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おでこの上キスをしてよ
今じゃなくていつの日か
おでこの上キスをしてよ
二人の愛は罰ゲームから
[Plant a kiss on my forehead
Not now, but someday
Plant a kiss on my forehead
Because our love is a punishment game]
でこぴん 乃木坂４６
[Dekopin (Forehead flick) Nogizaka46]
I thought Zoolander 2 would be an enjoyable fun time at the theatre watching a dumb movie. Instead it was the suck. So was the movie.
Zoolander 2 finds Ben Stiller reprising his role from a decade ago. Unfortunately, it wasn’t as funny the second time around.
Do not watch until they show it on Comedy Central…
1 of 5 stars.
The Tech Oscars. Almost forgot. And this year they included a guy to help host. Jason Seigel. Olivia Munn the obligatory hottie.
Will I come to love this song as much as their last?
This is how I’ve been watching Nogizaka46 4th Anniversary 46 Hour Marathon. I’ve been on my couch for 2 days. It is almost to the end. I don’t want it to be. Which fansubbers are going to get the English sub for all 46 hours?
I’m trying my hand at slow cooker pulled pork. This is the first time I’ve done this so we’ll have to see how it goes. First off, I referenced these two pulled pork recipes: Shutterbean’s slow cooker pulled pork and the easy oven pulled pork. I pulled the slow cooker style from shutter bean but went with the flavoring found at serious eats.
It’s cooking right now on low. I’m going to check on it in 4 hours, then flip it over and maybe cook it for another 4… overnight.
I made a rub for it. Cumin, garlic powder, paprika, white sugar, fresh ground pepper, kosher salt. I rubbed this on a 2 pound pork shoulder/butte. I bought this cut of meat in a 5 pound version with the bone in it. That was the original size, but it doesn’t fit in my slow cooker. So I butchered it down to 2 pounds without the bone. I did that this morning and rubbed it down also with salt and pepper before refrigerating for the afternoon.
So, after I applied the light rub, I decided to sear it just like the serious eats version. I did this on my stovetop in my trusty dutch oven. I only took it to 2-3 minutes a side until they developed some cover.
I prepped the slow cooker. I chopped up an 1 1/2 onions and laid some in the slow cooker. My slow cooker is taller than it is wide. I also chopped up some garlic. I threw it in the slow cooker like the onions and turned the cooker on high to begin the slow, slow heating up.
When the meat was slightly seared, I transferred it to the slow cooker. I poured in about 16 oz of store bought, low sodium chicken broth enough to cover half the meat. I then poured a little more into my dutch oven to deglaze whatever was burnt onto it. I poured this liquid onto the meat in the slow cooker. I then added 1/2 teaspoon of some liquid smoke and 3 bay leaves. The bay leaves I put in because if bay leaves are good enough for pork adobo it should be good enough for pulled pork. I finally covered the rest of the meat with a little more onions and garlic.
Cross your fingers that this turns out edible.
In order to catch Nogizaka46’s 46 hour marathon of their 4th Anniversary, I downloaded the ShowRoom app from the app store. It is very Japanese. There’s avatars of everyone watching. Then they’re throwing stars. I have no idea why. They just are. I threw all my stars and I’m all out. I wish I had more because throwing stars was fun. Then everyone is commenting in Japanese. I also commented in Japanese, but also in their weird shorthand: ‘8888’ ==> clapping, “wwwwww” ==> laughing. I hope that is correct. Anyhow, I’m still using the app to watch it because the other streaming services are either blocked in the US (YouTube), laggy on my connection (Amebafresh.tv), for premium customers (nico nico douga). I will eventually run up against ATT’s unlimited slow down, but damn it. I want my NogiTV!
The Coen brothers have made 17 movies. Hail, Caesar! is another one.
It deals with a man buffeted by fate as he navigates a tricky world to do what is right and correct the wrongs of injustice which had been done against him or his family.
No this isn’t Raising Arizona. No this isn’t No Country For Old Men. No this isn’t A Serious Man. No this isn’t Barton Fink.
This isn’t one of those which are much better films than this one. Although I would argue that it does kind of remind me of A Serious Man. Not the best, not the worst. It fits right into the Coen oeuvre.
3 of 5 stars.
Forty-six is not enough. Forty-six is too much. Forty-six is going to be a marathon. Forty-six. Nogizaka46.
They are going to do a 46 hour web cast marathon for their fourth birthday special. You can watch it for free this weekend by following one of the streaming sites on today’s link. I suggest you bookmark it, and then watch it with me starting Friday evening.
I am so psyched.
Embedding for posterity. Or at least until YouTube takes it down.
This is the A and B sides to Nogizaka46’s last single from last year: Ima, Hanashitai Dereka Ga Iru (今、話したい誰かがいる). The first song is the title song. The senbatsu members are all very, very pretty in this. It is also a very pretty, pretty song. The second song is the Under Girl’s song: Shitto no Kenri (嫉妬の権利). It has the most passionate performance by the members ever. In fact both sides do their song with feeling which is usually hard to find in idol music.
After listening over and over, I think this is a very fine single and can’t wait for the next Nogi release.
