I feel very lethargic lately, and I thought 21 was going to be really exciting. I think part of it is because it's still so cold and I'm getting tired of it. I don't like going outside anymore, which is really unavoidable if I want to go anywhere. >.< haha.
I spent a bunch of time yesterday waiting for a plumber to come to clean out my drain since I couldn't reach what was blocking it. That was awkward. It was really confusing for me to find a plumber, so I had to call Nobuko and she helped me to find someone and have them stop by. The plumber probably thought I was stupid for not being able to clear out the drain, but it's okay. I thought he was stupid when he was confirming my credit card. It has an MTV image on it, so when the guy on the other end of his phone asked what kind of card it was he said "MTV....oh, wait...maybe it's Citi," and was a bit confused for a minute. XD
I just got a little distracted by the tv, but just a random thing I noticed (since 3 Korean artists will be on Music Japan next time, according to the announcer lady). There are an insane number of Korean artists trying to make it in Japan. It's ridiculous. Besides BoA, who I think is fine since she actually knows Japanese, I always see things for 東方神起 (TVXQ, 동방신기, whatever their name is...), John Hoon, SS501, Rain and more recently, Big Bang and SG Wannabe. But particularly 東方神起. They've been in the front of Shibuya's HMV and Tower Records, on the posters at the Shibuya crosswalk, on the register screen at Lawson's, in the Edwin store and their ads, on television, in magazines, and in other people's songs (i.e. Koda Kumi). But it isn't really that they're Korean, it's that they can't speak Japanese. It doesn't really make sense. Big Bang's first Japanese release is in English. I don't really understand why they'd try to cross over, except for money, but I don't think the Kanryu going to stay that strong...maybe it is, but it's crazy how many Korean artists are popping up everywhere.
Anyway, Hikki's new album will be out next month, which is really what I'm looking forward to. =D
Okay, so I'm still watching NHK, and according to the international news, 南大門 (남대문, I'm not sure how to spell it in English...Namdaemun or Nandaimon?) in Seoul was burned down by someone. It's supposed to be one of Korea's national treasures that I actually wanted to go see next month. That sucks. ...And what's going on in China? I don't really understand what they're saying, all I know is that there's a lot of snow (some kind of snow disaster), food prices are going up, people have died, and they can't ride trains. o_O Time to do some googling.
Off to make curry for dinner~!
