| ♪♪明けましておめでとう!!♪♪
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 8D
I've got a few new years resolutions.. let's see how that goes I didn't make any last year on my journal, so I dunno how I did. But hey.. lots of stuff was done this year 
GRADUATE
E XER CIZE
Continue to study Japanese 日本語を勉強し続けようと思います
Work on more translations
Get out more and do things (lol that makes me sound like a hermit)
Save up money
This is probably not going to happen, but I think if I set a really high goal for myself, it might happen. If I could save up enough money to go to an 11th anniversary concert in Japan, it would be AMAZING.
I watched the 2009-2010 Johnny's Countdown. It was really cute Am I the only person who thought the rendition of One Love that Kanjani8 did was ear-bleeding-ly off key? And they were also off a beat. I can officially say that I'm not impressed But the KJ8 rendition that Arashi did was really cute lol
Anyway, HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR EVERYONE 8D 目標が実現できるようにお互いに頑張ろうね~^^ | comments: 11 comments or Leave a comment  |
|  This photoshoot is freaking awesommmeee just look at how inflexible Mr. Failboat is there haha
What an interesting year it was.
I did and saw way more than I ever thought I would.
Biggest accomplishment for me - exploring and experiencing Japan. Loving it. Hating it. Making wonderful friends. I experienced things that I'd never experienced or thought I would experience before in my life.
+ Lived through 3 earthquakes + Saw a solar eclipse + Wore a yukata + Rode the shinkansen (so freaking awesome ) + Saw Tohoshinki + ARASHI CONCERT 5 FREAKING ROWS AWAY FROM THE FRONT + Went to a matsuri + Explored Nagoya + Ate crepes + Went to Tokyo Disney & Sea + Went to Tokyo! + Visited Johnny's Shop 6 times  + Addiction to Book Off + Addiction to Kiatenzushi (curse you discount sushi!!) + Traveled and saw Ise Shrines, the ocean, Nara, many many many many other places + Climbed mountains, saw 1,500 year old trees and temples + Saw Mount Fuji + Went to Odaiba -- SAW VS ARASHI TENT AND VS ARASHI COIN TOWER PUCKS (I have pics I never shared them sorry ) and saw giant gundam + Stayed at a ryokan
....etc. etc. etc. etc. I don't think this list will ever end.
2009 was a rollercoaster, to say the least. I'm looking forward to 2010 although it's through some pretty terrified eyes. There's going to be a big change in my life, whether I like it or not.
I've also accepted a translators position at ao_no_michi. I'll still be posting up small little projects here possibly, and most definitely will be continuing to post magazine articles here, so if you have any requests please let me know
With all that aside... I'd like to share something amusing.
My friend daone_shh I met in Japan sent me a holiday card and I received it a few days ago. But, when I looked at where it was addressed to, I suddenly burst into laughter.
( Why, you may ask? )
Tsemin, hun.. I couldn't tell if you did that on purpose or if it was a mistake. Either way, it made me laugh and sorry for making fun of you on my blog 
Well -- HERE'S TO A WONDERFUL 2010 GUYS *clinks glasses* | comments: 28 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Tags: | life, random | | Current Music: | Arashi (嵐) - Move Your Body | | Subject: | Stickam? | | Time: | 11:27 pm | | Current Mood: | full |
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| Does anyone have a Stickam JP or just regular Stickam US account?
I've got a chatroom up right now at Stickam JP Stickam US, playing Arashi music. :D
Info is --
Room Name: 嵐の部屋 (Arashi Room) Password: mygirl
Or, if more people have a US Stickam account, I can switch to over there :3
Come chat with me! 8D
Edit: I've switched to the US Stickam for easier access 8D | comments: Leave a comment  |
| I seriously wasn't expecting to translate or post this anywhere near to now, but apparently here it is. I've got some free time I guess? rofl erm
I'll write about my Christmas later, which actually.. isn't over yet technically.. but I got some good presents, and I'm happy with the presents that were given out by me I hate throwing together gifts, because I feel like such a lazy person ;; well, anyway.. here's the translation 
But! I finished another set of translations! I never thought I would finish the first one, and here I come month later with another set. *is proud of herself*

Please don't take this out of my journal without my permission.
DO NOT claim these as your own. I spend a lot of time translating these, please be respectful.
My notes are in italic like usual
Enjoy!
( We won’t slow down! )
Aiba's Interview
Jun's Interview
Nino's Interview
Ohno's Interview
NOTE: In my last couple translations, in Ohno's he mentioned getting colored pencils, and some people corrected me and told me it was Ogura-san that gave him those.. oops! Also, in Nino's translation, he mentioned the Gantz movie, and through my own personal error, he did not in fact say the shooting was almost done, but that it was almost starting. Sorry for those errors!
If anyone has requests for either short video clips or magazine articles, please let me know as I'm done with this set and don't really have much else to do  | comments: 21 comments or Leave a comment  |
|  XDDDDDDDDDDDDD You do that body roll, Nino
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE I hope you all have a great holiday! | comments: 11 comments or Leave a comment  |
| So, I wasn't intending to make another post today, but gosh..
As I was heading out the door for Christmas Eve festivities, Lotion's dad told me that some stuff came in the mail for me. Among some holiday cards, I found... THE 2 MAGS I ORDERED FROM mycutykoala! 8D Thank you thank you thank you thank youuu ♥♥♥ They are the November and December issues.. also known as...
 ..the Willy Wonka!Aiba issue, and...
 ...the sit-around-and-eat-cake-and-make-faces issue.. 
( Posters inside! *excited* )
 And last but not least.. I might almost have to say.. my favorite poster ever... 8D I just love it. But now I gotta make room on my wall!! ♥ | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment  |
| First of all, thank you to koibito_moon for the lovely virtual snowflake cookie gift! ^^
Right now I'm not sure how I feel about snowflakes though, because we are supposed to get a record 16 inches of snow overnight. STOOOOOOOOOP.. pleeeaseee  
Anyway, guess what day it is? It's CHRISTMAS AIBA'S BIRTHDAY 8D. And to celebrate, I bring you... Nino? ;;
err yeah. well... I saw this clip this morning while at work, and thought it was so cute that I had to sub it! Nino is such a freaking stinker, I swear. I tried putting a watermark in this one, but it really didn't like me and so I gave up in the end 
Original video: zomboid Translation & Subs: eggchan
As per usual, here are the download links!
DOWNLOAD: [55.3MB] MU MF
And, just to make sure I don't forget to make this post later..
お誕生日おめでとう 相葉ちゃん!! いつか、ミラーマンが大成功になれるように!!努力し続ければ、確かに透明人間になるよ!^^
Everyone have a great holiday, and stay safe!! Unlike me who has to brave the storm tomorrow for Christmas festivities  | comments: 113 comments or Leave a comment  |
|  This gif has no relevance to my entry. I simply thought it was funny, and remiixx said I should use it 8D
Omg an actual post from me!
So.. I was watching an episode of Mago Mago Arashi recently, and Ohno and Aiba had a katsu battle. Me being a vegetarian, I've honestly never had katsudon before, but it looked SO good, and I just wanted to try it so bad..
With that said... yesterday, Lotion and I decided to make our own concoction of it! I looked up a Japanese recipe of it, and then we just kind of tweaked it and worked around it. We used fake fried chicken patties instead of the katsu, and vegetable broth instead of dashi.
If you're interested, I wrote up a recipe for it. 8D

( English Version )
( Japanese Version )
I've got quite a few gifs for spazzcrack .. as you can see, but not enough to make an actual post. Sorry guys!  | comments: 9 comments or Leave a comment  |
| Okay I realize that I haven't really been posting in here as a person journal as of late. I just find that doing these translations gives me something to do -- something useful.. Sorry to my f-list in advance 
Lotion and I made a vegetarian version of katsudon today. We kind of just made it up as we went, but it turned out pretty good! *high fives self* Honestly, I was watching MMA recently, and Ohno and Aiba had a don battle. Ohno made oyakodon and Aiba made katsudon. Looking at it made me so hungry for it... so that's where that came from 
Well, anyway.. I bring Ohno's part of the Potato interview I've been working on.

Please don't take this out of my journal without my permission.
DO NOT claim these as your own. I spend a lot of time translating these, please be respectful.
My notes are in italic like usual
Enjoy!
( 3 huh… appearing on NEWS ZERO during “Arashi Challenge Week”, the tour, and Uta Oni )
Aiba's Interview
Jun's Interview
Nino's Interview
Sho's Interview | comments: 39 comments or Leave a comment  |
| First, a big thank you to choco_disco and epoulin for pointing me in the right direction so my subs don't look so plain and boring 
I'm not sure if this has been subbed yet, but I thought I'd give it a shot. The short news clips are good practice for me, and at the moment I don't have the time to do whole episodes of anything, sorry!
Now I need to figure out why whenever I encode anything it comes out in really bad quality 
Anyway, once again.. Nino is a little brat to Aiba. when is he not, seriously.. haha
original video credit: blood_opal translated & subbed: eggchan
DOWNLOAD [34MB]: MU MF | comments: 131 comments or Leave a comment  |
| ..but it's not as funny this way. :(
In reference to my last post about Aiba's floating hand, it turns out it wasn't so interesting after all haha.
Thanks to karasu_0, she pointed out the rest of the picture that was cropped out of it 

Also, question to the subbers on my f-list: What program do you use to sub? I am using SubtitleWorkshop, but I'm kind of sad about the lack of special stuff I can do with the subtitles. How do you make it look so nice? ; I'm assuming it's a different program.
Anyway, I'm going to go work on the next interview from Myojo  | comments: 8 comments or Leave a comment  |
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