1. Do any of you buy regularly at amazon.jp? I always stop myself from do it so because I've been told that shipping fees are high... I want to buy some books... probably is not wise right? Any advice...? (No, not all the books are available at CDJ or YA).

2. I keep looking for info about Jun's asymmetrical jeans from BW tour. The only ones I find are from Vivienne Westwood (when I look for asymmetrical)... I really want some info :S *desperate here* HELP PLEASE? do you know how can I look for it in Japanese/Chinese/Korean? just in case I get luckier looking for the jeans that way...

3. Have you seen Kat-tun's Junno's solo - Flash pv? In my opinion he is the cutest in Kat-tun... I love the pv. It's simple but it's a dance number and I love this kind of pv :D Actually, I enjoyed Kame's cameo... and also made me wonder about fics with this pair :P Any rec?
HERE you can check it out via aramatheydidnt comm (Oh, I love the black sneakers boots he is wearing, btw)

Why Arashi don't have pv for solos...?! Imagine one for T.A.B.O.O. or We want a funk, we need a funk... *dreams awake*

4. Have you read today's Ohno's Discovery translation? It isn't that special but it made me smile that he mentioned the artists he knows and meets... and how he is still doing figurines (don't really like them, I prefer his drawings/paintings)... I keep thinking he is preparing an art exhibition. Am I the only one? And if you think the same way... Do you dare to venture a date for it? ;) (credit for the translation to twosen)

I've just finished re-watching 'Myuu no Anyo Papa ni Ageru'... because well, I miss Jun and I really like that SP drama...

...but it got me thinking about the upcoming 24 hours terebi and the possible drama and I decided to make this little poll (just 1 question!)

[Poll #1834645]

I also wonder if there will be a theme, and/or if there will be a letter.

I get the impression that the boys want to make a 24h terebi about the Earthquake and how affected people or how they are recovering from it, so maybe a drama as usual is not the case... maybe a docu-drama like the one Sho made about Kobe's, or not drama at all (as I put up there as last option)...

Well, I'd love to read other people's opinion, so if you could elaborate in the comments section would be amazing! ^^

I've just finished re-watching 'Myuu no Anyo Papa ni Ageru'... because well, I miss Jun and I really like that SP drama...

...but it got me thinking about the upcoming 24 hours terebi and the possible drama and I decided to make this little poll (just 1 question!)

[Poll #1834645]

I also wonder if there will be a theme, and/or if there will be a letter.

I get the impression that the boys want to make a 24h terebi about the Earthquake and how affected people or how they are recovering from it, so maybe a drama as usual is not the case... maybe a docu-drama like the one Sho made about Kobe's, or not drama at all (as I put up there as last option)...

Well, I'd love to read other people's opinion, so if you could elaborate in the comments section would be amazing! ^^

I think I am not spoiling too much pointing out one of my favourite moments where I think Sho-kun looks the best in the whole thing and surprisingly is after having a nightmare (won't say more, promise! sorry!)




O_O too hot and flawless! (and let me tell you, the range of facial expressions of him in this drama is amazing! some of them may go almost unnoticeable... so focus!

Btw, I keep wondering of the rest of the boys watched the drama and if so, what they may have thought while watching or what they would have done during and after watching it. cypros and I were talking on the phone and we both agreed that probably if they were free all of them would be watching...

Having in mind how Ohno admitted that he cried watching Letters from Iwo Jima; how emo Aiba gets with those things; how touched Nino may feel although he loves to put that 'how cool I am' façade, and Jun, who still admires Sho-kun too much, probably got terribly impressed with Sho's work (remember his face while Sho-kun played the piano...) I am guessing all may have got a bit emo...

I wonder if Jun called him or sent him a message (when I say Jun is because I am sakumoto biased, but I wonder about all of them)... And if so, is anybody up to write some tiny scene about them! Apart from that will Sho mention it in his Otonoha around the 15th (I can't believe I miss that entries soooo much!)

I think I can picture Jun crying watching Sho coming back from war and also in his lowest moments during the drama... saying aloud to the tv screen 'Sho-kun you really are something' kind of thing lol! I am so silly!

Open for a while.

I think I am not spoiling too much pointing out one of my favourite moments where I think Sho-kun looks the best in the whole thing and surprisingly is after having a nightmare (won't say more, promise! sorry!)




O_O too hot and flawless! (and let me tell you, the range of facial expressions of him in this drama is amazing! some of them may go almost unnoticeable... so focus!

Btw, I keep wondering of the rest of the boys watched the drama and if so, what they may have thought while watching or what they would have done during and after watching it. cypros and I were talking on the phone and we both agreed that probably if they were free all of them would be watching...

Having in mind how Ohno admitted that he cried watching Letters from Iwo Jima; how emo Aiba gets with those things; how touched Nino may feel although he loves to put that 'how cool I am' façade, and Jun, who still admires Sho-kun too much, probably got terribly impressed with Sho's work (remember his face while Sho-kun played the piano...) I am guessing all may have got a bit emo...

I wonder if Jun called him or sent him a message (when I say Jun is because I am sakumoto biased, but I wonder about all of them)... And if so, is anybody up to write some tiny scene about them! Apart from that will Sho mention it in his Otonoha around the 15th (I can't believe I miss that entries soooo much!)

I think I can picture Jun crying watching Sho coming back from war and also in his lowest moments during the drama... saying aloud to the tv screen 'Sho-kun you really are something' kind of thing lol! I am so silly!

Open for a while.

I think I said that I am pretty obsessed with Sho's Blackboard SP drama episode... I am trying to get my hands in the magazines that feature it but I am having a hard time finding out which magazines are since sometimes in weibo/tumblr they don't say the magazine it comes from.

So, those living in Japan or with access to Japanese magazine may be able to help me, pretty please!!!

I need to know about these two:

1

(it says it's a tv guide but don't know if a new one or last week?) Still don't know about this one, but well, I can handle it lol!

and

2 (this one is from Potato April 2012, thank you smapxorenji)

(I thought it was Wink up but it isn't. Maybe it's a magazine that is released within these days since it was posted together with some Wink up pics and the WU is released tomorrow).


Thank you in advance. I am kind of desperate (you already know by now, the way I am with fan stuff... *ashamed*)

ps: I feel bad about linking directly to them, but I am in a rush now and I also don't feel like the may like me up-ing them to my pb? (i never know which is the best thing to do, honestly)

I think I said that I am pretty obsessed with Sho's Blackboard SP drama episode... I am trying to get my hands in the magazines that feature it but I am having a hard time finding out which magazines are since sometimes in weibo/tumblr they don't say the magazine it comes from.

So, those living in Japan or with access to Japanese magazine may be able to help me, pretty please!!!

I need to know about these two:

1

(it says it's a tv guide but don't know if a new one or last week?) Still don't know about this one, but well, I can handle it lol!

and

2 (this one is from Potato April 2012, thank you smapxorenji)

(I thought it was Wink up but it isn't. Maybe it's a magazine that is released within these days since it was posted together with some Wink up pics and the WU is released tomorrow).


Thank you in advance. I am kind of desperate (you already know by now, the way I am with fan stuff... *ashamed*)

ps: I feel bad about linking directly to them, but I am in a rush now and I also don't feel like the may like me up-ing them to my pb? (i never know which is the best thing to do, honestly)

This morning I made a quick post that I deleted because short after I found the answer of what I was asking...

The thing is that a-m-n-o-s, one of the people I follow at tumblr posted a tiny tiny gif from the kissing scene at the wedding in Hanadan FInal that was really lovely and that was different from the official one (Domyouji nibbling Makino's neck anyone?!) So after wondering what it was I realized that it may be in the extras and it was. Actually, it was in the Making of, but to my surprise and dismay the scene was shown through one of those filming viewers the filming crew and director have that allow them to check the stuff filmed... And it was totally askew... I wondered if I still could get a cool gif out of it... and well I am not an expert in PS but well, I think the result may be okay...



( a bigger one right here )

Now I have a couple of questions related to Hanadan: I am looking for Hanadan 1 and Hanadan Returns extras. I do know that at least Hanadan Returns has extras, but the community that subbed them closed membership like forever or something... I don't need them subbed actually, I just want to watch them, not just the Hanadan Returns ones, but also the Hanadan 1 if there are...

And I have also seen people asking for raws of Hanadan (all of it). I second that, since I really would love to have raws. My dream is owning the Region 2 dvd sets but I don't have around $500 to buy both seasons right now...

I know it is kind of useless to mention this, but some credit if you use the gif, would be nice. And don't hotlink please!

This morning I made a quick post that I deleted because short after I found the answer of what I was asking...

The thing is that a-m-n-o-s, one of the people I follow at tumblr posted a tiny tiny gif from the kissing scene at the wedding in Hanadan FInal that was really lovely and that was different from the official one (Domyouji nibbling Makino's neck anyone?!) So after wondering what it was I realized that it may be in the extras and it was. Actually, it was in the Making of, but to my surprise and dismay the scene was shown through one of those filming viewers the filming crew and director have that allow them to check the stuff filmed... And it was totally askew... I wondered if I still could get a cool gif out of it... and well I am not an expert in PS but well, I think the result may be okay...



( a bigger one right here )

Now I have a couple of questions related to Hanadan: I am looking for Hanadan 1 and Hanadan Returns extras. I do know that at least Hanadan Returns has extras, but the community that subbed them closed membership like forever or something... I don't need them subbed actually, I just want to watch them, not just the Hanadan Returns ones, but also the Hanadan 1 if there are...

And I have also seen people asking for raws of Hanadan (all of it). I second that, since I really would love to have raws. My dream is owning the Region 2 dvd sets but I don't have around $500 to buy both seasons right now...

I know it is kind of useless to mention this, but some credit if you use the gif, would be nice. And don't hotlink please!

I was thinking... Any of you are up for talking about what happened today at the FNS (bitching about others, talking about details you saw in the boys or stuff like that, especulations and such). I feel like it but don't want to make it publicly because I don't want to offend anybody and I may, or may use language that usually you can't find around here... and I also don't want people to say 'oh ginger, I didn't know she was that bi***y...') :S

If you want... tell me, I'll create a filter and I will tell all my conspiracy theories and the likes... lol! *evil laugh* You'll learn that I am big paranoid individual lol!

I was thinking... Any of you are up for talking about what happened today at the FNS (bitching about others, talking about details you saw in the boys or stuff like that, especulations and such). I feel like it but don't want to make it publicly because I don't want to offend anybody and I may, or may use language that usually you can't find around here... and I also don't want people to say 'oh ginger, I didn't know she was that bi***y...') :S

If you want... tell me, I'll create a filter and I will tell all my conspiracy theories and the likes... lol! *evil laugh* You'll learn that I am big paranoid individual lol!

These two I posted them in a friends only post and nobody could help me... trying my luck in an open post, they are about Arashi/JE:

1. Do you know if there is out there a 'catalogue' or list of all (or most) of the Arashi shop/official photos.

2. Do you know of any reliable seller/online shop/whatever who sells old Johnny's shop photos at reasonable prices?

And the third one is LJ related:

3. Do you know which is the total number of icons a paid account has by default?? I have an extra icons packet that I am thinking if I should renew or not, so if you can tell me more or less how many, I can decide. Thank you!

These two I posted them in a friends only post and nobody could help me... trying my luck in an open post, they are about Arashi/JE:

1. Do you know if there is out there a 'catalogue' or list of all (or most) of the Arashi shop/official photos.

2. Do you know of any reliable seller/online shop/whatever who sells old Johnny's shop photos at reasonable prices?

And the third one is LJ related:

3. Do you know which is the total number of icons a paid account has by default?? I have an extra icons packet that I am thinking if I should renew or not, so if you can tell me more or less how many, I can decide. Thank you!

I was wondering... do any of you know of any place where I can read in English or Japanese, I don't mind... the old Otonoha J-web entries... I also would like to find Jun's Enjoy, if possible...

The thing is that awa_naj mentioned that in one Otonoha Sho mentioned how Jun helped him or was worried about him when he broke his thumb but she couldn't recall which one... So, I am looking for any info on that... Any other interview from that time about Sho's fall and the aftermaths, that you know of, it will be greatly appreciated!

Thank you! ^^

I was wondering... do any of you know of any place where I can read in English or Japanese, I don't mind... the old Otonoha J-web entries... I also would like to find Jun's Enjoy, if possible...

The thing is that awa_naj mentioned that in one Otonoha Sho mentioned how Jun helped him or was worried about him when he broke his thumb but she couldn't recall which one... So, I am looking for any info on that... Any other interview from that time about Sho's fall and the aftermaths, that you know of, it will be greatly appreciated!

Thank you! ^^

I've been thinking about this for a while... The idea, actually came to me before attending this tour's concerts, but after going there and seeing them for real ^^ while they sung some of my fav songs, I kept wondering... what would be my favorite concert, the perfect concert including all the songs you love. If you could choose, if you had the power to decide the list, what would include...

I know it depends on your mood and state of mind... so maybe it could be interesting to do it now and maybe six months from now or so...

So here it is, my list of favorite songs that would turn an Arashi concert (which in itself is perfect already) in the perfect concert for me!

I'd have liked to put the songs in order having in mind the flow and the changes between slow song-quick song-dancing song... etc... but the important thing here is the list of songs... I didn't have that in mind (maybe next time I'll do it more carefully).

*I decided the number of songs making a search in google that took me to a lj with a report of last year (2010) Kokuritsu concert (because of course my perfect concert should be held there ;))

( THE LIST )

I really wonder how much this list can change as time goes by... I'd love to read other people's and see if we have things in common or not, but of course is up to you ^^

I'm going to be with no proper Internet connection next week starting tomorrow. I'll really try to get time to be around, but I will depend on relatives' wifis :S ;)

I've been thinking about this for a while... The idea, actually came to me before attending this tour's concerts, but after going there and seeing them for real ^^ while they sung some of my fav songs, I kept wondering... what would be my favorite concert, the perfect concert including all the songs you love. If you could choose, if you had the power to decide the list, what would include...

I know it depends on your mood and state of mind... so maybe it could be interesting to do it now and maybe six months from now or so...

So here it is, my list of favorite songs that would turn an Arashi concert (which in itself is perfect already) in the perfect concert for me!

I'd have liked to put the songs in order having in mind the flow and the changes between slow song-quick song-dancing song... etc... but the important thing here is the list of songs... I didn't have that in mind (maybe next time I'll do it more carefully).

*I decided the number of songs making a search in google that took me to a lj with a report of last year (2010) Kokuritsu concert (because of course my perfect concert should be held there ;))

( THE LIST )

I really wonder how much this list can change as time goes by... I'd love to read other people's and see if we have things in common or not, but of course is up to you ^^

I'm going to be with no proper Internet connection next week starting tomorrow. I'll really try to get time to be around, but I will depend on relatives' wifis :S ;)

You know by now that this journal has been practically Arashi-only territory for more than a year, and I don't see that changing in the near future (at least something horrible I don't want to even imagine happens).

I think those of you who want to be/remain my friend no matter what I talk about because it's easy to skip one entry of mine if it doesn't interest you... won't probably be annoyed by this, but I do know not everybody is the same.

There are also several types of Arashi fans. I am not an Arashi fan from their early days, so there are times when I talk about things that old fans will roll their eyes at because it's no news to them or not something relevant from their point of view, or maybe they think I'm wrong and exaggerating...

I'm also an Arashi non-stop-talker-thinker, meaning that here I don't usually talk about my private life, this blog is for I want to talk about and that means all my Arashi thoughts. I do have a busy life but maybe to forget about the stress sometimes RL brings or maybe because I care about them as they were far away living relatives I don't get the chance to meet in person, I do think about them quite a lot.

I care about them all, but it's true that I'm very Jun and Sho biased. That brings me to my question.

I'm planning posting some thoughts that may not be everybody's cup of tea because
a. they are not very positive;
b. are ramblings about recent events;
c. are about a member (not the band) probably any of my favs;
d. may be make me look like a paranoid fan with no life...

I know I'm being vague... so well, here you have it: I want to talk about Jun with the people who also want to discuss what we think/feel should be said/discussed/shared...

So two things: Tell me if you think is a good idea I create that flist group to post about these matters, and if I do so if you want to be included there . I am not defriending anybody... just creating a sub-group for those posts!!

I care what my flist list thinks, but the ultimate decision would be mine... I just need some feedback about it.

*clear throat* sesquerdo, andiepiano and cypros, I kind of took the liberty of taking for granted that you would like to be added to that flist group if I create it (following your latest comments/talks with me) so no need to comment if you don't want/can.

I'm also leaving this post open in case somebody comes here and decide they want to be added...

You know by now that this journal has been practically Arashi-only territory for more than a year, and I don't see that changing in the near future (at least something horrible I don't want to even imagine happens).

I think those of you who want to be/remain my friend no matter what I talk about because it's easy to skip one entry of mine if it doesn't interest you... won't probably be annoyed by this, but I do know not everybody is the same.

There are also several types of Arashi fans. I am not an Arashi fan from their early days, so there are times when I talk about things that old fans will roll their eyes at because it's no news to them or not something relevant from their point of view, or maybe they think I'm wrong and exaggerating...

I'm also an Arashi non-stop-talker-thinker, meaning that here I don't usually talk about my private life, this blog is for I want to talk about and that means all my Arashi thoughts. I do have a busy life but maybe to forget about the stress sometimes RL brings or maybe because I care about them as they were far away living relatives I don't get the chance to meet in person, I do think about them quite a lot.

I care about them all, but it's true that I'm very Jun and Sho biased. That brings me to my question.

I'm planning posting some thoughts that may not be everybody's cup of tea because
a. they are not very positive;
b. are ramblings about recent events;
c. are about a member (not the band) probably any of my favs;
d. may be make me look like a paranoid fan with no life...

I know I'm being vague... so well, here you have it: I want to talk about Jun with the people who also want to discuss what we think/feel should be said/discussed/shared...

So two things: Tell me if you think is a good idea I create that flist group to post about these matters, and if I do so if you want to be included there . I am not defriending anybody... just creating a sub-group for those posts!!

I care what my flist list thinks, but the ultimate decision would be mine... I just need some feedback about it.

*clear throat* sesquerdo, andiepiano and cypros, I kind of took the liberty of taking for granted that you would like to be added to that flist group if I create it (following your latest comments/talks with me) so no need to comment if you don't want/can.

I'm also leaving this post open in case somebody comes here and decide they want to be added...

- Do you know of a super simple/easy to use video editing program? I'm tired of using and terribly annoyed with the Windows Movie Maker...

- I want to make use of that offer cdjapan has so I'm thinking getting the Arashi concerts I still don't own... if you had to choose between Iza, Now! or How's it going? which one would you recommend and why (highlights please!) having in mind that my favs are Jun and Sho...

I've seen part of the backstage of Iza... but the song they sung for Matsujun in How's... it's just too cute...

Help!!! (i don't think I can get both this month...)

btw, guess what arrived just on time as it was supposed even when the released date is today??? guess? guess? Yay!!! today my love goes to cdjapan for making it arrive so incredibly fast!!!

I got my Scene Tour Dome dvd LE!!!! It's so pretty... *happy dance*