Beach and fanfic (my own)

[guingel]

Yesterday I went to the beach, actually for the first time all summer. I live really close, too. But I was working and I'm not much of a beach person, and we were at my grandpa's a fair amount on the weekends and stuff, and I was just lazy. But anyway, we went yesterday and it was SO GREAT!

It was a lovely, lovely day - really sunny but breezy and not hot at all - I think it was in the 70s. We wore t-shirts and katie wore jeans and I wore capris (cargo capris. It's weird for me to say "I wore capris" because I just got two pairs of capri cargo pants as hand-me-downs and I've never worn them before and I just don't picture myself in capris at all.) and we were pretty much comfortable. We got hot dogs and just lay on the sand and then we filled our large coke cup with water once we'd emptied it of coke and built a teeny weeny drip castle with two towers (Orthanc and Barad-dur, but if they were conjoined twins - aww, Manchester!Greg and I had a joke that we were formerly conjoined twins). Then this family sat down really close to us, but it was ok cos we took a really nice, long walk down the beach along the shore. Some people were swimming, but I think they were crazy cos the water was quite cold.

Anyway, it was really lovely and relaxing and idyllic. I went with (twin sister) Katie and (Katie's boyfriend) David (introductions cos there's some new people on my friends list, so just in case any of them are reading this. . .) and I was very nice to David! :D It was a lot of nice lying in the sun and listening to the surf and the murmuring of other people enjoying the beach, and feeling the sand in between my toes and everything. Getting all wind-blown and sun-baked. Very summery, despite it not being that hot.

I also came up with the beginning of my next fic while I relaxed - although I'd forgotten a pen so I couldn't write it down. But I remembered it. This one (my fourth) has been different because it's a semi-sequel to the last one, written in response to positive feedback and interest. So I feel like there are expectations, plus, I tried to write it, tried to come up with a lot, instead of, like, thinking about Shige until something sexy happened to him and writing about that. Thinking of myself as someone who's written fanfic is really, really funny and weird. Even though I've only written a couple, after about 6 years of reading fic and never considering writing it, period, it's odd to think of. It's exciting - I like thinking that I have the ability to affect people. I mean, the fanfic I've read has helped me discover a lot about my sexuality. Thank you, akuma and rose argent! XD So it's sort of interesting to think that I might do that for someone else. And apart from that, it's just cool to think that I could turn someone on and give them enjoyment. My last two fics, aka my second and third ones, got a pretty good response, it's pretty awesome. Although I do find waiting for comments and seeing how many I'll get very stressful. Even though I'm just posting these because I'm hoping someone else will get some enjoyment out of them, I now find myself wanting to be really popular. XD I don't know.

Also, I feel like I've sort of lucked out a bit on the last couple ones, so I don't know if I can be consistent. It's hard! And I'm not a writer, I'm just putting down my fantasties in a way that I know I've found sexy in the fics I've read. So yeah. It's a bit "what am I getting myself into?" But mostly, it's "Hahaha, I'm writing fic!"

Also, they're quite explicit and I'm not a hugely secretive person, so it's not hard to imagine that someone I know in person will come across this journal and read them and it'll be, like, someone from work - who actually do think I'm pure and innocent - and I'll be very embarrassed.

Anyway, I just watched Grease with mom and Katie. What an awesome movie. I love, like, all the songs. And Olivia Newton-John is soooo shiny. Hahah, we watched Xanadu the other day. O_O GOOD LORD. She was shiny in that, too, though. With her little voice and her big round eyes and all her blond hair. We've decided "Everything's perfect when you're Olivia Newton-John."

I'm super-excited, in other news! Katie, who has been totally resistant to all things JE has become interested in playing the "Arashi Identification Game"! In which I show her a picture of Arashi all together or individual pictures and she tries to figure out who's who! She knew a guy who looked like Ohno, apparently, so she can basically always get him. And all my JE mags are from 2005 so Jun usually has a perm, and that makes him easier. She's starting to get Nino, but Aiba and Sho are still confusing - she forgets which is which, plus, their hair varies a bit in the mags I have. Also, she sitting right beside me now, waiting for me to pull up more arashi pics on my computer. So, bye!

P.S. Katie just reminded me her only other interest in JE is that she really likes the name "KAT-TUN". She's like "hahaha, it's like cat tunes"

Comments

[sisterjune.livejournal.com]

I am sorry for continuously spamming your journal with comments but I like receiving comments and so feel the need to comment on my flist's journals.

Cat tunes! *dies* that is so funny to me. Laura you need to make your sister into a K8 fan! They are aiming for world domination you know! (although arashi is not a bad start)
I am also not a beach person. I love the water and things but the long trip and staying in a hotel not so much. Also I never have anyone to go with but my annoying family members and so all of this summer I have not visited the beach once. Although everyone else in my family did. And when are you gonna post that fic of yours up? I wanna see it.

Oh yeah and there is a new rumor going about. Normally I wouldn't talk of such tawdry things as rumors but this is possibly the most amazing rumor ever. And the rumor is? That ryo will leave NewS and just be in K8 and Ikuta toma will fill in his place. OMG I CALLED IT! Didn't I say it just a few weeks ago that ryo being in two groups was impermanent? I said sooner or later he's just gonna be in K8 and looks like it was sooner! Ok so it's still just a rumor and no way even if it is true that it's gonna happen before 2008. But still would n't it be awesome if it's true? Oh johnny let it be so! *prays to the JE gods*

[guingel.livejournal.com]

I used to be such a good commenter, and it was so awesome - I seriously had a livejournal golden age, during which I actually got my journal rated and I got a 98! (I had the background image set so it scrolled rather than stayed still, and the rater thought it would be better the other way) So I sort of want to go back to that point, where I was really active on LJ and wrote lots of entries that I might want to read later, but I'm totally out of the habit. So I'm really totally enjoying all the comment convos! :D But I'm not as good at them as I used to be, so it's taking me longer to respond and everything. XD

I desperately want to make Katie a K8 fan. I started a while ago showing her the Domoto Kyoudai appearance, but she wasn't that into it. Now that she's expressed an interest in Arashi I'm going to try to start there, and move slowly, and get her into Kanjani8 later. She doesn't like Subaru! It hurts me. She doesn't like his hair or ears, apparently, and is holding that against him. I'm like "He's totally awesome and really interesting and has a skull tattoo on his hand and a really, really incredible voice - easily the best in JE." But so far she's not convinced.

We're seriously making slow progress, though. Since she's so interested in the "Arashi Identification Game" - which is actually one of the things I liked at first. Especially with NEWS, cos they all look alike, it was a fun challenge to try to figure out who was who. So now she can almost always identify Jun and Ohno - and she can identify Ryo, even though we were focused on Arashi! :D Cos I have a lot of Ryo pictures on my computer, and he's pretty distinctive looking. And she can recognize Yoko as long as he has short hair, I think. So I think there's at least a little interest. I'm going to try to trick her into watching videos as, like an advanced test. XD

Ah, my fics are here (http://guingel.livejournal.com/223133.html), but there's no Kanjani8 yet - just Pi/Ryo is as close as I get. Even though I like K8 best, then Arashi, I've been writing more NEWS fic. With Ryo featured, but still. I do keep talking about my Uchi/Ryo! XD It's running into a technical problem, plus it got sidetracked by my Koyama/Ryo/Shige sequel, but it'll happen!

I heard that rumor!! OH my god, I didn't comment on the post or anything because, yeah, it was just a rumor - and it seemed too good to be true!! But I want to to be true so bad and it's totally exciting. I adore Toma (oh my god, I just went to the mall - i'm so Long Island right now - and they had Hana Kimi manga!! I got two volumes even though they're really late and I don't even read manga.) and Ryo just in Kanjani8 would be amazing. Especially if Uchi returned to K8 cos they need their (evil) princess back! And you totally did call it! Awesome! Haha, even if it's not true we can get excited hoping about it!

[sisterjune.livejournal.com]

I am writing this right now from college! I brought my laptop with me today something I normally refuse to do. Well anyway I said something about how I wanted to talk about arashi but hours of reading about ancient sumeria and buddhist rituals has sadly addled my mind and I can't remember what I was going to say so instead I will just say how awesome I think Ohno is. He is so zen all of the time. It really amuses me, like nothing seems to ever bother him. I was watching some music jump episodes as old 1999 and he has not changed AT ALL. say blunt lazy way of talking XD. This guy is really in his own world most the time...and why do I think he and okura would get along really well? XD I still remember that time nino & the boys tried to scare him by sticking him in this old abandoned room and putting in fake letters adressed to him and...NO REACTION. It was such a spectacular failure, almost as bad as when the boys tried to pull trick on nino only to have him discover it right away! Well I guess it's obvious who my faves in arashi are now 8Dv. Oh you know I only ever saw Ohno become startled twice? the first time during an episode of USO!japan and aiba was in this cave, at some point the poor dear just faints and ohno who is with him on this ep is I think watching a video or something outside, he had headphones on and there was lot's of wires. His eyes literally pop out of his head, and he goes Aiba-chan? AIBA-CHAN! It so sweet, you can tell he was really and he leaps out of his chair after aiba faints to go see him. this comment is long so I'll just show the second time to you - http://youtube.com/watch?v=yJ6otKrABjA this would have to be one of the cruelest jokes nino ever played in his ni no arashi segment. Ok so I laughed too but IT WAS STILL MEAN.

Ok before I log off and go eat lunch. I wanted to pimp a fanfic I've been reading, to you. Hello Apocalypse is the title. Ok I know you said you're not a big fan of saihara's stuff but this fic is just to awesome to NOT recommend. I hate romance stories generally but it feels like an action movie! The story really had me hooked from the beginning, not a boring moment yet! OMG it has shadowy organizations, bloody battles, tacchon being badass, and maru being mysterious, shota being adorable, subaru is cold and menacing in this! I don't even know how she managed to pull that off in a convincing manner but she did! Cause in real life he is hot-blooded and hyperactive and emotional but it's totally the opposite in the story but since this takes place in some weird alternate reality...but I could really see subaru play that type of character in a drama or something like that. Cause he can actually act! Ok that's enough flailing. Hopefully this convinced you to atleast check it out. http://iwritebadporn.livejournal.com/
It's up to five chapters now! GO READ IT.

[guingel.livejournal.com]

Ohno is such a doll. What was it? I think someone just described him as a button to me, and I was like "Awww, so true." Although I usually say "puppy" or "muffin." XD Ohno's more of a puppy. Haha, I've seen those pranks. The contrasts in Ohno's personality are one of the most interesting things about him - his intensity when he dances, and when you get to see him interested in something. He's really loveable, too. He makes it easier for me to get people into Arashi, he's always one of the first ones they fall for. :)

Although Nino and Aiba and Sho are all my favorites, at varying times and in varying ways. But I still adore Ohno and I'm really growing more and more fond of Jun. My relationship with Jun is complicated ;)

Haha, oh man - Ohno and Ohkura would just sit around and talk about food and be really, really chill all the time! And then someone would bring out food and they'd both get all excited. . . it would be AWESOME!

I totally haunt jent_fanfics (too lazy to tag) so I saw that. . . but it is really hard for me to get into Yasu uke stuff, as I said. I did check it out and it seems pretty interesting, though. So I'll read a bit more - but I can't make any promises that i'll stick with it!

[sisterjune.livejournal.com]

It's true he seems so alive on stage but in the variety shows and other things he is just chill as a winter morning. But yeah Tacchon is like that too, he seems so alive and aggressive on the drums but in eito's shows he is quiet and laidback. I remember once reading a translation of an interview they had and while everyone was answering questions he was busy eating a croissant. Or as the interviewer referred to it "okura was currently engrossed with his croissant." ahahahahaha! I swear he is ohno's long lost brother or something...They are both very 'my pace' kinds of people. I really want to see them interact just once...SOMEBODY WRITE ME FIC!

As for Jun I didn't see what the fuss was about him at first but I think I've grown to love those sadistic tendencies of his...definitely make arashi's shows more interesting! :D

I agree with you about shota though. Here is an excerpt from the comment I left on saihara's fic journal
"Poor shota has to be the damsel in distress XD why must shota always be the helpless one in the fanfics? He can be badass too! no really!"
I said alot more than that about the rest of the chapter but that was the only relevant bit. Shota despite how cute and cuddly he is (he is totally like eito's personal pet/teddy bear) he can also be quite badass too. I could make a list of all the times he was hardcore awesome if I wanted. (I think one of these days I am going to make lists relating to every member of eito. XD)
I wish I could see that side of him in fics more often. That being said the fic wasn't really set in the real world at all so it wasn't as annoying to me as usual but...I still wish he was less passive in this story. That being said all the other awesome characterizations and plot developments more than make up for the lack of a badass sho-chan. I loved seeing two of my favorites in eito. Maru & subaru in the story period but the way she wrote them was especially interesting. Actually I always loved the way saihara writes Maru. He is so strange at times, like he really has that mysterious side and even though I say baru is weird, I honestly think maru is the more peculiar one (although baru is definitely crazier XD). Anyway she manages to bring out his weird & mysterious side really well in the fics, but she can write his cute side too but most people just focus on maru's funny silly side when writing him so I really enjoy her way of writing him the most. I think it helps though that she has like a big fangirl crush on him XD. This is also probably why ciara (pinkpapyrus) writes Subaru so perfectly. Ahh fangirl love thy power is great! I seriously need to find some yoko fangirls who can write fic...

[guingel.livejournal.com]

I LOVE that interview with the croissant. The whole thing has hilarious and Ohkura in particular was adorable. XD Such a funny mental picture.

Shota despite how cute and cuddly he is he can also be quite badass too.

But remember, for me, accurate characterization isn't that much of a thing! So I'm not like "Man, Yasu can be so much tougher, why don't people give him a chance?" (Actually, I think demonfrog might write Yasu/Baru with Yasu topping but I'm not sure.) For me, it's more like "I am totally unaroused by this fic in which Yasu is uke." And having Yasu top wouldn't arouse me any more, unless he's topping Shige or Nino or Ryo (haha, that would be awesome - and adorable!).

(he is totally like eito's personal pet/teddy bear)

Awww, he so is! I love the way they all dote on him. It's so cute and funny. He's totally everyone's favorite. They're all like "My turn with Yasu now!"

The boys are always describing Maru as mysterious, aren't they? I mean, we can all see he's wacky, but that he has a mysterious side, too - it's intriguing. Maybe cos he's always cheerful and they're like "There must be more to him. . ." Also, slightly unrelated, but I think it's so freaking hilarious that his parents are body builders. XD And I'm thankful that he inherited that body builder physique! ::swoons::

[sisterjune.livejournal.com]

Yeah that interview was awesome for many reasons but tacchon was just the most hysterical of all. Seriously Okura + food = OTP. THEY ARE SO MEANT TO BE XD.

Ahh I see, well I guess the reasons we read fic are quite different after all. But I will say this, I really don't find weak helpless shota attractive either. I like it when he is being cute and cuddly but then instead of thinking he is hot i think "I want to take him home with me and make him my pet." I swear one of these days I will get a little dog and name it Sho-chan. I AM NOT KIDDING. I might even get another dog just so I can name it Maru-chan. SO SERIOUS. XD

It's not that the boys think there might be another side to him, I think they are all very well aware that maru is a man of many layers. Hina has traveled with him many times and more than anything he seems to be befuddled and confused by maru. keep in mind this is someone who has known and worked with subaru for over 10 years...Also even Yasu who has most likely known him the longest, said that he wishes he could get into maru's head sometimes so he can know what he's thinking. The boys have said before that maru tends to keep to himself at times and even though you don't see it often on tv there are times when maru's more serious side comes out. The SC letter reading he & shota did. His letter was silly for the most part but at the very end he said something along the lines of "yasu sometimes kindness ruins people." he sounded like he was being sincere too. It would not be the first time he said something like that to yasu either. Not to mention his jwebs often show a side of maru we don't often see on tv. Also despite the fact he is usually very genki, he has admitted that he will sometimes have severe mood swings and at those times becomes very irritable and unpleasant.

Then there were those two urajani ghost eps, while everyone looked very scared (poor baru looked ready to pass out. he just couldn't take that kind of environment.) Maru seemed like he was having a blast. He was very curious and did the most exploring. He even said he can see ghosts, I thought maybe he's kidding but Hina said he would sometimes have maru check the rooms in hotels for him to see if it was clear...I'm sure this sounds like rubbish to you but with maru I think I would believe anything. I think he really is strange but also very deep. I think he is quite possibly one of the most intellectual members in K8. Which is probably why he gets along with hina so well. This is long so I'll just wrap it up and say MARU SUGOI.