Yesterday, 10 pm, kitchen, TV turned on to some channel following up on election news. Results already known, voice from TV creating only background white noise as I read the latest from my friends page on my laptop....... one word sticks out..

"You tachi"

I'm still reading my fpage, my mind automatically slowly replays the sounds it's just heard to realize the word that was just said by the TV presenter was, "aiutaci". And that is the ONLY word my ears caught.

1.5 seconds later I realize what my brain has just done all on its own. And once again I shudder at how JE has actually totally invaded my mind O____________________________________O

 
uwaaa~ otsukare atashi (^__^)
shoot me now for coming up with certain ideas XD
Hmmm, are you curious as to what I'm talking about? Yes, it's got to do with that "sub" tag. Alright, the episode was upped on d-addicts since Friday, no one volunteered to do softsubs (hardsubs will be done by Kioku Fansubs).. so I thought, "I wanna try!". Did I give enough hints? I wanna scream RYO-CHAN, but that's just too big a hint XD

So, yes I did. I did softsubs for the first episode of Last Friends. It was my first time ever; translating a drama and typesetting.. I'd already had a little experience with timing. So, if you decide to give my subs a try and have any suggestions or criticism please do tell ^^

So, I did the timing using the 704x396 DivX6 AVI uploaded on d-addicts.
It's a .ass file. Plays with media player classic and zoomplayer (from Combined Codec Community). Couldn't get it to work with VLC. Anyone know if .ass files don't work with VLC?

Credits are in the subs (please don't remove them), but:
-, Original script: どらま・のーと弐
-, Translation, timing & typesetting: suketeru

Download link: mediafire.com/?mkzmx2ebmmc
Don't forget to give the sub file the same name as your AVI file (except for the extension of course XD)

There are a coupla spots which I didn't translate 'cause either I couldn't tell what they were saying or I just couldn't bother XD It was just 3 tiny spots, and the talk was insignificant to the story (less than secondary people were doing the talking XD)

a coupla comments:
( ok they turned out to be more than just a couple XD )

Now, onto a little news:
-, I still haven't gone to vote. Going tomorrow. Gotta take my granny too.
-, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, the next Miyazaki Hayao film, will open in Japan on July 19. The trailer will run in Japanese theatres starting April 19 [source: Anime news network]
-, Kurosagi -the movie dropped to position #6 in its 5th weekend (5-6/april) [source: 映画大好き].
-, I want some news about Yamada Takayuki, but all I keep getting is gossip about his ex, his kid, and apparently his new gf _o_ I want a new drama!! XD

My ranting:
( delusions, dreams, and.. definitions )

By the way, about the subbing thing. I wanted to give it a try, that's all. I can't guarantee I'll be doing any other episodes. Hmmmm I wonder if anyone would be willing to do the timing ^^;

Edit2: thanx to nodokuto who's tried the subs with the 1280x720 version of the video and told me it appears to be working properly ^^

Rating for the first episode of Last Friends in Kanto region: 13.9

DREAM:

A few mornings ago. I was at an Arashi concert with a friend -probably a fictional person. At some point they called for a break, and the audience was getting scattered all over the place to go get some fresh air or sth (I know this is totally absurd, but that's how the dream went). My friend and I stayed put. We were sitting a few rows in front of a wide space that separated the stage from the audience. I was really tired (some truth sneaked into that dream, since I was really so tired the whole day that day, partly 'cause I stayed up beta-ing chapter 2 of mae_ai chan's My Life is My Fault fic till 4 am -which was totally fun, and the fic is really interesting so you should go read ^^) and I had my pillow with me. I was holding it in front of me, leaning my head on it sideways facing left. At some point Oono kun came out from one of the doors below the stage into the wide space infront of us. He came up to us, didn't say a word. Just sat infront of me, laying his head facing my same direction, but looking slightly upwards towards me. I looked at him, and without saying anything offered him my pillow, but he refused. My friend and I started talking to each other in English, then HE made a comment in English. I was like, "eh? Oono kun knows English? then we should speak in Italian so he doesn't understand what we're saying!" (now why on earth would I want Oono kun to not understand what I was saying! no scratch that, why on earth would I be talking to my friend instead of talking to Oono kun!!! >__<). I was about to say sth in Japanese when my friend cut me off and started chatting cheerfully with Oono kun. That's when I noticed Nino came out and was sitting a few seats away from us on the same row. There was smn else with him but I didn't notice who it was. I looked to my left once again and saw that my friend took off with Oono kun! >___< "Where are you going?" I shouted out in English. "To the guitar room" (like what is THAT!?!) O___O I was feeling a bit down because they left -kinda felt betrayed really- but then I turned right and saw that Matsumoto kun was sitting right next to me, with Nino next to him. I wasn't all dokidoki, but I was feeling the right amount of nervous when I find myself in situations in which I don't know what to say.. I think we started talking a little (in Japanese) but don't know how far we went 'cause I woke up o(>__<)o


MIND GAMES:

I was reading an MC the guys had on their 08.12 concert in Hiroshima on arashi.vox a few days ago. The following line appeared:

Nino: when I ride a plane going out of country there are lots of times Aiba chan is sitting next to me.

I literally read "Aiba" as.. MY NAME!! O___O ('cause by changing only one letter one gets my name. I never noticed that till that moment!) I was like, "Eh!?! who's A*** chan ? Why is it not me !!". Of course that lasted about 0.2 seconds when I realized it actually read Aiba chan >_< somehow more jealous of anyone who has my name and entered in contact with Arashi!

Then I read Aiba chan and Sho kun have been to the Vatican ! EEEEH !! WHEN !! T___T I'm sure I didn't even know they existed when that happened. bummer! oh well. I doubt they tell people where they go for vacation and such anyway.


MIND GAMES #2:

Change of group. A few weeks ago, when I logged out of hotmail, the MSN page came up, with an image of a baseball player. As soon as I saw him I excitedly thought, "YAMAPI!!!!" but then, "why would YamaPi be on the MSN page!?!". Of course it was just a normal baseball player, and my mind having fun messing with my head!



I know this is probably not a good sign, but I like the weird games a fangirl's mind plays ^^ It's fun, and interesting at the same time. ^^

PS. mae_ai chan, so sorry for missing that way typo >__<.

i swear i'm not doing this on purpose !! these dudes just keep popping up in my dreams !! it's not like i have them on my mind 24/7. i've been into other actors/singers before, but i never EVER dreamed of them. plus, it's not like i'm particularly into any of the ones i'm dreaming of these days.
every dream is getting hazier and hazier. this time i remember only.. wait, i'm getting flashbacks !!

anyho, don't remember anything regarding the celebs. only rememebr who they were !!
Shun Oguri san, and Matsumoto Jun san. no, it had NOTHING to do with HYD !
the rest of the dream had sth to do with me having an remotely controlled helicopter fixed, and this guys explaining chip stuff to me. i was very interested and so into what he was saying -hmmm, does this mean i'm missing sth !?!
anyho, Giordano was there too.



MORE CELEBS
NewS' Hoshi wo Mezashite PV. yaaaaaaaay!
i didn't like the PV much though -_-; like dude, those guys have been out of the picture for more than half a year! i thought they would give them a more glorious come back! the song is beautiful, many of the clips are nice, but the finale's weak. as i mentioned once before, the performance in MS was really nice; the background colors, them in the circle doing simple steps, white feathers falling down, all combined with the climax of the song.. it was all so magical!
it's so weird; as i put the PV on play i was getting all excited! it felt kinda.. wrong for me to be so excited. i've only known those guys for less than a month -i think. i guess there's no harm in liking their music. i think the whole excitement i've read and heard about them coming back together got to me a little ^^.

i think i'm writing too much! i'm gonna go back to my studying now.. unless dru-chan distracts me ^^

**so, this entry was written like 2 days ago.. why didn't i post it till now? cuz i wanted to do sth artsy, but ended up wasting too much time on sth that didn't come out too good.. oh well, it's my first, so kanben shite ne ^^! and yr gonna totally hate me for it, cuz it's more than 1.5 MB .. anyho, i was just so excited for the new NewS single. ^^ (the following was made by ME ^^)
( kinda heavy )

Edit: the single will be released in 2007.03.21 (but you already know that, right?! ^^


**avatar 1: Matsumoto Jun san. don't remember where i got it from. sorry.
**avatar 2: Shun Oguri san (in one of HYD's eps). taken from gabenut.
**banner: ME ME ME ^^

~~~weeeee. Hoshi o Mezashite just popped in my player ^^

kesa mezameta toki iroiro kangaegoto ga atta. mazu ha, henna yume o omoidashita.
flashes of a dream i had last night were the first thing on my mind this morning when i woke up. there was mom, dad my sis and i in the car; dad not paying attention to the road; my friend randa; her mom (who in real life is russian but apparently changed to chinese in my dream!); arabic, italian and english were the languages spoken; i missed sth..
after a few seconds of flashbacks, some words filled the space in my head; "..nakamatachi ha, kitto ima mo soba ni iru kanjiru.." (= ..friends, for sure even now are close i can feel it..). these are words from Arashi's "Hero". why they were in my head? at first i didn't think about it, but now, as i'm writing this, some -unwanted- reasons come to mind.

yesterday i got up earlier than usual 'cause i wanted to be tired at night so i can go to bed early. i have absolutely got to fix my "daily routine" -actually, just the times i get up and go to bed. ironically, everytime i decide to go to bed earlier i end up going waaaaaaay later than usual, and so end up being really tired and getting up later the next morning. >.<


** avatar: Asami sensei, doushita?! Asami sensei from "Long Love Letter" (after he found out that **MAJOR SPOILER BEGIN** Ikegaki died **MAJOR SPOILER END** --> highlight to read)

** today's quote: random phrases i hear; they either make me think, laugh, or simply sounded nice when i heard em.
TODAY's QUOTE:
"screwed up feelings in a screwed up place and a screwed up time doesn't mean that YOU're screwed up!" -Happy Harry Hard-on (from Pump Up The Volume)

the dream this time had nothing to do with any Johnny's -thank God! i was starting to get worried!
it probably had sth to do with the news i saw the night before about the vulcano in sicily waking up. i dreamt that all of a sudden the earth under my feet was becoming all red cuz the lava was rising to the surface.. reminded me of the real life story movie about the vulcano erupting in the middle of california in the '90s (i think it was california). i remember trying to run, but thinking, even if i run away from this, the lava coming out of the vulcano will still get me. that's when i woke up. i lay in bed on my back.. i was still half asleep, thinking, if sth like that should happen, what would be the first thing i'd do? what would be the most important thing in my room i'd want to save?.. my laptop was the first thing that came on my mind! is that sad? after that thought i fully woke up and was like, what on Earth!
the next morning i literally woke up with one line playing in my head; "yume o mezasu", accompanied by the melody of course! "yume o mezasu" = to aim at the dream. from NewS' Kibou~Yell~
that was pretty weird. i think it repeated itself a few times in my mind.


ON ANOTHER NOTE:
HOW COULD I HAVE DONE STH LIKE THAT? i mentioned NewS on the 16.02 Music Station, but didn't say a single word about Arashi.. -_-;
here's their performance of the new song "Love So Sweet" (also opening theme of Hana Yori Dango 2 ~Returns) on the same episode of Music Station. And this is the PV.




**avatar 01: sorry can't remember where i took that from. it's Haruka from The Third~Aoi Hitomi no Shoujo~
**avatar 02: Kanji for "arashi" = storm. taken from A R A S H I for D R E A M : unofficial Italian community

it's really strange; i don't normally dream so much -or at least i don't remember my dreams. last night it was Yamashita san's turn. probably the fact that i watched his Shounen Club Premium interview right before i went to bed stuck him in my subconscious mind.

i can't remember much but, this time it wasn't a tranquil dream like the other 2 times. the language was different as well; it was japanese. we didn't talk much. we were both quite serious. and there was an old lady repeating the same 3 words over and over. we tried to understand what she meant by what she was saying, but she would just repeat the same 3 words. we were by the seaside.. the sea was rough.. the old lady kept on rambling, while Yamashita san walked away, and i followed..

i'm sure there was sth before this whole seaside scene, but i can't remember it.

**avatar img taken from Kurosagi. i don't remember which episode it's from. Kurosaki's lying on his bed thinking about his family.

this time it was Kamenashi san! "tsukutte ageru yo".
this time i was acting more naturally, not all nervous like in the dream with Takizawa san. and Kamenashi san helped me out. it was a nice dream; in a time i didn't want to see or talk to anyone, he was the only one i trusted. it's weird. i only saw him in Nobuta wo Produce, and heard 2 of his songs (in the Nobuta wo Produce single). the dream is a bit hazy, but i remember it took place in the computer science department at my university.. i can't remember what language we were talking in. probably italian.

now that i think about, just before that dream i woke up suddenly after a nightmare. it involved my mom, my sister, myself and the sea.

well, as long as my Johnnys' dreams are calm and put me in a good mood i don't mind ! i wonder why it happens though.. it's not like i'm obsessing over those ppl !

he was in it !! TAKKI ! why? how am i supposed to know!?! haven't seen him in anything recently.. if anyone i shoulda dreamt about yamaP, since "Seishun Amigo" was playing in my head just as i was trying to fall asleep.. not the PV though, just the lyrics..
anyho, i dreamt i was moving into a new apartment in Pisa, and as i was talking to the girl who was moving out Takki came into the room.. he was talking in Italian! we were talking about.. moving stuff! like, dude, we were roommates! not apartment mates, ROOMmates! as in there were 2 beds in that room! i wonder what my brain's going thru to make up such an absurd situation.. well, that was just about it.. ummm, well i guess i forgot to mention he was wearing a towel (covering the whole body!) as he had just come out of the shower! O.o i was a bit nervous, cuz i knew he was a big deal. it was strange, like, we were friends, but i was nervous around him as if i was a fan.. which i am NOT!
before anyone starts insulting me, i'm not saying anything negative about him. i like some of his and Tsubasa's songs, totally loved him in "Taiyou no Kisetsu" and the way he sings "KI.SE.KI" -more than a month has passed, and i still can't make myself listen to that song; i luv it, but cry everytime i hear it T_T.. that said, i just don't go around looking for news or trivia on him, i don't own any of his CDs or DVDs, and have not listened to every song or watched every drama or acting thing he's been in. that's what a fan would do, right?
he was awesome in a recent Shounen Club epsiode though.. hmmm lemme see if i can find the link.... *looking for YouTube link*.... ATTA !! his reactions are so totally.. CUTE !! ^^ oh, and Kawai's impersonation of MatsuJun is hilarious!




anyho, i ended up blabbing more than expected.. or needed!!