first of all, thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday "today" (the 8th, it's technically the 9th now, but seeing as i haven't been to sleep yet, you know what it's still "thursday" for me! :D) (the 9th, as it is officially now, is the birthday of Kanjani8's Yokoyama Yu~ yay ( Read more... )

what a stunning happening last night in Calgary! T____T we lost in the last 9 seconds. *and* we got a penalty at 4 seconds to the end. 9_9 but anyway... poor boys. they looked really stunned. going into game 5 tied 2-2... *wavies little red pompoms*

♥ GO, FLAMES, GO ♥ps - just so this entry will still be japanese boyband related (^_ ( Read more... )

so here's the thing, you know when you start reading JE boyband slash... and you see someone use the word "member" as a euphemism for "penis"... you start to realize that it brings a whole new dimension to the phrase "member-ai" (which is a term that many, many, JE fangirls like to use to describe the brother-like love bandmates have for each other ( Read more... )

subaru's performance of "Mr. Traveling Man" on Shounen Club Premium brought me to tears. his voice is really amazing. he does get a little (what randy jackson calls) "pitchy", but on the whole... it's really got that quality that strikes at your heart.

in other, but no less bizarre or k8 related, news, xiola_azuthra, remember talking about what i would to do ( Read more... )

while i understand, in theory, that 2am on a sunday night is for sleeping... in practice, i'm waiting for my recently flat-ironed hair to cool down.

and i'm pondering...

i recently mentioned to xiola_azuthra that i like Hina (of K8) a lot *because* of his "tsukkomi"-ness. (the "straight man" in a traditional japanese stand up comedy style). and i think i ( Read more... )

was flipping through the april issue of Potato magazine... when i stopped, blinked, and thought to myself: "wait a second, there's no GIRL in KAT TUN..."


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hiiii~~ how is everyone doing tonight? are you on my flist? am i on yours? do you feel like i've been neglecting you lately? here's a huuuuge post with a little something for everyone! ... shoot. except for the old iniD peeps... darnit. i was so close. ah, but i know y'all can appreciate cute young asian guys too? ^O^;;; for all the scans ( Read more... )

and at this time of night... because clearly i'm not thinking properly...

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v6432179AkFxDZEG <--long vid circa... 2004? when yoko had longish hair with blonde streaks in it. Yoko, Maruyama, and Uchi weigh in and then get separate treatments... and ( Read more... )

but clearly i'm not.

( click me to find out who in Kanjani 8 has a treasure trail!!! )

even though glay is pretty pop... because i've just been tooling around youtube lately... this vid... totally rocks my world in inappropriate ways. *O* hyde and glay!!! and that first song, "yuuwaku", is one of my fave glay songs of all time. *O*

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(i don't have a suitable "rock out" icon... uh... so i'm using Kilik.. is that weird? ^O ( Read more... )