死ぬまでワクワクしたいわ

INTERNETS!

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:42:51 GMT

I'm not sure what exactly was happening, or what exactly I did to fix it, but I have internet now! Apparently I had a Japanese program that was mucking up the wireless stuff, so a lot of blind clicking through that (when you're using an English OS and running a Japanese program, the program's Japanese text doesn't show up properly - you either get wingdings or ????????? all over the place and it is FRUSTRATING) and we seem to have worked out an agreement.

YAY I AM SO HAPPY!

Help?

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:12:35 GMT

So, back at home for a couple of weeks. And while my family has wireless set up here, for some reason my computer is not able to use it. Which is driving me up the wall 'cause I NEED a computer that displays/types in Japanese (the family one isn't set up for it anymore, and I don't have the patience to poke around on it).

My computer sees that there's wireless available, but it can't connect to it. I've got the password and everything, but it's not working. And it is loooooooooooooooooooooooooonelyyyyyyyyyyy!

At least I've got BAD to look forward to....

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:32:29 GMT

Last night I went to bed with a nasty headache.

Sometime in the middle of the night I did that half-awake, half-asleep thing and realized that I was totally having a migraine aura.

This morning I woke up with a migraine.

At 8:05.

Which is when I'm usually arriving in Umeda and getting on the train to work.

Which is also too late to call in sick.

Which wouldn't have worked anyway today because tomorrow is our Christmas Concert.

Somehow I made it out the door and onto the subway in 5 minutes, which let me make all the connections I needed to get to work on time.

Where I spent time with noisy, attention-seeking little babies.

And a migraine.

Which lasted until about 10pm tonight.

I hate Christmas Concert season.

good/bad #11

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:27:14 GMT

- made delicious yuzu chicken noodle soup!

- have delicious yuzucha to drink!

- have a cold.

- called my parents and talked for a bit.

- dad thinks it sounds like i've torn something in my knee

- hit for BAD tickets!

- have two extra tickets that i want to trade for Veterans....

- one of my kids has a vocabulary of about five words: mama, papa, baby, bye-bye, and GARGLE.

- it is cold.

bleh

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:54 GMT

My arm is pinkish and kinda swollen right around where the flu shot went in yesterday, and it still hurts. Not nearly as much as a tetanus shot, though. But this morning I was in pain from my shoulder joint all the way down to the joints in my fingers. Wheefun!

Also today a doctory-type person came to our school because apparently the clinic or whatever that did the health check at our company meeting forgot to do part of it. So I had to leave my class - in the middle of teaching - to go into another room and lift up my shirt (I swear last year they were able to do this with my shirt still down) so he could check my breathing/heartbeat. And tell me that I'm fat.

Don't matter that he looked 90 years old, I felt like kicking him in the teeth.

things that were done today

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:37:50 GMT

- got my flu shot

- my partner and i had the exact same temperature when the clinic people made us take it before getting the shot - 35.5. apparently this means we are naka ii.

- now my arm is all pinchy and ouchy. i hope i can move it tomorrow.

- sent in ballots for kanjuni shows.

- it was rather vitally important that i get it done today, before the 13th.

- why? because years of playing baseball/fastpitch left me randomly superstitious.

- seriously. to this day i cannot touch the white lines on a ball field. and i avoid touching the lines when i walk across a gym, too.

- my arm really hurts.

- paid a bunch of my bills.

- being an adult is hard.

good/bad #10

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:11:43 GMT

- had the worst non-migraine headache today

- got to see vanessa and bryan again before they head home

- THEY CAUGHT THE GUY WHO KILLED THAT NOVA TEACHER TWO YEARS AGO

- AND HE WAS LIVING IN IBARAKI-SHI WTF

- so did not give it permission to rain today

- only eight kids in my class

- went to an awesome concert last night, for free (well, 500 yen for a drink)

- the older kids at work LOVE "here come the lions!!!"

- somewhere in the last couple of weeks i kinda stopped sleeping and eating much

- bought myself a harvest moon ds game from bookoff

- felt fairly articulate at my lesson today

- nearly puked twice walking to work this morning

- the bloc party concert that had been rescheduled (from May) to next week is now completely canceled

This was originally Laura's idea about my future, but I admit it does have its merits

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:56:15 GMT

YOU GUYS, I HAVE A NEW LIFE PLAN.

Are you sitting, 'cause this is going to be something of a shock for those of you who've known me for a while.

Ready?

Ready?

I AM GOING TO MARRY NINO.

No, wait, hear me out. This is going to be perfect.

If I marry Nino, my boys who are obsessed with him will always be hanging around.

And Nino will be obsessed with playing his video games, so he won't notice me having an uwaki in the other room.

Also, as long as he got to buy new video games he wouldn't care what I bought.

IT IS A CUNNING PLAN.

A PLAN MORE CUNNING THAN THE ONE TO KIDNAP GO AND HAVE A NABE PARTY WITH TONISEN.

A CUNNING PLAN FULL OF... CUNNING.

up/down

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:44:19 GMT

Just got an email from Juniors with dates for KanJuni in the Shochikuza!

But the BOYS concerts are after I leave for the states! (T_T)

I am emo. So is Dots.

And why is there a Yuma w/7West set of concerts?

Pretty good, I think

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:08:05 GMT

Finished:

Fluffy thing
T-shirt
Boots
Hat
Gloves
3/4 of the jumpsuit mods

Given up on:
1/4 of the jumpsuit mods (my fingers are tired of sewing! I'll finish them another time.)
Mask

Halloween Update

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:09:59 GMT

I now have ALL the supplies needed to finish the costume. And then some.

Things that are completely finished as of right now:

- fluffy thing
- I FOUND BOOTS
- hat
- gloves

Things that I am in the middle of:
- t-shirt modifications

Things to do before going out tonight:
- finish the t-shirt
- all of the jumpsuit mods

I only really started working on assembling the stuff last night - I'd done some supply runs previously, but hadn't had the time to sit down and start working. Yesterday after work I looked through one last set of shoe stores and found boots in Namba Walk for about 2000yen, so that felt like a pretty big accomplishment.

Then I made the mistake of deciding to NOT get dinner on the way home. Instead I was going to fix something with the stuff I have AFTER I got some work done on the fluffy thing.

And we all know how well I do with keeping myself fed when I'm in the middle of a project.

So yeah, I um, missed dinner last night (and basically lunch, too, 'cause I only ate some of the Halloween Party leftovers at work). BUT I got the fluffy thing completely finished AND about 50% of the shirt done.

Then I hit a wall and realized that I didn't really have the proper tools to finish the t-shirt.

So I scheduled a new supply run for today and went to bed. Of course, then my schedule was completely fucked over by my period starting, so I had to make room for a couple hours of puking my guts out (or as much as possible considering I hadn't eaten in too long). But I'm all better now! And I even made sure to get some food on my way back home after picking up the last of the stuff I need! And now I'm going to finish that t-shirt!

[edit 15:36: T-SHIRT IS FINISHED! Amazing how much easier it was with the right equipment!]

Halloween

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:40:11 GMT

Things I have:

pink jumpsuit
hat
most of the material needed to modify the jumpsuit
half-gloves

Things I need:

white long-sleeve shirt
giant fuzzy thing
mask

Things I want but aren't necessary:

red ankle boots

ugh

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:30:27 GMT

I woke up this morning thinking it was Saturday. I have two different alarms set for weekdays (関ジャニ∞ － ∞o'clock) and weekends (Daichi saying もう、はよ寝ーや) specifically so I don't get confused about what day it is. Yet recently mornings have been confusing. Guess I should switch my weekday one to something new....

And then today was one of the worst/scariest days at work I've had in a while.

So, I'm a nursery teacher. This means that, especially during the fall/winter, I have a permanent cold. There are just too many runny noses that I have to deal with, too many germs going around, and no matter how many times I wash my hands or spray them with the alcohol spray, I'm going to get sick. Right now I've got a runny/stuffy nose so breathing is hard. We're wearing the stupid masks during daycare and anytime we go outside, which makes breathing hard. Combined with my cold.... not cool. One of the moms today asked me if I liked wearing the mask, and I kind of hesitated before answering. She just laughed at me and answered "no" for me, and admitted it's silly but everyone in Japan does it, so.... I like that mom.

Anyway. We took my class outside this morning to run around on the playground, so when we came back in, as part of our oh-so-sensible piggy flu precautions, everyone has to gargle. Yes, everyone. Including my nursery kids. Including the one who only has TWO TEETH. This makes lots of sense. My partner and I have a bit of a routine for this now, where first everyone takes their turn at the sink to wash their hands, and then go sit down against the wall behind us. Once everyone has washed hands, they get called up one-by-one so we can help them with the whole gargling thing. This usually consists of us giving them their cup of water and saying "Drink... ok, now PEH! No, don't swallow it! PEH! PEH! Spit it out!" Meanwhile the kids are happily drinking the water from their cups, and we just sigh and let them, then move on to the next one in line.

But today, while we were helping a couple of the kids, one of the girls waiting her turn against the wall started to cry. She's been crying a lot recently (new baby brother) over just about anything, so I when I looked over at her I was prepared for something like a sharing problem, or that she wanted to sit where there wasn't any space. I was not prepared to look over and see blood running down her face from her eye.

SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT

1. A kid in my class got hurt.
2. I have a SERIOUS eye squick.
3. I'd had my head turned away for the second it took for her to go from fine to blood running down her face.

Once I'd reassured myself that here eye was not missing or obviously cut (once I got close to her I could see a tiny cut on her lower eyelid) I felt less like puking. But DAMN that was scary. My partner took her and cleaned up the blood, then went to the clinic across the street to get it checked out.

She came back about an hour later - everything was fine, there were two tiny little scratches on the girl's eyelid that were probably made by a fingernail, and they'd been given some eyedrops to use over the next couple of days. Could have been much worse, and everyone spent the rest of the day talking about how scary it was.

(In afternoon daycare, she wasn't allowed to play outside, to keep dirt from getting into the scratches. So for half the time she sat in the office reading books and getting petted and babied by the managers. The second half of the time she helped me vacuum our classroom.)

On top of all of this, I had exactly 30 minutes of prep today. In which I had to vacuum the classroom, tidy up the staffroom, and empty the bathroom garbage can. No time to actually do any prep for the crafts I'm supposed to be planning for next week. (>_<;)

After work I rushed home, by way of the combini (I needed to pick up a blank tape and some Weaver concert tickets we'd ordered... we have numbers 9, 10, and 11 (O_o)), to sit in front of the tv watching Arashi for the last four hours.

Yay for Arashi.

randomness

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:52:19 GMT

Picked up my new visa today! And the re-entry permit as well. Once again I ended up back at work outside of the grace period they give us.... if they gave us 40 minutes it'd be just fine, but 30 is impossible.

Proof that I am an awesome teacher:

1. I taught one of my 2-year-olds to say "Oh no, I'm naked! Clothes please!"
2. My class knows "I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee" complete with the throwing-up verse.
3. I can draw Anpanman, Shokupanman, Baikinman, Dokinchan, and Currypanman.

One of the kids at work has come down with..... oh no! H1N1! So now we all have to wear the stupid little masks whenever we go outside, or are on daycare, etc. Even me, even though I've already suffered through the stupid flu. Even though the masks are very much "Oh hey, all the horses are gone, let's shut these barn doors!"

Proof that I am just awesome:

My shirt, socks, and undies! were all the same color today, and that color was orange.

yes i only mention this so that i have an excuse to pull out my poor neglected "underwear" tag

I re-organized my Juniors shop photos. And by "Juniors" I mean "KanJuni." And by "KanJuni" I mean "Mostly Daichi and Bun-chan."

Apparently (thanks MeFi) tomorrow is Wombat Day. "wombat" is a great name. It's got a "wom," and a "bat," and an "omba." (You'd be surprised the number of times I've managed to make reference to that rating over the years...) So um, go read Digger. (Thanks Nick)

oh boy

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:39:12 GMT

I have a tension headache from about my knees on up.

Probably because I am exhausted.

Yes, I stay up too late. But I can't really change that - either I'm awake and doing something or awake and lying in bed.

Except for last night where I went to bed, then woke up about an hour later for no discernible reason whatsoever. And then couldn't get back to sleep for another hour or so. And then my alarm went off.

Stupid alarm.

And we haven't even started getting ready for the Christmas Concert yet!

18番 SO LAME

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:38:46 GMT

Stupid worthless typhoon. Didn't cancel school, didn't make my trains run late, didn't even really impress me with lots of rain or wind. 18BAN, I EXPECTED BETTER OF YOU.

Though I don't know why I even ever get my hopes up about typhoons - everyone always talks it up as oooooh it's so scary, the typhoon is coming! but they never do anything here to merit that much hand wringing.

It was fun watching tv yesterday and keeping track of all the storm announcements, though. Why landlocked Nara-ken decided to call a keihou before any of the surrounding areas is still a mystery.

In other news, when I was coming back from work today I put my train ticket in the gate to leave the Hankyu station, and the gate shut on me (even though I had the right fare) and then it wouldn't spit my ticket back out. So I had to go to the window and talk to the eki people.

Who thought it was hilarious that I told them あちの改札はきっぷを食べちゃった! (That gate over there ate my ticket!) I'm not sure WHAT verb I should have used there, but apparently 食べる was not it.

Despite laughing at me, they let me through without any problems.

And I got home and my new Anna Sui bag was delivered, and the Mongol800 album! Yay!

I'm not being emo, I'm just looking at the floor.

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:57:35 GMT

This has not been the best of weeks.

Counting from last Thursday:

- complete mental/physical crash on Thursday night, due to stress (I think I fell asleep before 9).

- migraine on Friday, again most likely from stress.

- Saturday couldn't get the paperwork from Kashihara that I needed, 'cause the city office wasn't open (I've gone in on Saturdays before and it was, so I had no reason to expect otherwise).

- Sunday was pretty good, hung out with Laura and Alyson watching 30 Rock, Shounen Club, and The Godfather.

- Took a trip out to Kashihara again on Monday morning, before work, in order to get that paper. (And made it out and back into Toyonaka before 10am, which is pretty amazing)

- Yesterday I turned in my visa renewal application at Immigration. (Which, despite being in the same prefecture as my work, is impossible to get into Toyonaka before 10am.)

- Today my partner had the day off, so I was working with a cover teacher. No problems working with her, but having somebody who doesn't know the schedule/routine just makes the whole day tiring.

- Also today, one of my kids wasn't allowed to eat certain foods (milk, fruit, fried foods) because of a tummy problem. So his mom brought a lunch for him to eat instead of the school lunch he normally has. (this information was given to the cover teacher, who repeated it to me just before circle time) Come lunch time, I'd remembered what foods he couldn't eat, but forgot about the lunch box. So I gave him his normal school lunch, took out the things he couldn't eat, and he had that. But then when mommy came to pick him up..... well, I apologized a lot and explained that I'd taken the things he couldn't eat away.... but she still seemed unhappy.

sometimes it just doesn't matter how many things you do right, it's the mistakes that get remembered

嵐5x10 concert 9/27/09

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:51:54 GMT

- they opened with Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi, which kinda threw me a bit because THAT'S THE GOODBYE SONG!

- solos: Aiba had a really good remix of Pika☆nchi, Nino did a remix of Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono, Oh-chan did his Uta no Oniisan song, Sho had a pretty futsuu version of Dekiru Dake, and MJ did a rather poor remix of Wish (not that MJ did a bad job, but the remix was not very good)

- they had some KanJuni doing the backdancing - we spotted Richard and Yukito, but the rest were too far away/didn't get on camera

- Uchi, Yuma, 7West (I have been informed - I don't recognize them at a glance to be able to tell), Daichi and Muro-nii were there in the kankeisha section.

- They did a really good, long medley of songs from debut up until now....

- THE DEBUT OUTFITS MADE A RETURN. Yes, the clear rain suit thingies with the white boxers underneath. I HAVE SEEN THEM IN PERSON.

- BABY PHOTOS. Nino looked like.... Nino, just baby-sized. MJ had caterpillar eyebrows pretty much from birth. Aiba was cute, Sho was cute, and Ohno was wearing a dress (he also had a photo of him with a shaved head. that never needs to happen ever again, and when we get Aiba's time machine, that's one of the things I'm going to go back and fix. After we finish writing Ike Ike Ikemen.)

- They sang Allergy. ALLERGY, PEOPLE. I AM OWNED.

- During the first encore, when they started Fightsong, Nino spoke his line. And the rest followed.... until Oh-chan, who sang his. And then they went back to speaking, and when it was Ohno's turn again he completely messed up. Oh Ohno, I love you.

- Nearly every single Arashi concert I've been to, the MC has been about them showering/bathing together. This time it was Sho, Nino, and Aiba.

- Nino kept making fun of Aiba, the whole night.

- Aiba apparently was singing along with other members' parts during the songs, he said it was because he "was having too much fun!"

- Nino was close to crying during the goodbye speeches. Nino. Mr. Tacks-in-your-bed. Crying.

- And, as usual, he was all over Oh-chan. Nino needs to stop stealing my boys!

- Seemed to be mostly new fans - the oldest goods I saw were for the Dream Alive tour (I wore the How's It Going shirt, with the C1000 towel, and my Oh-chan SoloCon wristband. I am so ~~lame~~ awesome.)

I'm too tired to think of anything else right now, so I'm gonna end this and go to sleep.

\(^_^)/\(^_^)/

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:34:39 GMT

THINGS THAT ARE AWESOME:

Arashi tomorrow!
this is my new favorite site
Getting Arashi goods in 30 minutes this morning (after lining up 45 minutes before it opened, but still, that's not bad)
ARASHI TOMORROW

THINGS THAT ARE NOT SO AWESOME:

Getting a mail from jweb AND the juniors mailing list saying WTF STOP STALKING THE BOYS AND LEAVE THEM ALONE WHEN THEY ARE NOT WORKING THEY ARE TRYING TO GO TO SCHOOL AND HAVE FUN WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND YOU CRAZY FANGIRLS ARE AMBUSHING THEM AND BEING A MEIWAKU PLEASE LEARN SOME FREAKIN' COMMON SENSE IN SCHOOL AND REAL LIFE AND BECOME SUTEKI NA JOUSEI!

Seriously. They're people. Leave them alone.

＜お願い、みんなで、一緒に考えてください＞

●本来は楽しい情報や新しい告知をお送りするのに、このような文章をお送りするのは本意ではありません！
よく読んで頂き、みなさんで守って、そしてHey! Say! JUMP（Jr.も）、ジャニーズファミリークラブに協力してください。

先日、山田・知念・中島・有岡の通っている学校から相談を受け、何事かと思い行って参りました。

学校周辺に絶えずたくさんのファンの人が集まり、周辺の家やマンションに隠れたり、勝手に敷地内や建物に入って屋上まで上ったり、飲食をしてそのゴミをその場に置いていく、また、突然飛び出してきて登下校中の小学生に気づかずぶつかり倒したり、待っている時に大声で会話をしたり、座り込んだりし、普通では考えられない行動をする一部ファンに大変困っています。

相談を受けた日も交代で注意をしに行ってくださっている先生方に対して聞こえないふりをしたり、暴言を吐いたりしていました。

また、親子できて親に注意をすると『何で来てはいけないのか。』という始末です。
制服で来ている子に
『学校は？』と訪ねると
『休みです。』
『学校に確認するので学校名を教えてください』と言うと下を向いて黙ってしまいます。
学校に知られると、困るからだと思いました。

『私は１回しか来ていない！』とみなさんは言いますがその１回が大騒ぎになっています。

この様なことでは、メンバーがファンの為に学校をやめざるを得なくなってしまいます。
駅構内や電車内も同様です。

学校へ行っている限りジュニアも同じです。
他のメンバーもルールは同じです。
行ってはいけない場所には、理由があります。
行ってはいけない！迷惑になる場所には絶対に行かないでください。

またヤラカシが作っているブログの中で、Hey! Say! JUMP（Jr.も）と仲良しだという事を書いてその人たちを信用している人がいます。
要注意してください。

応援は番組協力やコンサート会場で応援してください。
それ以外の時間は学校で勉強し、友だちと１日１日の楽しい思い出作りをしてください。

Hey! Say! JUMP（Jr.も）は、みなさんと同じように学校で勉強し、番組協力やコンサート会場でみなさんと会えるのを楽しみにしています。
学校で勉強だけではなく、一般常識も学び素敵な女性(人)になってくださることを願っています。
ご協力の程お願いいたします。

ジャニーズファミリークラブ
Ｈｅｙ！Ｓａｙ！ＪＵＭＰ
ジャニーズＪｒ．

Buzzer Beat - FINAL!

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:09:27 GMT

9:00 - START! Let's practice!

9:00 - I've never really understood the purpose of one crutch. It's not all that different from just limping around, and you look silly.

9:01 - why is she watching over him doing rehab? shouldn't that be the trainer's job?

9:01 - flashback to The Gift of the Magi. O. Henry, I hate you SO. MUCH.

9:03 - TEARS.

9:03 - ok, apparently that was two weeks ago in buzzer beat time.

9:03 - naked wakayama boy! yay!

9:04 - awww mai is emo that they won't be working together anymore after today. it's ok mai, dots is emo too.

9:04 - OPENING THEME! maybe it'll stop haunting me after this week....

9:08 - lol everyone knows everyone else. it's like they're all gaijin or something.

9:09 - you know what, mai is totally the voice of reason in this show. pity nobody else seems to notice.

9:09 - it's so nice having wakayama boy around to carry the heavy boxes, isn't it?

9:10 - you colored a little timeline of the story so far, mai? i take back that not-crazy comment.

9:12 - TEARS.

9:12 - TEARS FROM WAKAYAMA BOY!

9:12 - ex-girlfriend is apparently going on the "if his mommy loves me, she'll help us get back together" attack

9:14 - I still don't see why they can't work out some sort of long-distance thing.

9:15 - SHEEP. BAA.

9:15 - now that riko's moved out of that room, you should really stop trying to spy on it YamaP.

9:16 - how'd you get up there to do that graffiti, YamaP? you've got a crutch!

9:17 - based on the number of outdoor basketball hoops I saw, this series obviously takes place in Izushi.

9:18 - TIME SLIP TO THE NEW SEASON!

9:19 - still recovering. what do you think, he'll come back in time for the last game and make the winning shot, which will somehow bring riko back?

9:20 - BIG TIME SLIP TO 2010 SUMMER

9:20 - riko's moved up to first chair second violins, yet still manages to get a solo.

9:21 - oh, yamap's back!

9:22 - ooh, they make the playoffs! with a lot of lay-ins. in a gym that looks like my high-school gym.

9:22 - I GET IT ALREADY, THEY'RE BOTH DRAWN TO THINGS THAT REMIND THEM OF EACH OTHER.

9:23 - i don't think that promise holds anymore...

9:23 - yup, that's the team-bonding rituals i know! GOSSIP!

9:24 - oh ex-girlfriend is so emo.

9:25 - kokuhaku time! kokuhaku time! come on dude!

9:26 - IKINARI I AM BACK IN TOKYO!

9:27 - she's keeping up with that bus pretty well!

9:29 - that's a lot of team goods in your house, mai.

9:29 - yeah, 60% is very good for 3-pointers. But I don't believe that's YamaP's stats.

9:30 - YOU say there's nothing going on, but I bet you anything he likes you and you'll end up just leading him on.

9:31 - apparently graffiti is forever.

9:32 - COACH!

9:32 - blah blah blah everyone is ganbattin.

9:35 - well that was a fun talk.

9:37 - semifinals!

9:37 - yeah, YamaP still can't shoot.

9:38 - when the score is 100-90, making the final shot at the buzzer isn't that big a deal.

9:38 - your behavior is kinda stalky, girl.

9:39 - how many times do you have to dump her?

9:40 - teach me how to make french toast too! why don't you just hold a cooking clinic along with your kids basketball camp next time?

9:41 - you can totally see her bra through that shirt.

9:42 - TEARS

9:42 - チャンス! kokuhaku time! kokuhaku time! come on, rebound, rebound!

9:43 - i think you're the only one who didn't know, girl.

9:43 - well, that was easy.

9:45 - why not just ask her to marry you without making it reliant on the outcome of the game?

9:46 - lol mai beat you to it! i like mai.

9:47 - now neither of you are running properly.

9:47 - again with the single sunflower. did you bring it all the way from home? isn't it going to wilt?

9:48 - I HEAR ENGLISH. WHY?

9:49 - that flower is looking remarkably fresh still.

9:49 - yes, she ganbatted her ass off and is still only second violin.

9:52 - will you ever learn to shoot properly, YamaP?

9:53 - less philosophizing about love and more playing basketball please.

9:53 - i am sorry to say that wakayama boy shoots worse than yamap.

9:53 - FINAL GAME

9:54 - i hate those inflatable hitty whacky things.

9:55 - riko has no concentration.

9:56 - ROFLMAO DO YOU REALLY LOVE THE YOUNG MAN? YES, I DO, SO MUCH. EVERYTHING IS OK, LOVE MAKES YOU STRONG. all delivered in an eikaiwa speed and tone!

9:57 - oooh, is the buzzer beat gonna be done by riko? will she make it to the game before it finishes?!

9:58 - come on, build up some more tension, some of those shots have to miss.

9:58 - running, running, shot goes in, running...

9:59 - see, this is why my mom always took her knitting to my games. so she didn't have to leave when it got to a tight finish 'cause she was nervous.

9:59 - OF COURSE. EVERYTHING WILL GO IN PARALLELS.

10:00 - BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

10:01 - lol that arc was going to end up an airball, oh editing is wonderful.

10:02 - this is my surprised face.

10:03 - hey, i don't see the black dude here. did he get cut for this season?

10:04 - eeeeeeew more kissing stuff.

10:05 - and again.

10:05 - THE END.

Buzzer Beat!

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:54:59 GMT

9:00 - RECAP START: RUN AWAY FROM YOUR EX! CRY IN YOUR EX'S ARMS! SUNFLOWER!

9:00 - AWKWARD! And now you're benched for the rest of the season, YamaP!

9:01 - I'm sorry I stole your girlfriend..... I, uh..... thought she was just my friend, and then we, uh..... had a falling-in-love accident.

9:02 - PLEASE DON'T CUT MY PLAYING TIME I WANT TO HAVE MY CAKE AND EAT IT TOO

9:03 - Wait, you're not allowed to do a flashback/recap after the initial one, it throws off my concentration!

9:04 - did you just tell him to show you his love for Riko in the way he plays basketball? does that make any sense to anybody else?

9:05 - yeah sure, my ankle is FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE. that's why they're making such a big deal out of this in the script.

9:08 - are you going back to the inaka or not? Mai only wants to know so she has advance warning on finding a new roommate to split rent.

9:09 - that is a damn slow scrimmage.

9:09 - at least these flashbacks had the vaseline-lens tint so I knew what was going on

9:09 - AND THERE GOES THE ANKLE! oh man, i know what THAT feels like!

9:11 - ROFLMAO OF COURSE HE WANTS IT FIXED NOW.... honestly, that's the only reason to go to a sports doctor. especially one that works with pro teams.

9:13 - that probably wasn't the best way to greet somebody, Riko

9:13 - that's a lot of questions to answer all at once.... and she only did one of them.

9:14 - I'm pretty impressed that I read the katakana for Dvorak before the letters.

9:15 - ....didn't she just yell at you for not telling her about your injury? and did you tell her this time?

9:15 - um..... you'd do a lot better if you were wearing you basketball shoes laced up as tight as possible, as a makeshift brace

9:16 - that ankle's not swollen enough.

9:17 - YamaP, what you need is a trainer/team doctor who will wrap that up, give you a brace, and then you lace up your shoes as tight as they go. THEN you can limp through a scrimmage just fine!

9:18 - have you told her yet? you haven't yet, have you?

9:19 - my mom wants me to move back to the inaka and give her some grandbabies.

9:20 - you guys were a lot more fun before you started dating.

9:20 - and YamaP's back to not-kissing.

9:21 - well that was subtle

9:23 - wakayama boy looks cute with tape on his face like that.

9:24 - that was short....

9:25 - eh, you didn't do so great here, but you've got some potential, so practice your ass off

9:26 - SHE IS GONNA BE SO PISSED

9:26 - running down the street is not practicing your ass off.

9:29 - AWKWARD

9:29 - hisashiburi! um..... uh.... how do i say..... I cheated on him and he broke up with me

9:30 - BUT I STILL LOVE HIM (T_T)

9:30 - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GIVE HER A SHOUKAI CARD FOR THE QUIZ SHOW RIGHT NOW

9:32 - kinda sucky to tell your girlfriend about your surgery after the fact, in a mail

9:32 - that was a lot of traveling

9:33 - all that work to be last chair second violin!

9:33 - orange watch.

9:33 - I'm telling you, you're doing it wrong. If you want to shoot around, you need to find that trainer to tape and brace your ankle! if you just keep at it like that, you'll end up healing completely, and where's the fun in that?

9:34 - is there no such thing as concert blacks here?

9:35 - that door is opening with great foreshadowing!

9:36 - that's a lot of sunflowers

9:37 - why does riko have the solo when she's sitting last chair in the second violins?!

9:38 - mommy is totally crying 'cause you're not moving back to the inaka to have babies, you know.

9:39 - how many times do people have to ask after his ankle?

9:40 - wait, did you just say that you're giving up on this 'cause you want to date YamaP?! Please tell me I heard that wrong.

9:41 - oh me and Dots are so emo

9:42 - YES THIS IS HOW YOU BUILD A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP BY GIVING UP WHAT YOU REALLY WANT ALL FOR THE SAKE OF KEEPING YOUR RIVAL AWAY FROM YOUR BOYFRIEND YES THIS IS DEFINITELY FOR THE BEST

9:44 - heehee he's wearing a tie, and she's wearing a shirt with a tie printed on it. this amuses me to no end.

9:45 - so i'm going to give up my basketball for you, and you're going to give up your violin for me... btw i sold my pocket watch to buy you this tortoise-shell comb and you seem to have sold your hair to buy me a chain for my pocket watch I DON'T THINK THIS IS SWEET AT ALL AND NEVER HAVE

9:49 - other people manage long-distance relationships, you know.

9:49 - i haven't been keeping track of the episode count, or how many it's scheduled to run, but DAMN I HOPE IT ENDS ON THIS SCENE I WILL ROFL FOR FOREVER

9:50 - time for another vaseline-tinged nostalgia flashback!

9:50 - LOL THE LIGHTS IKINARI GOING OUT

9:52 - apparently it ends next week. AND THERE'S A BASKETBALL GAME OH I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buzzer Beat - Special Double Feature! (8/31 AND 9/7)

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:03:01 GMT

9:00 - Recap: Crying out the window! Hugging! Kissing! Again with the falling over!

9:00 - I don't think YamaP took his shoes off before he left the genkan.

9:01 - Awwww they said suki. Ewwwww more kissing.

9:02 - HIDE OMG NOBODY MUST EVER FIND YOU HERE!

9:02 - Oh yeah, I'd forgotten it was her birthday party.

9:03 - So many points to you if you climb out the window!

9:04 - Don't wanna hear that shit about Christmas Cake, Mai! I hates you.

9:05 - Poor Wakayama boy, sleeping in his little closet

9:06 - I'm sorry I just can't stop laughing at YamaP

9:07 - Opening theme! Early this week!

9:08 - You're not very good at the sneaking out quietly thing.... btw, is your basketball stuff still down on the court out there?

9:09 - Oooooh it's the ring box! But don't worry 'cause I told him I like somebody else so that makes everything ok

9:10 - And now you're thinking about how that'll affect your playing time, yes? That's why you look so worried while hugging her.

9:11 - Awwwww they're holding hands! Go wakayama boy!

9:12 - baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaareta!

9:12 - PAPER AIRPLANES OF LOVE!

9:14 - Well that was awkward

9:15 - I didn't do anything worse than what you did!

9:15 - whatever, I am going to be bitchy anyway.

9:17 - hey, you can totally have a shoujo manga life. and it SUCKS.

9:18 - my experience with guys sports, there aren't nearly enough half-naked guys sitting around in that locker room

9:18 - again, one of you has no idea how to run properly. YamaP, i'm looking at you here.

9:19 - hold your panic attack, i have to answer the phone

9:20 - well that was sucky, getting yelled at in front of the audience and then losing some pay over it

9:21 - WHAT ARE YOU DOING YAMAP I THINK I AM TRAUMATIZED FOR FOREVER.

9:21 - honestly i never listen to a word your mom says and just fill in my own stuff about the quiz show.

9:22 - you read your own press? i never could. creeped me out.

9:23 - NOW you remember that chat you had with your coach re: his girlfriend?!

9:24 - oh, it's the green watch this time. you know, a bounce pass would prolly be easier on her, if she's complaining about it being so heavy

9:25 - i am busy, so i can't cook for you, so here have this recipe of what i WOULD have made. that's kinda cheap.

9:26 - SPYING FROM THE TAXI! wtf is up with people spying in this show?

9:28 - WORST. SET. OF. LINES. EVER.

9:28 - I like how they made sure to have an american flag in the background, just so we all remember where coach is.

9:29 - The black guy got some lines! Go black dude!

9:29 - Seriously Riko, you should listen to Mai. Hanging out with YamaP's ex-girlfriend, when you've just started dating him, is A BAD IDEA. Believe me, I know.

9:30 - Are you wearing a SACK?! Did you just walk out of a Gackt PV?

9:31 - Did you really just lay claim to YamaP with the "I've been his fan longer!" fangirl defense?

9:32 - THIS IS FUCKED UP. YOU ARE TALKING WITH HIS EX - WHO JUST HAPPENED TO BE CHEATING ON HIM WITH HIS TEAMMATE - ABOUT WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT YAMAP.

9:33 - PINK SHIRT. I think we have to have one (at least) an episode.

9:33 - Oh Wakayama boy, I love you. I think she would have gone out with you even if you'd missed.

9:34 - If you're dating Mai, does that mean you don't have to sleep in the closet anymore?

9:35 - Mai isn't very good at hugging.

9:37 - Ooooh it's Yoyogi's turn to brick everything!

9:37 - HAHAHAHAHA I like her description of how he plays - jikomanzoku no baske!

9:39 - ~~kotaerarenai kanji?~~ FUZAKENNA! .....wait, wrong show.

9:41 - they have phones and email in the inaka, don't they?

9:42 - he's not gonna listen to you, mom, even if it's not completely better, he would rather play basketball than take a break.

9:43 - GAH just let it GO, girl!

9:43 - that's some crap defense, YamaP. Get your ass DOWN

9:44 - does Mai do all the cooking for you guys? or Wakayama boy?

9:44 - yay, naked wakayama boy!

9:45 - i don't believe you don't have an umbrella - you're a japanese girl.

9:46 - i think i would have mailed and said "how about you meet me inside, instead?"

9:47 - everyone is sooooooooo worried about his ankle. that's not gonna change the fact that he's gonna push it too hard so he'll end up nicely damaged, you know.

9:48 - wait, that's chuutohanpa? he's giving you his umbrella AND gave you a towel to dry off with. unless that's a towel he used during practice, so it's all sweaty and gross. then you've got right to complain.

9:49 - ikanai de! except he totally should get out of there.

9:50 - no, leave her alone, she's a bitch!

9:50 - tortise, the semi are TOTALLY annoying. thanks for the support! except i don't like pepsi next.

9:52 - NEXT WEEK: BITCHINESS! FIGHTS! AIRBALLS! YAMAP MAN-BOOBS!

9:00 - recap! hug from behind! sitting in the rain! don't leave me alone! holding hands! lonely riko!

9:01 - awkward moments! so much more common than precious ones.

9:02 - I hope YamaP is sadder that he has to walk out in that rain without an umbrella now, and not so sad about the girl walking away from him.

9:02 - seriously, my phone ALWAYS cuts out when i really need it

9:03 - lol does EVERYONE strip the moment they step in the genkan?

9:03 - it's not that hard to make french toast, yo.

9:05 - don't you be giving me no swine flu, yamap!

9:05 - saved by the keitai!

9:05 - oohhhhhh this is bitchy "he was late 'cause of me, but don't mind!"

9:06 - LOL I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET A COLD too late, he's already got swine flu!

9:07 - that was the BEST tadaima EVER

9:08 - those are some amazing puffball earrings, mai.

9:08 - PINK SHIRT

9:09 - opening theme! sometimes I hear this song in my sleep.

9:10 - also, sometimes I wish I'd gotten one of the team t-shirts when I was in odaiba, 'cause I could wear it and giggle all day long.

9:12 - do they check for swine flu at this medical check? also, that's another different watch on yamap!

9:13 - at least you got your towel back, yo.

9:14 - and it's ANOTHER new watch!

9:14 - .....this is yet another awkward moment. Hey guy I was going to date, I'm actually dating this guy sitting here next to me!

9:15 - that's a change, the girl's not stuck in the kitchen

9:16 - oh, now she's going to take over 'cause that's her proper place

9:18 - awwww how cute, you got fat together!

9:20 - You could try calling him back, you know! perhaps at a time when he's not trying to call you!

9:21 - I'm not sure he wants to hear about you and YamaP, really. I think we have discovered what girl he's interested in! [this is my surprised face]

9:22 - Yup, just working my way through all the cheerleaders, don't mind me....

9:24 - you first, no you first, no you first, oh nevermind, yeah - it was nothing.

9:27 - "your father and i have talked it over and decided that you should quit your dreams, get married and have babies."

9:29 - you really should just avoid that girl, you know. no good can come out of hanging around with her...

9:30 - yeah, she's a bitch.

9:31 - come on mai, save the day!

9:32 - you can talk shit about me 'cause i have no jishin, but don't you talk about yamap like that!

9:33 - MAI I LIKE YOU I TAKE BACK EVERYTHING I SAID ABOUT YOUR BONSAI HAIR.

9:33 - FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

9:34 - oh wakayama boy, i love you

9:35 - i don't know anything about it, but i'm gonna keep talking just enough to give everyone the wrong impression and start rumors flying!

9:39 - and, yes, that's another different watch.

9:42 - so, you're always thinking about YamaP.... but you ARE still technically dating his coach, yes?

9:43 - I think I detected a bit of a jump in that jumpshot!

9:43 - damn straight i never answer a shiranai number. if it's important they'll leave a message.

9:44 - i'm gonna go back to the inaka, get married, and have babies. it's what my family expects of me.

9:45 - i'm done cheating with yoyogi, so uhhhhhh......

9:45 - but i've just started cheating with riko, so uhhhhhh......

9:46 - so i don't think there's any future in this conversation

9:47 - Coach is back! Time for more awkward moments!

9:48 - Thanks for all the boxes, they will be very useful. But i'd like to return the ring.

9:48 - Well, there goes YamaP's playing time!

9:49 - I like how everyone keeps going on about how yasashii YamaP is. It makes me giggle.

9:50 - Aaaaaaaaaaaawkwaaaaaaaaaaaard!!

9:50 - and here comes YamaP bearing his single sunflower! dun dun duuuuuuuun!

9:52 - NEXT WEEK: SAYONARA I'M MOVIN' TO THE COUNTRY TO HAVE ME SOME BABIES

DRAMADA-J (again! again!)

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:18:10 GMT

Kunta drew a picture of Muro-nii and labeled it "Muro-nii"!

Bun-chan's was labeled "aniki"!

And apparently Kiku and Kunta hung out a lot during the filming.... maybe this is why Kiku has actually started talking more...

Ninjas! With umbrellas!

notes from boredom

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:47:50 GMT

1. I hadn't realized, until I started working on the liner notes for my mix cd (uh.... yeah, i'm a bit late on that....) that all the lyrics in Weaver's songs are written by the drummer.

2. This:

3. Still haven't gotten to this week's Buzzer Beat yet. I will, I promise.

4. Starting to feel dehyrdated despite the amount of water/sports drink/juice I've been drinking this week.

5. Once again it seems like having a fever causes my sinuses to fill up with blood, which is all now coming out when I blow my nose.

6. I'm feeling pretty good today, so I probably should be doing something productive, but no, I'm sitting around reading manga and generally being lazy.

7. I don't know if it's the eating part or the pills part, but I always feel about to puke after I take my Tamiflu. Is this normal?

8. Apparently Kasuga-san (from the manzai combi Audrey) has pig flu too. I would like everyone to remember that I had it before it was trendy, thankyouverymuch.

9. I need more stickers.

10. Tonight's the last night for the Veterans' drama.... next week 7West starts theirs (which I'm not nearly as interested in, but I'll tape it anyway). Looking forward to seeing Veterans just running around batshit during tonight's making of episode, though!

ROFLMAO

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:13:11 GMT

YamaP, being the evil soul-sucking eel from outer space that he is, obviously infected both Ryo and me with the piggy flu.