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Let's Thanksgiving Together!
Oct. 1st, 2009 08:53 pmDuring our trip, Emily and I talked about (among many, many other things, of course!) Thanksgiving, which is coming up in a bit over a week, and we'd like to have some sort of get-together.
What: Thanksgiving, minus the turkey. Unless someone has a spare one lying around, and an oven to cook it in!
Where: I volunteer my place (we fit 8 people in here at Easter, and there would be room for more), but anyone else is welcome to offer theirs.
When: We thought Sunday, the 11th, would be good, but the 12th is a national holiday (so nice of Japan to observe Canadian holidays! ^o^), so that could work as well.
Who: Me,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nekonezumi, and you! :D
Why: Because Emily and I wanted an excuse to make pies!
Apart from pies -- and this is assuming we succeed -- there will be stuffing, which I make from scratch. I even mix my own spices, that's how hardcore I am. So if no one else can make it... Emily and I will have a lovely meal of stuffing and pie. But if you can join us, bring whatever Thanksgiving essential you think the day shouldn't be without!
Chatting on MSN with my mother the other night...
Me: I think I've found something almost better than dancing Japanese tennis boys! <3
Mum: :O Traitor! How could you?!?
Me: Angsty Chinese tennis boys!
Mum: XD Well, I guess it's only a semi-betrayal, then...
I love this series more and more... So yeah, it's pretty angsty, and it's full of manly embraces and manly tears -- but geez, you'd think Zhen Zhi (Inui) had been exiled to a foreign country, the way everyone else is carrying on. Hai Tang (Kaidou) won't stop scowling and angsting and blubbering about it. Though it was worth it to see Guo Gong (Tezuka) try to comfort him, because either that guy's a great actor or it was the best casting decision ever, because he is so stiff! XDDD Another thing I really like is that Long Ma (Echizen) has shown more personal growth in a handful of episodes than he did in pretty much the whole anime series.
It's interesting to see what changes have been made to the characters. Many are pretty much the same, though I won't yet give a definite verdict for Chun Long (Kawamura) or Da Shi (Oishi) yet, since they haven't said or done much so far. But Chun Long's father is a chef/restaurant owner, and Da Shi plays the guitar (I'm imagining he's writing love songs for Ju Wan XD). So far the ones who are the most different from their original counterparts are Zhou Zhu (Fuji was never half so emotional, even when it came to Yuuta); Zhen Zhi (Inui was much more detached and creepier, though in a hilarious way); and Lin Ying (she's got way more personality than Sakuno and is the coach's niece, not granddaughter).
At least they've found a way to combine several pointless and/or annoying characters: instead of having some useless reporters hanging around, Tomoka writes for the university newspaper. Also, there's only one fellow first-year worshipping the ground Long Ma walks on, and though he has 2 years of tennis experience, he's more of a Katsuo-Kachirou fusion, with Kachirou's unfortunate hair.
And omg, Long Ma's father is perfect, and I LOVED Coach Lin's reaction when she got wind of how everyone had run away with her "catfish among the sardines" metaphor. She's all, "The hell? They took it that seriously?! *headdesk*"
I'm apparently faithful to my old flames, though, because Ju Wan/Eiji still owns my soul -- he is so damn funny! And he still can't stop touching Da Shi. XDDD
What: Thanksgiving, minus the turkey. Unless someone has a spare one lying around, and an oven to cook it in!
Where: I volunteer my place (we fit 8 people in here at Easter, and there would be room for more), but anyone else is welcome to offer theirs.
When: We thought Sunday, the 11th, would be good, but the 12th is a national holiday (so nice of Japan to observe Canadian holidays! ^o^), so that could work as well.
Who: Me,
nekonezumi, and you! :DWhy: Because Emily and I wanted an excuse to make pies!
Apart from pies -- and this is assuming we succeed -- there will be stuffing, which I make from scratch. I even mix my own spices, that's how hardcore I am. So if no one else can make it... Emily and I will have a lovely meal of stuffing and pie. But if you can join us, bring whatever Thanksgiving essential you think the day shouldn't be without!
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Chatting on MSN with my mother the other night...
Me: I think I've found something almost better than dancing Japanese tennis boys! <3
Mum: :O Traitor! How could you?!?
Me: Angsty Chinese tennis boys!
Mum: XD Well, I guess it's only a semi-betrayal, then...
I love this series more and more... So yeah, it's pretty angsty, and it's full of manly embraces and manly tears -- but geez, you'd think Zhen Zhi (Inui) had been exiled to a foreign country, the way everyone else is carrying on. Hai Tang (Kaidou) won't stop scowling and angsting and blubbering about it. Though it was worth it to see Guo Gong (Tezuka) try to comfort him, because either that guy's a great actor or it was the best casting decision ever, because he is so stiff! XDDD Another thing I really like is that Long Ma (Echizen) has shown more personal growth in a handful of episodes than he did in pretty much the whole anime series.
It's interesting to see what changes have been made to the characters. Many are pretty much the same, though I won't yet give a definite verdict for Chun Long (Kawamura) or Da Shi (Oishi) yet, since they haven't said or done much so far. But Chun Long's father is a chef/restaurant owner, and Da Shi plays the guitar (I'm imagining he's writing love songs for Ju Wan XD). So far the ones who are the most different from their original counterparts are Zhou Zhu (Fuji was never half so emotional, even when it came to Yuuta); Zhen Zhi (Inui was much more detached and creepier, though in a hilarious way); and Lin Ying (she's got way more personality than Sakuno and is the coach's niece, not granddaughter).
At least they've found a way to combine several pointless and/or annoying characters: instead of having some useless reporters hanging around, Tomoka writes for the university newspaper. Also, there's only one fellow first-year worshipping the ground Long Ma walks on, and though he has 2 years of tennis experience, he's more of a Katsuo-Kachirou fusion, with Kachirou's unfortunate hair.
And omg, Long Ma's father is perfect, and I LOVED Coach Lin's reaction when she got wind of how everyone had run away with her "catfish among the sardines" metaphor. She's all, "The hell? They took it that seriously?! *headdesk*"
I'm apparently faithful to my old flames, though, because Ju Wan/Eiji still owns my soul -- he is so damn funny! And he still can't stop touching Da Shi. XDDD
