A link and a bit of a real-life update

[ciircee]

I wanted to share a link with...well, pretty much anybody. Everybody gets irritated by n00bs sometimes--be they new to Arashi or LJ or whatever. I know I've gotten rude and uppity. But, at the same time, I've been here for so long (since codes, people) that I forget what it's like to be NEW to a place. Lurking is not always first nature to people (my nearly twelve-year-old, for one and my almost-nine-year-old for another). Sometimes its satifying to snap at the n00bs who are asking a question we've seen thousands of times or who can't seem to think to check the memories or tags. But in the end, as with so many things, it's generally better to take a breath and be polite (yeah, I hate that too, sometimes).

I know that I'm still grateful that nobody ever trashed my first attempts at Arashi fic (just a month or so into the fandom) for all the errors that were in there. And I knwo that I was lucky enough to get in (with my first journal) when this place was just being built so I wasn't alone in not knowing what to do--we were all making it up as we went along. So for anybody new to LJ who happens by here Welcome to LJ and Arashi: A Brilliant Primer by Erin.

THAT said: I feel bad that I'm so behind on comments. I'm trying not to let that overwhelm me. And it CAN because I'm actually terribly shy in real life. I manage well if there's a goal or if it's in a big crowd (hey, I actually LIKE public speaking) but there are times when I sort of want to hide. And here? Where the people I know are fantastic and cool? Yeah, I can try to hard to be likable and end up feeling burnt out from being 'on' all the time.

Which is not a good feeling now. Skyla--my daughter's friend--is having a rough time of it. The divorce is turning nasty and her mom pretty much takes it out on her. She's cutting and mean and Skyla still loves her because it's her mother. There's nothing I can do, really, except keep being here and letting her know that Ed and I love having her (and the other kids) here because she is a good kid and we genuinely like her. Honestly? Thank god for Arashi and their music and their PVs and their shows (hey, VSArashi is moving to Golden Time--GO ARASHI!) and their dramas and the zoo show. All of the kids get a kick out of seeing them do some of the stupid stuff they've done and they think the dancing is cool. And that they're 'so cute, omg'.

PS. Tegomass. Which one of them sounds like a girl when he sings?
PPS. I like the song Puzzle.

EVEN MORE PS: I feel bad for saying it but I would totally bang all of TOKIO and probably most of SMAP. Why don't I know anything about V6 aside from 'lolz, boygirls'?

FINAL PS: I feel like I keep missing my flist (because y'all are awesome). Post a comment and ask me what I think about whenever I miss you/am thinking about you away from LJ then, in my next post, I'll tell you what it is and I might even explain WHY!

Comments

[youkosiren.livejournal.com]

I kind of skipped to the PS section and am totally just a lurker, but..

PS. Tego's voice is higher, but Massu's voice is very... sweet? Syrupy? So really, it's kind of a tossup XD

PPS. & EVEN MORE PS. After I got into Arashi, I spent a long time holding out and saying I wouldn't get into other JE groups because keeping up with just Arashi is already a part-time job XD ...then I totally crumbled and got into Kinki Kids because I'm weak for idols that act like old farts, and Kanjani8 a little while later after seeing them as guests on Kinki's shows.

I actually think K8 might actually have the widest variety of songs of any JE group - enka, blues, rock, and of course pop XD Actually, their rock songs are what got me. My friend showed me "Misetekure", and I went, "what, Tokio's not the only group that plays rock songs? o.o"

Since Kinki's bffs with Nagase and used to have a show with Tokio, it was just a matter of time before I got to know Tokio too~ I am weak for their manliness. Also, the endless hilarious Leader stories about how he got shut up in a dishwasher during hide & seek and so on.

Kimutaku's Pantene commercial hair was really enough to do me in, but he's goofy in traditional JE fashion. Have you seen him as Beyonce (http://community.livejournal.com/o_e_subs/46851.html)? It's too bad I haven't seen subs for the show where he snaps this comedian's banana sling with suspenders for the lols.

Sadly, I don't know all that much about V6 either as they seem to get relatively less love from the subbers. Inocchi cracks me up though and I like Okada a lot. I second aatash's recommendation of the 10th anniversary episode if you want to see them acting like 3rd graders!

Mm, long comment is long, sorry! X3;;;