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- Jul 14th, '13, 12:01
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: 23 yrs old, never had a girlfriend
- Replies: 31
- Views: 27874
My advice is ... Take it easy! Like moadeep I got married young (20) and then divorced in due course (27)... Now I'm almost 40 but after years of zero effort or interest I'm really into a beautiful neighbour of mine... and jeez, i think she might like me too (not gotten too far with the invitation o...
- Jul 21st, '11, 13:01
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What are you reading?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 33775
@arakira - Thanks! The Louise Young book in particular sounds really interesting, I'll have a look and see if there's any affordable copies around. (Fingers x'ed!) @Ethlenn - Yay, Dumas! I've only read his rockin' famous ones like Count of Monte Cristo and the d'Artagnan books, so can you reccommend...
- Jul 13th, '11, 10:14
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Ordinary people doing extraordinary things
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6078
I take the opposite view to Edohiguma: since not a single one of us 6+ billion is even remotely the same, we are all extraordinary. And, since all 6+ billion of us have to eat, sleep and excrete, we're all ordinary too. However, I think most of us can probably figure out what Tadanga meant, especial...
- Jul 13th, '11, 07:22
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What are you reading?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 33775
Normally I hate doing research, but this time it's fun cause I'm reading two very different histories of Japan. One is The Story of Japan Vol. 1 by Hiraizumi Kiyoshi - a book written in 1970 by an elderly historian who had been deeply committed to Japanese militarism and resigned his post on the day...
- May 4th, '11, 22:44
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: What are the boys favourite dramas?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 11083
- Feb 15th, '11, 23:46
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Otomen (Masaki Okada, Kaho)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 51503
I enjoyed vol 1 of the manga but somehow i liked the live more... the cast were great, and more individual and unusual than the standard shoujo-manga-faced characters in the manga. Very good manga, but not exactly revolutionary. I loved the purple kimono and the end fight too! Again it was the casti...
- Jul 16th, '10, 16:31
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Ruthless dramas ratings
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3197
Ah, i totally agree with SSpiegel, the story should be the number one concern! The stars and the sponsors and the network (and even the production values) all fade into insignificance if the story is handled right... And what u said about American shows... yeah, all those never-ending sitcoms and so...
- Jun 28th, '10, 19:39
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: Your favorite police drama
- Replies: 56
- Views: 26862
- Jun 23rd, '10, 13:31
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Drama Fanfiction!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5080
- Jun 22nd, '10, 15:03
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Drama Fanfiction!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5080
katzenjammin'.... let me ask you something, seriously... If you were to take your story concepts, change the character names (at least) - perhaps shift the location, perhaps tweak the background to fit your concept - would it still work? Because if you write a fanfic, it's destined to be nothing oth...
- Dec 24th, '09, 22:09
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Great Random Tokusatsu Thread
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2221
- Dec 24th, '09, 20:26
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Great Random Tokusatsu Thread
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2221
Agreed about suit actors! Kiva was great for that - even some of the big monster battles had distinct romantic subplot connections! It's true us boys love the Rider Kick, but hey we love romance too! Especially when it features Haga Yuria... When it comes to Decade and W you said the same as me and ...
- Dec 23rd, '09, 02:26
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: The Great Random Tokusatsu Thread
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2221
The Great Random Tokusatsu Thread
We get tokusatsu shows showing up on D-Addicts from time to time (or borderline toku), from Fuuma no Kojiro to Kodai Shoujo Dogu-chan.... so hey, why not have a random toku thread? My favourite tokusatsu shows, in no particular order, would be Cutie Honey THE LIVE, Garo, Sh15uya, Keitai Sousakan 7, ...
- Dec 17th, '09, 06:07
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: Where are all the dorama viewers?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 13280
- Dec 15th, '09, 16:31
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: Where are all the dorama viewers?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 13280
I discuss the drama i watch with friends, although only a very few who watch J-dramas. Forum discussions are slow and dull and i'd much rather have a short and lively real-world conversation with one or two people than a week-long discussion with a dozen where the other participants may or may not b...
- Aug 16th, '09, 05:22
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Why do guys love pretty girls?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 46617
- Aug 4th, '09, 13:25
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: do you believe love after married?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 18283
It depends on the people, like everything. Some people change more than others as they get older, and people change in unpredictably different ways. I'm happily divorced, I and honestly get on better now with my ex-wife than I did for the last year or two of our marriage. What killed us off as a cou...
- Aug 4th, '09, 05:46
- Forum: Japanese Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: With whom do you share your JDorama or JPop/JRock Addiction?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6962
I watch with my daughter, who's 12 and stays weekends at mine. She likes more j-pop than me overall than me, and we watch anime together too. I only watch a tiny bit of anime, many more j-dramas (and more movies than anything), but me and the offspring have similar tastes in j-drama (Hana Kimi and L...
- Jun 30th, '09, 02:09
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Do you really hate where your born that much??
- Replies: 115
- Views: 21330
I was about to make a serious and thoughtful post on this subject when I was distracted by a whore and an alcoholic slinging abuse at a couple of Kurdish lads right outside my window. WHORE: You want business? KURD: No, no, sorry. WHORE: Well, have you got a fag then? KURD: No, I not smoke. WHORE: (...
- Jun 29th, '09, 13:37
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: im a guy!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1300
- Mar 30th, '09, 15:43
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: I feel I have no life
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9327
notp3rfect, this may sound kinda weird but it's a good sign you're worried! It means that you at least think about or notice what's going on in your life, where a lot of people just seem to drift along without ever questioning how they live. Personally I find people very difficult to deal with, and ...
- Mar 20th, '09, 03:03
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: Going to Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia in June. Advice? =)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11081
- Mar 20th, '09, 02:57
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Do asian men date /marry other races
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16087
- Mar 16th, '09, 09:57
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: What are your fetishes? hihi~
- Replies: 81
- Views: 26417
Nice Trek quote! I will employ that at some point in reference to myself. Ya know, it's I'd probably find a lot of eye-candy in Berkeley, but the problem with hippychicks is that... well, they're hippies! According to all the nice hippyish women I've ever been out with I'm too negative, cynical and ...
- Mar 16th, '09, 08:38
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: What are your fetishes? hihi~
- Replies: 81
- Views: 26417
- Mar 10th, '09, 17:17
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Why Asian Women Don't Date Asian Men
- Replies: 326
- Views: 98326
- Nov 5th, '08, 05:18
- Forum: Japanese Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: books and music suggestions?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3427
- Nov 5th, '08, 05:12
- Forum: Japanese Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: books and music suggestions?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3427
- Nov 3rd, '08, 18:15
- Forum: Japanese Actors & Actresses
- Topic: How About J-Actresses/Actors you DON'T like??
- Replies: 398
- Views: 205617
- Oct 29th, '08, 18:12
- Forum: Japanese Actors & Actresses
- Topic: How About J-Actresses/Actors you DON'T like??
- Replies: 398
- Views: 205617
So... this thread starts with a girl slagging off a girl for being ugly, then a dude chimes in hating on pretty boys... Hmm.... do I smell an inferiority complex, lingering in the air like a cabbage-laden fart? Seriously, though, I think a lot of J-dramas are very shallow and its a little unfair to ...
- Oct 17th, '08, 02:24
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Is it wrong for an Asian man to date a "White" wom
- Replies: 55
- Views: 19774
- Oct 17th, '08, 02:21
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Is it wrong for an Asian man to date a "White" wom
- Replies: 55
- Views: 19774
- Oct 8th, '08, 22:54
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: What are your fetishes? hihi~
- Replies: 81
- Views: 26417
@ Rico2001 - O yeh, the graceful curve of a woman's neck is definitely sexy! I like short-haired gals too, not so much I have a thing for it tho... @ core2quadcore - I think women's feet can be mightily cute but most gf's I ever had I wouldn't admit such a submissive trait to! @ Lifo - I don't know ...
- Sep 1st, '08, 00:03
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Am I the Only Boy Watching Drama?
- Replies: 137
- Views: 35541
- Aug 31st, '08, 23:59
- Forum: Japanese Actors & Actresses
- Topic: Oguri Shun
- Replies: 564
- Views: 322491
- Aug 6th, '08, 00:53
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: HAVE YOU WATCHED ANY DRAMA's MORE THAN ONCE?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 19621
i just got done watching Hana Kimi for the 2nd time, and i watched LIFE twice too... both times i re-watched with my daughter, having originally watched them in the week (weekend dad), but both times it was also just a matter of time! @ minifussy - wow! PGSM was a show i had to be forced into watchi...
- Aug 6th, '08, 00:42
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Relationship = may not be the ultimate form of happiness
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8815
btw, what's your longest romantic relationship? (mine's 8 years, followed by... erm, six months! i'm so bad at reading women, i should go be a homo instead...) i basically agree with your original point, incidentally, but the other way is possible too because some relationships seem to make people v...
- Aug 6th, '08, 00:40
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Relationship = may not be the ultimate form of happiness
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8815
hm, i maybe wasn't very clear... all i mean is that when you say you can cope but others can't, however close to you or however many there are, you shouldn't let that get in the way of you personally rising above it in you own life (even if you have to deal with it in other paople's lives every day)...
- Aug 4th, '08, 21:02
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Relationship = may not be the ultimate form of happiness
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8815
ah but u can't take responsibility for the happiness of other - beyiond helping where u can! i have a friend more depressed then me, we suffer together but what can i do for him beyond be a friend? when i feel happy i feel happy, its not selfish its a fact - there i always someone worse off, don't h...
- Aug 4th, '08, 19:31
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Relationship = may not be the ultimate form of happiness
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8815
aw, i'm disappointed, i didn't get any return commentary from the OP! was i too negative about religion? i just honestly think that ootori-san need to get past this weird iidea that gog did something bad to him personally, even xtian theologians don't think the world works like that... free will, ch...
- Aug 1st, '08, 06:11
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: If you could spend a day with a celeb (who would it be)
- Replies: 290
- Views: 53311
- Aug 1st, '08, 06:10
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Relationship = may not be the ultimate form of happiness
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8815
relationships are satisfying when both people are happy with themselves, but i think that's a rare thing (not nowadays, but rare full stop). people want a lasting, strong relationship because for most people (in some part of their heart and mind) it's a comfortable, healthy and somehow correct way t...
- Jul 31st, '08, 04:45
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: How strict are your parents?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9089
kity kira, i'm scared of your parents! i dropped in this thread to say HI! as a token parent in the discussion.... but jeez, i'm not THAT kind of parent! when i was 12 i used to go out in paris drinking (lotsa facial hair, but we were never once asked for ID anyway!), and sometimes didn't show up un...
- Jul 23rd, '08, 02:25
- Forum: Korean Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: hero && yunho are gay? o.0
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20279
- Jul 17th, '08, 02:31
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: The D-Addicts Birthday Thread
- Replies: 533
- Views: 88466
- Jul 17th, '08, 02:27
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: soft subs vs hard subs - which do you prefer
- Replies: 179
- Views: 69030
i'm surprised so many people like softsubs for drama and anime i prefer hardsubs for convenience and neatness (one file not two = neatness, perhaps i'm odd) i admit for asian (or any non-english) movies i usually prefer softs since in so many cases the hardsub on a movie torrent is nasty vhs-lookin'...
- Jul 17th, '08, 02:20
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Who was your first celebrity crush?
- Replies: 154
- Views: 36227
- Jul 3rd, '08, 16:56
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Code Blue (All Seasons)
- Replies: 348
- Views: 128015
- Jul 3rd, '08, 12:37
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Code Blue (All Seasons)
- Replies: 348
- Views: 128015
@Salz - beforehand i might have doubted, now i know he definitely can! in fact i'd like to see him in more substantial movie roles now i know he can carry the weight. yamapi likewise, i enjoy his acting styles a lot (like all his mini-looks and characters in kurosagi, excellent stuff!), but because ...
- Jul 3rd, '08, 11:45
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Code Blue (All Seasons)
- Replies: 348
- Views: 128015
yamapi playing a doctor should be interesting... i have faith that he can do serious-ish drama, after all oguri shun was in some real movie-type movies (horror, miike etc.) and it only seemed weird for the first couple seconds... watched the 30-second cm with my daughter, who's a yamapi fangirl, and...
- Jul 2nd, '08, 11:49
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Are you in love or not at all?
- Replies: 427
- Views: 150512
i was married for eight years, and although i get on just fine with my esteemed ex (in fact better, now i only see her twice a week!), having had a long(ish) and utterly uninspiring marriage (then a few carnivorous, slightly evil gf's), i now consider myself cured of falling in love... but i wouldn'...
- Jun 27th, '08, 12:55
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Are you a "Burnt-out" D-Addict?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9525
- Jun 27th, '08, 12:46
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What do you like more: j-dramas or k-dramas
- Replies: 213
- Views: 51384
jeez, for some reason i didn't expect actual reccommends (more like ppl calling me names!) but thanks ackirom.... i'm too scared to try most the ones u mention but i will give both The Devil and Evasive Inquiry Agency a go! Crime and horror are my thing, but honestly, i like romance! There's just go...
- Jun 26th, '08, 12:44
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Proud or embarrassed at your addiction to Drama?
- Replies: 250
- Views: 39740
half and half - dramas are cool and i love 'em, but its kind of geeky... or more than kind of, its pretty geek-tastic for some reason people seem to think its weirder than my obsessions with, for example, inappropriate cover versions, religious and racist propaganda, Sun Ra, Wm. Burroughs... see, i ...
- Jun 26th, '08, 12:34
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: How many pets do u own??
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7972
- Jun 26th, '08, 12:23
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What do you like more: j-dramas or k-dramas
- Replies: 213
- Views: 51384
i had to vote on the j-side for this one... somehow i've never warmed to a single k-drama enough to watch more than a couple episodes. and is it me or are all k-dramas about true love...? maybe someone could help me by reccommending a k-drama that's not an all-out slushy romance? japanese crime dram...
- Jun 16th, '08, 14:33
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: the rules: according to men
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5692
- Jun 13th, '08, 12:00
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Ugly celebrities
- Replies: 238
- Views: 132664
- Jun 13th, '08, 11:58
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Ugly celebrities
- Replies: 238
- Views: 132664
- Jun 13th, '08, 11:55
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Am I the Only Boy Watching Drama?
- Replies: 137
- Views: 35541
- Jun 12th, '08, 17:49
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Am I the Only Boy Watching Drama?
- Replies: 137
- Views: 35541
yay for male drama fans! its interesting how female-oriented some shows seem to be, but even that is an entertaining aspect of j-drama (i've not so far got into any k-dramas).... but in spite of being male i've found that there are some pretty-boy idols i find it hard to resist - like yamapi, he's a...
- Jun 8th, '08, 04:58
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: the rules: according to men
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5692
Ouch! I cringed to find myself agreeing with some of these.... mainly #1 and #1..... Although it's not always a strict gender divide, since Sunday sport shows are as much a reason why i got rid of my TV as reality shows and the news. Plus in spite of being British i detest football. Tho i am Brit en...
- Jun 6th, '08, 10:48
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Recommend a Book
- Replies: 55
- Views: 14467
As my first post on this site, i thought reccommending a book is appropriate (even if the thread's a bit old!), since i'm kind of obsessed.... Almost everybody has reccommended new(ish) and popular(ish) books, so i thought i'd shout out a few all-time faves which are a bit off the beaten track.... &...