Tomfoolish Terms and Tasteful Tumbling

WHOA. That has got to be the hardest alliteration that I've ever come up with. There are no good words that start with 'T'! :P

I really just wanted to talk about Tumbling (タンブリング), but I really did make up a stupid word today. It was 'conspirating'. I was trying to say 'conspiring'. Yeah, embarrassing.

SO ANYWAY. Back to Tumbling! :D
Tumbling (or タンブリング) is a new Japanese drama I'm watching (which is why I keep writing it in katakana) and it's about a men's rhythmic gymnastics team. I know what you're thinking: GAY. Well, yes. At least, one of them is. But it's really not that bad...
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...okay, it is that bad. It's worse. It's pretty terrible. It has every single cliche of a sports-related all-male-cast drama. WAY too much testosterone, lots of shouting, fighting and crying, and the one, perfect-but-not main character that somehow makes every problem disappear or be okay. But there's a lot of GREAT actors in it, almost everyone in this drama is attractive (especially the boys :9) and it's oddly addictive once you get past the first few episodes.

So here's the general synopsis:
There's this main-character ruffian type (played by Yamamoto Yusuke) named Wataru. He's arrogant, likes to fight a lot, and he's kinda really stupid. Some dramas are cast just so perfectly, am I right? So anyway, Wataru is this stereotypical yankee (a lot of people translate 'yankee' as 'gangster' but it's not--a japanese 'gangster' would be a part of the yakuza. Yankees are just ruffians who behave something like American 'gangstas' and may be a part of a gang, but are not yakuza) who spends his days fighting huge, choreographed battles with other gangs alongside his side-kicks: the blonde playboy and the young goofball. He is going happily through his life being rebellious, with his red hair--scandalous!--and his M.C. Hammer pants. Then, all of a sudden, there's a stereotypically really pretty and super-sweet new student who transfers into his class! So he obviously instantly falls in love with her (this is Mari-chan, by the way) and of course she is completely oblivious to his feelings and the fact that his personality goes through a complete 360 when talking to her, as opposed to when he talks to (read as: "threatens") other people. So he quietly and comedically pines for her for a while, until we find out that Oh My Good-Golly-Gosh! Our dear hero Wataru is missing a few credits from his 2nd year in high school, which can of course be fixed by joining a club.
OH BY THE WAY, while all of this is going on with Wataru, we've also been watching the comedic patheticness of the school's Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics Team, which JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE A CLUB. OH, I WONDER HOW THAT WILL TIE IN WITH THIS STORY? So to summarize their situation: the captain of the team, Yuuta (played by Seto Koji *LOVE*) is desperately trying to get together a sufficient Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics Team so that they can enter a team competition, which has stereotypically been his dream since childhood. They have had to go through lots of hardships: they don't get very much funding, they kind of suck, they have a bumbling comic relief on their team, they wear the gayest costumes imaginable, they have to live in the shadow of the effing gigantic and way-super-cool, award-winning Girl's Rhythmic Gymnastic Team, and they don't have a noisy red-haired guy to yell at them until things go oh-so-conveniently right.
Gosh, I wonder how this is going to play out.
So, after Wataru goes comedically through every single club on campus, ending up fighting in every single one, he winds up watching Hino (played by Nishi from AAA) who is the only one who is actually really talented on the whole Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics Team, do his routine and is really impressed by it, despite the fact that it is probably the gayest thing I've ever seen in my life. Seriously, the ending pose? Come on, now. He might as well print the word 'HOMOSEXUAL' on his leotard. Anyway, Mari-chan (remember her? Don't worry, I forget about her all the time, too) also was watching Hino do his routine and was also very impressed by it, and says that guys look really cool when they do gymnastics. Conveniently, at the same time, the rest of the Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics team walks into the gym. Just in time for Wataru to make a huge, noisy scene, and to join the team. Yaaaaaay. Wasn't expecting that!

Overall, it's kind of a ridiculous drama. Everything is INSANELY over-dramatic--someone cries in every single episode, somebody gets in a fight, and there is some huge 'We accept you for who you are!' after-school-special moment in EVERY SINGLE EPISODE.

But it's strangely addicting. The first episode was really hard to get through, first because it was a really long starter episode, and second because it was so ridiculous, but after that all the episodes have been pretty okay. I really loved Episode 5, because I WAS EXPECTING THAT and this guy always plays the gay character.
OH NOES, SPOILERS!!! Come on. It's a Men's Gymnastics team. I'm sure you were expecting SOMEONE to swing another way, too.
But I won't spoil anything else for you--you'll have to watch it! Get through the first episode, and it's bearable, trust me.

So there you have it! My review of the new drama Tumbling! I hope you think it's as charmingly ridiculous as I do. Now, off to be productive! :D (I wish)

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Justification of JiYong

So I DID have a something planned for this blog, but I just now found this guy and I HAD to make a post about him....G-Dragon.
:D
He's so cute and awesome and kind of a wannabe gangster, but that's okay, I forgive him because he's cute and amazing and I love him very much. :))))) Here's my current favorite song of his, Heartbreaker:



ZOMG LOVE
He's soooo hoooot...I love Korean singers. XD I also love Breath, which I'm not going to post because two videos in one post seems like it's crossing a line that doesn't really exist, but you can find the video for it here.
He was always my favorite out of Big Bang, with his cute attitude and his skinny-asian-boy-gangster-ness. -sigh- :)
So now I'm going to get back to what this post was SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT. (Bad Miso!) And maybe there'll be two posts today! Who knows? I could be NOT-LAZY for once. XP

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PS-Sorry about the crazy font size, I tried to make just certain parts bigger, but it turned the rest of it big, too. :P I'll figure it out later.

Exhaustive Exercise and Contemporary Computers

There's this new site that's been kicking my butt lately. It's called Bodyrock.tv. It's awesome.
First of all, the host of this site is this HAWT girl from the Czech Republic, named Zuzana. I mean, I'm not a lesbian, but MAN. She's like, a teacher and a fitness goal all in one. They lived in Malta when I first started watching, which is an Island a little ways from Italy. Then they moved to Prague, which is in Czech Republic, and all of a sudden, just recently, they moved to Canada, which is where Zuzana's husband, Frederick, is from. They travel to such beautiful places, that even if you don't like the exercise videos, there's something amazing to see. They also do Diet videos, to give tips on how to eat right, and show you healthy recipes to try. All in all, it's a great site, so go check it out! Here's the most current exercise video:



The exercises have been getting harder and harder over the two years they've been doing this site, but they have beginner exercises and exercises that focus on certain areas of the body, so whatever skill level you are, wherever you want to focus on, they've got something for you. I haven't been able to exercise much lately, because I've been getting (ANNOYINGLY) sick a lot, and I've been really busy with end-of-school stuff and summer school classes. But! I will try to get back on the horse and try more exercises! Not this one though. This one would probably kill me. :P


Now for the bit about 'Contemporary Computers': I GOT A NEW LAPTOP!!! IT'S A MAC!!!! It's so nice and white and shiney and nice and pretty and it doesn't get viruses (see earlier posts for explanation) and it's so pretty and nice and it's so wonderful I can't even put it into words. :D It's kinda weird getting used to it, since I've been using a PC for my whole life, but I'm getting there, and I think I really prefer this to all the PC's I've ever had. Especially because my desktop computer, a PC, has just gotten a NEW virus/malware/the-stupid-thing-hates-me, and now I can't use the internet or get email. Thanks, PC. I hate you, too. So now! I'm spending most of my time of my pretty, amazing new Macbook, and I love it very much.
That's pretty much all I had to say today, and I have more posts coming. Like I said, I've got a lot of stuff that's just been building up and building up, and I'm slowly but surely going to post it all. See you next post!
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Sorry Silence and Soon Soliliquizing!

So! It's been so freaking long since I posted a blog, and, honestly, I'm posting a blog to force myself to post more. I've got a bunch of subjects that have just been piling up, so I'm gonna get on those soon sometime. I've been kinda busy lately, what with end-of-school stuff, AND I'm taking summer classes (voluntarily, not because I failed something XD), so I do have a pretty good excuse for my absence. But still! I will try to post more often and about more relevant stuff. Also, I am going to be moving this blog toward being less personal and more toward....well, I hope I can get that far. I won't jinx it by telling you. So. Here I am! I didn't lose my password or anything, I've just been busy. So I'll probably be updating on...Friday? Yeah, I think I'll have time on Friday. DO IT, SELF. YOU HAD BETTER. D<

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