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Quick-fire-summary - jobs, enbujou, Takki...

2006-04-28T11:31:00.000+01:00

Listening to: 'Without A Trace' on TV
Feeling: Extremely chatty...XD

Sorli for going MIA so soon after making a mini-come back...but the past few weeks have been choc-a-block... exams... job hunting... exam... exam... job hunting... *BLAAAAHHHHHH* I'm really starting to doubt my capability of becoming an adult...too much responsibility imo! The other day I went for an informal interview at '3' for this job which my Dad's friend (who works at the company) decided to apply for on my behalf BEFORE she even sent me a job spec. Got the shock of my life when I found out the position was for a 'Commercial Credit & Commissions Administrator' - YOU WHAT?!?!??!?!?!?!?!! so I sat there with my Dad's friend and her manager and was trying my best to act all enthusiastic about the job. (which I was so far from...^^;;; actually I reckon the manager had me sussed out though!) but there were some questions which I didn't have the faintest idea how to answer. The worse one was 'So Yvonne...what made you decide upon a career in finance?' OML was *REALLY* lost for words! (ME? FINANCE? HA! don't make me laugh!) After the interview I felt so guilty about wasting their time that I called them up a few days later and said that I didn't think I was suited to the job. *phewwwww* Both of my 'rents were pissed off with me but HEY at the end of the day it would've been me doing the job not them! GAH! Job hunting is super-taihen...*looks up at sky with binoculars* COME ON DREAM JOB fall out of the sky already!!!

Anyhoooo...I cannot believe Enbujou is all over! OMEDETOU TAKKI! OMEDETOU ENBUJOU CREW!!!!!!! Thank you Johnny-san for giving them all the opportunity to take part in such an awesome project!!!!!! AND THANK YOU ALSO for allowing this to run again next year!!!!!(Thank you snuffles for sms'ing me with news!!!!) OML was high as a kite for the whole night 'cos of the news...and the day after...and the day after that...and OH RIGHT I STILL AM!!! XD Yah I know...I know it's still a bit early to be kyaaing and squeeeing about it but damn just knowing that it's going to become this regular thing for Takki is so AMAZING! Takki I'm sooooo proud of you!!!!!
(and...and...Takki...don't forget to keep pumping up those chomplicious biceps!!!!!!!! XDXDXDDDD) *starts putting money into piggy bank*

Whilst I'm yapping about stage shows - last night I went to see 'Blood Brothers' up in London. I didn't really know what to expect but OML I loved every moment of it. All the actors up on that stage gave such a top performance and I was almost brought to tears at the end. Also the weirdest thing was Anthony Costa (member of former 'boyband' BLUE) was one of the leads. Me and my friend didn't even recognise him at first cos he looks diff in real life. Actually I think the ppl behind us was getting sick of all the 'is that him?' 'is it not?' 'it is someone who just look extremely like him?' whispering going on between us. XD But it WAS him and I have to say I've now found a new respect for that guy!!!! GO ANTHONY!!!!!! Ooohh how I love musical...Next one: The Lion King...^_^

Ooh btw has anyone been over to YOUTUBE recently?! Was having a browse around yesterday and a miss icebluefaery u/l a fancam clip from the Johnnys Con back in 2002 where Pi was making this 'speech' to T&T and it was all really emotional. I mean I have no idea what Yamapi said (^^;;; my Japanese hasn't gotten any better! ^^;;;) but ohmigosh just looking at his expression made me wanna sob my heart out for the poor thing *pets pi-chan* It's ok...papa still luvs you!!!!!! Anyone who's interested in the clip go HERE to watch. There wasn't much of Takki or Tsuba in the clip (except RIGHT at the end - watch how Takki goes over to Pi-chan! awwwwww....) but hey Yamapi, Toma and Kazama are such cuties as well! ^^ (Bring back 4tops!!!)

p.s. Girls - don't forget to request request and REQUEST FOR ENBUJOU DVD!!!!!!!

Some people are just...>_<"

2006-04-09T23:36:00.000+01:00

LISTENING TO: Hatachi DVD *hearts*
FEELING: blah...

I haven't dropped by jdorama.com in absolutely ages but when I went on earlier something really made my blood boil ....

This is what #264 Akiha wrote about Takki on the page...

" i can't stand his flat nose. he looks like jackie chan with down syndrome. as an actor, he's also tends to be very exaggerating and doesn't seem comfortable in any role. i can't see why this guy is so popular..."

All I can say is WTH is this person on?!?!?!? *kicks them to high heaven*

I clicked onto this person's profile and read their reasons for 'voting' for other actors or actresses and...

EHHHHHH HALLLOOOO?!?!? Isn't the whole purpose of voting for someone in the first place is to show your respect and support for their work...and NOT a chance for you to have a good old dig at someone who you happen not to like the look of very much and in such a PATHETIC way. Really! I mean I understand that Takki isn't everyone's cup of tea (gawd knows why though - the guy is the epitome of perfection! haaa...*cough*bias*cough*superfangirlbias*cough*) and I respect that but it pisses me off when people do not have a GOOD reason at all for disliking him (anyone who thinks they do I would soooo luv to have it out with them and of course Takki fangirl would win cos come on! honestly - what could they possibly dislike about Takki?!?! For being too nice? For being too gorgeous? For being too popular? *lost*)...and that comment up there was just bitchy man! I bet this person knows absolutely NOTHING about Takki or the other people they bashed at all...*grumblesgrumblesCURSES*

...*sigh* this is what gets to me about the fanworld...having to read crap like above ...I mean I know it's expected seeing not one celeb...no matter how great they are and hard they may try - will EVER be able to be to please everyone and I know I should rise above it and just ignore it because really people like that are just not worth the time or energy but I can't help feeling the way I do...I can't help getting angry and I can't help being upset knowing that there are people out there who can say such things about Takki (and Tsuba)...

Curse the crab in me...protective and is utterly rubbish when it comes to dealing with criticism...

Mmm speaking of the fanworld - is it true that there's been a real 'war' happening lately????...sparked from something Kame (as well as the rest of Kattun) said on national TV?! *shrugs* Came across something about it briefly on a blog but haven't had a chance to investigate...mmm though thinking about it now - maybe it's safer to stay in T&T bubble ...I mean as long as what Kattun said didn't have anything to do with Takki or Tsuba then I am not bothered. Let the fans fight it out and hope it dies down soon (that's if it hasn't already!) Arguments can get so messy esp fan ones.

URGH...having arguments just reminds me of being at school. I went to an all girls school so errr you can imagine how BITCHY it was. OML I kid you not when I say there would be some sort of argument every week...if it wasn't one friend, it was another and the worse thing was - you were always made to side with one person or the other and if you didn't they would both end up hating you. BLAH! ^^;;; In times like that I use to always think - 'why couldn't we just be like guys?' Guys who would just be like 'yeh whatever!' or just punch each others lights out and then that would be done...finito NOT...bitch bitch bitch behind someone's back...catfight...bitch some more and then it would be really weird between everyone.

*sigh* I guess girls will always be girls...

p.s. Gawd I'd almost forgotten how DAMN BRILLIANT Hatachi dvd is....!!!! TakiTsuba YVIE *HEARTS* YOU BOTH TO DEATHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Hey Minna GENKI KAI ? ? ?

2006-04-08T11:22:00.000+01:00

LISTENING TO: The TV in the background...
FEELING: Sunny...^^

HALLOOO WORLD!!!!!!

Good news numero uno: I have a new laptop!!!! hohohoooo...love it. Yah I guess some good did come out of my last computer dying on me like errr....actually concentrating on work...and actually getting to bed earlier....etc etc...

Good news numero deux: BYE BYE STUDENT LIFE! I finished my course last week which I was ecstatic about...I still have a few exams here and there coming up but to be honest I am beyond caring now. Most important thing now is work/career which equals money which equals increasing T&T funds Last week I went out with my old school friends and it felt kinda awkward because they are all in comfortable jobs and I looked at myself and thought CRAP I really need to get a move on esp as a couple of them even have MORTGAGES and were talking about getting married and having babies! DAIM am I really getting to that age ALREADY?!?!

So yeh...I am back and well don't really know where to start. Girls have I missed anything major?!??! I mean anything major apart from the fire at Enbujou. I almost had a heart attack when I received snuffles sms (*chuuGLOMP* you for letting me know)...I just couldn't believe that such a thing could have happpened to him especially when it had all been going so well since it opened. *fingerstoes&eyes* firmly crossed that Enbujou has been and will run smoothly till the end...GO! GO! TAKKI! GO! GO! ENBUJOU CREW!!!

Ummdeee...ummmm what else...oh yeh received my SatoKen dvd last weekend. I didn't really want to fork out the dosh on the dvd (after seeing scary price) but surprise surprise the fangirl in me totally SNAPPED again! I AM glad I brought it though cos Satoken is FAB...the extra disc is AWESOME too...and Takki never fails to have me gushing away like mad...he's soooo adorable and sooooo cheeky!!!! Teheheee...teasing Ayase Haruka the way he did ANNNDD BEHIND HER BACK!!! *whacks Takki*. The rest of the Satoken cast are so much fun as well - really could not have asked for a better cast. Though I must admit...I don't know why but when I heard that Takki was taking on Satoken - apart from the initial reaction of 'OH MAN! Not another historical/period drama' *waffle waffle waffle* I was also chotto worried about the cast and whether or not he would fit in with them...I mean afterall remember how well he had bonded with the Yoshi cast by that stage...

*shrugs* Yvie the worrywart taking over again I guess

Okie dokie that's all from me for now...gotta go play catch-up...

HAPPY 2-4 TAKKI!!!!!!

2006-03-29T09:22:00.000+01:00

Listening to: people walking about, chats etc etc...
Feeling: Well...erm...am hanging in there...

Okie dokie just popping on quickly to wish TAKKI a....

VERY VERY VERY VEERRRYYYYY HAAAPPPPPYYYYYY 24th BIIIRRRRRTTTHHHHDDAAAAYYY!!!!!

Gosh doesn't time fly....

Takki: Yvie has been a very bad fan lately and has been so out of the fanworld...but I hope you have the most amazing birthday (despite the fact you have to work AGAIN!) Hope everyone spoils you rotten (cos you deserve the very best and all the happiness in the world!!!) I'm sorry to hear about what happened to Enbujou last week but I wish you all the best for the rest of the shows and FINGERSTOESEYESCROSSED that it ALL runs smoothly!!!!! Luv yaaaaaaa....

Minna: Major major apologies again for the disappearing off the face of the fanworld and not replying to messages *slaps self*...but HOPEFULLY with any luck I should be back (for good?) either next week or the week after! ^_^ Thank you to everyone (Snuffles, Cindy, Loracyn, Dithers, Kaaattthhhyyyyy....!!!!!!!!) who have left me messages the past few weeks...you are all sooooooo sweet!!! *chuuu & GLOMP you all silly* Really miss ya all...hope everything is going well over at your ends!!!! Hvae fun, stay healthy, keep smiling and keep loving Takki!

Speak to all...soon!

BUGGER am late....*zooms off to CLAIT class*

ENBUJOU OPENS!!!!! ^_^ WOOHOOO!

2006-03-07T09:29:00.001Z

Listening to: Me typing...people chatting...blah blah...
Feeling: Excited (about Enbujou)...EXTREMELY bored (when thinking of the day I have ahead of me! PAH!)

1800...first Enbujou show...

*looks at clock*

....no doubt started by now! (*sobsob*...want to be there so bad!)

*sigh* unfortunately I haven't been able to keep to with Enbujou news the past couple of weeks but it sounds like rehersals for Enbujou has been really really taihen for Takki and everyone....*patpat* poor things...will Takki EVER get to rest?!?!?!??!?!!

Anyhoooo...

TAKKIIIIIIIII & ENBUJOU CREW - GOOD LUCK WITH THE FIRST SHOW (and the REST!!!!!!) I know you guys will be do your very best and will deliver the most amazing show. Takki - have fun, shine and *dazzle* everyone with your onnagata look! XD (snuffles - are there really going to be NINE appearances?!??!! *THUD*)

p.s - Dithers & Kathy - thank you so much for leaving me messages. Gomen gomen....I have class now so can't reply! Hope you girls are well! ^_^

p.p.s - Am still waiting for calendar! *sulks* Minna received yours? Thoughts?

R.I.P PC cries an ocean

2006-02-28T09:53:00.000Z

Listening to: gentle humming noise from computers...ppl typing...librarian's yapping
Feeling: 1/2 pissed 1/2 in shock

YES my computer is now well and truly gone. Dead as a dodo...useless...and it took the ENTIRE content of my HD with it *B*****D* gahhhhh...it wouldn't have been so bad if it had given me a little warning before it decided to call it a day...but then....^^;;;; DAMMIT!!!!

GAAHHHH!!! I'm soooo pissed....at myself....*must back-up stuff in future...must back-up stuff in future...*

*sigh*...for now I have to resort to using the comps at college - which isn't ideal (seeing they've placed restrictions on so many sites grrrrr......) but it will have to do for now till I erm...get a new comp....whenever that may be...

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO LEFT ME MESSAGES!!!!! *chuuuu you all* *sobsob* so touched that you haven't forgotten about me! *SOBSOB* Hontoni gomen nasai for not answering any of you and being super behind with emails! (ha! yeh I know - like what's new....)

Anyhooo it takes too long to reply on tagboard/chatterbox so I'll do it here...

yosho: Hallooo! It's soooo good to see you back blogging! Will def drop by yours soon! t/c of yourself K?! And I hope you enjoyed that snacks XDXDXDDD

yvonnescene: Hey! Thanks for dropping by! yup yup of course you can link me - though ummmm...as you can see I really don't upadate much these days ^^;;;;

Kaaattthhhhhyyyyyyy: OMG!!! *HUGGGSSSSSSS* Where have you been?!?!?!?!?!?! GAAHHH been ages...how have you been? everything a-ok where you at!?? *miss ya lots and lots too* awwww & Kathy thank you for being so sweet! It means a lot to me...I'm not too bad thanks - though RL has been a little crappy recently....but then everyone has their ups and downs...LOLLLL so it's Kyon now?!??! Not Tatsuya anymore?!??! XDXDXDDD But aaahh yes I know that 'crazy about Kyon' phrase well ahahaaaaa....I'm d/l theEng sub (well I was d/l...) too and things make so much more sense now...I know I've said this a billion and one times but Kyon is the most kawaii character ever! I really miss Takki playing a Kyon-type character - wonder if he will ever get a role like that ever again or will he just be stuck in Yoshi/Satoken period/historical type roles.....mmmm....noooooo...*lol* kiss already????? *thud* dude I am soooo with Dithers on this one....XDXDXDDD though the end scene in BokuMado was v v v cute! T_T I want a Kyon...where can I get myself a Kyon?????

Dynna: Hiyaaaa! Thanks a bunch for dropping by and tagging me...sorry but I don't speak (or understand) Spanish. About the yamada-kun video clip - I would love to upload the clip for you but with no computer to use at home at the moment I am afraid I can't...also I am not entirely sure if I have the clip anymore...I am really sorry!

Diiitttthhhheeerrrsssss: (also imitating Kathy! XD) *frantically waves* *lol* well you do have a point there but sometimes I really can't but SCCCRRREEEEEAAAMMMMMMM.... super-excited about this Asian Tour too - dying to know the dates and where they're gonna go...*please let it be HK* ^_^ (what I wouldn't give to follow them AROUND Asia though! Now THAT would be one heck of a fangirl journey!!!) *thud* has it really been 8-10 girls?!??!! O_o *starts counting* And *THUDTHUDTHUD* at your Johnnys comment ahahaaaa dude you CRACK ME UP SO MUCH!!!!! Takki's chuuuu'ed Subaru and Aiba-chan before?!??! KAWAAAAIIIII!!!!!! I love how he's so touchy-feely...XDXDDD Ahhh glad you got me mail...*sobsob* no comp cannot be fixed...comp is REALLY DEAD! *sobs some more*

SNUFFLESSSS: KYAAAAAA HOW TO SAVE WHEN ME NEED SAVING TOO!!!?!?!? OML first that Takki onna pic and THEN couldn't stop thinking about what you said in SMS about x-rated pic last night...so zoomed into college this morning and HOLY MAMMMMMAAA MIAAAAAAA!!!!! *dead* after checking out Tsuba imagine what we are gonna be like when we see Takki's - well that's IF his is x-rated to that degree (which something tells me it prob will be!) *grabs megaphone* WAAAHHHH!! COME ON CDJAPAN! SHIP THE HOLY CALENDAR ALREADY!!!!!!!!!

Cindy: HAALLLOOOO!!!! erm...errr...yeah...well...erm....hahaaaa....I must've caught it from you! XDXDXDDDDDD Anyways how have you been hun!!? Haven't spoken to ya in agessss either...you preparing for Asian Tour too?!?!?!?! Gosh I really hope the dates are 'good'...

Loracyn: Aww thanks for letting everyone know! Appreciate it! ^_^ *hugssss* *sigh* *shakes head* nope nope not even holy tech dude can help me this time - he said it's well and truly gone! (yeh I know - I was like EHHHHHH??!?!? BUT YOU TECH DUDES ARE SUPPOSE TO KNOW HOW TO FIX EVERYTHING?!??! ^^;;; *BAH!*) Nvm...at least some good has come out of this...new comp...hohohooooo...oh p.s. thanks a bunch for the links *GLOMPYOU*

DAMN...times up! Back to being a student and attend a STOOOPID shorthand class...*curses under breath* I wanna go hommmmeeee....

Minna ~~~ t/c of yourselves k?! Be good and have fun in T&T bubble! ^_^ Luv ya all...^_^

Enbujou - Request now?! 74 SHOWS?! O_o X_X

2006-02-05T14:42:00.000Z

LISTENING TO: 'To Destination' - Eden
FEELING: Genki ^_^

Last night I thought my computer had come down with a another virus. ^^;;: NIGHTMARE! All these strange messages kept popping up and it kept telling me I needed a password to access Windows when I never even set a password. X_X Thought I was going to lose all my Venus files and everything else I haven't had the opportunity to back-up yet ^^;;;;;

...BUT errrm...after calming down I realised I was just making a mountain out of molehill again...*wipes sweat*...everything is SAFE....

It's funny how the fangirl brain works - when something happens to your computer - you don't automatically think - OMG my poor computer...you think --> OMG! My T&T files...all my vid files...mp3s...pics etc etc...which I collected the past few weeks/months...^^;;;; *runs around room like headless chicken* SAVE MY HD!!!!!!

*LOL*

Anyways I just had a thought...

Should I start requesting for Enbujou DVD?!??!!

Or is it a little too early?!?! XDXDXDDD

Gomen I am super-slow seeing all the dates of Enbujou came out like MONTHS AGO but...

OMG!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE TAKKI IS DOING 74 SHOWS IN THE SPACE OF LESS THAN 2 MONTHS!!!! WITH JUST 5 DAYS OFF!!!!!!!!

And he's working on his b'day - 2 shows! (*thud* when will he have to time to partay and celebrate his 24th?!?!?!?)

*THUD*

Suddenly I am all worried...DB really took it out of him and that was only for a few weeks...^^;;;

TAKKI - I know you're a workaholic but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF...now...during (and after) Enbujou!!!

For full list of Enbujou dates/shows please go HERE

p.s - MANY MANY CONGRATS to T&T on the success of Venus so far! SO happy to see T&T back up to NO.2!!! *dances around room throwing confetti* I wonder how many copies they've sold so far?!

JD or Manga - which one came first?!

2006-02-03T12:33:00.000Z

LISTENING TO: 'Run in the Rain' - BokuMado OST
FEELING: Loving Takki...Takki...TAKKI...

Well at least there's one good about college these days - my lazy arse teachers who can't be bothered to teach and let us go home early! I am through with being a model student...9 weeks in counting till I finish! wakakaaaa ~~~ soooo excited....v^_^v FANGIRL LIFE COME BACK TO ME...

Anyways...so I had a browse round town yesterday...dropped by Blackwells bookshop and what did I find on shelf?!?!...ANTIQUE BAKERY MANGA!!!!! I didn't even know that such a thing existed...so out came the wallet...and well I am sure you can guess that rest! ^^;;; I really should stop impulse buying ^^;;;;

I reckon the JD came first but I could be wrong. The manga is good though - yaoi-fied but at times I did get kinda lost. ANNNDDD another thing --> Eiji and Yusuke in the manga look nothing like Takki and Fujiki Naohito. *pouts*

Manga-fied Kanda Eiji

Takki-Eiji

*pinchpinchpinchbakasuperkawaiiTakki-Eiji*

*ahem* see what I mean?! Completely different!!!!

Mmm I wonder what a manga-fied Kyon, Manato, Tatsuya and Hikaru would look like?!?!

p.s. Was just over at Yahoo Japan auctions and wow there were a pair of front row Enbujou tickets for 3/21 which went for over 90,000!!!! (bid started at 12,500) Sugoi!

RANT SESSION: Happy Chinese New Year + KTs Debut + Lovesick ^^;;;

2006-01-30T01:32:00.000Z

LISTENING TO: 'Never Ever' - Imai Tsubasa
FEELING: Dazed...

GONG HEI FAT CHOI / GONG XI FA CAI (<--- uhh is that how you say it in Mandarin. *lol* my Mandarin seriously sucks)

May you have all have a prosperous year! ^_^

I didn't do anything for Chinese New Year which of course comes as no surprise. We never really do anything to celebrate...ahaa such a boring family. I REALLY need to get my butt back to HK during Chinese New Year sometime and celebrate in style.

Anyways I am sure everyone has heard about KTs debut at the end of March right?! I found out about it last night and mmm...mixed feelings. I am not a Kattun fan (well I like Jin but that is only because he *hearts* Takki! XD)...I don't have even the slightest interest in their latest goings-on...they're just there you know...Kattun...but the moment I heard about their debut...I just felt really...blah! ^^;;;

I mean I am happy for them in a way and happy for their fans especially how they've all been waiting for like forever for this debut but *shrugs* I dunno...maybe cos it just makes me think of all the other Johnnys who haven't debuted or who have only half-debuted (I didn't even know there was such a thing but seems like that's the case with K8 and NewS *shrugs* Yvie knows nothing outside of her beloved T&T bubble)....

When I say 'other Johnnys' - I specifically mean people like Toma who has been in the Johnnys for about 10 years (is that right???) and has so so soooo much talent and yet he seems to get no recognition whatsoever! Grrr...I seriously don't get it. The Jimusho system is so WHACKED!

KTs debut sounds HUGE as well...they're getting a single...an album...a dvd...a TOUR (starting @ Tokyo dome) AND I heard that Kattunx3 (uhhh again - correct title?) is going to become a regular TV show! >_< >_< >_< >_< >_<

HUHHHHH????????

So from the very very very beginning of their debut they're getting EVERYTHING which a debut band gets or will eventually get all rolled into one?!?!?!??!! Call it jealousy...call it me being childish...call it...it...*can't think of the right words* but isn't that uhhh kinda unfair to all the other bands who have debuted and are still working their butts off to achieve some of those things????????

Which brings me back to T&T...like what have all us fans been screaming and screeching and moaning about for an eternity???????????? >_< >_< >_< >_< >_<

And to top it all off...I am feeling really lovesick. The Venus rush has been really yabai. I can't seem to concentrate...have zilch motivation when it comes to my work and all I want to do these days is sit in front my computer and *squeeeee* and *kyaaaaaa* over Takki!.

TAKIZAWA HIDEAKI WHY ARE YOU SO SO SO BEAUTIFUL????? WHY ARE YOU SO SO SO ADORABLE????? WHY ARE YOU SO SO SO PERFECT????? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW CRAZY YOU'RE DRIVING ME????

*looks at pile of assignments* yabai...^^;;;;

I was up until 3 this morning watching Venus clips as well. The latest Utaban (muwahahaaaaa...the things Nakai and Taka-san get T&T to do whenever they're on. SAIKOU!) still makes me laugh so so HARD *LOL* OML! and also Hey x 3 - Takki's whacked drawings...Music Fighter...and...and...then there's been SatoKen (Shino-sama KAKKOII to the extreme)...TFP2 (waahhh gimme back blond streak!)....ANNNDDDDD have you guys noticed how much Takki has been SMILING / BEAMING lately!?! OHMIGOSH he's just too cute! (kyaaaa snuffles!!! SOLO DIMPLE IS KILLING ME!!!!)

*lol* ok I'll shut up now...

*runs away and hibernates*

Venus PV thoughts

2006-01-15T11:26:00.000Z

Listening to: 'Venus' - T&T (I can't get enough!!!!)
Feeling: On a high...

Managed to grab the PV last night and was up until about 2am screencapping again!

Just some thoughts...

First off - stating the complete OBVIOUS here but T&T's visuals were verrryyy nice throughout the PV and though at first, I must admit I was a bit like 'SUITS AGAIN?????? Ohhhhhh but they wore suits for Kamen! *wishes they were slightly more creative with outifts*' I'm REALLY REALLY glad they brought back the white suits w/white shirts. (but Takki!!! Why the black inside?!) It's true what they say - pretty guys are so suited to white!

Start and end scenes. I really liked how they first appeared and were 'zapped' into the room (look at them GLOW! And it's v futuristic don't you think?!) and then they burst into flames right at the end...v cool!

There were lots and lots and LOTS of unit dance shots. Brownie point! ^^

I think I'm beginning to get the dance now. Though I STILL can't flick my wrists like T&T do! Waaahhhh I WANT that DVD!!!!

Mmm ok I have to talk about all those extra ppl in the PV! 1stly - HOW LUCKY ARE THEY?!?!?!?!!!! 2ndly - entertainment value or what?! At some points I had to try so hard not to look at them and just concentrate on TakiTsuba but it was so difficult cos everytime scenes of them came up I broke out in fits of laughter...muwahahaaaaa...I'm sorry I don't know what it is but the Asian dudes especially really really cracked me up! OML! was he/they on drugs?!?!! XDXDDD

...after a while the ppl did start to bug me a little...I mean there were so many of them and they almost crowding the place.Ok sure - the hologram idea was kinda fresh and it WAS nice to see T&T dancing with everyone and having fun esp Takki...he was so adorable - like if you watch really closely - at certain points you can see him smiling or almost wanting to break out into laughter XD (+ I think he was also nodding?! - almost like giving his approval...and making sure that EVERYONE in the room was doing it right XD) *pinches Takki*

And you know, I'm sure Takki was having a boogie with him (and the African guy) at one point! XD TAKKI!!! *whackwhack* what were you doing!!!! If you gonna go dance with someone GO DANCE WITH AIKATA not...I repeat NOT with the Asian & African dude!!! aiyaiyaaiiii....

Normally in pvs I would pick unit shots over individual ones (like THAT scene in Kamen and Yumemo where they had their arms on each others shoulders) but this time, it was other way round cos T&T just looked stunning - I love the one of Takki sitting on the red couch. The way he was staring...SO intense! SO hypnotic! (WAHH!don't stare at us like that!!!) And Tsuba looking so good with his short spikey do...and OL the way he was leaning so seductively against that fluffy wall and moving his body. HAWT!

...infact the whole setting just looks gorgeous..! ^_ NOW imagine if your house looked like that?!?! I would LOVE!!! A/S another word that pops into mind...heavenly?

Looking at the screencaps again...is it me or has Takki lost even more weight - his face looks slimmer?! T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T COME ON TAKKI!!! EAT MORE DAMMIT!!!!!

OK...all those who wished it was TxT hands on top of each others like above raise your hands NOW!!!! XD

This shot really reminded me of the True Heart PV...you know the bit with the watch...where Tsuba placed his hand over Takki's *dokidoki* (gets me everytime!)...ahhhh there's gotta be some symbolic meaning to ths shot - there's gotta be...

Annnnddd...*thud*thud*THUD*

Sorry...

...I just couldn't resist - has to put up these shots...there's just something so incredibly sexy about Takki's profile (check out the SHARP SHARP Johnny Depp JAW!) esp when his bangs fall over his face like in the caps.

Speaking of bangs - I'm still fretting about his hair. It's been a while since vol 200 (well feels like it's been a while) and there hasn't been any sightings of his *supposed* new do. ^^;;; I really hope he hasn't done anything drastic...*gulp*

....

*slaps self*

Ignore me I'm just being my usual worrywart self...been like that all week - like the other day I was so nervous about what he *might've* done - I started to go through my Takki pic folder and was looking at all the ones where he had short-ish locks. Almost as a way of psyching myself up...or reassurance...stupid huh?! Cos lucky lucky Takki has a face which suits MOST styles and colours...*slaps self again*

Anyways erm in comparison to the other pv's like Yumemo, Serenade and Kamen I don't really like Venus as much simply because there wasn't *much* to it. I mean yes...I did come out with a lot of caps (it's gotta be done though! I mean just LOOK at the eye candy!) but I...dare I erm...say...? got lil bored watching all the dance bits over and over again and the ppl in it were really really...DISTRACTING!!!! ^^;;;

Oh and something else I wasn't too fond of were bits like this...

...where the scene would 'flicker' to merge into the next and there would be this YELLOW/GREEN tint (which REALLY doesn't go with the colour scheme of the PV at all!) Aiyaiyaaiii...like WHAT WAS THAT?!?! I thought we had escaped the whole nasty green/yellow tints which I remember so dreading would appear in the Kamen PV ^^;;; Good thing it faded towards the end...

OH btw just in case any of you haven't seen the PV yet I uploaded it...please follow THIS link for YSI or go HERE for torrent at JpopSuki. ^_^ (<----- OMG! I just had a quick flick through the comments at Jpopsuki and someone wrote 'woah tight pants' muwahahahahaaaaaaa...ahh well yes Takki's erm...do look a lil tight around the groin area! XD)

WOOO girls...I THINK the Venus rush has begun.

*note to self* - need to jot down dates of T&T appearances...

p.s. - One last thing - what happened to all the scenes that were in that CM?! No flying rose petals in sight at all...

p.p.s - SHINO-SAAAAMMMMAAAAAA

1st day back + Satomi Hakkenden (torrents + pre-order)

2006-01-04T23:43:00.000Z

LISTENING TO: 'Starry Sky' - T&T
FEELING: Sleepy x_x

Today was just silly - I got a phone call from college this morning saying that all morning lessons were cancelled. Great I thought (initially) - that is till I got to college and found out that I had just the one pointless 2hr class in the afternoon (when usually it would be twice that!). Grrrr...I hate it when they do this - I wish they were more organised and told us things in advance. ^^;;;

Speaking of which - I also found out that there are no classes tomorrow cos my tutor is doing jury service - fine by me though seeing I get to sleep-in tomorrow (YAY!) but what REALLY baffled me is I heard through the grapevine that this other tutor of mine is not coming back! O_o And no one knows the reason why. x_x DAMMIT - she taught one of the most important classes too! What a mess! ^^;;; But yeh so classes don't *officially* start till Monday now...which means fangirl-freedom for a few more days! HOORAH!

Anyhoooo...important stuff...

Torrents for Satomi Hakkenden are up over at D-Addicts. Please follow the links below for torrents and info.

SATOMI HAKKENDEN PART 1

SATOMI HAKKENDEN PART 2

Each part is around 1GB in size again ^^;;; (though not surprising seeing how long this one-off special is!) so earlier on I was desperately trying to clear out my HD to make room but ^^;;; you know when you're faced with the dilemma of deciding just what to delete?! and then even when you think you've decided - you can't bring yourself to do it (cos it's T&T - you CAN'T delete T&T stuff! CRIME!) despite knowing that you really are running very low of HD space and you've already made back-up copies...^^;;; *lol* I got there eventually though...

If you're not up for d/l - CDJapan have already listed the dvd for pre-order. (now that's what I call speedy...) Please go HERE to do so.

Some info taken from CDJapan...

RELEASE DATE: 24 March 2006
PRICE: 9500yen (OH MY GAWD!!!!! This is DB DVD all over again! *gulp*)
RUNNING TIME: 230mins
NO OF DISCS: 3 (apart from drama (of course) have no idea what comes on other disc/s)

I'm really tempted to pre-order it but the price is a lil steep ^^;;; and I've still got this month's not-so-pretty credit card bill pay off from Xmas...DOH! So erm...I think I'm gonna give it a miss this month...OH WOW! so I haven't lost ALL self-control...yet...XDXDXDDD

BTW anyone actually SEEN Hakkenden yet?! HOW WAS IT?!?!?!?!?!?????

p.s - por - gomen gomen but I haven't had the chance to u/l that Satomi Hakkenden interview/preview clip yet - I'll give it a go 2mo! Soz about delay! ^^;;;

Minna ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR + Johnnys CountDown 05-06 + TsubaCon pics

2006-01-01T23:12:00.000Z

LISTENING TO: 'Hito natsu no...' - T&T
FEELING: happy...happy...happy...

This morning I woke up and decided to come straight online to search for any news on CD and found out that some FAB PERSON *heartYOUwhoeveryouare* torrented it up (btw torrent can be found HERE) KYAAA anyways...it's a HUGE file @ over 1GB and apparently it's not even the whole thing cos FujiTV decided to be rude and broadcast just half of it...

...^^;;;; I REALLY hope they didn't cut out too much...T_T...mmm so I'm *trying* to d/l this thing ya but a) my ISP is acting all funny and b) the torrent is going SOOOOOO SOOOOOOO SLOW! *CRIES* ...and it's telling me there's 30hrs to go till the file is complete *cries some more*

Yeh ok so I'm being super-impatient but this IS TAKKI & TSUBA we're talking about and patience (as well as all the other things like self-control, common sense...) just goes out the window when those two are in the picture...I'm sure several of you know EXACTLY what I mean...

Mmm I did see a bunch of screen-caps of CD on blogs earlier and OMG both Ts looked sooooo lovely. Tsuba looked tres kakkoii with his new do and Takki... awww Takki... Takki... Takki... was just...just TAKKI! (cute + damn gorgeous but a/s seriously silly at the same time XD)*screams* GAWDDD I JUST LOVE THAT GUY TO BITS! He can seriously do NO WRONG!!!!!! And the "puchi mohi" *LOL* is still looking bery stylish and funky! ^_^

T&T sang VENUS and erm....I think Yumemo???? (please don't quote me on the latter though cos I'm not 100% sure) But ooohhh guess who back-danced for them during Venus?! NEWS, Kattun and K8!!! Now THAT is what I call cool! Those guys haven't back-danced for T&T since...since...Hatachi kon so it must've been soooo nice for the fans to see the performance...^_^

Outfit wise (from the caps I saw) - I think T&T first appeared in those super-pikapika pinstripe Diamond suits from GO Kon (teamed with their lovely ojisan-like white vests XD - bit like the ones they wore under their Serenade coats - on the inside)...then later on (during performance) they swapped those pikapika-pinstripe jacket for those gorgeous white coats from Harucon (you know, the ones with the puffy collar and silver blingbling) Sooo prettyyyy...AND THEN last but not least came the Kamen suits (tho I think they were slightly different - looked like there were sequins or buttons ??? sewn onto the jacket collar???) ~~ KAKKKKOOOIIIIII (apologies if any of my info is incorrect!)

*flicks back to torrent*

ONLY 13.5% COMPLETE!!!!!!! ^^;;;;

Guess who's gonna be leaving their comp on overnight...hohohohooooo...

OH & erm...I know I'm kinda late and the moment has passed now but...

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPPYYYYY NEW YEAR -E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E-!!!!! ^_^

I hope you all had a great one last night (and the hangovers weren't too bad this morn XD)

May 2006 be just as / even more awesome than 2005 and be even more Takki, Tsuba and TakiTsuba filled!!!!! Yvie wishes you all the best of luck...health and happiness in the coming year...*glomps you all*

*looks at time* T_T Mmm I wanted to talk about this USO Japan ep I watched last night as well in this entry but think I better give it a miss and go do some work now. I've been super-lazy during my Xmas break - in 2 1/2 wks I've done hardly anything and I'm due back at college on Wed! *gulp* am seriously screwed...^^;;;

One more thing before I go though....

Came accross these earlier on today and I just couldn't stop grinning...

Takki @ Tsubasa Con Final 1
Takki @ Tsubasa Con Final 2
Takki @ Tsubasa Con Final 3

Takki in beanie hat AND those DORKY specs...I AM IN HEAVEN!!!!!! *swoon*

TakiTsuba @ Tsubasa Con Final 1
TakiTsuba @ Tsubasa Con Final 2
TakiTsuba @ Tsubasa Con Final 3

LMAOOOOO ~~~ OMG those two are just sooooooo silly...soooooo baka yet so unbelievably adorable at the same time! What DO they think they're doing?!?!?! hahaaaaaa...gosh how much would I LOVE to see this moment appear on Tsuba Con dvd but something tells me it's a tad 'late'?! T_T T_T T_T (hope am wrong...)

(FULL CREDIT to person who posted pics on auction...!!!)

p.s. - 1st half of Satomi Hakkenden is due for broadcast tomorrow! WAAAAHHHHH I WANNA WATCH ~~~

p.p.s - A torrent for Yoshitsune Extras (highlights & talks) was just posted up over at D-Addicts. Go HERE for torrent and further info. OMG this file is twice as big as the CD one! *thud* ^^;;;;*pats pc* Gambatte!

Venus COVERS

2005-12-31T00:10:00.000Z

LISTENING TO: 'Wake Up Your Heart' - KENN w/the NaBs
FEELING: Excited

Ooh this is cool...

...pictures of all three covers of VENUS are up on the OFFICIAL T&T SITE.

THANK YOU AVEX!!!!

Left - CD+DVD
Centre - Limited
Right - Regular

The REGULAR is my fave out of the three...though the LIMITED one comes a close 2nd! ^_^

Less than three weeks to go now till it's released...

OH YEH! BRING ON THE T&T RUSH!!!!!!

T&T 06-07 Calendar - PRE-ORDER NOW + Other con pics ^_^

2005-12-30T15:02:00.000Z

LISTENING TO: 'Be Shiny' - Kimeru
FEELING: Bloated

WOW I think CDJapan heard my cries *lol* SO moaning...complaining...and telling people to get their act together actually works...now I understand why ppl think fangirls are scary XD

Anyhooo...CDJapan FINALLY listed the T&T 2006-2007 Calendar for pre-order. PLEASE go HERE to do so. ^_^

DETAILS:

Release Date - 28 February 2006 (YesAsia has it listed as 1 March for some reason - not sure who is correct but personally I trust CDJapan's word over YesAsia)

Price - 2000 yen (cheaper than last year...well over at CDJapan...YesAsia have it listed as being more ^^;;;...GAH seriously need to check out the other online stores to compare.)

According to CdJapan - the calendar is B3 size when open...

...gonna sound like such a fool - but I actually had to google 'B3' cos never have I heard of anything in B3 size (till now of course) - they only do 'A' sizes here. *lol* Anyways B3 measures 364 x 515 which somewhere between A3 and A2 size.

What else...errrr...calendar a/s comes with "a special photobook "T & T Photograph Collection" (contains photoes of them in Prince costume, beautiful dance scene, photoes taken in the water and more.)" (text taken directly from CdJapan site cos I'm lazy and can't be arsed to put into my own words :P)

Mmm I'm guessing this T&T Photograph Collection will be a bit like the T&T mag but a toned-down version?!?! OH and I was SOOOO looking forward to seeing the pair cosplay again...

...but saying that I'm LIKING the sound of what IS listed...Ouji costumes (no doubt gonna be sooooo kakkoii) DANCE SCENE!!! and WATER!!!! YESSSS water...!!! Water is good...water is bery good on T&T! *nosebleeds*

^^;;; There goes more £££$$$...

Oh and another thing - I had a browse around Yahoo Japan Auctions again earlier (YES! I now officially camp over at that place!) and there were a bunch of photos taken from Takki's final show at Yokohama Arena.

Just a few different ones...

MORE Takki con

This is the first set of pics I've seen with him in this outfit. Loracyn - I'm guessing this is the military-stylee one you mentioned?! This kind of style is SO in over here at the moment...and though it's pretty blingbling for my usual taste I think this is one of my fave stage outfits. (along with the HT one and LOOONNNNGGG blingbling silver coat...^_^)

DITHERS...these are for you! ^_~ MORE SKIN!!!! BETTER VIEW OF ABS!!!! *stuffs more tissues up nose*

Even MORE HT :) :) :)

...and THESE are the most kawaii of them all! T&T TOGETHER! *heartmark*

TakiTsuba @ Takki con FINAL

I'm so glad there are pics like this floating about...it's always nice to see them together! I especially like the one where Takki is leaning towards Tsubasa. Ahhh so heart-warming...looks like they're in their own little world.

1q tho - does anyone have any ideas what the two are doing in the top right hand side pic?! Its not some sort of VENUS move is it?!?! The 'OK' move?!?!?!

THIS picture...

...surprised me a little...like since when did Takki play the violin?! Or have I just been so blur to the point that I never even realised he could play ^^;;;...or...or...is he just pretending to play?! Mmm actually I was wondering about whether he played any instruments during the show or not. I mean if anything, I thought he'd play the piano...cos that's the instrument he seems to be best at...

...saying that - what I REALLY would love to see him play is the guitar! I've only seen him play it twice (once electric, once acoustic) and both times he looked so damn kakkoii doing it...mmm or is he just gonna leave the guitar playing to Tsuba?!?!

I AM liking the look of him with that violin...see...SEE how he would make the perfect Hanazawa Rui!?! keke...

p.s. TSUBASA - PLEASE get some rest...I hope your toes heal soon!!!

p.p.s - Not sure if you guys already know but some kind soul torrented up this Satomi Hakkenden clip (interview/chat with main cast and preview) broadcast on 20061217 - torrent can be found HERE (D-Addicts) or HERE (JPOPSUKI).

MORE Takki con pics drools

2005-12-25T16:00:00.000Z

Listening to: 'Here I am' - Takizawa Hideaki
Feeling: Still hyper *lol*

Had lunch and hopped back onto comp to search some more *LOL* (yah I know I KNOW - I should REALLY be spending Xmas day sitting with family but hey I'M ON A ROLL...and Takki is SO MUCH MORE interesting than all my family that are here lumped together...XD)

Again these are in no particular order...

Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou 2005 Sayonara' pics 12
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou 2005 Sayonara' pics 13
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou 2005 Sayonara' pics 14
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou 2005 Sayonara' pics 15
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou 2005 Sayonara' pics 16

More HT pics...

Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou 2005 Sayonara' pics 17
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou 2005 Sayonara' pics 18
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou 2005 Sayonara' pics 19
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou 2005 Sayonara' pics 20
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou 2005 Sayonara' pics 21

(again FULL CREDIT to the ppl who posted pics on auction! KYAA I wish these ppl shipped internationally!!!)

OMG! I don't know whether it's just me but there's just something so incredibly kinky about Takki wearing black lace (and a HOT PINK feather boa...not too sure about that hat though..or the 'prop' i.e. frisbee LOLLLL)...my insides are going crazy just looking at this pics...wakakakaaaaa ~~~~ I LOVE IT and trust Takki to come up with something like this...XDXDXDDDD

Ooohh abs....

YUM YUM YUMMMMMM...

HALLLO! XMASSSSS! lovelove

2005-12-25T02:08:00.000Z

Listening to: 'Oath of the Storm' - Kimeru
Feeling: FREEEEEE

OKIE first things first....

A VERY VERY VERRRRYYYY MERRYYYY XMASSSSS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to ALL Takki, Tsuba & T&T/TxT fans around the globe!!!

Hope you're all having/had a FAB day...

It's now early arvo here and I'm super bored already...LOL - our family don't really do much on Xmas Day - we sit around...watch TV and EAT...exciting huh?!?!

Mmm is it me or has Xmas come round really quick this year?! I haven't really had much time to prepare for it at all...but then I've been pretty lazy too this year. I've now been on my Xmas break from college for a week now and I haven't done ANYTHING productive...*sigh* I don't know why...maybe it's old age *LOL*...I SWEAR as each year passes I get less and less enthusiastic over the festive season ^^;;;;

Enough crap...

WAAHHHH I wonder how Takki's solo con at Yoko went...I'm trawling the Yahoo Japan auctions at the moment and looking for some pics...I found some of his con goods - (WAKAKAKAAAA Takki in white santa kit...SOOOOOOO DAMN KAWAIIIIIII!!!!! *pinchpinch*) but what I REALLY want to see are his stage outfits...I can SO imagine them being really OTT for some reason XDXDXD

...mmm & I wonder WHO turned up (well Tsuba will be there for sure...UNIT LOVE...but who else!?!?!)...wonder if there's going to be a DVD...(There BETTER BE otherwise will be pretty peeved (+sad *sobsob*) if there isn't esp seeing how much we requested for it...)

Pls Pls be nice AVEX PRETTY PLSSSSSS!!!! It would be the bestest bestest BESTEST present!!! :) :) :)

...mmm at least WE ARE getting a single release in January! (and the calendar..speaking of which - COME ON! CDJAPAN!!!! List the calendar for pre-order already!!!!) YAY! YAY!!! Everyone heard Venus now?! Thoughts?! I'm SOOO in LOVE with it...even from the very 1st listen I loved it and couldn't get it out of my head...it's a 100% partay tune. (though I haven't decided whether I like it more than T&Ts other singles...) Can't stop thinking about what the PV is going to be like...I keep imagining this HUGE ballroom scene or erm...something towards the other extreme...something along the lines of DIRTY DANCING 2 (but sexier of course) Ooohhh now wouldn't that be...erm...interesting...

YAYYYYY I FOUND SOME PICS...

(in no particular order)

Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou2005Sayonara' pics 1
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou2005Sayonara' pics 2
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou2005Sayonara' pics 3
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou2005Sayonara' pics 4
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou2005Sayonara' pics 5
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou2005Sayonara' pics 6
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou2005Sayonara' pics 7
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou2005Sayonara' pics 8 (Takki's looks so adorable on that swing! *chuuuuu*)
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou2005Sayonara' pics 9

NOW Ladies brace yourselves for the following...it's HT time XDXDXDDDD

Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou2005Sayonara' pics 10
Takki Solo Con 'Arigatou2005Sayonara' pics 11

Yvie is speechless TRULY SPEECHLESS! Takki - you...you...YOU...are...amazing! ^_^

Con goods:

Concert Pamphlet
Photos
Santa Takki (Poster)..hohohohoHOOOOO...
Uchiwa, Con Pamphlet and (I think) the file?
HIDEZO - OMG SO SO SOOOO KAWAIIII!!!!

(FULL CREDIT goes to ppl on auction who posted pics! *bows*)

Wakakakaaaa ~~~~~~ feeling so HYPER..and I haven't even started drinking yet...

YOU SEE now this is what happens when you're out of the fanworld for a bit...

CRAP! Mum's calling...lunchtime...

MERRY CRIMBO AGAIN EVERYONE!!!!!!! *mwahmwah*

Saying 'HI' --> T&T IS LOVE!!!!!

2005-11-21T23:46:00.000Z

Listening to: 'Diamond' - T&T
Feeling: guilty...

Oh dear....my blog is well and truly DEAD!!!! *thud*

I can't believe it's been over a month now since I last updated...WHERE DID ALL THAT TIME GO?!?!! And you know what makes it worse...not knowing what the heck is going on in the fanworld at the moment. *yvie blur* Are we still in drought season? lol...or have I missed out on something HUGE...which is just going to SHOCK ME beyond belief?

No? ok then...XD

Anyhooo all is well over at my end (in case any of you were wondering) - just getting on with things and counting down the days till this course of mine is done and dusted. ^_^ I've also been busy planning what to do next after my course which has been pretty motivating. I mean whether my plans will work out or not is of course a completely different story altogether but still it's nice to kinda know where you are going right?

Oh and Nihongo classes are also going well. I signed up for phase 2 today which means I have Japanese lessons till June next year! WOOOHOOOO!!! There's some right characters in my class esp this one guy who is in his own little world. Like sensei would talk to him or ask him to say something and he would completely ignore her and just carry on doing whatever it is he was doing. SOOOOO DAMN FUNNY! My 'rents, and friend are still keep going on at me for not signing up to Mandarin classes instead which bugs me no end. *sigh* Mummy, Daddy I know they mean well but really...it's my life...my choice...and it'll be my problem if in the future I need Mando and I don't have the faintest idea about the language...^^;; understand?!?! good...good...kekeeee....

WAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I MISS TAKKI!!!! I MISS TSUBA!!!! I MISS T&T SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!

I was flicking through this months magazines earlier and started to feel all lovesick (can you even call it that?!) when I came accross T&Ts pics esp all the ones from the Izumo con.

POTATO 12/05

WU 12/05

I SOOO WISH I WAS THERE!!!!!!!

I'm SOOOOO in love with that pic of Takki & Tsuba in their pikapika Diamond suits (Potato) - OMFG the way Takki's hair fallen over his face and the way he's staring out into the audience is just...is just....*screams* TAKKKIIIIIII!!!!! Please please pleaseeeeee keep your dark dark locks!!!!!! dokidoki...and then that pic from WU...the one where T&T are in their fur YumeMo coats and they're staring right into each others eyes! I get butterflies looking at that pic...ahhh all warm and fuzzy...warm and fuzzy! T&T IS LOVE!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOOOVVVEEEE!!!!! LOL funny how such a little thing can bring out such emotions...

Oh btw guys....if you're wondering where the Duet Izumo pics are --> there are NONE!!!! *mutters under breath* At first I thought it was just me being blur (you know what I'm like) etc...but nope nope...flick through the thing about 5 times and no signs of T&T at Izumo anywhere within those 168 pages! WHY DUET?!?! WHY?!?! AND SUCH AN IMP CON FOR T&T!!!!!! WHY DO YOU KEEP FORGETTING ABOUT THEM!?!?!?! Gawd I'm just wasting my breath aren't I?!

Mmm what else?! Oh was trying to be a good girl over the weekend and started catching up on Yoshitsune eps...on ep 38 now! MORE MORE GIMME MORE MORE...WAH! girls can you believe how CLOSE it is till the end?! T_T Just the mere thought of what's coming up still fills me with dread and yes even though I've had a WHOLE YEAR to prepare for this...I still can't help but get all depressed...*sigh* anyone figured out how to console self after watching the ep yet?! If so...please pass on advice to this bery nervous fangirl...arigatou! ^_^ *bows*

Anyhooo...I'm really sorry about such a pointless entry but just wanted to come on to let you know that I AM still about and I AM still rooting for Takki and T&T over here!!!!

Take care all....*MWAH*

p.s. Closer and closer to xmas...closer and closer and closer to Takki's first solo con! Still sakusen planning everyone?!?!?! *yvie continues to pray for that dvd*

p.p.s. OMG! What's this about a T&T pillow??????? *thud*

p.p.p.s. Ep 46 ---> 15.6%

(super-late ^^;;;;) Otanjoubi Omedetou Tsuba-chan!!!!

2005-10-19T21:22:00.000+01:00

Listening to: 'Falling Star' - Sunset Strippers
Feeling: tired...head-achey ^^;;;...missin' T&T...

Gomen...gomen...GOMEN Tsuba-chan *bow bow bow* Yvie such a bad fan...such a bad BAD fan for not putting up b'day wishes earlier! ^^;;;; But hehe...you know one of my fave sayings...*cough*better*cough*late*cough*than*never*cough* :P :P :P

Anyhooowwww....here's me wishing you a very very VEERRRRYYYYYYY....

Hope you had a kick-ass...100% fun-filled...FABTASTIC time celebrating your special day w/EVERYONE!!!!! *pokes Tsuba* ne...ne...Tsuba-chan...so what genius (whacked?) present did aikata-kun give you?!??! where did he take ya?! Did you play?!?! *lol*

WE ARE ALL DYING TO KNOW!!! ----> IZUMO CON is just around the corner so PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO TELL ALL!!!!!! Soooooo....-YOU- (or aikata-kun...OR BOTH!!!!!) DON'T FORGET!!!!!!! *chants*gossgossjuicejuicejuicyjuicygoss* XD

BEST OF LUCK with the rest of your tour!

And...AGAIN....OMEDETOUUUUUU!!!!

p.s - Ratings for Yoshi Ep 41 = 15.5%! Up SLIGHTLY from last week! COME ON!!! Keep going!!! Keep going! PPL of Nihon...stay in Sunday nights and WATCH WATCH!!!!!!!! PLSSSSSSSSS......!!!!!

YES I AM still alive! lol

2005-10-16T15:49:00.000+01:00

Listening to: 'Hakka Candy' - Kinki Kids
Feeling: Confused...slightly blue

Minna ~ osashi buri *waves*

Miss me?!?! XDXDXDDDDD

I REALLY should be doing my crappy-teeline-business-admin-book-keeping homework right now but just thought I'd hop on and take a lil breather from RL.

-----MAJOR RL RANT COMING UP! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SKIP----------

I'm 4 weeks into my course now and well...mmm...let's just say it wasn't what I expected it to be. Actually to be frank, I'm not really enjoying it ...and to make things worse...BECAUSE I'm not enjoying it I've started to turn into one of those REALLY irritating ppl (you know the ones who you will try every trick in the book to get away from) who just sits and complains and moans about the same (college-related) topics over and over and OVER again! ^^;;;;;; But LOL in my defence it REALLY isn't my fault (OH NONONONONOOOOO...nothing is EVER Yvie's fault of course XDXDXDDDDD)...IF they'd sorted out the timetable BEFORE we started the course (can you believe that FOUR weeks into the course they were still sorting out lessons and rooms?!??!! And tutors themselves STILL had no idea what they were doing?!?!??!! )...IF the tutors would get to class on time and IF the course title and documents weren't so misleading...then I probably WOULDN'T have to waste my breath right now....but unfortunately I DO cos otherwise I'll explode! GAH!!!!! Things are getting more and more ridiculous by the day I tell ya. The other day I was speaking to one of my class mates and we were even contemplating on whether to just quit altogether. YES it has (had) gotten THAT bad! I mean I don't believe in quitting....qutting would be WAY TOO EASY and well it's always better to stick at things anyways...it makes that sense of accomplishment even greater. But *sigh* (<-----I should really stop sighing XD) I dunno....it's difficult...the other day I had to turn down a theatre internship (an internship which I really really wanted to do!) cos it clashed with college which just made me feel even more crap. ^^;;; My parents said I made the right choice but I'm not so sure now .....

*LOL* gomen gomen...look at me....I don't blog for like 3 weeks and I come back with such a negative entry. ^^;;;;; aiyaiyaiiiii...somebody please KICK/SLAP me....HARD! XD

--------END OF RL RANT / BITCHING SESSION XD---------

I'm SHOCKED at how little time I've been spending online lately...lol it's not really like me at all is it?!...I mean this fangirl/web addict/night owl suddenly choosing her books...desk....bed over her comp. Where's the logic in that?!?!?! O_o Amazing what RL can do to you eh?! LOL...I've been telling myself that it's a *good* thing in the LONG TERM XD...that the whole social recluse thing wasn't really healthy anyways and...and....BUT AH WHO AM I KIDDING?!?!?!?!?! FANGIRLISM + T&T BUBBLE 4EVER!!!! XD *squishesglompsEVERYONE* I hope you're all well and have all been fulfilling your fangirl duties and had fun screeching and screaming about any news over the past few weeks...honto gomen nasai for letting the side down but I'm hoping that this is temporary! v^_^v (well 6months temporary?! ^^;;;)

I'm SOOOOOO behind with news + d/ls ....still d/l the last 2 eps of Taiyo (which btw you can get torrents of HERE)...still d/l 'Haru to Natsu' (which is prob gonna take me years to finish cos files are humongous! ) and oh one piece of news for all you Kyonholics out there...JTV have started Eng-subbing the JD!!!!!!! The torrent for 1st ep was released...I think...last week?! and the d/l count is now over 1000!!!!!!!!!! (wakakakaaaa~~~~ the POWER of BOKUMADO CREW! XDXDXD) OH torrent is HERE for all those interested. Any excuse to watch Boku Mado again eh?! *GLOMPSKyon*

Did everyone manage to catch Tsuba's medley on Shokura?!?!?!?! Been so derprived of T&T related things lately and the Tsuba medley was a LONG-OVERDUE-MUCH-NEEDED-FIX!!!!!! Gomen I'm too lazy to go screen-cap the performance....but OML JUST HOW HAWT WAS THAT PERFORMANCE!!!!!!!!!! How HAWT is that song!!!!!!!! (it's so Britney! keke) HOW HAWT DID TSUBA LOOK! (Lovin' the outfit....tho wish he had that gorgeous semi-perm....and mmmmm has/had he lost weight?!?!) Gawd hasn't this boy grown (up)?! Sometimes I find it quite hard to believe that the current Tsuba is the same as the one I first saw in SUMMER SNOW and HATACHI con dvd. He's gone through such a transformation in the past few years and I can't tell ya how proud/happy I am of/for him. And it's great to hear that his solo tour is going well!!!!!!!! ^_^v (btw any news as to when the dvd *might* be out?!?!)

Oooh and of course tomorrow the boy turns 24!!!!!!!! There's no con dates 2mo....so....PARTAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! Ahhh sooooo Takizawa...just what have you got planned for your aikata's bday this year?!?!?! *super-curious* It's always a killer waiting for news on what they've planned for each other's b'days and this time round - we can't even try to send telepathic messages to Tamori-jiji or Nakai or Taka-san to quiz them when they appear on their shows cos..cos...NO SINGLE COMING OUT. And another thing ---> PRESENT!!!!!!! Last year it was those whacky jumping shoes (I wonder if Tsuba's even used them since?!?!?!)....this year...who knows?!?! XD Anyone care to take a guess?!?!?!

Speaking of lovely-Takki....TAKKI!!! MANY MANY MANY CONGRATS ON COMPLETION OF YOSHI!!!!!!!! Am just SO DARN proud & OVER-THE-MOON for him...Takki - YOU MADE IT AT LAST!!!!!! I was over at nere's earlier and saw that picture of puffy-red-eyed-takki-yoshi holding those flowers and it really really touched me. It must be so strange for him now that it's all done and dusted and pretty sad too. It sounds like the Yoshi cast really developed a tight bond and became one big family andI think that was one of the things Takki loved so much about doing the taiga.

It really has been one heck of an experience for him though and I'm SURE it's one which he will treasure for the rest of his life. I mean ok so the ratings haven't been so great lately *heart breaks* (hope Takki isn't effected by them....still hoping will pick up towards/at the end! ) and some ppl did have doubts as to whether or not he'd be able to do the part justice....but at the end of the day - Takki DID give this project HIS ALL ---> he LEAD that taiga to the very best of his abilities and the result is IMO an absolutely amazing performance!!!!!!

WAAAHHHHHH!!!!!! ONLY 8 EPS TO GO NOW!!!!!!!!! *gulp* *hugs boxes of tissues*

One more thing before I disappear again....remember that Makoto site - SENSUAL PHRASE I pointed you guys to a while back?! Paid another visit the other day and the webmistress put up this pic of the pretty bouquet Takki sent Makoto for his birthday live (?! I'm guessing this was a show held on his bday?!). Check out the pic HERE (click on link and then scroll a lil way down page) Ooohhhh Takki has such good taste - LILIES (Takki they're my fave too! ^^) and I love the MAKO-CHAN bit...awwww Takki - YOU are so darn adorable!!!!!!!!!!

*sigh* okie dokie...back to work....

Roddick vs Rochus + Takki LOVE

2005-09-25T15:57:00.000+01:00

Listening to: 'Natsu no Omoide' - Ketsumeishi
Feeling: Tense, nervous....

This is sad...

I've been sitting here in front of my comp screen for the past 4hrs 'watching' the Live Davis Cup Score for the Roddick vs Rochus match....

I swear my heart is just going to die on me if they carry on with the deuces and tie-breaks. ^^;;;;;; LOL and here was me thinking that this was going to be easy for Andy! x_x

I so wish they were showing this on tv...the BBC broadcasted ALL THE (well the 3 out of 5 that were played anyways) team GB vs Switzerland matches so why not others?!?!? And you know what got to me even more - the fact that they HAD actually allocated 3hrs worth of broadcast time to the DAVIS CUP on Grandstand - BUT becos the Swiss kicked GB butts and won the three games they needed to secure a place in the world group (thus kicking GB back to Europe/Africa group) they decided to just scrap the live tennis slot altogether and ended up putting on this super-boring old film + property show instead! Like HUH?!?!? What's that all about?!?!? I mean SURELY it'd make more sense to just cover the DC?!?!? *shakes head* aiyaiyaiiiii....

lol gomen - I don't mean to complain but those of you who know me / read my blog on a regular basis will know how much yvie *hearts* tennis and *hearts* Roddick and not being able to see him in action is simply one of THE most irritating things in the world (it's like knowing that Takki is doing his solo cons in Dec and not being able to be there to support....no wait...actually Takki + solo con is worse!!!! MUCH MUCH MUCH WORSE but lol girls you know what I'm getting at right?!...XD)...esp when it's a nail-biting-edge-of-seat-heart-stopping game like this!!!! GAAAHHHH!!!!

*flicks back to live score window*

WAHHHHH!!!!! 5th set - 4-2 to RODDICK!!!!! WAAKAKAKAKAAAAA ~~~ COME ON A-ROD! FINISH HIM OFF!!!!!

AND MY LORD - 32 ACES!!!!!!! (so far) *thud* I def would NOT like to be on the receiving end of Roddick serves man. O_o LETHAL!!!!!! I can't remember exact figure of his fastest serve but IT WAS FAST and EXT POWERFUL! And you kno...everytime I watch a Roddick game I'm amazed at how consisent his serving is too! Gawd can't imagine what it must be doing to his body...x_x (then again he is over 6ft and is pretty well-built so prob ok...if he was say..Takki's build...then I should be worrying...A LOT *thud*)

OOOHHHHH it's 5-2 now!!!! ONE MORE GAME Andy!!! JUST ONE MORE and you've DONE IT!!!!!

AHHHHH am I having a productive Sunday afternoon or what...the sun is shining outside...the sky is a gorgeous gorgeous blue and I'm sitting here in front of a comp staring at an auto-refresh screen. Oh yes - this is the life....

HOLY SHEET! It's MATCH POINT!!!! *chews on fingernails*

.....and he's DONE IT!!!! WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!! 5 sets....4 1/2 hrs later - HE's FINALLY WON!!!! WAKAKAKAAAAA ~~~ CONGRATULATIONS ANDY!!!!! CONGRATS TEAM USA!!!!!! WAAAHHHHH SOOOO HAPPY!!!!! And not to mention damn relieved....gah who would've that a clay court game would be soooo unpredictable....^^;;;;;;;

*ahem* GOMEN gomen for the running commentary - got caught up in the moment...I'll stop talking about Andy Roddick now XD *drags self back into TakiTsuba sekai* kekekeee.....

The other night my sister showed me the FUNNIEST thing. Now I'm not 100% whether they're actually dressed as who I think they are dressed as but even if it's not - it's an incredible likeness XD

Minna ~ check out this Tenipuri bromide card...

Ryoma as YOSHITSUNE and Tezuka as BENKEI!!!!! ROFLMAO ~~~~~~~ isn't it just the most hilarious thing?!?!??!! Well me tink so anyways....XD XD XD...fair play to the designers (or whoever it is who came up with the idea) of course for including Yoshi into this set of ext-gorgeous festival themed bromide cards but give me Takki-Yoshi Ken-Benkei anyday...^^

Speaking of Yoshi - Snuffles was telling me the other day how the Yoshi crew are actually ahead of filming schedule and thus it's due to wrap up v soon! ^_^v WOOOHOOOO!!!!! Hmmm wonder how Takki must be feeling right now...knowing that the end is SO CLOSE?! It still hasn't really FULLY sunk in yet for me...but I AM extremely happy for Takki....happy that this masterpiece of his is nearly complete, happy that he can finally ditch that 30kg armour that's been putting such a strain on his tiny frame and of course more than anything I'm ECSTATIC that after it's all done and dusted he can relax a little (only a little though....!) and concentrate on other things. Like his making his way to watch his aikata dance dance DANCE!!!!!! TAKIZAWA you MUST MUST MUST keep your promise...YOU MUST make it to check out that ero-chair-dance and then rant about it on Takiren!!!! XD

Awww suddenly feeling this pang of overwhelming love for TakiTsuba! *heartheartHEART* Do you guys ever get moments like that?! Like you suddenly feel all warm + fuzzy + lovesick inside and just want to peg it up to the highest building you can find and SHOUT/SCREAM at the TOP of your voice to the world how much you ADORE the two!!!!! (...or wait is that latter bit just me?!?! XD) hehee it's so weird when that happens esp when I'm not even doing anything TakiTsuba-related at that moment in time. But it's a nice feeling though...REALLY NICE FEELING...even if I do end up looking like an utter dork just sitting/standing there grinning to yourself like a cheshire cat! XD

THAT'S IT...tiem for another fix of ext-kawaii news clips again....HIDE-KUN...TSUBA-CHAN....*meltsintopuddleofgoo*

p.s - Hope everyone still making their daily requests for Takki con DVD! And if not - then WHY NOT?!?!? lol...go go GO!!!! Oh btw if you're unsure on how to request - drop me a line and I'll be more than happy to point you in the right direction! ^^ GANFAMMI!!!!!!

p.p.s - Ep 8+9 of Taiyou no Kisetsu (Eng Sub) have finally been release over at D-Addicts. Ep 8 torrent HERE + Ep 9 torrent HERE...ENJOY! ^^

p.p.p.s - Forgive me if I'll only be making weekly blog entries from now on...started college last week and have a v hectic timetable! T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T *sobsob* sayonara-beloved-FT-fangirl-life...

Takki Con Dates - OUT!!! + other ramblings

2005-09-18T03:17:00.000+01:00

Listening to: 'Realize' - Aucifer
Feeling: hyperactive

OMG! OMG! OMG!!! THEY'RE OUT!!!!! THEY'RE FINALLY OUT!!!!!! TAKKI SOLO CON DATES ARE FINALLY FINALLY OUT ~~~~~~~ WHAT TOOK THEM SOOOOO LONG!!!!!!

Source: Johnnys-net.jp

When loracyn told me last that Takki con dates were RUMOURED to be scheduled for around x'mas time I didn't think it was going to be xmas XMAS! LIKE XMAS DAY!!!! WAAAHHHH!! Who needs actual presents for Xmas when you can go BE WITH Takki (woah how good does that sound ---> be with him...BE WITH HIM!!!!!!!!!!!) on Xmas day and have him serenading you... with... with... mmm... mmm... say STARRY SKY?! Ahhhhh he has to sing Starry Sky! He HAS TO!!! I mean seriously...can you think of a more perfect day for him to sing that song...??? Nope I didn't think so either...and you know what would make it even more perfect...if Tsuba was a guest on that day (which is HIGHLY POSSIBLE I reckon!) and he was up on stage singing with Takki!!! OMG! Best present EVER x 2!!!!!!! WAAAHHHH TSUBA PLS PLS PLSSSSS GO YOKO (BOTH SHOWS) TO SUPPORT YOUR AIKATA ON XMAS DAY!!!!!!! YOU'LL MAKE A LOT OF PPL V V V V HAPPY!!!!!!!! *BOWS*

kyaaaa...I wonder what the theme is?!?! Wonder what songs will be on the set-list?!?! (more unit than solo songs?!?!?) Wonder what Takki's outfits are gonna be like?!?! Wonder if he have con goods?! Wonder what guests he'll have?!?!?! (Wouldn't it be cool if there were LOADS of guests on Xmas day and he like turned it into one HUMONGOUS PARTAY!!!!!! Ahhh it'd be like that Xmas Special T&T did back in 02!!! keke...*thud*) Wonder if that's all the dates/times or will more be added later?!?!?! Like due to popular demand?!?! (Gotta be HUGE DEMAND!!!!!) *thud* I mean...if you think about it...4 shows...that's...*whispersextquietly* not a lot of tickets at all...even though they are at pretty big venues. (<---- kyaaa another thing which I'm EXTREMELY happy about!!!! Takki first solo con dates at such large venues!!!! YAY TAKKI! ^^) Nervous...ext nervous for everyone...BUT of course INSANELY HAPPY+HYPER at the same time (though I'll be sitting this one out again....T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T *criesanocean* Snuffles...pls take my eyes & ears with yoooouuuuuuuuu.....!!!!!!!!!)

Oohhh...& guys guys - don't forget there's CD too!!!!!! *playfully pokes everyone* OH! YOU KNOW you want to go!!!! keke...speaking of CD...Kouhaku takes place on the same night right?! I was just thinking if T&T DO perform Yumemo at Kouhaku (hope everyone's placed their votes!!!!!) - which would be awesome of course - that's means they'll prob have to do some crazy-manic dash fron NHK HALL to DOME in order to make it to the CD (and they gotta be at CD right?!??!) Just like what (super) Takki had to do last year when he was one of the judges at Kouhaku (and if I remember correctly - he was the youngest person in Kouhaku history to be given that privilege!!!) and had to mad-dash it over to CD after Kouhaku finished...taihen na...mmm but then at least they'll be together this year so it won't be so bad...

...ALTHOUGH...saying that - there's just something soooooo moe about the thought of Tsuba sitting backstage waiting for Takki to arrive...wakakakakaaaaa ~~~~~ gosh last year's CD + Kouhaku doesn't seem all that long ago now does it?!?!? I still remember the d/l rush last year and how I was screeching + screaming the house down about how FANTASTIC Takki looked at Kouhaku (+CD) with that kirei flower corsage attached to his suit + about the appearance of that then 'new' plain ring of his. And...and... what T&T wore at CD --> super-kakkoii black suits with last yr's Diamond black pinstripe shirts *thud*...a/s HOLY SHYEEEETTT...TAKKI'S HIP THRUSTING *nosebleedstodeath*...and of course Takki's to die-for hair!!!!! *squeeeeeeee* *sigh* It's just such a shame T&T didn't get much airtime last year...-___-"...come to think of it - they didn't even make it onto the 'line-up' list did they?!?! *cough*rudeness*cough*

Oops SIDETRACKED...back to Takkicon...

I just had a thought about guests...LOL imagine if the Yoshi AND Zubari crew (with mama-Hosoki leading the pack of course) turned up at Takki's solo con!!!!!! LOL...can sooooooo see that happening as well!!!!!! Think of all the things that COULD happen...e.g. PICTURE THIS ---> Takki + Matsudaira Ken (Benkei) doing the Matsuken Samba on stage! *dieslaughing*

Oh erm...and there's one thing which I feel needs to be said...

Dear Hosoki-san...if you are planning to go support your ext kawaii-glompable-chompable-pinchable-boy-toy - pls do cos I know Takki will be ext happy. But pls can you keep to/fulfil this one request...NO FUNNY BUSINESS ON STAGE (+off stage plz!) !!!!! PLS!!!!!!!!!! XDXDXDXDDDDDDDDDDD

Ignore me...I'm just being silly and writing whatever whacked thing is coming to my lil demented brain...*LOL*

Anyhoooo...BEST OF LUCK to ALL those who are planning on going and having the best xmas ever with Takki!!!!!! NOW LET SAKUSEN PLOTTING COMMENCE!!!!!!

p.s. - KYAAA I wonder how Tsuba's 1st show at Tokyo Forum went!!!! Hasn't it come round super-super-quick!!!!?!?!?! BEST OF LUCK WITH REST OF YOUR TOUR TSUBA!!!!!! DANCE DANCE DANCE!!!! And Takizawa - remember to keep that promise of yours!!!!

p.p.s - RANDOMNESS ---> OMG! The Japanese are having another bash at turning 'Hana Yori Dango' into a JD!!!! OMG!!!!!! MatsuJun is due to play Domyoji Tsukasa, whilst Oguri Shun is taking on the role of Hanazawa Rui. Oh my...now this is gonna be interesting...

Happy Anniv T&T + Takki as Shino pics

2005-09-10T23:41:00.000+01:00

Listening to: 'Sora no Screen ~ Rainbow in my Soul' - T&T
Feeling: Refreshed

WOAH! Just got the shock of my life!!!!! I typed in what I thought was my blog addy and this site entitled 'MEGA SITE OF BIBLE STUDIES AND INFORMATION' started loading before my very eyes! Like WTH?!?!? *thud* Was all ready to start cursing whoever it was who wiped my blog when baka-yvie realised that she actually made a typo! OOPS! LOL...but STIILLLLL... who would've thought that a bible studies site would have a similar url to mine (http://love-spiral.blogpsot.com/) ^^;;;;;;

Anyhoooo...it's not quite THE 'special' day here yet but it is in Japan...so...

TAKITSUBA ---> HAPPY 3RD DEBUT ANNIVERSARY!!!!

Whatever challenges lie ahead in your futures - please continue to support and look out for each other in your own kawaii-unique ways and be by each others side ALWAYS!!!! You guys COMPLETE my world! Thank you for the amazing T&T fangirl journey so far! You have my full support now and till the very end! ^^....Amen ^^

Short but sweet! ^^

Mmm I wonder if T&T are together today though?!?! *pondershopesprayswishes*

NEXT...

Received my monthly mags this morning and to my surprise ALL THREE (good mags...good good mags!) had pics of Takki in his Shino-gear! WOOOHOOOO!!!! Happy happy...

Check him out....

Duet October 2005

Potato October 2005

Wink Up October 2005

Ahhh liking what I see...liking what I see A LOT!!!!! I esp like the ones where he's battling it out on...I think a rooftop?! (*thud* the CU-ish shot where's he's just about to grip his hand around that sword....holy mama! Just LOOK at that 'I'm ready to kick some major butt' facial expression and that porcelain white skin!!!!!!) Mmmm I wonder what scene that is...could it be the one where he first encounters Genpachi maybe?! Possibly?!

BUT GAWD....there's just something about Takki holding a sword which gets me all dokidoki...lol...you know I think it's gonna be kinda weird when he goes back to modern day JDs and he isn't wearing wig/donning hair extensions...isn't in 30kg armour (and moaning about having to wear the 30kg kit to us, his loyal followers XD) *THUD*...isn't swinging a sword about and looking super super kakkoii whilst doing so...going to war and slaying all the baddies...omg! am I...*gulp*...FINALLY getting into period dramas! NOOOOOOOOOOOO......!!!!!!

The wait for this drama is really starting to kill me now and there's still at least 3 1/2 months to go till the thing is broadcast and PLUS however many more days...weeks...months (years?! ^^;;;;) on top of that till I/we get to see it. *sigh* you know I swear I never use to be this impatient...I swear I use to be able to wait for things...and not whine, complain and moan about such a petty thing, like some spoilt child everytime she's not getting her own way....but...^^;;; since morphing into the T&T-crazed-fangirl that I now am, my PATIENCE seems to have disappeared out the window too...dear oh dear...

Kyaaa so curious....SOOOOO SOOOOOO CURIOUS!!!!!!!! I was watching 'Azumi' a couple of nights ago and all the way through instead of thinking...YEH! AYA! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!! or HAWT-DAMN!!!! SHUN! NARI! KENJI! YUMA! *wipesdrool* I was sitting there thinking 'ahhh I wonder if Hakkenden will be like this'...'will they have FXs like that'..'I hope there's going to be a 2hr making-of/backstage special to go with Hakkenden like this'...'Wakakakaaaa ~~~~ awesome scene - that would look great in Hakkenden' LOLLLLLL...and you know what!?!?! I bet that's going to keep happening to me everytime I watch a period/historical drama/film TILL I see Hakkenden! XD

'Azumi' IS a really good film though which I wasn't expecting it to be. For one, I had my doubts about Aya playing this female assassin....she just seems a bit *too* sweet to ever be able to pull off the role. But two thumbs up - job well done esp in that scene towards the end *spoilers* where she battles her way through 200 baddies and then OMG! the whole Azumi vs Bijomaru (Joe Odagiri) fight. WOW! The flaming sword! That 360 degree camera shot!!!!! Made me feel sooooo queasy!!!!! LOL and Joe Odagiri is PSYCHO!!!!! XDXDXD

Now question is...do I now go buy Azumi 2 or not...cast isn't as good this time round...no Nari (*sobsob*)...but more of Shun AND BR + Kill Bill chick...Chiaki Kuriyama...mmmm...

Ratings UP!!! woohooo!!!...

2005-09-06T22:51:00.000+01:00

Listening to: 'Shanghai Honey' - Orange Range
Feeling: OVER THE MOON ^^

Just got the news of latest Yoshi (+ Zubari) ep ratings and OMGGGGG I'M ABSOLUTELY ECSTATIC!!! wakakakakaaaaaa ~~~~~ after weeks of worrying and being bummed out by ratings (still don't get it...I REALLY don't...!!!!!)..FINALLY a result we can dance around the room and throw confetti about *lol*...ok so 21.1% isn't exactly *that* high - Yoshi HAS done better but...BUT...if ya compare it to last week's (15.5%) it's pretty DAMN GOOD!!!!! Mm I remember chatting to Snuffles once about the ratings and she mentioned how taiga ratings tend to be best at start and end... well *fingerstoeandeyesCROSSED*....that from now on we'll be smiling all the way up to the very last ep!!!!!!!

WAAHHHHH!!!!! LAST EP....T_T T_T T_T

Can you believe there are ONLY 14eps left of YOSHITSUNE!!??!!?! how scary is that?! KYAAA I'm not ready!!! I'M NOT READY FOR...THE CLIMAX...THE *END*!!!!! I'M NOT READY FOR IT AT ALL!!!!!! Sheeettt...Snuffles...loracyn...does this mean...does this mean I'm gonna have start dragging myself out of my denial bubble!...T_T T_T T_T waaaaahhh! DON'T WANT!!!!! CAN'T DO IT!!!!!!

*shakeshakeshakeshead*

I wonder when filming fainlly wraps up for Takki?!?! I bet that's going to be one heck of an emotional day for him though ...I mean all that hard work...all those hours spent preparing for the role... all the press conferences/mag interview/photoshoots/tv appearances... all the hours of filming... all that physical (and maybe mental?!?!?!) pain he's had to put himself through... all that time he's spent travelling here and there everywhere and not being able to go home...EVERY single thing he's gone through for Yoshitsune....FINALLY it's all coming to an end.

Takki has really given this taiga his ALL and that dedication just spills into his amazing performance...gawd I'm so proud of him. SO INCREDIBLY PROUD! (^^;;;; gomen...repeating myself again...^^;;;;)

TAKKI --> YOU REALLY ARE AN INSPIRATION!!!!!!

Mmm now...I wonder if he'll be cast in any other taiga's in the future?! lol is it too early to keep a look out for info now?! XD OK then I wonder what future (acting) projects he'll be getting... v^_^v

ooohhhh possibilities are endless...

P.S. - It's 9/11 on Sun...and you all know what that means in T&T sekai....!!!!!! ^^

P.P.S - I was sifting through all my old HK-idol magazines and found the following Neverland pics...

Yes! Idol dot dot mag cover (Ken x Tsuba)

Neverland photobook spread

Tsuba looks soooooooo young!!!! SOOOOOO in love with his bunny teeth...*chuuuglomp* XD

My Curious Habits + JE Questionnaire

2005-09-03T21:36:00.000+01:00

Listening to: 'Call on Me' - Eric Prydz
Feeling: Knackered

My legs feel like jelly today and for once it's not because of Takki...*thud*

I've been going to aerobics/body sculpting classes the past week and sheeettt I'm sooooooo unfit!

I've never been the sporty type...always got crappy grades in P.E (didn't help that all the PE teachers were pretty scary ^^;;;; and FOREVER did their 'let's only pay attention to those who are good at sports' thang grrrr....)...& have enough bad memories of being injured in class to last me a lifetime...but recently...comments from my b/f and rents and the constant talk of obesity in the UK has really made me sit up and look at myself.

My fitness and stamina has really taken a nose-dive...depressing...

><" I so wish there was an easier way to stay fit and healthy...fangirl-fit I am (constantly exercising drool glands and abs XD) but RL-fit I am not...

*sigh* must keep working at it...must keep going...MUST NOT GIVE UP!!!!

Moving on.... ALMONDO thank you so much for taggin' moi....mmmm this 'curious habit' thang - sounds like fun XD

Rules of the game:
1) The question of this game is "My curious habits". Write yr answers on yr blog.
2) "Tag" another 5 ppls and links of their blog should be enclosed herewith.
3) Go to the blog of those 5 ppls and leave a msg saying: U're tagged!
4) Those 5 ppls who are tagged should mention who's the tagger (can quote) on their blog and enclose the tagger's links. Then, follow the rules 1-3.

Ok let's go....here are Yvie's 'Curious Habits' XD

First thing I do in the morning ---> hop to my computer and surf for Takki/Tsuba/T&T news...(errr...can this be considered a habit?! fangirl-habit?! lol)
I like to turn my music up REALLY loud and repeat single songs (esp the ones I like) over and over and over and over and OVER again...untill some (norm my bro) tells me to shut up...
Have to have a cup of tea in the morning with my breakfast. Doesn't matter what I'm eating...
Will do/edit things over and over and over again till I'm satisfied with it...e.g. say if a poster isn't straight in my room then I will keep moving it till I get it straight (sad huh?! but gawdddd it would bug me like hell if I didn't)
I have to sleep on at least 3 pillows otherwise I can't get to bed...lol such a baddddd habit...not good for back/neck at all but it's a difficult one to break
Constantly check my keitai for msges (but *ahem* actually replying to them on the other hand....errr...^^;;;; YES GUILTY AS CHARGED!!!!)
Always leave everything to the last minute e.g writing essays, packing luggage ^^;;;; and then end up running around like a headless chicken trying to get the thing done --> I like to call this the 'oh I'll do it later' BAD habit
Always tapping my fingers and feet (<---- this I KNOW annoys ppl...oops)
I back up all my T&T files...*LOL* yah I'm paranoid but I would be sooo sad (& annoyed with mysefl) if I lost anything...
Have a tendency of falling asleep with the computer still on and then I end up having to crawl out of bed at 4-5am to shut the thing off...my 'rents would so have me hung, drawn and quartered if they knew...
Forever writing out long lists and timetables (but rarely do I stick to the timetables)
I take things out of cupboards, draws and off shelves but never put them back...well not till erm...about a week down the line *lol* no wonder my room is an absolute tip XD
I talk WAY TOO MUCH...and always end up repeating myself ^^;;;;;
I always put the tv on when I'm on the computer (even though most of the time I'm not actually watching whatever's on ^^;;;;)
I fidget + start drinking water when I'm nervous...

I'm sure I have others but LOL I think...*counts* 1...2...3.....15 is enough for now XDXDXDDDDD

Those I'n tagging....
....errrr...*looks at list* WELL erm...most bloggers I know have already been tagged so I'm gonna cheat and just say - whoever is bored / has nothing better to do / wants to expose their habits to the world can do it...*LOL*

...*thud* that game was kinda difficult...I kept having to stop and REALLY think about what other quirky habits I have...cos well habits being habits...they normally become so 'natural' to you..such a part of your life...that you don't even realise you're doing what you're doing until someone *whacks* you and tells you to stop (cos it's annoying the hell out of them) or you time out, 'step back' and go hey - I never realised I did that!

...am I making any sense?! *lol*

And whilst I'm on a roll with polls/questionnaires lemme also post up my answers to that Johnnys one I was rabbiting on about a couple of entries ago. My answers are soooooooooo bias but hey what dya excpect...that IS the way of the fangirl

Top three voices:
- Akanishi Jin - I just LOVE Jin's voice....period! It's soooo soooooo beautiful...so gentle...so soft sounding...a voice that none of the other Kattun members even come close to beating...
- Imai Tsubasa - Tsuba's is SO SOOO GORGEOUS!!!!! OMG! I was completely blown away when I watched his solocon.He has such an AMAZING RANGE!!!!! *thinks fiesta de venus* *swoons*
- Domoto Tsuyoshi - His solo stuff is not really my cup of tead but can't deny that Tsuyo has a really unique and powerful voice...

Top three kindest:
- Takizawa Hideaki - I don't think I need to explain this one...TAKKI YOU ARE A DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!
- Koyama Keichiro
- Shingo Murakami

Koyama + Hina...don't really know much about these guys but just by looking at them and watching them in vid clips...they seem really sweet and 2 who really look out for their friends. Same goes for Kato...

Top three song remakes:
- Andalucia ni Akogarete - Domoto Koichi and Tsubasa Imai
- Shelter - Takizawa Hideaki - OMG I LOOOVVVVEEEE Takki's vocals on this track...so breathy...so...so....KYAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
- Bonnie Butterfly - Akame - If I had to pick - I think the original (by KK) is better but Akame did a cracking job.

Top three skuzzy:
- Shibutani Subaru - YES! Takki use to be reeeaaaaallllyyyyyy good mates with him... and yes he is kinda talented...but he . just . bugs . me....
- Ninomiya Kazunari
- Ueda Tatsuya

Top three ahos:
- T&T when they're together! XD - baka as individuals but when they're together....*CHAOS* XD *chuuuuuT&T*
- Akanishi Jin - No explanation needed - Jin is THE BAKA KING!
- Nagase Tomoya...XD just don't judge a book by it's cover...that's all I can say hahaaa...

Top three Johnny's who scream gay:
- Katori Shingo - REALLY SCREECHHHESSSS + SCCRREEAAAMMMMSSSSthe 'G' word...but then maybe that's what makes him kinda sexy?!
- Yamashita Tomohisa - sorry pi but you really do at times...you really do....
- Miyake Ken - don't ask me why or how...he just does to me...

Top three underrated:
- IKUTA TOMA - def def DEF top of my list! OMG!!! For F sake Johnny will you DEBUT this guy already!!!!!!!! (errr then again - is there such a thing as 'debuts' anymore?!) he is soooooo talented and yet he just doesn't get any recognition....kyaaa Johnny-san - PLS PLSSSSS don't forget about dear Toma!!!!
- Said this already in past entry but *LOL* you know how much I like repeating myself ---> T&T as a group! They have such AMAZING POTENTIAL as a unit...and who (I believe) have REAL EDGE over a lot of the other groups but their sales are...T_T T_T T_T....They need more unit activity...they really REALLY need more unit activity!
- Taguichi Junno - I was really happy to hear that Junno was picked to be Uchi's replacement cos I think he has HUGE potential...he just doesn't get the chance to showcase it...GAMBATTE JUNNO!!!!

Top three overrated:
- Yamashita Tomohisa - I like Yamapi...really I do esp when he's with Takki...but when it comes to his talents *cough*average*cough*
- errrrr...ARASHI as a group?! - I've tried to get into them several times and thought I finally did when I developed my mini-crush on MatsuJun but in the end..I just ended up getting more annoyed with their music and I don't think their voices are that great either...sorry Arashi boys!
- Ryu + Uchi...don't see it...really don't see it...^^;;;;

Top three worst A sides:
- This is where my 'I know nothing outside of T&T kicks in...lol..I don't really listen to other Johnny groups...let alone keep up with the singles and I'm OBV not gonna to put a T&T song down so....yeh...skip....NEXT....

Top three best debut songs:
- Kinki Kids - Garasu no Shounen - this was one of the very first Johnny songs I heard and even now I can listen to it over and over and over again and not get bored...KK SAIKOU ~~~~
- T&T - True Heart, KiSeKI, Get Down - first time I heard T&Ts Hatachi album - I fell head over heels in love with True Heart...loved T&Ts vocals and connecting pv's is such an awesome idea...*heartheartheart*...Takki in white...Takki getting very very VERY WET in white --> HAWTNESSS! *nosebleeds*
- TOKIO - Love you only...OMG I just *HEART* this song - you guys remember when Johnnys performed this @ Sugao 3 and T&T were the only ones up on that platform!? Takki was sitting (or was he standing beside it?!) on the piano Tsuba was playing....That was a beautiful moment....an extremely beautiful moment. ^^ dokidoki....

Top three most handsome:
- TAKIZAWA HIDEAKI you saw this one coming...what can I say...Takki is stunning...he's beautiful...he's gorgeous...he's dreamy....just PERFECTO!!!!
- Domoto Koichi - He's the prince...nuff said...
- Okada Junichi - Mmm never really been physically attracted to the guy but can't deny that he's one of the best looking Johnnys!!! And after seeing those semi-nude/shower pics...O_o WOAH!! HALLLOOOOOO!!!!

Top three cute:
- IMAI TSUBASA - hands down...ok maybe not so much of late cos he's really been looking v mature, sexy...but Tsuba will always be the CUTE ONE in my eyes...keke those bunny teeth...that super-kawaii smile...his cheekiness/playfulness...TSUBA YOU ARE TOO CUTE!!! TOOO CUTE!!!!! (and of course he also get brownie points for looking so DAMN CUTE WITH TAKKI!!!!!! Aren't they just the CUTEST couple EVER?!?!??!)
- Matsumoto Jun - if you haven't seen Kimi wa Petto - YOU MUST!! OMG! He is sooooooooo adorable!!!! Was super-jealous of Koyuki for having such a kawaii petto XD Oh and MatsuJun was such a cutie when he was younger...ahahaaa such pinchable cheeks!
- Akanishi Jin - CUTE esp. how he turns into a lil kiddy/puppy whenever Takki is round! kekekeee....ahh Jinjin - adorable Jinjin..^^

....and 4th would be Yamapi esp when he was a chibi jr...LOL no wonder Takki couldn't/can't help glomping and spoiling him! Everytime I watch chibi Johnnys clip feat Pi I just want to pinch pinch PINCH him! did anyone see the clip of Chibi-Pi getting a foot massage?! the poor poor thing..he really looked like he was in SUCH PAIN! *pinchpinchpinchsomemore*

Top three collectively unattractive Johnny's groups:
- Kanjani8
- V6
- ARASHI

--> Johnny boys in general aren't bad in the looks department and I admit the three groups I've put down do have some gorgeous members but the unattractive ones outweigh the atrractive imo...

Top three Johnny's who need to go away:
- Kota Yabu - not so much now but gaaahhhhh last year when he kept appearing on stage with either one of the Ts....e.g when Takki was in Thailand 03 (J-Asean Pop con), DB, and @ Tsubacon when he was on stage with Tsuba singing 'Ai Sekai' - GAH!!! why the heck was he there?!?!?!?!?!? *kicks*
- Kat-tun - don't get me wrong I don't mind Kattun but sometimes...just sometimes...hearing all the news and seeing them splashed accross sooooo many pages in a single mag...they do get a bit too much...sorry Kattun fans!
- can't think of a 3rd...

Top three best dressed Johnny's:
- Imai Tsubasa - no surprises here...FASHION-GURU-TSUBA!!! Even Takki...when asked what he would do if he became his aikata for the day (Gatcha Gatcha talk @ Making of...Serenade) said he wanted to nab his aikata's clothes and take them over to his pad. XD (*LOL* @ Tsuba's comment - what a cutie!) A/S Tsuba is just so...so...creative when it comes to dressing...^^ I mean heck for one - this guy SUREEEE KNOWS how to accessorise!!!!!!! And of course with a amazing figure like that - he just looks good in EVERYTHING! *wah yvie jealous*
- Matsumoto Jun
- Akanishi Jin

Top three worst dressed Johnny's:
- V6 - their stage-outfits are HIDEOUS!!!!!...*yuckyuckyuck*
- Tsuyoshi Domoto - the guy DOES have style but some of his taste is erm...mmm....and don't even get me started on some of his hairstyles ^^;;;;;
- Go Morita - the baggy gear just doesn't do it for me...

ALL DONE!

I hope no one was offended by my answers...if you were then really am v sorry but LOL1) you don't have to listen to me...and 2) freedom of speech / tis MY blog...keke...

Kewpie Mayo + Makoto -> THE mystery drinking buddy!!!

2005-08-30T22:32:00.000+01:00

Listening to: 'Anniversary' - Kinki Kids
Feeling: Slightly annoyed

GAHHHH!!! We just had a 2hr power-cut! TYPICAL!!! It could of happened any other time of the day..any hour that we were out of the house...but noooo...it happened about 5mins after we set foot in the house...BAM!!!! *complete utter darkness* ^^;;;;

*lol* me, my sis and cousin just felt soooo pathetic/sad sitting in the kitchen not being able to do ANYTHING without power. I mean if you think about it...there REALLY isn't much you can do during a black-out...except errr... eat... talk... sleep... and... and... ??????

SEE!!!!

Ahhhh the WONDER that is electricity...

Anyways went out for dim sum (and yes! Bonnie! I DID have some 'Xiu Long Bao' and hohohoooo....v TASTY they were too! XD) with my family today and came accross the funniest thing whilst I was walking around Hoo Hing (Asian/Oriental supermarket)....

(Sorry abt BAD pic quality...cam on phone is crappy!)

KEWPIE/QP MAYO!!!! BUWAHAHAHAHAAAAAA....LMAO ~~~ of all the places / things I could find related to Tsuba (T&T)...XDXDXDDDDD

I was SO tempted to actually buy some of the stuff simply because of that lil connection but erm...then it's like - what would I even do with it?! I don't even like mayo!!! ^^;;;;; Or is Japanese mayo different?! kekekeeee...

Ignore me! Simple minds amused by simple things! XD

Oohh I read something really interesting yesterday over at Sentaki BBS...remember a while back when Takki talked about Da.Ke.Do and he said that one of his drinking buddies wrote the lyrics to the song?! Well...girls apparently this mystery drinking buddy is none other than MAKOTO(Aucifer/Lucifer)!!!!!!!! (doumo arigatou Hiroko-san for the info! *bows*) WAKAKAKAKAAAAA ~~~~ how cool is that?!?! keke...OK admittedly I don't really know that much about Makoto...except that he was the lead vocalist of Lucifer (great voice!) - now solo artist and that him and Takki are good friends... ...but I was soooo happy when I found out that it was Makoto cos honestly I really thought the lyricist was some 30-40 yr old dude who I'd never heard of (can't blame me seeing the drinking buddies we've heard about in the past *cough* imaginary *cough* friend *cough* koutan *cough*) *grinslikecheshirecat* Mmm thing is though I wonder why Takki didn't actually say it was Makoto...and just referred to him as a drinking buddy?! I mean it's not like his fans don't know that him and Makoto are good friends so why?!...strange...

Oh btw - if you're not sure who Makoto/Lucifer is/are...check out following links:

Makoto Offical Site
Makoto - Sensual Phrase
Makoto + Lucifer HK Site

Not bad in the looks department eh?! (actually don't know if it's just me but in some pics he looks like a prettier/more feminine version of Vic Chou/ZaiZai XD) Now imagine...IMAGINE him and Takki sitting in a bar drinking away...*swoon*

mmm...I wonder if Tsuba's ever met Makoto?!

p.s. WAAAHHHH!!! US OPEN kicked off yesterday BUT YVIE doesn't have access so CAN'T WATCH!!!!!! Soooo SAD!!!!! T_T *SULKSINCORNER* *sigh* ANYHOOO....BEST OF LUCK ANDY!!!!!!!!! Go kick some tennis butt!!!!! (although prob ext diff what with currently-unbeatable-Federer and Nadal in the tournament!!! ^^;;;;)

Ayase + POT (agn ^^;;;) + MORE T&T unit-activities - PLS!

2005-08-25T11:56:00.000+01:00

Listening to: 'Ikanaide' - Imai Tsubasa
Feeling: Chatty

Oh dear seems like not many of you are fond of Ayase taking on role of Hamaji... *sigh* well think of it this way girls - SHE WILL BE COVERED!!!!! *lol* And besides - there's not much we can really do about it now ...just have to sit on our butts...chew on fingernails and WAIT till we 1) get more news 2) see more pics and 3) for that all-important broadcast date! I mean errr...I'm SURE they picked her for a GOOD reason right?! GOOD as in her acting skills!!!! ^^

Anyways I had to take my sister into school to collect her all important GCSE results today! (MAN! seems like YONKS ago since I went to get mine...WAIT! It WAS yonks ago! *cough* yvieoldhag *cough*) She did pretty well! OMEDETOU LIL-AL! BIG SIS KNEW YOU COULD DO IT!!!! To 'celebrate'...we had another one of our TeniPuri marathons...so Yvie became couch-potato for the day. v^_^v

WAHHHHHH!!! I *HEART* PRINCE OF TENNIS SO MUCH!!!!!! And today me found another reason to *heart* it...WOOOHOOO!!! MORE tennis-playing bishies - Saeki Kojirou who has GREAT hair...

(kinda reminds me of Fruits Basket - Hatsuharu Sohma ^^)

and...

Kajimoto Takahisa who just SCREAMS OUT Eiri Yuki (Gravitation) & Gackt. (not that I dig Gackt that much)

So many (pretty) boys...so little time...XD

I also started watching 'Orange Days' again after the longest time - up to ep 5 now and already I HAVE to add it to my fave JDs list. It's SO GOOD!!!! Sae and Kai are so cute together - WHAT CHEMISTRY!!!! And of course having Nari in the JD is also a MAJOR PLUS! I first saw Nari in 'Stand Up' and ever since then I've been a fan of his. GORGEOUS + SUGOI acting skills!!!!! He's played such a range of characters and his performance in 'Orange Days' def gets a BIG thumbs up from me! ^^ Apart from the characters though - I just really like the storyline...for one - it's REAL...it's something which I can kinda relate to and understand in a way. All those questions of what to do next...what career path to go for...the importance of friendship. All those things...I've gone through or am going through right now...mmm it's great to be able to connect on a personal level. keke...will watch more 2mo ~~~~

Oh & earlier on I was surfing some Jpop forums and came accross this one Johnnys thread containing this poll/questionnaire which I found pretty amusing....gahhh some ppl's answers were just...^^;;; *whack* (PPL how can YOU NOT LIKE T&T?!?!?!?! THEY'RE ADORABLE!!!!!!) and then there were others which just made me laugh soooooo hard!!!!

Like THIS one:
(I think this question was asking which Johnny/Johnnys group you think is overrated!)

"T&T- one time a friend said to me, 'if their music isn't bad enough to scare you away, then the fangirls will do it.'"

buwahahahahahahaaaaaaaa ~~~~~ Oh man...seriously even after reading that comment x no of times it still has me ROFLMAO!!!!! *bangscomptable* *wipestears* TOO DAMN FUNNY!!!! LOLOLOLLLLLL That's the first time I've ever heard someone describes us T&T fangirls in that way....*LOL* I HAD NO IDEA we had that kind of REP!!!! It's like insulting but kinda cool at the same time XDXDXDDDDD Hey non-T&T fans us T&T fangirls aren't THAT scary are we?!?!?! Or wait - are we?!? ^^;;;;; WELL you know...PERSONALLY I'd like to call it having 'character' or just being a 'healthy fan' XDXDXD anyone else agree?!?! XD

And *ahem* MISSY - your friend doesn't by any chance have MAJOR hearing-problems does she/he?!?!?!?!?!?! T&T's MUSIC B-A-D?!?!?! WTH?!?!?!?!!

Grrrrrrr...*kickspersontohighheaven* >_<"

Ooh but I did like this person's answer though:

"eh, why T& T ? if anything i would think underrated but i do agree with your worse dressed, but txt concerts actually have NICE costumes, because of tsubasa."

WOOOHOOOO!!!! Whoever you are - THANK YOOOOUUUUU!!!!!

Ok so I have no idea if she/he is a T&T fan themselves but YESSSSSS YOUUU ARE SO RIGHT ---> T&T do have DAMN NICE stage outfits *cough* THEbestoutofALLjohhnnygroups *cough* and erm...I DO agree with them about T&T being (slightly) underrated. (me bias fangirl again?!?!) I mean as individuals artists their talents ARE recognised and appreciated but...as a group they're...dare I say...erm...just not as...strong (is that the right word?!) as the other Johnnys... *sigh* It really gets me down sometimes...esp knowing how AMAZING they are as a unit and how much they do LOVE working together....yet they don't actually get to be a 'unit' that often. If you think about it - they only really come together for single/album release and tours...THAT'S IT! The rest of the time (which is a lot of the time) - they're apart working on individual projects. I mean yeh I know...T&T have said before that they think solo projects ARE good for them cos they can develop individually and thus when they come together as a unit they show fans a much improved/different, powered up T&T which I do respect but...but...stilll...imo they STILL don't enough unit activity compared to other groups. And although I'm a HUGE Takki fan and love seeing him take on all these awesome individual project - I gotta admit - sometimes I prefer seeing T&T together as a unit. ^^ cos really they're just BEST when they're TOGETHER...they bring out the best in one another and well it's also more fun...

Sorry guys but this just HAS to be done AGAIN!

*broken-record-mode-ON*

WAHHHHHH!!!!!!! Johnny-san pls PLSSSSSS give them a regular-unit-project SOON! PLS I BEG OF YOU!!!! THEY NEED + DESERVE IT!!!!!!!! PLLSSSSSSSSS.....

Oh wait! The guy prob won't be able hear me from all the way over here....

*grabs super-duper-sized megaphone*

JOHNNY-SAN!!!! T&T - UNIT-PROJECT!!! ONEGAI!!!!!!

*sends telepathic msges*

tvshow... radioshow... tvshow... radioshow... tvshow... radioshow... tvshow... radioshow....

I wonder if he's getting the msge yet?!?!?!! *lol*

Mmm anyhooo was going to have a go at this questionnnaire myself but too tired...another day... another day...^^

p.s. Tsuba on MS 2mo! WAKAKAKAKAAA ~~~~ SOOOOO EXCIIITTTEEDDDD!!!!!!! TSUBASA GAMBATTE ~~~~~

Satomi Hakkenden tidbits

2005-08-20T16:05:00.000+01:00

Listening to: TV on in the background
Feeling: Excited

EH?! Who is AYASE HARUKA....????

*googles*

Ahhh ok...an actress....who errr...starred in a bunch of JDs I have not seen...^^;;;;; including 'Sekai no chuushin de, ai wo sakebu' [世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ] which she won a best supporting actress award for and also 'Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no you ni...' [それは、突然、嵐のように…]...the one Pi's in!!!! WAAHHHH!!!!

...and daaammnnnnnn she IS cute!!! (but then aren't most female Japanese celebs...)

ANYWAYSSSS TAKKI FANS - DO take note of that name - for Miss Ayase is the lucky lucky lass who's playing Takki's fiancee in his up & coming drama 'Satomi Hakkenden'... (source: yomiuri.co.jp)

Call me weird but I now REALLY WANT to see a picture of them together...REALLY want to see what they look like as a 'couple'... but then I can already imagine...kireiness x even MORE kireiness can only really equal a good match.

Some girls get all the luck...

speaking of which - just found this pic...

SOURCE: Yeah! Photo

See the connection between the three?!?!

PAST...PRESENT...FUTURE...

*LOL* You see what I mean?!?!!

Gawd I'm in such Hakkenden mode...past couple of days I've been watching THE HAKKENDEN anime - (thank you YOOOUUUUU GORGEOUS GORGEOUS PERSON who sent me! ) currently up to ep 7 and must say - despite the blood x_x, the inconsistent artwork and the somewhat confusing story at the start - I DO like it and the more I watch, the more and more excited I'm about the drama. I think it'll be interesting to see how closely/differently certain scenes will be portrayed in the drama compared to the anime. And also I know I keep going on about this - but I'm sooooo curious about the look they'll be giving each of the dog samurais. Afterall the drama is suppose to be modern-ish right?! So I'm guessing the looks won't really be like the anime's. maybe?! possibly? or not?!

...and this is going to sound sooooo fangirl...but...wakaka ~~~ I wonder how they're going to do TAKKI'S HAIR (O-K-A-Y u can stop rolling your eyes at me....><" I can't help it - I WORSHIP the guy's hair! ) cos if I'm not wrong the only reason he went dark in the first place was cos of Hakkenden....which means he prob won't be donning a wig this time round (like he does in Yoshi)...or...mmmm...are we talking extensions here?!?!?!?!!

WAAHHHHH!!!! Visuals ppl...I NEED SOME VISUALS!!!!!!!!! GIMME GIMME SOME VISUAL!!!! PLSSSSSSS.....! ! !

I checked out the rest of the cast earlier and it seems like Takki is the youngest out of the males (not 100% sure though seeing there were a couple of ppl on that list who I couldn't find)...kinda strange cos I was expecting to see other guys around Takki's age playing a couple of the other dog samurais - for e.g. Inukawa Sousuke (Gakuzou) character....mmm...it is good to see Kyouzou Nakatsuka amongst the cast though (the guy who appeared in 'News no Onna' with Takki) and also Ikkei Watanabe who played Fuji Warano Yasahira in Yoshitsune.

GAMBATTE TAKKI ~~~~~~

Oh and I almost forgot...OK GIRLS (& GUYS ^^) - time to get out those calenders and BIG fat markers again cos WE HAVE A DATE!!! Apparently the special is due for broadcast on 2nd + 3rd Jan..ahhh so it really is going to be 2 1/2hr slots each night then...><" the file is really going to be HUGE! *ahem* well that's if someone u/ls it...

*positive thoughts...positive energy*

Come come COMMEEEE 2006 ~~~~~~

p.s - Those of you who have NHK/NHK world (or any other channel which shows SC) DON'T FORGET to catch Shokura tomorrow. Yamapi and Jin are the producers of the show - apparently based on the theme of [僕らの夏] and Takki is due to appear in a VTR!!!!!WOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!! More Takki GOODNESS coming our way ~~~~~ Wonder what he'll be doing in this VTR (something Yoshitsune related again?!) ...wonder if Yamapi and Jin are gonna appear in this VTR with him?!?!?! wakakakakaaaa ~~~~ Takki x Yamapi x Jin *dokidokiDOKIDOKI ~~~~*

No one does it quite like the Japanese

2005-08-17T20:23:00.000+01:00

Listening to: 'Game' - Ayumi Hamasaki
Feeling: Inspired

'Out' by Natsuo Kirino - deliciously dark and highly disturbing...

...I was bored so picked the book off my shelf to read...it was shocking and at some points I had to ask myself why the heck I had a) brought the book in the first place and b) was (still) reading it ....I'm screamish...I hate the mention of blood and here is a book containing THE most graphic description of body dismemberment I have ever come across and yet I couldn't put the thing down. I finished it in 2 days. *shudders* Just thinking about THAT chapter makes my stomach churn like crazy...and *LOL* guess it doesn't help either that the main character is called...MASAKO.

Apparently Hollywood is planning to take up this film as well. #another one bites the dust# Nothing against Hollywood but gawd I wish they would stop doing these remakes!!! It really peevs me off esp cos they are just incapable of capturing the essence of 'foreign' film. Take "Ring" for eg. - saw the Japanese version and loved it - it scared the crap out of me and am now permanently scarred by that FREAKY image of Sadako crawling...crawling out of that well and towards you but the film...the sheer psychological mind-screwing effect and the intense-eerie atmosphere was SUGOI with a capital S!!! Hollywood's attempt on the other hand was just...bleurgh! Did not like...felt it was missing something...it wasn't quite 'there' if you know what I mean. I wonder how THE GRUDGE and DARK WATER turned out?!?!?!?! Wonder if they're worth watching....ANYONE seen either?!?!

Whilst I'm on subject of Hollywood films. I'm soooo excited about 'Memoirs of Geisha' ---> due to hit our screens in Dec 2005. I read the book a few years ago and even now it's still reminds one of my favourites. Beautifully written with a magical story - it really opened my eyes and it was actually that book which got me into Japanese culture.

The only thing I don't like abt the film (at this point - obv have not seen it) is that all three of the main actresses are Chinese (Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, and Michelle Yeoh) not Japanese ^^;;;;; I was discussing this with Jon one time and he kept going on about how there just aren't any popular-internationally recognised Japanese actresses...yeh ok fair enough - at the end of the day it's about pulling in those all important audiences which equals money...lots and lots of money BUT STILL....SURELY being a film based on something which is so strikingly Japanese it would've been the perfect project to showcase some Japanese talent and give some Japanese actresses (or actors) some recognition...YO! Mr. head-producer Spielberg what about Koyuki?!?!?!?!! She was fanastic in Last of the Samurai!!!!! Or...or...hows about Matsushima Nanako or Nakama Yukie?!?!??!?!?! psssttt and...you know there's also this amazingly talented piece of x-treme-eye-candy named Takizawa Hideaki - maybe you could think about casting him in future projects?! *lol*

Now that's a thought...Takki making it in Hollywood. XD *ahem* not that it'll ever happen of course - Takki's non-existent English would be errr...a problem but like I said - a THOUGHT!
The film promo poster looks awesome....

Except why is it that everytime I look at the poster I think of Takki and his red reddddd geisha lips?!??!! ^^;;;;;;;

...I'm now more than convinced that there really is NOTHING in this world which doesn't remind me of the guy. XD

Anyways....only another 4 months to go....
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.....OMG four months till the end of this year...four months till Xmas again! Where did all that time go?!?!?!?!?!

p.s. Did Takki update his Takiren?!?!??!!

p.p.s. Yoshitsune Ep 23 (ENG SUB) now available over at D-Addicts. Torrent HERE...go go goooooooo ~~~~

Brand New Look

2005-08-15T00:50:00.000+01:00

LISTENING TO: 'Future' from P.O.T Soundtrack
FEELING: Satisfied

Taaa-daaaaaa!

Decided to give my blog a makeover...it's been a while...almost two months now (I think?!) since I changed my layout....and this time round I found something else about HTML which is an absolute pain in the behind - finding the right/correct shade!!!! Ok so it's probably just me being fussy as hell but ><" talk about one heck of a tedious, and not to mention time-consuming task...! ! !....*LOL* it's a love-hate relationship really - I diss + curse HTML and yet every time I find myself more than willing to dedicate my time to get it right...so errr....I guess that makes me the fruit-fool in all this?! ^^;;;;

But then - that's how I've always been - like once I get an idea in my head or if there's something I need to get done, I'll shut myself away and ignore everything that's going on around me till it's done. People who've caught me in the midst of my 'work-mode' will probably find me pretty rude, because really - it doesn't matter who you are or what you're saying...99.9% of the time it's ext difficult to extract anything constructive out of me when I'm in that frame of mind.

No wonder my sis kept telling me I was "no fun" earlier. *lol* Well sis this is what happens to old-hags...you start losing the ability to multi-task!

Gawd I miss the fanworld though. I've only been away for just over a week but it feels a lot longer than that...*LOL* you see what I mean about not being able to go on permanent-leave?! It's like no matter how hard I try...somehow everything just gravitates back to Takki+fangirlism...that's some freaky force he possesses! YO! Kathy what's your secret?! How are YOU doing it?! How did you just *poof* and disappear?! And pssst just WHEN ARE YOU coming back!?!?!??! (like permanently back!!!!)

Anyhoooo....I am feeling a bit happier with myself now - I have some direction in my life...XD I mean I still can't help but be kinda pissed at myself for wasting so much time ...but *shrugs* no point regretting what I didn't do...best to just look forward to what I have ahead of me...

Oh hey check out this pic of Takki from this month's "Duet"....

*heartskipsabeat*

Isn't he just sooooooooo dreamy?!?!?! Couldn't you just stare at him ALL DAY LONG?!?! Kyaaaa those silky locks...those lush-long eyelashes...those chuu-able lips...KANPEKI in every sense of the word!!!! TAAAKKKIIIIII ~~~~~~

Duet pictures tend to be my least favourite out of WU, Potato and Duet but this month I'm impressed...am v impressed ^^....*stares some more*....and cos of that (this month) I won't flame them for their usual crimes...like *cough*T&Tarticlesbeingmilesapart*cough*.... but ><" how comes Tsuba just got TWO measly pgs again?!?!??!! ^^;;;; And with semi-perm looking so oishii too *shake shake shakes head*

DUET --> GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER WILL YAAAAA!!!!!!

p.s. - Yoichi <3333333333

p.p.s - Congratuations to Paula Radcliffe for winning a well-deserved gold medal at the world championships in Helsinki today! Paula - I salute you!!!!

GAH! where has my drive gone?!

2005-08-05T10:49:00.000+01:00

Woah its been a while again...

Mmmm.....

....I think I've come to realise what my problem is....I don't think it's simply the case of wanting to get on with my life....it's...well...I think I've just lost the passion for blogging/writing. ANNOYING!!! I use to love writing - be it emails/letters... fanfiction... blogging... or in my personal journal...writing was (and still is in a way) a form of release for me. You see - I'm the kind of person who finds it difficult telling people how I feel and admitting that I'm troubled by something...like in the past my friends would try to help me and would constantly tell me that if I had something on my mind that I could go to them...but I never really did *shrugs* it's just my personality I guess. So naturally - I turned to writing in journals...

...when I write...it feels like this loads been lifted off my shoulders...and it felt good knowing that it would be ok to write some of the stuff I did because it would be for my eyes only. Mmm actually I still have some of those diaries....I found them whilst I was cleaning my room the other day and BOY were they embarassing to read...but kinda interesting at the same time. It was nice to recall what I use to be like as a teen and how I've grown and matured. Hey those of you who use to keep a journal and still have them should try it - go and dig them out and read...I think you'll be surprised! ^^

And then on the other end of the spectrum there's blogging....a blog is still a journal but completely different from writing in a private diary. I started blogging because well, like most I guess - I needed a place to rant and rave about Takki+T&T. When I started I didn't know many fans (if any) and living in England where no one even knows of the existence of Takki (BOY! are they missing out!) - blogging just seem to be the next best thing to screeching and screaming to fangirls. I still can't believe how much I use to write you know...and the things I use to come up with ...I was really caught up - unlike now, I use to blog about the tiniest of things...even if it seem kinda insignificant at first I would MAKE it significant simply because it concerned Takki / T&T! *LOL*...and that's what kills me...to know that I've lost that passion to rant and rave to that extent! where the heck did that passion go!? Did I like lose it on the way here from blogdrive?!?!??!!

*grabs megaphone* *clears throat* MINNA ~~~~ This is Yvie speaking - if any of you happen to come accross Yvie's blogging drive please PLEASE can you be OH SO KIND as to return it back to yvie - Would be ETERNALLY grateful! DOUMO ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!

*LOL* I'm so whacked!

But anywayssss....after that long long LOOONNNNNGGGGGG rant - I just want to say - I think I'm gonna be on this SEMI-blogging-hiatus for a while.

After reading all your comments I realised that although there's a lot going on at the moment and it'd be good to have that time to think through things - I could never (ok maybe not 'NEVER' - I mean who KNOWS what could happen in the future) go on a FULL-hiatus...I would miss you guys and the fanworld too much. loracyn, snuffles + dithers - you're all right - blogging shouldn't be stressful - it should be a way to de-stress - I should enjoy it....which is why for now I will prob only come on and blog when I FEEL like it...and HOPEFULLY by doing it that way I'll eventually be able to get myself back to blogging regularly again...!

...I mean my blog has never really been a place to get the latest news/going-ons/reports in the Takki/T&T fanworld anyways (LOL let's face it I just don't possess that kind of ability to run that kind of site)...but I admit - there have been times when I felt almost pressured to think of something to blog about or like I felt I SHOULD blog about the latest piece of major news simply because...errr...everyone else was doing it....^^;;;; *slaps self* baka huh?!?!

Mmm so yeh basically - if abandon my blog for some time - don't worry! I'm prob well and still around fangirling... just not blogging. ^^

Ok minna - you all take care k?! Thanks so much again for your messages. You're all awesome! ^^

To Hiatus or not to hiatus....^^;;;;

2005-07-30T12:05:00.000+01:00

*looks at date of last entry*

*LOL* so much for getting back on track eh?!

I was originally gonna come on and announce a LONG overdue blogging-hiatus...something which I've been thinking about doing for a while now...*shrugs* I've been so unhappy with myself lately and I just feel it's about time I cut down on my surfing time and got on with my life...but...but...GAH as soon as popped onto my comp and started surfing round all my usual hangouts...THAT WAS IT....I WAS DOOMED ...hiatus idea out the window and TADAIMA ~~~~ HALLO fanworld and all you gorgeous gorgeous fangals...

...GIMME GIMME BLOGGER NOW!! This fangirl needs to RANT!

*THUD*

OH GAWD I'm seriously HOPELESS ...like how many times has this happened?! I decide I NEED to go on a hiatus but then I just end up getting even more absorbed. x_x Dear Takki & Tsuba - PLEASE consider wearing a BIG-FAT-RED warning label on you in the future....T&T - super-addictive and NOT for the faint-hearted. Once you enter our sekai it is EXTREMELY difficult to drag yourself back out. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!...*LOL* or well something to that effect anyways XD

WOW Ken Hirai has such a beautiful voice ...

...gomen SO RANDOM. I finished d/l Music Station Top 100 Love Songs late last night and have only just found time to sit down and listen...I must admit I don't listen to love songs that often...and well the sole reason I d/l the 500mb+ file was cos Yutaka Ozaki's I LOVE YOU was no.1 and I REALLY wanted the mp3...keke....but SO GLAD I did. #I LOVE YOOOOUUUUUUUU ~~~~~# It's SO cute how Takki *hearts* this song so much. *swoons* AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH TSUBA for disclosing that juicy-tidbit XD *imagines Takki in shower singing his lil heart out* (<---- HEY bet all you guys are imagining too! :P :P :P)

*ahem*.... A-N-Y-W-A-Y-S....I'm quite surprised at how I know quite a lot of the tunes on the list and *LOL* I think a lot of it has to do with T&T (and my JD love). *LOL* E.g. Fumiya Fujii - TRUE LOVE - Tsuba sang this song as part of a medley on SC back in 03 (?! I think) and Southern All Stars - TSUNAMI which Tsuba sang on MUSIC ENTA once...*sways to music* Another thing - I can't believe how there are Canto versions to SO MANY of these songs!!!! Like Makihara Noriyuki - Mo koinante shinai and Southern All Stars - Manatu no kajitsu...*shakes head...sticks tongue out at HK music industry*

OOH GUESS WHAT?!?!! I enrolled in a Japanese Beginners course yesterday...starting in mid-September. WOOOHOOOOO!!!! I've been looking into taking Japanese lessons for quite a while now but most of the courses I came accross tended to be held at London Institutes. ^^;;;;;; And on top of that they were DARN EXPENSIVE. But last week I found this supplement in the local paper which listed a bunch of courses inc. Japanese being taught at a local university...and well to cut a long story short - I just COULDN'T let such a great opportunity pass by and booked myself a place on the course. v^_^v I told my mum about it earlier and she just laughed-then followed it with a 'eh?! Japanese?! Why the heck dya wanna learn that language for?!?!?!' HMMM...I made up some excuse...*shrugged* and left it at that. No need to tell her too much...XD

*sigh* I know I should've REALLY gone for the Chinese course instead seeing how BADLY I need Mando lessons and how beneficial it'd be but...but...I dunno...I just don't have the same motivation for it as I do with Japanese. At least with Japanese I know I'll give it my all and I KNOW it'll come in handy in the future. Chinese on the other hand... I don't even use my Cantonese (explains why it's gone SO downhill ^^;;;;) so when would I actually find the opportunity to use Mandarin?!?!?!?!

My brother just came into my room for a lil chat....*LOL* I've got him hooked on Yoshitsune. He was looking through the NHK Yoshitsune mooks and saying how he was only watching it cos Takki's the lead. And then I asked him what he thought of Takki's acting and he answered with a 'Yeh he's good...plays his part really well.' hohohohohohohooooo....AHHHH something about hearing comments like that from a guy (even if it is just my brother) which makes me smile SO MUCH!!!!! ^^

Anyhow...about my hiatus... *ponders*...

I'll get back to you all on that one...

Takki looks like a GIRL?!?!?! ^^;;;; + Tennis no Oujisama

2005-07-25T22:09:00.000+01:00

^^;;; I've just realised how little I've blogged the past few weeks *slaps self hard*

HONTO HONTO GOMEN NASAI to all those who drop by my blog regularly to check for updates. I've been so so bad! *slaps self again* I don't know what's up with me these past few weeks....emotions all over the place...up down up down UP DOWN...when I'm down I'm never in the mood to blog and then when I'm up - I always get distracted with other stuff. *THUD*

Of course another excuse I could make is that it's Takki + T&T drought season (WAAAHHHHHHH!!!! T_T Please come back soon Takki! We miss you like CRAZY!!!!!) thus nothing to blog about but ^^;;; talk about the lamest of LAME EXCUSES cos there's ALWAYS something to blog about....

I REALLY wish there was like some funky device I could hook my brain up to, to auto-transfer-word-process my thoughts... just think...esp all you bloggers...just THINK how nifty + handy that would be?! NOW if there was such thing I would GUARANTEE you regular updates!!!! XD

....but *sigh* there isn't... so just have to stick to 'old-fashioned' way for now...

...I feel guilty though...feel REALLY guilty how I keep neglecting my blog and keep neglecting fanworld (kinda)...need to and WANT TO get myself back on track. I actually dropped by my old blog the other day and started re-reading entries. I can't believe how much I use to write...they really were proper ESSAYS!!!! x_x No wonder I didn't finish reading half of them XD It felt strange re-reading though...every other entry I would think - 'DID I REALLY WRITE THAT?!??!?!' 'That doesn't sound like me AT ALL!'

Earlier I was being a forum lurker...was lurking about Jdorama.com's board and came across the most interesting thread (actually I'm SURE I've popped into this thread before but I can't think when it was) "WHICH MALE ARTIST DO YOU THINK LOOKS LIKE A GIRL?" And GUESS WHO'S name kept popping up time and time again....TAKKI'S!!!!!! I was SOOOOO surprised...I mean ok sure Takki does have super-kirei facial features...that I cannot and WILL NOT deny...but...but really...no matter how I look at him he SOOO does not look like a girl! Even in those *heartstodeathdeathdeath* Yamatonadeshiko...geisha+kimono pics from this year's calender...he DOES NOT look like a girl! You could still tell it was Takki...it was a very very beautifully made up Takki with the cutest wig and the most gorgeous kimono on but it was STILL TAKKI...Takki....a GUY....

I remember chatting to nere about the Takki as female topic a while back and I think we both agreed that although Takki is one STUNNINGLY-BEAUTIFUL creature (infact THE prettiest male specimen I have ever seen!) his features are just too masculine for him to look like an ACTUAL girl...I mean a fugly one yah (gomen Takki *chuuyou*) but NO WAY as good as say how Tsuba looked in 03-04 calender! I'm sure you guys remember his 'look' right?! *blown away* *GORGEOUS TSUBA*

Anyhooo...back to thread -> other names which popped up...Koichi, Tsuyo, Pi, Kame, Gackt, Hyde...OH and Tsuba came up a few times too (kinda surprised...thought there would be more mentions seeing how feminine Tsuba can look at times...!!!!!) Mmm I think if I was to answer the question myself...there's only really ONE guy who comes to mind...Y-A-M-A-P-I!!!!! Yup yup Yamapi wins hands down in this category imo!!!! The very first time I saw him I really thought he was a chick! XD And the funniest thing was - it was my bro who actually pointed out that he was a JOHNNY BOY!!!!! XD

OH speaking of Pi-chan...MY LORD! WHAT HAS HE DONE TO HIS LOCKS?!?!?!?!?!?!

Now I'm not sure which is worse...his overgrown sheep-do from earlier this year (or was it last year?!) or his current asymmetric BUTCHERED-left-side look ^^;;;;;; (actually didn't Tsuyo go for the butchered look once?!??! ^^;;;;) yeh I know...yvie KNOWS that the look is suppose to be for his new JD, 'Dragon Sakura' but...but...but...Pi-chan did you really have to be THAT cruel?!?!?!?! O_o YOU could look SO MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!! PLEASE go back to your kawaii Ken-Ken (Stand UP) locks! And whilst I'm 'requesting' *grabs megaphone* PLEASE go and play with Mr Yoshi more often...!!!!!! Maybe you can go sample the delights of French cuisine again?!?! *pokes Pi* OH YOU KNOW you want to!!!!! keke...*pats Tsuba*

Oh dear....my sister is egging me to watch 'Tennis no Oujisama' with her....NOOOOOOOO!!!!! *whacked sis* It's all her fault...all her fault that I've become such a couch po-ta-to and all her fault that....*whispers* I've been gushing over a 15 year old!!! *paedo* Two words for you: FUJI SYUUSUKE!!!! OMG what a bishie...esp those piercing ice blue eyes! Wakakakakakaaaaa ~~~~ and all his kakkoii tennis moves...and...and...*LOL* he makes the cutest girl too XD (ref: Tenipuri chibi eps) Mmm...you know what...the more I watch P.O.T the more convinced I am that Fuji is actually based on Koichi! I swear...Fuji looks so much like him! They're the same build (same height!) ANNNNNNDDDDDDDDD....the whole prince thing as well!!!!!!

Mmmm hang on let me go dig for pics....

la da di...

What dya reckon?! Fuji = Koichi?! NO?

:P LOL well I think they do he does anyways!!!!

OH and you know what else I love about P.O.T - HUGE YAOI POTENTIAL!!! hohohoohooooo...I mean like HOW MANY pairings can you make?!? TezuxFuji TezuxRyoma FujixRyoma OishiixEiji FujixEiji InuixKaidoh and the list goes on and on and on and ON....

GAHHHH TEMPTATION too much...need...to....go...watch...need my Fuji fix...

And then after that - YOSHI FIX!!!!! *chuuuyoshi* ROFLMAO ~~~ I can't believe his wife-to-be is called MOE!!!! ahahahahahahahaaaa...

p.s. - FROM YAHOO AUCTION: this months Myojo & Popolo Check out the one of Takki lying on his tummy! *dies*

Random Rants

2005-07-22T22:55:00.000+01:00

Another bomb attack on London...THANK GOD it failed!

Terrorist suspect shot dead @ Stockwell...EXTREME SHOCK!!!! (I mean since when did the police become so...erm...RUTHLESS?!?!?!!)

What is this world coming to?!?!?

It's at times like this when I wish I could forever stay in my T&T bubble...shield myself from all the bad things that are going on around me...be in complete-denial and engage in nothing but T&T-related things 365/24/7!

ahhh yes that would be the life...

...but then nothing lasts forever.

Actually just got off the phone with one of my friends who lives about 10 minutes from Stockwell and we had a long long LONG discussion about it...but even after throwing round ideas - we STILL can't really understand just WHY! WHY! WHY are these ppl doing this?!??!?! AND HOW did it (almost) happen again?! And after just two weeks!

GRRRRRRR.....

*KICKSSLAPS every single one of those evil AHO terrorists*

YOU ARE ALL STOOOOPIDDDDD FOOLS!!!!!!

Must admit though Tony Blair & co seem to handling the situation pretty well...I guess the Labour Govt aren't so useless afterall! *LOL*

Mmm saying that though....

OK so they want to heighten the security measures on tubes...etc etc (erect some sort of device which scans all passengers or smth along those lines) - YEH FANTASTIC IDEA...peace of mind AT LAST....but really how long can they keep this HEIGHTENED SECURITY thing up?!?!?

The tube+bus services are the heart & soul of London - they're what keeps London moving constantly round the clock and having such a HUGE role there're obviously HUGE VOLUMES of ppl who use these services everyday...SURELY they can't check EVERYONE?!?!??!?!! THINK: how much would that SLOW the whole of London down?

What an AWFUL time for something like this to happen though....school's out and tourist season is in full swing.

No wonder everyone's nervous!

But hey guys no need to worry about me 'k?!

YVIE IS S-A-F-E! ^_^

*sigh* As much as I hate to do this...I'll be staying away from London...'RENTS ORDERS!Talk about a nuisance!!!!! Now not only can I not go up and vist friends...I can't even go THROUGH London to get down to Brighton (practically my 2nd home) T_T

*LOL* you know what I NEED...my OWN set of wheels!!!! kekeeee....

AHHHHHH GOMEN....please excuse my random rants today - as you can tell I'm not in the mood to write in coherent sentences...XD

happier thoughts...happier rants...

OH THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE who sent and left me bday wishes. You are all ANGELS!!!! Yvie *hearts* you all!!!!!

Now that I'm 2wenty 2wo I feel so OLD....>_<"

One of my friends warned me that that it's ALL DOWNHILL from here....NOOOOO it's can't go downhill yet! I mean heck I haven't even gone all the way UP!!!! ^^;;;;;

Life is can be so complicated sometimes though....I use to always think that your whole life is planned out for you...things happen cos they were meant to happen...they were all SET in this pattern...fate...but then as I've gotten older I've come to realise that...well no - actually life is really what YOU make of it... no one else but youself can govern how your life turns out.

*sigh* Ignore me....I'm having one of my 'moments'....don't really know what I'm talking about XD

Why do I have to think so much about things?! I SWEAR I'm gonna go mad (that's if I'm not already mad...!) from OVER-working my brain way too hard when I'm not suppose to...

And another thing.... I MISS TAKKI SO MUCH!!!!!! T_T

Yah I know ...I KNOW it's silly of me to 'miss him' but I can't help it. *shrugs* I think more than anything it's just knowing he's away from home....away in some foreign place working his ass off (no doubt)...I really hope he's ok....hope he's settled in ok.

LOL I did the most baka thing just now...I went and checked out what the weather's like in Mongolia at the moment...*thud* Snuffles...Loracyn - we are HOPELESS!!!! ^^;;;;

Takki - please take care of yourself!!!!!!

P.S. MORE Eng sub eps of Yoshitsune released over @ D-Addicts.
TORRENTS: Ep19+20 & Ep21

Specs @ PLAYZONE - BIG THUMBS UP!!!!!

2005-07-18T01:06:00.000+01:00

As you guys may already know both Takki and Tsuba (along with other Johnny groups + celebs) attended the 800th show of Shounentai's PLAYZONE a few days back! (800th!!!! WAH SUGOI! Omedetou Shounentai!)

Was watching some news clips this morning (doumo arigatou Loracyn *bows*) and almost scared my sister half to death when I went into another one of my unexpected fangirl frenzies!!!! ^^;;;;

OMG T&T VISUALS were AMAZING that day!!!!!

KYAAAAA just LOOK at them both! Like how sophisticated and classy do they look in their suits?!?!....VERY wouldn't you say?! BLACK is SO Tsuba's colour...his outfit reminds me of the one he wore @ Zubari special (minus the white of course) which I loved. It's just a shame that couldn't really see this 'supposed' perm. (*LOL* can it even be classified a a PERM? Just looks like he's curled the ends?!?!) And then there's Takki...ahhh...Takki Takki Takki....SUPER-KAKKOII Takki with his super-gorgeous-kanpeki-dark-chocolate locks...*sigh* call me a bias fangirl or what not....but that guy seriously can do NO WRONG!!!! Whatever he wears...however he presents himself he just looks INCREDIBLE!!! My insides are going CRAZY just looking at that one screencap....yappari it's the Takizawa-effect taking hold again! *sigh*

It wasn't just the suit which had me KYAAA'ING + bouncing off the walls like I was on drugs this morning though....it was infact THESE BBs....

SPECS-WEARING-SUIT-TAKKI!!!!!!! waakakakkakaaaaaa ~~~~~~ *HEARTEXPLODES* *squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* *THUD*

*LOL*

Those of you who use to read my old blog may know+remember that yvie here has an ickle obsession w/guys-in-specs or more specifically TAKKI-IN-SPECS-OBSESSION. A few months back I found some pics of Takki wearing some funky glasses on IT and went SO GA-GA over them. And ever since then I've been looking for more but really pics of him in specs are SO RARE!!!! There are of course LOADS of him in sunglasses but specs....T_T...so...*giggles*...yeh you can imagine how ECSTATIC I was when I saw him!!!! v^_^v ACTUALLY I didn't even realise it was Takki at first - I wasn't paying much attention to my comp screen at that point (BAD I know BUT in my defence - it was ONLY b/c me thought there wasn't going to be anymore shots of Takki & Tsuba) but then caught a quick glimpse of Tsuba + funky-specs-wearing-dude sitting next to him & I IMMEDIATELY went for my mouse + jogged the clip back (thinking: SURELY it's Takki sitting next to him)....AND WAKAKAKKAAAA IT WAS TAKKI!!! *chuuTakki* OH YOU GORGEOUS THANG YOU!!!!!

Must say - I was surprised though....actually very surprised - I mean like how many occasions have we seen him wear specs out in public and on such a formal ocassion....??? err...like....never? (but then it's not like he wore them for the whole time...only in the theatre itself when he was watching the show!) Which makes me wonder even more WHY he wore them in the first place? I mean had he actually been wearing cons earlier in the day (whilst filming Yoshitsune) but his eyes were tired so decided to just wears his specs OR had he forgotten his cons, only had specs with him so had no choice but to wear (otherwise he wouldn't be able to see a darn thing...!!!) OR mmm....he just felt like a change... errrrr.... mmm.... none of the above? ^^;;;;; *shrugs* Mmm but then I also remember reading somewhere that Takki only really needs specs when's he's driving and stuff...>_<" But if that was the case why would he be endorsing those AMO cons if he didn't really need/use them?!?!?! (surely it's silly to ask a celeb to endorse your products if he/she doesn't even use the product itself ain't it?! X_X) Mmmm....or has his eyesight gotten worse?!?!?!?! (V POSSIBLE) Like he didn't use to need specs/cons as much but needs them all the time now?!?!?! *curious* Sometimes he really doesn't look like he wearing cons though - Tsuba you can tell cos his eyes look 'glassy' (don't know what I mean check out THIS picture and compare Tsuba's eyes with Takki's)....but Takki on the other hand....

GAH!

*headexplodes*

I hate how my mind works sometimes...!!!!

YET AGAIN SO many questions again and no answers! x_x *sigh*...YOU SEE this why it would be SO great to be able to interview Takki...I mean of course I wouldn't ask him such silly questions like about his eyesight but there are a billion+one other topics (which for some reason always come up when I'm blogging) which I would so love to chat to him about..for example, his life when he was the Johnnys leader.

mmmmmm.....*daydreams*

...*ahem* A-n-y-w-a-y-s..sidetrack....back to specs - *hearts to death* Takki should def DEF wear them more often man. (anyone else think so?!??!?!)

*grabs megaphone*

TAKKI - CAN YOU HEAR MOI?!?! PLEASE WEAR YOUR SPECS MORE OFTEN! YOU LOOK SO SOOOOO SOOOOOOO YUMMY IN THEM!!!!!! ONEGAI!!!!! *puppy-dog-eyes*

LORACYN: HAPPY BDAY TO YOOOOUUUUUUU...

2005-07-15T22:57:00.000+01:00

Gomen ne Loracyn I'm probably one of the last people to do/say this but...errr...ummm...it's better late than never?! *LOL* (Yvie's FAVE PHRASE!!!)

Anyways here me wishing you a a VERY VERY VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY....

(*LOL* I don't think you can get any better than having Takki feed you bday cake right?! ahh ok ok so he's not REALLY feeding you bday cake but...hey man you can still dream & DON'T FORGET: a lil IMAGINATION goes a long long LONG WAY!!!!! XD)

Whatever you got up to on your special day I hope you had a GREAT ONE!!!!!!

I wish you all the best with EVERYTHING you do in the future and happiness all year through...!!!

May there be many more crazy-fangirl moments to come!!!! ^_^

*MWAH!*

Takki's Kinkiest CM?! thud

2005-07-13T11:13:00.000+01:00

I wanted to come on and blog about something else but the following cm gets first priority simply because it made my jaw drop about 10 feet... *lol*

A miss-miyuki-chan (wonder if it's the same Miyuki I speak to?!? if it is you Miyuki then DOUMO ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!!!! ^^ *bows*) very kindly u/l a whole bunch of Takki/Tsuba/T&T cms onto BT which I finished d/l like a half hour ago. Torrent HERE.

AND MY GAWD I had NO IDEA how kinky the Antique cm was...

BLINK and you probably miss the shot....but GAWD was I SHOCKED when I saw it....

LOL no explanation needed right seeing that the above screencap speaks for itself ne...

DAMN MAN how many MORE ppl must I add to my list of 'The luckiest ppl to have ever set foot on the face of this planet'. I mean ok so I have NO IDEA who that girl in that cm is but heck when you get to touch+lick Takki's face like that you AUTOMATICALLY get put on the list...name or no name....

*lol* I wonder what's going through Takki's head as she's licking the side of his face? Mmm he looks kinda uncomfortable don't you think?! *pats*

And then straight after that *shocking* shot there were these ones.... *meltsintoaGIGANTICpuddleofgoo*

*THUDTHUDTHUD*

You see...this is what amazes me about Takki....how he can just *switch* from being super-kawaii+pinchable one seond/minute to looking extremely KAKKOII the next...(LOL kinda reminds me of Nagase's character in MukoDono - WAKAKAKAA Yu-chan ~~~~)

KYAAA I LOVE HIS DIMPLE!!!!!! I LOVE HIS HAIR!!!!!!!!! *kissesEiji*

Oh btw u/l this cm onto YSI which you can grab HERE...douzo ^^

I still can't believe how many cms Takki's done over the years...I'm not sure about the exact number but it MUST BE nearing (or even passed) the high 80s? Anyways I was just looking over the list of products which he's endorsed and trying to think what he HASN'T done cms for.

Food & Drink (Crunky, Supli, Sapporo Ocha, Lotte SOH...) - DONE....
Tech goods (Olympus, Dream Cast, FujiFilm, DoCoMo...) - DONE...
fashion/beauty (AMO, Ma Cherie) - DONE...

What else is left?!?!??!

oohh 894 Hakushi has just come on....

Gawd I love his voice on this track....

...getting delicious shivers up my spine just listening....

..losing myself....that breathy voice of his....KYAA . I . LOVE . TO . DEATH!

...must say I prefer listening to his up-tempo tracks like Futari no Yoru, Here I am, Da Ke Do, Shelter, Circle more than ballads...I mean it's not like I don't like his & T&T ballads but sometimes...OK I'm SOOOOO gonna get whacked senseless by everyone for saying this but :P my blog so I can say what I like (well ok within reason...just remember that I do adore Takki A LOT!!!! ^^)... sometimes I dunno I think Takki has trouble 'controlling' his voice...esp the pitch in ballads (e.g. You & I and Starry Sky) Just a lil too high for my liking I'm afraid....*gomengomenTakki* *pats*

*ahem* ANYHOOOOOO.....

I did really want to blog my thought on Hakkenden news but I'm feeling so drained...need to go get some shut-eye me tinks. errr...not that I'm gonna get much sleep though seeing that it's another humid night. >_<" GAAHHH!!! I'm REALLY can't handle Summer weather! ^^;;;;;

P.S. - miyuki-chan also u/l KK cms. For those who are interested - part 1 torrent HERE & part 2 torrent HERE

London's darkness hour...

2005-07-10T16:16:00.000+01:00

Missing: Trainee Midwife

Missing: A young lawyer

Missing: Mother of two

Hasn't been heard from / seen since ..

Disappeared on her way to her office...

Didn't arrive for work...

Reading the Sunday Mirror this morning almost brought me to tears. It's been a good few days now since the explosions and yet it's obvious that London still have a long way to go before it returns to normal. (that's if London will ever get back to normal) Bodies are still trapped at tube stations (some 150ft below ground)....innocent people are still missing...and there are still so many unanswered questions.

There really are some sick SICK people in this world. Sick, evil, cold-hearted people who do not deserve life.

Do they not even feel a tiny drop of remorse? Can they not see that what they did was wrong? And that violence never solves ANYTHING?

Can someone please help me to understand....

If these fcukin' people are intelligent enough to make these professional lethal explosives then why can't they understand something as simple as that? How many more innocent people are they planning to murder before they can get that into their THICK SKULLS!!!!! URRGGHH!!

*sigh*

I'm really sorry for sounding kinda heated (+slightly glum) today but it just gets to me you know. Even though, (luckily) none of my family or friends were caught up in what happened on Thursday...I can't help but be deeply affected by the whole thing. Those horrific images...those graphic descriptions...

This time it was way too close to home.

It was suppose to be a time of joy...a time of celebration for London having won the Olympic bid which they've been longing for for so long...

Who would've thought that something so chilling would happen the very next day and cancel out those high spirits...

I guess you really just do not know what's around the corner...

One of my friends actually lives close to the area where one of the explosions happened and had she not been late for work that day she could well have been caught up in the mess. THANK GOD she's ok!

I spoke to her on Thursday evening whilst she was desperately making her way home. She sounded physically drained. With both bus AND tube services suspended she, like most people on that day had no choice but to make their way home on foot. This would've been fine if her home was on that side of London. It's not. Home is east, work is west. She spent 2 1/2hrs walking through the frantic streets and then caught a boat home on the last leg of her journey. She joked that never in her life would she have thought she'd be travelling home on a boat...well stranger things have happened I guess...

She made it home safe...

I wonder if she went into work the next day...mmm...

It is here where I would like to express my deepest condolences to all those families who lost or are still missing loved ones. My heart goes out to you all...

Minna ~ Please stay safe and take care of yourself and each other.

I know I'll be kidding myself saying this but I just pray and and hope that something like this doesn't happen again...

TsubaCon dates OUT!!!! T&T scheduled for TWO shows!

2005-07-05T11:43:00.000+01:00

WOAH! It's amazing what can happen in a space of few hours in T&T sekai when I'm NOT online and asleep!

I woke up early this morning...popped online wanting to just send off a few emails quickly when....*THUD* T&T BOMBSHELL number...gawd knows what this year....BOOM!

TSUBACON DATES ARE FINALLY OUT....!!!!!

Dates are as follows....

9/17 + 9/18 + 9/19 ~ Tokyo International Forum A Hall
9/24 ~ Niigata Telsa
9/25 ~ Nagano
10/1 + 10/2 ~ Zepp Sendai
10/8 + 10/9 + 10/10 ~ Osaka Festival Hall
10/15 ~ Fukuoka Sun Palace
10/16 ~ Nagasaki Brick Hall
10/23 ~ Hiroshima
10/30 ~ Hokkaido Koseinenkin
11/6 ~ Nagoya Century Hall

[Full Credit to Jenn for dates & info]

I must admit I'm not too familiar with places in Japan (actually erm my geo is BAD in general ^^;;;;) and so had to whip out my Insight Guide on Japan to check out where places were and OMG Tsuba is REALLY touring the length of the country! Wakakakaka....*CLAP! CLAP! TSUBA* TSUBASA GANBATTE ~~~~~ Anyways for those of you who are curious about where all these places are... [Click for MAP]

Apparently it's just one show per a day except for dates at Sendai, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Nagoya where Tsuba will do two shows....wakakakaa 10 venues...15 dates and 20 shows!!!! (20 SHOWS!!!! SURELY Takki will be able to make AT LEAST ONE of those!!!!! SURELY!!!)OMG I'm soooo happy for Tsuba! He's going NATIONWIDE!!! And what I find especially interesting is how...ummm...varied (?) sorry I can't think of the right word now...the locations are...like he's not just playing in the major cities...^^

OH it wasn't only the TsubaCon dates which gave me a WAKE-UP call this morning - T&T are also scheduled to do two shows in Shimane on 10/22 @ IZUMO DOME...!!!!! OMG! So is this like a CONTINUATION of GO! CON?!?!?!?!?!?!??!! Will they be adding more dates?!??!?! holy mamaaaa this is just too much to take in all at once...I mean it's not like I'm going BUT I'm just SOOOOO HAPPY for ALL the Tsuba + T&T fans who didn't get a chance to see Tsuba last year @ his first solo dates or T&T @ Go! Con to actually go and join in with the crazy-fun!!!!!!

Actually erm...the first thing which popped into my head when I saw the location of T&Ts show was 'WHERE THE HECK IS SHIMANE?' *LOL* so again...whipped out book..opened map and *THUD* ^^;;;;; how did T&T end up with shows all the way over there!!?!?!!! (you really need to squint to see the place on the map) Mmmmm (parts of) Yoshitsune wasn't filmed there by any chance was it? *ponders*

Anyways I started reading up on Shimane prefecture in the book and FOUND the most INTERESTING tidbit on Izumo. This is seriously too much of a coincidence man...

" Izumo covers the eastern part of the prefecture and is known as the mythical province where the history of Japan began. Several shrines, temples and ancient buildings can be seen around the prefecture including the Taisha, the oldest Shinto shrine in the county. Dedicated to the SPIRIT GOD OF MARRIAGE, it is paid particular heed by couples...."
[Excerpt taken from "Insight Guide: Japan" - 2002 Edition]

And another bit from one of my bro's books....

" Izumo Taisha is dedicated to the worship of Okuninushi-no-mikoto (Master of the Great Land), the kami (spirit god) of fishing, silk production and marriage. According to legend, Okuninushi-no-mikoto was a descendant of Susa-no-o, a kami of the Yamato line who married an Izumo princesss. In time, Okuninushi-no-mikoto married a Yamato princess and agreed to serve the Yamato line, as long as he was worshipped at a great shrine....The legend has led to the belief that a vist to the shrine is extremely beneficial to those who are contemplating marriage or to promoting harmony for any union..."
[Excerpt taken from Fodor's "Exploring Japan" - 2000 Edition]

LOLLLLL ~~~ SPIRIT GOD OF MARRIAGE...you think T&T will be popping to that particular shrine when they're there?!?!? You know just to umm...*promote harmony*...LOL...& ok ok...so the Taisha isn't IN Izumo (which I presume is where the Dome is) - the Izumo Taisha is apparently several miles northwest of Izumo....but heck it's pretty damn close and they could SO take a quick trip up there XD

I'm reading too much into things again aren't I?!?!?!?!

Time to GET PLANNING all you Tsuba (& T&T) fans!!!!!!

Mmmm now I wonder when the Takki Con dates are out....

GO RODDICK!!!! + MatsuJun + BokuMado D/L

2005-06-29T22:18:00.000+01:00

I'M OVER THE MOON!

Andy Roddick is through to the Semi-Finals @ WIMBLEDON!!! wakakakakakaaaa...GO GO GOOOO RODDICK!!!! OMG that QF was so incredibly nerve-racking to watch and Grosjean put up such a fight but in the end....*grins* YAY RODDICK!!!!! I'm SOOO HOPING for another Federer vs Roddick final like last year but...first he has to beat 12th seed Johansson on Friday which *fingers crossed* HOPEFULLY shouldn't be a problem! Kyaa seriously CANNOT WAIT for this match and CANNOT WAIT for the FEDERER vs HEWITT one either (that one should be awesome too!!!!) Come Come COME FRIDAY...Come come COME SF!!! ^^

*LOL* gomen...I know tennis has NOTHING to do with T&T in any shape or form (unless errrr...either of them play tennis!!?! *LOL* ANYONE ever seen Takki or Tsuba play tennis!?!??! ^^;;;; *slaps self* GAWD here I go again....wanting to link everything and anything to T&T in any way possible ^^;;;...ahhh but u know Kyon did play tennis....*thud*) but I'm SO HOOKED on Wimbledon at the moment (happens every year XD) so HAD/HAVE to just rant about it!!!

Actually my whole family's gone tennis crazy (exc Dad but he's just boring XD) Me, Mum and Bro have been avidly following the Men's Singles (ONLY the Men's singles though - can't be bothered to watch the Women's tennis...and the way they GRUNT just peevs me off! It's so UNATTRACTIVE and sounds like they having an....erm...'O' half the time! ) whilst my sis well...my sis has been obsessed with 'The Prince of Tennis'. She was in my room watching it till WAY past midnight last night...even when my mum and dad told her to get to bed she pretended not to hear them and carried on watching. *LOL* *pats sis*you have done me proud my child! XD Mmm I have to say TPOT is pretty good though. Ryoma-chan is soooo KAWAII!!! keke...everytime I see him I just want to PINCH his cheeks, pick him up and put him in my pocket XD And he soooo looks like Tsuba (+vice versa)...esp cos he has those HUGE slanted-cat-like eyes! ^^ *hearts*

Oohhh & I'll tell ya who else I find SO ADORABLE at the moment!!!! MatsuJun in 'Kimi wa Petto'!!!! YUP YUP MATSUJUN!!!!! keke....I brought myself a copy of the JD last week and it arrived on my doorstep a couple of days ago. ^^ Watched the first ep last night and WOW I never expected the storyline+MatsuJun to be so cute!!!! ^_^ *pinch* Mummy...Daddy can I please have a MatsuJun petto for my 22nd bday - OH PLEASE - preeettyyy please w/a txt cherry on top... hoohohooooo...ahh no...no...actually I want...I want...mmm would Takki or Tsuba make a better petto?!?!?! NOW if I had asked myself that q last yr then I would've DEF said Tsuba - NO DOUBT ABOUT IT - but nowdays I'm not so sure...Hosoki seems to have really brought out Takki's petto-like qualities. XDXDXDDDDD LOL what dya reckon?!

Nehowww one more thing before I disapppear again and go watch ep ni - a lil something for you Kyonholics. Was kinda bored the other night and just started cutting out a bunch of BokuMado stuff...

1) BokuMado Opening Title Sequence (minus titles/text)
SIZE: 5.23MB / TYPE: wmv

2) Boku Mado CMs
SIZE: each cm - 678-680KB - In Total: 4.63MB
TYPE: file: ZIP - CMs: wmv

There's like 7 of these cms but...rather than u/l them one by one (& ending up with 7 diff links) I zipped them up into one file. If you don't have a program which unzips files then you can download one from here.

Annnndddddd last but DEFINTELY not least.....

3) Boku Mado - Photoshoot
SIZE: 11.1MB - TYPE: wmv

This was short but so sweet. Check out how many photos they took!!!!!! They must've been there for HOURS...and I bet Takki look GORGEOUS in every single one of those photos. *thud* MAN I seriously can't get over how AMAZINGLY PHOTOGENIC he is! loracyn I STILL haven't come across a BAD pic yet - any luck over at your end?! XD

*sigh* *loses self in Takki's prettiness...agn*

P.S - One of my BSB-lovin' friends played me their new tune 'Incomplete' yesterday and...WOAH!!!! IMPRESSED!!!! BSB have STILL got it!!! #BACKSTREETS BACK ALRIGHT!!!# XDXDXD I'm so sad...XD

It's J-Baton TIME!

2005-06-26T11:26:00.000+01:00

OH RIGHTY- MY TURN to have a go at this J-Baton thingamijiggy and pass it on...pass it on...PASS IT ON (OH you lucky ppl) KEKE....Doumo arigatou LORACYN for chucking the baton my way...although the 5 songs question...GAAAHHHH!!!! ><" M-U-Z-U-K-A-S-H-I-I!!!!!

nvm...

LET'S GO ---->

What is the percentage of Johnnys stuff on your PC (keitai)?

PC ~ errrr....around 75%?! Would be higher but Yvie's been a bery good girl lately and has actually been *SHOCK HORROR* doing some spring cleaning - you guys proud?

Keitai ~ only around 25% (pics). Haven't gotten round to getting myself a data cable yet (even though I've had this keitai for over 6 months) and too lazy to figure out how to transfer via Bluetooth ^^;;;;; Ahhhh I'll get there eventually. SIDETRACK: BTW does anyone know where I can get myself some T&T ringtones?!?!?!?!?!

What is the most recent Johnnys program that you watched?

JD/s ~ Saigo no Bengonin (AGAIN!) + MukoDono Ep 3
Variety ~ Old eps of USO!? Japan (*heart**heart**heart* geeky Dr USO)
Other ~ Harukon DVD for the billionth time, Go! Con news clip <3<3<3

What embarassing thing is on your desktop (keitai)?

PC ~ Surprisingly there isn't anything embarassing on my actual desktop...I have to share this comp with my bro and sis so figured it's best that I kept all my T&T porn safely hidden away in private folders....

Keitai ~ Errr...maybe some of my sms's?!? *LOL* But if you talking about smth T&T related: then it has to be that *severe nosebleed* B&W hadaka pic of Takki (w/strategically placed towel XD) from 04-05 calendar. *dies* Made the mistake of setting it as my wallpaper once and was called a perv by my sis and friend. ^^;;;;;;

Which 5 Johnnys songs do you want to listen to, and which 5 Johnnys songs do you like?

>_<" This is the super-super-SUPER difficult question...why only 5?! why not a nice, round even number like 10?!?!?!?!?!

*sits & racks brain*

*tick*
*tick*
*tick*

10 minutes later....

5 Songs I want to hear/watch:

1 ~ Diamond - T&T (Don't think I need to explain why...keke...)
2 ~ Epilogue - T&T (preferably with Takki messing up his lyrics with Tsuba XD XD XD *LOL* j/k - just such a beautiful song and one which I think would be AMAZING live!)
3 ~ Here I am - Takki (MY FAVE solo of his from his Jr days but then I also wanna see Futari no Yoru, Da Ke Do, Balance, Circle, 894 Hakushi...*THUD* ><" KYAAA I WANNA SEE ALL TAKKI'S SOLOS LIVE!!!)
4 ~ Ai Sekai - T&T (this was SO GOOD on Harukon...LOVE the choreography)
5 ~ Fiesta de Venus - Tsuba (Tsuba's perf of this @ his solo con just BLEW ME AWAY!!! The way he moved and the way he sang this was breathtaking...)

5 Johnny Songs I like:

1 ~ Diamond - T&T
2 ~ Hito Natsu no...- T&T (also love the acoustic!)
3 ~ Da Ke Do - Takki *squeeeeeeee*
4 ~ Epilogue - T&T
5 ~ To Be, or not to be - T&T

There are soooooooooooo many other T&T songs I like but the ones above are those which I've been listening to a lot lately. I also listen other Johnnys e.g. Kinki Kids, ARASHI, V6, NEWS but but but...NO ROOM for them...only room for T&T! ^^

The 3 people you passing the baton onto:

1 ~ Sandy - GO ON you know you want to!!!!!
2 ~ Cindy :P now you've got a reason to update!!!
3 ~ Bonnie - Something to chill out with after your finals ^^

ALL DONE! v^_^v

P.S - New playlist over on my RADIOBLOG. ^^ DO check it out!

P.P.S - Yoshitsune Ep 17 + Ep 18 (Eng Sub) now available over @ D-Addicts! TORRENTS: Ep17 HERE + Ep 18 HERE

Wu 07/05 + Johnnys Film Festa

2005-06-23T23:34:00.000+01:00

My internet connection decided to die on me for a couple of days...I don't actually know why - my comp is fine...my modem is in working order and I'm pretty sure it not my ISP either ^^;;;; I seriously do not understand technology sometimes...always screwing-up...Thank gawd it's not T&T HIGH SEASON or something - otherwise I really would not be a happy bunny! Hopefully things should be ok now - I've managed to have it up and running for the whole day without any problems....but if you don't see me around again after this then you'll know the reason why (well either that or I've just fallen into super-lazy mode again ^^;;;;)

Anyhoooo let's start off with a game...

FIND タッキー&翼 (Tackey & Tsubasa) or 滝沢秀明 (Takizawa Hideaki) + 今井翼 (Imai Tsubasa) on the cover of the latest issue of Wink Up.

(Click to enlarge)

Spot the names yet?!

No I didn't either....I see all the other Johnny groups/guys...I see SMAP, Kinki Kids, V6, couple of members of Tokio, NEWS, Kattun, Kanjani 8, Toma, Kazama, Hasegawa, MA, ABC, FIVE, Ya-Ya-Yah and just about every other (current) Johnnys group you can think of but do I see T&T/Takki/Tsuba's name on that cover?!?!?! NOPE!!!! *sigh* WU too?!?!? ><" Ok so the cover designer was prob being blur and made a stooopid mistake - but thing is - I really don't see *HOW* T&T could've possibly been left off the cover. I mean it's not like they aren't in that mag at all or occupy only a teeny weeny space (thus it's not worth mentioning on the front cover) - in total they occupy NINE WHOLE PAGES in that mag. (3xTakki, 3xTsuba, 2xGo! Con, 1xYoshi Dictionary) SO HOW?!?!?!?!?!?! *rolls up issue of WU and WHACKS cover designer/s HARD over the head* *shakes head* At least the content made up for it though...actually imo - out of WU, POTATO & DUET...WU had the best pics...Tsuba looked sooo kirei in the B&W photos (*HEART* B&W pics...just something about B&W pics which accentuates the person's beauty even more!) and Takki's really brought out his adorable, kiddy side....see for yourself:

(click to enlarge)

I know I've said this a billion and one times on my blog...through email to everyone etc etc...already....but it's gotta be said again...

JUST HOW CUTE IS THIS GUY?!?!??!?!?!!

I mean just look at him doing all those silly pose and all his kawaii facial expressions! *pinch pinch pinch* keke...and ooohhh don't you just LOVE IT when he goes casual?!?! I especially like the ones of him in the green tee and jeans....I've noticed that Takki doesn't seem to wear this green (actually I don't think he wears much green at all) that often but I've really taking a liking to him in this colour...it suits him! ^^ (but then is there any colour which DOESN'T suit him?!?!??!?!)

Ooohhh just found out they're doing another Johnnys Film Festa this year. (yah I know I'm sloooowwwwwww!) Like last year - the film will run at the Tokyo Globe Theatre for the duration of one month - starting from 25th July 05 up till 25th August 05. Apparently it won't be released on DVD/VHS again....AHHHH WHY NOT JOHNNY-SAN?!?!?!?!? WHHHHYYYYY?!??! I sooo wish they'd released one of last year's Film Festa. That whole peg thing sounded so cute...esp how super-yasashii Takki attached those pegs to his aikata's face. *HEART* And I bet the whole Takki x Aiba + Tsuba x Tsuyo cross-talk/pair-up was pretty cool too...wakakakaaa Takki and Aiba out water-skiing!!!!!! (that IS what they did right?! *LOL*)

I wonder if T&T will be paired up again?! And if so - I wonder WHO they'll be paired up with this time round...mmm...you know - I can def see a Tsuba x Koichi pairing happening or maybe like Jenn suggested - Tsuba x Sho?!??!! As for Takki...need to have a bit of a think...but ahhhh I wouldn't mind seeing Takki x Pi together. ^^ Now I don't know what you guys make of the whole Takki x Pi pairing but I sure LOVE seeing them together (so preeetttyyyy) and I just think it's so cute how Takki use to dote on Pi so much during their Johnny days! ^^ Oh man - suddenly feel like watching all three Sugao's again....^^;;;;; NOT GOOD! NOT GOOD AT ALL....^^;;;;;;

P.S. - Replica of Takki's cross-ring is still being sold on Ebay...is it still worth getting?!?!?! Oh btw anyone ever find out what happened to his X ring...seems kinda weird how he just suddenly stopped wearing it after like...errrr...5+ yrs?!?!

P.P.S - Two more Eng Sub eps of Yoshitsune are available for d/l over at D-Addicts. Please click on the following links for torrents...EP 15 + Ep 16

P.P.P.S - Almost forgot - Go! Con spread from latest issue of Myojo - Check that super-kakkoii picture of Takki. *THUD* Snuffles I'm guessing this was *THE* Da Ke Do look you were telling me about?!?! *swooonnn*

New Layout + Hosoki's at it again O_o

2005-06-18T10:29:00.000+01:00

This is very very weird...I disappeared from cyberspace for a few days and yet I don't seem to have missed out on that much. Normally if I don't come online for like..say...a day I find I have a billion and one (*ahem* slight exaggeration) things to catch up on. But this time round...hardly anything!!! Well ok all except those ext-kakkoii pics of Yoshi & Yoichi together *hearts to death* + Tsuba/Yoichi on horse *THUD* and KYAA OMGGG!!! the latest Zubari ep...*LOL* ok ok so there WERE SOME T&T things I 'missed' and am late in kyaa'ing over but hehe it's better late than never. Annndddd in my defence - I DID put my time away from the www into good use...popped down to Brighton on Wednesday...hooked up with couple of friends yesterday...and rest of time I just worked on stuff which I've been putting off for absolutely ages....

LIKE....MY NEW BLOG LAYOUT!!!!!

Yes finally after a whole month and half (?) since my move over here I decided to put myself through the hair-tearing experience that is html + css. *thud* And what you see is the result of that session - nice & pinku just for Takki! ^^ Actually this is the first time I've had a go at building a layout completely from scratch. In the past I simply just picked a template and modified parts of it myself. I found it less stressful that way and well also couldn't really be arsed to learn how to lay+position things properly. But lately I've just been getting really fed up with the restriction of templates and fed up with myself going 'OH! I wish I could design something like that!' all the time. So it was bye bye to templates and HALLOOO to the real world of HTML! And have to say - D.I.Y is def the way forward!!!!! It is SO much more satisfying and not to mention FUN when you D.I.Y! ^^ Mmm I haven't quite finished yet - still changing + moving things here and there...so if things start looking a bit out of place the next couple of days - don't worry I WILL FIX IT.

One more thing before I get back to that though...ZUBARI!!!! OH MY LORD!!!! The chocolate locks looked even more yummy than in the preview!!!! And is it just me or does Takki not only look younger but even MORE adorably cute and...innocent (?) with the new colour and style?!

KYAAA was *swooning* over him the whole way through the ep and of course no Zubari ep would be complete without some sort of Hosoki + Takki 'interaction'. KYAA another incident to add to my list of 'times yvie's been SUPER-jealous of Hosoki-san'. This time round it was THAT ONE SINGLE MOVEMENT which got to me the most!!! That one thing which I'm sure all Takki fans (esp those who have a fetish for his hair!) would give an arm and a leg to be able to do!

THE WOMAN TOUCHED AND STROKED TAKKI'S HEAD + CHOCOLATE LOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyways the whole build up to this hair-stroking starts off how these K + T incidents always does...they were chatting to the guest. In this ep Hosoki & co was talking to the guest about his moles on his face and what they meant and naturally the conversation veered towards Takki and his two lil moles under his left eye (KAWAAIII ~~~~)

So after a bit of teasing - Hosoki goes over to Takki and puts her hands on his head (hmm actually I think she like put on hands on his face first but can't be 100% sure cos the camera moved away at this point) and then for the next 30 seconds or so as she's explaining she's like moving her hands around Takki, touching the area under his eye etc etc... which already had me kyaa'ing and gah'ing away!!!!

Anyways so she carries on talking and everyone else joins in...actually I think she moves away from Takki at this point (?!) Gomen I wasn't really concentrating...too busy gawping at Takki...but what I know is that Hosoki does go and place her hands on his face (again) and makes her must-say-at-least-once-about-Takki-in-every-zubari-ep comment....

"KAWAII DESHO ~~~"

...and lol of course upon hearing that Takki naturally let out his super-kawaii-sunshine-smile! *meltsintopuddleofgoo*

GAAAHHHHHH!!!!! BUT CHECK OUT where her hands are though in the 2nd cap!!!!!!Aiyaiyaiiii...the woman just can't keep her hands to herself man!!!!!

It was THIS bit which turned me super-super-SUPER-GREEN though...

The camera cuts to a long-shot and KYAAAA LOOOOOKKKKK at where her hands are NOW!!!!!! OMG!!!! She literally ran her hands down the length of his hair!!!!! ><" SOME get ALL THE LUCK!!! I REALLY need to get me some of that luck...anyone know where I can get myself some luck like that?!?! LOL...now do you all see why Yvie turned *super-super-SUPER GREEN*?!?!??! *THUD*

Oh btw I actually cut this part out and u/l it onto YSI so if anyone wants to turn super-green like moi then please email me and I'll send you the link! ^^

Righty-oh...back to work...^^

Ebil MSN + Tsuba in Yoshi + Takki's new movie (?)

2005-06-14T11:33:00.000+01:00

MSN is so DAMN DISTRACTING!!!!

Last night I thrashed my previous MSN record of 6 hrs by staying on the thing for almost a full straight 9hrs just yapping away to everyone...NINE HOURS!!!! ^^;;;; I felt so bad this morning when I woke up and looked at the list of things I had INTENDED (<----notice emphasis!!!) to do last night like BLOG, email (^^;;;; gomen nasai...to all those I STILL owe emails to...), surf forums and realised I had infact done NONE of those things!!!! YOU SEE this is the reason why I try to stay away from MSN as much as poss cos once you get me talking I can yap till ridiculous hours in the morning...(well ok not like 3am is THAt ridiculous - it's like usual bedtime for us fangirls...ne LORACYN?!) YVIE IS PANDA!!!!! And LOL def does not help when one of the people you're talking to is EVEN MORE of a chatterbox than you are. *whacks Ka Ming* That girl can sure talk...like even when the sun started coming up over at her end (HK!) she still wanted to carry on chatting and funny thing is erm...I was actually the one who broke the convo cos my eyes started hurting from staring at the comp screen. @_@ DOH!!!! Can't be doing the whole 9hr thing too often otherwise I'm sooooo gonna end up a regular at SpecSavers! NOT GOOD!!!!! NEHOOWW onto the REAL purpose of today's entry - T&T news!!! ^^

FULL CREDIT goes to Hiroko-san over @ Sentaki BBS for posting up the info + links! Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu *bows*

1) Seems like Takki & Tsuba were at a Yoshitsune Press Conference today. (YAYYYY!!!! T&T together again!!!!! -> but what is with all these *strange* updates lately?! *wallops the pair* *wallops Takki even harder for mentioning Koutan*)

Couple of Japanese news articles:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/hochi/geinou/index.htm
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200506/gt2005061503.html

Broadcast date for THE ep seems to be 14th AUG!!! QUICK QUICK!!! Esp. you Tsuba fans...GO MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!!!!!

2) There was a thread on the BBS about this historical movie (but I think it's actually more like a mini-JD?!) that Takki's set to appear in. According to the post the movie/JD or whatever it is is entitled [南総里見八犬伝] / [Nansou Satomi Hakkenden] (English trans: The Legend of the Eight Dog Samurais) And is due to be broadcast on TBS in the New Year, running for two consecutive days in 2 1/2 hrs slots? (WOAH! 5hrs of Samurai-Takki in 2 days!) The ACTUAL broadcast dates however have yet to be decided.

I haven't had time today to do a proper search on Hakkenden yet - will do tomorrow - however here's what I managed to find about the story during my mini-search earlier...

Brief overview of Hakkenden Story.
One day, Satomi's castle is encircled by his enemy Anzai's army. At that time Satomi's territory was suffering a food famine.Some days after the siege had begun, the defenders ran out of food. Seven days without food and they lose the power to fight. During the last night, Lord Satomi Yoshizane said jokingly to the family's dog, "If you kill Anzai Kagetsura, I will give my daughter to you in marriage." The dog believed him and killed the enemy.

The Mystic Crystal Beads
The opening of Hakkenden follows the tragic marriage of Princess Fuse-hime and the Dog Yatsufusa. The Princess becomes pregnant in a virgin birth, but she is ashamed of conceiving a dog's child. She kills herself. Her sons are then born as Spirit. As the string of her Buddhist rosary is cut, a hundred small beads fall to the ground. However, eight big Crystal Beads fly high with the spirits of her sons and disappear.A few years later, the Sons of Fuse-hime are incarnated. They're re-born as Men from human mothers, with Holy Crystal Beads. The eight men are called Hakkenshi. They fight for Justice and make a Utopia in Awa Province!

Overview taken from: Hakkenden Hakuryu-Tei

Hmmmm....well it does sound kinda interesting...a bit on the strange? side but I'm DEF intrigued! (Just wish it wasn't a samurai story ^^;;;;;) I'm guessing Takki will be playing one of the eight samurai's then?! ^^ Hmmm I wonder who else is in it?! *ponders*

NEWAYS - BEDTIME. SO sorry that this entry has been so rushed but I have a long day ahead of me 2mo and if I don't get to bed now I KNOW I'm gonna feel real crap! Will probably come back + edit this post when I come online 2mo!

OYASUMI!!!!

CHOCOLATE-coloured hair Takki @ Zubari

2005-06-10T01:57:00.000+01:00

Well he made an appearance! Just not a FULL APPEARANCE!!!!!

SCREENCAPS from preview of NEXT WEEK'S ep...

*sigh* guess will just have to wait a tiny bit longer to be able FULLY-SCRUNTINIZE the DARK-CHOCOLATE locks. But am DEF liking what I see though!!!

Star Wars + Tsuba in Yoshi + other rants...

2005-06-09T23:19:00.000+01:00

I can't believe I snapped....DiTHeRs I think you might be the only one left now....QUICK!!! SAVE YOURSELF FROM THE DARK SIDE WHILE YOU CAN!!!!! XD

Just got back from watching Star Wars Ep III: Revenge of the Sith with my bro!!! *LOL* funny how I kept telling myself not to get sucked in by all the hype and to remember how BAD Attack of the Clones was...but STILL snapped in the end...>_<" And I hate to admit this but Miss non-sci-fi-fan-in-any-shape-or-form here actually found herself enjoying the film which I was REALLY not expecting at all simply because Attack the Clones was SO BAD!!! Ok that's just my own opinion but URGH I really did not like that film...it made me CRINGE!!!! ALL those ext-CHEESY lines during Anakin and Padme love-love scenes *puke* Don't get me wrong I'm ALL FOR romance films esp. if they're bitter-sweet but there's sweet, heart-warming romance and then there's OTT, plain cheese like Attack of the Clones....ok so...there WAS a bit of cheese in Revenge of the Sith like that whole scene where Anakin and Padme (again!) were having another one of their *moments* and were spouting out all that 'Oh it's because I'm so in love with you...NO it's cos I'm SO in love with you...blah blah you're blinded by my love blah blah blah-dy blah-dy BLAH...' - OH MAN - who the heck WRITES this stuff?!?!?!??!! - but - thank gawd - Lucas decided to concentrate a lot more on action and how Anakin turned to the dark side....otherwise I would've never got through the film.

Have to say my favourite character is STILL Yoda! hohohoooo...never underestimate the lil green guy and his neon green litesaber man! He may be puny but he can be just as lethal! XD Obi wan and Anakin were pretty cool too...although everytime I saw Anakin in his hooded cloak I kept thinking of Takki at the start fo Pride THE END on Harukon dvd...actually come to think of it whenever I saw Anakin I thought of Takki Please don't ask me how Hayden Christensen reminds me of Takki cos erm...it's seriously BEYOND ME too! ^^;;;; AM HOPELESS!!!! anyways...not exactly the best film I've seen this year but watchable and would recommend...

NEXT...

Oohh btw what does everyone make of Tsuba making an appearance in Yoshitsune?! I was SOOOOOO HAPPY when I heard the news ...EXTREMELY SURPRISED (*LOL* Snuffles - fortunately I DID NOT fall off my chair when I heard the news - I've learnt to firmly place my behind on my chair to avoid any injury...I erm...choked on my juice instead >_<") but VERY VERY VEERRRRRRYYYYYYY HAPPY at the same time...especially cos it's been years since T&T have appeared in a drama together. (btw has anyone ever seen Genroku Ryoran? Do Takki & Tsuba appear much?) Unfortunately it's only a guest appearance but still I'm glad they're getting to work together again

Oh & don't whack me (although I have a feeling that MOST - if not every XD - Takki and Tsuba fan would've had the same thought flowing through their fangirl minds when they read!) but I couldn't stop giggling when I found out the part Tsuba's playing. LOLLLLL It's just TOO IRONIC MAN!!! XD For those who don't know already...he's playing...wait for it...WAIT FOR IT....NASU NO YOICHI - a warrior best known for his LEGENDARY SKILLS in ARCHERY - made his appearance during the Battle at Yoshima and was ORDERED by Yoshitsune to shoot down a Heike fan. (For more info on that historic moment - Go HERE <---- gomen too lazy to cut paste or summarise the event. ^^;;;) LOL TSUBA PLAYING A SKILLED ARCHER!!! THE SAME TSUBA who kept missing the target on HeyX3 and pulling those HILARIOUS faces! *awww...bless*

Hehe...DEF looking forward to the scene though....looking forward to seeing Tsuba ride out into the water and shattering that fan! Bet he looks SUPER-KAKKOII!!!! Wonder what he looks like in the armour though? Cos to be honest with you - at the mo I really can't imagine him all samurai-fied (wonder if he'll have to don the long-locks too?!) mmm & I wonder which episode he actually appears in?! Is there any way we can work it out? ACTUALLY erm...what year are we at with the most recent ep?!??!! ^^;;; I'm sorry...I've been such a BAD fan lately - haven't been keeping up-to-date with Yoshi eps. I've seen all the available Eng Sub ones (14eps so far) and watched the RAW version up to about ep18 but then just haven't had time to watch the rest yet ^^;;;;;

GAH SEE even if when it's Takki / T&T hiatus time there's so much to do...

Moving on....

Another thing: I wonder if that thing about Takki starring in a historical-movie with Nakama Yukie is true.... I mean as much I like the thought of him being in a movie with Nakama Yukie I'm really not too fond of the fact that it's rumoured to be a historical movie! Ok so I'm enjoying Yoshitsune and fascinated by the history behind it but really, one year of a historical drama is MORE THAN ENOUGH for me!!! *sigh* If it IS true though...I just hope he's not playing another character which requires those frowny eyebrows to make another appearance otherwise I think I might just... GAH - PLEASE stop casting him in such dark, heavy roles where he's REQUIRED to frown or look PISSED OFF 99% of the time already!!! Us fans already KNOW he's a SPECIALIST in that area and it's OBVIOUS that he mastered that clinically depressed look a LOOONNNNGG TIME ago!!! SO PLEASE GIVE US BACK KYON+EIJI-TAKKI! ONEGAI!!!! Actually I'm still really hoping he'll get cast in some police/detective/crime/thriller JD like erm...Rookie or Remote or Saigo no Bengonin or KINDAICHI! XDXDXDDDD hohohooooo Takki as Kindaichi! Now that's a thought. Yah I KNOW he's a bit old now to take on the role of Kindaichi but nevertheless I STILL think he would make a good Kindaichi *LOL*...me? bias...AGAIN?

...AND I'm STILL hoping that one day him and Tsuba will be cast in a JD TOGETHER!!!! (Yoshitsune DOES NOT count seeing that Tsuba is only guest-starring...) OK I'm SO wishful thinking again aren't I?!

P.S - Checked TOP 50 Artists chart over at JDorama.com after the longest time and ooohhh guess where Takki is!? 6th PLACE!!!!! With 176 votes!!!!!!! (that's 12 votes ahead of Tsuyo in 7th place and 33 votes behind Ryoko in 5th place!!!!!) OK I know I said this on my ex-blog before but I'll say it again for new fans or those who haven't done so yet...MINNA ~ if you support Takki as an actor and haven't voted yet! PLEASE GO VOTE FOR HIM!!!!! Info on how to vote HERE Then once you're there - go to the VOTING SYSTEM section for instructions. ^^

Hadaka-Takki + WATER = LETHAL!!!

2005-06-07T23:52:00.000+01:00

There is nothing more frustrating + nauseating than watching an EXT-jumpy fandub which tries to focus on too many things at the same time...BUT THEN when what you're watching is THIS HAWT - you find yourself more than willling to sit through it - EVEN if it does make you go a bit cross-eyed and feel slightly dizzy... @_ @

After the LONGEST TIME I decided to burn off Pattaya 03 - poolside clip (*chuuu* to the person who sent me this! you know who you are!!!) onto vcd last night to watch properly on our big(ger)-tv downstairs and I'M TRULY STUPIDO!!!!! >_<" How the HECK DID I LET MYSELF just SKIM THIS the first time I watched it and leave it for SOOO MANY MONTHS before watching it again? !??! HOWWWW????? (if you feel the need to whack me with that fugly serenade stick please do so now!) NO WONDER some have said it's better to go follow T&T/Johnnys outside of Japan cos....YOU get people catching PRICELESS FOOTAGE LIKE THIS......

EVERY SINGLE fan that was there to witness this is SOOO LUCKY! I mean it's not often that you actually get to catch the Johnnys messing-around like this! Mmm...I wonder if there's a poolside clip from Thai 04 (cos they DID go to a pool....well all except Tsuba? I think he went for a massage?)

Half the time spent staring at the screen I felt like I was playing WHERE'S TAKKI?! (*LOL* it's not so WHERE'S Takki-ish in the caps cos well obv I capped the Takki bits but BELIEVE me there were some parts which I had to properly SQUINT at to try and catch Takki! *dizzy*) As you can see from the cap of the whole bunch there were SOOO MANY of them there and in the pool...but of course the ONLY ONE I was interested in and couldn't help gawping-shamelessly at was TAKKI! (DAMNNNNN he looked PURRRFECT!!!!!!)

HOWEVER even when I tried my very best to follow him sometimes it was sooooo difficult cos the camera KEPT MOVING AWAY!!! KYAAAAAAAAA WHHHHYYYYYY?????? WHY focus on anyone else when MR EXTREME EYE CANDY is RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU!!! AND not just that he was HALF-NAKED and WET ALL OVER for almost the WHOLE TIME!!!!!!!!

CHECK OUT how Takki's posing in the bottom two caps! *cough*slut*cough* XD And here was me thinking that Tsuba was the slutty one out of the two but Takki can slut-tify himself too! XD ooohh I like! YEH WORK THAT CAMERA!!!!

HOLY MAMA MIA BELLISSIMA!

NEARLY DIED when I saw the bit above...ok so it's just the back-view but there is just something sooooo incredibly sexy about a guy running his fingers through wet hair...

And almost died a second time when I saw this bit!

LOL this was soooo random though...one minute Takki's in the pool enjoying himself and the next minute he slides himself out and just goes and LIES by the side ON HIS OWN for...erm...I don't know how long cos the camera then moves away and cuts to Kame *WHACKS person filming*

MORE caps of Takki in + out of pool

Takki (+ Johnnys) leaving the pool

Imo tho - the best shot out of the whole clip isn't the one where Takki's doing that slutty-pose XD...nor is it the one where he's in the water running his fingers through his hair (although...again...VERY HAWT seeing him do that!) nor is it the one where he's lying down by the pool side (that one comes an EXTREMELY close 2nd tho)...oh no no no no nooooo.... tis is THIS SHOT which is the fairest of them all...

Is it abnormal of me to think his back is HAWT?! XDXDXDDDDDDDD No I didn't think so...and with that I leave you lot to think happy-back-molesting-thoughts too XDXDXDDDD...

P.S - The 2nd NHK Yoshitsune mook is due for release on 25/6!!!! (eeekkk....another thing to hunt down! *waters money tree*)

Found a pic of cover....

SOURCE: http://www.nhk-book.co.jp/taiga/index.html

KAKKOII!!!! I have to say - this is prob one of my fave Yoshi look...he just looks so ROYAL! ^^ But then I *heart* innocent-frowny eyebrows Shanao too!

P.P.S - OMG super-slow yvie has just realised that....it's Tuesday...which means Zubari....which means if what ppl have been saying about Takki having already gone dark is TRUE then...OMG! ZUBARI! ZUBARI! WAAAAHHHH WANNA SEE ZUBARI NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!! WAKAKAKKAKAAAA...I think I need to go like surf some Japanese fans sites or something and see if anyone's said anything (which I'm SUUURREEE they must've if he HAS gone dark!) OMG CINDY, DITHERS, TAMMY (and whoever else is a fan of dark-haired Takki!) Get ready for TATSUYA! OOOOHHHH YAAAYYY BABBYYYY!!!

Initial D: the movie

2005-06-06T00:20:00.000+01:00

I don't normally blog about stuff outside of T&T or Johnnys (well not in a long time anyways)but this I just have to write about....

Finally got my butt over to the INITIAL D Official Site earlier (WORD OF WARNING if you're planning to vist the site: it takes FOREVER to load...><" a skip intro option would've been nice man...) and wakakakaaaa am sooooo excited about it. AT LAST we have release dates YAYYY!!! It feels like I've been waiting FOREVER for this film to come out!!!! WHAT am I talking about?!?!??! I HAVE been waiting forever for it to come out!!!!!!! LOL...

Some info about he film itself: Initial D: the movie is directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak – the duo behind the Infernal Affairs trilogy. It took 18 months to complete and was shot in Japan and Hong Kong. Cast wise - the film stars Jay Chou (YAYYY!), Anne Suzuki, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Anthony Wong, Chapman To and Jordan Chan. Not a bad cast huh?! Well ok would've been nice if Edison wasn't part of the cast but ><" what can you do eh?! Sorry to anyone who likes Edison but I just don't dig the guy at all...

As for release dates - according to the site...they are as follows:

June 23 2005
Hong Kong, China

June 24 2005
Taiwan

June 27 2005
Malaysia, Singapore

July 2005
Thailand

September 2005
Japan

Hmm with any luck they'll have the film out on vcd/dvd shortly after it's cinematic release...maybe in August? or September? *CROSSES FINGERS* Me...wishful thinking? (hope not - I've been waiting long enough for it!!!!)

More about Jay: I was reading this other article about the movie and apparently - despite it being Jay's acting debut he received nothing but praises for his performance. WOOHOOO! GO JAY!!!! Not that that surprises me though. What I'm MORE surprised about is how long it took...erm...whoever it is who cast stars in films THIS LONG to get Jay on a film...I mean all his pv's are practically like mini-films themselves and all clearly show off his acting-talents ---> yvie baffled! BUT THEN saying that - Jay is ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC...^^ Speaking of which - Jay's apparently written two songs for the film - 'Drifting' (which sounds really good - v Jay! Love his vocals on it!) and rough translation from canto: 'Towards the north' (something like that!)

Admittedly I know sod-all about cars but films based on cars I LIKE A LOT! ^^ I remember when me and my friends went to see 'Fast and the Furious' we all came out of the cinema just gushing like crazy over it. I mean hey - the storyline was crap, the acting wasn't all that either but hell the cars themselves looked HAWT! XD And erm am gonna sound like a right nut but everytime I watch it I get such an adrenaline rush and sooooo wish I could drive like those guys do in the film esp that really sassy chick. Michelle... Michelle... umm Michelle whtever her name is... *lol* gawd...am so bad with names...XD

Hmmm now if only I got the same feeling when I watched SPEED STAR...then I might've liked it a bit more. I mean it wasn't THAT BAD a film and Takki did look pretty HAWT in it (except erm...as much as I HATE to admit this I didn't like the hair!!!! *SHOCK HORROR* YES you heard me! YVIE...who WORSHIPS Takki's hair - DID NOT LIKE HIS HAIR IN THAT FILM!!!!! ^^;;;)...it's just that...well...let's put it this way...he's taken on better projects. *shrugs* I dunno... maybe I need to like go and watch it again or something...cos CONFESSION I HAVE only seen it like...twice? and can't really remember much (BAD BAD BADDDD SIGN!!!!) except the way Takki looked (naturally) and that it really didn't impress me much...*gets whacked by everyone*

ACTUALLY come to think of it...where the heck IS my copy of Speed Star...?!?!?!?

p.s. - Not sure if you guys know already but ep 12, 13 + 14 of YOSHITSUNE - ENG SUB are now available through BT! Go HERE for Ep 12, HERE for Ep 13 and HERE for Ep 14!

Ex Johnny Jrs...

2005-06-05T23:29:00.000+01:00

[Wrote this a couple of days ago but haven't been well enough to edit and post up till now. Actually I don't even know if it's worth reading but seeing I took my time to write it's seems like a waste if I didn't post it up...]

I learn something new about Takki + Johnnys...every day...

In my last entry I posted up a Takki interview which I stumbled upon and you may remember there was one question which asked Takki what he thought of the whole scandal involving 4 Johnny members back in 98 which lead to their eventual expulsion from the Johnnys...one of whom he was good friends with.

Anyways just a continuation of that....was over at Absolute Baka browsing around as usual and came across a topic which included an article containing a bunch of interesting stuff about it...

Before reading the article (+ thread) I had known very little about that incident... I mean I knew the names of those who were expelled (although it was only recently after watching a bunch of 8JidaJ eps was I able to put a couple of those names to faces) and I knew the reason behind it. But that was IT...I didn't know what ACTUALLY happened nor did I know how much commotion it caused at that time.

The English translation itself wasn't that great and I didn't really get some of the bits (not just cos of the English but cos some of it just didn't connect at all) but a brief summary: back in Nov 1998 - 4 Johnny members (Hamada Kazuo, Osaka Shunsuke, Omi Kazuki and Anazawa Shingo) all aged between 15-16 attended a party organised by real estate personnels. They were invited along by a stylist assistant who was under contract with TV Japan and it was at this party where the four were seen illegally drinking, smoking and going into a ktv with girls. The 4 were interrogated but later discharged. The articles then goes onto say that because the party itself wasn't related in any way to the Jimusho - they had initially wanted to keep the whole thing underwraps but eventually the news leaked out after a magazine published pictures from that party in Jan 99, causing a real stir in the media...hmmm apparently it was reported on NHK and Takki - I'm guessing being the leader and all - even had to go Music Station to make a public apology (poor Takki ) and in the end - the Jimusho had no choice but to dismiss the four.

Hmm...I know next-to-nothing about Omi Kazuki and Anazawa Shingo - no idea what they look like and no idea how popular they were as jrs but I know that both Hamada Kazuo and Osaka Shunsuke were up there with the likes of Takki, Tsuba, Subaru, Yuki and Aiba back in the 98 and I reckon they'd still be pretty popular now if they hadn't been kicked out esp. Osaka. But then...apparently Osaka IS still in the entertainment industry - so who knows maybe he still is popular. But I haven't noticed him though. Actually I'm kinda curious about him - might google him later and see what I can dig up. (*lol* feel like some sort of reporter XD)
I don't really know what to make of the whole scandal itself. I mean on the one hand all 4 of them WERE def old enough to realise that what they were doing WAS ILLEGAL and thus in a way - they kinda brought it on themselves. But on the other hand - I can't help but feel sorry for the four. I mean at the age of 15-16 you're in the midst of your teens (a rebellious age) and you naturally become curious about drinking...smoking etc etc...and if they had been 'normal' teens then sure...they prob would've gotten away with it. But they didn't - simply because they're JOHNNYS (and popular ones at that!). Actually I doubt that they even knew how serious their actions would turn out to be. Such a shame...

The article also mentioned how Johnny had actually planned to debut Takki with four other members but the plans were dismissed after that big upheaval. I seriously had NO IDEA about that - I mean I read somewhere that there was a rumour going round about Takki maybe debuting in Arashi (I'm guessing around Sugao 2 time when Takki went with Aiba, MatsuJun, Nino and Sho over to the U.S) but never had I heard of him debuting with others ('others' as in Osaka and Hamada?!)

You know what though - to be perfectly honest with you guys..I'm kinda glad that things turned out the way they did...not for the 4 that were kicked out...but for Takki. I'm SO glad that THAT debut never happened cos well obv there wouldn't a T&T now! OMG what a horrible thought - NO T&T!!!! T&T have just achieved so much together since they debuted - and a lot of those things I doubt they would've been able to do if they had debuted in a (different) group. I mean I'm not saying that they wouldn't have been able to shine in the 5-member group - afterall if you're a born to shine - YOU WILL SHINE but things just would've been different you know?! And at the end of the day I really do believe that BOTH Takki & Tsuba debuted with the BEST person they could've possibly debuted with...

RESPECT to (papa) Takizawa: BORN LEADER

2005-05-29T10:44:00.000+01:00

Sorry for doing another disappearing act on everyone (lol seem to be very good at it lately!) - needed to take a mini-break after all the madness...

Anyhoooo....I was surfing around earlier and found the following article which made a really interesting read and figured you guys might like to have a scan through too.

Full credit goes to webmistress who translated the article at:
http://www.geocities.com/kamisen_2000/takizawa.htm

Interview from Nikkansports
Hideaki Takizawa 2/14/1999

Nice

Q: The turning point was when you entered Johnny's Company 4 years ago?
A: I had a wish of getting married long ago because I wanted to have my own kids. At the end of 7th grade, (btw how old are 7th graders?! sorry for such an INCREDIBLY BAKA q but I'm really not familiar with all this grade malarky - we do it by 'years' over here! LOL...but I gather he was pretty young? mmm 12? 13?) I wasn't doing really well in school, so I thought about things like "How about getting a job and will I get married in the future?" So, I joined Johnny's, thinking about doing one thing that no one has done before. (<--THAT's SO Takki!!!) It's not only the entertainment area, anywhere is fine for me. I admire "Hikaru Genji" when I was little, and my older sisters like Kinki Kids, so we usually go see them together. (<--- CUTE! btw does anyone know how much older his sister is?)

Q: Why do you want kids so much?
A: I am the smallest among my siblings, so I want things I can protect and take care, even if it's some little puppy. (I guess this kinda explains why he has like three pups then?!) really wanted to a younger brother or sister. When I told my mom, suddenly my mom happily called "Papa~." I said, "Why are you calling Papa for?" ^o^. (keke...awww his mum sounds so cute. Wonder what she's looks like?! Wonder if he looks anything like her?! But then...i think Takki said he looks more like his Dad?! *lol* or am I just making things up again!?)

Q: In Johnny's Jr. there are many kids who are younger than you.
A: They're cute! In "Hachi ji da J", I remember all their names. (*HEARTS* TAKKI yes yes v imp that you remember ppl's names. Unlike SOME ppl *cough*Johnny*cough* I really wish he would stop all that YOU-TACHI business!!!) When we were resting during our tour, two kids came to me with their crying face, telling me "I don't have socks for tomorrow." So, I took them to wash their socks, "Well, let's go wash them then." (<---- I CAN SO IMAGINE the situation...kyaaa Takki is such an awesome onisan ^^ No wonder all the lil ones adore him - well erm all except inoo-kun that is! *whacks the boy senseless* what a BAKA!)

Q: Right now, there are about 120 members in Johnny's Jr., how was it like when you were at the audition in entering the company 4 years ago?
A: At that time, they called 5 people at a time, and we go in front of the video camera saying our names. (oh how I would love to have seen the audition tape ^^) That was it. They didn't ask me about my intention or motive in entering the company, so I thought that I must've failed the audition... But, the people from the company came and invitely me lightly, "if you come, then come take the lesson." There was no formal letter saying that I passed.I still don't have it now. (<--- I CAN'T BELIEVE that! *shakes head* wonder if they even signed an official contract....) I think lessons and auditions are linked. If a kid doesn't feel like taking the lessons, he will not be able to pass and spirited (bang bang)?.

Q: Upon entering Johnny's, one of the required lesson was to do a back flip?
A: When I joined Johnny's, V6's Gou and Ken were very popular. Jr. have increased their work more than taking lessons. After entering the company, there were many times we just go on-air without practice, so there were many failures. One time I fell on my head when I tried to do the back flip in V6's concert. I remembered that I did the back flip, but after that, I can't tell whether it was dark or light. (*sobsob* poor chibi Takki) It takes more courage than being athletic to do a back flip. If you hesitate, you can't do it.

Father in early days

Q: In both concerts and drama, your activity area has increased, but when do you feel most satisfied?
A: Of course, concerts. It's a good indescribable feeling, a big burst at work. It's fun to be in the back of the senpai (seniors, like V6, Kinki Kids, SMAP, etc...), but it feels good when they are not on the stage. When we dance, our eyes would meet, and we would exchange casual phrases, which makes us stand out. When members fight over stupid things, they would make up during the concert. There is a saying that fits this, "One candy is not sufficient."

Q: The cheering of "Takki" during concerts were great!
A: Actually, that's how everyone calls me at my dad's company before. After joining Johnny's and when the fans call me "Takki", it kinda gives me a weird feeling. It's my nickname between my father and me. Because I'm shy, I don't talk a lot in front of people when I was in elementary school. When I return back to the concert stage, I would walk towards people who does not hold the fans with my name. (<--- I found this last line particularly interesting...I never realised that he found it so uncomfortable. Good thing he 'grew' out of it ^^)

Q: How is your feeling in wanting to form a new group (such as Tokio, V6...)?
A: Sure! We'll work hard for the purpose of making a new group. Before striking out on singly, I'd like to have a CD debut as a group. 5 people for a group is the best. (NOOOO TAKKI! Tsuba is all you need!!!! LOL...) During the tour, I feel constrained to "Only guys!" When we change our clothes, we have to hang our clothes, but there are members who don't. There definitely are guys who have smelly socks around. And for people who doesn't like group activity, it could be settled by Jr. That is very amazing.

Q: Recently, there was an incident about 4 members illegally drinking and smoking. What do you think about that?
A: One must have the right conscious to do such thing, otherwise, don't (?). I think all of the Johnny members must have such right conscious. But, for this incident, shouldn't we start to learn again what one must take to be responsible for his action? We don't want to end the road in which our senpai have built for us just because of this incident.

- I think it's REALLY interesting that they asked Takki this question esp. cos he was pretty close to Hamada Kazuo (who if I remember correctly was the one who gave him that X ring) so it must've been really weird when he 'lost' that friend. I really do like his answer esp the part about being responsible for your action. V mature indeed!

Hmmm you know what I really want to know though - does he still keep in touch with any of them?! And I wonder what they're doing now?! Hmm I wonder what things would be like now if that incident never happened?!

Yamaguchi Tomoko

Q: You're in your first NHK's historical drama, acting as the eldest son of Yoshinara Uenosuke, were you bewildered?
A: It is hard to imagine because that world is different than the one today. It was a great effort just memorizing and say things. When my legs get numb for sitting (kneeling), I sat in frog position (spread legs out). I wore the hakama (kimono for men)...

- LOL bet it's NOTHING compared to what he's had to do for Yoshitsune...Hmm I wonder if this taiga is still available to buy....really want to see esp cos this is the ONLY drama that him and Tsuba have been in together. (LOL that IS the taiga they're talking about right?!??!?!)

Q: In the beginning of rehearsal, it is heard that your senpai, Higashiyama Noriyuki gave you special training?
A: For my purpose, he taught me how to move my feet. He also gave me advises, "Do things slowly, and it's okay to read your script. You must speak clearly word by word, so the audience can understand you." He's a very nice person. If he came, then I would feel safe.
*all hail senpai Higashiyama* XD

Q: Have you thought about what it would like if you were just a normal high school student?
A: I would try working. I admire working at a cozy little ramen shop. It's not just money, but I'll try to look for a shop that I can use.
OH MAN! Just how CUTE is this guy?!?!? keke...hmm I wonder if he still dreams of opening up a ramen shop now?!

Q: What do you do on days that you're off?
A: Nothing special. At home, I would revitalize my body and health. I don't listen to music, so I don't know what songs are popular now. Recently, I've been watching this drama, "Love Generation" (last last year October's drama). Movie wise, it's "Titanic." (*thud* suddenly remembering that Titanic re-enactment he did with Hosoki-san! YABAAAAIIII!!!!! KYAAAAAA...would've been so much better if it was him and Tsuba!!!! XD)

Q: Do you go to movies?
A: Only twice in my whole life. (twice! TWICE!!!!!) I went to watch "Titanic" and "Deep Impact" with members. (hmmm wonder which memebers....) When I went to watch "Titanic", it was almost finish showing, so it wasn't as crowded. At that time, it has already passed the popularity level.

Q: Types of women you like is?
A: Yamaguchi Tomoko. She's smart and quick on decisions. Even when she's mean, you don't see that part of her, which is good.

- For those of you who aren't familiar with Japanese actresses - Yamaguichi Tomoko is the same actress who played the female lead in LONG VACATION. More info HERE about her...

Q: When do you want to get married?
A: I thought about getting at 24, (*THUD* 24!!!!) but recently, I noticed that I can't. Maybe it's hard to do both job and marriage. If I had to choose between the two, I would definitely choose my work. (<--- ahhh shows how dedicated he is to his work!!!!!)

Q: What kind of family do you look forward to?
A: A happy family ^o^. A born to be smart wife, and I am the boss of the house. If I have a daughter, I probably don't want her to be the wife. (*gushes* this guy is seriously too cute for words!)

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Interesting read?

I think so....

I REALLY DO LOVE reading articles like this.

It's articles like this which reminds me why I adore and respect him so much. I think it's especially cute when he talks about himself wanting to be a father and also about his time as the Johnnys leader. The latter is def something which I'm very curious about and have always wanted to know more...

Actually reading this article reminded me of the Fujin Koron one which March translated not long ago. That was def one of the best articles I've read about Takki so far. It was SO HONEST!! AND I think more than anything I was just really touched by everything he said in that article...like to the point where I was almost brought to tears. Not only was I extremely proud of him for having gone through what's he been through and in the end coming out on top but it was also painful to know that he sacrificed a lot and suffered because he was put into that position. I mean you could of course say he himself chose his own path...and that is true to an extent but I doubt that even he really knew what he was getting himself into when he "signed" his life away to Johnny...^^;;;;;

SIDE TRACK: does anyone actually know when Takki officially became the Johnnys leader?!?! I've been trying to find/figure it out but getting NO WHERE! ^^;;;;;

I think Takki is def one of those stars that, even if you're not a fan of his you can't help but still hold a level of respect for him because of what's he's achieved at such a young age. And I DO think that even goes for the ones who dislike him...YES GIRLS unfortuntately I think there are such ppl out there! *cough*blinddeafstupid*cough*...but hmmm you know - I'm sure deep down those fools like him...really...they just don't realise it yet! XD I MEAN HECK - WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE ABOUT THIS GUY?!?!?!?!?!?!

He's just puuuuurrrrrrfeeeecccctttttt! ^^

p.s. Found something over at Yahoo Auctions Japan which I thought you TxT fans might want to take a peek at XD...

LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD XD

p.p.s. For those of you who use JPop Suki you might've realised that the site had been inaccessible for the past week. DON'T WORRY it hasn't suffered the same fate as PMM and inheavysyrup *phew* Appaerently they're just upgrading. They have a radio up though which you can get to from HERE.

It's A JOKE + GO! KON footage + 24HrTv JD DVD

2005-05-24T22:51:00.000+01:00

I've ranted to some of you already about this but I just feel the need to rant here too...OH MY LORD - I CAN'T BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT T&T's 'MARRIAGE' WAS FOR REAL and took those two aho's joke so seriously.

Yesterday I dropped by Absolute Baka and noticed someone had started a thread on the 'marriage'...so I popped in and begun reading the posts....and 30 seconds in...I couldn't help but shout out 'WAHHHH YOU BAKAS' at the top of my voice. LOL...seriously man - I'm still finding it so hard to believe how some 'bought' into the whole thing...I mean HEEELLLLOOOOOOOOO?!?!?! T&T were OBVIOUSLY JOKING. They were OBVIOUSLY playing with the TxT fans heads. Was chatting to Loracyn about this earlier and was like saying - how can it NOT be obvious?! (or is it SO OBVIOUS that they thought it was true?! lol is there even such a thing?!? XD) Esp. cos this isn't the first time (and prob won't be the last) that they've joked about the whole married couple + wedding thing. And because of that, that's why we all naturally played along.

LOL gawd...I can soooo imagine Takki and Tsuba just smirking away after hearing what a riot they caused. XD They sure know how to get us all talking don't they?!?! XD

Anywayssss....saw some GO! KON footage - courtesy of Elysia @ JC...the clip was less than 2mins long but it was enough to have me bouncing off my bedroom walls (LOL seem to be doing that a lot! XD) GO! KON looked sooooooo awesome and it's such a shame that there won't be a dvd! *sulks in corner*

I really like the look of the stage...esp. how that huge-arse screen stretched accross it ^^ Outfits were top - although have to say I DO prefer the ones from Harukon. Oh and I didn't cap it (main reason: I couldn't cos every single cap came out blurred!) but I'm SO IN LOVE with that outfit Tsuba sang 2nd Face + Axel (?) in - that long dark coat with the snakeskin patterned collar and the RED GLOVES *HAWTNESS*

Also can I just say I'm SOOOOO LOVIN' all of Takki's pinku accessories as well...WAH so many pinku-things this year! Pinku ODOD scarf, pinku belt he wore with pinstripe suit, long pinku pikapika coats, the pinku baseball top (altho in the interview of this clip he wore a white baseball top! why Takki? why not the kawaii PINKU one?!?!?) annnnddddd...pinku mic!!!! (well ok just the bottom of the handle but still some pinku!)

Awwww....don't you just love Takki for loving pink so much?!? keke...KAWAII!!!!

OH & TAKKI FANGIRLS - IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE!!!!

LOOK....

THE ABS ARE BACK!!!!!

THE ARMS LOOK AS CHOMPABLE AS EVER!!!

AND HIS BACK LOOKS SO DAMN MOLESTABLE AS WELL!!!!

wakakakakakakakaaaa....YES the boy was looking genki! The boy was looking healthy...AND HE HAD A TOWEL ON HIS HEAD! HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!! *squeeeeeeee* XD <--- ignore me - this is just one of those side-effects of Takizawa DRUG! I'll come off my high SOON LOL...

*ahem* anyways....best bit of the clip was def this....

T&T hold hands...bow to the audience and then BOW TO EACH OTHER!!!!! *dokidoki* DEF no other way to describe that bit but CUTE!!!! btw look at tanned Tsuba looks....^^

*drowns in a pool of cuteness+hawtness*

Complete change of topic...

25th tomorrow which means that -> the 'Chichi no umi, Boku no sora' dvd is FINALLY released. I actually popped by CdJapan earlier to check if they've shipped my dvd yet and I noticed they posted up a pic of the FRONT & BACK cover at last...

LOL ok nothing special...seen all the pics before but STILL...Takki is EXTREME EYE CANDY on cover and with...might I add....bery bery gorgeous sarasara hair! hohohoooo...yes hair is DEF one of Takki's assets which I have a MAJOR fetish for...along with his sunshine smile...chomp-fest arms...'curly' lips...beautifully-groomed-hands...frowny eyebrows XD...cute ears (OMG did I just say his ears were CUTE?!??!)...washboard stomach...ahh heck I just LOVE the WHOLE PACKAGE!!! XD

Anyways cannot wait to get this. I STILL have no idea what the extras are though...I tried squinting the best I could to read the back cover but I seriously couldn't make out a THING!!!

hmm....maybe I should go find a magnifying glass....

FINALLY after all these years...

2005-05-22T18:38:00.000+01:00

Takki & Tsubasa have officially tied the knot!!!!!

*dances around room...throws confetti...starts bouncing off walls*

OMEDETOUUUUU TAKITSUBA ON YOUR MARRIAGE!!!

oohh I wonder where they're off to for their honeymoon?! Takki's place perhaps where they're most comfortable? ^^

Gosh I've been grinning like a cheshire cat all day because of this ground-breaking news XD - I think my family are beginning to wonder what the heck is wrong with me LOL...but I CAN'T HELP IT...everytime I think about it I can't help but giggle to myself and imagine how incredibly SCHWEET the whole proposal and announcement must've been. GAAAHHHH ALL THOSE LUCKY LUCKY FANS!!!!!! Can feel myself turning GREENER than GREEN by the second!!!!! *thud* Hmm I wonder if Snuffles & Loracyn managed to make either of those shows...?!?! *ponders* Will have to interogate them when they arrive back home ext love-sick in a couple of days! XD

Then as if that wasn't big enough news - there was then all that announcement oftheir SOLO CON'S taking place at the end of this year!!!!! Good gawd...these boys are like Energizer bunnies ... THEY JUST NEVER STOP!!!!!!

Ok need to list:

- Yoshitsune (Takki)
- Solo Cons
- Xmas event (?)
- New Album + promo (events?)
- Some new project for Takki (JD maybe?!) which requires him to go DARK! (WAKAKAA TATSUYA!)

Have I missed anything out?! I feel like I have...and you know what the scariest thing is - I have a feeling that I'm going to be ADDING stuff to that list in coming months. ><" KYAAA talk about crazy-insane and verging on UNHEALTHY!!!!! *kicks Johnny w/all my might up the arse* GAWD I really hope they're gonna be ok esp Takki...ok so he's a workholic but SURELY even workholics need a rest from time to time...afterall he's only HUMAN!!! (or wait...is he?! ^^;;;)

Hmm and another thing - I must admit...although I'm ecstatic that they're both having solo tours, like nere, I kinda wish it was another T&T tour seeing that Go!Kon was so short this year...I mean of course the solo con will be a brilliant experience for them both and I'm sure they'll put on a fantastic show but...but...I dunno...I can't help but feel that it's kinda soon for them to be working on a solo tour and plus after so much SOLO work this year - wouldn't it be 'better' that they had more unit work?!?!?! And *whispers* things always turn out so much more fun + not to mention interesting (esp. for us TxT fans XD) when they're together...*shrugs* I dunno...that's how I feel anyways...

But anyhoooo...for those of you who don't know already - Tsuba's is scheduled to take place in September whilst Takki's is in November!!! That leaves 3/4 months for Tsuba fans to plan their sakusen and 5/6 months for Takki fangirls! THANK GOD they have that much time!!! I wonder how big these solo tours are gonna be?! Like will they be going all-out for them and tour up and down the country or will it just be a few dates at the major cities e.g. Tokyo, Osaka...etc...Hmm and I wonder if they'll be playing at the same venues?!?!?! ?! Gawd suddenly have the urge to go dig around for info on Kochan and Tsuyo's past solo tours and see what happened for theirs...lol...

You know what - I actually went and checked out plane ticket prices for around that time!!!! I mean there's a slim chance of me being able to make it ^^;;; BUT you know just in a case/out of curiousity and ermm...well...*pouts *...hmmm it'd def cheaper for me to take an in-direct flight which for around Nov time would set me back at £400 which isn't *bad* I guess esp for somewhere on the opposite side of the world...but then there are OTHER things into consideration...A LOT of other things which unfortunately requires some of the big M word! ^^;;;; Aiyaaaaa ALWAYS comes down to that doesn't it?!?!?!... *poutsstaresatfloortwiddlesfingerssigh* what to do?! WHAT TO DO?!?!?!

Oh btw was browsing through Yahoo Auctions Japan earlier and found a bunch of interesting T&T-related stuff...

Official Shop Pics (?) 1
Official Shop Pics (?) 2

The ones of them lying on their tummies next to each other look SOOOO cute!!!!! I'm just erm ...not too sure about that top Tsuba's wearing....MOOOOOOOOO....XDXDXDDDD

Paparazzi Pics - Takki
Paparazzi Pics - Tsuba
Paparazzi Pics - T&T

GAHHHH wish the seller didn't plaster all that text over the pics...I mean I understand if ppl want to put a watermark or what-not over their scans but that is just OTT!!!!! Anyways I have NO IDEA whatsoever when these were taken but I think they look quite recent. Looks like they were taken in the evening? maybe? And they were in some car park?! *shrugs* Ooohhh and how much do I loovvvveeeeee what Takki's wearing!!!! WHITE SUIT-BLAZER ALERT!!!! WHITE-SUIT-BLAZER ALERT!!!!! *THUD* And Tsuba's sooo kawaii in his checked-shirt & cap!!!! I wonder what is written on his cap?!?!?!

Oricon Style Cover
Oricon Style - Inside
MORE Oricon Style + other mags -> 1 2 3

I WANT THIS MAG!!!!!!! GIRLS LOOK at that way Takki is putting that strawberry into his mouth!!!! KAWAII!!! And Tsuba's hair is looks SOOO KANPEKI as well...I def like his hair best when it's styled that way and it's such a lovely (uke) length too! ^^

*runs off to hunt for more stuff*

T&T arm-wrestling melts

2005-05-20T23:34:00.000+01:00

I must be NUTS!

I went up to London today to collect my monthly magazines - which would normally cost me a little short of £20 - but I ended up spending £30 instead!!!! £30 on magazines which *ahem* I can't even read properly! ^^;;;; At least before this mag shop in China Town shut down I was able to get the Taiwanese Version of WU and so could read SOME of it...but now ^^;;;;

*sigh* why can't I be one of those people who are super-duper at languages?! You know those who effortlessly pick up a language in ridiculously short period of times. ^^;;; Lately I've been looking into starting some formal Japanese lessons but unfortunately most of the places I've come accross say I have to wait until SEPTEMBER before I can enrol in some beginner classes. SEPTEMBER - can you believe that?! *shrugs* Oh well - guess it'll just have to be self-study till then...

ANYWAYS....so everyone finished d/l the last of the T&Ts downloads now?

Been pretty tough huh?! ESP cos our boys were on SOOOOOO MANY SHOWS!!! *pats pc-chan...ahhh you have served me well the past few wks oh-lil-one! (<---Star Wars vibe *thud*) But it was all SO worth though...yes every second of those countless hours spent searching and waiting around for d/l to fini was ALL worth it...

I only just got round to watching Pop Jam and Heyx3 the whole way earlier through - YEH I KNOW what a crime eh? seeing that they were aired YONKS ago but kyaaa got majorly sidetracked watching the English Sub version of Yoshi and well I ALSO blame my sister for getting me hooked on Naruto LOL...Heyx3 was SO awesome though and I CANNOT stop watching the arm wrestle. GAWD just how CUTE are those two?!?!? I mean ok so I'd already seen a bunch of caps over at different forums but I don't think any number fo caps could've ever capture the sheer cuteness!!!!

Before I start ranting about the arm wrestle though - can I just say - I'm in LOVE with what Takki and Tsuba wearing! I mean after seeing TakiTsuba time and time again in those (now not so?! LOL) kakkoii suits it was a real nice change to see them in something a bit different and TOP MARKS to whoever it was that dressed them in their smart-casual outfits cos they both looked sooooo gorgeous and were sooooo well colour coordinated too!

Ok the arm wrestle....

As you prob all know (or can guess) Takki won...and went onto to win all his matches against the other competitors - TAKIZAWA SUGOIIII!!!! KYAAA but the whole 'build up' to it and the match itself...was just dokidokidoki... *HEART*

Call me crazy - but there's just someting about the way they grip onto each others hands like that which gets me soooo giddy esp in this clip man where T&T were there gripping onto each others hand for a good 30secs (or more!) LOL...thank you Mr Tanaka-san for spazzing-out (HILARIOUS when one of presenters kept trying to tickle? him XD) and repeating yourself over and over and over again (TANAKA DESU YOOOO LOLLLLL) - thus delaying the start of the match and making Takki and Tsuba 'hold' each others hands for THAT long....hohohooooo...and ooohh I LOVED the way Tsuba just kept 'adjusting' his hand...

OK I HAVE to just talk about this particular shot....

*HEARTHEARTHEARTTODEATHHHHHH*

Minna - just LOOK at that smile! LOOK at that dimple. *grinslikeacheshirecat* *meltsintogiganticpileofgoo*

Takki SO could've won Tsuba in 1/2 seconds flat but nope...he didn't - Takizawa for some reason decided to take his time. He actually brought Tsuba's hand down and held it just above the that blue block for a few secs before oh-so-gently (*HEART*) bringing it down completely to win the match. KYAAA and the way he glanced over at Tsuba was SO DAMN CUTEEEEE!!!!! NOW IF ONLY they showed a close-up of Tsuba's face too!!!! I would've soooo love to have seen Tsuba's face...hmmm now I wonder if he looked over at Takki?!

T&T SHOULD SOOOOO ARM-WRESTLE MORE OFTEN!!!!!

Actually earlier on I got a real urge to watch the JSports03 arm wrestle and so went and dug out my vcds and FF straight to that part and I seriously can't decide which of the two wrestles is cuter....

Th JS wrestle was like a 'warm-up' and I think the best bit about the start (pre-wrestle) was when Tsuba just lightly patted the top of Takki's hand. I HAVE NO IDEA WHATSOEVER why he did that - it was so random but hohooo it looked cute nonetheless ^^

And then the wrestle itself - Tsuba def put up more of a fight in the JS03 wrestle compared to the one at Hey x 3 but of course it still didn't help. XD And then MOST ADORABLE bit was when Tsuba had OBV lost the wrestle but still attempted to *try* and win by using both his hands...XDXDXDDDDD TSUBAKAAAA!!!! And then of course Takki being Takki just had to react with this loud 'OIIIIIII'!!!!! XD *glompsT&T*

SIDE NOTE: Check out the yellow boxing gloves in the left-hand corner of screen. Hmmm wonder if they're Takki's boxing gloves?! (DB boxing gloves?!) And LOL how much crap did they have dotted around their dressing room?!?!?!??! XD I was actually trying to figure out what all that stuff on the table was but camera kept moving ^^;;;;;;

Btw I ripped out the wrestle and merged it with the Heyx3 one & u/l onto good-olde YSI- so for anyone's who's interested - you can d/l clip from HERE ^^ AGAIN - this clip ONLY consists of the arm-wrestles - it does not include any of the other JS03 backstage-bits nor does it contain the talk/perf bit of Heyx3...

Back to Heyx3 - does anyone have any ideas who those two tall skinny guys are?!?!?! They were like on Waratte Iitomo with T&T too and were also mentioned on Utaban when Nakai & Taka were ripping it out of Plain Jane - Girl#5 (gah the poor thing - I felt so sorry for her! She didn't look *THAT* bad yo!!!!) Whoever they are...they were sure entertaining to watch! ESP OMFG their arm wrestle!!!!! XDXDXDXDDDD They seriously had me crying with laughter!!!!!! Muwahahaahhaah that WEEDY PAIR...I esp could not stop CRACKING UP at both their expressions and also the fact that they were both soooo giving it their all in *trying* to slam each other's hand down but their hands just DID NOT BUDGE!!!!! AND DIDN'T BUDGE for like FOREVER and then FINALLY after gawd-knows how long hot-pink tee skinny dude started to make some progress...only to have Tanaka-dude snatch away his crown...! ^^;;;; OH and guys if you haven't already done so - WATCH TAKKI in the background during this wrestle!!!! XDXDXDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD KAWAIIIIII!!!!!!

Ok loads more I coud say about this clip but erm...I think I've written enough for one night...time to dive back into my Yoshi-world...^^

p.s. *fingers toes eyes crossed that we got our message over to Avex* please let there be cameras at Yoko 2mo or Sun...PLEASE LET THERE BE CAMS AT YOKO TOMORROW OR/AND SUNDAY!!!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASSSEEEEE GIVE US A GO! KON DVD AVEX!!!!!

T&T FANS - LISTEN UP!!!!

2005-05-17T15:20:00.000+01:00

CALLING ALL YOU T&T, TxT, TAKITSUBA, TAKKI, TSUBA FANS OUT THERE!!!!!

Ok guys - it's time to join forces and take matters into our own hands again...

As you all know Takki and Tsuba have been touring. They did three shows in Osaka and two shows in Nagoya and in every one of those shows something pretty major happened e.g. THAT THING TSUBA SAID TO TAKKI!!!!! AND TAKKI'S FLYING KISS @ Osaka. I'm sure by now you've also all seen the auctions pictures from the con and you gotta admit they look pretty DAMN GOOD don't they?!

There are now just TWO MORE DATES left of this tour which are happening this very weekend (21st/22nd) @ Yokohama Arena.

WHICH also MEANS that this is our last chance to get Avex to bring us this footage!

SO....

MINNA!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLLLLEEEEAASSSEEEE GO REQUEST FOR GO! KON DVD @ AVEX!!!!!

It IS a much shorter tour this year and I'm not sure how POSSIBLE it'll be to get Avex to release a dvd but it's sure worth a try right?!?!?!

SO PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!! WE REALLY CANNOT LET ANOTHER 'TO BE' TOUR SITUATION HAPPEN AGAIN!!!!!!

INSTRUCTIONS:
Credit to Jenn @ 2nd Face for directions...

1) Go to http://www.avexnet.or.jp/tackeytsubasa/

2) Once you're there click on the SPECIAL (purple) TAG

3) Which should take you to a page like this....

Click on the MESSAGE button

4) You should now be looking at a page like this...

NOW - T Y P E - A W A Y ...

QUOTE from Jenn: "Please write that you hope for a "TAKITSUBA GO! CON 2005 DVD Released. Even if you just write it all in english, as long as they see the words T&T Go! Concert DVD I am sure they will get the message. "

Once you're satisfied with message - click on RIGHT button and you're all done!

MINNA ~ PLEASE HURRY cos we really don't have many days left till the Yoko dates and we NEED to bring this to Avex's attention asap!!!

DOUMO ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!!!!!
GANFAMMI!!!!

The mind-boggling world of obsessions

2005-05-16T22:43:00.000+01:00

Yesterday as I was channel hopping I came across this show about past crazes in England + people's obsessions in general. Most of the show was focussed on this one guy in particular - a dedicated fan of this football club. And when I mean dedicated I mean DEDICATED!!!! This guy had apparently been supporting this club for 27 years and in all those years he has NEVER once missed a single match (at the time of filming he'd been to 1500 of their matches) not only that but EVERYTHING in his house either had the club's logo plastered all over it (even the toilet seat!) or were painted in that club's colours (red or white). Oh and get this - he was due to marry his fiancee around that time and having made all the wedding arrangements he then found out that *shock horror* one of the team matches might have to re-scheduled to dun dun dunnnnnn...the SAME DAY as his wedding! *thud* And so the interviewer was like - 'well if it DOES need to be re-scheduled then would you cancel your wedding?!?!'...and OMG there was just the LONGEST SILENCE after that...which of course means only ONE THING YES HE WOULD CANCEL *THUD* I mean of course he didn't say it straight-out like that but that looonnnngggggg silence just totally gave it away.

Anyways I didn't actually finish watching the whole show so I have no idea what happened and if he actually had to cancel or what not. BUT DAMN can you imagine that?! Can you imagine being told a few weeks or days before your big day that you have to CANCEL cos your husband-to-be needs to go attend A FOOTBALL MATCH that day! ^^;;;;; like WTH?! ><" LOL OH MAN - you should've seen me though sitting there in our living room cursing away - with words/phrases like 'nutter', 'that guys is INSANE' and 'OMG how does his fiancee put up with him' flying out of my trap every few seconds. Later on that day though - I started thinking about what I'd seen and realised that actually I was being a right hypocrite cos well...my obsession is not actually that far off from this guy's. ^^;;;;; I mean ok so my house/room isn't covered with T&T like that guy's house was plastered with that footie club's emblem etc...and nor have I been able to attend any of T&Ts concert tours due to obvious reasons...B U T I think in terms of of obsessiveness over T&T I don't think I'm far behind. And scary thing is - I feel like I'm becoming more and more addicted to them - to the point now that I can't go through a day without doing something related to them...LOL is that erm...normal?! (OK don't answer that! XD)

I often hear Johnny fans say that although they've been into other celebs in the past - NEVER have they been THIS into a group before. And I feel the same too. I, myself could give you a huge long list of people who I've admired or gone absolutely ga-ga for in the past but none and I mean NONE OF THEM even come close to my current ga-ga-ness over T&T. I mean I haven't been into T&T for long - just over a year infact so I guess you could argue that I'm still stuck in the honeymoon period and still getting to grips with the craziness of this fanworld...but seriously I really can't see myself supporting ANYONE ELSE in the future...and I think it'd be incredibly STUPID of me to too...

...*ahem* HOWEVER IF in a moment of madness I actually commit such a crime please feel free to give me a right kicking and telling off to get me back on track!!!! thank you! ^^

Sometimes I wonder though just what is it about T&T which has gotten me *THIS* obsessed?

This is what I came up with:
I mean aside from their talent, looks etc... I think it also has A LOT to do with the sheer volume of stuff which they esp. Takki have done in the past and continue to do now.

I think what amazes me the most is that even a whole year (give or take) on - I'm not only STILL finding new tidbits here and there about them but I'm also FOREVER finding new things of theirs to buy/d/l which of course just fuels this obsession of mine EVEN MORE...and not only that - it seems that the more things I find out & the more I buy the bigger the kick I get out of supporting them.

Seriously man - there's no other way to describe but this -> T&T ARE LIKE DRUGS!!!!! ^^

SCARY HUH?!?!

But I don't regret entering this kind of fandom one bit - I've learnt so many things...made so many friends and it just makes v happy to be their fan!!!

And happiness is the most important thing right?! XD
p.s. Snuffles, Loracyn - BON VOYAGE!!!!

p.p.s. - Check out THIS POSTER at Ebay. LOL now I wonder what my 'rents would say if I they ever saw this on my wall...hohohoooo...

Dear Johnny-san: PLEASE give Tsuba another solo con tour!!!

2005-05-13T11:18:00.000+01:00

W A A A A A H H H H H . T S U U U U - B A A A A - S A A A A A . K A A A A A K K K K K O O O O O I I I I I I ! ! !

I'm in such a daze at the moment - just finished watching TsubaCon and GAH how much do I want to KICK whoever it was who decided to JUST release it through J-Web right now. ><" I mean I know I should be thankful that it was even released in the first place (thank you to EVERYONE who requested and requested for it!) ...and...I am...really I am - but it just bugs me that it wasn't released to the GENERAL PUBLIC thus not everyone is able to appreciate all the effort he put into his first solo con. KYAA I STILL CANNOT BELIEVE he only had TWO WEEKS...TWO WEEKS to sort out the whole show!!!!! Seriously - just how did he manage pull it off (and pull it off so well too!) Did he even sleep at all during those two weeks?!?! ^^;;;; Though...LOL he is a Johnny I guess - and Johnnys are just super-duper! XD

RESPECT TO TSUBA!!!!

Anyways the whole concert so classy - each and every song had its own flavour and of course Tsuba looked great in every ( and I mean EVERY!) single outfit he wore. That boy SURE has style!!!!! (not that I needed to tell you guys that of course!) LOL and I have to say - it was kinda nice not having Takki there being a distraction LOL...I admit whenever I watch T&T performances or dvds I naturally just stare at Takki...like although I adore Tsuba to death and I LOVE watching him dance and hearing him sing I do just gawp at Takki about 98% of the time and even when I want to look at Tsuba - I find it SOOOOOOO difficult to tear myself away from Takki. (anyone else find that?!?!?!) And so...because this time Takki wasn't there it allowed me to just concentrate on Tsuba and watch those lethal hips of his...^^

THANK YOU JOHNNY-SAN FOR GIVING TSUBA THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE!!!!!

Not really in the right frame of mind to write a full report so just gonna bullet-point random things about certain songs throughout the concert....

- Opening - I LOVED Tsuba's opening outfit (pikapika long sapphire blue jacket and stripey black and blue trews!) - prob my fave out of the whole concert and the way he opened the show was super-kakkoii!!!!! Esp. loved how he 'controlled' the water/fountains around the stage! ^^

- Axel - sharp - have always loved Axel but now love it even more cos the performance itself was so electric and then when he took off his jacket to sing nurete *squeeee* DAMN DAMN DAMNNNNN that boy looked HAWT + 100% seme!!!

- Fiesta de Venus - THE most beautiful performance - Tsuba was in his element...it's a mature, sexy song, the way he sang it was simply gorgeous (GAWD Tsuba has such an incredible vocal range!) and OMG the dance looked incredibly sexy too...there was this one move in particular where he was sitting on a chair and he ran his hand REAL SLOW down one of his legs...that move *killed* me. I just wish there weren't all those random fxs all over the performance...^^;;;; Seriously why do they have to add those silly effects?! It's not like it actually enhances anything...^^;;;;

- Ai Sekai - this would've been a lovely performance if it wasn't for Yabu's appearance. Yes Yabu again...LOL prob pissed and moaned about the kid plenty of times before but I'm sorli I just have to do it again! ><" ok so Yabu is pretty cute - that I can't deny - but why oh why oh WHHHHYYYYY was he there?!? WHHHHYYYY????? I wouldn't have minded AT ALL if he was just onstage dancing but singing as well?! Yes Yabu's voice has broken (or started to break) so it didn't sound so chipmunk-ish but still....nononononoooooo NO!!!!! You could of course argue that Ai Sekai was choreographed for T&T to perform as a unit ><" so it better to have that extra person on stage but STILL - I'm SURE it would work just as well as a solo performance...* sigh* it's like I keep saying - I really wish T&T wouldn't perform unit song when one of the Ts is absent - it just never has the same feel you know?! *kicks yabu away*

- Ikanaide/Go On - Out came THAT TUX and the pointy conductor's stick!!! Hohohoooo...I've seen Tsuba perform both songs SOOOO MANY TIMES but I never tire of watching (well not yet anyways) simply because he ALWAYS performs both songs with such intensity. Oh but you know what I LOVE most about this performance though - the fact that there weren't any of those STOOOOPID boxes and blurry effects obstructing the view. ooohhh how I love watching Tsuba's lethal hips in Go On.... XDXDXDDDDDDD

- MC + Letters to Juliet - Tsuba was SOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE in this! SOOOOOOOOO SOOOOO SOOOOOOOOOOO CUTEEEE!!!! His 'fan service' was truly sugoi! Not only was it just SOOOOO sweet of him to have given away his Adidas bag but omg the way he let everyone *molest* him, the way he held onto some of the fans hands as he sang (lol one of them I think was a Takki fan - she was wearing a hot pink feather boa anyways!) and kyaaaa when he SAT IN THAT LUCKY LUCKY GIRL'S LAP and cheekily turned to look at her!!! *super-jealous*

LOL you know what - I can't help but wonder - what if Takki had been there. What would Tsuba have done during this song - would he have just grabbed Takki's hand the way he grabbed Higashiyama's?! Or would he have done something else?!? *cough*satontakkislap*cough* - it really is so so soooooooo sad that Takki couldn't make it to Tsuba's first solo con...I mean I'm SURE if there's one person that Tsuba wanted to have been there to support him it's Takki. And I'm SURE Takki would've loved to have been there and would've been so damn proud of his aikata too...but EVIL NHK got in the way...*whacks NHK*

Another thing which popped into my head as I watched - I wonder if Takki would've done a fan service segment if it was his solo con. I mean for some reason I really can't imagine him going up to the fans and holding their hands or sitting in their laps..LOL...but then I could be wrong - afterall anything is possible with Takki...

- Futari no Yoru - I LOOOOOVVVEEEEEE FUTARI NO YORU!!!!! Tsuba sang it completely different from Takki but he still sounded really good nonetheless. Was actually trying to decide who's version I liked more but then I realised that there's no point in trying to pick cos they're both equally as good...just like how I couldn't pick between Takki singing 'Here I am' and Tsuba singing 'Here I am' - same song but each version has it's own vibe.

- Pride The End - OH MY GOD!!!! WTH was with all those boxes/chessboard effect! ><" I was so hoping that it'd just be at the start of the song but it wasn't - those boxes were there for the whole entire duration!!! ^^;;; Imo - THE worse effects I have ever seen - yes it was even worse than all that neon pink crap during Ero Dance 04! ^^;;; Oh but I did like the satin outfit Tsuba was wearing and the pre-intro dance was soooooo kakkoii!

- Diamond - I think this was filmed better than Harukon version - at least there weren't any (or as much?!) of those blurry effects. Must admit though - I think Diamond is best when T&T perform it as a UNIT!

- Epilogue - I erm actually cried during this...LOL was completely FINE at the start of the song but then the more Tsuba sang the more my eyes just starting welling up and then when it got to the bit where they showed Takki's message on the big screen and Tsuba turned round to look at Takki's message...I just lost it ^^;;;; (yah even though I had NO IDEA what Takki said in msge but the moment was so incredibly schweet)...baka huh?!...but Epilogue is just SO BITTERSWEET and when I think about all that stuff they both went through in 02 to debut as a unit I just can't help but get all torn-up about it...

All in all - for a first solo con which was put together in such a short space of time this was awesome with a capital A!!!! I enjoyed every single moment of it. The only real complaint I have was that it was TOO SHORT! The whole dvd ran for just over an hour and half with the extras running no more than 10mins. (or maybe even less!) i SO wish there was more extras *sigh* nvm...at least I got to gawp at Tsuba in a bathrobe...

Hmmm now I wonder when Tsuba will do it all over again?!?! (hopefully 2nd time round he'll have more time to prepare!) Or even...when it'll be Takki's turn to hold a solo con...hmmmmm....

Takki: THE biggest aho @ MS

2005-05-10T00:43:00.000+01:00

I've been sitting here laughing to myself like an idiot for the past couple of hours...

TAKIZAWA - could you possibly BE ANY MORE AHO?!?!?!?!

LOL...it was the full-episode of Music Station which finished downloading and OMGGGG I was SO NOT expecting that bit right at the start!!! I mean I knew they always did those pre-intro bits but I didn't think Takki would've done what he did esp cos the last time they were on MS with Serenade he BEHAVED and just stood there amongst all the guests.

ROFLMAO ~~~~ Takki YOU AHO AHO AHOOOOOO!!!!

Anyways I'm SO glad I didn't just flick STRAIGHT to the shimo-talk between T&T and Tamori-san (which was the ONLY reason why I decided to d/l the whole ep in the first place) - otherwise I would've NEVER caught Takki up to his old BAKA antics again...XDXDXDDDDD

You see even before the guests are intro'ed in the studio at the top of those steps - they do a little pre-intro - where the guests NORMALLY just stand there...flash a little smile - maybe even give the camera a little wink...wave or what-not...but of course - Takizawa just HAS TO do things a lil differently doesn't he?!

GUEST INTRO - 060505

The voice-over person is introducing all the guests that were going to be on the show that day like Ayu, Gackt...and band in above screencap (sorry NO IDEA what they're called). The camera at that point was obviously on them BUT you can also clearly see Takki standing in the background holding a microphone and waiting to be intro'ed himself.

Nothing weird about that of course...

...that is until the camera pans away from the group and towards T&T.

Takki for some reason (unknown to the aud at that particular moment) quickly CROUCHED DOWN in FRONT OF TSUBA (lol now is it just me or does that cap look a bit dodgy?!?! XD) bobbed back up again as the camera zoomed in, turned immediately to the camera and...only then do we all realise that...

...*THUD* THAT BAKAFOOLAHO HAD STUFFED THE WHOLE OF THE TOP OF THAT MIC HE WAS HOLDING INTO HIS GOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG TAKIZAWA WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!?!?!?!?!?!

ROFLMAOOOOO ~~~~~~~~

*bangs comp table...wipes tears...holds stomach...DIES OF LAUGHTER*

YOU BIG AHO - WHEN US FANS TOLD YOU TO EAT MORE WE DIDN'T MEAN EAT YOUR MIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*whacks Takki repeatedly*

OMG...this boy....this KID is just UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

And you know what makes it EVEN funnier?!??!! Tsuba's facial expression! You can't really see it that well in the caps but OMG he really really REALLY DID NOT look impressed with Takki AT ALL!!!! XDXDXDDDDDDDDDD

Sheeetttt my stomach hurts so much...

And then - after watching that bit on MS I immediately went dug out some of the old MS episodes from YUMEMO time cos I was so sure that he'd done this mic in gob thing before and hohohooo I was right....

MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

*yvie has another laughing fit*

Actually I think this Yumemo one was FUNNIER than the latest cos not only was the camera on T&T a little longer but Takki also did this 'choking' gesture/movement too...and Tsuba was standing there with the exact same facial expression as he had for the latest one...

OK I SO have to go find dig out my other MS eps and see what else he did. LOL...all I can remember is that him and Tsuba stuck tape on their face for that FAMOUS ERO-STATION ep...and then erm...played with toothpicks in another (think that was a ODOD one?!)..and OH Takki also wore these REALLY NERDY Dr-USO type glasses and pulled this HILARIOUS face in another yumemo ep but hmm...that's it...I can't think what he/they did for others...LOLLLL...

Oh hey - does anyone know if Takki did anything at the start of the 29/04 episode?! I'm downloading the ep at the moment but I've still got a LOOONNNNGGG way to go and I REALLY WANT TO KNOW NOWWW!!!! (and yes I am only d/l the ep just to see the bit at the start XD) ^^;;;;;

p.s. LOOK at how MEATY Takki's arms were around Yumemo time!!!!! me likey... *thud*

Heyx3 + Kamen Single: kirei photobook

2005-05-09T10:28:00.000+01:00

T&T were on Hey x 3 today and apparently they arm wrestled each other. LOL...don't think I need to say who won though seeing we could ALL prob guess which one out of the two won HANDS DOWN...and as far as I know has ALWAYS won HANDS DOWN in all arm wrestling where they've been up against each other. LOL you guys remember that arm wrestle T&T had backstage in their dressing room @ J Sports 03?! GAWD THAT was ABSOLUTELY - H I L A R I O U S - esp when Tsuba tried to use both his hands but of course it didn't help one bit! *pats Tsuba*

Anyhooo I just dropped by JPop Suki and there IS a pending torrent for Heyx3 Kamen Performance which will hopefully be approved soon. But to be honest I'm actually more interested in seeing this arm wrestle (and whatever else those two aho's got up to) - *fingers crossed* that some (other?) kind soul will u/l the WHOLE Hey x 3 or even better...just the T&T bits.

But moving on swiftly...

Kamen photobook rant TAKE TWO!

I've had this photobook for few days now and yet I still get all dokidoki whenever I flick through it. It's certainly a VAST IMPROVEMENT on the 12-pg booklet we got with the LIMITED EDITION of Serenade. I mean everything about it is just so stylish, so classy and so kirei. I didn't really know what to expect at first but then after hearing everyone kyaa about it I knew it was going to be good. Infact I think it EXCEEDED my expectations.

As you can see - the cover itself is simple, clean yet looks incredibly artistic and sophisticated at the same time. The (oriental) lillies in the foreground I think are especially a nice touch -> I'm guessing they're a continuation of the flower motif featured throughout the PV?! *yay to symbolism* Hmm I can't remember EXACTLY what the symbolic representations of flowers in general are but I DO know it's something sexual (LOL now why doesn't that surprise me one bit?! XD) and lillies themselves represents purity, chastity and innocence. LOL is T&T trying to tell us something? XD Or should I say - are they trying to mess with our heads again?!

Anyways here is a lil taster/spoiler for those of you who have yet to grab this edition or are still waiting for it to arrive. AND those of you who are on the fence about whether to buy this edition or not though...BUY IT!!!! If not for the songs then get it for the photobook!!!! I'm serious!!! You WILL NOT be disappointed!!!!!!!

There are actually A LOT MORE really gorgeous pics which I wanted to scan but couldn't/didn't want to cos that would mean having to damage the spine which is a BIG NO-NO in yvie's book.

*flicks through book again* hmm I really want to know who the photographer is - they did such a great job and sure know how to bring out T&Ts natural beauty to the MAX!!!! I mean ok so there isn't really anything THAT new about say the poses...actually they're pretty 'typical' but I don't think ANYONE can deny how STUNNING they both look. I esp LOVE the trademark B&W thing T&T have goin on - yup there's no doubt about it - Takki DEF looks best in white and Tsuba DEF looks best in black.

-HYSTERICAL FANGIRL MODE ON -

KYAAAAA GAWDDAMN - HOW HAWTTTT do they look in those fitted, half-unbuttoned shirts!!!!! *severely drools* And OMGGGG Takki in white vest!!!!!! HOLY MAMMA MIAAAA!!!! (*heart* belt *heartheart* gloves!!!!) I can't stop staring at his arms again - they're just...just...so BEAUTIFULLY SHAPED and look soooo incredibly soft!!! And the ones of T&T on couch - don't you just wish you could just JUMP THEM?!?!!! And...and...*THUD*

-HYSTERICAL FANGIRL MODE OFF-

*fan fan fan* phewww....ok that's better XD

Oohh one of my d/ls has finished...

re-u/ls

2005-05-08T22:25:00.000+01:00

I was going to come on and rant about photobook but I'm just too tired to write anything...well anything coherent and witty anyways XD but as promised here are the new links to those concert reports I posted up a couple of entries ago. Sorry it took so long but YSI was being pissy again! GRRR...><"

Douzo...^^

SC Johnnys Spring 02 Concert Report

Johnnys Power - Harukon Report

Any problems - do let me kno. ^^ ja!

p.s - Minna ~ remember to go pick up your monthly mags esp. WU - T&T ON COVER!!!!

Kamen / MK Single: Received

2005-05-07T23:13:00.000+01:00

URGH I'm sitting here surrounded by yucky-drenched-tissues at the moment - I hate colds I REALLY HATE COLDS!!!! And you know what else I hate -> BRITISH WEATHER!!! I wish it would make up it's mind...it's so annoying when it's sunny one minute and then pouring it down the next. I mean come on - how is a girl suppose to decide on what to wear out if the weather keeps changing?! Aiyaiyaaiii...but despite my stooopid runny nose and light-headed-ness - I'm in a pretty damn fine mood. (doesn't sound like it I know but really I am XD - I just have a erm...tendency to moan about things esp the weather XD...hmmm you don't say Yvie ^^;;;;) Mr postie *pats mr postie* delivered my beloved Kamen cds yesterday and I've been listening to nothing BUT those 5 songs since. (oh btw - uploaded the five songs onto radio blog - douzo...) I officially LOVE CdJapan XDXDXDDDD...I mean the delivery charges are high but - W H O - C A R E S - they got my T&T cds to me in FOUR DAYS!!!!! That's like a record!!!! *three cheers for CdJapan - Hip hip HOORAAAYYY!!!!* ^^ *ahem*

anywayssss... love love love the singles (goes without saying really but hey no harm in shouting it out to the world again right?! XDDDDD) My favourite cover is still the LIMITED EDITION one where T&T are kinda looking at each other...but not...awwwww uke Takki too shy to look at aikata...^^ I really like the composition of that picture - realyl like how T&T are leaning/have their heads tilted towards each other...and *squeeee* THEIR PROFILESSSSSS!!!! (I SWEAR Takizawa Hideaki has one if not THE most beautiful profiles I have EVER SEEN!!! EVER!!!) Sweet jesus - could they possibly BE any prettier?!?!! Takki esp. - looks so deliciously feminine and gentle in the picture. Whilst Tsuba - pretty but also screams out SEX(Y)!!! ^^ And I must say I DO love the yellow-tint they have going on on the Regular and Limited versions. It looks...I dunno...kinda FRESH?! (gomen - CANNOT think of the right descriptive words to describe it at the moment - damn where is that thesaurus?!??! ><) I'm STILL not feeling the GREEN of the cd+dvd version though - I dunno why...I mean the cover picture itself is sexy and all --> THOSE KILLER stares! (Snuffles, Loracyn - LOOK ext FROWNY EYEBROWS!!! *thud*) But the LIME GREEN is just...just...BLEURGH! *shrugs* I dunno I guess it just reminds me TOO much of that baka film! ^^;;;;;;

RIGHT - THE CONTENT -> waaahhh SO it WAS JUST the PV on the DVD!!!! *sigh* Hate to admit it - but I was kinda disappointed by that cos I REALLY did think it would be something different *gets whacked by everyone* yah I know...I KNOW I SHOULD NOT COMPLAIN seeing our boys have worked so hard on this single (LOOK AT THAT GORGEOUS PHOTOBOOK!!!!!) and well...I DO love that pv to death so it's great to have it in DVD quality! ^^...d e m o...*gets whacked even harder by everyone* waaahhh ok ok I'll shut about dvd...

NEXT...

BONUS TRACK: ROMANTIC - fantastic...absolutely FANTASTIC! Really love the track and like a lot of people - I think 'Romantic' IS def up there with the other awesome B-Side tracks like To Be and Queen of R. But then...saying that - it still doesn't beat Hito Natsu no... which is MY ABSOLUTE FAVE b-side track...I mean if there's one song that'll get you all hyped up - it's THIS ONE! ok that's just my opinion...but...it's got such a SUMMER feel to it and also great to drive to! ^^ (*HEART* the acoustic version from Harukon too!!! Guys GUYS don't you just LOVE the CUTTTEEE way Takki was swaying from side to side @ start of Acoustic Hito natsu no...when Tsuba was singing?!?!??!! *gushes like crazy*) Back to Romantic -> erm...you know what - the psychdelic/trance (are those even the right word to describe it?!) musical interludy bit at the start soooo 'worried' at first listen - seriously I was like EH??!! what?!?! Sci-Fi?! Star Wars? Star Trek? - BUT then as soon as the song KICKED IN - I really fell in love with it. Such a catchy melody (not as catchy as Kamen is mind you!) and I can SO IMAGINE this being an opening track of some anime. ^^ I also *heart* how T&Ts voices just 'weave' in and out of each others (bit like Hito natsu no...) and in some bits of song I actually find it difficult telling them apart!!! T&Ts voices BLEND soooooo well together!!!!! ^^

Ok my eyes are SO HEAVY! Need to go rest now - of course I still need to comment on that BEAUTIFULLLLL photobook but I'll come and do that tomorrow...^^

Minna ~ OYASUMI!

p.s. - re-u/l those concert report clips at the moment - will have the new links up 2mo! Thanks for your patience!

p.p.s - Kamen @ MUSIC FIGHTER is UP on BT. GO GO GOOOOOOO HERE! Annnnndddd something else on BT that might be of interest to you guys - an ep of SC featuring Takki - DATED: 20030615. TORRENT HERE It doesn't say what Takki performed on this particular SC episode but I'm still downloading anyways...

p.p.p.s - Takki & Tsubasa - ALL THE BEST @ NAGOYA 2MO! Remember: No need hold back! Let yourself go!!!! DO (or say) what comes naturally to you! *wink wink* XDDDDD

All is well in the T&T camp victory dances

2005-05-06T00:25:00.000+01:00

Listening to this week's ToBase at the moment (doumo arigatou gozaimasu yosho *bows*) ...AND OMGGGG I HAD NO IDEA Takki was gonna be on w/Tsuba!!!!!! *thudthudTHUD*
happy...happy...H A P P Y ! ! ! ! !

I mean I KNEW they were gonna be on Recommen together but ToBase as well?!?! (lol me ext blur+slow?! ^^;;;;) Wakakakaka...my oh my - these boys are REALLY spoiling us lately! (sheeettt I'm soooo gonna overdose BIG TIME if I'm not careful)...la la la...ok don't understand a THING (*kicks self*) but just hearing them talking to each other and laughing is making me feel all dokidoki...*melts*...even on radio you can feel the chemistry between them yo! They just sounds so comfortable around each other which makes me wonder (AGAIN!) just WHY haven't they got their own show yet?!?!?!?!??!?!?!

SOMEONE, ANYONE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASSSEEEE give these two their own show...TV...radio...whatever!!!! THEY NEED THEIR OWN SHOW YOOOO!!!!
Is it possible to like erm...REQUEST for something like this?!

I mean it feels like we've been screeching and screaming about this for like FOREVER and yet...nothing seems to be happening...NO ONE (no one important that is!) seems to have HEARD US!!!! RIDICULOUS MAN - COME ON, even the Yahx3 have they OWN SHOW!!!!! And T&T are a DEBUTED (><" why do I get the feeling that 'debuted' doesn't really mean much anymore in the Johnnys camp?!?! grrrrr....) UNIT for fudge sake!!!!!!

OK YES I admit...it's hella entertaining watching Takki getting his 'arse (or should I say - balls?! XD) kicked' by Hosoki-san and even more entertaining watching him be his flirty self (although I'm still slightly creeped out by this 'relationship' of his with Hosoki-san *cough*jealousy*cough*) but I dunno man it's just NOT THE SAME without Tsuba there (and I imagine vice versa if Tsuba was also doing a variety show minus Takki!) I mean ok so Takki seems to have a lot of fun on Zubari - that I do not deny but...(call this the TxT fangirl in me taking over and ranting on and ranting) Takki is just DIFFERENT when Tsuba there...he seems so much more relaxed? and himself maybe? And thus IMO no matter how whacked the thing they get Takki to do on Zubari are and how fun it is to watch him do those things - it would never be as great as if T&T were doing whatever these whacked thing was/are TOGETHER!!! Afterall...we all know that the entertainment factor increases by like TEN (or even more) FOLDS whenever they're being baka together!!!! *Thinks Channel @ clip...muaaaahhhh I WANT A KOKKO-KUN!!!!* You see - those two don't have to try and they make even the most simple of things entertaining to watch.

*sigh* guess will just have to sit, cross our fingers and toes and just keep waiting (ahh waiting...how us T&T fans love waiting...NOT)...HOPEFULLY after Takki gets Yoshitsune out the way T&T will be able to do A LOT more unit stuff!

Anyhoooo....

TAKITSUBA OMEDETOU!!!
KAMEN KICKS BUTTTTT!!!!!

For those of you who don't know already ---> Kamen is currently occupying TOP SPOT on the Oricon Style Charts!!!! wakakakakakakaka...URESHIIIII!!! And you know what makes it EVEN BETTER?! The fact that they beat Ayu (no.2) and Miyavi (no.3)...TAKITSUBA SAIKOU!!!! ^^

See current charts HERE

Oohh and ONE MORE THING...before I turn in for the night...

Some FAABBBB person has ALREADY u/l T&T UTABAN PERFORMANCE onto BT!!!! SUPER-QUICK!!!! *chuuglomp* person! Heart u!!!! (omg did I just confess my love to some complete stranger?!?!? XDDDDD yvie bakaaaaa....)

Grab torrent HERE

Seems like it's just the performance though...but it's better than nothing and *fingers crossed* that some kind soul will upload the interview segment . ^^

Question is - do I wait till my download finishes, gush over it and then (*try*) to go bed OR do I go to bed NOW, leave comp on to d/l rest of it and watch 2mo morning?!?!?! hmmm...hmmm...difficult one to call... *thud*
Ahh sod-it...Imma gonna stay up...*whistles*

D/L - Jr Spring 02 + Harukon concert reports

2005-05-04T23:38:00.000+01:00

Just finished watching some Johnnys Power VCDS I brought ages ago from Ebay. And on one of those vcds was this 5 min Harukon report which included a short interview with T&T.

Now, I have NO IDEA whether this clip was made readily available on forums, blog etc when it was first broadcast but I decided to rip it to share with you guys anyways.

AND to go with it - I also u/l this SC report of that Johnnys Concert back in Spring 02. I really love this clip cos there's a lot of footage which wasn't (and prob wouldn't ever have been) included on the DVD!

Few things to watch out for in this clip -> a v-kawaii, KEWPIE-FIED, sleepy Tsuba in bathrobe *thud*, Tsuba dancing VERY STRANGELY in this silver outfit and LOL of course NO T&T-related clip would be complete without Takki doing something completely baka...I won't say what though - you guys can see for yourself. ^^

Kyaaa & I SO LOOVVVEEEE Takki's hair in this clip...such a GORGEOUS length and the way the ends flick up is so...so...cute. *strokes hair...molest abs XD* ^^

ENJOY!

Johnnys Power - Harukon Footage

SC - Johnnys Jr Spring Concert 02 footage

DX Day + Kamen/MK release

2005-05-04T19:28:00.000+01:00

*Waves*

Minna ~ WELCOME to my all-new - l o v e_s p i r a l - blog ~

As most of you probably know I've been wanting to move my blog for a while now and after getting completely fed-up with my disorganised blogdrive blog the other week I decided to get down to business and tackle that dreaded three-letter thing (crappy choice of word - but brain-fried - can't think ><") - CSS. *gulp*

Two weeks worth of stressing-out and hair-tearing later...THIS BLOG is the result. You guys likey?

Admittedly there's nothing really all that special about the layout...but DAMN did I have a hard time getting to grips with all the codes and figuring out/organising the design. The Radio Blog (points to sidebar) was esp a NIGHTMARE ><" BUT I got there in the end.

You know what I've come to realise though?! That HTML is not actually difficult - it's just WAY TOO fiddly WAY TOO time-consuming and WAY TOO logical for my liking...^^;;;; and yet...I DO actually want to learn/know more. ^^;;;;

Me mad? Maybe...but hey that is what you call THE POWER OF T&T! XDXDXDDDDD

But anyhoooo ~ it's 4th of May and you all know what that means right?!

NOT ONLY is It...
TxT DOUBLE DX BED DAY!!!!

*throws confetti* hohohoooo...yeh Takizawa YOU CHUUU AWAY!!!! XDXDXDDDDD
BUT....

'Kamen / Mirai Koukai' single was *FINALLY* released TODAY.
KYAAAAA URESHII!!!!!
Note to Self: MUST check Oricon Charts later.

Gawd hasn't it come round quick though?! I mean there we all were a few weeks ago saying how FAR AWAY the release date was...and now we waiting for HOLY CDS to arrive. Time sure fly when you're stuck in your T&T bubble! XD

Speaking of those cds...CdJapan *chuuuu* actually shipped out my (and I presume everyone else's?!) cds on Monday (TWO days before the ACTUAL release date!!!!!!) WAS ECSTATIC when I saw the email from the yo!!! (They get TOP MARKS for service!!!!!) Mmm HOPEFULLY with any luck I should have those babies in my grasp by this weekend...OR early next week if Royal Mail decide to mess with me.

Ooohh so curious about this DVD - all they have up at CdJapan is that it contains some sort of promo of Kamen?! Hmmm...doesn't exactly give much away now does it?! ><" Unless they mean promo as in the PV?!?!?! But then that would stoopid seeing we've ALL seen the pv already...mmm or maybe it's some making of footage?! or...or...*ponders* And THEN there's that 36PG booklet (mini-photobook?) we can forward to. PLUS bonus track: ROMANTIC.^^

Ahhh I DO SO love being a T&T fan...there's ALWAYS something to look forward to...^^ esp. now with all the mad-crazy-insane-rush of UNIT activity. Oohhh yeeehhh...