Ichigo to Yume

It's like 430 in the morning and I'm still up....what's wrong with me?
I should go to bed but I think I slept too much during the day Saturday, that I'm just not sleepy anymore.
It's like I have jet lag without having flown anywhere.
This is becoming a bad habit.

Anyhow, since I'm up I'll just write about Junjou Romantica.
I watched ep. 5 last night.  Awww...what a cliffie!
I remember crying during this part of the manga.  I know why Nowaki did all this but yeah can't help but feel bad for Hiro when I think from Hiro's point of view.  Nowaki needs to tell Hiro where he's going, darn it.  How can you make Hiro worry so much like that!! Actually, I did like that part where Nowaki got jealous of Prof. Miyazaki because I felt he kinda deserved it. But then again at the same time Nowaki doesn't deserve all this.  Right now we're only seeing things from Hiro's pov but once we know Nowaki's explanation...T___T bring out the kleenexes.

btw, I loved the Usami x Misaki scenes at the end!  Poor Suzuki-san getting udon all spilt on him. Since it was Misaki's fault, Usami made Misaki take Suzuki-san's place in bed in exchange for the cleaning fee until Suzuki-san returned from the cleaners.  So, Usami and Misaki are in bed when Usami starts touching Misaki in certain places and Misaki complains that all Suzuki-san did in bed was lie down and sleep but Usami comments that he used to do the same thing to Suzuki-san.:p Then Usami fell asleep and left poor Misaki hanging. ^^;  I thought it was so cute when Misaki called up the cleaners to ask if Suzuki-san was finished being cleaned but they said they needed one more week.  Then Usami grabbed the phone from Misaki and told the cleaning ppl that they could take their time to make Suzuki-san aww shiny and clean.:p The look on Misaki's place was priceless.  Soooo cute!!

Today's word of the day: 自業自得(jigoujitoku)- be one's own fault; have brought it upon oneself

また雨の日だ。
もう～こんな日だと、だるくなる。
ゴロゴロしちゃ寝、ゴロゴロしちゃ寝たりする。
どこに行く気もなくなる。いやだね。

Well at least, I did get to catch up with some anime.
I saw Junjou Romantica 3 which was the beginning of the Egoist arc!  Yay for Nowaki x Hiro!
The whole time when Hiro suggested to become Takahiro's replacement is always a tearjerker for me. T__T
Of course, Usami made a small appearance.  I love when Usami worries about Hiro.
And I love when Hiro gets jealous of Nowaki. Looking forward to next episode, I loved it in the manga.  It made me cry...especially in the drama cd.  I'm almost finished reading the Junai Egoist novel.  About 30 more pages to go.

Amatsuki 2 was great!  I love how they use science in the show.  I wish I was clever enough to think up that kind of stuff on my own.   What an educational series.:p

xxxHOLIC kei 4 Haruka!! Doumeki Haruka!!  I love Haruka and Watanuki together!  I actually started missing Haruka since he hasn't been in the lasted manga chapters.  So it was cool to see him again and relive the moments.  Not too long before we see the really dramatic episodes, ne.  Watanuki!!!

Macross F 3..I can't say I'm hooked on the show like I am say Junjou or Code Geass R2.  But, I definitely enjoy watching it.  It has a lot of action, great seiyuu and I love the music.  I already have Sakamoto Maaya's Triangular on my ipod. 

Monochrome Factor 3.  This is such a silly series.  I love Kengo!  Who knew he had latent powers.  It seems like all of Kengo's friends are gonna end up helping him fight the kokuchi.  So hope this series gets better once all the main charas have joined up.

I love it love it love it!!  Junjou Romantica anime is just oh soooooo very very very cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!!
I really satisfied with the animation quality  and the whole way that they're telling the story.  It's really able to capture the feel of the manga and the drama cds.  It's perfect!  Can't wait for Nowaki x Hiro!!  I'm definitely considering buying the dvds for this when it's out.

That reminds me I need to finish my Junai Egoist novel and get to reading the last Junai Romantica novel that was released.><

Yay! I finished reading my first BL Novel, Junai Romantica by Fujisaki Miyako and Nakamura Shungiku! I actually finished reading it sooner than I thought I would. Actually, I got so into it last night that I read 30 pages before I went to bed. I really enjoyed it tho! I prolly would've finished it sooner if I hadn't spent so much time online or listening to dorama cds. Honestly, it's not the Japanese that slows me down when it comes to finishing a book as much as it is setting aside time to read it. And I have to say a lot of this free time was made during my commute to and from work on the train, as well as, the breaks in btw work.

Anyhow, I loved the book! Btw, this book is, of course, loosely based on the lives of the characters from the BL manga Junjou Romantica.<--check out my layout! Junai Romantica is actually a book that Usami Akihiko wrote with Misaki, Takahiro and the novelist himself as his models for the characters. Needless to say, he makes himself look really good and cool in the novel...and quite the opposite to his mean personality and unperfect-self in real life. But, wow the things that he made Suzuki Misaki (not to be mistaken for manga Takahashi Misaki) say! It's no wonder Misaki nearly had a breakdown after reading the novel. Geh...so mushy! But good I say! Good!

After listening to the dorama cd for Junai Romantica 2. I think they really did a good job at keeping true to the story. The Junai Romantica 2 cd has the onsen story from the first book and then Akihiko's b-day story. As for the onsen story, the cd of course doesn't have as much details as the novel does. And I really loved the details about Misaki's insecurities and Akihiko's personality. And err...uh, I also learned a lot of new vocabulary...of the iyarashii variety that is...

So yes, now I know a lot of names for body parts and yes, I always wanted to know what saliva was. Yes, so helpful.
And I know so many knew kanji now! I'm really liking this whole learning from novel thing. I saw so many of the same kanji repeated that I now can at least recognize the kanji and the meanings if not remember exactly how to pronounce them...and vice versa. It's great!

Anyway back to the drama cd! I really liked the birthday story! Akihiko was so scary when he attacked Misaki tho...after seeing her with that girl. I was so freaked out by him! And I loved the part when Misaki waited out in the cold for Akihiko to return home! So sweet! But so cruel of Akihiko to not contact him on exactly how late he'd be coming home. Argh! But they made up for it all in the end.

Well, I've already started on my new novel! I'll write about it tomorrow maybe!
Oh, and I still gotta write about the other Junjou Romantica cds!!

PS. Don't you just dig my new icon! YUL love baby!! I hope the rumours Kim Jung Hoon possibly coming to Japan are true!