kenkawoyamete(knock it off!)

When boys compete, you win...


When many boys compete again and again, you win big...

Learn Japanese and French online

There are several blogs and sites I visit regularly to brush up my Japanese and French:

JAPANESE:
http://www.alc.co.jp/nj/
http://www.voiceblog.jp/nippon/
http://www.njuku.com/
http://guidetojapanese.org/
http://news.tbs.co.jp/
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/howtowow/index.php
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/news.php
http://watch.squidtv.net/010302asia1h-04japan.html
http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/
http://web.mit.edu/21f.500/www/
http://mkikuchi.faculty.gatech.edu/WebCTVista/JAPN1001/contents/Course-Outline1001.html
http://mkikuchi.faculty.gatech.edu/WebCTVista/JAPN1002/contents/Course-Outline1002.html
http://mkikuchi.faculty.gatech.edu/WebCTVista/JAPN2001/contents/Course-Outline2001.html
http://mkikuchi.faculty.gatech.edu/WebCTVista/JAPN2002/contents/Course-Outline2002.html

FRENCH
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/index.shtml
http://www.tv5.ca/

Miserarete ~ Judy Ongg

The most beautiful and talented woman on earth...
The original idea was to project the image of Aegean Sea onto her dress, but apparently the projector didn't work...

安全地帶 : サザン・ウインド & 中森明菜 : new york story

田原俊彦 : TANGO NOIR & 中森明菜 : 愛しのサブリナ

cute Toshi and sweet Akina

河合奈保子 : サザン・ウインド & 中森明菜 : 南回帰線

鄉裕美 : 北ウイング & 中森明菜 : 一番野郎

Looks like Hiromi just had a face lift accident..

Yokan 2

When a relationship is about to end, sometimes all you want is an answer, it really doesn't matter what the words are..

YOKAN(Premonition)
Lyrics by : Ryo Asuka
Composed by : Ryo Asuka
Arranged by : Kazuo Shiina
If I would be disliked by you ultimately
I want you to loathe me
Instead of the pretentious tenderness
I want to hear the truth
I'm always dragged
by the very thoughts of you
"I don't wish to lose this love"
That is the only thought I had
I don't understand you
My lips are very hot from biting

It doesn't matter how you put it
please give me an answer
I am already exhausted

I can't move on into tomorrow
You keep entering and leaving (my thoughts)
I want you to acknowledge your sins
If it were a dream, I'll be welcoming dawn
I don't understand you
My heart is choked with presentiment
It doesn't matter how you put it
please give me an answer
I am already exhausted
It doesn't matter how you put it
please give me an answer
I am already exhausted

美影迷登報為李安嗆聲

News about BBM fans support made it into headlines news in Taiwan dailies:
http://www.ettoday.com/2006/03/13/340-1915961.htm

斷背山未奪最佳影片小金人　美影迷登報為李安嗆聲
2006/03/13 11:15

李安的【斷背山】，在今年引起的話題不斷，不僅因為這是一部把同志題材推向主流市場的電影，同時還因為這是部小成本電影，卻能橫掃奧斯卡提名。(圖／劇照)

記者翁愷莉、張博翔／台北報導

李安執導的「斷背山」，雖然在奧斯卡勇奪三項大獎，但未能奪下李安最期待的最佳影片獎，讓中外影迷大感不滿。美國影迷先聲奪人，在知名的「綜藝日報」刊登全版廣告，聲援「斷背山」，台灣影迷也成立部落格，希望集資以行動為李安出一口氣！

李安所執導的「斷背山」，細膩描寫同志間的情感，讓全球影迷震撼。但因同志題材，未能拿下奧斯卡最佳影片，美國影迷集資將近40萬，在美國知名刊物「綜藝日報」刊登全版彩色的廣告，感謝「斷背山」的工作人員，同時說「斷背山」絕對是影迷心中的最佳影片，因為它在全球勇奪多項大獎。

「斷背山」導演李安家鄉的台灣影迷，也立刻成立聲援「斷背山」部落格，希望募集資金登廣告，為李安加油打氣。版主Johnson表示，希望能以行動支持李安。部落格影迷留言踴躍，有人說「斷背山」在我的心中，早已經是最佳影片。

部落格上也有人提議，如果訴求的重點是奧斯卡的評審或對美國人說，台灣支持「斷背山」是不是廣告應該刊登在在美國媒體呢？版主回應，不管什麼方式，只要李安感受到台灣影迷對他的支持，影迷就心滿意足了。

YMCA

A new rendition by Razor Ramon Hard Gay, a straight comedian in Japan

Do you remember which Japanese singer did the first Japanese version of YMCA? It was Hideki Saijo in 1979!

BBM ~ Japanese site

Of course, I have to post a Japanese link here..lol
http://www.wisepolicy.com/brokebackmountain/top.html

In today's Daily Variety magazine..

Show your support...

To all my fans and blogging brothers, please feel free to cut and paste this to your blogs and forward the press release to major media outlets in your country.

March 9, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: John Wells at 917-715-9263 or Linda Andrews at 210-885-4882


Hollywood, California-In an unprecedented show of support for Brokeback Mountain, a website discussion board has spearheaded a campaign to collect donations from around the world to place ads in trade and national publications in support of the movie. In the first 48 hours, the group raised nearly $16,000 from over 400 contributors, and a team of volunteers designed a full page color ad to run in the March 10 Daily Variety.

The ad campaign was started by members at the Ultimate Brokeback Forum as a positive way to deal with their emotions surrounding Brokeback Mountain’s loss for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Instead of responding in anger, members wanted to find a way to thank the cast and crew of the film and to find a way to highlight Brokeback Mountain’s unprecedented string of Best Picture wins.

The disparate group quickly decided to start an ad campaign, and soon word spread to other sites, and donations started to pour in from around the world. “I think most fans of the film were stunned by the Best Picture surprise, which raised the question of how and why the Academy could have been so out of sync with virtually every other organization that awarded Best Picture honors," site organizer Dave Cullen said in explaining why so many diverse people worldwide were donating to the campaign.

According to industry watchers, no movie has generated this sort of fan response after a loss for Best Picture. Fans are happy their support for Brokeback Mountain is becoming part of industry lore. They hope that others looking for a way to honor Brokeback Mountain as the Best Picture of 2005 will contribute to the campaign, so more ads can run to help raise awareness that the film garnered nearly every Best Picture award bestowed for 2005. “Only one major organization did not name Brokeback Mountain as Best Picture,” says campaign chair Peter Greyson.

In part, this one snub for Best Picture was why those involved with the campaign wanted to send a clear message that Brokeback Mountain was embraced by people around the world as well as highlight their gratitude for the film and remind people of the spirit of the film as expressed by Ang Lee: “[Jack and Ennis] taught all of us who made Brokeback Mountain so much about not just all the gay men and women whose love is denied by society, but just as important, the greatness of love itself.”

The organization spearheading the ad campaign is the Ultimate Brokeback Forum, hosted at davecullen.com/forum. The forum has 2,500 members and in only three months of operation is averaging 12,000 unique visitors each day and over 200,000 page views. For more information you can find them on the web at www.brokeback.davecullen.com

A copy of the ad going into the Daily Variety can be found at: http://davecullen.com/brokebackmountain/img/ad-final.jpg

http://davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=2005.0

More Mokun

So gay..

In case you are wondering what he is singing about.. use Gatsby hair wax and have a fabulous life!

I wish I were the baby

Mokun now in his 40's, so hot... only wish if I were the baby...

BTW, the baby is saying in Japanese, "Stop it, you are hurting me, your stubble.."

Should I get a hair cut like his next time?

Oscar

The best actress in a leading role goes to..

Oscar

The best picture goes to.....