xanithofdragons

I really like having mail to look forward to. ^^

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I also got my certificate for passing the N1 of the JLPT last week! I don't think I mentioned passing it before on LJ, but I did, somehow. Even after looking at the results online, I half-wondered if it was some kind of mistake and I didn't actual pass, but I have the certificate now and the official paper report.

Another big thing this week is, with the release of the Johnny's calendars, getting contact from CDJapan that they need to upgrade shipping for my order of Kisumai and Ebi's calendars (presumably because Kisumai's calendar is HUGE). >_< The shipping was just way more than I was willing to pay, so I decided to let the order be canceled and order through YesAsia instead, because even with YA's high-ish prices for the calendars, it's still less than paying for EMS shipping. But I'm a little worried because YA listed the availability for Ebi's calendar as "ships within 21 days" and I now have experience of YA's availability being... weird... sometimes. Let's just hope this all goes well and I can get both the calendars I want.

Hello new friends from the Johnny's friending meme! It's nice to meet you all. ^_^ I never really know what to write for intro posts, so I'll try to cover some information that I think is important about me, do something I've been thinking about doing for a little while, and then open the floor to questions.

I recently graduated from college with a BA in Japanese Language and Culture and am currently working part-time as a bakery clerk in a grocery store. The kind of job I want to do in the future is pretty much anything where I can use Japanese in my work, maybe as a translator or an interpreter or just someone who works in a company that does business in both Japan and America or other English speaking countries and occasionally has reason to use her bilingual skills.

I studied abroad in Japan my junior year of college and left my heart in Japan, in that I fell even more in love with Japan. I want more than anything to have a reason to go back in Japan and live there at least another year. I'm applying to the JET program and maybe to one or two similar programs. As for my Japanese fluency, I passed the N2 of the JLPT and am going to take the N1 this year and haven't studied nearly enough yet.

I think that's pretty good as an introduction of where I am right now in my life. The other thing I want to do in this post is a list of how many Johnnys singles, albums, and DVDs I have, by group and then total. ^^ When I have multiple versions I'll include a count not including multiple versions of the same release.

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And that's just for Johnny's groups... And just the current count... xD I have other Jpop CDs, too, but not quite as many. ^^;

And lastly, I'll open the floor for questions. My introduction may have left out a lot of things you'd like to know, so ask me about what you want to hear about. Ask me any questions and as many questions as you like. New friends, friends who've been here longer. If I get enough questions, I'll make another post answering them. If I don't get many, I might just answer them in comments. Possible topics include (but are not limited to) my favorite x, how I got into x hobby or activity, what other hobbies I have, personal questions, stories from Japan (do not expect me to be a good story-teller), whatever you can think of. If it's something really personal, I might post about it in a locked post, but I definitely want to know what you all want to know about me.

I finally ordered V6's latest album, Oh! My! Goodness! and Arashi's Popcorn DVD. ^_^ CDJapan was having a clearance sale, and both of the limited editions for OMG were there on discount, so I bought the one with the music videos on the bonus DVD. And since I was ordering something anyway, I figured I may as well go ahead and order Popcorn since it was another thing I wanted to be sure to buy eventually.

I'll finally get to hear the full studio recording of Supernova. ♥ When I'm very seriously planning on buying a CD, I avoid listening to it before getting it, so I actually haven't heard the other album songs yet. xD And for the music videos, all I've seen is the short version of Supernova and some gifs of the other one. I've been waiting so long. I guess it shows my determination to buy it more than anything. ^^;

And Popcorn! I'm so excited! I can count on Arashi to have amazing lives and amazing DVDs. ♥ I'm such a Johnnys otaku that when I mention a release to my family, they ask if I've bought it/when I'm going to buy it. ^^;

I had my first job interview on Friday. I was pretty nervous and they asked me questions different from what I was expecting, so I had trouble answering a lot of them. Overall, I got the feeling that I wasn't really the type of candidate they were looking for anyway, though. They gave me the sense that they wanted someone with more math/science experience or something. Ah well, it was a worthwhile experience. I may have gotten a little bit better understanding of the kind of work I want to do, though.

So today I was on the online stores and trying to plan how I would buy both Kisumai's new single (probably 2 versions) and one of the limited editions of V6's new album, but then Arashi comes along and makes me have to rethink everything because of course they're releasing a single too. >_<

And it's not like I couldn't have seen it coming, what with people spotting that they were singing the theme to Last Hope on promotional posters and everything, but I couldn't expect a double-A side! Their last double-A side was in 2009! It's been almost 4 years. I thought they might release a double-A side last year when there were two members in dramas and they were singing the themes for both, but it's happening this year. In March. But of course they're still not going to have making ofs... But I want them anyway.

And Perfume was releasing a single too. *sigh* T_T

Well, at least I have two copies of Arashi's upcoming single preordered now...

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I'll be an adult... By Japanese standards. Already been an adult for a couple years by American standards, but those don't matter in Japan. Also it's Thursday and I posted every other Thursday this month and wanted to complete the pretty line on the archive. <3 Do I feel like an adult yet? Sort of, not really. I haven't done much as an adult. I've only voted once. That makes me pretty irresponsible as a citizen. I guess there is one thing I've done as an adult pretty often. I keep forgetting that people are supposed to be at least 18 to enjoy pornographic material. What a useless guideline.

( Geek talk now )

I still haven't gotten around to redoing some of my tags. Eh, whatever. I'll do it sometime.

Recently, I kept hearing about some movie based off of a drama series which aired a few years ago so much that I decided that I just had to watch the drama already.

That drama is Security Police.

If I were to pick one word to describe Security Police, it would be extreme. As in extreme camera angles. Extreme action sequences. Extreme close-ups. Extreme running and jumping over things. Extreme hallucinations. Extreme vague flashbacks. Extreme janken matches.

I've watched the first 3 episodes so far. (I was originally thinking about posting after just the first episode, but clearly watching more episodes is far more important.) I will watch the 4th one as soon as it's finished dling. Curse broken direct download links and campus networks that kill torrents combined with the lack of seeds of an old torrent!

Bonus 1: Post with pics of the lead actor, Okada Junichi. Look at the comments too; there're more pics there. =D
Bonus 2: Preview of a song being used for the upcoming movie. If you search youtube, you can find the full song, but I wanted to put what I thought would be a more stable link on this post.