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tinyangl ([personal profile] tinyangl) wrote2008-12-22 11:39 pm

[#96] Some of These Happy Points are Days Old.

But I hope you guys don't mind me cheating. lolol

i. Happy stuff! :D
+ Last Friday, the 9 hour marathon Skype call with Jennie and Peyton. I still don't know how we spent so much time just babbling about who knows what. Although two hours of that were spent on Peyton on her pizza, from deciding if she should get it to the point when it was delivered. Another couple of hours spent talking fic - both [livejournal.com profile] je_ficgames and [livejournal.com profile] je_holiday. (Mainly Peyton and I spazzing to Jennie about all she's missed since she hasn't been reading fic.) I think all of us got phone calls from various people at some points (Peyton was miss popular). God, and I think they helped me try to solve a crossword puzzle. That I don't think I finished on that note. lolol
+ Peyton invited me to her place. "I have an empty bed for you." Bow-chika-wow-wow.
+ The episode Rashomama played on Friday. And that is, hands down, my favorite CSI episode of existence. If you watch CSI and have never seen this episode, you are so missing out. :DDD Pimpimpim.
+ I managed to convince Cyn and Jennie (although the second one was a joint effort with Peyton) to get twitters. Who rocks? :D (AKA, if you do not have a twitter. you should get one now. And then friend me. I'm tinyangl.)
+ Yamapi and V6 are going to be on VS Arashi. Who's ridiculously happy? I AM I AM. January 10th can't come any sooner. *____________*
+ Tegoshi wanting to be flawless. Total A+.
+ Tegoshi asking Yamapi to Karaoke straight out. Even more A+.
+ J-Friends' I Will Get There. If you've never heard it, you should now. Amazing fucking song.
+ Just Peyton in general. :D She knows why.
+ Toda Erika on Domoto Kyoudai. I didn't used to like her, but after Ryuusei no Kizuna and this interview, she's really growing on me. Also, Koichi's magic trick was fucking awesome. Making her birthday with the cards? DUDE. WHO DOES THAT?! Holy shit. Even if it's raw, everyone should watch just for that, honestly. It's worth it. *______________*
+ This picture of Okada, Morita, Miyake. Hysterical. Be warned, Okada's in his tightie whities. lololol
+ Subbed K-chan Episodes: 1234. All are absolutely hysterical. I totally recommend checking them out.
+ Getting my week of jesummary posted. :DDDD
+ Oh! Almost forgot. Grades are starting to trickle in. :DD A- for Grammar! Honestly? That's the only one that I thought would come close to a B (Granted, I don't know how Creative Writing prof will grade, so who knows). But hearing that it's an A makes me giddy. Maybe I'll be able to boost my average with this semester. Ridiculously happy.
+ I love my twitter. That is the only reason I have most of this list. lolol Looking back at my twitters so helps. XD

ii. Galileo Zero.
Finally managed to watch this despite downloading it ages ago. Ohmygod, so amazing. It only served to remind me that I really liked the drama and then I really wished that I saw Yukawa and Kaoru together again. Random points!

+ Yukawa being lecherous. Hysterical. I love the assistant trying to get girls to "play" with Yukawa but failing miserably.
+ The guy who plays Kusanagi. I'd seen him in a couple of other things, but for some reason, he was just really hot to me in this. I don't even know why.
+ I was genuinely surprised when I suddenly saw Masami show up. With her glasses and white coat. She thoroughly amused me though. Loved her interactions with Yukawa, trying to hit on him and convince him to stay by saying she had a really tiny bikini and then Yukawa going off on how it'd be great if girls wore bikinis to class. I was like WTF. LOL Also, love at the end when she leaves and he's babbling about love (as always) and she's like, he doesn't get it. Yukawa never did get a clue.
+ LOVED MIURA. Ohmygod. He had Yukawa down, honestly. I thought it was brilliantly acted and just all around amazing. ;alskdjlkasfjd I was honestly waiting for him to show up on screen and when he did, I flailed hard. :DDDD
+ The cases were good. I mean, I liked them but it's not like I can say much about them. lolol
+ This just made me want to find out what happens in the dman movie. Wantwantwant. alsdkjalfksjdf
+ OH. At the end of the special, we got a performance of Shibasaki Kou and Fukuyama Masaharu. SO BEAUTIFUL. OHMYGOD. I knew they performed together for this, but I'd never actually seen them together so seeing Fukuyama in the back with the guitar made me flail ridiculously.
+ Honestly, a good watch for those who saw Galileo before. And if you've never seen Galileo, what the heck are you doing reading this?! lol Seriously. Thoroughly enjoyed myself. :DDDDD Plus Miura = A+.
+ OH, random note. For a split second, Sailor Venus was one of the assistants. I was like OH HAY. LOOK WHO'S ON MY SCREEN! :D


iii. It's the holidays! I thought I'd be nice and offer up some of my writing (as terrible as it is). The last time I ask for prompts, I know I failed. DDD: Sorry. But this time, I have more free time (aka right now) so prompt me something to write for you! Granted, I have no promises for length, so it may range from one sentence to .....Well, let's not go there. lol So prompt away! :D No deadline that I can think of. Hopefully, I'll be better about this one. *dies*

AHAHAH I'M LAUGHING TO MYSELF. PART 2

[identity profile] tinyangl.livejournal.com 2008-12-23 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
iii. Verse 2.

Kame doesn't go back the next night--mainly because the next morning told him what a bad idea the last evening had been. But he does show up the night after, and it says something when Kame already expects to see Shige's back facing him as he enters the bar.

The chime of the door alerts Shige and as soon as Kame enters, Shige's eyes catch his. He raises his already half-empty glass to Kame with a half nod and swallows the remaining contents.

Kame chuckles slightly as he shrugs out of his jacket, hooking it on one of the hooks near the front before sliding into the seat he used the last time he'd gone. "Already getting started?" he asks after he calls the bartender over, giving his order.

Shige smirks. "Not going to wait for people who show up late to the party." He clinks his glass against Kame's drink that had already appeared without giving Kame even enough time to breathe.

"Depends when the party starts," Kame points out, taking a sip and sighing.

"I guess mine starts earlier than most," Shige says, chuckling slightly. The edges of his eyes are downcast, Kame notes all of a sudden, and his cheeks are already red from all the alcohol--a red that's spread to the edges of his ears and over his nose. Kame suddenly wonders how early Shige's really talking about.

Another part of him remembers suddenly with clarity the controversy over Shige getting married to his much too young co-star--they'd seemed happy in every interview they'd given though, but Kame knew better than anyone how happiness looked just on the surface.

"You can ask, you know."

Kame blinks at Shige, startled. "What?"

"I do have a wife," Shige mumbles, his head dropping to stare into his newly filled glass like it'll give him all the answers and all the questions and just anything he thinks of.

Swallowing, Kame combs a hand through his hair. "Where is she?" Kame asks, trying to gather his thoughts together.

"Home," Shige replies with ease before taking a sip of his drink.

A beat. "Why aren't you home then?" Kame asks, after gathering much of his courage.

Shige turns to look at him, eyes filled with tears that wouldn't fall. "Because I'm not the one she's waiting for." He gives Kame a crooked and painful smile before cocking his head to the side, raising his glass up to Kame for the third time that night.

Kame stares and can't wipe the sight of Shige's face from his head for the next week (or two--Kame's lost track). A part of him is glad he's never fallen in love for this reason--for that moment when love just stops. He only wishes that he didn't suddenly feel so lonely when he actually thinks that.

iv. Chorus.

Kame falls into this routine of meeting Shige at the bar after work every night--no matter how late because more often than not, Shige's sitting at the bar, waiting for him with a filled glass of whatever he drank. So when Shige doesn't show up one evening, Kame feels so awkward sitting there by himself that when the bartender asks him--with this half-smile that looks more tinged with sadness than with glee--if he wants a refill, Kame refuses and leaves the bar without a second glance.

He hops on the train, his thoughts filled with how Shige's suddenly taken up a large part of his life--it's not a proper night until he's sitting with Shige talking about how the sky is blue to whether or not they regret becoming idols. His thoughts turn over in his head as the train lulls him to a slow and steady sleep.