She said she would like her suit and hairdo back now, please. XDDDDD
So the MV is just as I expected. SM put all of its heavy arthillery. But it really looks like they're trying too hard. Anyway I don't know why but I just laughed through the whole MV.
This year I've adapted the list again. It's been such a ridiculously long and hard year, both RL and fandom-wise. Time to summarize.
Site of the Year: livejournal, YouTube. Drink of the Year: Bergamot Tea (I used to hate it before) Obsession of the Year: JYJ, Sims 3. Movie of the Year: Too many good ones, see list below! Series of the Year: You're Beautiful Game of the Year: Sims 3 Soft of the Year: Sony Vegas Book of the Year: De Profundis by Oskar Wilde New skills: ripping DVDs, making screencaps with WMP, working with Sony Vegas, making gifs, making skins and tattoos for Sims, writing fics. Trip of the Year: Bodrum Concert of the Year: Notre Dame de Paris: Le Concert Question of the Year: When, dammin? Quote of the Year: "I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." - Marilyn Monroe Acquisition of the Year: ?? Artist of the Year: JYJ! Actor of the Year: Jang GeunSuk Lucky finds of the Year: Christophe Willem, Kalafina, Miss A Rediscovered Artists: Mansun, Urban Trad, Indochine. Soundtrack of the Year: Maria Mena - Just Hold Me, Christophe Willem - Double Je, Christophe Willem - Berlin, Sun Stroke Project and Olia Tira - Run Away, Kim Junsu - Kimi ga Ireba, Kim Junsu - Kanashimi No Yukue, JYJ - W, Lady Gaga, Big Bang - Tell Me Goodbye, Why Can’t You Accept Me (Mozart), Kim Junsu - The Day I Died (the new song from Levay to Junsu), JYJ - Long Way, JYJ - Ayyy Girl, JYJ - Empty, Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine, Jang GeunSuk - Take Care, My Bus!, Jang GeunSuk - My Precious.
Acheivement of the Year: Surviving this year. Seriously. Other than that: not ditching Japanese, remaking my YouTube Channel, completing Prisoner Of Love and writing my first fic. Fanfic of the Year: Willowwing - Tune Without Words Pairing of the Year: ChunJaeSu)))
Statistics
Dramas:
Heading to the ground Atashinchi no Danshi Happy Boys You Are Beautiful Nobuta wo Produce Sapuri Tatta Hititsu no Koi (re-run) Sunao Ni Narenakute Princess Princess D SungKyunKwan Scandal
Some of the Best Movies:
I Love You Phillip Morris The Big Gay Musical I Can't Think Straight Make The Yuletide Gay Easy A
Densha Otoko. A true love story Kamikaze Girls Sakuran Hana Yori Dango Bandage Fujoshi Kanojo
Heaven's Postman Hello, My Love
Fanvideos finished: 7!
I bet I forgot something, but oh well. You can't do it all.
I've been working on these videos for quite a long time and put a lot of effort into it.
Prisoner Of Love is probably my most deliberate video up to date. Hell knows how many hours of work went into making it. I'm very proud of myself. YunJae was the fuel for my interest in this fandom but now it fades so this can be seen as a sort of farewell. I'm very happy with how it came out.
And this is the spin-off video to Prisoner Of Love. It's very simple and there's no plot, but there's a lot of gorgeous Jaejoong and that should be enough. Its a prequel that shows YunJae 'honeymoon' in Paris. I wanted to make a sort of b-side, a bright and positive one, as opposed to Prisoner Of Love. Plus I wanted to make use of my Paris footage.
I really like working with Sony Vegas, every time I discover new possibilities. Also I guess that's all for YunJae. at least for awhile. Now I'll be onto Yoosu videos.
- The fic. I don't want to push myself, but it'd be really nice if I could finally finish this trilogy and work on the others. - Fanvideo on YunJae. Almost done, but I want it nearly perfect so some editing is necessary. - Sims video. Mostly done, but I need some more footage. It's gonna be awasome.
If I'm really cool also try completing: - the spinoff YunJae fanvideo - the old Yoosu fanvideo (don't want to reveal names yet)
2 out of 3 would be good, but I'll try my best!
Edit: I only did two, but that's ok. I'll finish the others whan the time comes. I'm still proud of myself.
I'm watching Oh! My School. I began watching it because of Tony. I kinda missed him and I haven't seen much of him since his discharge. Other than hosts I only knew HongKi, Min and Minho with HongKi being the only one I really like. But it's "he's a cute donseang, I wanna pinch his cheeks and give him a hug" kind of like. I might be somewhat biased, butI don't really care about other kids there. I'll keep on watching though just because there's not much choice for me.
Ever since TVXQ disbanded I wasn't paying much attention to K-Pop mostly because I didn't think there can be anyone half as good as them. I miss the end of the year Award ceremonies like MAMA and Golden Disk, but I know very few bands and I don't feel like getting to know all the rookies. Dozens of them debut every year and they all look the same to me. Instead on spending my time on checking them all out and perhabs finding one or two decent ones I prefer to stick with the old ones.
Frankly this year I felt like an outsider. It didn't even feel like JYJ vs. SM, it felt like JYJ vs. K-Pop. Every other band suddenly seemed like a manufactured product.
Ever since I got comfortable in the tvxq fandom I've been kind of striving to find my place within the community. I've done a lot of things: videos, crack edits and even some fics, but this year I opened a tradition, a tradition of sharing. I think I began sharing some stuff here and there before, but it was occasional. This year it's become a habit. First I became a regular at the requests thread and somewhere in Autumn I began zipping pics. I think at first it was largely as a protest against kokayz and her methods. A silent one, of course. But then somehow I got the hang of it.
I think it would be a lie to say I don't expect anything at all, but I try not to be bitchy at the lack of comments. One of my fundamental principles is: Efficiency. I just figured since I'm already crazy enough to spend so much time on saving, sorting and editing all these pictures I might as well do a good deed and spare people the trouble. I especially like posting at dbsg since people are especially grateful. I don't know why, but I get a lot more comments there. Usually I get 10 to 15 comments at best. Today I got 51 comments just in one day. I don't think I ever got this many. Maybe it has to do with holidays. Either way it feels nice. In a way I perceive it as a sort of charity. Investing your time and effort to bring joy to strangers.
Speaking of charity... something happened a few days back. I had this one object that I didn't know what to do with. It was brand new but it held heavy memories to me. For years I didn't know what to do with it but then I found out there's a way to pass it to an orphanage so I did. And right before NY - perfect timing. It felt so right.
This whole 7th Anniversary thing is pretty ridiculous. I understand people prefer this to nothing, but still...
"Changmin: Even though it became just the two of us, there really is a harmony never before imagined. This kind of group can also bring more new charms." If you read their interviews it seems like they think the band only got better this way and even their relationship improved. Such a cozy couple they are, living together, just the two of them. But they''ll still need a lot of fanservice to catch up to JYJ. Whenever I see pictures of HoMin they look lonely. Maybe it's just me though.
I listened to the new song and I felt a relief when I didn't like it. I know it's kind of stupid, but I can't help feeling a bit bitter. Also initially I was going to watch Paradise Ranch, but now I don't really feel like it. But regarding the music: I have no doubt SM will do a good job at songs and promotion and the boys can't help but work hard. It's gonna be a high-quality product. But that's a part of a reason why I'm not that interested. I'm a bit tired of manufactured goods, knowing every interview and every appearence is thoroughly pre-planned.
I don't think JYJ will write another Rising Sun, but at least I know they write about what really matters to them and they control every detail of production. They are real artists now, not just executors.
I'm not blaming HoMin. Neither do I think they are cowards. Maybe I'm being arrogant, but now that I look at it it only seems natural. Maybe I am wrong in what I suspect to be their resons, but in a way it makes me think: "I made the right choice all along."
Last year I was really upset about the disbandment, even disappointed, but now I see it was a natural progression. Actually a lot of things broke down this year. Among others some very close relationships, and most importantly - me. But looking back on it I can't help but think of this quote:
"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."
While I can't say it was the best movie I saw this year ir sure was the most surprising one in a good way. I expected a mediocre comedy, but got a lot more. Regarding the plot: this story, like Densha Otoko, is based on real-life incident. A guy began writing a blog about his experience and it became a hit, big enough to be published. It's pretty exciting to see how life becomes fiction. But it wasn't the plot that impressed me. Actually the strangest thing about the movie is that is it leaves you with the impression that you have watched not one, but 2 movies. The first part is a typical Japanese comedy with exaggerated acting, but somewhere in the middle it turns into a melodrama. I think director is a genius. If anything, the sсript is not good enough for him.
The actors were good too. The male lead is kinda cute, but not my type. Yet the more I watched the more affection I felt towards him. The scene where he comes home after seeing her off is just... brilliant. I don't think I ever wanter to give a hug to a movie character this badly. Also he has a very sincere beautiful smile that reminds me of Jae's.
And I really loved the scene where he watches two men in a Santa and a reindeer suits and makes a BL voiceover.
But the best things in life are probably the ones you cannot explain. There's this unique atmosphere about Japanese movies that is like a breath of fresh air. It's partly due to the beautiful scenery and the open spaces, but mostly it's something you can't quite grasp. And I really love the very long pauses that make you stop thinking and let you just feel.
There are a lot of things that totally freak me out about Japan and get me wondering why I even try so hard to learn the language, but it's the things like this that remind me.
I wanted to make bigger intervals, but the year is at an end and I want to get rid of all drafts. Since these are of Junsu I'll just place both in one post.
Cut History In Japan Special and couldn't help but make tons of caps. I really love this Junsu, longer blond hair and chubby cheeks I want to pinch... so adorable. He didn't let his hair grow longer once since he cut it before O-JBH, 4 years ago and sometimes I miss it.
Should I make a separate tag for Junsu's butt? XDDD So squishy~
Всегда с удовольствием читаю список испрвленных ошибок в обновлении.
• Пианисты не будут продолжать играть на клавишных, которые были взорваны. • Больше не будет возникать желания "Купаться нагишом" вместе с мумией. Уж надеюсь. • Персонажи не смогут взорвать барные стойки в заведениях. • Беременные больше не смогут ввязываться в драку. • Исправлена ошибка, из-за которой персонажи выбирали неверный путь между кладбищем и библиотекой Бриджпорта. • Младенцы больше не будут отвечать на вызов по домофону и впускать в дом гостей. • Теперь нельзя заниматься сексом в лифте с персонажем, который находится на другом этаже. А можно было? Вот черт! • Принятие в музыкальную группу теперь не помешает Смерти забрать душу. А я-то надеялась, что рок-н-ролл бесмертен. • Персонажи-клептоманы больше не будут красть станции метро с участков.