nikki is so vain she icon'd her face

almost five years since i posted here

Hello.
It feels different, writing in this blog again, because I haven't written a long blog post in a while. It's also the first time in years that I've logged back into this account. I'm not sure if anyone will be able to read this, as most of us have moved on with our lives, to other fandoms, with other people. But I'm just writing this post as sort of an update on my life as of now and what keeps me busy. Take it as a nostalgic post, LOL!

Since I've left LJ, I've migrated for a bit to Dreamwidth and got busy with the Vocaloid/utattemita fandom. I maintained a community (ofurotaimu) and translated some stuff as Japanese practice. Then I got to know some Vocaloid producers and some lesser known singers. It was a glorious era for me. I studied Japanese for real and got an N3 certification. Though I'm not confident enough to continue without proper education.

After that, I got looped into Kpop fandom, most notably as a fan of SHINee. So after I moved on from Vocaloid, I started translating and stalking people for SHINee information. I also wrote some fics for them, though not as extensively as before. I had a tumblr then, but tumblr proved to be too stressful for me so I moved to twitter. At present, I'm still continuing to translate a bit about SHINee as I haven't moved on.

I met Dee, June, and Len in twitter again, too. And somehow we got around to talking about the past, i.e. Tenimyu, Prince of Tennis, etc. I've started watching sports anime again around that time and I've learned that there are a lot of anime butai ongoing. Since I'm Haikyuu and Daiya no Ace trash, I went for those and somehow, I'm now back into musicals and stages, because of Wada Takuma (who is also a Tezuka once). It's like a cruel fate, I'm back to where I started?!?! WTF.

I quit Tenimyu around 5th cast Seigaku of the 1st season, right after Aiba returned for that second Hyouteimyu. So I have entirely no idea what went on these years in Tenimyu but somehow, SOMEHOW, I keep meeting actors who were in Tenimyu EVERYWHERE. As we all know, Tenimyu actors are everywhere and I'm not sure if I deeply regret or deeply feel grateful getting dragged back into this hellhole LMAO.

I don't think I can catch up to the fandom at all, since there's an entire season and a new season starting lately. Too many actors to know and too many stages to watch. So I'm just casually fleeting back and forth, looking for people I recognize somewhere (Wada cough Wada) and being a casual fan. Unlike before, I only have like 4 people I can talk with in twitter, but I guess in general, the fandom is too widely spread unlike before when everyone had LJS, right?

It felt great reconnecting with old friends from LJ and from other places and looking back to what we created XD;. So if you guys have a twitter, please do contact me so we can talk again :). @shotabaits (y-yeah I know.....). IDT I will create a new livejournal, but I will probably restart blogging in dreamwidth for a change of pace.

Aaaand that's me for the past few years. I hope you guys are doing well, too!
nikki is so vain she icon'd her face

closed.

This journal is now closed.
It will not be updated anymore.
My updates will mostly be in
fascinates @ dreamwidth.
Thanks for being friends ♥.
  • Current Music
    Teruma Aoyama (Shion no Ou) - My Dear Friend
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vocaloid | d-doriko-san? or random bait

For those moving to dreamwidth

Long time no post!

I haven't been here in LJ for ages and I've actually only come back to check on comments and if my automatic payment was turned on XD. Most of the stuff you see in this LJ are crossposts from my dreamwidth account.

So, if you're moving to DW, please add me there! I'm fascinates there. I can't really promise I post a lot there but I definitely am 100% active in DW compared to here. I also do not update my communities here anymore and just check them once in a while to see if they're still alive. (LOL why won't anyone take aiba_no_ai off my hands ;; I feel guilty for not maintaining it)

Anyway, that's it! If you've moved there, welcome and I'll see you there! If not, then I'll at least try to keep myself updated here when I'm not super busy :(.


Thanks for reading and keeping me in your list ♥ I miss talking to the old guys here, so badly.


(x-posted from my other LJ)
vocaloid | d-doriko-san? or random bait

On Communities

Hello.

Most of you would be surprised that I still post here. LOL. Normally I post from Dreamwidth and crosspost it to my new LJ mintia. Err, not posting much now anywhere really. My work is eating me up.

That said, I'm closing almost ALL of my communities this month. If you are a co-mod of my community and you would like to claim maintainer-ship from me, or even if you're not a co-mod but you're interested in modding my comms, please do inform me. I doubt I'll be posting in them in the future, so instead of being a bad inactive mod, I'd rather transfer the authority.

My comms are:
aiba_no_ai - Aiba Hiroki comm
sakurada_doori - Sakurada Doori comm
alletier - Allelujah x Tieria comm

The rest are...either crack comms or those I only mod, not own, so they're not that big of a deal. But these three are my babies, and I want them to have someone to take good care of them ;_;

If you have friends who are also interested, please refer them to this post. This will be public. Thank you very much! Right now, I'm concentrating on my DW comms and my websites outside DW/LJ.

Again, thanks!
nikki is so vain she icon'd her face

2010




I won't go to being mushy and stuff, but a lot of things happened last year that weren't supposed to be and were unforeseen. Thank you for being a part of me all through those times and thank you for not forgetting what we shared, even though I've been so far away lately.

I love you guys. Thank you for giving me my 2009. ♥.
utattemita | dasoclear eats you up

MERI DASOCLEAR-SMAS!

I might not be on time later because I'll be partying so I'm posting now~.





I might have changed fandoms or became inactive and stuff.
But I am still glad to bother you guys all throughout 2009!
There were lots of things that happened but
Thank you so much for being friends with me! (even if I fail)
Please take care of me next year, too ♥ ♥


MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
  • Current Music
    Nico Collaboration - Smiling
  • Tags
utattemita | dasoclear eats you up

CLEAR AND DASOKU NEEDS YOU!



Just a few more to go and it'll have a million hits.
Make it happen tonight, guys. You can do it.
WATCH IT NOW. WATCH IT IN NICO HERE.
♥ ♥ ♥





GO GO GO GO XDD.


ETA: Around 9PM Japan time magnet has reached 1000000 views YAAAAYYYY!!!
utattemita | dasoclear eats you up

Nico Nico Utattemita Sample Songs.

Since I somehow got a few more people into Nico Nico Utattemita (/victory ♥), I decided to put a starter album thingy for those people who want to hear samples of the covers as well as for those who want to hear from more people (aside from Tourai and Clear, LOL). I tried to include newer and popular ones as much as possible but other singers, like Jack, do not have new songs or their older songs are better than the new ones (IMHO), so the album is a mix of old and new uploads.

The starter album has two sets: solos and groups/duets. Here are the track lists for both sets in Romaji.


o1. Kasoukyoku (Amu)
o2. Hello Planet. (Anima)
o3. Aku no Meshitsukai (ASK)
o4. Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki (Chouchou)
05. Little Traveler (Clear)
o6. Shinkirou no Janna (Dasoku)
o7. Melt -million halyosy ver.- (Halyosy)
o8. Sennen no Dokusou Uta (Jack)
o9. Iroha Uta -male ver.- (Mi-chan)
1o. Tenraku (Nodoame)
11. Seppun wa Setsuna (Panyo)
12. Yami Iro Alice (Piko)
13. Dancing Samurai (Pokota)
14. Alice (Ritsuka)
15. Romeo to Cinderella (Seriyu)
16. Gokurakuchou -bird of paradise- (Tolie)
17. Tokyo-to Rock City (Valshe)
18. Paradichlorobenzene (Vivienne)
19. Star Mine (Wotamin)
20. Kouichiyou (Yamai)

o1. Juvenile (Amu x Miy)
o2. Boku Mitai na Kimi Kimi Mitai na Boku (Clear x Wotamin)
o3. Magnet (Dasoku x Clear)
o4. SPICE! (Dasoku x Kazukin)
05. Norainu Shisshou Hiyori (Jack x Chouchou)
o6. Yume Sakura (Kakichoco x Valshe)
07. Black Rock Shooter -Band Edition- (Kogeinu x ASK)
o8. Sandscraper (Mi-chan x PUPI)
o9. ACUTE (Otane x Mi-chan x Kakichoco)
1o. Fullchin Boogie (Tolie x Jack feat. Jigiru)
11. Imitation Black (VaSoClear - Valshe x Dasoku x Clear)
12. Proof of Life (Wotamin feat. Valshe)


For Japanese titles, notes on the singers and links, proceed under Collapse )

solos @ sendspace
groups @ sendspace

The files are too big for MF and MU is blocked at work :(. Mirrors will be up later. This post will be public for a few days so feel free to direct people here.
utattemita | housewife!jack

Writer's Block: What is your muse?

If you're trying to create something, like a story, a composition, or a design, etc., do you find yourself imagining how others will react to it? Does that impede or enhance the creative process?



I don't imagine how people will react, actually, when I write stories/fics. I just, well, write. Primarily, I'm writing to shut my muses up and stop their poking, anyway. I am selfish, LOL. But when I do not think of what others will think when they read my work, I write better because I don't have unnecessary worries. That also means I get pleasant surprises when people actually like my work :).





I do not like how LJ liberally tags this kind of entry :|.


PS: Plurk is alive at work \o/. Thanks to Karen innocentlyjaded!
  • Current Music
    だそくりあ - magnet (unplugged ver.)
utattemita | minato/tourai icy rainbow

The most cracked up magnet parody/cover I have ever seen.

Yes, it is another magnet cover (Tourai/Minato has started a cult, we can't help it ;3) but I assure you it's worth the watch.



This is magnet by Gero and Faneru feat. ASK. I haven't talked about Gero before, but you might have heard Faneru since he and Jack had a duet. ASK, is, of course, the singer of the amazing cover of Servant of Evil.

The art in the video as well as the sudden...uh...you'll see are LOL-full enough, but I did the translations of some of the dialogues for more lulz.

Collapse )


Yup. It's a bit. Extreme. I love the exploding headphones, really ♥. They did another cover, Double Lariat. It's also pretty intense LOLOL.

I'll never get around to posting what I should post, right? :\ /sidetracked all the time