itako and I have been watching Top Chef this season and man, it rocks. So many awesome people, though the final four was pretty predictable it was still fun to watch anyway. To be honest I rooted for Kevin (and apparently tons of people did) but there was also one big reason why I continued watching this show:

THE HOTTEST CHEFS IN REALITY TV



THE VOLTAGGIO BROTHERS

I love how the show totally feeds on their brotherly love/rivalry, the epic bitching, the epic older brother/younger brother insecurities, the childhood memories, the whole "I WANT TO BEAT MY BROTHER BUT I ALSO LOVE HIM SO MUCH SO NO ONE'S ALLOWED TO DEFEAT HIM BUT ME" I love how fucking stereotypical it is but I still fell for it...

The older brother: BRYAN VOLTAGGIO
Calm, collected, responsible
The younger brother: MICHAEL VOLTAGGIO
The risk-taker, temperamental, snarky

Now they're making their own business ventures, TOGETHER! VOLTAGGIOBROTHERS.COM has all their blog posts, recipes, and future plans. :P Bryan is such a sap -- read his blogs!

FUCK THEY ARE SO HHHHHOT asfagbaghag; Oh wait, there's another reason I watch Top Chef! Because of the food! Yeah, that's right! Delicious men food!

I also have So You Think You Can Dance on my current watchlist. For j-dramas I watched the season finales of Untouchable and Ohitorisama (Teppei bend over the table and let me FUCK you, now) and I've been rewatching Taiwan's Meteor Garden because I STILL BELIEVE IT'S THE BEST THING EVER. HATERS TO THE LEFT

1. In memory of John's 29th Death Anniversary my friend yammiedoo and I decided to go to the JOHN LENNON MUSEUM in Saitama, Japan. Here are some of the photos taken by the both of us. :) (She took the pretty ones, I took the crap ones.) I hope you guys enjoy them!


That's me being a typical schmoopy tourist...and a huuuuge!John

Click to see photos and details posted in beatlepics!

I was spazzing all throughout the museum tour. Also, I am very very happy! I got a WAR IS OVER (IF YOU WANT IT) shirt that's just the right size, some postcards, and a huge-ass poster of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover, something I've ALWAYS wanted. Also, even if I giggled over John, George, and Ringo in the museum there were moments where I would just caress Paul whenever he was shown, haha. I think I'm a closet-Paul pervert.

2. Probably the best Christmas gift: My sister kotomine is coming over here in Tokyo to visit for the holidays! ♥♥♥ She's staying here for a week. I'm taking her on my very special Inexpensive Porntastic Tour. And oh, to some temples. Yay!

3. In a fit of inspiration I finally finished all the Christmas Art Gift requests for you horny bastards. And based on what I've done (nudity, nudity, and more nudity) I'm thinking this is the naughtiest Christmas yet! :P

4. Thank you thank you thank you thank you to everyone who gave me snowflake cookies, and to ashlynwashere for the very thoughtful Christmas card!

Dedicated to John Lennon for his 29th Death Anniversary (Dec 8, 1980). Love and peace, Johnny. We miss you.

So you've heard everything about the Beatles. They're the best. They top the charts every single time. They're also overrated, overplayed, overexposed, and overanalyzed to death. Yet when you hear a Beatles' song on the radio your first thought would be "Hey, I know this song." You may not know the title, or that they made it, but you KNOW it. It's like before we were even born we were destined to be able to recognize Beatles songs from out of asses, out of our guts. Our of nowhere. Someone said Beatles songs are ingrained in our souls even before we are out of the womb.( The Beatles WHO? )
( Q: Who is your favourite Beatle? )

* I've been reading books, watching documentaries, movies, and interviews about the Beatles, and I came across probably the most frightening and WTFJESUSWHY Beatles' product of all: TWO OF US (title based on a song by Lennon/McCartney), a BBC TV movie based on this premise: "What if John Lennon and Paul McCartney decided to reunite and rebuild The Beatles?" In short it's a FANBOY'S WET DREAM/FANTASY. No shit.

It's...lulz. Some critics liked it, some didn't, Paul McCartney himself liked it (O_O;). I think it's ok, although it def. needs a lot of improvement. Paul's accent is so American sometimes it's painful to watch, but John's actor did a fairly good job. I think. Most of the time John and Paul were just goofing off in the movie, having fun and I was all 'lol ok' until I reached THE ELEVATOR SCENE.

...And you know what happens in elevators.

So John starts hitting Paul playfully and Paul starts giggling and my eyes literally bulged out of my fucking sockets and I'm like AWKWARD TENSION WHERE IS THIS FROM -- and then John's hits became harder and quicker and I'm like OK WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS BEFORE? next thing I knew John was pinning Paul on the wall and kissing him, and I screamed. Literally. Paul pushes him away and they're grinning and I replayed the scene again just to check if my eyes aren't making this all up, and then I scream again. And then I replay again --

FUCKING RPS FANFIC FUCK YEAH I MEAN HELL WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN


* What I also love about the Beatles is that they were the biggest camwhores. In animal costumes, drag, dorky swimwear, tights, kinky COSPLAY, bath towels, you name it. Here are some of my favourite WTF WHAT IS THIS Beatles' pics, like this gem:



P-PAUL.

( Ringo in a pink towel, John's ass, pillow fights, and more! )

HELP! The Movie

A Hard Day's Night was a fun, experimental, sometimes eccentric documentary-style movie about an ordinary day for The Beatles. The Beatles are funny, witty, and it seems like every line they utter is entirely ad-libbed (it was John who ad-libbed the most, but they pretty much stuck to the script). It is considered a collection of the first music videos. (Flight of the Conchords lovingly follows this sort of music video within a narrative experiment). Non-Beatles fans can enjoy their wacky adventures, and Beatles fans would enjoy the music and the fanservice.

( Help! is a continuation of that, and it is pure, unashamed crack. And features tons of weird, if random fanservice. Some of the memorable scenes include: )

Also, because I want to ask you important questions:

❏ Leave me a comment saying "WAR IS OVER: If you want it!"
❏ I'll respond by asking you four-five questions so I can get to know you better.
❏ Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
❏ Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.

( Some Questions from Mikko )

Due to the spirit of the holidays, I am bringing back the Christmas Art Gift Project! So request away: it could be any couple, any person, your mom, any thing, as long as I know who the characters are. I will draw them for you, seriously. :) All the artgifts will be posted on Christmas day.

Current artgift requests:
* Jale/Sieg/Roberto (Suikoden Tierkreis) - ranalinde. I'm not exactly sure if she wants me to draw one of the three, or all three of them having mad, three-way sex. Those slash marks are tricky little buggers.
* Michael Jackson - dia_aren_marie
* Colin/Dave (I'm In Love With A Geek Boy) - numi_nami WITH SPECIAL COLIN-TOPPING ACTION. Clearly the best request EVER. ♥
* Solid Snake/Gray Fox (Metal Gear Solid) - athenemiranda
* Two Sexy, Oldschool, Lesbian Pirates - evercool
* Fujima/Hanagata (Slam Dunk) - fu_fu

I am surprised and pleased at the variation of requests I got!

They decorated my room door! ♥

So many things have been going on that I didn't have the time to document them properly. But now's the time, while I'm procrastinating on my Japanese paper!

( Scariest shit in the universe, Mushroom learns how to cook, things that make me laugh/cry, Japanese people in Barongs/Baro't Saya, other surreal things IN PICTURES )

I just realized something: I will spend the AME fair, Christmas, and New Year away from home. :(

Anyway, due to the spirit of the holidays, I am bringing back the Christmas Art Gift Project! So request away: it could be any couple, any person, your mom, any thing, as long as I know who the characters are. I will draw them for you, seriously. :) All the artgifts will be posted on Christmas day. I'm putting this project up early so that I can have a headstart. xD

MAGIC TEMPLE.

Ito siguro para sa akin ang pinaka "feel-good" na pelikulang pinoy. Isa siya sa aking mga paborito hanggang ngayon, at kaya ko siyang panoorin ng paulit-ulit at di ako magsasawa ♥ Napakalaking bahagi ng kabataan ko ang Magic Temple, kaya kahit ngayon nagtataka ako kung saan na napunta ang mga artista nito dahil KRAS na KRAS ko sila lol (si Marc Solis at Jason Salcedo nag-aartista pa yata, pero minsan mga supporting characters or indie nalang. Si Junell Hernando ay stinalk ko sa google at mukhang nagmigrate na siya sa States at may asawa na, Caucasian pa. Lol sinaunang chismis! Choz!)

Pinili ko mag-Pilipino sa post na ito kasi a) kailangan kong magsanay at b) Pilipino lang ang makakapag-express ng aking pagmamahal para sa Magic Temple. AHAHAHAHAY! May ganon! So go ahead lang pag may nakita kayong maling grammar para aayusin ko kaagad!


( Magic Temple = Balikan ang Nakaraan. Naks! May screencaps at kung anu-anong kalandian )

TRIVIA: The names of the three main characters has national symbolism in it. Jubal is an Igorot, a tribe from Luzon; Sambag is a Visayan word from the Visayas and Omar is a name found among the Moslem tribes of Mindanao. The names, therefore, accounts for the Philippines major islands.

In the internet we see a lot of gay art that focuses on the female market -- and this comes in the form of Japanese anime style. And while I do like the anime style, it is obvious that my tastes veer towards the "muscular type" gay art. Some fans who love bara ridicule anime art, saying that the guys are too girly -- and while I agree that they are too girly, I don't want to ridicule people who like girly guys. I mean, there ARE effeminate men in the world, and I am friends with some of them. It's simply a matter of preference.

However, girly bishounen in Japanese manga ARE consciously geared towards the female market, while we have those that focus on the gay market. I've discussed this in a former post, the comparison between gay art for girls and gay art for gays. My French gay friend last semester gave an interesting Japanese guide book to me entitled GAY NAVI, which tells you all the gay bars, clubs, massage parlors, shops, etc. found in Japan (especially in Tokyo). It's awesome but a bit disturbing because he marked the places he'd been to and put "X" or encircled them showing whether he liked the place or not. DUNDUNDUN

Anyway, included in GAY NAVI are lists of artists who draw gay manga or art, along with their websites. This gave me inspiration to make a recommendation list of Gay Art sites, not just Japanese ones but the Western style ones as well. I found TONS in the internet, and it felt weird, being a girl and looking at all these art that are obviously for the gay eyes only. I shall share them anyway, because I think they're hot. :P



( Mushroom's Top Gay Art Artists | NOT WORKSAFE AT ALL )

DISCLAIMER: ALL THE LINKS WITHIN ARE NOT SAFE FOR WORK. We are talking about hardcore man-on-man action. Some are very graphic and include certain kinks and fetishes. We are not talking about shiney, shaved penises in here. However, if you have an open, mature mind and are okay with viewing these things (and you are over 18) I really suggest you try them out at least.

I also made some icons out of my favourite artists' work. There is absolutely no need to credit me, but please NEVER forget to credit the artists!

Samples:

( Icons within )

DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A

JESUS BODY

Saw those products while Matthew and I were on our way to buy groceries. Laughed my ass off. This is definitely the sort of thing the people behind God Hates *insert random thing here* will throw a hissy fit at.

So, I've been really busy. Finally had my Nihongo midterms, and now we're starting on a new Intermediate textbook. Been watching a lot of movies, reading books, articles etc. for class. I'm actually taking a break from writing two papers right now. Whee! How is everyone?

( Find out more about Jesus Body! Nihongo, Kabuki's Lady boys, Suikoden Tierkreis, Phoenix Wright, cooking, myself as a MANLY MAN, etc. )

In other news, itako and I just reserved tickets for a Perfume concert in Yokohama. O_O; I don't know what came over us. Planning to watch Angela Aki in August. I can't miss her, definitely!

Title：　Full Thrusters On [Chapter One of the Enterprise Nights Series]
Rating: NC-17
Pairing/s:> Kirk/Spock, future!Spock/Kirk, slight Nero/Scotty/Black Hole
Summary: Spock of the Future goes on a gripping journey back in time to save his Captain and long-time partner, James T. Kirk, from death at the hands of the villainous Romulans . As a cadet Kirk is seemingly “a dumb hick who only has sex with farm animals”, but there is more to him that meets the eye. The catch? Kirk and Spock are sworn rivals. Will future! Spock save Kirk in the end? Will Spock ever have his dirty way with this hot, blonde Adonis? What happens if the two Spocks meet? Who will Kirk choose in the end?
Warnings: Non-con, bondage, orgy, incest, twincest, selfcest, pedophilia, sex with farm animals, gang rape, TOYS, m-preg, klingons, s&m, implied femslash, math, surprise heterosexuality!
A/N: A BIG THANKS TO MY BETA, spocklovescock!!! *glomps* ♥♥♥ Please r&r, guyz~

( It takes all of his strength not to break down at the sight of the young, brazen Kirk before his eyes. `I have been and always shall be, your friend.` He chokes, heart twisting painfully in his chest. )



***

( Happiness, in Porn.| Doumeki/Watanuki, Kakairu, Hajime no Ippo (??!!!) yaoi, LeoPika, etc )

Contrary to popular belief, Japan is not all about mecha, samurai, ninjas, and lolis. It's not all about anime.

However, that does not stop me from buying random shiz, for myself and for other people. I swear to god, BOOK-OFF will be the death of me. They sell manga for only 105 yen, and the Book-off near our uni has an entire huge basement dedicated to books written in English. They even have cheap art books asdfghjkl; Most people spend on food, others spend on shopping. I splurge on books.

Everything is expensive in Tokyo, but if you convert anime merchandise and books in peso and then compare them to prices back at home then they're really cheap. Plus they have anime merchandise of ANYTHING. I have yet to see the used panties vending machine (and I don't really want to, anyway), but they do sell cookies featuring anime characters, and life-sized pillows with underwear-clad girls printed on them. Lol Japan.


Escaflowne and Utena artbooks, my new loves

( Haul of the month...Kakairu, Metal Gear Solid, HxH, etc. )

SHINJUKU, TOKYO MAY 12, 2009
STAR TREK PREMIERE NIGHT



So I was moping around because according to my f-list I am the last person who hasn't seen it yet, orz. I decided to go to Shinjuku with friends and to eat at an all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu. Suddenly, I saw a huge crowd and THE USS ENTERPRISE gleaming from afar! There was a huge poster of Star Trek, and I immediately wet my pants with glee.

BEFORE I KNEW IT, I SAW JOHN CHO (Sulu), ZACHARY QUINTO (Spock) and KARL URBAN (McCoy) on the red carpet. In the flesh!!!11 I was squealing, but the rest of the Japanese were deadpan because they're not well-known actors. However, they started screaming when they saw X-Japan members. Lol. MEANWHILE I WAS ALL "YOU BITCHES DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY STAR TREK! OUTTA MY WAY!!!"


( Photos under the cut )

Now I have to watch it even if I'm alone or I'll go crazy!

A List Because I Like Lists:

1. Receiving a lap dance is not so bad. *JENENT* Receiving a lap dance from a gay guy? HILARIOUS. and slightly incriminatory
2. Nope, I haven't watched Star Trek because in Japan Hollywood movies show up 4232626 days later. I have ignored all posts squee-ing over Spock's testicles to spare myself the pain of being the last person who hasn't watched it yet. I SHAKE MY MIDDLE FINGER AT THE PEOPLE WHO USED TO RIDICULE TREKKIES AND ARE NOW RAGING FANGIRLS! REPENT, AND SEND ME YOUR NEWLY-WRITTEN GAY LITERATURE!

I've also been very...lost when it comes to fandom matters, because I've been busy all the time. And the only thing I ever blog about are my crazy adventures. T_T

3. I can buy my DSi in Akiba now, woo-hoo! I'm planning on getting the neon-green one, because you rarely see those. Now I can play Cooking Mama use the kanji dictionary for class!

4. Last weekend we had a Japanese Cultural Day where we made ikebana, origami, calligraphy, and tried on kimonos. I was asked to be the female kimono model, which was embarrassing, but so worth it. After that, we held a costume party at the dorm, which ended up pretty...wild. xD



Watch my fail attempts at being moe! That's me, Yvonne as a schoolgirl, and Jacinda asa a bunny maid xD

( More photos of kimono-fitting, maid costumes, etc. )

MILK.

Academy Award nominee Gus Van Sant directs Academy Award winner Sean Penn as gay-rights icon Harvey Milk. Mr. Milk (1930-1978) was an activist and politician, and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in America; in 1977, he was voted to the city supervisors' board of San Francisco.

Before I tackle the film's complexities, its role in our present day issues and the whole impact of Milk...I just have to say that when I saw the first kissing scene, and the next, and the next, the only thought I had was...

God, that's a LOT of straight people making out.

Hot.

( You gotta give them hope. | I want James Franco to be my boy toy. Oh and hi there Speed Racer dude and Ryan Evans! | Screencaps under the cut, may not be worksafe )

from left to right: A Very Sweaty Me (with a slightly manic smile), Fur is the guy with glasses, Dave, Tao. ♥ Right behind us is a SURPRISE SCARY neiarc!

( The bands were Giniling Festival, Ang Bandang Shirley, Plagpul, Purple Chickens, Balaraw, Qung, Talahib, Tao Aves, and more! HAPPY 3rd ANNIVERSARY TO UP ASTERISK! )

A while ago I was looking at photos from beatlepics and I suddenly formed a list in my head of the places I NEED to go to before I die. It is simply imperative:

1. Palawan, Philippines. Almost everybody and their mothers have been to this beach paradise. Palawan is said to have the best beaches in Southeast Asia, and all the photos and stories about caves and coral reefs and fishies make me yearn to go there. I CAN'T EVEN SWIM AT ALL and yet it has always been my dream to escape from urban troubles and stay there for at least a week!
2. Liverpool, England. Well, I really want to go to the U.K. in general to meet online friends, but another one of my reasons is to go on The Magical Mystery Tour. That's right, after seeing that journal entry I had this sudden and compelling desire to visit The Beatles museum, Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, The Cavern, and to just simply make out with John Lennon's statue. I-It's not wrong to want that, right? Right?
3. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. As an art student who obsesses over paintings in her spare time, I think that it is highly important that I actually get to see and experience the paintings I've memorized by heart and felt a connection to. I know that when I actually see The Persistence of Memory and The Starry Night something inside me will keel over and die in happiness.
4. Middle-Earth New Zealand. Actually I want to retire in New Zealand, to be able to experience leaving my house and just witness a fine representation of beauty of the planet Earth every single day of my life. That would be freaking awesome.
ALSO I WANT TO LIKE, JUST CHILL WITH THE ELVES and iscelia_queen, YO
5.*toot*

I have loads of places I want to go to, all wonderful and striking and important, but these are the five places that I really dream about a lot right now. What really depresses me sometimes is that there is always one thing that hinders me from reaching my dreams: MONEY. Living in a third world country you could say that I've grown accustomed (or resigned) to just fantasizing about places I only read in books and the internet. Sometimes I envy how lucky people are to get to actually just live there (especially people from Europe...they can just walk down the street and see the Louvre, etc. etc.) This is why I make it a point to visit all the best places I could here in the Philippines, so that I'm sure I've experienced my country first before exploring new terrain. :3

How 'bout you? Where do you want to go, and where would you take me? :)

So. Ranting and crying over things just make me feel awful and guilty afterward, so I decided to put my best foot forward and try to keep things light. Sorry for the random, f-list. :(

Anyway, Marcel shared to me a school project made my students of his friend, who's a teacher for kids. The project was to make a Children's Storybook, with illustrations. Needless to say we were both laughing our asses off because we could NOT get over the SURPRISE PLOT TWIST ENDING (Take note, it's supposed to be a children's story. I cannot stress it any further.)

This is truly a reflection of the times, a sick homage to Twilight and Simple Plan, or both. Le sigh.

Note: I'm not mocking the kids who made this. Just the whole...ridiculousness of the story. I'm like, what? Seriously?



( Emmett and her puppy Zenie )

Here is my original character "Naked Man" depicting images that are suspiciously similar to the iconic works of the great masters. ♥ I drew this out of boredom and eventually had so much fun working on it! I think this is a fun and crack-tastic way to review or teach certain artworks. :)



Can you guess which parcticular art is referenced? :D

Artists/Styles included (no particular order): Giorgione, Boticelli, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Fuseli, Delacroix, Cubism, Renoir, Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Juan Luna, Dali, Magritte, Shunga (erotic) prints, Richard Hamilton, Guillermo Tolentino, Duchamp, Warhol, Hokusai, Pollock, De Stijl, Jacques Louis-David, Courbet, Van Eyck, Matisse, Ancient Egyptian Art, Yoko Ono, Amorsolo, Botong, Maximalism, Klimt

Have fun!

Link to enlarged drawing and geekboylover.com

These things defined the cartoons of my childhood:
Explosions. Lots of them.
Magical,shiny rings.
Moral lessons.
And kotomine is right: catchy Rock and Roll opening themes.
It amazes me that these cartoons were all hand-drawn, with none of the easy technology that defines our "flash" cartoons in Cartoon Network/Nickelodeon nowadays.

So now I present to you My Top American Cartoons, in no particular order. This is not a list of THE BEST OF THE BEST, take note. They are the shows I've loved personally and have very fond memories of. ♥

(Disclaimer: My memories can be screwed up, but I base it on good feelings *laughs* It's like the X-files. As a kid I thought it was the scariest shit ever, and now I'm rewatching it and laughing at the lame special effects and gazing at Scully's hot lips. Ehem.)



The Power Is Yours!


( Ghostbusters, Captain Planet, and more! | Click on the titles for links to opening sequences. xD )