The Vampire Diaries

Okay, so in the spirit of Friday the 13th, I decided to watch all of The Vampire Diaries episodes that I'd downloaded so far. (And also as part of my evil plan to PROCRASTINATE! Muahahaha!)


And I must say, Damon Salvatore [left] (played by Ian Somerhalder) is too gorgeously hot that I just had to post something about him. ♥

Before I go into all out fangirl mode, you must know that I would have totally ignored and dismissed this series as just another trap for young people, especially with all the vampire craze going on, except for the fact that I'd actually read L.J. Smith's series with the same name last year, so I got curious and downloaded it. According to one of the websites, they tweaked the storyline a bit and added some characters, but to me, they essentially changed the entire thing! >_<

First off, Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) is supposed to be BLONDE. As in, smart-bossy-teenage-head-cheerleader-goes-through-parents'-death BLONDE. And don't even get me started on Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley), who looks pretty much like the guy on the book cover but totally unlike how I imagined him in my head when reading the book. (I think I see a pattern here. Hot vampire guys in Laura's head =/= Hot vampire guys in other people's heads. O_o Hint: Edward Cullen) As for Damon... Well, let's just say the series has me more fascinated with the bad guy than the good guy.


I don't think I'm supposed to reveal any spoilers here or anything, but with the way the series is going, I doubt that it'll be anything like the book. I can only say that, after I read them over the second time around, I noticed that Stefan and Elena's story is pretty much happy ever after over, but there's still so much more to be discovered about Damon.

I KNOW! I have this fixation about the guy! Stop rolling your eyes. -_-"

Damon: I'm Damon, Stefan's brother.
Elena: He didn' tell me he had a brother.
Damon: Well, Stefan isn't one to brag.

Hah! Typical. I guess I have a thing for hot + sexy + sarcastic vampi- I mean, guys.

The Salvatore brothers. ♥

The 3 main characters of the series.

Promotional poster.

Damon Salvatore ♥

Damon with his typical smug enigmatic expression. ♥

Okay, Stefan looks pretty good here too. ♥

Well, I'm off to continue watching episode 5 to 8 now. Enjoy the pics! ^^

My "Mei-chan no Shitsuji" Craze

You know that I'm in trouble when you see me dedicate a whole post to something in particular.

Well, let me get straight to the point.
Lately I've been obsessed with watching メイちゃんの執事 Mei-chan no Shitsuji, a live action J-Drama from a manga with the same name.

Synopsis:
After her parents' death, Shinonome Mei finds out that she is the heiress to the extremely wealthy Hongo family. Shibata Rihito, an extremely handsome S-ranked [highest-ranked] butler, is appointed by her grandfather to serve her. Her ordinary life turns upside down when she is sent to St. Lucia's Girls' Academy, where every student has their own personal butler! Her childhood friend Shibata Kento (Rihito's younger brother) decides to enroll as an apprentice butler so that he can stay close to her.
Once at St. Lucia's, Mei has to face various obstacles in the form of catty classmates, bizarre lessons, weird traditions and much more besides. However, somebody in the academy has malicious plans to kill her! Will she be able to adapt to her new life and face the challenges that lie ahead with the help of her best friend, her amazing (+ hot!!) butler and her own strong determination?

I must say, the drama is quite different from the original manga. First of all, the characters are much older in the drama (the original Mei-chan is a 13-year-old loli shota -_-"). Secondly, the storyline has some main aspects from the manga, but it can be said to be almost completely different. So far I have only read until chapter 19 of the manga, it doesn't seem to be following the original plot. Third, an important character has been drastically changed in the drama. Manga Grandpa was a jovial, friendly, cat-loving old man, but drama Grandpa seems to be a heartless, scheming, uncaring old geezer. O_o And the Kento in the manga was waaaay more bishie than drama Kento. Oh well, we'll just have to see how it turns out.

Now that we have all the wordy parts outta the way, it's time to share my favourite section - the pictures!!

Mizushima Hiro as the super hot S-ranked butler, Shibata Rihito

Eikura Nana as the female lead, Shinonome Mei

Sato Takeru as Mei's best friend, Rihito's younger brother and apprentice butler, Shibata Kento

So basically, in the first episode you have this...
...who then turns into this!
Of course, where would drama be without the usual bunch of catty classmates that Mei-sama will have to gradually win over. XD

Episode 5 will definitely have fangirls like me screaming for joy at this scene and hitting the rewind button to watch over and over again.

Such a sweet scene. ^o^
(*click* picture for animation)

Oh no! St. Lucia has this "ironclad law" that might cause them some trouble:
"Love between a lady and a butler is prohibited !!"

How is it possible to not fall in love with such a nice + hot guy?! Not to mention almost all of the other students have similar complexes going on too.

I wouldn't mind having one of those virtual reality glasses Miruku-chan made though. The ones that make you see this when you put them on.

OMG! *nosebleeds* XD
(Note: To enjoy the animated version of this particular image, please click on the picture. Due to the size of the image, uploading it here has been a real pain. >_< Sorry!)

Yup, so that's about it. I am officially a Mizushima Hiro and Mei-chan no Shitsuji fan now.

I am so doomed.