Mission Accomplished

My husband helped me accomplish my new ultimate goal yesterday.  Since then, I have sent a total of four text messages! 

Watch out, Paige!  I am catching up to you.

It's All That Sakurap...

Rank	Arashi Ranking Favorite (Top) to Least Favorite (Bottom)

Sorry, Sakurai Sho.  Oddly enough, Aiba Masaki had been at the bottom until this magical haunted house episode convinced me otherwise. 

Fandom is so fun!

Nodame Cantabile: Saishu Gakuso Zenpen

Oh, my God!  It's in post-production already; they got this out really quick.  Cross your fingers for a better ending than the manga!

Best. Astrological Sign. Ever.

Wikipedia says Leos (me) are compatible with Arieses (them).  I 100% agree and Christina I am sorry I stole Vince Vaughn away from you.  Wikipedia FTW!

Married

They definitely are. 

Not really, but they are pretty funny to watch.  Ninomiya Kazunari and Ohno (Oh, no!) Satoshi reach levels of goofdom typically reserved for high school guys.  But they are grown now.

I'm pretty sure this is the key to Arashi's ten years of popularity.  (And no, not just the are-they-aren't-they faux sexual tension that the slash fangirls enjoy so much--though I'm sure that's exploited as much as possible.)  The entire group seems to get along really well.  Even though their music can be dumb, they always seem like they're having a good time singing it.  Their concert costumes are worse than anything Robbie Williams could have designed in rehab, but they apparently don't mind making fools of themselves or looking ridiculous in hot pink cowboy shirts and shiny blue pants.  

Sure, I could say that listening to Arashi is a good way to learn a foreign language.  I could make the case that their lyrics are actually thoughtful when compared to other boy bands'.  Those are secondary to the fact that these boys have charisma out the wazoo.  They're having fun, and it's infectious.

All this fraternity makes me miss my best friend.  If Arashi can text each other six times a day, I can certainly learn to text and get back in touch with her.

New ultimate goal:  Learn how to text!

Beat Me to It

My thoughts exactly.  Also, the chicken-wuss samurai haircut is my favorite.  (Not gonna lie, Mr. Dincht here did influence my opinion.)

 

OH MY GOD!

OH MY GOD, VINCE AND LAGUNA TOTALLY MADE IT HAPPEN!!!  I APOLOGIZE FOR THE ALL CAPS, BUT I AM SUPER EXCITED HERE!  SO IS THIS BUNNY!!

THANK YOU, EVERYONE WHO READS MY BLOG.  YOU ARE AWESOME, AWESOME PEOPLE!  (AND YES, I THINK YOU ARE CUTE.)

Google Update

It totally worked!  Robbie Williams and his microphone picture sent me to #2 in Google results for "useless ivory"!  Will a Laguna/Vince Vaughn combo rocket me to #1?  Only time will tell.... 

For real, though, thanks to everyone who's visiting my blog!

Speaking of Robbie Williams...

Wow, his music is actually good again.  He'd been doing this falsetto pseudo-rap thing for a bit, but I think (hope) that phase is over.  The return to depressive on drugs/off drugs song-making is certainly cause for celebration.  His trademark "almost clever melodic angst" song ("Blasphemy") is the closest to clever yet!  I know this is fangirly, but oh my God am I excited for actually good Robbie Williams music!

I know the Great RW never really made it big on this side of the pond, but this video shows you just about everything that's awesome about him.  Come one, anyone who puts their initials all over Royal Albert Hall has to be pretty cool.  And those dancers' costumes?  Totally designed himself when he was in rehab.  Maybe.

...And the Lyrics Aren't So Hot, Either

Awesome GAP commercial; terrible music video.  Well, not terrible...but definitely not awesome.  Okay, maybe a little bit awesome....  The lyrics are definitely weird, though!

PS:  Why is Ninomiya Kazunari in my grandmother's shawl?

PPS:  Matsumoto Jun managed to avoid his usual "hobo chic" this time.  Props to you, Matsumoto Jun! (Now pass some style advice on to Mizushima Hiro.)