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[timeripple]

Thanks to bizarre circumstances that could have been avoided if Jin actually had a competent management team for his American tour, I will be going to his New York concert on Sunday! (I bet that is not where you thought that sentence was going!)

mousapelli and I are flailing in preparation for Super Awesome Fun Times in the City. There will be karaoke! and accessorization! I am getting super excited, even though I’m not terribly familiar with Jin's new stuff. Still! There will be bagels. And possibly gold nail polish. And I have tons of thin gold ribbon left over from Halloween. Oh, the possibilities...

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I showed up to an off-hours sales presentation today in an outfit I’ve been meaning to try out--black & off-white patterned sundress over 3/4 sleeve black shirt, black skirt underneath (for added length), new grey patterned tights, heeled boots. I think it worked pretty well--a cute but dressy vibe, inspired by this classy San Francisco scientist lady and her penchant for layering skirts and dresses all over the place.

I did not expect anyone to notice.

CO-WORKERS: Oh, wow. Do you have a date later?
FIONA: ...I--no, actually I don’t.
CO-WORKERS: You look... very put together. We are surprised and impressed.
FIONA: Hey, I don’t have to dress like a homeless hipster musician, you know.
CO-WORKERS (suspiciously): Are you sure you don’t have a date after this?
FIONA: ...it was laundry day? XD

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A few days ago I watched 8uppers, the Kanjani8 movie. And you know what? It really works. It’s not narrative genius or anything--pretty much does what it says on the box--but the movie knows what it is, and plays it to the hilt. The production values and cinematography are good, and the guys basically play themselves. As hitmen. Who own a bar.

And randomly get stuck with a baby. Hitmen by day! Bartenders by night! Involuntary child-rearers 24/7!

Subaru is long-suffering and worries about the morality of their career and gets stuck doing all the paperwork. Yoko kind of runs things and drives the getaway van (VW bus, natch). Ohkura does the dishes and pours the drinks and is generally superior from his vantage point behind the bar. Ryo gets pwned by small children and spends most of the movie shirtless for no apparent reason.






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...I still can’t tell the other three apart. XD

I really enjoyed it, though. There are some fun action sequences and some really great moments. The look on Subaru’s face when they’re shopping for baby stuff--priceless. The baby carriage fight sequence. The wordless scene where Ryo wakes up from getting his ass kicked and it’s his turn to mind the baby--I won’t make any claims about ovaries exploding to life or anything, but--well--well played, Movie. Well played.

Comments

[hakusa-tegami.livejournal.com]

I think I know what I'm doing some random night next week, haha.

That sounds awesome.

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed it. The movie does take some shortcuts in terms of character development, because it's assumed that the audience will have some idea of who these guys are and what their relationships are like. The result is a fairly short movie with more time to spend on fun things like shirtless Ryo stylish action sequences.