Aino Minako-chan

Okay, I've got to ask because I've heard about it on other people's blogs and on news sites and even from my freaking parents... Susan Boyle. Am I seriously the only one who didn't start weeping and having a life changing experience upon hearing her sing? I mean, she's a good singer, and if she were at my karaoke night, I'd cheer nice and loud. But it wasn't exactly the best performance of "I Dreamed a Dream" that I'd ever heard, and I wasn't that impressed, and I certainly wasn't anywhere near tears. (Then again, I was also never impressed by Paul Potts two years ago, either.) It makes me wonder if maybe I'm cold-hearted (although I cry at half of the movies I see), or if maybe I'm some sort of elitist music snob (always a possiblity). So, have a poll!

Poll #1385024 It's like a poll you'd write in middle school:
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Do you like Susan Boyle Y/N?

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In other news of a video that DID get me choked up, I watched the latest "Harry Potter & tHBP" trailer, and I was doing fine until the end of the trailer when they showed obviously end-of-the-movie Snape scenes, and I started getting teary-eyed. It's just [SNIFF!] all so very sad, and I will likely blubber like a baby at the end of the movie. July 17th in Japan, gotta mark my calendar!!

Well, I watched the final ever episode of "Gakkou e Ikou" last week. Despite the fact that I haven't watched the show regularly for about two years, I've been a fan since 2000, so it was still very sad to have it come to an end. Then again, the show ran 11 years, so it had a good run. They've done some retrospectives over the past few weeks, and it's surprising how many clips I remembered or had already seen before. (Most of the old stuff I remember seeing back in the 5 year anniversary special.) It reminded me of all the good times and why I became such a fan of V6: because they made me laugh.

For those who ever watched the show around 2001-ish, there was one very interesting note in their retrospective three weeks ago: Remember Mackey, the absolutely adorable boy (who looked like an absolutely adorable girl) in the "Minorikawa Otome Dan" segments? He is now a she and she's cute like a button! Suprisingly enough (or perhaps not surprising at all) she looks almost exactly like she did when she was a 13-year-old boy. (Mackey was always a shockingly cute girl.) And she's still got that same nervous half-smile and the same crush on Sakamoto-kun. Awwww! Go Mackey!

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Also, remember when I talked about the totally awesome guy at my gym? Well, I saw him again for the first time in about a year, and he only gets awesomer by the minute. I was walking past the elliptical machines when I noticed him: still solid bronze all over, still solid-but-with-beer-belly, still long wavy hair. But of course, I mainly noticed him because he was wearing lime green sneakers, a black tank top, and teeny black shorts with multicolored stripes. But the best part? The tank top had ridden up a bit and the teeny black shorts had ridden down, so it was very very clear that he was wearing a neon pink thong. I did an actual double-take when I saw him. It was totally awesome.

P.S. No, he really IS bronze all over. ALL over.

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I've been playing Final Fantasy XII International, which has inspired a random poll, because seriously, it's starting to bother me:

Poll #1255626 Parlez-vous francais?
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How do you normally pronounce the word "marquis"?

Okay, so I decided to get a paid account, just to try it out. In any case, I scanned and uploaded the amazing shots of the diva version T.M.Revolution and posted scans in a gallery here. Slightly scary, actually. Anyway, one of the pictures got me thinking, so I thought I'd put it to a poll vote. Look at the following images and decide for yourself:

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Poll #652110 Winter Diva
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Who makes the better winter diva?