Back from party

You know, I can't decide whether Ozaki Yutaka's deceased status makes my obsession with him more or less embarrassing.

Because, y'know, it's all right to be obsessed with hide. But Ozaki Yutaka is the kind of music that should rightly be kind of cheesy fluff, no matter how likeable (80's jpop-rock, à la TMN). And yet it's not. "Authenticity" is one of those terms that's oxymoronic when applied to jpop; you don't judge the schtuff by those standards if you know what's good for you, but... something about this plugs straight into the emotional centre. The voice, or the lyrics. Anyhow I don't post any of his schtuff, because I suspect it doesn't work if you don't understand what he's singing, but I totally understand why a generation of (30-something) Japanese women were traumatised by this guy. XD

Actually I was always totally sure that Nanjou Kouji from Zetsuai was based on Ozaki Yutaka. Simply because he was the only jpop-star circa '88 I'm aware of who was Kouji-like, and... he convinces me.

...Yes, I just had to post to say that. (J, so sorry - dead tired. Pics tomorrow?)

Fannish toil

Pics have been sent out! Site's updated with lots of artwork! (And now that everything's been reformatted to template, I rather suspect I'm under the moral obligation to make a GetBackers layout. ^^; It never stops.)

Now I have to install software for the parental units. Probably won't have time to watch anime this evening at all. Bother. :/

EDIT -- And didn't. But everything else I owe of a fannish nature is done, and as the site revamp has been ongoing since May this is something of a landmark. ^^; That leaves ongoing fic and translations until... wait, October starts in two days.

(I'm supposed to clear Xenosaga in October, so I can do NaNoWriMo. *falls over* Well, an RPG only takes most people a couple of weeks, right? Right?)