Ponderings
One of those (fortunately) rare nights when I can't fall asleep, so I figured maybe if I write out some of the thoughts spinning through my head, then I can sleep. Who knows. But current thoughts are random and fandom-related, so why not?
Basically my current focus. In my head I still sort of half consider myself a junior fan, but in my heart I'm not and I haven't been for a long time. I guess I should stop feeling guilty(?) about that.
Follow: Kisumai only. As best as I can, which honestly, considering how busy they are now, is kind of impossible. I'm not good about certain shows or whatnot, but I CARE. Mostly keeping up with KisuBusa and Utage on a weekly basis, relevant magazines, releases, etc. Tours/shows as much as is affordable and doable (sorry, Gaya).
Interested in: Which I define as wanting to follow, but being relatively (un)successful to varying degrees. This list includes: Takki (& Tsubasa), A.B.C-Z (and most of the members), Yuma, Snowman (and 5/6 of them individually), HSJ (and maybe 3 of them individually).
Like: Being kind of self-explanatory. I don't make any particular effort to keep up with these people, but I enjoy them (sometimes a lot) when given the opportunity. Category includes: NEWS as a group, KAT-TUN, some of JWest, SMAP and Nakai and KimuTaku, V6 as a group and Inocchi (sort of), half of SixTones, Yasui, Hagiya, half of TraJa, 4U, and maybe a handful of other juniors? Idek. Koichi?
Then there's the people I know. I don't particularly dislike anyone, but there are varying levels of interest/apathy? Some groups/people I'm perfectly happy to listen to someone flail about, and can enjoy that they're enjoying, while others I am disinterested enough that it's hard to not zone out if someone goes on about them. There's also some overlap here with the Like category, because honestly NEWS, KAT-TUN, SMAP, V6... I go through stages where I'm more interested and stages where I'm not. But I have generally positive feelings for them. NEWS is a more recent reversal, where I think I've kind of come to terms with it. K8 is kind of in a weird zone where I liked them well enough but am so many years out of the loop that I enjoy hearing about them but really know nothing more than what people tell me.
The apathy comes in around... Arashi, I guess. I don't dislike them, but I just entirely couldn't care less for the most part? I like Jun just fine and admire his work ethic, and I think Aiba is cute. But I'm not interested in them. Yamapi, too. He just registers a kind of neutral blank at this point. SZ is also on here because while I like NakaKen and have nothing against the rest, the whole group is just such a mess. AVOID. TOKIO is here too just because I know next to nothing about them. Tsuyoshi? There's a whole bunch of juniors somewhere in the mix on the interest/apathy scale.
This all kind of mixes with the area of people whose names I recognize and people whose faces I recognize, but can't put the two together. *shrug*
And then there are the chibiko etc who I have NO CLUE about. Just entirely don't recognize.
Actually, I'm trying to think if there are any Johnnys that I actively don't like. I can't really think of any.
I'm sure I've left tons of people out. Like Matchy. I never know what to think of Matchy. XD;
Late night musings, I has them. Now let's see if I can sleep.
Basically my current focus. In my head I still sort of half consider myself a junior fan, but in my heart I'm not and I haven't been for a long time. I guess I should stop feeling guilty(?) about that.
Follow: Kisumai only. As best as I can, which honestly, considering how busy they are now, is kind of impossible. I'm not good about certain shows or whatnot, but I CARE. Mostly keeping up with KisuBusa and Utage on a weekly basis, relevant magazines, releases, etc. Tours/shows as much as is affordable and doable (sorry, Gaya).
Interested in: Which I define as wanting to follow, but being relatively (un)successful to varying degrees. This list includes: Takki (& Tsubasa), A.B.C-Z (and most of the members), Yuma, Snowman (and 5/6 of them individually), HSJ (and maybe 3 of them individually).
Like: Being kind of self-explanatory. I don't make any particular effort to keep up with these people, but I enjoy them (sometimes a lot) when given the opportunity. Category includes: NEWS as a group, KAT-TUN, some of JWest, SMAP and Nakai and KimuTaku, V6 as a group and Inocchi (sort of), half of SixTones, Yasui, Hagiya, half of TraJa, 4U, and maybe a handful of other juniors? Idek. Koichi?
Then there's the people I know. I don't particularly dislike anyone, but there are varying levels of interest/apathy? Some groups/people I'm perfectly happy to listen to someone flail about, and can enjoy that they're enjoying, while others I am disinterested enough that it's hard to not zone out if someone goes on about them. There's also some overlap here with the Like category, because honestly NEWS, KAT-TUN, SMAP, V6... I go through stages where I'm more interested and stages where I'm not. But I have generally positive feelings for them. NEWS is a more recent reversal, where I think I've kind of come to terms with it. K8 is kind of in a weird zone where I liked them well enough but am so many years out of the loop that I enjoy hearing about them but really know nothing more than what people tell me.
The apathy comes in around... Arashi, I guess. I don't dislike them, but I just entirely couldn't care less for the most part? I like Jun just fine and admire his work ethic, and I think Aiba is cute. But I'm not interested in them. Yamapi, too. He just registers a kind of neutral blank at this point. SZ is also on here because while I like NakaKen and have nothing against the rest, the whole group is just such a mess. AVOID. TOKIO is here too just because I know next to nothing about them. Tsuyoshi? There's a whole bunch of juniors somewhere in the mix on the interest/apathy scale.
This all kind of mixes with the area of people whose names I recognize and people whose faces I recognize, but can't put the two together. *shrug*
And then there are the chibiko etc who I have NO CLUE about. Just entirely don't recognize.
Actually, I'm trying to think if there are any Johnnys that I actively don't like. I can't really think of any.
I'm sure I've left tons of people out. Like Matchy. I never know what to think of Matchy. XD;
Late night musings, I has them. Now let's see if I can sleep.