So, after tomorrow, I will officially be gainfully unemployed (but I'm not panicking.) I will take in the new year and try to relax and get certain things taken care of before I go job hunting. Time enough to obsess about frivolous things in the here and now, though!
So - Yujin Kitagawa, aka "Cute Guy" aka Junya Nagasaki in the Japanese drama I just finished watching, Innocent Love (Once upon a time in Yokohama, or Japanese Cinderella: now with even more trials and tribulations!) has managed to squeak into my crowded list of crushes at the end of the year. As an actor, he has a long way to go, and should definitely not leave his day job, which is the lead singer of a very popular folk duo, Yuzu. I mean, he's about as on par with some of the weaker Johnnies/idols, and he does what he needs to do in his role: which is to be as freaking adorable as humanly possible without actually turning into a Muppet.
Anyway, so back to my crush on Cute Guy ~ besides being a pretty good musician/entertainer, he also wrote a children's book. And like all proper children's literature, it is horrifyingly depressing, with the cutest, prismacolor soaked illustrations ever, courtesy of the fabulous Takashi Murakami (who I drove all the way to L.A. in a freak storm for to see his exhibit.), who is also a Yuzu fan, and has collaborated with them on CD designs and stage designs at their concerts. Freaking rad.
( I'm starting to see why the producers thought he was a good fit for the role )
And he loves the Beatles. My inner Beatles dork has just flailed and DIED. I mean, I will like people even if they don't care about/like the Beatles (even though I will secretly think, BLASPHEMER in my head forever when associating with them.), but the Beatles loving is always, always a plus.
( So! Hot Musician with other artistic friends, you say? )
So - Yujin Kitagawa, aka "Cute Guy" aka Junya Nagasaki in the Japanese drama I just finished watching, Innocent Love (Once upon a time in Yokohama, or Japanese Cinderella: now with even more trials and tribulations!) has managed to squeak into my crowded list of crushes at the end of the year. As an actor, he has a long way to go, and should definitely not leave his day job, which is the lead singer of a very popular folk duo, Yuzu. I mean, he's about as on par with some of the weaker Johnnies/idols, and he does what he needs to do in his role: which is to be as freaking adorable as humanly possible without actually turning into a Muppet.
Anyway, so back to my crush on Cute Guy ~ besides being a pretty good musician/entertainer, he also wrote a children's book. And like all proper children's literature, it is horrifyingly depressing, with the cutest, prismacolor soaked illustrations ever, courtesy of the fabulous Takashi Murakami (who I drove all the way to L.A. in a freak storm for to see his exhibit.), who is also a Yuzu fan, and has collaborated with them on CD designs and stage designs at their concerts. Freaking rad.
( I'm starting to see why the producers thought he was a good fit for the role )
And he loves the Beatles. My inner Beatles dork has just flailed and DIED. I mean, I will like people even if they don't care about/like the Beatles (even though I will secretly think, BLASPHEMER in my head forever when associating with them.), but the Beatles loving is always, always a plus.
( So! Hot Musician with other artistic friends, you say? )
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