From Orange Pride To Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics

About three weeks ago, my sister and I decided to sit down and watch the Japanese drama known as 'RESCUE'.  Most of the reason was because KAT-TUN member Yuichi Nakamaru is in it (and KAT-TUN's song, 'RESCUE' is the theme).  But he's not the only famous person (that I knew of) that was starring in it.  NEWS member Takahisa Masuda and actor Yusuke Yamamoto is also in it!  The drama is nine episodes long and centers around a group of firefighters who want to become like an elite group known as the Super Rangers (SR for short).  Daichi Kitajima (Nakamaru) is the main character of the drama, and he along with other SR trainees try their best to make it onto the Super Rangers team.  There are many struggles for all of them as they do so.  The cool thing about this drama is that alot of the situations reflect real ones that can happen, and it gives little tidbits of information along the way.  I'd have to say that this drama was created in order to commemorate the real teams across Japan for doing what they do best: saving lives in the most dangerous of situations.  One line I can remember that shows up a few times is: "Which is more important: the life of the victim or of the rescuer?"  You'll have to watch to find out.  ^o^

  ORANGE PRIDE!!!

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New Year's Resolutions

Like so many people around the world, I think a new year means a chance to change.  Of course alot of the resolutions that we all tend to make never really come to light, but hey...why not still give it a shot?  This year, not only do I want to better myself as a person or hope to get a job to get my foot into the working world--and to get money to see my favorite foriegn artists--but I also plan to truly start learning Japanese and Korean beyond the basic phrases that I know.  As of now, I do not know how the grammar structure of either language is set up nor do I know enough of their vocabulary.  I can recognize Korean symbols (hangul), but I'm having trouble pronouncing them.  In turn I can pronounce Japanese a bit better, but I cannot read the symbols (hirigana, katakana, kanji) save for a slight few.  I do have a few books that may help, but it's just a matter of not being lazy and setting up time each day to study until I can acutally get into a classroom setting that teaches these two languages.  It'd probably be good if I did a refresher for Spanish as well because I've forgotten a good chunk of it.  I'm also thinking about learning Chinese, but that might have to come a bit later.  ^^ 

Aside from learning languages my sister, a friend, and I will be attempting to do dance covers to Kpop and Jpop.  We've already decided on three so far.  The first one is SNSD's "I Got a Boy".  Next, my sister and I will attempt SISTAR's "Ma Boy".  And the last will be Perfume's "Spice".  If you've seen the videos for any of these, you'll see that they have at least some level of difficulty, and if you're not a dancer--like me--it'll be way beyond your level.  I can't even do a body wave correctly without it looking like I'm having an uncontrollable spasm attack.  But I'm still working on it.

Well, wish me luck!  Peace out.       

"Not My Fandom, Not My Problem"

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This slogan is slowly becoming one of my least favorite sayings within fandoms...

In the world of fandom, I shall never understand how one can be so deeply rooted in one fandom and totally not care about another one.  I mean it's great you have a bias group/soloist that you follow all the time, but why not at least delve into other artists from time to time?  I also understand that you don't have to like a group, but it doesn't mean to be a jerk about it either.  I see it all on my Twitter list: "Fan of ___________.  Not a fan of *insert genre that fan's favorite artist is a part of*."  For example, I am a fan of TVXQ, but another Kpop fandom is going through a tough time because their group/soloist is having trouble--either work-related or personal.  Me: "Oh, they seem to be having trouble...but whatever.  I'm not a fan of them or Kpop anyway."  SEE HOW RUDE THAT SOUNDS?!!  No compassion whatsoever!

Along with that, these days I feel that some fans of any group can give off this elitist feel. Usually it's fandoms that have been around a longer time that exhert this type of behavior or newbie fans.  Alot of groups are still newbies, so they have to adjust like the bias groups that we follow.  And I think it'd make many fans of the group that is being looked down on really sad.  With me being a 'multi-fan', it pains me when one fandom I am a part of is clashing with another one that I'm a part of.  And if it's not between a seperate fandom, there can also be fans of a certain bias fighting with another fan of a different bias over who is better.  Unfortunately, I've seen quite a bit of all this behavior from a good chunk of fandoms that belong (or used to belong) to SM.  Most notably, Cassiopeia--since that is what my Twitter list is mainly comprised of--and it's upsetting.  :(  I remember a time where we were such a nice fandom that helped out other ones when needed.  I think that is why we were respected--not because we were the largest or if our group was one of the best.  Thus in my personal opinon, I can't say that we're one of the best fandoms anymore...at least the international side isn't.  But don't think it's just limited to Kpop.  As I said before, this kind of behavior can be seen in any type of fandom. 

I guess the dynamics of fandom are changing, or is it just me?

As extra...

  Found it on Tumblr, and I think it's accurate...

Anyway, peace out.