While studying kanji in a Nihongo class earlier, this took place :
Below is a translation of what I remember; all these were in Nihongo:

Kanji: 逢
Me: Sensei, Aren't there two ways of writing "deai"(meeting)?
Sensei: Yes. 出会い and 出逢い. 逢 is an old character, though.
Me (to self): Ooooh, AKIHIDE uses 出逢い a lot.

Kanji: 果
Sensei: 果 as in 結果("kekka"; result).
Classmate: Sensei, that can also be read as "hate" right?
Sensei: Hate?
Me: Yeah, like 「世界の果」("sekai no hate"; world's end)?
Sensei:Ah yes, yes, that's right.
Me (to self): Ah, I also learned this from AKIHIDE. ♥

Kanji: 合
Sensei: Lastly, 合. As in 話し合う("hanashiau"; consult), 合宿 ("gajjuku"; training camp), hmm...
Me: What about 合体 ("gattai"; union)?
*Laughter*
Sensei: *writes kanji while laughing* Gattai?
Me: This came from the lyrics of a song but, "Kimi to gattai shitain da"?
Sensei: *still laughing* Gattai is like when robots or gundams unite.
Me (to self): I'm not gonna learn anything useful from DAIGO, am I? /fail

Lesson? Do not let DAIGO's odd ways rub off on you.

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::>「世界の果」is a Moon Side Theater flash story, published by AKIHIDE last Christmas, as a "gift" to the fans, or at least the frequenters of LIFE/AKIHIDE.COM.

::> "Kimi to gattai shitain da" is a line from the song BIG BANG!

::> DAIGO likes Gundam (or liked Gundam in his childhood), and has recently bought a model kit from an old series.

Hey flist, I need your help.

I'm writing this graduate term paper on yaoi manga. I originally wanted to use feminist theories to explore the fact that many of these are written by female authors (to determine whether they're pro or anti-women in the end), but my professor suggested that I look up LGBTQ theories too. Either way, I would appreciate any help on the following:

1) While this itself is debatable, please comment with the authors and works that you feel are most representative of the yaoi genre in Japan (manga, please).

2) If you know any academic material on yaoi manga/gay literature in Japan written by a Japanese author in English, please comment about it as well. I have a handful of reliable resources but they are mostly written by Western authors; to avoid the danger of Orientalism (per Edward Said), I would like to read materials from a native's perspective as well, if there are such available papers in English. D:

3) Please recommend a good book/resource on LGBTQ theories/perspectives, especially one that discusses recent developments, if you know of any.

I would really appreciate your help on this one. I'll publish the paper online should it turn out to be something worth reading XD. An advanced thank you to anyone who would take time to comment. (I haven't been a dedicated commenter lately, but I'll catch up, I promise. Much love. ♥)

(I swear I have not been reading yaoi lately. In fact, the latest manga I've finished is GTO, which is under the ribaldry subgenre, not yaoi. This whole interest was revived primarily because of Eiki Eiki. I don't know if I should be happy about that, lol.)

Huh. Five hours for something crudely done. Guess even crap can take a lot of time. I kept thinking Why the heck am I doing this? all throughout, but I'll just think of it as good, long practice of Nihongo. Or that at least I'm learning something from my hobbies. ;D

Time to hit the sack. *yawn*

Double post, but, I couldn't help it. Hikari's PV is simple and sweet, just like it should be. A very DAIGO-ish song too.

I don't think anyone in my flist watches Harper's Island, so I wouldn't spoil anyone if I say that Cal and Chloe died. :( Geez, now I don't have any reason to watch the show anymore. XD

Tch, I liked the couple from the start. Chloe's a tease, and Cal's a dorky Englishman -- not your typical star-crossed lovers, which is probably why both the death scene both worked and didn't for me. I thought the proposal was rather cliche and expected, and that they were killed to milk sobs from the audience, but I guess Chloe's, "You can't have me," (*insert letting go of handrail here*) worked, particularly because of the very nice BGM that played. I looked it up, and found this beautiful song:



( You're coming back for me... )

Only two episodes left before the series ends. I don't care who dies anymore, my fave characters are already dead... Oh wait, Sully's still alive. I wonder if he'll make it.

I am reading excerpts from Edward Said's Orientalism and enjoying it thus far. However, I have encountered the term "feminine penetrability" more than once and I have to say, it really makes me uncomfortable. My argument is very simple:

CAN'T MEN BE PENETRATED TOO? BECAUSE I'M SURE AS HELL THE ANSWER'S YES.

I don't see the relevance of attributing "feminine" to penetrability. Forgive me if I can't hold back my vulgar tongue, but, in layman's language, "Whatever man, it's the same hole." Now I rest my case.

...I feel like I fail at being scholarly, but I do believe I have a valid point. :D

So there was a huge mix-up with my schedule, and to make things short, my schedule has now become something like this:

monday ~ 8PM-5AM (work)
tuesday ~ 8PM-5AM (work)
wednesday ~ 5-8PM (school); 10PM-5AM (work)
thursday ~ 5-8PM (school); 10PM-5AM (work)
friday ~ 5-8PM (school); 10PM-5AM (work)
saturday ~ 9-3:30 (school); 6PM-12MN (work)

I'm killing myself, I know. Hopefully for a good cause. Haha.

This is bad, I feel like splurging. Then again, I have a half-devoured Stackers burger on my desk right now. Appetite, come back!

...Yet another senseless post.

♪Cruel to be kind, means that I love you baaaaaaaaayyybehhhhhh... :D♪

Special thanks to devilxjoker for providing the scans.

Notes: I'm a little bit apprehensive about what SHINPEI said when he describes his and AKIHIDE's sounds (the last sentence). I believe it's close enough, though. ^^;;;


BREAKERZ wants to break stereotypes!
Three-man team SHINPEI (G), DAIGO (Vo), and AKIHIDE (G). With each member having his own personality and style, we can experience musicianship with roots.


We established our sound with this album.


( Article here )

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This article was printed on the January 2008 issue of Kera, which you can buy here at Amazon Japan.

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Random comments: Wow, DAIGO's answer to the first question was well thought of! And yes, AKIHIDE, I would describe you using the same words: striking and a little bit queer. XD /mockery

It feels like ages since I subbed something. I was practically staring at the screen half the time, asking myself, "What do I do again?" Anyway, here goes:



Show: Uchikuru (clip, not the whole show)
Airdate: 2009.06.07 (I made a mistake on the filename, so just change the date to 0607 if it bothers you. :D)
GUEST: DAIGO
Summary: HYDE talks about DAIGO, and DAIGO ends up impersonating HYDE (and fails horribly at it).
Download: Mediafire, 16MB

I cannot watch this video without snickering because: (1) DAIGO looks so tense; (2)He probably felt hurt when HYDE said that all his impersonations look the same; (3)He looks like he wants to go to the bathroom; (4)He got the lyrics WRONG; and (5)My friend does a better HYDE, or so I say. (I just felt pimping you milove XD)

If I were HYDE, I'd feel offended. XD But really, HYDE is always supportive of DAIGO, and Yasu hangs out with him whenever he has time (They even spent last year's Christmas together). DAIGO's lucky to have such nice senpai's. Gackt, however, is a different story. Well I would get mad too if my name were "Gackt" and I was called "Dackt" by my junior. Oh DAIGO, you strange creature, you.

PS. DAIGO came home from the US today. He was there for like 4?5? days. He's not allowed to divulge the details yet, but he did mention that there was a shooting of some sort. (Wild Guess: Maybe it's for TSD. I dunno, Aiba went places before... but he's a regular on that show, so it's a whole different thing; Maybe DAIGO got married and spent his honeymoon there. XD)

PPS: Erm, has anybody found the "secret page" AKIHIDE recently added to moon side theater? D:

So guess where I am on a nice, relaxed Saturday afternoon? :D

At work. -_-;;; Sigh. I'll have to get used to this. Starting next week, my schedule will be something like this:

monday ~ 8PM-5AM (work)
tuesday ~ 8PM-5AM (work)
wednesday ~ 5-8PM (school); 10PM-5AM (work)
thursday ~ 5-8PM (school); 10PM-5AM (work)
friday ~ 5-8PM (school); 10PM-5AM (work)
saturday ~ 12:30-3:30 (school); 6PM-12MN (work)

Add to that 1.5 hrs travel time from home to school, school to work, work to home. Plus the fact that I still do online part-time jobs. Splendid, isn't it? I've got another perfect formula for suicide. I ejaculate! (Hey, this has a different meaning in old English, okay? Go ask Watson and Holmes... or maybe not. Watson + Holmes + kinky old English = *cough*)

Speaking of kinks, I chanced upon Oscar Wilde's Endymion the other day and I couldn't get over this:

Where is my own true lover gone,
Where are the lips vermilion,
The shepherd's crook, the purple shoon?

Well ain't he fab? He's got vermilion lips, and get this, purple shoes? Hahahaha. And oh, the persona was longing for his "shepherd's crook" too. S/he's got quite an attachment to his staff. XD I don't know who the muse for this was, but, if I could talk to the author, I'd say, "Why Wildey, you've got quite a lover there."

I am mocking classic lit again. That's just how I show my love, y'know. XD Fine, I doubt this is interesting to many people, but a handful of my interests hardly are. I guess that's just the way it goes.

I'd like to blog about real life adventures more, except that there's practically none right now, and I have a feeling there won't be any for a while. So sad. D: Then again, this is my choice. ^^ Sacrifices, yes, sacrifices.