Friday Geekiness

[dangermousie]

Reason 1675 why I love Mr. Mousie:

We are having dinner in a Vietnamese restaurant and I am complaining about the fact that I haven't haircut in entirely too long and as proof, I pull my bangs until they end up all the way down to the tip of my nose. He laughs and the following conversation ensues:


Mr. Mousie: I know a real test. Pull them down again and then start poking at it *pointing at a scrunched napin* going 'ooooh blood blood' in an excited voice.
Me: *trying not to laugh* I am not Sunako!
Mr. Mousie: Make me a kotatsu!
Me: *failing in attempt not to giggle* Or a hole in your head, Kyohei?
Mr Mousie: Shouldn't a proper reply be 'I'll make you a gatotsu instead'
Me: ?
Mr. Mousie: It's the killing strike used by Saito in Kenshin.
Me: I loooooove you! :D

YES. How did I get so lucky. I married a man who makes Wallflower/Yamato Nadeshike Shichi Henge jokes and tops them off by a Kenshin reference. YES.

We hit Barnes & Noble afterwards and I was most amused:

1. I found (and yes, bought) a novel which managed to turn Joan, 'Fair Maid of Kent' (mother of Richard II, wife of the Black Prince. If you are not into history, you are most likely to remember him as the character played by James Purefoy in A Knight's Tale) into a romantic heroine. I totally got it. It's not often you come across Edward the Black Prince novels :D

2. There was a book hideously entitled 'Stand Up history of French Revolution." Apparently standing up involved comparing Camille Desmoulins to Richard Federer and imagining what would happen if Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie led the revolution in America (whaaaaaa?)

3. There was a book entitled "The Physics of Buffyverse" which made me full of glee.

4. crumpeteer, you'll be happy to know, I almost got Punch!. It looked awesome. I'll definitely get it later.

5. I found a manga volume of Tramps Like Us, which is the manga that was turned into Kimi Wa Petto jdrama. Amusingly, the guy even looked like MatsuJun. Speaking of that, should I watch the drama? I confess the concept really freaks me out (says the girl who is eagerly looking towards MatsuJun acting out twincest). Human pets? Twincest I can deal with. Power imbalance like that in a relationship is a bit too dom/sub for me. Is it good? Is it too freaky? Should I watch it? I am veeeeery tempted.

6. I got the sequel to Twilight. YES.

And last but not least! Hanadan is dling! YES!

Comments

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

OMG, your conversation with Mr. Mousie is FTW indeed. You two are adorable! :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I think the geek level when the two of us are together is probably destabilizing the universe :D

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

Probably no different from when me and my sister managed to work The Simpsons, House MD, and Coldplay lyrics into a single conversation. Let's take the universe apart! ;D

[grey-fuzzy.livejournal.com]

The relationship between the leads in Kimi wa Petto works really well for the show. It's not so much a dom/sub kind of thing as you would expect. He needs to be taken care of, and she needs someone to confide in, and their relationship deepens as the show goes on. Matsujun, playing "Momo," acts kind of like a helpless puppy, and Iwaya Sumire, played by Koyuki, treats him like one in a feeding/giving bathes (literally.)/snuggling kind of way. She's usually very cold; most men find her intimidating, and she can only open up to Momo, leading to a mutual dependence and an unconventional quasi-romance that's very different from the love stories in most shows. I can't say if you'll like it, but I certainly did. You should definitely give it a try though.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

feeding/giving bathes (literally.)/

See, that is what freaks me out. It just sounds so...off. I just can't see that scenario completely stripped of any sexualization and if it's not, it will make me horribly uncomfortable (but if she can treat a human as a real, complete pet, it's disturbing in a wholly different, freaky way).

It's not rational, but it keeps making me uneasy.

[calixa.livejournal.com]

It is really bizarre. I wasn't necessarily creeped out by it... but it was bizarre. I couldn't suspend belief for more than about 3 episodes.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. Oh well. I guess my watching will depend on how much I'll crave a MatsuJun fix :D

In which case I think it means I'll be watching pronto :D

[calixa.livejournal.com]

Remember I told you that jdramas aren't my thing? Well, I think I've narrowed it down to the jdramas that are adaptations of mangas/anime... those seem to be the ones that don't work for me, because I'm fine with Kimura's stuff.

Which is kinda weird, because I've watched taiwanese adaptations of mangas and loved them (ISWAK, Hana Kimi, etc). It might be a cultural humour thing, maybe.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeeee. I guess that would explain the Kurosagi thing (it's also based on a manga). Stay away from Hanadan then. :)

But all the ones I recced: Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake, Tatta Hitotsu No Koi, Forbidden Love, aren't manga :)

[calixa.livejournal.com]

Oh, but I liked Koyuki a lot, and MatsuJun seemed like a fun guy. Who needs some sandwiches, but nevertheless. These boys, I want to take them home and feed them soup.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I don't really get this that much with Taiwanese or Korean drama guys, but the Japanese ones?

If I ever got my hands on MatsuJun, most of my desires would center on taking him to an all-you-can-eat place. And if it was Kame, I'd lock him there for a week :)

[calixa.livejournal.com]

Is Kame the one from Tatta Hitotsu No Koi? If so... yikes!! Someone save him a spot at a buffet line!

(I still haven't started it yet BUT I found a batch torrent of reasonably sized MQ files which I will promptly download and burn to dvd to watch. I have a good feeling about that one. I'm still looking for the other two, but I'm sure they'll turn up.)

Hanadan - I saw Meteor Garden, it's the same manga, right? I did like Meteor Garden... I never finished it (the torrent site I used to use never seemed to have any seeders, poo), but I was a pretty big Shancai/DaoMingSi shipper back in the day.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's Kame. I am afraid if you blow on him too hard, he'll topple over. I don't get this with Taiwanese or Korean actors, but in jdramas? Some of them I could probably body chuck and I am a tiny, short girl :D

Meteor Garden is avaiable as MU dls on jdramas. (So are all the jdramas I recced). But yeah, Hanadan is the same thing.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I. WANT. A. CLONE. OF. YOUR. HUSBAND.

*hem*

Seriously, where did you find him? Are there more? Cuz not only will he act out Wallflower, but he knows Kenshin at least as well as you.

as far as Kimi goes...I liked but dd not love it, and while the cocept did weird me out before hand, it didn't when I was watching it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeee. He was into Kenshin before I was (and into anime in general).

Re: KwP. I don't need to love it. It just irrationally freaks me out but I sort of want to try it. It's just the concept is so creepy.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sure it's available to DL, so you could always just try out the first ep. It has MatsuJun with a look very close to his Gokusen look...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I already have it, burned. So yeah, never fear :) (I got it in my post-Gokusen fear and your mention of the hair makes me verrrrry tempted).

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

post-Gokusen fear?

One other thing about it is, IIRC, she comes up with the pet idea hoping it'll get rid of him, and he likes it(for reasons that are revealed a bit later...basically, he needs a safe place for a while) and says that's fine if sh'll let him stay, so she's kinda stuck. So it's not "You will be my pet and I will be your master!" It's a more quasi-maternal-but-we're-kinda-attracted-to-each-other thing, which works better than it sounds.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL. One letter really makes a difference. I meant 'fever.'

I'll check it out. Yeah, it doesn't sound as bad, you are right...

I finally realized why fictional twincest (a la "I'm in love with my little sister") doesn't bug me. there is no power imbalance. :)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

yes, there is a great difference in fear and fever...

I think you'l like Kimi(a similar fever is why I got it, HYD, and Trick, though Trick was post Gokusen and Musashi)

[ilanala]

Your husband wins at life (which I guess means that you do too).

I avoided watching Kimi wa Petto for a long time because the concept freaked me out. I really don't like relationships with a huge power imbalance, and the pet thing just sounds kind of creepy. But then I watched the first episode and promptly went "MatsuJun is the most adorable thing ever!" and watched the rest and quite liked it. The pet thing actually sort of makes sense, and they don't do it in a really sketchy way (the "owner" says right off the bat no sex, so it's not like she's keeping him around as a sex toy; she really wants a pet). I'd definitely recommend it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks re KwP.

As I replied to grey_fuzzy above, I have an irrational freak out over the concept. Even if de-sexualized, the concept that you can treat another human as a pet seems horribly dehumanizing. I think it's odd that twincest doesn't even bug me for a second but this does...but what can I do? I'll try an ep but I'll see...

[kitsune714.livejournal.com]

I adore your married nerdliness. :)

I really enjoyed Kimi wa Petto, even though the whole kind of concept of it is still rather strange. It's not freaky at all, but it's just a little...weird, once you sit down and think about the concept. MatsuJun is really good in it, though, and hey, it's Koiyuki. Can't go wrong there.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeee. I enjoy it too.

You know, no one seems to find KwP freaky. Rather people are 'I thought it would be but it was good' so I'll definitely give it a try.

Though if I were a single woman and came across MatsuJun in a cardboard box, pet wouldn't be what I'd want him to be :)

[ginzarhapsody.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend Kimi wa Petto It was my first MatsuJun!drama and I loved him by the end of it, having come to the drama wanting to watch Koyuki (one of my favorite Japanese actresses). The first episode made me go, "WTF?!" but after I got past that, the solid acting and the plot keeps you in. As other people said, you'd be surprised to find that there really isn't a great power imbalance in the relationship and if there is one, I would say that it's the normal power inbalance that one can find in Japanese society - male over female, rather than female over male (which is the surface appearance of the drama).

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

That's reassuring. I don't mind a little power imbalance (whichever gender has it), it's just on the surface of it the premise seemed so rife with unsavory, cringe-worthy possibilities. I'll definitely check it out.

[bennet-7.livejournal.com]

It's not often you come across Edward the Black Prince novels :D

They are too rare for such a fascinating period of history. Is the book really good? Who is the author?

There was a book hideously entitled 'Stand Up history of French Revolution." Apparently standing up involved comparing Camille Desmoulins to Richard Federer and imagining what would happen if Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie led the revolution in America (whaaaaaa?)

Hee. I'm going to be studying the French Revolution this semester. Maybe I should get this one too ;-)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That is the best icon ever.

I've just started the book, so can't say if it's really good yet (it was a total impulse buy). The main protagonist is actually Joan, and the story is of their meeting/courtship/marriage. It's by Karen Harper (I don't know her).

Any knowledge of any other Black Prince novels? Should be totally a fun topic and book subject but it seems not.

[bennet-7.livejournal.com]

The icon is by odette_river and is shareable ;-)

I haven't encountered much in the way of Black Prince novels - I've mostly just read non-fiction works about the period. Historical fiction of that kind is predominantly focused on Richard III, Henry XIII and Elizabeth I which is understandable because they are so well known and a writer with an interest in history wouldn't find them to hard to research.

And in this day and age, why be original when you can write a rip-off of The Da Vinci Code?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Don't even get me started on TDVC. ugh.

I wish that albino killed everyone. In the first two pages. The end.

[autumn-yaar.livejournal.com]

The bookstore phoned me a few days ago and told me they finally got in Goong Vol. 1, and I'm on hold for whenever Vol. 2 becomes available. *is excited*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yay, enjoy!

The art is so pretty...

[autumn-yaar.livejournal.com]

Oh and I meant to say you and the hubby are insanely cute but my computer is going hella slow because I'm hardsubbing a movie. :\

Do you own the first one? I want it soley for this part:


XD

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

ROFL. Yeah, I own it. Oh, poor Chae-Gyung. You can't help it if your husband is a hottie :)

[pandapremium.livejournal.com]

I tried watching the first episode of KwP, but I can never get past seeing MatsuJun acting so goofy... for me it ruins his Domyougi image. So I've given up on it until Hyd2 is over and then maybe I'll watch it. But for now, I hate seeing the guy I think of as Domyougi acting like a silly kid and being so helpless and obedient (like the opposite of Tsukasa).

I also find the whole pet thing quite creepy. However, I do like the idea of a cold woman finding comfort and a way to open up. Doesn't it seem almost like they would have a big sister/little brother relationship tho?

I'm not looking forward to the "I'm in love with my sister" movie *cringe*. To me that's almost as bad as the pet thing. Twincest, ew! Un-natural...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I don't mind the goofy. Or non-Domyouji-ish (Shin in Gokusen, though not goofy at all and quite alpha, is not very much like Domyouji). But you are right, it might be too confusing to watch two matsujun dramas, with such diff characters, at the same time.

Re: sibling movie. I am totally looking forward to it. I guess as long as the actors aren't sibling in rl, I don't care. Which is weird, I know.

[catdecember.livejournal.com]

Kimi Wa Petto is a really well acted drama, you should consider. i never thought Koyuki and MatusJun would have any sort of chemistry together but they really do. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I basically want a MatsuJun fix, so I'll probably at least give this a try.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

For such a short manga, Punch! went on my favorites list pretty quickly. Kazuki is wonderful.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I just flipped through it (because I maxed out my quota of books purchase for the week(s), with Vampire Knight and all of Wallflower and a bunch of novels) but I am so getting it soon.

I love the icon!