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Hey, NEWS, what's with the unstoppable production of flawless, polished pop songs?! That goes completely against Johnnys' usual policy! XD First they put out what's actually an excellent pop album, then Taiyou no Namida is also suspiciously good - and I'm able to say this objectively, as a person who has no particular vested interest in either NEWS or pure pop music! Man, I'm so happy for NEWS though - I feel they've rather been overshadowed, even since their return, and although I can't say I'm *un*happy it was K8 and their monopolising of Ryo that caused that for much of 2007, I still think they deserve a break, really - I just think they've worked quite hard to become a band and get over their setbacks. Rather than just having money thrown at them. *cough* (Of course, this brought on by NEWS' new PV - the ending of which really does nothing to disprove the theory that Yamapi is just drunk, all the time. XD)

Was also actually quite excited to hear about Arashi's new prime-time TV show! One of these days I'll start downloading Arashi's TV shows... and the space on my external HDD will be gone like *that*.

Pancake Day today! :D Hooray! Now I need to go buy flour, milk and toppings, then practice my talk for tomorrow. Eeeek. (We have to do a 'panel discussion' between the four of us, with an audience that will probably consist of our lecturers and a few other assorted academics. We have to talk about a resource then ask each other practiced questions. I'm alternating between being 'OK, I'm prepared!' and 'ARGH WHAT IF I FORGET EVERYTHING OR GET IT IN THE WRONG ORDER OR GET LOST IN MY NOTES OR SAY 'MOBOOK PRAYERHAWK' INSTEAD OF 'MOHAWK PRAYERBOOK'??' ^^;;)

[Edit] Also, you may well have seen this pic around your friends list already, but it's just way too adorable! Actually, somehow I reckon K-T fans won't be squealing over this in the same way K8 fans are, haha, but that's their loss! (And for the record, I got the pic via boneprincess88 and bakabanri... who got it from za_riel, who I'm too shy to friend cos I don't want to seem like a user by only friending people for their uploads. :/

Damn, I thought today would never end. XD At least there was hardly any traffic on the way home, despite the snow getting a bit heavier again. Hooray for the weekend~! :D

I don't even like NEWS, and I still got excited when I properly looked at the new Duet scans. Well, I always say I don't like NEWS, but that's not strictly true; I just can't be doing with their their music. ^^' I actually think the members are all super-cute and lovely boys, and I do like the smiley, friendly vibe they have. I guess in that way I prefer them to KAT-TUN - at least the way KAT-TUN are now, kind of drained of fun-ness and made "cool" - even though KAT-TUN do have a couple of songs I enjoy, rather than, er, one song I tolerate. ^^'

All still owned by Wicked Witch of the West Subaru* and K8, in my eyes, of course, but then, I should've guessed I'd be the odd one out. XD WHY DID WE ALL GET INTO DIFFERENT BOYS AND BANDS, PEOPLE? We need to work on the hive mind! It still amuses me how several of us got into Johnny's at the same time, but we all like different bits of it all. XD

I'm nicknaming my guinea pigs Yoko and Ryo. Sandy is all hyper and squeaky and likes to think he's boss of the cage by standing over the bowl making possessive chuckling noises; then Spats stands on him. ♥ (Sandy is very cute, but has a very vacant expression; but Spats has a black face, so you can't see his eyes. You can't tell what he's thinking~!)

I'm off to watch IWGP now. Wheeee~!

*Still, for all the... greenness, I want that coat and hat. Pimpin'! :D