I try to do one new thing everyday. Sometimes it's something simple, like trying a new kind of tea, or playing with a new word. But, today I went for something big. I turned on my television. I never watch TV. I'm overwhelmed.
1. There was some MEGA-Jpop girl group on called AKB48. There were like 20 girls on stage, all singing and dancing, though not all together. I'm sitting there wondering how many teenie-boppers you can stuff into one girl group??? I looked it up, there are are actually 48 members in this group. The huge posse is broken up into three teams, A, K, and B. This is a totally amazing concept to me. I've never in my life seen such a thing.
I guess no one would really notice if they replace a few now and then. If one is sick, it kinda doesn't matter. I can't seem to look away, I don't understand.
2. Sumo is on TV too. Once again, I can't seem to stop watching. These dudes are huge, and wearing very little. I'm reminded of when I'd watch football with my dad and he'd compare the players to the size of different large appliances in the house. There's a lot of adjusting, preparation, salt tossing and a significant amount of stretching, a repetitive crouching of sorts. Actually, they can achieve quite deep 2nd position grand pliés for big boys. Then, finally, they go at it. They struggle, things wiggle and wobble, they pull at their opponent's mawashi (the thick thong belt outfit) like they are trying to force them into submission by administering the most wicked wedgies ever. One of them gets pushed out of the ring or thrown to the ground, and it's over. Somehow their hair hasn't moved one bit.
They seem to show the audience a lot. Everyone is fanning themselves, some people don't look like they're paying attention, a couple even look a bit bored. No one is wearing shoes, they're all sitting on little mats. Looks like a chill time.
3. I think "So des ne" may be the most frequently used phrase in the Japanese language.
4. What's up with all the cross dressers?
2 comments:
re so many fucking girls in that crazy pop group. They really pushed the pop formula to the extreme.
Does each group - A, K, and B have its own "personality" or are they interchangeable?
Weirdly, I feel like having SO many girls takes some of the sex out of the usual girl group endeavor (you could never get one away from the rest and just fuck one) but then at the same time makes it kind of freaky kinky (well what if you get them ALL).
why am i trapped in this utterly boring nation?
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