for better or for worse

[faded_lace]

FINALLY got my copies of Byebye Dubai! The PV... wasn't as bad as I was expecting, so that's a plus? XD; The Juniors were a lot less prominent and Marius and Sou weren't quite as shafted, so despite how much I'd love to watch Reia's beautiful self all the time, I'm happy that Sexy Zone seems to be doing better on that front. I need to watch the Making about a million times, though. >___>; At least once for the members and once for the juniors. The dance video was also pretty amusing. |D; Poor Marius struggles even now, and even with such a simple dance... Somehow, Marius and Sou are looking so grown up these days. ;~~~~; Sou has really changed so much and looks so handsome now! I'm happy for him. And... who even knows with Marius. @___@;; I hope he doesn't become too much of a giant!

In other news of things I got in the mail, I got a postcard from nekobot01! Yay! ♥ Thanks so much, I was really happy to get it~

I also got the balloting info for Johnny's World 2020, and let me tell you how not thrilled I am. I got an email today from the JUMP fanclub telling me that Yabu had joined the cast? Just Yabu. Who even knows what it's going to be like, but since they're forcing those poor children to perform on New Year's Day all the way through January, there's not really space for a Sexy Zone New Year's Concert. I'm really bummed... the New Year's Concert was a really big highlight of my winter last year, so to realize it must not be happening is really upsetting. Ugh, no Summary, no New Year's... I'll never get a chance to see Sexy Zone in concert this year. [/whine]

Well, for better or for worse, off to Tokyo to hunt for Horikoshi undoukai paparazzi pics and see ABC-Z and Snow Man!

Comments

[nekobot01.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm glad it showed up!!

I didn't want to be a bother~ lol.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Yes! I always am super happy to get non-junk mail, so it really made me smile. Thanks so much! ♥

Why would you be a bother? D:

[nekobot01.livejournal.com]

I'm always afraid people find my attention a burden. :P

But if you're happy, that's good. :)

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Well you're definitely not burdening me. You made me really happy. I'll be sure to send you something soon too ^^

Thank you! Seriously, it made my evening.

[nekobot01.livejournal.com]

:) I don't send cards to get something back so no pressure~

ETA: Sorry for getting all emo~ I'm not good at liking people. LOL!! I'll try to contain myself. XDD

So, now you may or may not be getting a card from my grandparents' place, too. :)

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Aww, well, I want to send something! I wanted to before you sent something, I just haven't had the time recently. ^^;

I'm sorry you're feeling that way :< Let me know if there's anything I can do! And I'll be happy to get any snail mail you want to send! ^^

[nekobot01.livejournal.com]

♥ Well, you say that now... but do you even know how many holidays there are and/or how many places I visit? And cross stitching? You know that this means I'm going to make you something now. ;P

And no worries! (I hope.) I came to terms with my hopelessness with feels a long time ago but it doesn't make me less awkward. Just more aware of my awkwardness. XD

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Aww XD Well, honestly, I basically get three kinds of mail: junk mail, bills, and the occasional packet from Johnny's (which sometimes is upsetting news lol), so really, honestly, I don't think you can be a bother by taking the time to give me a little something nice in my mailbox. Honestly, I mean it. ♥

And awww. Well, being aware is better than not being aware? At any rate, I appreciate your postcards and what have you.

[nekobot01.livejournal.com]

You're really going to have to stop being so sweet to me~ ♥

And sorry for letting my myriad issues show. I've been trying to be good about it. :)

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, but I'm just being honest! &Hearts;

Don't worry about it. Seriously. If you ever want someone to talk to, don't hesitate to email or message me.

[nekobot01.livejournal.com]

♥

[britkit27.livejournal.com]

Yay CDs! I'm glad it wasn't as bad as it possibly could have been |D and yay for Sexy Zone getting more even on the representation front :D That's good news. Sou is getting super grown up its crazy o.o

...Yabu. So, like, the rest of JUMP is just going to be idk chilling this winter? Twiddling their thumbs? I mean I suppose it could be worse, it could be just Yamada or something but like...what? What even is Johnnys world idk. and D: to apparently no New Years concert, I know you really enjoyed it last year.

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow~♥

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Yeah XD; Idk, it was pretty awkward, but I enjoyed it anyway? The theme was supposed to be happy, so they made Fuma stop pretending to be all cool and he looked really cute. And yeah, I was happy, for the most part. ^^ I love those Juniors, but Sexy Zone needs to stand alone. And I know, Sou has become so grown-up looking. o__o

It doesn't seem like that's necessarily going to be the case? Like, with single member activities, they still do stuff as a group (if single-member activities stopped group ones, no Johnny's group would ever put out music lol). I mean, it's hard to say for JUMP but I'd rather it be just one than all of them, keeping the group from doing anything at all.

See you tomorrow! ♥

[britkit27.livejournal.com]

Well I'm glad you're pleased with it :D Or pleased-ish |D Aww, yay, I like it when Fuma stops playing cool/trolling long enough to be adorable. He seems to always be doing one of the two |D He has! I just watched the August Shokura selection special (I'm behind again,who's surprised? *cricket chirp*) and omg he looks so grown up it was crazy.

True. Hopefully they'll still be doing something, aside from countdown of course...Though why Yabu? XD like, I cant imagine they have just him reprising his role, that doesn't seem to make sense....

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I mean... it has its bad points but all together for Sexy Zone I think it's good. And I know... I really love old Fuma, and while he's definitely in good shape right now, I don't think he ever quite recovered from the B.I.Shadow breakup and it make him a bit more like... cynical? Which ended up as being trolly, or something. So I'm always happy when I can see the old soft side again. And I know! Sou is growing up so fast! I'm happy for him, because he was such an awkward-looking kid. XD; I told everyone he was going to turn handsome!

I know, but it's looking more and more hopeless... *sigh* I'm hoping they're going to change the plot (or you know, add a plot) since the cast is a completely different size. The way Yabu is listed, I'm wondering if he's going to be in all the shows... in which case there might be hope for a JUMP con, I guess.

[kaleidoruby.livejournal.com]

My copy of Bye Bye Dubai is still not here. ;_; I'm a little jealous. XD But I found a download today, so at least I can listen to it while I wait.

I'm really curious as to why it's only Kota in Johnny's World. I tried digging for info but came up with nothing. D:

Have fun in Tokyo! ♥
(will reply to your email tonight when I have more spare time!)

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Awww. Well, granted, in two days after the release date is late for me when it only had to be shipped like under 1000 km, but it had to be shipped a lot farther for you XD; But that's good! I'm such a fan of all the solos.

Yeah, I don't know either! I'm hoping they're going to change the plot, but who even knows. I also wonder if he's going to be a guest/not in all the shows? It's all a mystery.

Thank you! ♥ I'm very curious as to what ABC-Za is going to be about. XD;; (And no worries! ^^)

[kaleidoruby.livejournal.com]

I actually usually get it on, or the day after the release date, but air mail is really slow this week or something. D: It was shipped on Sunday night (EST), but now I will have to wait until Tuesday since there's no mail on Saturday and MOnday is a holiday. BOOO. I've been blasting Candy on repeat. I BET THAT SURPRISES YOU. XD

I was thinking he might not be in all the shows, but I don't know that for sure, it's just my own speculation and hopes. XD

I hope it's good!

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's so lucky... I usually got them like a week late in the US >< But I hope your copy comes soon! And ahahaha I think I'll have a heart attack and die from that surprise. I actually have also been listening to Candy repeatedly also.

Yeah, I agree XD

Thanks! It was... interesting XD I'll post about it when I'm not on my phone.

[kaleidoruby.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Canada Post doesn't always suck (but they do this week, I want my single XD)... when I get stuff shipped EMS, it pretty much always arrives on the release date. Air Mail is hit or miss, but I usually get it before the end of the week. I actually got the NEWS album on release date with air mail once. It was sucha good shock!

Hahah. Candy is the best song. I keep going back and forth between Candy and the Bad Boys remix, to be honest. I really enjoy the whole single, though!

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Ah yeah, I guess I usually got it send Air Mail when I was in college, since I was poor. XD;;; But that's really awesome!

Ahh, yeah. It is a pretty awesome single all around! I'm still a little sad about the Dubai thing, but the PV was really cute.

[kaleidoruby.livejournal.com]

I only use EMS for things I am desperate for (like the HSJ 2013 tour oh man I am going to break my phone with my constant checking of the tracking app, I can see it now), because yeah, air mail is usually reliable! Except with SZ stuff... any SZ stuff I've ever gotten has taken longer than normal to get here. I wonder why that is... XD;;;

Yeha, I expected way worse from it, so I was super pleasantly surprised!

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Ahh, makes sense. And oh no XD; Sexy Zone hates you? I remember I ordered Summary 2011 and something else on the same day, and they shipped on the same day but got to me like a week apart. XD; That was super frustrating. XD;

Yeah, me too! Also they're all just so cute that... I forgive them. XD;

[kaleidoruby.livejournal.com]

They totally hate me. It's still not here yet. XD Thanksgiving really screwed everything up haha. One package I had sent EMS (with part of my mom's birthday present in it), ended up taking over a week to get here. Good thing I ordered it when I did, since her birthday is tomorrow. ^^; But it will get here today!

It's so weird what than happens! It happened to me a couple months ago, I was sooo annoyed. >_<;;;;

LOL exactly~ XD

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Awww. Well, at least it got there in time for your mom's birthday? :D;; Happy birthday to your mom, by the way!

[rorychan.livejournal.com]

I am still waiting on my copies, but I already watched the full PV and the dance videos. And I completely agree about Marius and Sou. Mari is already looking like an older teen and he's only 13 still. And he will probably hit 180 by the time he's 14. @__@ he's already almost passed Fuma.And Sou's face has gotten ridiculously mature looking. He looks older than Shori. And his build has changed...like he's developing more of an adult's body already...even though he's still small.

It is interesting that Yabu is now cast in JW...even though there is 40 Karat. It seems that Yabu is really taking to stage work lately. I wonder what the plans are for the other members. It looks like we won't be getting a HSJ New Year con this year either.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

I know! I don't even know what's going to happen to Marius when he actually hits the normal age for puberty for boys since he's already so big and growing up so fast. @___@; He's definitely going to be the tallest of all of them. And Sou looks so mature now, I know! It's crazy. It seems like yesterday that he just looked like an awkward little boy.

Yeah, it's a bit surprising to me, honestly, but I hope he enjoys it? I'm sort of hoping it will be announced that he won't be in every show, so that there would be a chance og a JUMP con, but... I guess it's pretty unlikely. T___T;;

[rorychan.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking about Marius's brother who was 185cm last at only 15. @___@ It's so scary, but that is definitely how it's gunna be for Marius. It really does seem like it yesterday that Sou looked like a baby...It's like he changed overnight. O.O It's freakish. And...his voice too is turning out really nice.

Yeah, he was announced as a cast member and not a guest so I guess it is unlikely for him to only be in a few shows especially as the message of the dates of his appearance say from opening to closing of the show.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

I know >< I don't want him to get so big though! But I hope Sou gets bigger. He's turning so handsome! It would just be good if he was a little taller XD

Well, who knows with Johnny's... I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping for SOMETHING to look forward to this winter...

[rorychan.livejournal.com]

LOL, looks like Marius won't do what we want though. XD I hope Sou gets bigger too. He might grow a little taller, but it seems he probably doesn't have much left in him as he said both of his parents are small. He could get taller than Shori however. They are practically the same size right now anyway...Poor Shori hasn't even grown 1cm in a year. Ahahaaha

I hope something interesting happens during the winter too.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Well he should! XD Just kidding, I know he can't help it, but it still makes me sad. I hope Sou at least gets to be a little more of a normal height for a guy... poor guy. And hahaha well Shori did say that if he didn't make it to 170 he wanted to stay at 165, so... XD;;;

Let's cross our fingers, then! ^^;

[rorychan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Mari can't help his genetics. I just found out that his dad is 190cm. @___@ I hope Sou can get closer to 170cm. XD But I think his dad is only a little taller than Shori. And lol Shori...He has been 165cm for over a year. It is quite hilarious. Maybe he is done.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Poor baby :( Hopefully he can still crossdress? XD; And yeah, I hope so too for Sou... XD oh Shori, he's so silly. Maybe he'll stay 165 out of sheer force of will |D;;

[rorychan.livejournal.com]

I am sure he will be able to crossdress no matter how tall he gets, lol. I think Sou can grow a bit more. <3 I am rooting for him to outgrow Shori. There isn't much left for him to grow to do that. Shori refuses to get any taller if he can't reach 170cm, lol. But what will he do when Sou passes him?

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Hahaha I hope so! He'd be so disappointed otherwise. And yeah, me too XD;; Oh Shori, he's so silly.

[nekosogi.livejournal.com]

I got mine recently too~ (＾▽＾) The PV I'll be honest I'm actually like dying from secondhand embarassment being of arab descent myself x'D Why Dubai of all places? And those clothes... the scenery... everything... （￣ー￣） But they all look so cute so it's ok~ The dance video got me dying of laughter tho xDDD

Marius is growing so tall (◎_◎;)

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I'm so sorry. @___@; It is pretty awful. I was expecting it to be more offensive than it was, but, of course, I'm not actually from the middle east or anything like that. I'm sure at least it was the management, and not the guys faults... but yeah D: If they did something like that with China, I'd be pretty upset about it, too. =___=;;

I know. @___@; I hope he doesn't get too tall!

[nekosogi.livejournal.com]

*lol* I just think they are making themselves look really silly. their clothes and the way they pronounce shukran oh dear... x'D Yeah me too I was expecting it to be much more offensive even though watching it resulted in a solid "WTF?"... .-. That's what I was thinking actually, those poor boys that have to do this... sigh I still love them x''D The bigger problem I have with this is the PV and lyrics lol ("Thank you belly dance" was that it? lmao dude what) and like anyway the song is still catchy and we've certainly seen weirder from Johnny's~

I wanted him to stay tiny cos that would be just so cute... But then again I have a thing for tall people so I'm happy still ♡(＾▽＾) if he grows to like 190cm that would be a bit strange tho I won't lie

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I agree XD Lol at least the shukran thing isn't worse than their English pronunciation? But yeah, it was basically like WTF XD; I think Fuma was a little embarrassed by it, even, but it seems like Kento and Shori had no clue how bad it was. Oh Johnny's... y u do dis.

Me too... but sadly it seems like genetics are against our wishes. T___T;

[nekosogi.livejournal.com]

Mmyeah. At least I was able to tell it was supposed to be "shukran" u.u Ten points for Gryffindor~ *shot* Now that you mention it, Fuma does look a bit embarassed *lol* Kento and Shori are just adorable and clueless. y___y Ah but like I usually don't get what Johnny's is thinking but this time I really understand nothing... （￣ー￣） It looks like some cheap, over-exagerrated tourism advertisement. x''D

At least it's better than Shori who just... won't grow... y_____y Shori is basically my dream boyfriend a very nice boy, but so short?! (；▽；) And Marius... is getting taller than everyone else omo I'm actually surprised lol now Sou just looks like nothing when standing next to him whut

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Yeah... XD;;; And yeah, I think Fuma at least realizes it's a bit cheesy and embarrassing... but yeah, the others not so much. |D; And yeah, besides being offensive, it's just cheaply made and really bad. XD; The guys were really cute but the PV concept was just like... wtf. XD;

Shori said he didn't want to grow past 165 if he wouldn't get to 170, so I think he's staying short out of sheer force of will. |D;;; But I know, I wish Marius would stop. T__T;; Poor Sou.

[nekosogi.livejournal.com]

LOL yep Fuma looks kind of funny.The guys are adorable as always~ <3 Yeah the PV concept was like wat but whatever it was that Johnny's was thinking, looking at the weekly chart it seems like it worked... x'D Go Sexy Zone go!! ^q^

LOOOOL sounds like Shori yep. >w< Marius is still young so I was expecting him to grow a lot but this is so much I don't know if I'm prepared for what's coming up *lol* Oh but Sou's face looks more like an adult now even though he doesn't grow much... .-.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess it did work XD;; Go Sexy Zone! I'm proud of them... even if the PV was a really bad concept. XD;

I know. @___@; I was expecting him to grow up but I'm ready for him to grow to be like 190 cm. @_______@;;; But Sou looks so adult now! He looks way older than Shori... |D;