I blame it being summer and my being in Miami and my soul-crushing attempt to finish my damn dissertation which is about to overwhelm my average brain for my inability to blog as of late.  But today I will break the cycle.  I will crush it with news of my recent musical purchase... a tenor uke from California or Hawaii!  I am VERY excited because I ( Read more... )

So, I got a little distracted--by life, love, school, etc.--and stopped watching "IRIS".  But now I'm in deep again with a vengance!!  Right now I'm on episode 10 and can't believe I ever took a break! I mean, there's hot men everywhere, ninja fight scenes, crazy/absurd plot twists and a love triangle that just pulls tighter and tighter at my ( Read more... )

Just a quick entry to express my excitement that someone finally posted subbed versions of the last 4 episodes of "Otomen"!!  SO excited!!  Also, & by the way, I think my virtual immersion into Asian pop culture has reached a new level.  I totally got the "Crows Zero" movie spoof in Otomen immediately...  So, yeah, I'm seeing the self-reflective ( Read more... )

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It is finally starting to look a bit more like spring.  I've even seen people wearing their coats SANS scarves!  This is definately  a step in the right direction!  Now, if only the leaves would return to the trees, we might have a full-on change of seasons!  I can't overestimate my excitement about this as the winter this year in central Poland ( Read more... )

Oh my, I just had to listen to this album in one sitting, no pauses, no breaks.  It was so fun; I SOOOoooo wish I could have been there.  The audience screaming, G-Dragon bringing it and all the guests...  Wow.  I must--I repeat, I MUST, find some videos of this show so I can see how the stage was setup and the actual performance...  Although I'm ( Read more... )

I still don't get the ice cream cone in Big Bang's video for "声をきかせて" ("Let me Hear Your Voice").  I love the video--especially how they seem to REALLY want to start dancing but they keep it cool--but I don't get the ice cream cone abandoned on the floor @ the beginning & end.  Maybe it's because it's a winter scene and they're cold (& SO adorable ( Read more... )

This k-drama is fantastically cliche.  It has characters that are even caricatures of caricatures: there's the uber-bitch mom who's snobbishness clogs the room whenever she enters (of course, she has a tender heart it turns out, but this is only revealed near the end...).  There's the hot-headed leading man who's secretly an innocent, loyal teddy ( Read more... )

I was SO 8 episodes into Otomen & can't find 9-12 subbed in English!!  Gerr...  Although I'm fully committed to learning Japanese, I don't think I'll be fluent in time to satiate my taste for this jdrama.  Sigh.  The hunt for the last 4 episodes continues...

I've just started watching "Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge" or "Perfect Girl Evolution" and noticed that Kamenashi Kazuya, who plays Takano Kyohei looks eerily like a young HYDE.  Especially the sculpted eyebrows... Is this just me?