I think I'm moving. Isn't it obvious though, I've got a lot of free time, I spend a lot of it on Twitter--but never on here? Don't get me wrong, I love LJ, I'll always be keeping track of the communities and journals that I follow, but I think it's already time for me to move.

I can be found here.

Because this is obviously too many for Twitter,
 
Stray observations for Paradise Kiss! (More like scene-by-scene, who am I kidding.)

• …the book was supposed to be The Catcher in the Rye
• The history of Hiro’s photo has been romanticized~ because, hey, it’s a movie. The one in the manga is much funnier.
• LOL I CAN’T BELIEVE I STILL REMEMBER THIS But Yukari totally screamed, Help, I’m going to get raped! Mwahahaha.
• HI ISABELLA!
• ..dang, where did your gracefulness go?
• Don’t really wanna waste time, do we.
• That sway of the hair, no nonsense stare—kids, we have an HBIC right here!
• ..yeah, Yukari was such a bitch.
• I can’t believe I’m finding Arashi more attractive than George. Maris, we can share, right?
• ..they’re not really wasting any time. George’s here already!
• That five-second transition time spent on building sceneries~ could have been spent more wisely.
• SRSLY YOU GUYS, DO YOU WANT US TO HATE TOKUMORI? HE’S SUCH A GOOD GUY!
• As expected with someone who has a good taste like George. Nice wheels.
• EXAGGERATED AND ROMANTICISED. AGAIN. He just waited in the car.
• And where’s the rose? Gawd, that’s more makes one melt more than what they made him do.
• ..lol and the blackmail.
• HUHUHU The lines in the manga are much smarter and glamorous~. George is supposed to be glamorous! It would make so much sense if he said Paradise.
• That freak!Yazademy was a bit funny tho.
• SEIJI IS BLONDE, BITCH.
• ASSHOLES, KAORI IS IN EUROPE!
• ..this is exactly why I hate adaptations.
• WOAH FAST FORWARD NA FAST FORWARD AH.
• OMG SO CHIC. SO BETTER THAN THE NON-REAL THING.
• They oversimplified everyone’s character. Yukari, for example—that was not the reason why she agreed to become their model. She agreed because she realized how the people at Paradise Kiss are really serious about their passion.
• That happened too, though, but just on a later event. ..and Yukari cried.
• The thing she left is actually a passbook, and the reason why she came back, but the cellphone works too, I guess.
• That didn’t happen! At all.
• FAST FORWARD OMG FAST FORWARD?!
• HDU! That scene where Miwako and Hiro are the only ones in the café.. with Miwako crying, not being able to touch her favorite sundae is significant. So much better than this bullshit.
• THAT WASN’T THE PROMISE AT ALL! WHAT HAPPENED WAS MUCH MORE HEARTBREAKING THAN THIS FAKE MACHISMO!
• HIRO’S LINE?! WHAT HAPPENED TO HIRO’S LINE?! He fucking went for Yukari. Now it seems like he went because he was invited. By Miwako.
• Wow. That’s fast. And Yukari seems more immature than she actually was. (She is though. So--)
• THAT WASN’T THE REASON WHY SHE LEFT HOME
• I hate this shit. Nawala depth ng mga characters, wonderful narration--basically everything. Yukari just seemed like a damsel in distress waiting to be saved by her prince fucking charming. George looked like it. In the manga, he was nothing like one. He’s not one, and he shouldn’t be one.
• Miwako’s sister gave that job to Yukari.
• Kaori was the one who spoke to George’s father. (And it showed that she really did like him and believed in him far too much to let his talent go to waste.)
• Where was her modeling agency?
• ..her mom didn’t go to the event, dear.
• This feels like One Day, you know. Letting all the important stuff disappear just t make all significant events fit into a movie. This is not Paradise Kiss. No, really. I refuse to consider this as one.
• Nawala na yung importance nung butterfly L Yung ginawan siya ng maliit na version ni George L
• This melodramatic shit.
• Yukari seemed much more fierce in the manga……..
• Gorge never really did look like he loved Yukari here. In the manga, it was all so twistd, but it was obvious. To everyone.
• ..they made Kaori win. Dammit. UGHHH

Thing is: I just can’t finish this. I expected something like this, but oh, I just can’t. They changed tons of things and turned it into some cliché shit. Idk, it’s just not right.

I've tried reading High Fidelity before, but wasn't able to finish. I've always wondered why I stopped reading it--given that, hey, Nick Hornby, and two: music references. I love everything which has music references.

I reread the first part, and remembered--Rob is, yes, in Liz's words, such an arsehole, and an insufferable slob. It's not even like his character was that nice anyway.

But Rob seems to be a person who just.. stopped caring. He loved DJing once, but it's just impossible not to look for a vacant position, or even a similar one if he'd just try. It's not like he didn't know what he wanted--if he cou'd be passionate about one thing, it would be records. And there's more to music and records than just collecting. But like George Lass, he seems to have just.. given up. If you'd reach that level of ennui, what do you do then?

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