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Involves yygall trying to relate everything to Arashi.
Chili Chocolate--> that chocolate cake featured on AnS 2 weeks ago, with Edo Harumi.
Shodo: was one of the topics of one GRA episode. And yes, I'm trying to imitate (very badly) the kanji on their first single. Very badly.
Back to more shodo.
Koon, if you're reading this...shodo counts as Arashi fanart, ne?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that every Arashi TV show, drama, film and stage play deserves the creation of a new vox group.
It is my honour to present to you the VS Arashi vox group!
Feel free to share ideas, thoughts, suggestions and conspiracy theories relating to the boys' luck and the show in general.
Disclaimer: All comments will not be taken seriously. This group is not affiliated with VS Arashi, Fuji Terebi, Arashi, Johnny's Entertainment and affiliates in any way. It is not endorsed by the aforementioned and any affiliated parties, and is purely a fan-based organisation. Members will be expected to know and follow all usual fan rules, and any rules which arises in the fangirling guide (yet to be written), and also be aware of all amendments to the guide. All members will join to have fun, not to cause conflict. The host(s) reserve the right to remove members at their discretion. And so on and so forth. And yes, I am very bored. Which is why I'm bothering to write a disclaimer. Comment to get a cookie if you actually read the entire disclaimer.
What is your personal motto?
莫強求。
I'm sure, by this time tomorrow, everyone will have a copy of One Love in some way, shape or form.
Anyway, since it doesn't seem to be around yet...here's my little contribution. Credits go to oc244 CB.
One Love (tracks from LE and NE).rar (128kbps)
Please don't credit me. The lovely people who own oc244 CB deserve that honour. All I did was put it on MF. That said, I'd appreciate it if you decide to repost the links to leave a comment first. <3 would be appreciated too. (<--this person has no shame)
Enjoy!
What's your favorite type of donut?
Submitted by tomatshonino.
One from Krispy Kreme. Original glazed, or that butterscotch twist one.
Don't read if you don't want VS Arashi spoilers.
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They lost again! I swear the rolling coin tower is rigged! Rigged, I say!!!!!!!
Jun...lols. "I think it might be better if I didn't participate..." xDDDDDD just get someone else to do the coin tower thing! Aiba's pretty good...
So last thursday, one of the radio channels played Niji no Kanata e during the Asian Pop Show (they've played Arashi for every show for the past...4 weeks?). Anyway, here's the "recording". I had to record on my camera, thus the sound being so soft and random flashes of my mobile. ^^;
Now, onto the picspam:
This is from a little day trip to the art gallery a couple of weeks ago. Couldn't take any pictures outside, so pics of the great outdoors only. See if you can spot which one is the actual art gallery.
And extra points if you can name the other buildings.
Ah, that was such a crisp autumn day...
More catchup photos:
Onigiri, curry rice and yakisoba from weeks ago...
And something more random: this black sesame/genmai drink from Okinawa I got... dunno why I snapped so many photos of it. Think cuteness had something to do with it...
The bottle's still around. It's really cute. The drink...wasn't as nice as I expected.
Anyway, you'll be glad that this is the end of this round of randomness. Sorry if I bored you.
Happy Birthday, Nino-chan!
Already 17...and 96 months.
Stay forever young please~
(I will catch up with a 'project' soon. If I can come up with one...^^;)
EDIT: Koon's suggestion--Get Nino Cake
Baked lemon cheesecake from the French bakery. (There are 2 Nino connections!)
And since he is our hamburger hands, this is what I had for lunch:
Not quite a hamburger...but close enough. It was a veggie burger (expensive one too).
Oh, and this one is for you, Koon:
Aiba-chan, where are you? I got cream off Nino's yellow cake! xDDDDD
Oh, and don't you just love my very very Sho wall? It's really motivating...forces me to study hard, just like Keio boy. =P
Right. So Arashi will be touring Asia again (yay!), and stopping in my 'second home' Shanghai and 'almost second home' Taipei. Naturally, one would check TW news to 'verify' this piece of information. I wasn't disappointed.
Arashi welcoming their 10th anniversary with a concert in Taiwan for the second time
From Yahoo TW!
今年的傑尼斯到底是誰來開唱，答案是即將迎接出道10周年的「嵐」！繼2006年成功踏出日本後，「嵐」決定要二度舉辦亞洲巡迴演唱會，且這次除了10月台北之外，緊接著11月還有上海、香港以及首爾等三個城市，預定動員17萬3千名粉絲，將創下傑尼斯有史以來規模最大的亞洲巡迴演唱會紀錄。
This year, the Johnnys group coming to Taiwan for a concert is the group welcoming their 10th year, Arashi! After their success in stepping outside Japan in 2006, Arashi has decided to have a second Asia tour, and this time, apart from a stop in Taipei in October, they'll tour also the cities of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul in November, expecting to meet around 173 thousand fans, which will set the record as the biggest Asian concert tour by any Johnny's group.
在15日的東京巨蛋演唱會上，嵐宣佈將於9月5日挑戰能容納超過7萬名觀眾的東京國立競技場，並正式揭開亞洲巡迴演唱會的序幕，他們成為繼SMAP和美夢成真後，第三組單獨在該場地開唱的團體，五位成員均表示能在迎接10周年到來的同時再度舉辦亞洲演唱會是個很棒的體驗。
During their concert at Tokyo Dome on 15th, Arashi announced that they'll challenge the National Stadium with capacity for over 70 thousand people on the 5th September, marking the start of their Asian tour. They'll become the third group after SMAP and Dreams Come True to hold a concert at the National Stadium. All 5 members are very excited to greet their 10th year and also second Asia tour, and expect that it will be a most fantastic experience.
而本月初在名古屋演唱會彩排時不小心讓右手手指骨折的櫻井翔，對於自己的傷勢表示已經無大礙，還讚嘆人類的復原力果然厲害，他的發言讓粉絲的擔心一掃而空。至於接下來的發行計畫，除了25日的新單曲「One Love」，9月3日還會有東京巨蛋寫真集，粉絲們可得好好盤算，否則荷包可能很難抵擋這波暴風雨的攻勢喔！
As for Sakurai Sho, who injured his right thumb during rehearsals for the group's Nagoya concert, he has said that his injury has healed considerably, and has expressed his wonder at the speed of recovery. His comments has given his fans massive relief. As for the group's upcoming plans, apart from the release of "One Love" on the 25th, a new photobook of their Tokyo Dome concert is set to be released on September 3rd. Fans will need to start budgeting, or else their wallets may not withstand the power of this coming storm yo!
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Might I point out that in the first paragraph, in between Shanghai and Seoul, THEY'VE LISTED HONG KONG AS A DESTINATION?!?!?
*massively hoping that it'll be the END of November this time*
Oh, and proper crediting will be appreciated if you do decide to repost. This translation is mine. Which is why it's, well, crap.
From Yahoo! News
In 2050, your lover may be a ... robot
MAASTRICHT, Netherlands (AFP) - Romantic human-robot relationships are no longer the stuff of science fiction -- researchers expect them to become reality within four decades.
And they do not mean simply, mechanical sex.
"I am talking about loving relationships about 40 years from now," David Levy, author of the book "Love + sex with robots", told AFP at an international conference held last week at the University of Maastricht in the south-east of the country.
"... when there are robots that have also emotions, personality, consciousness. They can talk to you, they can make you laugh. They can ... say they love you just like a human would say 'I love you', and say it as though they mean it ..."
Robots as sex toys should already be on the market within five years, predicted Levy, "a sort of an upgrade of the sex dolls on sale now".
These would have electronic speech and sensors that make them utter "nice sounds" when a human caresses their "erogenous zones".
But to build robots as real partners would take a bit longer, with conversation skills being the main obstacle for developers.
Scientists were working on artificial personality, emotion and consciousness, said Levy, and some robots already appear lifelike.
"But for loving relationships -- that is something completely different. In loving relationships there are many more things that are important. And the most difficult of all is conversation.
"You want your robot to be able to talk to you about what is interesting to you. You want a partner who has some similar interest to you, who talks to you in a manner that pleases you, who has a similar sense of humour to you."
The field of human-computer conversation is crucial to building robots with whom humans could fall in love, but is lagging behind other areas of development, said the author.
"I am sure it will (happen.) In 40 years ... perhaps sooner. You will find robots, conversation partners, that will talk to you and you will get as much pleasure from it as talking to another human. I am sure of it."
Levy's bombshell thesis, whose publication has had a ripple-effect way beyond the scientific community, gives rise to a number of complicated ethical and relationship questions.
British scholar Dylan Evans pointed out the paradox inherent to any relationship with a robot.
"What is absolutely crucial to the sentiment of love, is the belief that the love is neither unconditional nor eternal.
"Robots cannot choose you, they cannot reject you. That could become very boring, and one can imagine the human becoming cruel against his defenseless partner", said Evans.
A robot could conceivably be programmed with a will of its own and the ability to reject his human partner, he said, "but that would be a very difficult robot to sell".
Some warn against being overhasty.
"Let us not exaggerate the possibilities!" said Dutch researcher Vincent Wiegel of the Technological University of the eastern town of Delft.
"Today, the artificial intelligence we are able to create is that of a child of one year of age."
But Levy is unyielding. He is convinced it will happen, and predicts many societal benefits.
"There are many millions of people in the world who have nobody. They might be shy or they might have some psychological hang-ups or psycho-sexual hang-ups, they might have personality problems, they might be ugly ...
"There will always be many millions of people who cannot make normal satisfactory relationships with humans, and for them the choice is not: 'would I prefer a relationship with a human or would I prefer a relationship with a robot?' -- the choice is no relationship at all or a relationship with a robot."
They might even become human-to-human relationship savers, he predicted.
"Certainly there will be some existing human-human relationships where one partner might say to the other partner: 'if you have sex with a robot I'm leaving you'.
"There will be others who say: 'when you go on your business trip please take your robot because I happen to worry about the red light district'."
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Zettai Kareshi indeed!
