EDIT on 2010-09-27: will be away for a week or two.. will catch up when I return :)

Greetings to old friends from LJ (long time no see!) and all the Arashi friends from Vox!

As Vox is closing down, I thought I might start reusing my old LJ account.
Since it's troublesome to maintain different blogs for different interests/fandom/RL, I will be doing my ramblings about everything here: personal RL things, art and hobbies, fandom Arashi/BUMP OF CHICKEN/Ego Wrappin' etc, manga/anime/books/world view lol.. etc etc.

This journal will be mostly Friends Only.
I will still post some entries as public (eg. artwork).

Please leave a comment in this post and introduce yourself to be added if you wish.
If you are from Vox, please let me know your Vox username/url too so I know who you are :)
Also, I noticed some of you have added me from the past months (or years? lol) but since I don't get email notifications nor check my LJ mailbox often, I only found out about it recently.
So, if you don't mind, please introduce yourself too! :)

PS: I have changed my old LJ username from 'kurorokoon'(from 2003!) to 'k_littlebraver'.

Quick update to let you know that we are safe.
Michiro (5.5 months old now) and I are currently in Melbourne, was due to fly back to Tokyo soon but may postpone our trip due to the recent happenings. My husband and relatives in Tokyo and Fukushima are safe and I hope they, and the people of Japan stay strong and safe. Our heart go out to them.
Take care and hope to catch up more another time! Miss you all in LJ!

PS: Arashi and Bump of Chicken are confirmed safe too.

My son Michiro's born on 28 Sept 2010, a healthy baby boy <3
Proud mom and dad are doing well despite the lack of sleep, but it's all worth it :)

Catch up/reply later, nowadays feeding Michiro and changing his nappies are higher priorities lols

Long time no sketch, but I got itchy fingers upon seeing that Ohchan screencap, it was a huge impact..! XD

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53659612@N08/4976944960/

PS: often it takes me a few days to reply and catch up due to RL being busy, appreciate your patience :)

BUMP OF CHICKEN long awaited new single YAY!!
Okay, I would have preferred them releasing a new album, it's been YEARS oi!!
But, any new song(s) will do.. not complaining at all xD
I love my old original fandom, don't have to fight for Limited Editions, and they take their time (REALLY take their time, they take like YEARS XD) to release new songs/albums.. quality > quantities indeed!
http://www.bumpofchicken.com/news.php <33333

Originally posted on ninomiyakazunari.vox.com

I haven't drawn/painted for more than half a year!!

My drawing/painting materials are all packed in boxes and it's just too hard at this stage to dig them out..
but for Nino-chan.. I digged out my pencils case and sharpener XDD

Anyway, since I don't have a scanner here I took photos of the sketches. will continue to shade tomorrow so I have something Nino-related to do..  (alas I don't have wii game and can't do magic and no Ohchan around me to grab.. XD)..

and if I don't get to access vox or online (been having trouble with connecting to vox all day today!).. at least we get these preview sketches.. and...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NINO! <33333

Originally posted on ninomiyakazunari.vox.com