Today I dropped my betta fish Alpha off at my friend Sarra’s place.  It’s a little lonely at my place tonight with out him here and Josh still out of town, but I know that Alpha will be well taken care of while I’m away.

I did finish my bag and my passport cover, though they ended up not matching. I think I used up any sewing talent I had on the bag, because it took two attempts to get the passport cover to work, and even then, it JUST barely fit. >.>  I’m not too worried about it though.

I got out the suitcases today and started packing. I’ve got most of my stuff done just need to pack the hubby’s and we’ll be ready to go. I’ve got all the electronics charging, and I’m going to battle iTunes tonight to add music to my phone.

Lately, I’ve become obsessed with watching J-dramas – Japanese TV dramas, and mostly to get used to hearing Japanese and trying to translate it in my head. There’s one that I’ve become particularly attached to called: Hana Yori Dango – which translates to Boys before Flowers. Here’s what it’s about:

Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, the school of the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by Flower 4 or F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Soujiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4’s bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school.

Makino hopes to pass her days quietly– without drawing any attention to herself– but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino gets the dreaded red notice. Even though she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school because she is a “tough weed”. She declares war right back on the F4. Her resolve gets the attention of her crush Hanazawa Rui and oddly enough, rouses romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa.

The second season of Hana Yori Dango picks up right after Domyoji leaves for New York. After confessing to Domyoji, Makino has not spoken to him for a year. Rui and the other members of F4 try and help Makino meet Domyoji again by going to New York for the christmas holidays. Though F4 and Makino meet Domyoji again, he has become a completely different person, and so they leave for Japan.

Some time later, Domyoji’s mother annouces that they will be returning to Japan. There, they hold a giant super-rich and classy birthday party for Domyoji and announce something very important. Domyoji, like in the first season, is engaged to a rich girl and heir. The only difference is that they are to be wed soon. What will Makino do?

On the side, Rui begins to fall in love with Makino… will this become a love… square?

Rui –> Makino –> Domyoji –> Shigeru (arranged fiancee of Domyoji)

Left to Right: Mimasaka Akira, Hanazawa Rui, Makino Tsukushi, Domyoji Tsukasa, and Nishikado Soujiro

I’m about half way through the second season, and loving every minuet of it. The actors are awesome – and HOT. I’m cheering on Rui. I hope he gets Makino to fall for him and to forget Domyoji. We’ll have to see. :)

And here’s the project that that’s been eating up my time lately. After finals I’m going to sub it, so for those of you who don’t speak Japanese can understand what’s being said. I also want to make a Making of Video, just because we had some awesome outtakes! And the best one wasn’t even caught on film! XD

Meh, that’s all I can really be bothered to write tonight. My brain is fried from being in class all day. It truly does suck.

Edit: Well, that’s what I get for trying to type a blog out in Japanese. Figures, though really, for most of you, that would just about sum it up.