This is it! I'm off! The next time you hear from me, I'll be in Japan (I hope!)!

気をつけて!

- Happy birthday, karafuru0409! I hope the universe gives you real-life Tomapi! And I'm saying that out of purely selfless reasons. :D

- Congratulations, Yamapi on the release of your second solo single! Aren't you a clever boy for releasing it on the birthday of one of your biggest fans!

- Got a mail from the place I booked my flight to Tokyo. "Dear A, just a reminder that you're leaving in a few days." No? Really? It had completely slipped my mind that I'm going to JAPAN!! The day after tomorrow! *high-pitched scream*

- I'm so knackered, you guys! Work sucks!

1- My fic is done! \o/ Roughly 40.000 words, so not quite as long as the previous one, but still... uh, yeah. One day I'll learn to write short fic. Anyway, am already being pestered by another bunny, but promised myself I'd finish this one first. Done! So now I can start on the new bunny!

2- I succesfully rammed 20 new kanji into my head while pretending to work... at work. \o/

3- Yesterday I went to see Gake no Ue no Ponyo. It is RIDICULOUSLY ADORABLE! As in, imagine the most adorable thing you can imagine and then multiply that by a hundred. There is no way you can come out of the theatre without a big smile on your face.

4- Last week I viewed a house and had my house viewed. This Wednesday I'm viewing another house. I don't want to say too much about it (don't want to jinx it), but if the house is as adorable on the inside as it is on the outside... ♥

5- Toma's SP was... what's the word? Interesting? *cough*
( spoilerish )

Mmmn, I'm sure I'm forgetting to announce something. What could it be again?! *ponders*

Oh, yeah! I'M GOING TO JAPAN!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Help! My muse is not letting me flail properly about the triple whammy Johnny just let loose on us. She keeps bugging me to write! Bloody slave-driver!

So, question:
Any suggestion as to what kind of cocktail Toma and Yamapi could be drinking? I know that beer is more their poison of choice, but this is a really fancy do they're at. Or do you think they're part of those people *cough*myuncle*cough* who can be at any fancy do and still bellow: "Champagne, my ass! Get me a beer!"

And now I'm off to finish that scene so I can start that scene tomorrow, the one that's been running around my head for weeks now. And from there it's only a hop and a skip to the end. Squeee!

- I ship Naoki/Riko (and hard). It doesn't automatically follow that I ship Yamapi/Keiko. For one thing actors =/= their characters and for another Tomapi = OTP yo!

- Speaking of Tomapi, where is that promised photoshoot already?! I'm going into serious withdrawal here! Nothing inspires me to write them and I've been going through my picture folders for my fix.
*high-pitched squeal* It's like they heard me! IT'S HERE! My OTP is so much prettier than yours! *twirls*

- Why does "suki" in dramas always get translated as "like"? Unless I'm completely mistaken, doesn't suki cover everything from liking something/someone to actual love. It just looks so odd when two twenty-four-year olds tell each other "I like you". It always makes me think of Pacey when Dawson told him he liked Pacey's sister. "You like like her? Am I going to find you on my doorstep with a boombox over your head?" It feels so... high school!

- jent_fanfics continues to scare the pants off me. I've been trying to work up the courage to post my Tomapi fics there, but every time I stop by I have to run away again immediately. Someone might have to hold my hand.

- Gakked from tipsywitch
You can learn a lot about someone by the music they listen to. So here is the game! Hit shuffle on your ipod or mp3 player and write down the first 25 songs. No cheating or skipping songs that are shameful. That is the fun! Then tag your friends.

( I did cheat and skip, but that's only because my Japanese lessons and some audiobook tracks don't qualify as songs. )

- I've got sushi, that my co-worker bought for me (Isn't she darling?) and that I'm going to dig into as soon as I've caught up on LJ. Itadakimasu!

When Buzzer Beat was first announced, my expectations were fantastically low. I just hoped I'd be drooling over Yamapi mildly entertained while enjoying the pretty. Eight episodes in, I'm so in love with Buzzer Beat and Naoki/Riko, it's just plain ridiculous. I watch it with a giant grin on my face. I squee. I clap my hands. I LOL. It's just ridiculous how happy this show makes me.

( picspam of Naoki and Riko are officially the most adorable couple ever )

ETA: Naoki/Riko = most adorable, but Shuji/Mai are a very close second.

I ♥ Shige.

That is all.

VACATION YAY! It's finally here! Four glorious weeks of it!

Off to London in just a little while, where I'll meet Lisa (who I haven't seen in two years!) later today and hopefully can find yavannauk (who I haven't seen in a year!) at the London Film and Comic Con this weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing you both SO MUCH! *hugs*

Also, Scott Bakula! W00T!

I meant to do a million things this week, like relate the story of the little hedgehog who faked his own death in my backyard, but I just didn't get around to it. When I get back and have DAYS of doing NOTHING I will definitely take care of all the comments that need replying.

Take good care! See you all when I'm back next Friday!

( Buzzer Beat = \o/ )

Awesome suggestion, karafuru0409! I understood a lot more than I thought I would. I might even understand more the second time around. \o/

Now that everything has settled down a bit, I've finally had the chance to finish No Longer Human and I really don't know what to think of it. I'm still really really looking forward to seeing Toma tackle the role and I'm sure he'll do a great job, but whoa!

Also, poor Yamapi! His boyfriend is going to be a pain in the ass to live with while he's filming this. Or am I confusing the real world with the world inside my head again? *g*

( My reaction to Majo Saiban episode 7: )

From an earlier episode, but it cracks me up so much because it's so Japanese: bowing to the person on the telephone. Oh, Japan! ♥

Also: Toma! and Toma! and Toma *sigh (look at that flawless skin!)*.

And a fic research question: what do you call those giant screen thingies they ride around on during concerts? Car? Cart?