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I spent most of today dealing with unbelievable bureaucracy which will probably drive me crazy one day. In between I had these 10 -15 minute windows of time and I shamelessly wasted them searching the internet. I am going to share few things that entertained me in the process.
Right now, one Czech and one Slovak TV Channel cooperate on a program called Czechoslovak Superstar. It is basically American Idol only obviously not American. I do not watch it but it is all over the tabloids and news and radios and I got intrigued by one girl singing Lásko voníš deštěm this weekend. It is a Czech “cover” of Black Sabbath´s She´s gone. New lyrics were written for Czech singer Marie Rottrová and I frankly like them and her version of the song better than the original (it only means it is awesome, not that Black Sabbath´s version sucks).
But this girl!!! This is the best version ever!!! I was going to translate the lyrics but gave up. Czech language is tricky, very pretty and complicated and my translation sounded completely shallow. Just “Oh, Love, you smell of rain/you have a scant of rain”, sounds so wrong whereas in Czech it is beautiful. Here is the video, you have to wait for the commercial to pass since it is from the official site, but I think it is worth it. The song is only like first 3 minutes. The rest is the jury ranting.
The Czech Press Photo 2009 announced the winners today and this is a picture (Joe Klamar, Agence France Presse (AFP), President Barack Obama in Prague) that won the main prize. It might seem plain, but it has a great message. The statue is of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.
Fandom now:
NEWS/Kanjani∞, Nishikido Ryo
To Ninomiya-kun.
I went to Arashi’s live show, and you said “Let’s go eat together” to me there. But every time I call you, you reject me. What’s going on here? Also, Jun-kun too. Arashi’s full of liars (laughs)!! And so, the three of us should go eat together next time. Will you be awkward with each other~? (Taken from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
enshinge ´s translation of Dengonban - Wink up - November 2009)
LOL RYO!!! But seriously that is one dinner I would like to eat! Also I have no clue why I find this message so amusing, but I do. One of many thoughts was, Ryo, you poor rejected attention whore! No idea why.
And one more, I have no idea where, but I think today somewhere I read that Kanjani8 will be guests on November´s SCP. At first I thought, oh great they will sing there again! I love every performance they did there (and that I saw). But the more I think of it, the more it is suspicious and now I suspect that maybe they will be guests for the talk show, which would be freaking amazing. You know a talk similar to one that Arashi did at the beginning of this year. Taichi and K8!!! YES PLEASE!!!
Speaking of Arashi, I got into a little fit today over another “We have subbed this and this, come here to download” post in Arashi communities. Because as always what followed was: “We are a locked community, read the instruction before joining, please be patient to get approved!” SERIOUSLY!!! I still have goose bumps from the re-approval process at Stormy since they managed to skip my comment and didn´t approve me for like 10 weeks. And all this time I was getting messages: please be patient, don´t send us messages asking why you were not approved already. I re(re)-applied at the end when I learned people were waiting like 10 days at max. They apparently just overlooked my first request and that is ok, that can happen, but why all those threatening posts about not contacting them. Anyway the bottom line is: Why do you even advertise when you make me jump so many loops to actually watch a video 3-5 minutes long? I know this is long and futile struggle and I was taking it calmly but I have seen like 10 posts like that in past few days and it just got to me. Riisa I am in your fit this time. I just need to breathe.
Tomorrow I am leaving for Brno (after yet another dentist visit). YAY! Today I felt like I wanted to go for a drive. I was contemplating on just taking the car and getting on the road for some time. It would work like this:
“Hi parents! May I borrow a car for about 4 hours? Without a reason.”
“Sure, go ahead. Here are the keys, the gas tank is full (*actually right now I could afford to fill the tank myself*). Have your fun.”
“Thank you.”
(And I take the car, drive for about hour and a half, have a coffee somewhere and drive back, while listening to some good music.)
“Here are the keys, the car is intact thank you very much.”
“You are welcome. It was a pleasure, feel free to ask anytime you feel like getting away from us. The car´s always here for you.”
OR NOT! I know I can be a spoiled brat sometimes. That´s all for now, “Oh Love, You were here, and you still are; only you are hiding … “
Right now, one Czech and one Slovak TV Channel cooperate on a program called Czechoslovak Superstar. It is basically American Idol only obviously not American. I do not watch it but it is all over the tabloids and news and radios and I got intrigued by one girl singing Lásko voníš deštěm this weekend. It is a Czech “cover” of Black Sabbath´s She´s gone. New lyrics were written for Czech singer Marie Rottrová and I frankly like them and her version of the song better than the original (it only means it is awesome, not that Black Sabbath´s version sucks).
But this girl!!! This is the best version ever!!! I was going to translate the lyrics but gave up. Czech language is tricky, very pretty and complicated and my translation sounded completely shallow. Just “Oh, Love, you smell of rain/you have a scant of rain”, sounds so wrong whereas in Czech it is beautiful. Here is the video, you have to wait for the commercial to pass since it is from the official site, but I think it is worth it. The song is only like first 3 minutes. The rest is the jury ranting.
The Czech Press Photo 2009 announced the winners today and this is a picture (Joe Klamar, Agence France Presse (AFP), President Barack Obama in Prague) that won the main prize. It might seem plain, but it has a great message. The statue is of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.
Fandom now:
NEWS/Kanjani∞, Nishikido Ryo
To Ninomiya-kun.
I went to Arashi’s live show, and you said “Let’s go eat together” to me there. But every time I call you, you reject me. What’s going on here? Also, Jun-kun too. Arashi’s full of liars (laughs)!! And so, the three of us should go eat together next time. Will you be awkward with each other~? (Taken from
enshinge ´s translation of Dengonban - Wink up - November 2009)LOL RYO!!! But seriously that is one dinner I would like to eat! Also I have no clue why I find this message so amusing, but I do. One of many thoughts was, Ryo, you poor rejected attention whore! No idea why.
And one more, I have no idea where, but I think today somewhere I read that Kanjani8 will be guests on November´s SCP. At first I thought, oh great they will sing there again! I love every performance they did there (and that I saw). But the more I think of it, the more it is suspicious and now I suspect that maybe they will be guests for the talk show, which would be freaking amazing. You know a talk similar to one that Arashi did at the beginning of this year. Taichi and K8!!! YES PLEASE!!!
Speaking of Arashi, I got into a little fit today over another “We have subbed this and this, come here to download” post in Arashi communities. Because as always what followed was: “We are a locked community, read the instruction before joining, please be patient to get approved!” SERIOUSLY!!! I still have goose bumps from the re-approval process at Stormy since they managed to skip my comment and didn´t approve me for like 10 weeks. And all this time I was getting messages: please be patient, don´t send us messages asking why you were not approved already. I re(re)-applied at the end when I learned people were waiting like 10 days at max. They apparently just overlooked my first request and that is ok, that can happen, but why all those threatening posts about not contacting them. Anyway the bottom line is: Why do you even advertise when you make me jump so many loops to actually watch a video 3-5 minutes long? I know this is long and futile struggle and I was taking it calmly but I have seen like 10 posts like that in past few days and it just got to me. Riisa I am in your fit this time. I just need to breathe.
Tomorrow I am leaving for Brno (after yet another dentist visit). YAY! Today I felt like I wanted to go for a drive. I was contemplating on just taking the car and getting on the road for some time. It would work like this:
“Hi parents! May I borrow a car for about 4 hours? Without a reason.”
“Sure, go ahead. Here are the keys, the gas tank is full (*actually right now I could afford to fill the tank myself*). Have your fun.”
“Thank you.”
(And I take the car, drive for about hour and a half, have a coffee somewhere and drive back, while listening to some good music.)
“Here are the keys, the car is intact thank you very much.”
“You are welcome. It was a pleasure, feel free to ask anytime you feel like getting away from us. The car´s always here for you.”
OR NOT! I know I can be a spoiled brat sometimes. That´s all for now, “Oh Love, You were here, and you still are; only you are hiding … “
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Date: 2009-10-19 07:09 pm (UTC)Arashi fandom can be super helpful sometimes but they, like Arashi often is, are very exclusive and usually want to know that you are just as crazy about Arashi as they are before they give you anything. I don't understand how they think the fandom will grow if they don't want to share anything but at the same time I jump through all the hoops to join the comms because I do love Arashi and want their stuff.
It's kind of a catch-22.
That Czech girl is lovely! Thanks for sharing.
OH! Also, your icon is gorgeous. *_______*
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Date: 2009-10-19 07:29 pm (UTC)Anyway I will get over it and eventually jump few more hoops for "my boys" but first I really have to calm down a little:)
Ah ... my Oguri icon, I almost forgot I had it, but thank you. I agree, and the graphic maker shares the credit with the man in it:) Since Oguri is gorgeous all the time!
The Czech girl - I have the video on loop right now, I might have gotten a little obsessed :(