Boring Blankness and Bewitching Boys

So I haven't been blogging much. Guess why? Cuz NOTHING HAS BEEN HAPPENING. :P

I got a new table in my computer room. Great. More space for me to clutter. What a great idea, Steph. :/

It's remained pretty clean so far. But it'll end up SUPER-OMG-WHERE-DID-THE-TABLE-GO???-cluttered pretty soon.

I did see the first episode of Tumbling. More on that later.

Aside from that...I watched this music video today. And I was over-loaded with cute. :)))))

Well, I still have homework (to put off) so I'll be going.

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Devoid Dialogue and Dumb Dormancy

So I haven't really got anything to say today. I just wanted to post in order to put off all the other stuff I have to do. AWESOME POSSUM. :D

...PSYCHE! ahahahahaha!!!

Wow, not only am I lame, I'm lame from 10 years ago. I've reached a new level.

Anyway.

I really don't have anything to say...This is really boring. I haven't even found any more videos of Koji....I did find an interview, though. It's where the person asks him 100 questions, and he answers them.

You're probably thinking 'WUT HE ANSWERED THEM?? I THOUGHT HE BATHED WITH THEM!! GOSH, MISO, OF COURSE HE ANSWERED THEM.'

Well, I'm probably thinking 'WELL, HE COULD HAVE BEEN BATHING DURING THIS INTERVIEW, YOU NEVER KNOW. I'M TIRED. DON'T HATE, APPRECIATE. XP'

Now that I'm done with my imaginary dialog between me and the imaginary you, let's do something else.

I'm gonna review Rinne no Ame. Now, it's been a while since I've seen that movie, but that doesn't matter. It's one of those movies that you just can't forget. An overall summary is this (INCLUDING SPOILERS!!):

There are two brothers. The older brother is Mikami Kohei (played by Yamamoto Yusuke) and the younger brother, Mikami Shohei (played by Seto Koji). The younger brother, Shohei, is autistic. (He is described in the official summary as 'mentally disabled', but I don't really know what that means. He does show all of the symptoms of autism, though, so I think they basically mean that he's very autistic, which is a mental disability). Both are young, and we find out that the brothers ran away from their abusive father when they were younger, and are now living together in an apartment. We also eventually find out that Shohei's boss was physically abusing him, and, to protect his little brother, Kohei kills him. Unfortunately, Shohei, as is typical of autistic people, has a photographic memory, and has been drawing pictures of his memories of the night Kohei murdered his boss. The police begin getting involved, and Kohei slowly loses his mind trying to keep their newly-reappeared father away from both of them (especially Shohei), trying to keep his annoying girlfriend out of it, and trying to keep the police away from their house and his brother, who, due to his mental disability, is bad at lying. Kohei eventually beats up Shohei, in a way that is starkly reminiscent of the father he hated so much, and runs away, trying to escape the police. He sees some younger boys, brothers, with the older brother taking care of the younger, and remembers his duty to Shohei. He runs back, to find Shohei coming to meet him, and tells him that everything's alright, until he realizes something: he told Shohei before that bad people need to die, because they'll be reborn into a nice person. Shohei, because of his autism, took his words at face value and stabbed his brother, because of how mean he was. Kohei slowly dies, while the two brothers smile happily at each other.

This was SUCH a profound movie. It was incredibly sad, so I don't think I'll ever want to watch it again, but it had magnificent actors, mind-blowing acting, and a beautiful, if heart-wrenchingly sad story. This story was actually produced because it won a contest, and I have to say that I completely agree with their choice.

The characters were cast SO amazingly:

Yamamoto Yusuke, while somewhat girly-looking when he yelled, was a strong lead, showed an incredible range of emotions, and a believably frightening decent into madness.

Seto Koji played what was quite possibly his best role in this one. His portrayal of autism in his character was shockingly realistic, to the point that I wondered quite a few times if he actually went to an autism clinic to prepare for his character. His character was lovable, pitiable, annoying, and hopeful all in one--I was so taken by the depth of his character that I almost didn't realize this was Seto Koji playing a part, and thought that Mikami Shohei was a real person.

Kanjiya Shihori, who apparently doesn't have a character name in this, despite the fact that she plays Kohei's girlfriend in their 'complicated' relationship. She very elegantly plays the annoyingly-invasive girlfriend to Kohei, despite the fact that he is somewhat embarrassed of his brother, and the fact that he desperately wants to keep the murder of Shohei's boss a secret. She isn't a very apparent character, and all she really does is cook, smile, and be annoying throughout the entire movie, and maybe it's because she was surrounded by such outstanding acting, but I actually think she did very well in this movie.

The whole movie is a little bit of a mind-fuck, making you rethink your life, the mentally disabled, and basically every word you say just in case anyone takes it too seriously. I have to say that it was one of, if not the best dramatic movie I have ever watched, and I would highly recommend it, but make sure you're not doing anything else after watching this. If you get even half as attached to the characters as I was, you'll be depressed for the rest of the day.

So this started out as a 'I have nothing to say' post, and turned into a huge, long movie review. This is amazing. Oh, well. Also, on an unrelated note, I think I might have a tapeworm. Like, a gigantic worm living inside of my intestines. I'M NOT OKAY WITH THIS. D8 I'm exhibiting a lot of the symptoms of having one, and I have been eating a lot of pork lately, so it's not surprising...but STILL. I DON'T WANT A GIANT WORM IN MY BODIES EATIN' MY FOODS.

...I just read a Wikipedia article on tapeworm infections. GOD HELP ME I'M SO FREAKED OUT. DDDDD8

Kay, that's it.

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Cheerful Children and Charming Chorus

So my brother randomly came in my computer room (like he does a lot) and after a 'riveting' discussion on autism (don't ask) he showed me this video:

This is a song sung by Brock from Pokemon about how he's in love with Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy.

This has officially made me happy for the next 10 years. 8DDDDDDDDDD x A MILLION

There are so many great things about this song, I cannot even put it into words. Just listen. Just listen. And then listen again. :DDDDDDDDDD

Much love :)))

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Awkward Awe and Adjourned Augmentation

I know I haven't been updating for a while. But that's mostly because I haven't had much to update about. There was Project Runway, but I was in much too much shock try to put it into words. Maybe after I watch it again. I'm currently in the middle of the busiest weekend of my life. Well, not my whole life. But it's pretty busy. And I'm really tired right now, if you're wondering why I'm writing such short sentences.

So to make up for my absence, here's this video:

This is the video of a photo shoot for the 'Special Unit' of the D-Boys, who are auditioning new candidates for being D-Boys. I think. I'm pretty sure. Hell, I'm tired. I don't know anything right now. :P

But anyway, back to the video. You can watch the whole thing, or you can go ahead and skip to 5:55.

WHY DOES SETO KOJI HAVE SUCH A HUGE PACKAGE???? I guess it's not a bad thing (per se) but it does make it kinda awkward when he wears tight pants. Especially when those pants are plaid, the bulge in the straight lines of the pattern emphasizing his 'stuff'. AWWWWKWEEERRRRRRRRRD. 8/

This kinda happens a lot...I have to wonder if he is really that endowed, or if he just gets boners....A LOT. Like, ALL THE TIME. Which might be even more awkward. I can't tell. It's almost 1:00 am. I have church tomorrow. I should go to bed. :p

Good night. I'll try to post more.

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Excellent Ethics Essays. :)

So I wrote an essay on ethics for a class assignment, and entered it into a competition, also according to a class assignment, and overall did not expect anything but a grade on the assignment.

Turned out I won the competition, and will receive a $500 dollar cash prize.

HOLY GOD. I love my life. :)))

Because I want to share, and I'm kinda curious of your opinion, I'm posting it here. This is not a post that will happen often, but I just kinda feel like posting it somewhere. Like, a trophy. :)

DISCLAIMER: I really don't care that much about your political views. I'm not posting this to engage you in a 50-comment-long argument over whether I'm right or not, and I'm certainly not posting this to challenge or look down on your political or ethical views. I'm posting this because I feel like posting my money-winning essay on MY PERSONAL BLOG. I'm also not trying to be rude with this disclaimer, but I really want to make my point: I'm not directing this at you, I'm doing this purely for myself.

And without further ado....

To protest a governmental policy, a group of people gather in the middle of a street, raise picket signs, shout about their grievances, and rally other standers by into supporting their cause. After a few hours, and a large crowd has gathered, the leader of the protest decides to (to show the government ‘who’s boss’) burn the American flag. And, because of the Supreme Court case of Texas v. Johnson, this near-treasonous act is considered ‘free speech’, as it is an expression of beliefs, and is therefore protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution.

The American flag is a symbol of our country, the United States of America. This flag represents all of the American people, all of the immigrants who came to America looking for a better life, all of the soldiers fighting for our great country, and all of the lives—the fathers, mothers, daughters and sons that have given their lives to keep that flag flying high.

These protesters that burn the flag think that the flag is just a ‘piece of fabric’ and it’s ‘just a symbol’ of America, it’s not that important. But it is much more important than they know. Soldiers stand in its shadow as they are about to fly off to war. Veterans fly the Old Glory high from their homes, showing their love and support for their country in the only way they still can. A folded flag is all that is left of a fallen soldier, to be presented to wives, mothers, children, after their loved one has died for the country—his blood keeping those red stripes bright. It is my Grandfather’s coffin, and the last I ever saw of him.

In one of my classes, we held a debate on whether or not flag burning was wrong. I was shocked to find that only three people in my class, including myself, thought that burning a flag was wrong. Nearly all of my peers named the flag as ‘only a symbol’, and ‘just some fabric’ and asked ‘why is it that important?’, while myself and only two other classmates fought against the verbal onslaught, saying ‘No, the flag is important. It is not just a piece of fabric. This is the flag of our country, and it is important.’.

It is hard to explain patriotism to someone. It is difficult to inform someone of how it feels to see your strong, brave mother crying over this ‘piece of fabric’ that my Grandfather was to be buried in, because of his love for this country he fought for. It is difficult to describe the feeling in your heart as the flag is lowered to half-mast in times of trouble, and raised, flying high and proud, in the times that we are strong and fighting.

So I’ll write this essay, and I’ll jump up on a soapbox and shout words of love for this country. I’ll donate a dollar to the people at my school collecting money to send care packages to the soldiers fighting for their country and their families. I’ll write to my Senator, or the President, or anyone who might listen if I have a problem with my government. And I will never, ever burn a flag. Because by burning a flag, a person is burning more than just some thread and dye. They are burning hopes. They are burning dreams. They are burning the souls of the soldiers that have died fighting for our beautiful country. They are burning the memory of my grandfather, and the memory of a hundred others that died loving this country as much as he did. So stand up and help pass a law against burning flags. Before the whole country goes to ashes.

Sorry!

Forgot to put up a picture of SETOUT's cover. Here it is, in all of its not-masculine-whatsoever 'glory' (if you can even call it 'glory' D<)

GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

MISO IS ANGRY!!! MISO DOES NOT LIKE WOMAN-KOJI. MISO WANTS MAN-KOJI.

D<<<<<<<<<

(btw-does anyone else think it looks like he's wearing eye-make up? Like, girly eye-make up. Not it's-a-man-but-we-need-to-emphasize-his-eyes-because-this-is-a-photoshoot make up. You know what I mean? DISCUSS)

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Stalking SETOUT and Sluggish Stitching

So I feel like a creep, but I really want this:

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=CLVS-1071

It's Seto Koji's new Idol DVD, entitled 'Setout' where he goes to Kyoto alone, and does things.

I WANT IT. D8

Unfortunately, it's $40 (US), and I happen to not have the moneys. And it's not even OUT yet, so it's not like I can even pirate it. SAD FACE. :(

So, instead, I've just been obsessively watching the trailer for it:

I like his hair now. It's a GREAT color for his skin tone, and it's not that face-hiding helmet that he had for so long after playing Kurenai Wataru in Kamen Rider Kiva, then Ohkura Satoru in AtaDan. This hair is so cute--straight or curly!! <3>

The only bad thing about this DVD, in my opinion, is the cover. It makes him look like a WOMAN. D<

This is from the 'BOYFRIEND' series. Why do you want your boyfriend to look like a woman? Even if it's a man with feminine qualities, I'd like him to look like a MAN. Instead of making him look paler, making his lips a delicate pink (GAG), and emphasizing the mole (turned BEAUTY MARK D<) next to his eye. These Japanese girls that like their men looking like women should just buy some strap-ons and date EACH OTHER. In America, we like our men to look like MEN. Or, at least, we like our men to NOT be photo-shopped to emphasize their womanly traits. KTHXBY.

So aside from my rant about how SETO KOJI IS MANLY, DAMMIT, I just realized that I've used S-alliterations a LOT. It's kinda hard to think up new alliterations everyday, and it seems like all of the alliterations I come up with start with the same letters....and yes, I would like some cheese with my WHINE. Just letting you all know, I know that I'm using the same letters a lot. DEAL.

Aside from that, I've been pretty lazy as far as sewing goes. I SHOULD have finished this dress I'm working on a while ago, but, you see, here's my problem:

It's a really freakin' easy dress. Like, it's so easy that someone who doesn't even really know how to sew that well could probably sew it easily and it'll turn out great. To this date, I have messed up (beyond repair) making it TWICE.

This may sound a little whimpy or over-dramatic, but it's kind of a blow to my self-esteem. I am good at construction. I can sew much more difficult garments with ease. I can hand-sew things quickly and efficiently, and I can even work with tricky, hard-to-work-with fabric in ways that look so good that it might have been bought from a store.

But THIS DRESS. This GODFORSAKEN DRESS. Defeats me every time. EVERY TIME. Granted, 'every time' has been twice. But I wouldn't put it past this dress to defeat me a third time. So now, I'm just kinda putting it off. I don't want to angst over this STUPID FREAKIN' JERK of a dress right now, with end-of-school-excitement here and lots of other stuff going on.

I've also decided that I want to throw a birthday party soon. It'll be OMG-REALLY-FREAKIN'-LATE, but I want to do it anyway. I've got an idea to make it really awesome, too.... ;)

But that's a secret.

But all of you reading my blog know what to get me for my (LATE) birthday! :D

(just kidding, you don't really have to get me anything so long after my birthday XD)

And so, I think I've finished my rambling. I'm going to try to figure out some new letters for use in alliterative titles on my blog, and I'm applying for jobs so that I can (hopefully :/) buy SETOUT for myself sometime before I'm 30. And maybe sew more on my dress....who knows? Miracles can happen, can't they? :)

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