let me out

grumpychild — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:23:30 GMT

T_T See shooting stars on Wednesday morning! --too late, it's Wednesday night. This always happens D:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091020/sc_space/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight

And it says we can see them from wherever we are on Earth. Uh-huh, so when it says between 1 am and whenever on a Wed morning, which part of 1 am does that refer to?

AAAAAAARGH, AAAAAARGH.

grumpychild — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:16:31 GMT

I realise that I've practically become friends-only. -_-

But then that sounds terrible, somehow.

In other news, ...I was going to watch Akai Ito, but I guess I won't ><;;

InuKai

grumpychild — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:46:41 GMT

For disutansu's Promoting InuKai Love day.
These are really normal things that have a G rating, I think.
Yep.

Kaidoh doesn't run screaming from the room. He's never been to Inui-sempai's bedroom back at home before, but now, standing at the mouth of the room they're to share for the rest of the semester, he can imagine what it might look like.

Inui-sempai's done his best. Having moved in a day earlier, he's settled down on one side of the room first, and made efforts to feel at home, while ensuring that Kaidoh will be comfortable, as well. Books, papers, and dog-eared tennis magazines everywhere have obviously been gathered into armloads and forced to line up untidily against the wall to clear a path for Kaidoh to wade through. Kaidoh can see books threatening to spill from heaps on Inui-sempai's table, onto which they've been hurriedly and unceremoniously shovelled. There are a few faint pencil markings near the head of Inui's bed, and might that be...yes, there's a faint odour in the air, reminiscent of...of what Kaidoh would imagine decaying socks to smell like, not that he's had much chance to catch a whiff of that odour anywhere (except, perhaps, from Momoshiro's locker). On second sniff, it's most definitely something bordering on days-old fish tails; but it vanishes as Inui-sempai, perceptively, leaps with ease over a stray pen lying in wait in the middle of the floor, and unlatches the window, letting in a welcome gust of fresh air.

The idea to share a room had originated from Inui, of course: "It might be a good idea if we become room mates when you enter university." Kaidoh, used to accepting various training menus accompanied by clear explanations of the wherefores and logic behind them, had waited for Inui-sempai to calmly state his rationale for the suggestion, and then grown vaguely uneasy after the too-long pause, before realising that Inui-sempai was eyeing him with what could possibly be a little trepidation; which meant that Inui-sempai was probably waiting for him to assent.

No harm in agreeing, Kaidoh had decided, since it was probably data-tennis-related. And so, although his decision had snagged on a corner of his mind, he shook his head quickly to free it, and answered briefly, "Okay then." But even those words caught in his throat, and he couldn't help blurting out: "Won't it bother you..." Inui-sempai planned his training schedules, of course, and they went on runs even now, whenever possible--but Kaidoh was used to his own ways. To little things, such as waking up a little earlier than most humans on particular days so that he could pound the streets undisturbed and reach his destination by the time the sky grew light. Inui-sempai might not, for instance, be accustomed to such early hours, although he no doubt possessed an almost inhuman drive. (Who knows, perhaps Inui-sempai himself woke up at unearthly hours.)

Inui-sempai had looked puzzled. "Bother me...?" Still no explanation, and a quick glance at Inui-sempai's face had confirmed that there was definitely a gleam of relief reflected in Inui-sempai's glasses.

"...never mind."

Somehow, perhaps through a combination of strong academic and sports records and other such matters that matter to the powers that be, Inui has wrangled it such that he and Kaidoh will share one of the best double rooms. (In fact, the mere fact that they have coincidentally ended up rooming with one another instead of being subject to the whims of a balloting system would be more surprising if not for the rumour circulating months before the room-allocation date that Inui has been hunting for a roommate-cum-new-test-subject-for-concoctions-of-unsurpassed-nutritional-value.)

Strange smells and suspicious near-messes aside, Kaidoh feels at ease soon enough. Their tables are back-to-back; their beds separated by a wide channel which is, for now, fairly empty. He can safely store his steam-ironed bandannas in one of the drawers, stack his books carefully at one end of his desk, and arrange his paperweights (one handmade by Hazue) and stationery at the other end. Inui-sempai, after ensuring that all's well, sinks into a pool of silence interrupted by occasional rustlings of paper or the slam of a book hitting the floor followed by an absent-minded apology.

At half-past four, Kaidoh's ready for a run. To his surprise, Inui-sempai says, "I'm afraid I'm not joining you today," and gives few pointers on any preferred routes. (The University's always been too far from home for Kaidoh to travel across to it for training sessions with Inui-sempai; it's always been the reverse, for convenience's sake, and Inui-sempai is familiar with the routes at home, naturally--while the same cannot be said for Kaidoh and the university.)

When Kaidoh shuts the door, Inui makes a note of the time.

---
Inui's mildly surprised to find himself a little nervous, even hesitant, when Kaidoh finally enters the room they're to share for the semester.

Fortunately, Kaidoh doesn't run screaming from the room; that would have ruined the plan.

Neither had he fled screaming from the plan. Inui had generated a list of probable responses before phrasing the issue as delicately as possible (Kaidoh, I was considering that it might be a good idea if we become room mates when you enter university...). There had, naturally, been a high likelihood that Kaidoh would agree without too much hesitation. It wasn't as if Inui had expected Kaidoh to embrace the notion with resounding enthusiasm...so, of course, Inui wasn't too disappointed when Kaidoh had merely answered, "Okay, then," after processing it for the required length of time (which appeared to be 10 seconds, from which time lapse Inui inferred that Kaidoh considered it neither a hassle nor a dubious venture). 10 seconds was a good time. Yes. Whatever it might mean. (6 seconds might have been better? inquires a silent voice. And what about when Kaidoh shook his head? The 1.5% probability had loomed large in Inui's brain then.)

In no way is this a dubious venture, however. What better way, after all, of ensuring that Kaidoh has the Perfect Training Menu, than sharing a room with Kaidoh, clocking in fresh, flawless data, then recomputing it when necessary (as will be inevitable), all based on interactions and observations of Kaidoh. Inui has been to Kaidoh's house--has set out certain dietary requirements and restrictions and recommendations--has made copious notes on Kaidoh's (and everyone else's) movements and specialties and preferences--even and especially during the school vacation and public holidays. But this is quite, quite different, and perfect.

Strangely, it had been difficult to get the actual justification out initially, but when it was offered, Kaidoh absorbed the explanation without much objection. The only worry had been raised long before the explanation, i.e. "Wouldn't it bother you...?" Which problem had never occurred to Inui to really be an Issue, until Inui recalled with despair the impeccable state of Kaidoh's room at home, just five minutes before he was supposed to meet Kaidoh.

Kaidoh appears to be taking things fairly well, though. The run at half-past four is one dictated by a schedule which Inui knows by heart, not by the desire to flee from the room. (Could it be that I'm thinking too much, Inui considers, but then that would raise the query, Thinking too much about what? About having a room mate to wallow in this? which will, in turn, direct him to a big tangle in his mind which he will sort out in a second, once he somehow extracts this sheet of paper from under that pile of books, because if he's done it before and dropped only one book in the process, surely he can do it again.)

Untidiness, while frowned upon by Kaidoh in relation to his own affairs, might not be entirely unsettling or harmful to Kaidoh's state of mind where it is in relation to Inui and where it is kept within tolerable boundaries. Inui files this away under List #34 of Personal Matters while waiting for Kaidoh to return.

Three hours later, Inui stops eyeing the space where the cactus gift from Fuji used to sit (before Fuji reclaimed it when it started showing signs of withering), and starts wondering if he should have given more recommendations for paths to be taken. The original idea had been to let Kaidoh choose his own path, find out what it was, plan the ideal training route together, et cetera. There are particular roads which Inui favours, and those back-of-the-hand areas which he is endlessly familiar with, but there's always more fun to be had in exploration, and Kaidoh will probably discover all the more difficult routes, the longer turns. There's so much more room for development...It's better for Kaidoh to experiment on the first day...
...and that had all sounded so good until now. Three hours, it's dark, and to be late for dinner, for anyone who's been running for hours, and for Kaidoh to be late, that would be unthinka...
...It's funny how this should be bothering him, since it can only mean unmined data waiting to be teased apart. That must be the difference between having someone as a junior living his own separate life under a separate roof, and having the same person as a room mate. Strange sensation...

There's a key turning in the knob, and after a startled silence in which Inui swivels in his chair so fast it squeaks and almost shoots backwards, Kaidoh says, "I'm back." There's a faint pinkness in his cheeks; probably an encounter with a kitten, and Inui registers this without really thinking, because now he's on his feet, echoing, "You're back." And, because it's more important than data, or training, "Let's have dinner," then, irrepressibly, out of habit, "Which route did you take? Let's go tomorrow."

Tomorrow they'll take three hours, or all the time. The semester is long, and it's just beginning; and later, when they're ready to leave for dinner downstairs, Inui realises that Kaidoh hasn't said a word about the impending avalanche of research notes hovering on the brink of his desk. Kaidoh's glance must be carefully avoiding it, and Kaidoh would never neaten it, since he must think that Inui-sempai has his own method in his mess--and Inui records a small significant reminder in his mind to start the tedious process of straightening his things just a little bit more, and a bit more regularly.

---
The END:
This story is over.

Or, The QUARTERWAY-THROUGH:
This story will go on, unwritten...

*Please ignore the fact that if Kaidoh goes to university, then he'll be at his best tennis form in the middle of university. ...Also, assume Kaidoh wasn't subjected to any orientation activities of an embarrasing nature on the first day, because if there were any, Kaidoh hissed in surprise when approached, and scared all the orientation leaders into thinking he was highly disagreeable and such. And everyone knows he's in tennis so no one will shove him a leaflet to join, say, THE PET SOCIETY ;_;
I think that if Kaidoh went for those orientation fairs, he'd definitely end up taking all the leaflets offered by braver people, and then he'd be stuck with a gazillion things and trip and drop them and scare a bunch of people ;_; and then end up going running anyway...

ETA: Oh my goodness, an error. If Inui just moved in yesterday, there shouldn't be an empty space for a cactus...! Sadness. OTL.

*

On account of my writing too many reflective rubbish things, let's have more direct speech.

Conversation #31: Turtle
Inui: "Do you have any pets?"
Kaidoh: "....no."
Inui: "Would you like a rabbit? Or a cat"
Kaidoh: (cheeks pink)".................But I would be away at school or training most of the time and my mother would have to take care..."
Inui: "I see. It would be too much trouble for your family..."
Kaidoh: "........"
Inui: "........."

(Sometimes an eyeball will roll back at him contemplatively, as if to say, "This is for data?" but Kaidoh always replies dutifully. Unlike Echizen, who's apt to reply with a smirk and lowering of his cap, "Hm, Inui-sempai, collecting new data?" before being pounced upon and knuckled on the head for being not cute, not cute at all, by which time there's no time left to gather data.)

Conversations #76: Prince of Volleyball
Inui: "If you could play another sport..."
Kaidoh: "No."
Inui: "Well, there's a possibility...Ability in one field of sports may be well applied to another field..."
Kaidoh: "I like tennis."
Inui: "I see."

(Or suppositions, just for fun.)

Conversation #160: Rock 54
Inui: "If you could play a musical instrument..."
Kaidoh: "?"
Inui: "If you could play a musical instrument, what would you play?"
Kaidoh: (eyeball)"......................bass."
Inui: "Oh?"
Kaidoh: "...mother thinks it sounds nice..."
Inui: "Oh."

(Or, just like this...)

Conversation #450: Sunset by the canal
Inui: "Nice."
Kaidoh: "Ah."

grumpychild — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:39:35 GMT

Hayashi Aki posts about Oishi 5's birthday surprise. Yeah, I think I'll love Kaidoh and Oishi for gen 5, as always ><;;

Gakutob Seiji went to eat with Toshi (5th Momo). But wait! there's a hand! Who was the third person?
Why, Ryuuki from D-BOYS, OF COURSE. ...............

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Takeda Kouhei, Rukia, and, um, Sakuno!! :)
Yeah, I can't believe I wished imaginary people happy birthday...

grumpychild — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:34:31 GMT

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...and that's all :)

grumpychild — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:10:26 GMT

I am very happy, because Zukki will be in a big drama, and Endou will also be in another big drama which has shiny names like Eita and Toma.
And gosh...KAGAMI FROM KAMEN RIDER KABUTO will be in it. AT LONG LAST! AT LONG LAST!! After jumping from Hakoben (one or two episodes) and some afternoon show, to Gira Gira, and now to this! Something in which everyone will see him!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.
Now I expect Kageyama to be spotted, too....><;;

Anyway, other awards will be forthcoming: t-shirt, best failed attempt, don't we know that song (airline song), and I can't remember, some others. Oh, The Misunderstood Move (ikyuunyu). And oh, I will reply to the other entry's comments!!! *_*

grumpychild — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:32:29 GMT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, disutansu!!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

grumpychild — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:26:29 GMT

tired. MORE house-cleaning tomorrow.
Meanwhilst, I found out who did it on Batista, by accident. T_T

Also........good night.

And oh! the d-boys photobook. Hahaha, I really want to see it.
I haven't watched hyotei myu yet.

grumpychild — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:30:47 GMT

The new Rookies team mates have been named. I don't know who one of them is, but the other is Sasword (HENSHIN!) from Kamen Rider Kabuto, aka ...Yamamoto Yuusuke! :D

grumpychild — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:35:23 GMT

Two-seconds!
Satou Takeru's new show next Jan will be at 9pm on Fuji TV, and it stars...
...Nana Eikura, a Seventeen model who was in this dancing show that I saw in Japan (together with another girl best known for her "Mogi-san!", that preposterous moment of shock in the DeathNote movie, which same girl also played Den-O's good friend who'd gone to England)...
...and M. Hiro, aka Kamen Kabuto.
Den-O is acting with Kabuto! hahaha...

grumpychild — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:27:51 GMT

happy anniversary of your lj, disutansu!

ETA: Kenken, when asked what he would do if he woke up one morning to discover he was a woman: ...(something like) "I'd feel my chest, definitely (laugh)." orz. (But he did add that he would want to be a guy again etc if he were to be born again etc).
Satou T (den-o), on what he would be doing in the summer (old magazine): Watching D-Boys Stage (2008). ♥
Matsuoka (Kaneda) Yuki has been struck by a cold that made him leave his blog entry hanging in mid-air ("please hold on............", he actually typed) to blow his nose. When tomo said he had a flu jab, I was impressed at the state of stuff over there, until my sis pointed out that Japan's a cold temperate country. Singapore...well....I guess that's why we don't go for flu jabs..........

grumpychild — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:42:29 GMT

Seto Y Ohtoria finally addresses the issue of "Kazuki-kun". How he respects him, he's like an older brother, he has a perfect work ethic (I think) and such.
...wait, no photo?
...that's right, he hasn't any, he says. He wanted to take a photo, I think, but then Katobe was so busy and had to go off to other work? ...so there was no photo...

Meanwhilst--Matsuoka Y (Kaneda) has obtained a spot in this Christmas's Disney Mickey and Minnie Xmas CM, and he's really really happy and grateful because he loves Disney.

Also...pictures from kenken's blog can't be saved, so see this one of him with kanesaki sanada.

The new Kiva song is brilliant. It's truly amazing, the things Setomaru has done with his voice. Maybe they'll make him sing with Decade, since Decade seems to have a good voice (yeah, if only Decade were Takiyuki, but then I am so happy for Decade now...)

I typed something about the latest lawsuits, but I think I'll leave the whole torrenting talk out of this. The end.

Argh now i feel nasty inside.
Oh, for the curious, a sample thing...
Interviewer: So, have you watched each other's works?
Satou T (Den-O) (regarding Doori): There was FROGS but he wasn't in it much (? i think)
Doori: Eh?
Satou T: I went to see Tenimyu too...I went to see Kenken.../I watched Kenken.
Doori: ..........
Satou T: I'm lying!

....orz. But so cute. It's sweet that he mentioned kenken.

And hello, digitalwing!! ^^

ETA: Matsuoka Y is in the making of PV for "I'll be", a little bit. He's in the I'll Be video, here.

grumpychild — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:30:58 GMT

Kazuma will appear in a guest role in the third episode of a show called "QED: the proof is complete" (something like that), next year! Yay for Kazuma being on TV! and on the train, he met Take-chan from Higa.

Also, http://www.akai-ito.jp/movies2/ -->tomo made some akai ito backstage video.
There's this part when ...what happens? one of the girls tells him what? to please not...interrupt? film? and he says, "sorry," and starts to back off, but she was kidding >.<

I have no idea what is going on in the video. D:

ANYWAY! Poring through comments randomly (because Kujirai made reference to them) revealed that when he asked people if this was pasta or ramen, someone answered: "Potato!" .........

grumpychild — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:11:25 GMT

Thanks to ryuzaki_desu, in the comments on my previous post...it seems that the new kamen rider is...

Kamen Rider Decade, played by Inoue aka AtobeB!

I am still holding out for Rider roles for Tomo and Takiyuki, but I realise that the chances are getting so slender as to be invisible.

I am very happy for Atobeb, if it's so, and you know, that may explain the entries about KK and Atobeb. It's great that they are good friends.
I really really was so sad when I heard that 1) Atobeb was a great fiery one and yet 2) he was not in the next Myu.

I still want to see Tomo as a Rider. And Takiyuki. Heh. :) It would be really rather...sweet. Somehow. :p

ETA: Time has passed so quickly! It's so hard to believe or remember that I once called Katou Keisuke "Tezuka 4" (or rather, "5"?) because alternate Tezukas would look kind of thin rather than broad-shouldered. But BBR just defeated all such thoughts...though he IS rather thin.

I removed all spoilers from the tags.

Also, the picture of Ono Kento in the new movie (i have to tag him for this entry, since he's hardly tagged)--that was a great picture. I could only recognise Araki at first glance (i didn't notice ookawa because I was too busy staring at araki). I thought Ono Kento was a beautiful woman. -_-;; He IS beautiful in the picture. Good picture. Wonder what the movie will be like.

grumpychild — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:32:32 GMT

My sister revealed the true threat to Tenipuri-dom...
...What if PoT the New is about entirely new folks altogether, with our nearest and dearest (and that includes Muromachi Touji! I expect to see him in the new manga!) merely guest stars?
I contemplated Echizen Nanjirou as the grandfather of a new prince of tennis, i.e. ryoma GETS MARRIED. Well, I wonder if Konomi T will make Ryoma date anything more than a tennis ball in high school.
I doubt, of course, that that (I mean, the story being about Echizen Nanjirou and new baby) will happen, because konomi T likes his characters too!!

Anyway, that made me sad. All through lunch, I had been imagining the best things EVER.
Of course, since I love Fudomine and Seiruu, I was thinking about them, mostly.
I'm bad at imagining things for Seigaku beyond Oishi and Kaidoh--I'll leave that to my sister.
But we can always try.
Hyotei...my love for them is built on Tenimyu, then backwards to anime and then manga. They'll be back, of course. Gekokujou. I can't spell that. Sorry, Hiyoshi! XD;;
And Rokkaku!! and Rikkai!! and Higa!! and Shitenhouji!! ~~and kevin smith! XD;;~~
Does anyone know...that secretly, I rather love Jyousei Shonan, even if I'm not sure how to spell its name and their names. I kind of love the big guy (I've forgotten his name! D:) who said, suddenly, that tennis was fun. I suspect Changeover! is a sweet guy, who really cares about his fans. I think the twins are annoying, but they really love each other and have the most fun playing doubles together. The list goes on. Of course I like Kajimoto the bendy-back, though I'm terrified for his back. Oh, well, if physics can disregarded, so can biology.
I want everyone back. I want EVERYONE back. A welcome chapter. Let's see some random familiar faces pass by.

Firstly, Konomi Takeshi will show the passage of time by revealing Dan Taichi in the first chapter as a Tall and Pretty Captain, of Yamabuki (his seniors now in high school). He is popular--as he stands at the sidelines of the court--well, on the stands, I wanted him to be, initially, but that was kind of flashy--with the sun burning down on him (you know the way Pot gives really shiny suns in pictures!!), some girls press themselves to the fence for a better squeal/look. But then he turns all dorky and deliciously sweeeeeet! especially if he catches sight of an old senior strolling by for a look. If it's Akutsu, he waves enthusiastically and wants to show off his team, which Akutsu would secretly approve of, if he even cared to think about it. Which he will, on the train on the way home. See the anime episode of him on the train watching Ryoma play. I've liked Akutsu since then. If it's Minami, the girls will be like, "Who was that?" but then they'll remember Minami anyway, because he waves to Dan, formerly known as "Hai desu" to my sis and me.

Please bring Taka-san back! he loves tennis! i will be so sad if he had to do just sushi. Maybe he plays matches with the others still, but...T_T
Please don't break up the teams! I want our Seigaku people to stay together and work their magic.
Akutsu, he'll someday really take over his mum's cafe, though right now he's a bu liang shao nian, a pai kia, a...youth on a weird path, or whatever it's called.
But as it is, he'll actually cheer Taka-san up, they'll play tennis, Akutsu is scary but Taka-san will be all "burrrrrning"...

I was thinking about Kamio...Shinji, some fic said once (chinese fic), went to another, better high school than the one they all went to. But no, Shinji would always be with the rest, because that's his team, and those are his friends, and they'll start from first years all over again, and climb up and someday, everyone will be together as a team once more, under *cue music* Tachibanaaaa♪
Kamio will date An-chan. Or continue trying.
Yeah, I'm not really remotely interested in the tennis, just their personal lives.

Yanagisawa will change his hair ~~and will be as hot as Shinoda~~, and he'll never stop saying "da ne", and he and Atsushi will play singles, of course, but they'll also think that honestly, doubles is the best. I like thinking of Atsushi playing singles, and sometimes, Ryou will drop by and want to play a match, or just NOT play a match at all.

For the nature of Rokkaku and Seigaku, and Fudomine with Kamio the Music Man (not trademarked to wang lee hom, I think), and all, is that--there is a life outside tennis.
And for Rikkaidai, there is that, but like Hyotei, even if there were a life outside tennis...somehow, it's a kind of rigour with them. I don't know if I'm right. I suspect it's even more rigour for Rikkaidai. Live and breathe. Like it is for Ryoma, but...different...

And I suspect now that Mizuki's plan was for Seiruu to be like that. That's why when Ryou asks Atsushi to hang out with him after Senbatsu, Atsushi is like, "...no...practice tomorrow", I think. And Mizuki was always thwarted, because Yanagisawa does social work, and Akazawa likes swimming, too, not just tennis!

Okay, that's as far as I'm going to think this evening.

Kachirou will grow up really cute and Sakuno will date him.
Tomoka, whom I respect deeply (once I got over being annoyed) because she has more team spirit, vigour, verve, guts, character, and spine than she could've been given, has been Data person for Seigaku and she and An-chan will exchange data if necessary, though, of course, sometimes, pride doesn't let them ask, but best of all, sometimes they'll get data together. Because they're powerful like that.

grumpychild — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:19:58 GMT

almost all the d-boys meet up!!!
so nice!

off to bed.

grumpychild — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:52:24 GMT

eta: do not heed!! none_neither has explained in comments below!! :p
Adachi: calls Zukki "kami-sama", I think, and then um introduces manga books he recommends, which were recommended by Zukki (I think? cannot remember)
Manager-san pops up to say: All is well, he has updated, rest easy! (My fake interpretation, not to be taken seriously)

Kaji: I have read the D-boys members' blogs. Adachi calls Zukki "Kami-sama", I (shall?) call you Samu (sorry, can't remember either, offhand).
Manager-san pops up again to say: Blog has been updated!

Meanwhilst, I have not accomplished next week's tutorial, am researching on today's for that question I can't quite answer. I think I've found the answer. Halfway through reading the potential source for the answer, I realised I was reading a LOT of italics, and then I KNEW for sure who wrote the source (I don't usually need to quote the writer), and when I scrolled up, I saw I was right! I've read another thing by him, and it's instantly memorable because it's filled with italics and he was trying to put across some message which was clearly lurking under his words but which is hard to come right out to say, so he wrote lots of things about floating on the substratum and anchoring oneself. He's very brilliant, famous for having finished studying one of the first-year courses by the time the half-year mark had arrived. Anyway, he wrote the textbook for that course later. :)

And in case anyone EVER wanted to know Tomo's brother's names for real (and not in kanji, either!), he's gone and told the world, and also informed everyone of the gift his father received from the family, which was a wallet (LV?) similar to his (I think? i remember he had one) and which had, inscribed in the middle, the initials TYR for the three sons. Which is cute. And incredibly informative, as always.

Okay, back to work.
Also, Team Batista has aired and all that! I salivate!
And the first episode of Bloody Monday had NO Satou Takeru. I await the next *_*

grumpychild — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:13:48 GMT

Ill, not sure, but think I ate something that disagreed with tummy, again. For the nth time. Probably the coconut kueh things. I like faintly coconutty things. Just not the actual brown grit thing.

In other news, Kazuma's watched Bloody Monday and recommends it. Atoba had a birthday event and Ohtoria was his surprise guest. Hiyoshib had a birthday event and I think his guest was Atoba (can't be sure from the picture).
Many people enjoyed xiao long bao (dumplings with soup inside)--Shougo, Hamao, Basshi-who-posts-once-a-month, new Horio, and Eguchi-kun.

My sister is back.
So many nights and afternoons I'd wake up and think she was there next to me, because I'm used to getting up only when she gets up.
I'm glad she's home.
She's got the flu.
I haven't gotten past the 2nd sentence of my Statement. Don't know how it's done. Format, everything. D:

grumpychild — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:20:38 GMT

Randomly, Watanabe Koji will be in a play and the two guests (on different/alternate occasions?) for it are: Atoba and Hiyoshib! :D Well, I think I saw Hiyoshib's name...

grumpychild — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:52 GMT

Two-second stuff:

I can't help but wonder what Tomo is saying which makes it seem that he's part of some group of 3 folks writing some random thing on the mobile site.

Anyway, Tomo's mother bought a Kiva Emperor handphone.............dangling object. I think. :)

Also, I went to a shop today and I saw Kamen 555 and then I saw God Speed Love and then I saw Kamen the Next and when I glanced up I SAW KOTANI AND HIYOSHI AND KABAJI AND it was ZAN SABRE and I did not have enough money.

I hadn't the time to explore it, but it has like lots of old anime and some that you don't see around in the shops, like...I can't remember.

grumpychild — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:49:02 GMT

...Ouji had lasik surgery on Wednesday and hence he didn't update his blog that day?????!!!

Oh, man! I hope his eyes are fine now! I never knew he had imperfect eyesight, or else I kind of guessed but forgot. So he's got his eyesight perfected now...

Yeah, the irony of yukimura going for surgery quite on the side too.

ETA: 「Hello, I'm Kawamoto Ryou and I don't update my blog any longer, but that's okay, because here I am on Katou Koki's blog because we're Koko wa Greenwood co-actors!」

grumpychild — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:54:00 GMT

http://ameblo.jp/tsunemitsu-imai/

Imai, who played Kai when Hijiri was unwell in Higamyu, has a blog.

Please note that for Hiyoshib and Imai's blogs, this news is really all courtesy of the wonderful people who run http://a.hatena.ne.jp/tpblog/

Thank you.

grumpychild — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:43:54 GMT

http://ameblo.jp/k-hosogai/

Hiyoshib has a blog.

He spent 14 years in America? And just returned last summer. He said he hadn't spent summer in Japan for 3 years and he missed it. And it was 37 degrees C.
Arena 37C.
Sorry.

Anyway, he writes lots of moving stuff. ;_;

grumpychild — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:08:54 GMT

2-second news:

What is this "level 2" which I see Zukki has for kanji, and Oshitariab has for English, please? Thanks.

Also, jia-san yahoo-japanned and found out that new Pureboy knows English and French, and was in Paris in high school and secondary school (I think). And indeed, what do you find out on yahoo-ing him and discovering his homepage? Why, that he has an IB. An IB pass, ie for getting into European and American universities.

Shougo has a new blog. He looks older. He is going to be hot. Hope he grows taller, so that/and that he gets many jobs. That photo you see at the top of the page was taken for him by Basshi. :)

This is Makita sleeping on the floor between shows, very appropriately taken by his Ryoma, Shougo.

Niigata at night, courtesy of Hamao.

Sunset picture taken from the shinkansen on the way to Niigata, courtesy of Hirata.

ETA: Toyoda posts about Niigata (so rare!) and Katou Koki, whom Kaneda (Matsuoka-not-Ohtake Yuuki-not-Yuki-or-maybe-never-mind) shares a blog with, was once the other half of "Sprout", together with Shiozawa aka Mizuki from Seiruu!

grumpychild — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:48:43 GMT

Tomorrow is one of the few Fridays I am free and can possibly watch Amesuta. Then my class said it wished to gather.

I'm a bit tired, got home from school a short while ago, was trying to search for mooncakes after class ended at 730 pm because mooncake festival is on Sunday and we HAD mooncakes, nice traditional ones with no nuts, but then I had gastric pains after eating a slice of one of them...and we need (would like?) cakes for Sunday and the previous cakes won't last till then.
Info on Mid-autumn festival and mooncakes here. The part on wiki about putting pomelo rinds on one's head, I have not seen. Do tell me if you really see that happening. Thanks.

Anyway, I wanted to come home to do next Tuesday's drafting today so as to complete the major part of my homework obligations for next week, but so tired. D: Think will watch nepleague. Or just sleep.

Hey, I can actually do drafting of it without a computer, tomorrow. I can go out and draft. MUST go to City Hall to pick up good postcards for the kajimasaki project, YAY! I must also be smart and buy MORE THAN TWO, because we will surely mis-write something simple.

I watched a bit of nepleague last night as was completing Monday's stuff, and couldn't sleep for one hour after that, thinking about how I've forgotten much of my Chinese, and consequently, how my future is quite messed up (can't remember the complete link). I can tell you what "whirlpool" is, but I can't write it. I can read words which I can't confidently pronounce, but which I can understand. Am reading about Warring States of China now (chun qiu zhan guo shi dai), in Chinese. Couldn't write like that, though.

Yeah, I had more to say but it wandered too much into real life territory about the way Singaporeans view things sometimes. D:

Masei and Takiyuki remembered the 9th of September as the day they graduated from Tenimyu. I must admit that I remembered the date was very significant for a non-historical reason, but I forgot what.

Matsuoka Yuki is "Yuki", not "Yuuki", it seems, and he tends to add an interesting fact for the date, like when colour TV popped up. Well, so does his friend. MY apologises for being super-late when they met up today, and says his friend is the Best Friend ever (for putting up with it or something). Also, this is a really bad pun, I think: オツカレSUMMER (otsukaresama, I think he meant to say)...orz. I may be wrong.

Oh, drafting this time is quite fun, am starting on it now. Yummy.

ETA: WOE is me, I have lost my notes for yesterday's class. How can this be. They were there. Just...THERE. Never mind. Will search again tomorrow.