In other news, in a discussion of where everyone at the Narumi Tantei Jimusho sleeps, vintage_belle had a brainstorm and figured it out: Akiko in the office, Shoutarou and Philip on futons in the mecha :Db

I've had a very KR day.

So, I was nearly late for the test yesterday, because getting up to leave 10 minutes in advance, I somehow missed the train (????) and had to take the next one. Anyway, I think I might have a chance of passing the jun-4-kyuu, but NO WAY on the 4-kyuu. Mostly because you need to pass both sections to pass the test, and for 4-kyuu I seriously had no idea WHAT they were saying at ALL in the listening section. Oh well, I didn't exactly expect to pass given how I can't speak Chinese, but. Now, it's just the JLPT!

Anyway, to halfway-celebrate my tepid results, I went to the bookstore in the station to look for a cool magazine. Except... The train ones were cool and all, but they were pretty thin, and there's no way I could begin to pick an idol/TV magazine, and they appear not to carry Hero/Heroine Vision (;_;), so I ended up with Terebi-kun. Which, despite being SUPREMELY EMBARRASSING to buy, was at least a really easy read :Db It also came with a kit to make my own Ushi Origami :Db

The thing that sticks out most in my mind (other than Double's Christmas tree lololololol) was, there was a SECRETS book that gave all the stats for Double's various forms, and... Just thinking about it logically, wouldn't you think that Cyclone would be the lightest memory? And yet it is apparently Luna. This makes NO SENSE, because wouldn't Luna have to be made of super dense particles to stretch like that? I mean, come on.

I am also still unclear as to what Joker's power is supposed to be. The magazine was like "HEY DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S AWESOME? CYCLONE/HEAT/TRIGGER/METAL/LUNA!" and didn't touch on what exactly Joker is supposed to be at all.

( Shinken 39 )
( W 11 )

And now to :< over my family making fun of how I can't spell/remember people's names.

So, one of the first things I heard when I got to Japan, in a conversation about what things you probably should get your family to send you, was about how horrible Japanese maxi-pads are. (Yes, this is what I'll be talking about until the cut, you know how to scroll if you're that much of a wuss.) I had never had to use them before (I brought my own in '04), so I believed her as she went one about how many centimeters they were and how that was unbelievable (My thoughts at the time: 23 centimeters? That's as long as.... a ruler? ???), because they came up to, like, your belly button. Or perhaps she said "navel." The point is, I had enough to last for a while, so I filed away the information and figured I'd ask my parents to mail me more (they're light enough).

And then... Okay, I know I should be ashamed that I'm 22 and yet after 10 years I still don't know my own cycle... but I don't. So I had an unfortunate incident in Aomori this summer where I found myself completely unprepared and was forced to brave the convenience store. (Aside: The convenience store always puts it in a brown paper bag for you, but just that, so EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IT IS ANYWAY. Geez, Japan.) Now, I'm not going to lie that Japanese pads don't seem... modern, to me. American pads are like, idek, plastic? Or something? While these things are cotton(-y). But they worked okay, and so I wondered just what, exactly, they had done to make my co-worker hate then so.

BUT THEN. MY FRIENDS. I have a very bad problem with leaks (I apparently do not move in ways a human being should). And aside from learning new and interesting ways to get blood out of fabric, it makes me hate my uterus even more than just plain why-are-you bleeding hate, or my normal low-levels of hate. It did not help why my parents perplexingly sent me only regular length pads but long panty liners (what? Why do they even make long panty liners?). So I was forced to the convenience store again, and that's when I found them. An inch thick out of the package, 36 centimeters (that's 14 inches) long with airbags and two sets of wings. Last night, for the first night in ten years, I was able go to sleep the day I got my period and not have to scrub my sheets the next day.

VICTORY IS MINE AT LAST.

Thank you, Japan. I shall be stuffing a suitcase full of your maxi-pads when I go home.


And now, for people who don't care about my moral victories, ( thoughts on W and its Japanese fandom (and also Shinken and maybe some other riders too) )

And now to figure out if I actually can watch W and still make it on time tomorrow morning (I'm pretty sure I can, as long as stupid Ohayou Tochigi isn't coming through right then.)

So I thought --THOUGHT-- everyone had collectedly decided to wait the OHMIGOSH 2.5 WHOLE DAYS for Shinkenger to air before trying to have any more of this talking at cross-purposes about who is allowed to hit whom when. And now I want to tear my hair out. So you know what? I have barely any friends left in this fandom, how about you all flame ME so you can STOP DESTROYING THE PEACE. JUST GET ALONG, GEEZ.

( Now I will anger you )

( Shinken 33-37 )
( Shinken 38 )

Ah, all caught up! ...Just in time to have to get up early and go take a Chinese test on Sunday D:

ACTUAL HAPPENING:

Me: So, those are the jobs we're doing today, but is there any other job you want to know how to say in English?
K: What about suitsu akutaa?
Me: It's the same, "suit actor."
Other two teachers/rest of the class: What is a suit actor????
Me: It's the actor in tokusatsu who dresses up in the suit and plays, like, Gozilla or Kamen Rider.
Me (to K): :Db
K: :Db

ADASLKDNSLDNSDKCLSNMDLVDSNFLSDIFH YOU GUYS.

( W 10 )
( Shinken 17-32 )

IMPORTANT QUESTION NOT AT ALL INSPIRED BY SHINKENGER:

When you button your shirt, where do you start:
A. top
B. bottom
C. middle
D. like, two buttons from the top (right below the throat)
E. some other place I will elaborate on

So, I didn't have any classes today due to reasons. I therefore studied for the JLPT, specifically the grammar section. The grammar section is one of the worst bits about the level 1 test, because it made up almost entirely of archaic constructions no one uses anymore.

No one except Ryuunosuke.

And that wasn't even the only way I needed Japanese that can be found in Shinkenger today.

( Shinken 5-16 )

This post was originally supposed to just be a front for the Double OP's lyrics, but, uh. Maybe tomorrow? orz

( W 9 )
( Kuuga 27-49 (End) )
( Blade 1 )
( New Zealand Soap Opera 80-82 )


I also watched some of Arashi's variety appearances, and Jun on HaneTobi was GOLD. I love how he was right, but he had the STUPIDEST reasons for being right. Oh Jun ♥

I wanted to say, "I watched stupid W and it was stupid," but OMG CAN I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE DOUBLE??

( Kamen Rider W 1-8 )

Also, Kuuga!

( Kamen Rider Kuuga 1-26 )

And now back to watching KR and editing the tags on FAB. (Geez, you don't mod a comm for 6 months and look what happens. Conversely: this is why should tell people how systems work instead of keeping it all in your head.)

Yesterday I went with Lisa to Mito! So, now that I've seen Kairakuen, I only need to get to Kourakuen in Okayama and I'll have seen all the Great Gardens! ...Not that I really care.

We took the train (of course) and ate lunch at an Italian restaurant where the lady assumed she had to speak English at us until I told her to stop (it was painful) but conversely there was pasta, and then we went to Kairakuen and then did purikura and then went home.

And if you're wondering what else I do besides wandering around Japan...

( I watched stupid Decade and it was stupid )