a minor incident

Less than two weeks into the new year and I am already sick, and had to stay home for two days in a row. I probably shouldn't even be posting this (or be using the computer at all), especially since it feels like my eyeballs and nose are on fire, but being sick is so very boring.

Although, on the plus side, I've gotten out of two meetings that I didn't really need to be in (my boss just wanted to me there for... well, I don't know, really, since they had nothing to do with me or any of my projects). Of course, it may been mildly entertaining, had I attended, for me to interrupt the proceedings every 30 seconds or so to blow my nose (or throw up, whatever).

Anyway, before I crawl back to bed and be bored further out of my mind, let me just share the pain of having heard the WTF-ery that is YamaNade's opening song. First of all, KAT-TUN was never suited for singing the theme to such a fluffy show in the first place. And now they've sort of tried to make them fit it with this. I hope it sounds better when it's not in that horrible preview quality, but the Autotuned danciness just feels...weird.

(I don't really know why I care so much about a live action adaptation of a manga I'm only marginally interested in, but it must be the boredom.)

At least it's not stuck in my head. Thanks Mr. Children.

1. The Wallflower manga will become a live action drama? Hopefully the cast will be good. And they don't screw the story up in the transition.

I've been kind of hoping for an Ouran adaptation for the longest time, but that would be even MORE difficult to pull off. Some things don't translate well into live action. Plus, the twins would be rather difficult to cast, I suppose.

2. I am considering purchasing a computer-to-TV cable (or whatever you call it), which I was previously against (what would I need it for, my latop has a monitor, blah blah blah) so I can watch pretty boys IN HD, on my parents' 41-inch flat screen TV. Tell me this is practical.

My parents have gone and left me by myself at home while they visit a recently deceased relative's family. I couldn't go with them because I had an awful tummyache and I hope they get back soon. They were trying to scare me before they left, and while I'm not scared yet, I might be later. Haha. (How old am I, really?)

The typhoon Santi seems to have left the Philippines more or less intact. However, I think it may have affected phone and internet lines as my ISP has been weirdly sluggish and inconsistent when it's been amazingly fast before Santi arrived. Of course, it just so happens that I actually need to use the internet today, unlike in previous days. Ah, life.

Anyway, my recent restlessness and inability to focus have led me to decide that I need to make websites/shrines again. Hopefully, with something to channel my excess energies into I will have less time to bounce around aimlessly, staring blankly into space. For most people, this might seem like the complete opposite of what an aimless person should do, but for me it isn't. I'm weird like that.

Now, what to name the collective...hmmm...

It's been a while since I had a weird dream and this weird dream was actually a week or so ago, but I feel the need to talk about it because of the level of WTF?! it induced in my mind.

EDIT:// You know what? I give up. My English grammar SUCKS. Downside to watching nothing but J-dramas and anime for the past few months, I suppose. Arrrgh.

Anyway, in my dream, I was having lunch. And it's a massive lunch, literally, of inihaw na bangus (roasted milkfish). It's so huge that half of the stomach area takes up my entire plate. When I started eating the fish, I was with my mother in our dining room. Nearly an hour later, she was done and I was still there.

UNEXPECTED CHANGE OF SCENE

A colleague at work sat down next to me in the office pantry to eat her own lunch, and I shared my giant milkfish with her and we talked...and two hours since I started eating passed and she left me.

UNEXPECTED CHANGE OF SCENE

Which was just fine, I could have gone on eating by myself-- Or not. As here comes the WTF? moment that probably contributed to my waking up...

Just as I was HALFWAY through the fish, who comes along but... Tegomass!

That's right. Tegoshi and Masuda. I DON'T EVEN LIKE TEGOMASS (as a unit -- nothing personal against Massu, but, ew, Tego), what were they doing in my dream?! Actually, I don't even like milkfish anymore, especially since I have to look at it nearly every day. (The same goes for shrimp and lobsters, too.)

For some reason, they're eating lunch in my dream. Well, actually, only Massu's eating and Tegoshi was just there to... cheer him on or something. And the worst thing was, it's the recent Tegomass that went on tour, with the crazy girly perm, complete with multi-colored hairclips.

*sigh*

And so continues my habit of NOT dreaming about events that are not tragic/ dramatic/ a sweeping epic fantasy, or that are of people that I actually like.

I WONDER HOW A DREAM OF A NEVER-ENDING MEAL IS INTERPRETED? PSYCHOLOGISTS? ANYONE?

Now I'll go back to being dead/ wading through my to-be-read pile. I've finally managed to strike out The People of Sparks (Jeanne DuPrau) and The Time Paradox (Eoin Colfer). And if ANYONE from the Philippines wants the ENTIRE Bartimaeus Trilogy, I want to sell mine, so comment or send me a message or something. Or tell your friends.

But not the real life sort, although there is a lot of that going on just now that I won't talk about at this point because it's too long a story and ridiculous in parts.

No, no. I mean Buzzer Beat. And a couple of other dramas that have already finished airing but which I haven't finished downloading, but mostly, Buzzer Beat.

I really wasn't expecting to like this drama much because I'm an atypical Filipino and hate basketball. The one time I had cheerleading for my PE and had to go to all the basketall games was PURE. TORTURE. Also, from the previews and synopsis, it sounded like it was going to play out more like those typical K-dramas about love triangles that I have grown to despise during my K-drama obsession days.

But -- surprise -- it's actually really, really good! Sure, the first two episodes were kind of slow, but episode 3 onwards? Brilliance. It's just all so simple and normal that it's gone all the way over to being unique and refreshing. Plus, Naoki and Riko are so cute and weird and obviously insane. The scene in episode 6 where they're giggling over Naoki's freshly peeled scar? WEIRDED ME OUT TOTALLY. But also managed to be adorable. The two characters are just so comfortable and natural together that I can really believe how they're drawn to each other, despite how they both seem to be made of so much FAIL. I mean, Naoki's an underachieving basketball player and Riko's an overachieving violinist who are "reaching for their dreams." This sounds so cutesy and vomit-inducing on paper, but it's just impossible to hate them when they're together.

That said, the ending of episode 8? If this is a sign that Naoki is going back to his ex despite everything that's already happened, I will throw things. Surely he can't be THAT stupid. But we've still got about 3 episodes to go -- the writers will want to add more conflict, I'm sure.

Also, this series has the best side-OTP ever. Shuji/Mai can out-cute Naoki/Riko ANYDAY. And Natsuki should just hook up with Utsu already. Or am I the only one getting a vibe off them?

I guess I'll just have to wait with the rest of those Naoki/Riko (and Shuji/Mai) shippers for episode 9, which will probably be fantastically delayed because Yamapi is down with the flu. I'm just happy that I haven't started Orthros no Inu yet, or else I'd be left hanging on an even bigger cliff, what with Ryo having the same flu and all. Talk about member ai.

To the people that recommended to me Nobuta wo Produce and (to a lesser extent) Proposal Daisakusen the last time I asked for J-drama recommendations, it's all your fault.

I was happily ignoring Yamapi outside of the context of NEWS -- I was also not terribly interested in NEWS itself, apart from a handful of songs (mainly Cherish, Hoshi wo Mezashite, and Snow Express), due to the fact that the last fading remnants of the Japanese boy band fangirl in my system was dedicated to ARASHI.

But nooooo. I had to fall in love with Kusano Akira. And now I've gotten around to watching Kurosagi, Proposal Daisakusen, and am getting ready for Code Blue. Plus I've watched countless NEWS DVDs and guestings and have grown to like ALL of them. What the hell. I am totally late, smack in the middle, of the bandwagon that I never wanted to get on in the first place, LOL.

Damn you, Nobuta wo Produce, for being so beautifully simple and relatable and rewatchable that I have watched you 5 times in the last month! And for giving Yamapi a character that suited him well and which he could play to perfection! Arrrgh!!! The beautiful mess of contradictions that is Kusano Akira is one of the best characters I've ever encountered. He's just so much fun to study because he can seem like such an insensitive idiot one moment but seems to be (accidentally) wise in the next. Maybe I like him because he reminds me of Tamaki (Ouran) minus the weird denial system.

...On non-Yamapi but still J-dorama related stuff, I've been seeing a lot of positive feedback for Last Friends. Is it worth watching?

So someone made a hilarious edit of scenes from Buffy and Twilight and mashed them together to highlight Edward Cullen's creepy behavior and the proper response. Also, it highlighted the fact that Sarah Michelle Gellar can act and RPattz really... can't. SMG's facial expressions are FULL. OF. WIN. It's fantastic, is all I can say.

Edward: You're like a drug to me. You're like my own personal brand of heroin.
Buffy: Oh my God, are you twelve?

The video is pretty huge, so I'm putting it under a cut.

( If only Twilight really ran like this! )

For the benefit of possible future friends (and so my journal's page won't look too lonely in the mean time), here's a brief introduction about me. Basically, it's the same thing as the "Bio" on the Profile page, but it's still a work in progress. I guess this is cheating, but I'm sure I'll have something meaningful to say soon. After all, the Wimbledon's in... uh... June.

Me and My Awesomeness
Hi! I'm Meissa (not a typo), though some of you who have been on the internet since the dawn of time may know me as "daimira," champion procrastinator and neglecter of assorted websites, shrines, and more abandoned blogs than can be counted. That hardly matters, because I'm awesome, anyway.

I'm a scientist, writer, and government dog all in one tiny 5'0" package that loves dogs, water sports, and crazy insane extreme activities that often involve a lot of falling (or trying not to).

What I'll Probably Be Talking About
Expect a lot of entries about books and music. I might post the occasional book review, usually 2 years or so AFTER a book has reached fame, haha, by which point it has become overrated, and then I will likely just say "Hey, this book is OVERRATED." I enjoy the fantasy and young adult (which is basically just fantasy, anyway) genres, as well as the occasional horror and literary fiction.

I might also post a CD/artist review every now and then (this may actually be up to date). I lean more toward pop, indie/alternative pop and rock, and folk, although I do listen to "harder" stuff. However, I am not an indie snob -- kinda hard to be when your favorite artist EVER is half-immersed in mainstream pop.

I also watch a lot of TV shows -- except not on TV. And I love J/K/C-dramas (in that order), anime, and manga.

That's it for now. I'm off to watch Nobuta wo Produce. To the brilliant person(s) who recommended it to me, thanks for turning me into a zombie. Also, this show has finally made me understand the appeal of Yamapi. Weird.