Gomen nasai about your husband.

So.
First things first.
I am twenty years old, and since mid-December I have, for the first time of my life, an actual boyfriend with whom I actually want to spend as much time as possible (which, alas, is too little as it is). I am going to university and have, theoretically, my own, albeit dark and tiny, appartement.
It should not be so hard for my parents to get used to not seeing my at least three times a week.
Erudammit.
Ah well.

*deep breath*

So, The Last Samurai. Except for some really poor CGI/rendering for the arrival at Yokohama, I love it. Very much. I'm yet trying to decide whether I like it better than ROTK, which is possible.
Only non-spoilers (IMHO) here for now, so no cut.
Even though I don't have anything again Tom Cruise and think he was very good in this movie, I doubt this will lead him to his desired Oscar. If anyone from that movie gets a best actor statuette, probably it will be Ken Watanabe. My personal guess.
I was very impressed with the casting for Emperor Meiji, who looks exactly as I knew him from photographs. Shichinosuke Nakamura was an excellent choice.
And I do like the Japanese Legolas Nobutada (really, when he's introduced, he's got this "If anyone mentions Orlando Bloom now, I'll shoot ya!" look)... my brother wondered about his "strange bow", so I got to explain Kyûdô to him. Heh. (My brother was also delighted to recognize a few words of Japanese, namely "sumimasen" and "gomen nasai" and "desu". Jörg and I managed to understand a bit more. You know the three semesters weren't totally wasted when you're able to understand at least a few sentences...)
And I cried a lot, yes. It really is sad, because, of course, you know all the while how it's going to end, because, after all, as a student of Japanology you're prefectly aware that the Meiji restauration was succesful and the way of the Samurai ended. But still you hope that they'll win, and it's really depressing. And the final scene is a real tear-jerker, although it's also a bit too Hollywood-y, with that sudden mindshift in the Tennô.
Anyway, it was "jorry good". Men in hakama! Swords! Armor! Horses! Arrows!
*happy*

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( Gomen nasai wegen deines Ehemannes. )

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And this sounds like fun.

Stolen from etoilepb:
Take the last sentence from the first ten post on your friends list (right now) and post them.

So there:
1- Before you call me stupid, read the title of this post *grins*
2- Jeebus, that's scary.
3- Because Frodo didn't know either.
4- My friends are usually more fun. ;)
5- That's it for now.
6- It certainly would be warmer there! *giggles*
7- If anyone could help me out, that would be great!
8- I should do that first.
9- I think this basically works as a scenario in movie or book context, so what would have happened?
10- Hi everybody!

Well. Rather unspectacular, I gotta admit. So at least for the next one doing this meme, I should leave something funny, right? If only I could think of something. Ah well. Gotta go. Cannot cope, off to Valinor.