dec 22, 1 yr later (in JST time). PART II OF MY INTERACTIVE FAN FICTION!!!!!! xD meeting toma again in tokyo...

YESSS!!
IT'S TRUE.
SURPRISE!!! ^O^

i am continuing my story (fan fiction) f/dec. of last year.
(if u haven't read it, read it here: http://closeto4hrs.blogspot.com/)

GO HERE to read what i've got up so far:
http://dec22wemeetagain.blogspot.com/

i have been brainstorming/finding pics/looking for locations, etc. for a month now, but only started writing on dec.7, and then stuff kept getting in the way...so i'm still not DONE!!! i wanted so BADLY to finish it and post it all up by dec. 22, 3.19pm, JST time. (that's the time i or u "met" toma in the first story). but then, actually...i guess it's good to just post it up a little at a time, it feels more suspenseful/exciting this way??? (sorry, i'm totally making up excuses~)

this time, i'm writing it using pen and paper, believe it or not. i was only gonna use the little notebook/pad to write down ideas and notes and whatnot, but then when i started writing, i thought i'd be cool to have this version of the story all on paper and then just type it in later...since i tend to edit it more later anyway....yeah....and it's like a REAL little book this time, this way. lol. i love that!!

i said this story would be shorter, but i keep getting more ideas so...it should still be shorter than last yr's but it's still gonna be quite long! lol. it can't be helped....

oh, i used the toma screencap f/LOTTE cuz it's a pretty night street scene of toma and a girl, and in my story, u meet him in the street at night so....just imagine that girl is u, instead. lol.

but for various reasons (mainly cuz "me" and toma r friends now!), i LOVE LOVE my story even more this time, and i hope u will too!!!

i am very close to finishing the story, but so far i've only posted up the start of it. SUMIMASEN!! i will really try to type it up soon and post it up little by little....

THIS IS MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO EVERYONE!!!!
MERRY XMAS!!!!!!! :D

please look forward to my updates ne!!!
AND PLEASE COMMENT!! ^_^
yoroshiku onegaishimas!!

gotta go to sleep now.
only got 5 hrs of sleep last night cuz i wanted to make time to keep writing!! but it's worth it if i can at least finish writing it on paper by tomorrow, the day i "met" toma!! gambarimas!! and i'm have so much fun writing this too. lol. ah, toma-kun!!! i love this new fantasy about me (you) and toma!!!

(if u don't really understand what i'm saying,
just go to the links, i've explained more
at the top of my old story and my new story too!)

new xmas banners! :D and 1 of my fav toma gestures...scratching behind his ear~

doumo!! kate desu.
new xmas banners! hai~

the pic above is actually from osaka, xmas lights in a residential area. =) i've seen tons of xmas pics in tokyo and around japan, but this is the 1st time i see how some ppl decorate their homes w/xmas lights. pretty!! i like how they mostly use BLUE lights there (any1 know why??). it just looks a lot cooler, blue lights ne! and the dear toma... pic is from somewhere in tokyo. =)

here are links to some more nice residential area xmas lights, by the way.

-- yokohama residential area XMAS LIGHTS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shingo/327702193/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shingo/327702081/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shingo/327700247/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shingo/327701924/

-- OSAKA XMAS LIGHTS residential
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mshades/3104035641/

(credit: zoe, i think...)

today i watched an old video clip of toma, jun, nino, aiba in stand by me, on stage, being interviewed, etc. (don't remember where i got it, but i still got way too many video clips i downloaded but haven't watched yet. aiyaaaa.) THEY ARE ALL SOOOOO ADORABLE at that age!!!♥ and toma was the youngest, only 12, while the others were 13 or 14. anyway...besides being impressed by toma's and the other guys' performance despite that they were just little kids then, i noticed that since BACK THEN, toma already had the habit of scratching behind his ear when he was nervous/thinking/embarassed!!

i think i noticed this habit of his since hana kimi...during interviews or even as nakatsu (i think?), he would do that sometimes...he does it mostly during interviews. i guess some habits/gestures just stay with u for life. xD but i think it's cute when he does that, usually when he's nervous or confused or in a thoughtful mood. i'm sure other fans have noticed it besides me?? haha. well, like that "airplane" gesture that toma often did...he also did it when he was little too, right? he hasn't done it since after H&C, though...



also, f/a fan sighting i read at xdustbunnys' LJ,
during majosai filming, he has a habit of playing with
the curls at the nape of his neck!! ah...kawaii na!! *__*

some movie updates f/the websites /cool things from LJ....

i'm back~
another late night post.
a long one, too...

so, i checked out the official websites of toma's movies (i just posted the links up on the right), and there are some updates!!

http://www.ns-movie.jp/
*__* i saw at the bottom of the ningen site, the date 2010.2.20. i think this must be the movie's release date?? chigao ka? (is that right?) it's a saturday. hmm. american movies r usually released on friday, but i dunno about japanese movies.

can someone tell me, is it the release date?? if it's true, i'll go circle the date on my calendar right away!!♥ heehee~ even if i can't watch it until probably many months later...


http://www.kadokawa-pictures.co.jp/official/ningen_sikkaku/theater.shtml and this must be where to buy the advance tickets toma was asking everyone to go buy!! and these tickets come with special "stroke of the pen" tags, which i dunno what they are, but they look nice. :)





and i saw these pics of gakky posted up at hanamizuki's site. she looks cute here. ~_~ (no pics of toma, of course. =/)

(credit: http://www.hanamizuki-movie.com/)

I DIDN'T CHECK THE SEASIDE MOTEL WEBSITE, CUZ THEY NEVER GAVE US A LINK. -__- WHY DON'T THEY TELL US THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR SEASIDE MOTEL?? there must be a website. i think of the 3 movies, there's most secrecy surrounding this movie. not much filming pics and no tv interviews/video clips about it at all. toma barely even talked about it... doushitte?? o_o whatever, i don't get it.

NOW, SOME NINGEN STUFF!!!★★

(credit: Yoon-Mi/Mika)

HAI~ this is the official ningen movie flyer!!♥ KYAA!! kakkoii!!
i thought they'd try to make toma look less handsome/more seriously depressed, but this could be a typical cute pic in Winkup or something. lol. but i'm glad, toma looks so awesome in the movie flyer.♥♥ but is this the official movie poster as well, or will that look different... toma was saying if u get some flyers, pls also give some to yr friends. :D and i agree with what he said, the flyers are cool and deep red...

and here's the toma ningen book cover pic! thanks to Yoon-Mi/Mika for the link to buy it at amazon. i've linked to the eng. version here, though: http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4041099129/ref=sib_rdr_dp


and NEW TOMA NEWS!!!
Toma will appear on the cover of all of Dazai Osamu's books!!!
go to the link below to read about this. http://community.livejournal.com/ikuta_toma/502501.html

WHOA!! THAT'S AWESOME. i hope some1 will post up the pics...or will it all be the same pic used for the ningen cover??? surely, they can sell more books if toma's on the cover. heehee! and they sold a record number of ningen books, over 100,000 and are printing more!!! wah!! i'm sure it's partly cuz toma kept asking everyone to buy more on tomagoto!! xD


and it's been a LONG time.....cool toma stuff f/LJ!!!
(got sidetracked by working on the toma ts page and other things...gomenasai!!)

somehow, i got in the habit of posting many toma LJ links here...even the unimportant ones. (and maybe a lot of u already go to the toma LJ often, then me posting those links would be redundant.) so from now on, to save time and not take up too much space, i'll ONLY POST THE MOST INTERESTING/IMPORTANT LINKS.



............. READ TRANSLATIONS OF TOMAGOTO AT THESE LINKS:

http://v6fan-in-jp.livejournal.com/tag/toma+ikuta
[translates tomagoto, but sometimes stops for a very long while]

http://asanomika.livejournal.com/
[just started translating tomagoto recently]

also, CHECK THIS OUT:
http://asanomika.livejournal.com/6085.html#cutid1
[translation of jun's message about going drinking with toma on nov.28, i guess. wait, he didn't say anything specific about mao being there?? but he was the only one out of 3 of them to say 3 of them were there.]

.........................................


http://community.livejournal.com/tomalicious_frm/34227.html
[forgot to come to TFS in so long...in the December WINK UP, toma talks about his birthday in his ikita kotoba column. ^___^ yappari, he had a good bday, but he has trouble expressing his feelings about growing older...]

http://community.livejournal.com/ikuta_toma/490305.html
Celebrities Who Would Probably Look Better Than Women /strawberry_gemm
( koike definitely looks like a girl. chinen, YES!! lol. and of course, toma would make a very cute girl!! ♪ )

http://community.livejournal.com/ikuta_toma/493836.html
[This is a fancam with Toma from Yamashita's solo con)]

http://community.livejournal.com/ikuta_toma/494475.html#cutid1
[HQ toma @yamashita's concert pics]

http://community.livejournal.com/ikuta_toma/495702.html
[translations] 0912 Duet + 0912 WU (dengonban)]

http://community.livejournal.com/ikuta_toma/501856.html
[translation of toma x yamashita's PINKY interview!]

http://community.livejournal.com/ikuta_toma/502030.html
[[Translation] GYAO 2010 January - Pi's Short But Sweet Concert Report]



mood: intimidated
music: a secret i can't tell (jay Chou)
[credit: subliminalicon]

soon, the toma fan map will disappear, too. =(

even though it's got a lot of problems showing up correctly and no one new has joined since may 2009, i'll be sad to see it go. but i'm not gonna pay to keep it up. (good grief, i hope this means i can still keep all the pics i've uploaded to frappr, though!!) i started the toma fans map in 2007, soon after i became his fan...in 2 years, it's gotten 11,878 views and many members (for some reason, it says 4,840 members?!). it's one of the 1st toma gathering places i made, before this blog, even...

well, at least there's an option of archiving it, but i don't know, how does it work, cuz i don't have Google Earth and i don't wanna get it either...for more info, go to the link below. -__- if anyone wants to though, make sure you go to the link before 2010, so u can archive it.

or just come and check out the map and fan's messages and toma pics there one last time.... *sigh* it's been good while it lasted....

http://www.frappr.com/ikutatomafans

2010 magazine goodies...

preview:

TOMA'S HAND-WRITTEN MESSAGES!!
BOTH TIMES, HE CHOSE TO WRITE WITH A PINK PEN. HEEHEE~

TOO TIRED TO SEARCH FOR WHO TO CREDIT RIGHT NOW. (i'll do it tomorrow)
BUT I TOOK THE WINKUP MSG PIC MYSELF ne~

(COULD SOME KIND SOUL POSSIBLY TRANSLATE
THESE SHORT MESSAGES FOR ME AND EVERYONE ELSE
WHO UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT READ JAPANESE?? THANK UUUU!!)

(credit: suoncom, hpswf1)

(edit: thanks to charlotte for the translation!! ^.^ 13 Dec 09, 20:56 charlott: the second msg reads "Happy New Year. Pls take care of me this year too." bascially its the same msg. can also transate to "pls support me this year too." smth along that line? 13 Dec 09, 20:53 charlott: for duet's message, the japanese part says, "pls take care of me in 2010 too." it's a japanese greeting that's kinda hard to translate. bascially it's just "yoroshiku onegaisimasu")

MORE TO COME SOON!!!
GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE~!
this has been kate...

DAMN IT, i keep posting way too late. i shouldn't be up so late. still not totally over this cold yet. oh well....it couldn't be helped. so here's more pics!!! douzo! *_*

(dunno why they wait till now to give toma a bday cake?! maybe cuz these pics were taken on his bday?? but why'd it take so long 4 us to see it...i don't get it... if someone could translate what they said here, i'd really really appreciate it!! thanks in advance!! xD oh, credit: janinamedina)

(12/15 EDIT: many thanks to charlott for translating it! please check out her comment below for the translation!! ^_^)


(these pics were in POTATO, which i almost bought too, but then decided not to. ah...sorry, arashi. but i really love these xmas themed pics!! i love how the magazines have a lot of lovely xmas themed pics this time...)

(jun carries ohno!! xD jun's hair is quite weird lately, right....?! also, ohno lied on the 4 other guys for some pics (on their laps)...cute, but somehow they had unnatural looks on their faces except for laughing ohno, so...)

(the ningen book and a book about dazai.)

(the ningen book is so small and thin!! unexpectedly...)

(just a pretty + cool pic of yuma, kento, and others f/B.I. Shadow)

(dunno who he is, but i've seen him in magazines every month...forgot his name though. not yarachi that was in grease w/toma, right?? eh...wakanai... such a pretty bg, and he's holding an umbrella. cool!!)