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♥ New Layout! and other stuff...

Welcome to the all-new-and-improved blog of mine!

...just the layout at least. xD

I'm not fully done with it yet, though. All the main parts are done with, just the few details such as the Reclist, and to update my reading list (which is all over the place at the moment because I keep on saving tabs and read but stopped halfway when I find new ones to read, then I'll go back to it again to finish and yada yada so i have about a thousand tabs right now LOL)

Oh, do you like the music? I just think it suites my thoughts and feelings in general. It's bitterweet, kind of fantasy-like, and it's Jaejoong! He's my mascot in case you don't know :p

Speaking of this man... He's releasing a solo album soon... D:

I went around FB and other places and people keep saying how beautiful he is and stuff, asking if this is a man or a woman... You know what, I agree that this is beautiful, but I won't say that he is beautiful. What's beautiful is the simplicity of it all which are able to speak volumes. And yeah, the make-up is pretty. The palette used is pretty too. This picture doesn't show much but it makes people wonder. I love the fake eye-lashes btw. I wonder where he got them from. :p

But the point is! I won't agree saying that he's beautiful, not in the context of what everyone else is meaning anyway. He has nice skin, yes. He's handsome, yes. But I would accredit the beauty of everything else to nothing but the wonder of make-up. Admit it, make-up can change the outlook of anything. (And I learned this most from Koreans. -_-;) He's so handsome and dashing. Why does everyone deny these manly qualities on him and keeps on insisting that he's beautiful? We should get our priorities right and sorted!

This is a point that would be hard to push through the thick minds of people who are too absorbed in the common standards of kpop fandoms. They tend to forget that the idols are also human with natural feelings.

And maybe I'm over-analysing again. =_=

ANYWAY! Jae's solo album will consist of rock songs. I'm still unsure if I like this idea or not. For the most part of it, it's because I've stopped listening to rock songs since high school. My rock age is long gone (but who knows if Jaejoong could light it up again? :p) But aside from that, I don't think I like listening to Jae screaming rock songs like in *ehem* Maze. I could feel my own throat and head hurting!

Don't get me wrong, I love his voice in Maze. I love all versions of his voice! He could sing various styles. His voice is in full command unlike other singers. But I just think that he wasn't able to pull his voice quite to par yet in the highest notes of rock songs. The 'screaming' was a little off. It doesn't get me in the mood.

So basically, I was happy when they announced that Jae would be releasing a solo album. But I was a tad bit disappointed to know that it was going to be a rock album, especially when the teaser video didn't get me excited at all. I'm sorry.

But who knows if he's improved a lot and his rock songs will manage to melt my heart... ♥

I just think that Jaejoong should start his own genre of music and fill up his album with it. I like his 'In Heaven' and 'No Gain' and I don't think other people make songs like those, if you know what I mean. ;)

Well, do enjoy my new layout, look out for the reclist once it's done, and all the best to Jaejoong for his first solo album!! :D Good luck baby! xD