall here have had multiple blackouts due to heavy rain. I wonder how much the closed retailers lost in sales? Talk about awful timing. :O

Been putting together this year's Christmas song list and came across a hilarious song called Merry Christmas from the Family by Robert Earl Keene.

Another cool "family-themed" song: The ( Read more... )

I caught a performance of the Japanese band Anzen Chitai on the TV tonight and was blown away yet again by the singing of Tamaki Koji. God, that man has an amazing voice. Check out a live version of him singing Kanashimi sayonara here (Lyrics here). As I adore covers I looked for some for this song but couldn't find much, actually. I did find a ( Read more... )

♥ From McSweeney's GREAT LITERATURE RETITLED TO BOOST WEBSITE TRAFFIC.: 7 Awesome Ways Barnyard Animals Are Like Communism

♥ I recently learned that there's a spin-off of the wonderful Suiyoubi no akumu by Yakou Hana and illustrated by Inariya Fusanosuke, Kinyoubi no kyoumu. I generally dislike spin-offs (I tend to get too attached to the original ( Read more... )

I spent some time on Youtube after coming randomly coming across a fabulous live performance of Berlin's "Take My Breath Away." I then ended up at Sarah Brightman's live performance of her song "You Take My Breath Away." And finally at Japanese singer KOKIA's "Time to Say Goodbye."I skipped the side story about Kei and Takane first meeting and ( Read more... )

I stumbled across Daughtry's cover of Lady Gaga's Pokerface and ended up spending too much time on Youtube looking for more decent covers. My favs:

Lady Gaga acoustic version
Daughtry
Glee version with Idina Meznel and Lea Michele
Absent Elk (British pop rock band)
Blowsight (Swedish alternative rock band?)
Glava's Trio (instrumental version with ( Read more... )

I haven't checked LJ in quite a while. Been busy, but lately I've also had internet connection issues which I've been too busy to get fixed. Isn't that how it always goes? ^^; In any case, I'm posting to mention 12-ji no kane ga naru mae ni (Before the clock strikes twelve--not the "official" English translation, but the official Engrish is rubbish ( Read more... )

Heard a great interview on BBC Radio 4's Front Row of the conductor John Wilson, who reconstructed the theatrical scores of various Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals and will perform (has performed?) them at the BBC Proms. One tidbit I particularly liked: apparently the orchestras used for these scores were filled with classically trained refugees ( Read more... )