I don't know what did it but the game loaded fine for the first time in weeks. Must be my gay magic. Anyway.

That might have been my best idea for Sims clothing ever. Boy, you look F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S. The dress needs some adjustments but oh my… I’m a genius.

@темы: Sims 3

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I've been having severe PC problems lately, blue screens, blackouts and all that stuff. Most errors pointed to the video card, some to memory. I was pretty lost. Now I finally got around to testing the temperatures and what do you know? Overheating. I never really thought about it before but I just realized that my PC actually stands next to the heater.
So I've cleaned it, put it a bit closer to me, it seems to be better. But launching Sims 3 makes the temperature jump to 80 and it freaks me out. I don't know what now. Gonna wait for when they turn off the heating, also gonna ask for a new powers supply for my next birthday. I want my Sims...

@темы: PC

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ARENA 37C NO.319 - The Leadership issues…

TT: That’s great. Do you have a leader?

Shou: For the time being drummer Nao is the leader.

TT: [this part is smudged but he probably asked the reason]

Tora: Because he is the most academically educated…

Hiroto: Lately Shou-kun has been the leader.

Shou: It seems that way, somehow… (laugh) But I was told that if that happens the vocalist will get too busy so it’s better if someone else become a leader. (laugh)

MORE

TT: Huuuh? This is right.

Hiroto: Since there are many responsibilities.

TT: Of course. But if you straightforwardly accept it, you can be one too. And if everyone else thinks so too and accepts it… This is quite interesting (laugh). To be honest, since we’re on this, Alfee also changed its leader. At first Sakazaki was the leader. And I’m the second leader. So I think the bands that change its leaders last long! (laugh)

Alice Nine: Hahaha! (roar of laughter)

Hiroto: But I heard that several years ago at a concert something happened that made it seem like Takamizawa Toshihiko-san was a leader all his life.

TT: It was cruel. On my 50th birthday I was told that the band members have a present for me so it was brought onto the stage - turned out to be the certificate of a leader for life.

Tora: If you become a leader are there any advantages?

TT: None at all! (laugh)

Tora: So it’s a position that is best to avoid if possible?

TT: It’s better not to do it. Because it takes so much time. Also there are many decisions you will have to make. Besides when you become a leader it’a not like you get leader salary, (laugh) so you’ll just become more busy.

Shou: It would be good if there was a leader salary (laugh).

______________________________________________________________________________

Well that explains a lot now. I've been wondering for so long how this whole leadership change occurred. After all Tora is a practical man. I'm surprised this jewel of an interview has never been translated.

@музыка: LAMA - Fantasy (The Room ver)

@темы: inter:views, Alice Nine

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It is only today that I discovered My Guests page in the LJ. Now I will know how many stalkers I have. Most are invisible guest though but the list does not include the stats from the Friend page. All in all I almost wish I never knew about it, it only got me annoyed.

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TIGER&BUNNY: The Beginning

Since I finished the series I have kept following new releases closely. I watched both Side Bunny and Side Tiger DVD but honestly I really don't think anything good ever came out of stuffing full season into two movies. It was too packed, like watching on fast forward. Because of that I wasn't really expecting much from The Beginning. But I was in for a big surprise. That is: I really really enjoyed it. Even though it was about 60% old footage it felt very whole and very fresh somehow, especially since the latter part was an unseen episode. The plot overall felt really well-balanced. Watching it on my big TV I couldn't help but admire all the quality graphics. I kept thinking: "all that idea with the sponsors really paid off" and "this is quality anime of new generation". It kind of felt like an upgrade of the series.

Apart from that of course lots of lovable Kotetsu, very tsundere but enticing Bunny and some well-placed fanservice. Excellent job!
Looking forward to the RISING as well as new fanart which is sure to come.

@темы: review, TIGER&BUNNY

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"Resistance is weakness and fear masquerading as strength. What the ego sees as weakness is your Being in its purity, innocence, and power. What is sees as strength is weakness. So the ego exists in a continuous resistance-mode and plays counterfeit roles to cover up your "weakness," which in truth is your power.

Until there is surrender, unconscious role-playing constitutes a large part of human interaction. In surrender, you no longer need ego defenses and false masks. You become very simple, very real. "That's dangerous," says the ego. "You'll get hurt. You'll become vulnerable." What the ego doesn't know, of course, is that only through the letting go of resistance, through becoming "vulnerable," can you discover your true and essential invulnerability."

Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

@темы: quote/unquote

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Codename: Jackal

It's pretty obvious the movie was made mostly to showcase Jaejoong's abs and promote his solo album. Yet, I think it's a pretty enjoyable movie. The plot was corny but the general acting was pretty good and I really enjoyed the humour.

As for Jaejoong I honestly think that his acting was really good. Both the comic and the dramatic parts. I thought I'd seen all the Jae!faces by now but nope. The part where she tried to figure out whether he was the real celebrity or not was hilarious and seriously all that voice-imitation talent came in handy. Even that weird thing he does with his tummy... Or maybe they wrote the sсript based on that)) Either way, good job, Jae! Momma's proud.

@музыка: CSJH The Grace (feat. Jaejoong) - Just For One Day (Japanese Version)

@темы: Jaejoong

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Eraser~

Damn, I just realized that the two gifs I made of Shou from Eraser and absolutely the same except one is longer. Shit. The things he does to me...




Be my eraser, baby~

@темы: Shou

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These days I've been playing a lot of Hidden Object games. I got pretty addicted to those. Also one thing I've noticed is that lately a lot of these games had a very similar villain - an evil witch, a young-looking beautiful witch who is fundamentally not that bad but somehow ended up as a real bitch. But this isn't really about games. Somehow I just realized that the real evil witch I have to face is the one inside of me.

I feel it quite often lately. I wonder if it's because of my efforts to loosen the ego that it's trying to inflate itself to freaky proportions. Like right now I'm not having a particularly bad period or anything but I've been very passive aggressive. I often get mad for some very trivial reasons. The funny thing is that I've been actually good at controlling my reactions, like I don't get as irritated at people in real life. But somehow some stupid thing like fandom issues can make me enraged in seconds, like a spoiled bratty child. I mean these things happened in the past but the most important thing is that now I understand how it works so today when I got mad because of something really stupid I did not act on it and made a stupid reaction into a stupid action. Neither did I torment myself with the usual: "what is wrong with me?" Instead I just let myself boil for awhile, thinking: "This isn't me, this is just some bullshit getting out". And after a few minutes the emotion just dissipated. It's as if a fog cleared and I was able to think straight again.

I think it might be a stage. Maybe my ego will just keep inflating until one day it just bursts like a bubble and I won't have a care in the world. Either way, I feel like I'm definitely having progress here, breaking patterns and liberating myself.

@темы: myself, musings

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The Big Five

I'm a O59-C83-E12-A17-N66 Big Five!!

They say "There are no right and wrong answers" but in the end apart from maybe Extraversion, scoring too low on O, C and A too high on N makes you a closed off neurotic douche.

www.outofservice.com/bigfive/results/?oR=0.75&c...

@темы: i'm a geek

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I was studying kanji once again and now that I look at it it seems like if you read Shou's name like a normal word it still has the meaning of "general". So he was destined to become the leader it seems. ^^

As for Tora's name whether it reads Shinji or Masashi it seems to have the meaning of "pure intentions".

Asian names are kinda awesome...

@темы: Shou, Tora

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"Before you could remember things, what kind of a child were you, did you parents ever tell you?

Tora: First of all, I didn't cry, they told me that I never even once wet the bed, it seems like I was a bit of a strange child.

As a child, were you not hard to deal with?

Tora: It seems that way. It seems like when I grew up I became hard to deal with (laughs)

So, what memories do you recall? Around the time you were in kindergarden and such.

Tora: Hm, I don't really remember anything. I only have memories of being bullied. Simply because the colour of my eyes were different, and the colour of my hair was brown.

When that happens, you don't want to attend school.

Tora: Ah, it was painful during those times."

Neo Genesis, vol. 33


This interview always makes my heart clench a little. Because all of this sounds so familiar, too familiar. I know for a fact that no matter what happens to you later in life, no matter how successful you become the wounds of childhood are deep and it might take the rest of your life to heal them.

But I look at this amazing beautiful man who went through it all and managed to keep his sensitivity, his honesty and his beliefs and I see him smiling, I see him looking truly happy, and I tell myself I'll just need to be patient a little longer, I know I'll be alright.

@темы: Tora, inter:views

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A dash of genetics...

What blood type will a baby have if the parents both have the same blood type?

The two AB parents could have any of an A, B or AB, but not O.
The two A parents could have either A or O children, but not B or AB.
The two B parents could have either B or O children, but not A or AB.
The two O parents could only have O children; they cannot have have A, B or AB.
If both parents have rhesus-negative blood, so will their children. If both have positive, the child might be either.

@темы: i'm a geek

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Daybreak

I've been spending too much time on tumblr lately. Probably because there at least I know someone actually reads my posts. But I guess I'll write it here as well. Just to make it official, you know.



That sums up my feelings pretty well. Just as I thought the whole situation reminds me of last year with “9”. That time I’ve told myself, “maybe next time”. Guess not. And the worst part is that everyone seems to love it. Except me. It makes me want to hate the rest of the fandom. Please, Alice Nine, don’t do this to me.

As if the song alone wasn't bad enough, the covers are hideous, the PV is incredibly cheap and boring. It's only 90 sec so far but I don't expect anything exciting to happen in the remaining time. Shou looks like a sick rabbit and you can only guess how many t-shirts he stuck under that baggy jacket.

It was actually kinda funny how today I talked to Gabi and complained to her about this and she went and took a look at it and said: "It's really boring" and I was, like "Thank you! I needed that!"))

I guess the only good thing I got from it so far is the consolation video from Tora's BD. It's not what I expected but the very fact was incredibly sweet.

@музыка: 鳥子 - Kurikaeshi Hitotsubu

@темы: meme, Alice Nine

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Is anyone straight these days?...

Ok, this is the day I found out my sister is not straight. For some reason it really freaked me out. I seriously don't want to know any of it.

@темы: family

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The fact that Shou can't stand the sight of blood makes a part of me very glad.

@темы: Shou

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Daybreak PV

PV budget:

10$ - batteries for the camera

15$ - snacks

7$ - heating pads


I wonder how long will it take me to delude myself into thinking I actually kinda like the song...

@темы: Alice Nine

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17.02.2013 в 23:35

Пишет  shaningangel:

Разные рейтинги
Недавно заинтересовалась всякими такими рейтингами, в основном данные все свежие (относительно), за дополнение буду рада))

Oricon reveals ranking of ideal faces chosen by men 2012

1.Fukuyama Masaharu (→No.1)
2. Mukai Osamu (→No.2)
3. Kimura Takuya (→No.3)
4. Tsumabuki Satoshi (↑No.5)
5. Inaba Koshi (↑No.9)
6. Okada Junichi (↓ No.4)
7. Abe Hiroshi (↑No.10)
8. Ikuta Toma (↑ out of No.10)
9. Hyde (↑ out of No.10)
10. Tamayama Tetsuji (tie) (↑ out of No.10)
10. Sato Takeru (tie) (↓ No.6)
Источник: www.tokyohive.com/2012/11/oricon-reveals-rankin...

 

What are the most popular face types for cosmetic surgeries?
Директор популярной клиники пластической хирургии "Takasu Clinic",Такасу провел опрос и составил рейтинг самых распространенных мужских и женских типов лица к которым стремятся клиенты.
Top 20 of "I want to get cosmetic surgery on my face to look like her!"
(April ~ June, 2012)
01 - Itano Tomomi (AKB48)
02 - Triendl Reina
03 - Sasaki Nozomi
04 - Kim Tae Hee
05 - Amuro Namie
06 - Masuwaka Tsubasa
07 - Sawajiri Erika
08 - Nanao
09 - Hamasaki Ayumi
10 - Yoona (Shoujo Jidai)
11 - Yukawa Satomi (Model for Koakuma Ageha)
12 - Karina
13 - Kojima Haruna (AKB48)
14 - Araki Sayaka (Model for Koakuma Ageha)
15 - Kitagawa Keiko
16 - Fujii Lena
17 - Funayama Kumiko (Model for Popteen)
18 - YUKI
19 - Saeko
20 - Tiffany (Shoujo Jidai)

 

Top 20 of "I want to get cosmetic surgery on my face to look like him!"
(January ~ June, 2012)
01 - HYDE
02 - Yamashita Tomohisa
03 - Aiba Masaki (Arashi)
04 - TAKAHIRO (EXILE)
05 - Nishikido Ryo (Kanjani8)
06 - Sakurai Sho (Arashi)
07 - Mizushima Hiro
08 - Higashiyama Noriyuki (Shonentai)
09 - Yamada Ryosuke (Hey! Say! JUMP)
10 - Miura Haruma
11 - Okada Junichi (V6)
12 - Kamenashi Kazuya (KAT-TUN)
13 - Shirota Yu
14 - DAIGO (BREAKERZ)
15 - Domoto Koichi (KinKi Kids)
16 - Yamamoto Yusuke
17 - Tsumabuki Satoshi
18 - Tamamori Yuta (Kis-My-Ft2)
19 - Sato Ryuta
20 - Koike Teppei (WaT)
Источник: www.tokyohive.com/2012/07/what-are-the-most-pop...

 

Далее голосования от Music Walker «Music Walker ranks the artists people want most as a boyfriend or girlfriend!»2011
[Which artist would you want as a boyfriend?]
10. Tachibana Keita (w-inds)
9. Sakurai Sho (Arashi)
8. Aiba Masaki (Arashi)
7. TAKAHIRO (EXILE)
6. TAKUYA (UVERworld)
5. Jaejoong (JYJ)
4. Yamashita Tomohisa (NEWS)
3. Fukuyama Masaharu
2. Yamada Ryosuke (Hey! Say! JUMP)
1. HYDE (L'Arc~en~Ciel)

 

[Which artist would you want as a girlfriend?]
10. Becky
9. Koda Kumi
8. Takahashi Minami (AKB48)
7. aiko
6. Oshima Yuko (AKB48)
5. Kuroki Meisa
4. Maeda Atsuko (AKB48)
3. Nishino Kana
2. YUI
1. Amuro Namie

Источник: www.tokyohive.com/2011/05/music-walker-ranks-th...

 

Потом голосование Only★Star's "I'd Like to Date" Artist Ranking 2012
1) Fukuyama Masaharu 2) Sho Sakurai (Arashi)
3) Masaki Aiba (Arashi) 4) Matsumoto Jun (Arashi)
5) Domoto Tsuyoshi (KinKi Kids
6) GACKT
7) hyde (L'arc~en~Ciel)
8) Kamenashi Kazuya (KAT-TUN)
9) Kazutoshi Sakurai (Mr. Children)
10) Okura Tadayoshi (Kanjani8)

Источник: aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/4308945.html

Рейтинг самых милых звезд 2012 Oricon's Only★Star " Top 10 Cute Male Artist Ranking 2012"
1) Koike Teppei - "He has a baby face, puppy eyes, and a cute personality all over."
2) Masaki Aiba (Arashi) - "He looks so cute in Shimura Zoo, people who loves animals are cute."
3) Yamada Ryosuke (Hey!Say!JUMP and NYC)- "He has a cute funny face, a sweet smile and cute voice."
4) Ninomiya Kazunari (Arashi)- "He always has a cute facial expression."
5) HYDE (L'Arc~en~Ciel)- "He is always impressive, cool, and mischievous durings MCs."
6) Yasuda Shota (Kanjani8)
7) Suzuki Fuku
8) Tsuyoshi Domoto (Kinki Kids)
9) Marius Yo (Sexy Zone)
10) Sato Shori (Sexy Zone)
Источник: www.jpopasia.com/news/oricons-onlystar-top-10-c...

А так же за кого хотят замуж японские женщины "Male artist that you want to marry with.. " от Oricon's OnlyStar за 2012
1.Fukuyama Masaharu (43)
2.Sakurai Sho (30)
3.Aiba Masaki (29)
4.Matsumoto Jun (28)
5.Ohno Satoshi (31)
6.Sakurai Kazutoshi [Mr.Children] (42)
7.Maruyama Ryuhei [Kanjani 8] (28)
8.Kitagawa Yujin [Yuzu] (35)
9.Inaba Koshi [B'z] (47)
10.HYDE (43)
Источник: aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/3908797.html?thr...

Так же еще «Who is cool Male artist?» снова от Oricon's OnlyStar за 2012
1.Fukuyama Masaharu
2.GACKT
3.HYDE (L'Arc~en~Ciel)
4.Sakurai Sho (Arashi)
5.Sakurai Kazutoshi (Mr.Children)
6.Inaba Koshi [B'z]
7.Domoto Koichi [Kinki Kids]
8.Fujiwara Motoo [BUMP OF CHICKEN]
9.Ohno Satoshi [Arashi]
10.Matsumoto Jun [Arashi]

А в этом же опросе 2008 года были такие результаты
1. Fukuyama Masaharu !
2. Sakurai Kazutoshi [Mr.Children]
3. Inaba Koshi [B'z]
4. HYDE
5. Kimura Takuya[SMAP]
6. Domoto Tsuyoshi [Kinki Kids]
7.Kitagawa Yujin [Yuzu]
8. DAIGO
9. Kuwata Keisuke [Southern All stars]
10. Okada Junichi [V6]
Источник: aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/?skip=150&tag=po...

 

Still going strong...

@темы: Hyde, ratings

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GIVUSS--100 questions for Shou, 31-40.

33. What do you focus more on, a girl’s face or her personality?
—Her fashion sense.

Ok, sorry, Shou but this is so gay, girlfriend.

@темы: Shou

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I currently have more than 35.000, 10 GB TVXQ images on my PC. And that's just the sorted stuff. Not to mention some folders were damaged and lost. Seriously, it freaks me out. I'm afraid to even touch them, it's such a huge damn pile. Now I've made a strict picture saving policy and I'd probably throw away half of these but I'd need to look at them first.

But it's pretty funny which folders were damaged. Like, apart from the whole "Backstage" section, out of 5 member folders only Yunho's and Changmin's were damaged even though they were a lot smaller. Also, out of all pairing folders only Yunjae got corrupted even though Yoosu was about twice as big. How ironic.

@темы: TVXQ