Just a few pieces I couldn't keep myself from posting ^_^
Ah, they are so perfect together ♥

Under cut: 3 video cuts
-, Tackey kabuki - onnagata hayagawari (hmm how to say this in English.. Tackey dresses up as a woman and does fast changes of clothes XD)
-, Tsubasa flamenco (that's self-explanatory). tenjo-chan this is especially for you! Though you're not much into T&T, but still Tsubasa ♥ going for 2 weeks to Andalucia to learn flamenco ♥♥
-, Tackey gets a double slap on the head XD and a strange bday gift from an eito renja-

all cuts are short (the longest one is 59 seconds). original video from JPS
( Tackey + technology = head-slap! )

Well, this year marks T&T's 5th year anniversary ne ^_^

The moment of their debut announcement
This Tackey reminds me of Majou no Jouken

A friend of mine -a huge Azzurri fan- found a youtube video and asked me: Why is the Italian team singing this song, which seems to be a love song?

The song is Azzurro by Adriano Celentano. Youtube video under cut. I also added lyrics and English translation, just for the heck of it XD

( il treno dei desideri nei miei pensieri all'incontrario va )

So yeah, anyone know anything ? Why was this song in particular chosen? Is it just for the word, "azzurro"? ^_^;;

On a side-note, those guys sing pretty well ne, considering they're football players and not singr. some sing better than some johnny boys XD

Oh and, sending out some happy and positive vibes to Cannavaro. He hurt his ankle pretty bad in yesterday's training, and looks like he won't be able to play at all in this European Championship T__T Capitano! come facciamo senza di te! ♥

FIND OF THE DAY (which was actually yesterday, but details!): the word PES exists!!
from wordreference:

pes:
the foot of a human being

but, maybe.. they were looking for katakana words starting with P? I can't remember (good excuse to go watch that ep again! XD)

( Pi-chan ni onegai.. )

Some images I saw yesterday from Popolo 2008.07 (thanx to trishatorga)
( so random )

And because zsuness is so awesome.. ( Nino.. majide! )

OK, let's see.. is there any serious news going on these days?
( anything interesting? )

My hype for this post just totally went down ^_^;;
Anyho... CM anyone?( only in Japan? )

I'm surely forgetting something.. I know there was something I wanted to write about. hmmm.

Thanks to watchful21 the truth behind all those Johnny's acronyms, etc. has been revealed (at least to me XD).
The BIG CONTAINER is Johnny's & Associates (aka Johnny's Jimusho). JE (Johnny's Entertainment) is ONLY a RECORD LABEL signed under JA/JJ. I've always referred to the whole thing as JE, but that is obviously wrong. JE is similar to J-Storm in concept. So, the official site for all Johnny's related stuff is johnny's net. watchful21 will post further details and a better explanation soon (in her next NEWS/Yamapi update post).

Remember the mini-drama I mentioned a few days ago? Looks like this is it. 5 minutes long. I just got it, but can't watch it right now 'cause I'm at work.
Have a look. Tell me what you think ^_^ I'll watch later today (like after dinner O__O)

Edit:
I was wrong ^_^;; this is just a normal PV. I heard the beginning was some conversation, so I thought it was the mini-drama ^_^; demo ne, I like baka!T&T PVs better ^_^

hmmm Morita-chan, is this the next subbing project ?!! XD

( gimme some T&T )

--side note: while listening to KI.SE.KI quiet version this morning on the train, one single tear was shed T__T this line always gets me:

また出会えるキセキがもしも僕らにあるなら
今度はきっときっと必ず君を守り抜いてみせる

(mata deaeru kiseki ga moshimo bokurani aru nara
kondo wa kitto kitto kanarazu kimi wo mamorinuitemiseru)

if we ever have the miracle to meet again
that time I will surely, without any doubt, show you I'll protect you till the very end ♥

'cause this post has as many contents and variety as a bakery.. especially an Aiba one XD
post contents: news, a little fangirling, summer dramas, photos, videos, and.. some more stuff.

First off: GOING ON SEMI-HIATUS!
so much to do T__T But, I'll definitely continue subbing Last Friends, and I'll try to keep up with you guys (flist), I have so many of your posts bookmarked in my "wanna read" folder, but haven't had time to read anything T__T So, yeah, I haven't forgotten about you ♥

JE NEWS

( JE )

News from Japan, and 1 extra one.. from an unexpected place

( what's new? )

Fangirling

( so much to report, so much to say )

Dramas for summer season: some info and my wishful thinking

( *__* )

Other stuff: no category

( so ... random )


tiny spoiler: looks like a new project is in the works.. ^_^ though this time I won't be flying solo ^_^ I'll tell in due time, also 'cause nothing is actually decided. For now you'll have to live with this XD I love torturing people XD does this make me an S? O__O

I'm starting to really like these news posts. Do you? Or am I just bugging you all with useless news (which are obviously concentrated on things I like + anything JE !!! XD) ?

( entertainment news -JE and non )

( news from Japan )

( images to ogle at )

Last bit: ( video from youtube: human bit box )

I'm done! Sorry for the super long post (^_^;;) hope you found something interesting (^_^)

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OH WAIT! almost forgot sth! this is more personal but.. I've gone wireless!!! my uncle got me a wireless router (^_^)v I've eliminated 2 wires from my room, leaving only 1000 to trip over XD

tenjostyle ♥ just confirmed the rumor that's been going around lately: Ohno-kun is gonna be the lead in a new drama this summer, together with Ikuta Toma \(^o^)/ This is his first time acting in a drama. I look forward to it (^_^)

Leader, Ohno, will be in a TBS Drama, "MAO" (Devil) starting in July. It airs Friday at 10pm. Ikuta Toma will also be starring.
This is a remake of a popular suspense drama from Korea last year.
Leader's character is a lawyer whose parents get killed and plots a revenge.

Toma-kun will play the police officer. Toma and Leader will share the lead role.

thanx to buttrflikissr for the news (posted on a_ra_shi)


On another note, I just found out that Switchfoot will be singing the theme for the coming Narnia movie (Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian): This is Home.
It's a nice song:
( youtube it )

Switchfoot website
Switchfoot on myspace

 
So, everyone around me is quite bummed about the results of the elections. That includes me too. There was a little bit of hope inside me all day. But numbers talk. And numbers announced a really sad reality today.

Anyho, cut the sadness and let's chin up. I just got this amazing video clip from O.Z. @FB (that was fun XD). Amazing for 2 reasons:
-, I was just thinking about this last night O___O
-, Not only does it depict the best 5 minutes of the whole World Cup 2006 (IMO, and I'm obviously biased), it does so accompanied by the wonderful comments of an ARABIC COMMENTATOR! don't worry, there are English subs (except for the parts said in Italian O__O) XD

( The German Mannschaft drowns in the blue ocean! )

btw, does anyone find the German team name disturbing?! XD

After listening to "Last Friends" theme song "Prisoner of Love", I was wondering what the rest of the album (HEART STATION - released 2008.03.19) sounded like, so I put it in winamp yesterday while working. Didn't pay much attention to it, until... a song about kuma came up!!! There is just no way a song like that can pass by unnoticed XD
So, even though it's quite a simple song, both to listen to and translate, I found it quite amusing so... (^^)

Note: divshare sometimes takes a long time to load media, so please be patient. It usually works fine with both FF and IE, but if your FF doesn't seem to load, you can try another browser, or click on the media links I will provide for easier access. sorry for the trouble (^^;)

Under cut #1:
-, lyrics (kanji, romaji, English translation)
-, MP3 of the song (5.54MB, 320kbps, 2:25 minutes)
-, various credits

( I'm a teddy bear ^^ )

Under cut #2:
-, some bits cut out of Utada Hikaru's latest appearance on Doumoto Kyoudai (2008.03.16) in which they talked about her fixation with teddy bears (+ translation of those bits) and her performance of "Flavor of Life" at the end of the episode (^^)
-, video is AVI, 87.7MB, 640x360, 8:18 minutes (4 minutes interview, 4 performance)
-, some more credits

( kuma ni naritai )

Wow I've accumulated some stuff to write about didn't I ?!! (;^_^A
Right, let's get to it.

image for reference

Scan credits: agtoro/boku_nari_no.
Click on image to be transferred to bigger size and other goody scans (including the Ryo scan posted below this section). ^__^
EDIT: aya_takarai has posted another, slightly better quality of those scans. You can find them here.

( translation of Koyama-Ryo-Massu on TV Guide Oct 20-26 )

( NEWS RUSS-K Winter CM )

( Ryo chan is cheating on Yamapi O_________O )

PERSONAL STUFF FOLLOWS, so you don't have to read if you don't want to ^^
( going crazy )

Did you watch this? it was just before YUI's performance, Takki was asked about the songs they'd just heard in the ranking, and he mentioned KinKi Kids'. He and Arashi in chibi days were backdancers. There's a little talk between Takki and Ohno kun.

( video clip, snaps, and rough translation HERE! ^^ )

Yesterday I finished watching the 3-hour Music Station Special (アゲウタ、ナキウタ　Best 100x2). It took me 3 days to watch all that. Weird ranking I must say, but that's for another post (maybe). This post is about a performance I totally fell in love with. I'd already heard this song before (it was released in 2004), but I love this version a lot more than the single version. ♥

I've uploaded the performance, and added full lyrics and rough translation.

CREDITS:
Video: Nermal @jpopsuki
Lyrics: evesta.jp
Romaji & translation: suketeru

( 君の心へ続く架橋へと・・・ )

I just found a hilarious video on johnnys_wa_ai. First i saw this was an imitation by Aiba chan (HEY!x3 2007.09.03 telephone box), and then half an imitation by Nakatsu (Hanakimi ep 10).

I'm talking about the comedian 小島よしお (Kojima Yoshio). It was a bit embarrassing to watch at first >//< but when the laughing kicked in everything else went out !!!
Ah, in this video you can see KAT-TUN's Nakamaru kun and Tanaka kun (Tanaka kun literally ROTFLing), as well as some Johnny's Juniors (I spotted smn from ABC and I think KMF2).

Edit: embedding from veoh cuz youtube removed the video. Kojima Yoshio in YOUtachi! 2007.07.22

( sonna no kankei nai! hai, o ppa ppi! )

I got this from Arashirin @Vox. I laughed so much while watching it!

About the show: The rules of the game are that you do not laugh while watching the video of the guy trying his best to speak in English. In the show, the people who laugh would have their names called up and have their butt spanked for it.

( Highschool English Lesson video this way )

knowing that there was sth hilarious in there, I was laughing even before the guy started talking XD