Friday, January 6, 2012
SPEAKING OF THE SKY. Guess who touched it today! It wasn't as cloudless in the morning though, but gosh some of the clouds were crazy magnificent. There was this one which looked like a giant cat's paw threatening to bat me out of the sky.
ANYWAY flew Hotel today, and I was super nervous haha. Flew with Tan SK, which... Sim sth sth OOPS found for me. He was super nice (although I couldn't find his sticker) and yeaa (:
Okay I screwed up a bit at the start, I totally blanked out when I got to starting checks I was just like "SHIT" and I was sitting in the plane, power on, CANOPY OPENED and just being like SHIT SHIT SHITTT. HAHA FUCK then suddenly I was like OH MY GOD CANOPY, then STROBE LIGHTS, then I managed it! Also my engine failed to start because I didn't prime it enough sigh, but yea managed to taxi to Yankee right! But oh my god my R/T. I was dying haha fuck Tan SK was like "R/T now" and I was like NOW? I'M TAXIING!!! but yea did it anyway and IT IS MANAGEABLE, JUST THAT I VEERED OFF THE YELLOW LINE. HAHA. UHHHH.
I TOOK OFF GUYS! I TOOK OFF! AHHHH okay haha guys no. Also I mis-pressed the button to restart the timer and was like FUCK when I realised it wasn't keeping time in flight. BUT ANYWAY I was super nervous so I didn't rotate in time but I followed him through! He told me to do it next sortie UM GUYS. EXCITE.
ANYWAY so yea oh my god departure was killing me. He just told me to do everything, then I flaps up too early, then my navigation was REALLY SHAKY but I managed to R/T quite successfully! I screwed up my routing over Alpha though (also CLOUDS where be my landmarks under thy white fluffiness) but managed to R/T myself into Bravo without any major mishap! But yea I was panicking like crap for departure I was just like sitting there "OKAY AIRCON MASTER FLAPS OH MY GOD PASSING 400 FEET AHHHH" lkdjhfkjlsadhfkjsah.
Also my Ops Normal call, I screwed up once because I wasn't thinking, then I screwed up the call for passing 4000ft at rejoin SIGH SIGH SIGH. But yea when I got back Ops Room the FI who helped me call Tan SK said my R/T was good! I WAS. PLEASED. Also didn't get to do most of the rejoin calls because we did some strange thing and yea I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED but we wandered above the runway aimlessly quite a bit and my flight was 1.3 hours which is super loooong. But yea.
THE SUN WAS FUCKING BRIGHT JUST SAYING I swear you can get tanned flying.
ANYWAY air exercise itself was okay but I still have a tendency to chase instruments! Grrr. But I'm getting better at trimming and holding attitude although I can't fly straight very well! Ahhh sigh. Also I CANNOT DIVIDE ATTENTION. Did a bit of climbing descending but lolol that one I need practise confirm.
But anyway yea it was quite a cool flight! I was REALLY NERVOUS but maybe not REALLY FUCKING NERVOUS. Yeaa.
ALSO GUYS I SAW SIR LESTER LEE HAHA I walked into Ops after my flight to collect my file and then I looked up and HOLY - OH - OH MY GOD! But obvsly he didn't recognise me! So yea I just grabbed my file and ran. Saw him again in briefing room but yea HAHA I was just glaring and being like OHGODSIR HAHAHHA.
The way you move is like a full-on rainstorm, and I'm a house of cards.
(Maybe this should be a thing: separate each subject of blogging with Taylor Swift lyrics!)
SO anyway got the JIP schedule and sigh some days are just a waste of time. Like I end at 0855 on one day and start at 0855 for another like whut. Also I highlighted everything I must go for! GUESS WHO'S EFFICIENT.
Okay just noting the waves I can book a day ): This is confusinggg.
12.01.2012: NONE
13.01.2012: 4th
14.01.2012: all
15.01.2012: all
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16.01.2012: 2nd, 3rd, 4th
17.01.2012: 3rd, 4th
18.01.2012: NONE
19.01.2012: 3rd, 4th
20.01.2012: ???? I'M JUST GOING TO BOOK ALL.
Lolol if I were Ops I'd hate me. Also the question of SHOULD I CANCEL A LOT OF BOOKINGS OR REFIX MINE BECAUSE THEY ARE TECHNICALLY NOT FIXED SIGH. Gonna call them in a flurry of panic later!
GUYS I CANNOT STOP QUOTING SPARKS FLY. DROP EVERYTHING NOW, MEET ME IN THE POURING RAIN, KISS ME ON THE SIDEWALK, TAKE AWAY THE PAIN! 'COS IIIIII SEEEEEE SPAAAARKS FLYYYYY WHENEVER YOU SMILE! GET ME WITH THOSE GREEN EYES, BABY, AS THE LIGHTS GO DOWN. GIVE ME SOMETHING THAT WILL HAUNT ME WHEN YOU'RE NOT AROUND! 'COS IIIII SEEEE SPAAARKS FLYYYY WHENEVER YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU~ SMILE.
I'm on my guard for the rest of the world but with you, I know it's no good ♥
(OKAY GUYS THIS IS APPARENTLY BECOMING A THING.)
Re(mark)able is one of my favourites. The way they sing it! That crazy dance where they're all in a row! FIRE BABY FIRE! They are literally dripping sweat and hey, now it's not just figuratively hot but literally too! ARASHI'S LIFE 終わらない. THIS IS FABULOUS GUYS I'M REALLY HIGH NOW. Oh gosh I REALLY LOVE THIS. The way they glide slowly down on those, I don't know, BOX THINGIES and rap too quickly to be coherent, adlkjdlkasj I LOVE IT A LOT.
Also lolol the comment on this gif is THE BEST. I saw it the moment I read it :D
AND WELL BEAUTIFUL WORLD CONCERT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE NOT ONLY AMAZING BUT THE BEST, OKAY GUYS, THE BEST. I love Arashi.
I LOVE ARASHI♥
I'm fucking high OKAY GOING OFF BYE.
Omg should I join the fanproject for Sho's birthday D: The chances of them seeing it are super little though (it's strange because the easiest way fans can 'contact' Arashi is through the STAFF on their VARIETY SHOWS) but omg ):
SHOOOOO.
REMINDER TO SELF: Transcribe the SNSD article in Lifestyle.
SHOULD I. I liked it! I enjoyed reading it. I was nodding away at some things and it may not have been the best researched article but it makes relevant points. And it says things I ALREADY KNOW but in a nicer manner! And idk la I just liked it. It's not only about SNSD too, you can apply it to any idol group and it's an interesting thing.
Just saying guys my ideal group size is 3 to 6. It makes for easy remembrance and not too in your face, but enough variety so people won't get bored and will be able to find someone to connect to.
Js again lol Arashi has a good mix of characters. Ohno the quiet, talented one, Sho the smart one, Jun the ~ideal boyfriend~ (IDEK LOL BUT HE IS), Aiba the crazy happy one, Nino the trolling nerd. It's a good palette to work off, definitely.
ALSO TO EXPOUND ON JUN THE IDEAL BOYFRIEND: he's nice, he's sweet, he's good-looking (enough) and he gives off tsundere vibes. ALSO HE IS REALLY NICE. And he cooks! Um guys I can go on forever about how nice Jun is, okay.
UM GUYS.
GUYS THIS IS IMPORTANT.
CERN IS 95% SURE THE HIGGS BOSON PARTICLE DOES NOT EXIST. UM THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL OKAY HALF OF THE THEORIES ABOUT EXISTENCE HINGES ON ITS EXISTENCE.
HAHAHAHA FUCK. If I were taking Physics next year I'd just throw my hands up and quit rn LOLOL. "Okay class, we're going to learn about this particle which doesn't exist. And a bunch of theories, which because of the absence of this particle, that are all debunked."
But yea I'm honestly in shock! I mean I know they never found it but to say it doesn't exist! UM, WOWWWW.
ALSO LOL THAT SCIENTIST. "WE'LL NEVER BE UNEMPLOYED."
(Js I have no idea what the Higgs Boson actually does, I just know that scientifically WE EXIST BECAUSE IT DOES. Or something similar. GUYS THEY BUILT THE FUCKING LHC TO FIND THIS THING. THE FUCKING LARGE HADRON COLLIDER. Just saying I am highly interested in the LHC lolol.)
IN WHICH HUI XIAN DEMONSTRATES THAT SHE IS A NERD. I don't even like Physics guys.
知足。
我认为我需要告诉您这真的不是你的错。 我从小就责备您们和抱怨着一切， 但这不是您们的错， 而是自己不懂得知足， 以及过于好胜。
Circumstance need not be limiting; the web of choice is boundless.
When people have lousy usernames I judge their fic before I read it. But I just read something gorgeous and which tugged at my heartstrings in a way I haven't let fic in a while (I wasn't going to let this one, but its words were insistent) and. Ahhhhh.
♥
HEY HEY, ACTUAL KOUHAKU RATINGS ARE OUT! Although, notably, not in a line graph! Also Arashi is not in the top 5, turns out. And oh gosh I can't NYC's ratings above Ayu's? THIS IS A LIE. But seriously lol the first half ratings are all so disappointing compared to the second half. (Shiina Ringo: QUEEN OF FIRST HALF.) THE SECOND HALF IS ALSO VERY EXCITING :D AYAKA IS A QUEEEN. And Wada Akiko too! And MATSUDA SEIKO, BITCHES. Also EXILE is far more popular than I give them credit for O: They be sellin'. AND THE RELEASE OF THE RESULTS, GLEEE. AKAGUMI♥
ALSO UM GUYS BEST RUMOUR EVERRR HAHAHAHA DYING I CAN'T. THE COMMENTS. HILARIOUS. JS THE BABY THING. DYING. Also omg the comments HAHAHAH I FUCKING LOVE ARAMA. Also omg if she's only good at French WHAT IS SHE TRYING TO TEACH IN JAPAN LOL. Can't speak Japanese, can't speak English, AND TRYING TO BE A TEACHER IN JAPAN. OMG THE COMMENTS I'M CRYING. Apparently someone on the hate meme wrote it but SERIOUSLY I LOVE THE HATE MEME. It's an amazing one lol it's so full of trolls and genuine hate.
Oh my god I also love how the comments are making all these obsucre references to previous tabloids that make me read and laugh first, then re-read it, go OHHHHHH and laugh AGAIN. HAHAHAHHAA. I LOVE ARAMA. Arama you're fucky at times but SOMETIMES YOU ARE GREAT.
YOSHIKI IS COMPOSING THE GOLDEN GLOBES THEME!!! !!!! UM, THAT IS GREAT. LIKE, REALLY. Idek what to say except GREAAAT :D
Um guys Johnny's Jimusho is kinda amazing. And well. An entertainment agency can go a long way o.o OKAY YEA FIRSTLY this is really really great and I appreciate that they're doing this. But GUYS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JIMUSHO I ALWAYS NEED TO RAG. But yea I'm really somewhat in shock at the breadth of Jimusho's influence. Also the comments. Japan loves their idols, definitely, and well I figured at some point it has to STOP but well no. SMAP is treated like diplomats, Arashi's face is on JAL's planes, the earth continues to rotate about its axis. Living in a country where idol-culture is honestly weak, I'm just. Kind of overwhelmed by this.
But alas, Arashi and Gaga fail to make KDDI have the BEST commercials. EXCEPT THEY DO. JUST THAT THE STUPID SOFTBANK DOG IS AMAZING. Also relevant: SMAP. AND AYA UETO. No matter how popular Arashi and/or Gaga get they can't beat out those people (and animals). Also who does Docomo have again? Um yes guys I do invest myself heavily in the CMs of phone companies. Also while Arashi's CMs are very aesthetically pleasing, no1curr. I WANT HILARIOUS CMs LIKE THE ONE WITH OTOU-SAN COMPLIMENTING AYU OR STH LOL.
WELL YAMASHITA. He's getting a single release for his drama. Sigh. Before NEWS. Also I can't see this being appropriate LOL. Will YamaP release a soul-wrenching single about the ephemerality of life? OR AN AUTOTUNED SONG THAT IS SUBTLY ABOUT MAKING OUT AND SEX. LOLOL. I can't see this working out.
ALSO AKIRA LIVE ACTION MAY NOT BE, EVERYONE CHEERS.
And are we surprised anymore? If yes I strongly suggest you GETTING YOUR GAME ON. Although I want to know who's sold the most units, inclusive of albums. And I want that chart to include solo artists too. Like Hikki who is apparently QUEEN OF ALBUM SALES.
Annnnd I haven't watched dramas in a while. Don't know a single actor in this poll. Well except Kase Ryo WHO IS KING. And AKB members. And Takei Emi who is gorgeous but I don't really care for. Ummmm. WELL. Someone needs to start watching dramas again.
Also idk what's with but smh, apparently expressing concern is bitchy now? I mean well yes it's a little too much maybe, but seriouslyyy. Although it does suck to be in the ring of fire; being used to it's good but it's better if you never had to be used to it I guess? In any case that's a lot of aftershocks, and as usual, hoping the survivors of the quake are doing well and reconstruction efforts are going well ♥
HEY A PV! Tbh it's quite slow now because no one wants to release at the start of the year. (Japan has generally 3 areas of the year where a lot of singles are released around a certain theme: March/April for graduation or starting school, Augustish for SUMMERRR and December for Christmas and winter. [I'M PROBABLY MISSING SOME.] No one cares for January lol. But also: good time to try to get #1 on the charts!)
ANYWAY TiA's Koisuru Kimochi♡!
I... have no idea who she is. Holy shit that's a lot of CGI glitter though. Also PONYCANYON HAS A YOUTUBE!? Well I never liked Pony Canyon BUT SERIOUSLY? I'm confused is she a solo or... okay yes she's solo. It's quite a cute song! I quite like it but it doesn't stand out a lot. Also she looks like an underdressed flight attendant LOL. The PV's pretty but a bit over lol she looks like she's standing in front of radioactive neon auroras and someone bought a photoshop glitter brush and decided the best way to employ it was to spam the brush. The song's not bad though! I like it. But there are better ways to use green screens and CGI! Definitely.
JW who does Pony Canyon have that isn't a flop. OHFUCK AYA UETO. But Aya Ueto's singing career is whateva. They have aiko though! And ohmyod Farenheit (in Japan) and FLAME and Lead. UM. Oh and Sexy Zone but I knew this. What!? THEY HAD ALL OF WFL. I thought they were RIVALS. And Yamada Yuu! UMMM. I really don't like them though LOL idk IT'S JUST THEIR NAME. And the fact that they're not exactly WOOOOW. Apparently they're one of the ~tops~ though and yea well tbqh I see a lot of familiar names (from ANIME OPENINGS THOUGH which I have decided is a good way to be well known but far from an achievement) so yea. But yea idk it's just. They rub me the wrong way. Also do they have a contract with KHR or something lol they have Ueto, LM.C, SuG, CHERRYBLOSSOM, D-51, +PLUS o.o
HOW DO YOU TYPE ディ!!!
ETA: ディ. An 'x' denotes a small character. Works for ぁぃぅぇぉ which is good.
切りとったメロディー繰り返した 忘れないように
言葉よりも大切なもの ここにはあるから ♥
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