"Change your heart. Look around you"
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sisterjuneHello flist. I have risen from the dead! Or more like finally decided to leave my little hole in the floor away from everyone. At least figuratively. I needed to be away from people for a while for reasons I dont think are worth elaborating on. But yeah it's been a little melancholy and isolated on my end lately....more so than usual that is.
My exams for the record, ended last week and I start taking math classes next week. I will be having a busy albeit not exactly exciting summer full of books, gardening, cooking, math classes and some sorry attempts at learning Japanese via a book I checked out at my college library. I wanted to take some painting and graphic design programs this summer, and a guitar class but that will just have to be put off for another time. Since I want to use this summer to cultivate my mind, body and herb garden.
One of my goals this summer is to lose 20 pounds. That sounds like alot to lose in just 4 months, but it's very doable. and if I miss the mark and only lose 15 pounds, it wont be a total failure. The long term goal is to lose 30 pounds all together but for now 15-20 is a good start.
An amazing thing happened yesterday,I finished reading a novel. It was the first time I read an ENTIRE fiction novel in....what, 2 years? maybe 3? It's not like I didnt read at all during that time. (I'd go crazy not reading ANYthing) but I pretty much avoided most fiction. Reason 1 was my short attention span and Reason 2 was that most fictional novels just did nothing for me. I wasnt even sure anymore what sort of stories I even LIKED since I had become disenchanted with the fantasy genre, yet I wasnt particularly interested in mystery, slice of life, political thrillers or young adult fiction either. It was quite a dilemma I assure you all. Since up until 3-4 years ago, I was a pretty avid reader. I pretty much spent the majority of my life with a book in my hand. At almost all times. So during those 3-4 years I spent away from fiction novels, I chose to read all sorts of non fiction, informational books instead but I never read through all of them. I always read just enough to feel like I got the idea of it, or just enough to pretend like i know way more than I actually do about a subject. The reason for this slapdash reading style was because I tend to get bored of any particular subject rather quickly. There are some few exceptions to this rule of course.
At any rate, what is truly shocking about my finally finishing an entire book (without skipping parts! or peaking to the end even once! *GASP*) isnt that it happened at all but that the book in question was a ROMANCE novel. Those of you who know me will probably have heard me say before that I hate romance. This my friends is a lie. A total fallacy, a grand facade, a deception, a tall tale I have told so many times that I started to believe it myself for a while. I do in fact like romances and this is because I find human interactions to be utterly fascinating, particularly when there is a strong bond between them, be it in friendship or love. What I do not like is conventional romances, which I find boring and saccharine unrealistic romances which I find immensely irritating. and it this for this reason I spent the 10 years of my life avoiding romance books, movies, poetry as if the entire genre was a deadly highly contagious disease (I am pretending all those shoujo mangas I spent time reading back in highschool didnt happen). Yet, it seems I may have been a bit hasty in my judgments of the genre because by some amazing stroke of fortune it helped me do what I had failed to do in a very long time. Finish a book.
That being said, I still hate alot of the tropes that are present within the genre. So next time I update I'll update with some thoughts on the 4 romance novels I've read so far (or rather attempted to read since I only finished one entirely and just started on the 4th one) and also what I like and dont like about the genre, etc etc. Anyone who likes romance novels or reading period is of course free to drop their opinions in! :D
In other news, I have so far attempted to watch 2 Jdramas from this season's offerings (Shiroi Haru and Meitantei no okite) and I have not liked either one. Meitantei was for me a complete dissappointment, I expected a smart self aware drama that was about a quirky detective who solves difficult mysteries. I thought there would be some satirical elements, some nice offbeat humor but ultimately a show with some substance, some wit, some kind of gravity to it. Meitantei however is just a total farce. It's shallow, cliched and it beats the viewer over the head with everything. Wtf kind of show TELLS you before it starts that it's about to parody a bunch of mystery archtypes/tropes? To make it worse, the whole thing was almost identical to 33pun tantei which at least managed to be funny. Something meitantei cant even do. Though both shows fail as mystery shows, and that's the problem. If you are writing a mystery show, regardless of whether you are trying to satire other mystery stories or not, you should still manage to come up with clever engaging mysteries! STUPID WRITERS! and As for shiroi haru, I just found it totally dull and predictable. I can already tell they are gonna make sachiko be haruo's daughter. So watching a drama about his bonding with her and trying to uncover the truth about his gf's death is kind of not that interesting at all. As far as jdramas go, I will try one more drama this season and if it turns out to be shit, I'm done till fall.
So flist here's where you come in, I'm not sure what's good and I lack the patience to dl everything so which of the following jdramas should I check out next? I will of course be watching MR.BRAIN when it finally comes out because duh it's got Kimutaku how can I NOT watch it? Hopefully it'll get better ratings than Konkatsu did, geeze poor Nakai XD.
My exams for the record, ended last week and I start taking math classes next week. I will be having a busy albeit not exactly exciting summer full of books, gardening, cooking, math classes and some sorry attempts at learning Japanese via a book I checked out at my college library. I wanted to take some painting and graphic design programs this summer, and a guitar class but that will just have to be put off for another time. Since I want to use this summer to cultivate my mind, body and herb garden.
One of my goals this summer is to lose 20 pounds. That sounds like alot to lose in just 4 months, but it's very doable. and if I miss the mark and only lose 15 pounds, it wont be a total failure. The long term goal is to lose 30 pounds all together but for now 15-20 is a good start.
An amazing thing happened yesterday,I finished reading a novel. It was the first time I read an ENTIRE fiction novel in....what, 2 years? maybe 3? It's not like I didnt read at all during that time. (I'd go crazy not reading ANYthing) but I pretty much avoided most fiction. Reason 1 was my short attention span and Reason 2 was that most fictional novels just did nothing for me. I wasnt even sure anymore what sort of stories I even LIKED since I had become disenchanted with the fantasy genre, yet I wasnt particularly interested in mystery, slice of life, political thrillers or young adult fiction either. It was quite a dilemma I assure you all. Since up until 3-4 years ago, I was a pretty avid reader. I pretty much spent the majority of my life with a book in my hand. At almost all times. So during those 3-4 years I spent away from fiction novels, I chose to read all sorts of non fiction, informational books instead but I never read through all of them. I always read just enough to feel like I got the idea of it, or just enough to pretend like i know way more than I actually do about a subject. The reason for this slapdash reading style was because I tend to get bored of any particular subject rather quickly. There are some few exceptions to this rule of course.
At any rate, what is truly shocking about my finally finishing an entire book (without skipping parts! or peaking to the end even once! *GASP*) isnt that it happened at all but that the book in question was a ROMANCE novel. Those of you who know me will probably have heard me say before that I hate romance. This my friends is a lie. A total fallacy, a grand facade, a deception, a tall tale I have told so many times that I started to believe it myself for a while. I do in fact like romances and this is because I find human interactions to be utterly fascinating, particularly when there is a strong bond between them, be it in friendship or love. What I do not like is conventional romances, which I find boring and saccharine unrealistic romances which I find immensely irritating. and it this for this reason I spent the 10 years of my life avoiding romance books, movies, poetry as if the entire genre was a deadly highly contagious disease (I am pretending all those shoujo mangas I spent time reading back in highschool didnt happen). Yet, it seems I may have been a bit hasty in my judgments of the genre because by some amazing stroke of fortune it helped me do what I had failed to do in a very long time. Finish a book.
That being said, I still hate alot of the tropes that are present within the genre. So next time I update I'll update with some thoughts on the 4 romance novels I've read so far (or rather attempted to read since I only finished one entirely and just started on the 4th one) and also what I like and dont like about the genre, etc etc. Anyone who likes romance novels or reading period is of course free to drop their opinions in! :D
In other news, I have so far attempted to watch 2 Jdramas from this season's offerings (Shiroi Haru and Meitantei no okite) and I have not liked either one. Meitantei was for me a complete dissappointment, I expected a smart self aware drama that was about a quirky detective who solves difficult mysteries. I thought there would be some satirical elements, some nice offbeat humor but ultimately a show with some substance, some wit, some kind of gravity to it. Meitantei however is just a total farce. It's shallow, cliched and it beats the viewer over the head with everything. Wtf kind of show TELLS you before it starts that it's about to parody a bunch of mystery archtypes/tropes? To make it worse, the whole thing was almost identical to 33pun tantei which at least managed to be funny. Something meitantei cant even do. Though both shows fail as mystery shows, and that's the problem. If you are writing a mystery show, regardless of whether you are trying to satire other mystery stories or not, you should still manage to come up with clever engaging mysteries! STUPID WRITERS! and As for shiroi haru, I just found it totally dull and predictable. I can already tell they are gonna make sachiko be haruo's daughter. So watching a drama about his bonding with her and trying to uncover the truth about his gf's death is kind of not that interesting at all. As far as jdramas go, I will try one more drama this season and if it turns out to be shit, I'm done till fall.
So flist here's where you come in, I'm not sure what's good and I lack the patience to dl everything so which of the following jdramas should I check out next? I will of course be watching MR.BRAIN when it finally comes out because duh it's got Kimutaku how can I NOT watch it? Hopefully it'll get better ratings than Konkatsu did, geeze poor Nakai XD.
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Date: 2009-05-13 03:35 am (UTC)if i were to choose from the 4, i think i will watch majo saiban (because i am toma biased) but BOSS sounds "lighter" which is what i like my drama to be. meh, i know i am not much help LOL.
ohoh and watch Kiina if you havent because i really enjoyed that drama XD
i know this is late XD
Date: 2009-05-19 03:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-13 06:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-13 11:04 am (UTC)I see you dont mention Quiz Show DD; Well okay heard that it's just a remake from the first season, but it has angry Yoko, psycho Yoko, evil Yoko&hearts and MR.BRAIN, of course I'll watch it.. still sad about Konkatsu's rating in the end of writing this comment lol.
Sorr this is late sabs!
Date: 2009-05-19 03:48 am (UTC)I know I should watch quiz show but I think I just wont care for it, I dont like those melodramatic kind of cartoony dramas. I'm sure it's not BAD and I do adore yoko even now but I dont wanna take up my time watching a drama that's anything short of amazing. My time is precious!
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Date: 2009-05-13 02:38 pm (UTC)it's fun..actually for me this dorama so far is the best in this season. well the story line is not to serious cause you can see part when he change to 'his other side', the henshin thing looks redicilous but it's still must watch dorama!!
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Date: 2009-05-13 09:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-14 06:20 am (UTC)I watched the drama Horikita Maki's in... bit crazy, but could prove to be interesting. If you'd like to give that a try. Konkatsu could be good, if only based on that Nakai's in it.
sorry this is so late
Date: 2009-05-19 03:46 am (UTC)I kind of dont like maki very much. She reminds me of a mannequin :x. I'll probably check out BOSS for the awesome ladies and Yamada Takayuki.
Re: sorry this is so late
Date: 2009-05-19 03:53 am (UTC)My youngest sister doesn't like her either for the same reason. Then she rubbed off me and I've been trying to find reasons to like her since... the optimist that I am. Hana Kimi was a big success, so of course I had to watch that... she was good in Nobuta way back (what with the subdued nature of her character), admittedly annoyingly passionate in Kurosagi... in her current drama, she has to be motherly towards guys her age and older, so that's kinda amusing.
I watched a little of BOSS. Pretty exciting, though I tuned in for Mizobata Junpei, who just happens to be another handsome Kansai boy. :D
Re: sorry this is so late
Date: 2009-05-19 04:00 am (UTC)I was only ever able to stand Maki in Nobuta, but that's probably cause the whole drama was rather lackluster. what kills me is when she gets cast in these awesome rolls that a better actress could have pulled off but maki got there cause she just happens to be more popular. Kansai boy you say? *___* I kind of snubbed boss at first cause the description was like "she's a sucessful cop etc etc but what she really wants is a husband." and I was like ok...FUCK THAT. but yeah i've heard good things about it and the summary might be misleading so I figure I'll give it a shot down the road afterall. though atm I'm taking a break from dramas.
Re: sorry this is so late
Date: 2009-05-19 04:27 am (UTC)Yes, a lovely 19-year-old Kansai boy whose latest photobook is one of my most precious items right now. Hotness!