so turns out that Live journal is having a problem with the photo box in the rich text mode. Meaning, pics have to be entered in using html...and most of you KNOW I am an HTML IDIOT! T______________T

anyhoo... few notes before this pic.
turns out my cousin is going to pay for my trip home to scotland. which means i'll only need spending money! ( Read more... )

So, for anyone interested...found this new pic of matsumoto Jun, when giving an interview for the two upcoming films he is staring in.  love to see them.  He's really too young for me to even THINK about. So, i must admire him from restraining order distance.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/ruru_chan/gjun.jpg

sorry for the link...for some ( Read more... )

Okay...have to do a wee bit World Cup squueing here:

HOLY MOLY!! WHAT A GAME!!!

THe game between the US vs Italy. That game gave me serious coronary attacks.
 OMG!!! If you didn't see it....you missed the US at it's BEST> If they keep up this kind of playing fervour..they'll make it to the next round. And, that would be incredible.
The referee was ( Read more... )

Yeh, three in a row. Not trying to spam anyone's FL pages here....BUT, I also just HAD To put up a couple things. First,  a really motivating and encouraging quote I got off the side of my mega-size Ito-en bottle of White tea. It's a Haiku by Vivian Shibata:

Even the darkness
cannot eat away the light
of a tiny match

As we say in the "biz": take it and ( Read more... )

So..i finally finished these flip-flop slipper socks i knitted, and I thought i would post up a photo of them. Now, granted, I stopped knitting for a long time and picked it up about over a year ago. So, i am still getting back in the swing of things..

I have posted the pic of what the ORIGINAL SHOULD look like...and my humble attempt. 
And, thanks ( Read more... )

Okay, this is an UBER romantic comedy J-sitcom. It's super Josei. BUt, how can you not love a story which is about falling in love with someone for WHO they are, not what they look like. Rather, that Beauty DOES come from within and is what makes women beautiful. Of course, THAT is what is will eventually end up in this fab jdorama show.

DEFINITELY ( Read more... )

Okay,

seriously.....if you all have time and space...you have GOT to download this show....it's just BRILL!! i was going to upload it to megaupload..but the file is just too damn big and was taking FOREVAH

episode 1 here

you can get the rest here

WARNING: Behind the LJ Cut There is a photo of a nekkid boy bum (an other "clean" pics).. just in case ( Read more... )