[BLOG] Comatose

Not me, but this blog.

I am in my third and very challenging year. I shall get my bachelor's degree next August if I try my best and pass everything.

But... I sorta want to find a part time job, preferably a teaching one. Preferably as a tutor. Don't quite know of my own capabilities, but kids should be fine.

It hasn't been a year, but I had great fun here. T_T

I went from NewS to Kanjani8 to Arashi and I was so close to plunging into the V6 trap. But I realize that I have to prioritize things.

I had a fun time fangirling over the Johnny's boys and I think that Johnny Kitagawa is almost as great as Warren Buffet or... say... um... Thomas Edison?

I might be back in December. Fangirling shall go on, but more implicitly as compared to my expressed fangirling which was all I did here.

It shall be a busy semester.

[Video] Arashi - Truth @ M-Sta

I am sharing a file or two here.

Arashi - 2008/08/15 Music Station - Talk
Arashi - 2008/08/15 Music Station - Truth

Both on Megaupload

[Talk] Sales Chart To Date

Deleted those that don't quite matter to me. Deleted some that I like a bit but I want to save space. Kept some non-Johnny's that I heart a lot or am trying to point out something weird about them.

TOP 100 SINGLES 2008 totally stolen from http://www.ahsforum.com/
*1 *,478,579 *17,016 One Love / 嵐 08/06/25
*2 *,450,990 ***,721 そばにいるね / 青山テルマ feat.Soulja 08/01/23 (Love this)
*3 *,449,401 **6,562 キセキ / GReeeeN 08/05/28 (Love this)
*4 *,446,676 ***,618 DON'T U EVER STOP / KAT-TUN 08/05/14
*5 *,445,417 **5,012 羞恥心 / 羞恥心 08/04/09 (These people are clowns who sell a lot)
*7 *,421,902 ***,*** LIPS / KAT-TUN 08/02/06
*8 *,374,449 ***,*** Step and Go / 嵐 08/02/20
11 *,293,097 ***,*** ６０s ７０s ８０s / 安室奈美恵 08/03/12 (Amuro Namie is like Aphrodite)
12 *,291,447 ***,*** 太陽のナミダ / NEWS 08/02/27
14 *,258,113 ***,408 SUMMER TIME / NEWS 08/05/08
16 *,244,221 ***,936 Dreams Come True / Hey! Say! JUMP 08/05/21
17 *,229,094 ***,*** ワッハッハー / 関ジャニ∞ 08/03/12
20 *,194,650 **7,053 Your Seed/冒険ライダー / Hey! Say! JUMP 08/07/23
21 *,193,016 ***,*** Mirrorcle World / 浜崎あゆみ 08/04/08 (She is not selling as much now)
22 *,187,381 ***,782 虹 / Aqua Timez 08/05/08 (Yay!)
24 *,173,586 ***,*** 弾丸ファイター / SMAP 07/12/19
26 *,158,837 ***,*** そのまま/White Message / SMAP 08/03/05
28 *,143,599 ***,*** way of life / V6 07/12/12
31 *,128,222 ***,*** No More / 米寿司 08/04/30
32 *,125,262 ***,*** DRINK IT DOWN / L'Arc～en～Ciel 08/04/02 (Veterans are still selling)
43 *.112,712 ***,557 アイアイ傘 / テゴマス 08/06/18
45 *,105,154 ***,452 千の風になって / 秋川雅史 06/05/24 累計1,227,772 (Whoa, million seller)
48 *,*99,782 ***,*** 蝶 / V6 08/05/28
52 *,*94,044 ***,*** Kurikaesu 春 / 244 ENDRI-x 08/04/02
53 *,*90,616 *90,616 この瞬間(とき)、きっと夢じゃない / SMAP 08/08/13
54 *,*90,045 ***,501 Beautiful you/千年恋歌 / 東方神起 08/04/23 (Yekk, hated this single)
57 *,*85,679 ***,*** 恋詩-コイウタ-/PROGRESS / タッキー＆翼 08/06/04
59 *,*85,046 **2,013 どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう？ / 東方神起 08/07/16 (Love this)
65 *,*81,626 ***,360 Prisoner Of Love / 宇多田ヒカル 08/05/21 (Love this)
67 *,*80,822 **2,344 Make my day / 新垣結衣 08/07/16 (She should look pretty and act)
71 *,*76,762 ***,*** HEART STATION/Stay Gold / 宇多田ヒカル 08/02/20 (Hikki ish good)
77 *,*63,062 ***,*** 蕾 / コブクロ 07/03/21 累計504,861 (Still selling, amazing)
83 *,*59,035 ***,*** 目覚めろ！野性 / MATCHY with QUESTION? 08/01/23
87 *,*55,791 ***,*** ここにいるよ feat.青山テルマ / SoulJa 07/09/19 累計148,801 (Umm...)
89 *,*55,580 ***,*** Keep the faith / KAT-TUN 07/11/21 累計459,919
91 *,*52,550 ***,469 Ultra Music Power / Hey! Say! JUMP 07/11/14 累計356,651
96 *,*50,011 ***,*** オレじゃなきゃ、キミじゃなきゃ / 20th Century 08/03/26
98 *,*47,763 ***,*** 君station / ORANGE RANGE 08/03/05 (And you used to top the yearly charts)
99 *,*47,408 ***,*** Wonderful & Beautiful / レミオロメン 07/12/12 (And what happened?)
100 ,*47,303 ***,*** Purple Line / 東方神起 08/01/16 (This should have charted more)

Johnny's in green because I have been brainwashed and currently think that Johnny Kitagawa is actually a prophet, enlightening girls around the world with his magic wand. I have been telling my friends to not step into the trap. T_T It's painful. You know you're being brainwashed, yet you can do nothing but stay brainwashed.

Oh and btw, sales for Arashi's "Truth/Kaze no Mukou e" single is going stronger than "One Love". I am in awe. And... um... it is still not a million seller... Sales for singles have been going rather slow this year.

Johnny's is taking the icing and the cake as well. They're taking everything. It is pissing me off in a way. I am glad that Arashi is doing relatively better than the rest, but yet you wonder how long will it last. But if you take into account how long it took them to get there, you just feel that they should savour the moment.

I don't know why, but I prefer them as they were in the past. Not that anything has changed. But then I did abandon my interest for a lot of famous people once they get really big.

It is a bad habit.

[TV] Arashi @ Music Lovers

17 August 2008

Lol, its about time I put in an entry. I have been drowning in assignments. So, I haven't updated as often as I did. I had to wake up at unearthly hours (around 7 a.m.) to prepare for classes. It is extremely energy consuming. I miss the holidays. I wanna watch the Olympics.

This TV appearance of Arashi's, they speak of Arashi like they're SMAP. And we all know that Arashi is not SMAP. They have never had a million-seller. Their debut single came the closest, but it wasn't there. So when I hear the people describing Arashi like they're huge, I wonder, where did that come from? I know they're at their peak, and evidently, I like them a lot, but I just don't see why people regard them as the huge stars that they are.


But this episode is hilarious. First, they sang "Oh Yeah!" which I was once addicted to. Very uplifting and happy. Just what I need as I despair over my life. Jun's armpit hair is really... thick. xD Like his eyebrows. Thick and dark. If I have to watch another live where Nino says "Irasshaimase" I... will... um, not do anything much about it. But he has to find something new to say, really. Aiba has a funny voice and Ohno's aura is not really that uplifting during the taping of this show and it shows in the performances.


They later sang "A Day In Our Life" which I am dying to point out that their "life" should be plural if it comes after the word "our". Which I find rather discomforting but then one can argue that this is because you see, the five live their lives together, therefore making it singular, because they are THAT close. Yeah, I care. It is grammatically wrong and I am irritated by it. Nakama Yukie was in the crowd. Don't get me wrong, I like her, she's pretty and extremely polite and stuff but gosh she's such a poser. Maintaining her composure like that. It is... like... very dramatic.



Then it was a very long promotional speech/CM thingie from the hosts and Arashi for KDDI. Which should be skipped because it is like... and the stuff that comes after it is like... I have limited capacity to store words and thus my vocabulary is like... stuff. So yeah, I replace words that I cannot think of with the word 'stuff' and once, I was told off for doing that when I was doing a presentation in class. xD LOLler. IS NINO WEARING A DRESS AND JEANS UNDERNEATH. i SURE THINK HE IS. OMFG OMFG OMFG LIKE SERIOUSLY?



The talk part came up and they were asking Arashi if they have any advice for Nakama Yukie who was worrying if she could stay awake for the 24 hour TV event. Then Ohno was asked about the topic and he said "Surprisingly, it is possible." xD Nakama was then asked of her personal opinion on Arashi. She answered that she thinks that Arashi cannot be without the leader, Ohno. xD She's such a sweety. Ohno gave the biggest smile. She thinks that despite the image, Ohno is actually very dependable. Jun disagreed with the statement immediately. Ohno then said "I was extremely depended upon during lives and before shows." matter-of-fact-ly. Like it is the truth. He said it so well, he would have convinced me the earth is flat and the sun is made of ice. The host dude was like agreeing, saying that "You cannot decided things if your leader is not there..." and then Nino was like saying "Nah it will be decided nevertheless." and Aiba agreed with Nino while shaking his head to the statement of the host.


Sho was asked a question "Mention something that you want a certain member to change." to which Sho wanted Jun to stop wearing excessively tacky rings. WORD. Lol. xD Everyone agreed. xD Apparently, it hurts when he hi-touches Jun during lives, when they walk pass each other. Aiba got it worse though, he said he was once tsukkomied by Jun with a large ring on his finger. xD Aiba thought he was bleeding from it. xD Jun asked if he should just not wear rings, which they all said "No" then Ohno added "But please do not increase the size." LOL.


They later sang "Love So Sweet". Then Aiba was asked the same question which was put forth to Sho. Aiba answered "Stop wearing fake jeans everyday". Jun gave a standing ovation to the statement and Sho stood up in protest. Before you know it, they were all standing up for some reason. Aiba then said that Sho wears jeans everyday, but it looks like jeans from afar but if you go closer, its actually those kind of pants with the rubber on top. Kinda like sweatpants kinda thing with prints that makes it look like a pair of jeans. OMFG Like, Sho? Geez, he's an idol. He makes a living out of his looks. Please... wear something less... uncool.




"Kaze no Mukou e" was performed. I haven't seen them singing it live until this show. xD Was kinda nice. Jun and Aiba went into the crowd, stood on a step which elevates their crotch to the crowd's eye level. Fan service. xD They later showed a series of Arashi's AU by KDDI CMs and then a cut-off version of "One Love" was shown. Finally, they brought out Sho's fake jeans and Sho wore it above the pants that he was previously wearing, ever so proud of it.


Aiba has a habit of like, stroking his hair, or just brush it to the back when he's performing. I bet he thinks its sexy. It is, but not when he does it so many times. If you get to see Rafael Nadal, in the flesh, everyday, you won't think he's that sexy anymore. Right? If you get Christmas pressies everyday, it won't be that exciting more. It's the same thing.

[M-Sta] Arashi - Truth

15 August 2008

Edit:

During the opening, when Do Mariko was introducing the song they were going to sing that night, Sho shoved Ohno to the front to talk about the drama. Ohno complained that it was tough wearing his suit during drama shooting since it is summer.


Then when Mariko was introducing aiko's song, which is an insert song for Hanadan Final, Ohno playfully refused to step back and then Jun shoved Ohno behind him and then stood next to aiko and Tamori. aiko said Jun gave aiko the "One Love" single with a message inside and aiko planned to do the same for her song.


During the ending, Arashi members all put on the souvenir Sho got them from Beijing, where Sho was covering the Olympic news reports. They were wearing the Olympic Fuwa Alice band type of thing. Nino, Ohno, Sho and Aiba were wearing their own colour while there was no purple, so Jun got a black/green one. They were all wearing a head band of a different Fuwa and coincidentally, there were five different Fuwas.


I looked up a bit on the Fuwas and guess what? The ones where Ohno and Aiba were wearing are female Fuwas. Tee hee. Jun's is the giant panda. Nino's is an antelope, Aiba's a swallow, Sho's symbolize the Olympic Flame. Ohno's is a fish. (Speak of suitability. Ohno has a fish. I guess he'd wear it when he goes fishing.) And Ohno's symbolizes leadership and, the sea. (Okay, do you think Sho looked into it when he gave Ohno this or did he just based it on the colour?)


Sho was to go back to Beijing right after the show. I think. Well its not like I was listening you know? I was busy looking at them with the head bands. Ah~

IMO, they should wear the headbands even when they go for a poop. I mean, we should try to look the cutest that we can at all times right? xD

I am a hair fetishist. Bodily hair. And my only regret is that these boysies have no chest hair. Asians. T_T Too bad Asia is where I am. Tough luck finding a man with lots of facial hair.

IMO, all these boysies should follow the footsteps of Morita Go. Grow facial hair.

*****

I had hoped that they'd sing both "Truth" and "Kaze no Mukou e" but... I guess this is fine too.


First the yakked about Aiba getting lost backstage during their lives. And he gets lost A LOT. Well, yeah, he's Aiba. So you kinda expect him to do things like that. Ohno didn't say a word. There was a scene where Jun is supposed to chase/follow Aiba around during their concert tour, but the man disappeared so Jun was like wandering aimlessly onstage. xD Tee-hee.


There's a video out there of the boys wearing Olympic Fuwa (mascots) headbands. Am waiting for it to surface somewhere.


The performance was great. I like it better than Utaban. Ohno was dancing so... seriously that he flicked his tie on his face. Which made me point and laugh. LOL.


OMFG I can't wait for the single to be released. I really wanna hear the studio recorded version already. I am addicted to the song. To think I didn't really like it in the beginning.


I am beginning to believe that with Arashi, as long as you take the time to just observe a bit more, anything would be good. But its just me. And I am like... biased and stuff.


Jun's hair looks good. So does Nino's. Aiba's pants look really tight near the crotch. Sho and Ohno look like they've been lying under the sun for a long, long time. Sho wears the tanned skin better than Ohno. Ohno looks worn out all the time nowadays. Aiba's hair is... not that nice.


I like their ending pose. Yeah, I don't really have much to say. Am in a bit of a hurry. I need to go watch the Olympics.