41 years ago this very day, somewhere in Wakayama, just south of Osaka, Japan, this cute little sweetheart was born. 41 years later, he is still a cute little sweetheart. Just insanely talented, globally famous and rocking my socks off.

( The original Kansai man <333 )

I just finished watching ROMES (i LOLed so hard the first time i heard the "proper" pronunciation: LO-MEZ) starring Kanjani8's Ohkura Tadayoshi and Yasuda Shota. I get why the show got the ratings it did, but for some reason i just decided to stick with it till the end *shrugs* after watching a couple of episodes, i started to appreciate Yasuda's appearance, which i find very pleasant, almost like Nagano's (Nagano's presence is very soothing/calming to me. And those cheekbones gah ^^;)

I listened to Nino's Niji properly today for the first time in months. Properly as in, sitting in front of my laptop, earphones plugged in, and no distractions. I got all teary-eyed. Gosh, how i've missed Nino (and Arashi, for that matter). Can't help it though; i'm all over the JE fandom these days.

Kondo Masahiko, Higashiyama Noriyuki, Shounentai, Hikaru Genji, Otokogumi, SMAP, TOKIO, V6, KinKi Kids, J-FRIENDS, Arashi, Tackey & Tsubasa, NEWS, Kanjani8, Toraji-Haiji, Trio The Shakiin, The Shigotonin, Ikuta Toma. All the JE units/individuals i'm interested in, listed chronologically according to their debut. To think that less than 2 years ago, i didn't know a thing about JE. Now they're such a big part of my life, so much so that i watched the Johnny's Countdown 2009-2010 six times within a week after it became available for download and made 66 GIFs. OTZ gah. They've been sitting on my hard drive for a couple of weeks now. Might as well post them :p

( WARNING: Here there be biases. Absolutely not dial-up friendly.  )

I've uploaded all the GIFs to MediaFire if anyone feels like taking a look at them ^^; feel free to use them as you please. Just don't claim that you made them. That would be lying. And lying is a sin. Which is really between you and god, but mostly, you'll piss me off. And no hotlinking, please! Thanks. Now go ogle the pretty~

Click for animated GIFs from Johnny's Countdown 2009-2010 (99.71Mb, 66 files, no compromise for quality)
Password: motto!

GIFs include: Arashi, V6, Kanjani8, TOKIO, NEWS, various individuals (mostly Arashi during Sukiyanen, Osaka; Nino, Okada, Toma, Go, Ken, Taichi, Tackey, Kondo Masahiko, etc) and pairings (Toraji-Haiji, OhnoxKen, GussanxKen, NinoxYamapi, etc) and OMG there's even a KAT-TUN GIF in there XD although a certain KT member was blotted out in a GIF featuring Okada and Sho because i really, really can't stand that guy.

Ah i should really post the rest of my Life as a Voyager series. Everything's already written out. I'm just a little lazy to take pictures of relevant stuff, and the entries would be long and dull without them so... *sigh* okay, will get to it soon.

In the meantime, expect to see more JE flailing/goodies from me this week or the next. 楽しみにしていてください～ ^^;

I made a whole batch of ringtones to go with my new phone and thought i'd share them ^^;

I got most of the original files from the awesome v6_unlimited. Songs from 'Voyager' were ripped from my own CD. Let me know if any of the links are broken. All are the chorus bit unless stated otherwise. Enjoy!!

( 'anata dake ni sasagu ai no melody...' )

Because i couldn't sleep.

Because i made one of Sakamoto and i just had to make some for the rest.

Because this PV is too hot to ignore.
( I love you... The magic of the words that aren't lies )

Like the title says. I've split them into 4 sections: J-Pop+J-Rock, L'Arc~en~Ciel, English and Instrumental. Arashi and V6 ringtones can be found HERE. Feel free to download. Just click on the song title. Enjoy! ^^;

( more reasons to not answer the phone )

New layout w00t!  \(^o^)/
And it was my first time using Photoshop since... forever.
(says the girl who majored in multimedia back during undergrad -_-" )
i was a big fan of Paintshop Pro but looks like i'll be using Photoshop from now on gufufu~ 
Annnyway...

I was re-organizing my external harddisk and came across my ringtone collection. Thought i might as well share them. I've already posted most of the Arashi ringtones in Nov 2008 but i figured what the heck ^^; just click on the song title. Enjoy!

[27] Arashi
[01] Aiba Masaki
[01] Matsumoto Jun
[04] Ninomiya Kazunari
[03] Ohno Satoshi
[01] Sakurai Sho
[03] V6
[01] Okada Junichi
[01] Arashi-related

( reasons to NOT answer the phone )

I recorded this week's Bay Storm from KeyHole. Which means the quality isn't all that good. In fact it's pretty dodgy at certain points, but hey, i don't mind as long as i get to hear Nino chatter away (and Arashi singing Believe). Until someone else uploads a better quality version, here's something to tide you over.

kuyashii omoi wo wasureru na~

I left in the part at the end after Bay Storm where Masuda Takahisa (NEWS) promotes his new drama, Rescue.

My 1st batch of ringtones. 16 Arashi, 4 Nino.

Edit: Added 2 more for Arashi's "Wasurerarenai" as requested by chobitsyoyo 

I made these for my own personal use. I've decided to share them (though they're not really that great) as a way of thanking everyone whose icons, gifs, wallpapers, mp3 rips, subbed vids, raw vids, scans and other goodies i've had the chance to appreciate ^__^ do help yourself to the ringtones. No rules. Just spread the love!~

( Arashi, Arashi, for dream~ )

( kimi no kubisuji hora tsuba wo tsuketa... )