Janakya Mottainai is moving!

This is the last post I will be writing on this blog. And that's because Janakya Mottainai is moving over to a new blog. You can read more about it there.
Here's my new site url:

http://intlwota.com/janakyamottainai/

So, come on over to my new blog if you want. And if you want to read my posts in the future please update your links. :D

Blog hiatus

So, I woke up today and it said all of my bandwidth exceeded on photobucket. Now, I am completely horrible at computers, and had no idea what that even meant. And,  after some googling, apparently there is no way to change this or to fix this unless I upgrade my photobucket to pro. And since I don't have a job, or even a bank account, I have absolutely no way to upgrade my account. So, that means I now have to resave and rehost ALL of my pictures on my blog to a site that has unlimited bandwidth. Which is approximately 3,020 images. 3,020! Obviously this is going to take me weeks, if not a month, to do. And I honestly am not looking forward to it at all.

I am so completely upset right. Like on the verge of tears upset. (Whatever, I cry at the drop of a hat) So, yeah don't expect any kind of updates for a while.

Follow me on twitter!

I've finally given in. After years of saying how I would never get a twitter, I finally have. Mostly because all the cool kids are doing it. Except not really. XD I actually decided to get a twitter because after seeing some blogger's twitters it actually looks like fun.


But you know, I was surprised by who's on twitter. Twitter is supposed to be the coolest social network site for celebrities. But I looked up like 30 American celebrities that don't have twitters. Makes me kinda angry actually. Now I have hardly anyone to follow.

I've officially joined the twitter revolution. You can following me by clicking here. Of course my twitter name is AimxAim. XD Eventually I'm going to add my twitter stream to my blog, but I'm too lazy to mess with coding now.
 
So, there you have it my twitter. Follow me, tweet me, tell me how much you hate my blog, or whatever. I'm going to use my twitter to post blog updates like posts. But since this is the only twitter I have, I'm also going to post random things as well.

Site updates

With the recent events unfolding in Japan I took some time off from blogging in respect for Japan. But in my blog's down time I decided to do some behind the scenes work on my blog and give it a few updates.


The first update being the navigation menu. I don't know if anyone remembers, but the old layout of my blog had links on the top of the blog to click to home, about, and contact. But after I switched to my new layout for some reason the code didn't take with the new layout and automatically created a links section on my side bar. Since the links section worked just as well, I didn't really feel like messing with it at the time. Instead I always kept in mind that I needed to fix it. Of course I always put it off because I am terrible at HTML, and I have to find a premade HTML code. But it's extremely difficult to find I premade code that is actually nice looking, and that I can easily manipulate. But I finally found one that matched my layout and was fairly easy to adjust the colors. Also, for some reason my blog's name is written across the nabigation menu, and I ave no idea how to fix that. If anyone knows a way to get rid of that, that would be a huge help.


And of course the second update I did was add more banners. I'm like addicted to making banners. Because they are cute and set my blog apart from other blogs. With the ones I just made it now brings me up to 35 banners. You think that a lot, but I'm not where near done. I still have to make a new Momusu one featuring the 9th gen, and after I know more about a few other idol groups I want make banners for them. And I eventually wanted to make Morning Musume generation banners as well as Team banners for the 48 groups. The banners I made now were subgroups, and groups I've been putting off making because I don't follow them that closely.
So here are the new banners:

Watarirouka Hashiritai

no3b

Not Yet

Mano Erina

NYC

SDN48

YuiKaori

Kanjani8

These aren't even all the updated I have in mind. Eventually I'm also going to add twitter because a lot of other blogs have twitter. I actually already made an account but I haven't done much else to it, so I'm not posting it yet. XD


And I also wanted to say that I have officially returned to blogging. Since a majority of bloggers have returned as well. And even Japan seems to be getting back to the swing of things with Music Station making its return. So, my next post will be my return post. :D

Help me make JM better!

Since the new year has finally set in, I've been thinking about making some changes to Janakya Mottainai. Of course changes for the better. Since this July is Janakya Mottainai's 3rd anniversary, (Can you believe it?) I really want to make this blog 100 times better for the people reading it.



So, right now I would just love to see what some of my reader's think about this blog. Basically I want you to tell me what you would like me to write about, something you wish I would write about, or something I need to fix/change. And I don't want anyone to hold back! Be brutally honest if you have to! If you think I'm too opinionated, tell me. If my overall writing sucks, let me know. If there's some stories you'd wish I write about, don't be bashful. Make the critique about absolutely anything at all! My blog's too bland, I don't post enough, you want more overanalyzed predictions, or whatever.
Writing this blog means absolutely nothing if the people reading it don't enjoy it.

Here are some things I'm thinking about blogging about. Let me know if you'd be interested in reading posts about them.

-Commercials: I am writing about idols after all, and idols get lots of endorsements. But I have only ever made 2 or 3 posts about commercials in this blog. Commercials fall under a news category and I know people like to know the absolute latest news about their favorite idol/idol group. And since my blog focuses a lot on news, I think I should be posting about ALL the news.

-Release announcements: The absolute first time I mention a single is when a preview comes out. And I never even mention new albums! I have seen a lot of blogs making entire posts when new singles are announced. I feel like a lot of people reading this would want to know the second their idols are releasing something new.

-Live performances: I know I cannot wait until my favorite idols perform their songs on TV shows. But I only every post about live performances if it's the first preview of a song, the performance is special (such as a medley or MM OGs), I'm extremely into the song, or my favorite idol looks hot in the performance. I know, completely shallow. :/ I think a lot of fans would want a link to watch the most recent performance of a song.


In the past I've felt that all of these are too trivial to mention or readers wouldn't actually care about them. But the more I think about them, the more important they seem.

Also there is one thing I probably won't be blogging about, and that's album reviews. Not because I don't want to or I'm too lazy. It's mainly because I don't speak Japanese. And to form a decent opinion on a song you need to know what is being said. I think the album review's quality would suffer by just basing it on overall sound alone. Thank god people seem to translate singles really quickly, a lot of them are translated shortly after the previews come out. But it takes people a lot longer to translate albums. So if my readers didn't mind waiting 6 months for album reviews, I'd love to do them. But I'm always worried people won't be interested if the post isn't made the second the album comes out.

As you can see my reader's thoughts, comments, opinions, advice, and critique matter a lot to me. I write this blog a lot for myself, but I also write it for my readers. Or anyone else who checks out my blog randomly for a minute. I just want to make my posts the absolute best I am capable of making them.

I'm back!~

Everyone can finally get their confetti and applause ready because I am officially back to blogging. That's right, you know I couldn't stay away for that long. This is such an epic moment I feel like this event needs its own theme music. Yeah this will do.

I'm still not entirely sure if I can (or should) be committing 100% to my blog right now. But I am super addicted to blogging. And honestly right now I'd be happy about blogging 50%. It'll give me something to do in my free time to keep me sane. Much like blogging has always done. Well mostly done. I blog mostly for the fun. And also the euphoric rush I get when someone reads/comments/likes my post. XD

You know I haven't been away for that long yet, I have so much to blog about. The world of blogging kind of feels like it's measured in dog years almost. But rather than each year, it feels like each week is seven years. There's a lot of idol news that happens so under the radar, you blink and you miss it. So naturally I have a list of things to blog about. I won't say how many thing exactly, in case I get too lazy and don't do them all. It's not that I won't do them it's just that some of them are opinion pieces, and aren't something I have to rush to blog about. I can honestly blog about them anytime. It's the news and PVs that are a main priority.

So yeah most likely a bit of a post spam, just to play catch up with all the PVs, and news I've missed. Though I might end up doing the PVs over an extended period of time, since they take a while to do. Believe it or not PV reviews usually take me 1-1 1/2 hours to do. But usually a majority of the time is screen capping pictures and uploading them to photobucket and then my blog. The review itself usually takes about 10-15 minutes. XD

Blog Hiatus

I just wanted to take this time to announce to everyone that I will be taking a hiatus from blogging for an undisclosed amount of time. I say undisclosed because it could be a couple of weeks or it could be a couple of months, I don't know right now.
The reason for my hiatus is because my mother has suffered a mild stroke on Monday. And while she is fine I still have no idea when she is getting out of the hospital. First it was just until Wednesday, then it was Thursday, and now she might have to stay for rehabilitation for 3 weeks. And when she does get out of the hospital she will need help with everything. Cooking, cleaning, and even help walking. This is just a completely stressful time for me right now. I am completely not mentally prepared for something like this. I've been so anxious the past few days, I've barely eaten or drank anything.

And one of the things that has helped me be sane this few days, believe it or not, is Morning Musume. You can say that Momusu is just an idol group for 40 year wota, and that they don't make legit music. But when I was waiting for the phone call to see if she was ok or not, I kept repeating Furusato over and over again. Even though it's about moving to Tokyo it's got a few lines that really resonant with me. Like, "scold me like you used to my Mother." And "I'm sorry I'm such a selfish daughter."



Even though I won't be blogging for a while, I will still try to return all of my comments. And when I start blogging again I'm going to have to play catch up to everything I missed. I hope you guys don't mind. Even now there's like 3 blog posts I planned on making that have to be put on hold. So, yeah. I hope you guys will wait for my blog to be back, and won't worry to much about me.

Even more banners!

I swear I'm like super addicted to making banners for this blog. So of course I made to make even more banners. Bringing me up to 27 banners for this blog. I think I need a better hobby. XD Anyway here are the new banners I made. Please don't laugh at my noobshopping lack of photoshop skills.

First the official group ones.

SKE48:

Momoiro Clover:

And I made some more wota friendly ones. :D

Nishikido Ryo:

I had to do Ryo's Boao shoot. It's so hot! XD

Kusumi Koharu:

Koharu's actually came out the best. Mostly because I found a great picture that had room for me to blend 3 other pictures on the left.

Konno Asami:

I had to make one for my beloved KonKon! Though this one came out the worst. Since I used different pictures, I had no idea what to do for a background. So I just made it her group color. XD

Yamapi:

Of course I had to make a Yamapi one.

Suzuki Airi:

This picture didn't even need blending effects.

AKB48:

I found this picture randomly one day when I was looking up AKB48 pictures, so I had to make a banner out of it. XD

Akanishi Jin:

I made this Jin banner long before it was ever announced he would be leaving KAT-TUN. I wonder if he still counts now? XD

So yeah 27 banners, you'd think that would be enough. But I haven't even scratched the surface of what I want to eventually have. I still have to make one for Canary Club, Kanjani8, Idoling!!!, YuiKaori, and solo ones for each of my favorite idols. Which is a lot. XD

I take blogging far too seriously

Please be warned the following post is somewhat long and somewhat emo. Though I felt I had to make this post to clear up some things about my blog. And I also needed to vent some of my feelings, which is what a blog is for anyway. A specifically themed blog or not.

Just sitting here on a raining day reading conspiracy sites and Jpop blogs has made me think of a few things I've been meaning to get off my chest.
As the effect of trying to please everyone who happens across my blog too much, the quality of my blog has suffered greatly. In the 6 months of 2008 that I blogged I had 56 posts, and in 2009 I had 141 posts. That's roughly 197 posts about H!P. In October 2009 I announced some changes to my blog, that I would officially be covering all idol groups not just H!P and occasional posts about JE. After the announcment you'd think I'd have about 5 times as much posts as I usually do, but the fact is I have even less then usual. Right now I have about 64 posts for 2010. Which is pitiful compared to what I should have. And what's the reason behind that? I don't want to be too biased toward one group. Back in 2008 and 2009 when I was blogging about H!P solely, I made posts about everything going on in H!P. I mean everything! Photobooks, CM, previews, sometimes even comments about pictures. But since I expanded beyond that I stopped reporting every single piece of news. Because if I focused too much on H!P it wouldn't be fair to JE or other idol groups, my idol blog would be too one sided.

So that leaves me where I am now. Not wanting to post too much news or too much info about each agency. So I end up only posting half of what I'd like to. And since I focus too much about what I shouldn't be posting, I completely forget about all the other idol groups. Not only that I think to blog about any other idol group/agency I have to be a 100% complete super fan that knows every small detail about the music, members, history, and background before I can even post about the artist at all. There's been a few things about AKB48 that I've physically stopped myself from posting because I don't know AKB48 by the back of my hand yet. So then I also worry that I'm not catering to AKB48 fans enough. And I become momentarily defeated.

But actually when I first started posting in 2008 I knew very little about C-ute and Berryz Koubou. I had literally just started listening to them a few months prior to creating my blog, because when I first got into H!P for the first 2 years I only listened to Morning Musume. When I first started blogging I didn't even know each member of Berryz Koubou and C-ute's names. That's a fact. Yet I blogged about them anyway. Since I've gotten more comfortable with blogging I feel I absolutely have to know everything about each group to make a half way decent post. Which in turns puts an insane amount of unnecessary pressure on me. Turning something I do in my free time as a hobby, into something more serious than it is. And at the same time makes my blog suffer.

I also get extremely discouraged that my blog gets pretty much zero recognition. Of course back in 2008, when I was a silly 16 year old with no grasp on making a well thought out post, it didn't bother me much. But from time to time it does take a big toll on me. Even though I make this blog 100% for myself alone not to be the biggest blog in the world, it still hurts when my well thought out posts get basically ignored. Or I see a post getting featured on a blog that is less then deserving. Especially when I have similar posts. And being completely modest and not arrogant, my posts are sometimes a lot better written. I've also considered to stop witting all together from time to time. Since my blog isn't really all that popular anyway. And practically the only way to make it popular is to have my blog featured on other blogs. But after asking to be featured about 6 times, and not being featured for no reason at all. I stopped trying and chalked it up as not being important or worth my time to try anymore.
But to quit blogging for such a selfish reason would make me an immature child that can't deal with inadequacy. But since I'm still a human I can't help but have those feelings from time to time.

I guess I'm just in a very sombre, apathetic, almost self loathing mood. Or maybe I just take things way more seriously then I should. Or perhaps I give meaning to things I shouldn't. Or I just make things a bigger part of my life then they should be. But as I move closer and closer to have been blogging for 2 years, if feels like I didn't accomplish anything. And blogs that are 2 years old or younger seem to have way more views and exposure than my own.

I should just end this post here. Anymore and I sound like a crybaby. Or someone who is looking for people to feel sorry for her. But I assure you neither was my intention. I was merely getting things off my chest. And basically giving an explanation for blog posts about AKB48, Idoling!!!, and etc in the near future. Even though I'm not a super intense fan of them. I honestly don't care about that anymore. Beside there are popular blogs out there that make posts saying such and such PV is out, post the video, and end their post. And still get featured on blogs. So what difference would it make if I'm not a mega fan, or might have limited or noobish knowledge of them?

More headers

I got bored so I decided to make a couple new banners for this blog. It's basically started out that I just wanted to make a couple for the groups I hadn't got around to making yet. But of course I ended up making 4 different Hey! Say! JUMP ones. XD

Here are the banners if you don't feel like having to keep refreshing the page.

S/mileage:

C-ute:

Hey! Say! 7:

Hey! Say! BEST:

Hey! Say! 7:

Hey! Say! BEST:

I planned on making HS7 and HSB banners because my HSJ banner is an extremley old picture. And getting rid of the picture would ruin my entire code. So I just made some BEST and 7 banners instead.

Morning Musume:

I really considered not making this banner since Koharu isn't a member anymore. But I love this shoot so much I had to anyway. :]

Arashi:

While I'm talking about site updates, feel free to ask me questions via my formspring on my side box. I only recivied one question. Which makes me uber sad. :/

Also, I eventually plan to make headers featuring SKE48 and AKB48 subgroups. But I'm gonna wait until I know more about AKB48 to do that. XD

Questions anyone?

I've been thinking about getting a chat box on my blog for while, but I've always been on the fence about them. Since they honestly seem a little unnecessary to me. So instead I decided to get a formspring. Which is the snazzy new question box on the sidebar of my blog. So feel free to ask me any burning question you've been dying to know about me. (Assuming you have any XD)

I don't really have that many followers/daily views on my blog to have something like this. But it seemed fun so I decided to put it up anyway. Though I might take it down at a later time if it turns out to be a bust. So feel free to ask away. :]

Merry Christmas!

Even though Christmas was yesterday, I just want to wish everyone a belated Christmas. :] I hope everyone managed to pig out on as much fatty foods as I did.

If anyone cares about how I spent my Christmas you can read about it on my personal blog here. Or you can look at my pictures I uploaded to facebook here.

Happy belated Holidays everyone! I'll see you in 2010 when I start blogging again.

I'm not dead

I haven't posted in JM in over a month. Which is pretty much an eternity in blog years. And shockingly I am in fact still alive.
In all honestly I just haven't felt like blogging lately. Not because I'm getting tired of idol music or my fandoms. Just mostly because I've been too lazy to write everything down lately. I know that's a pretty lame reason. XD
So much has happened since I last blogged I'm not going to even try to back track and blog about all the news that has gone on, which I've done a few times before. But when I did that a maximum of 2 weeks had passed, having it been over a month makes all my opinions redundant and tired. However, I do intend to go back and review all the PVs that have been released because I love doing PV reviews. I'll most likely start with the NEWS Winter Live DVD PVs. I know they seem pretty irrelevant now.

So I intend to come back in 2010 and ideally blog everyday like I usually do. I say 2010 for two reasons. 1.) Christmas Eve is 2 days from now. So I have the whole holiday things to do with my family. 2.) My headphones have officially died. Which means I have zero sound currently. And since I don't have any money I have to wait until my mom decides to buy a new pair sometime after Christmas. So it kind of ruins any plans to blog now. Do you know how much it sucks to not be able to watch the new C-ute PV? Or hear Hey! Say! JUMP'S newest song Romeo and Juliet or the theme for Ryosuke's drama, Hitomi no Screen? It sucks a lot! :/

So yeah this was pretty much just a random update for anyone out there in blog land that by chance missed my blog. I'll have to do my 2009 countdown after the new year, when I wanted it done already.

Changes to Janakya Mottainai

As you can clearly see changes have been made to this blog. I got a snazzy new layout. Which isn't exactly new, I use the same exact layout for my Jrock blog. I just tweaked the colors a little bit. Mostly because I wanted my blog to look simple, and this is the simplest pre made layout I could find.
Not only have I changed the overall appearance of my blog, I changed what I'm going to be blogging about. For the past Janakya Mottainai has solely been a H!P blog. And even though I still love H!P, I'm been getting into more and more other idol music. I mean, when I started this blog I didn't really know what Johnny's or AKB4B were. And since most of my posts were H!P related I felt restricted to only post H!P news. And once in a blue moon I'd make random posts about NEWS, but that was it.
So now I'd like to make this blog not just about H!P, but a 100% Japanese idol blog. Since I was making a fairly big chance to my blog, I considered changing the name too. But I don't really see the point in that, since it will always be JanakyaMottainai.blogspot anyway. XD

In honor of me covering more idol music I made new banners. The new banners rotate, which took my days to find a code that actually worked. So I hope people like them.
Each of the banners I made are for the artists I'll now be covering. I made 10 in total and you can see them below.

Morning Musume:

Buono:

Berryz Koubou:

Hey Say Jump:

KAT-TUN:

NEWS:

Perfume:

Scandal:

AKB48:

AAA:

My Johnny's ones suck, because it was hard to find a big enough picture for all of them. And this is apparently not all the groups I'll be blogging about, it's just the ones I like. I eventually make C-ute and Arashi ones. Possibly. XD


I still haven't completely finished this blog yet. I'll probably make new banners, and I still have to work on getting a new contact section. But for now you can contact me by going to the links section. Also, this layout makes commenting really weird. So if you want to comment on this post, or any other one, you have to go to the top of the post and hit 0 comments. :]