BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!

or.....

not.

=p

TAKE fans all over the world:

 We would like to know who you are!  Xanga has something called 'footprints', where we can see where people have come from to look at or read our blogs.  They also tell us what info you're looking for.  I know it sounds stalkerish ><  It isn't.  Take fans would really like to know a little about you who come searching for the Take entries...I've seen people from Senegal, S'pore, the Middle East, and many other places--maybe you would just leave a message and tell us a little about yourself, and about how you got to know Take--we won't bite.^^;  We'd love to know about our fellow Take fans.  If you don't want to leave a message, maybe you would like to come to our forum instead--we're from everywhere too. =D

http://www.takeforums.net/index.php?s=5e620d1049691ccff193b3825b984c83&act=idx

edit: lol Lavy =p  I should have added a pic before, even though there's some posted here already.  =x

So:

Red Devil :O

I wanted to post this on my favorite soccer player/footballer's birthday.  No, it's not Mr Beckham.  Look at his tattoo.  =D

I had to do it.  (thanks to Fotofunia) If you don't recognize him, highlight here: Park Jisung, Manchester United, unless he's playing in Cup games for South Korea.  He's a Red Devil anywhere he goes.  The kind of Devil I support. lol

For the first time in my life since I was 5, my family has been dog-less. Two years ago and mysteriously, we lost our younger dog. My dog. We lost our older dog, his auntie,  last March.  We've always had cats and dogs at the same time, and they've always done dog-like things, while still being cats.  We were also cat-less for the first time--in forever, because my parents had cats before they had us. Not having dog or cat was double the empty feeling- not easy to explain.  No reason to go out in the back and play, or just walk around.  No reason to get up at a decent hour to feed someone with four legs...and do other things.  None of them ever made a lot of noise, but the quiet was deafening. It still is if I think too hard.

In 2007 we adopted a cat. This past July was a year since she came to us.  She's our guard cat. As independant as she is (not as a cat, just as herself), she comes when she's called, answers when you talk to her, and does some other non-cat type things.  Or at least things some people don't think cats can do, because cats--and other 4-legs--are much smarter than some 2-legs give them credit for.

This morning she was sitting in the front window, keeping her eye on things as usual.  I bent over to hug her, and her tail started twitching, and her ears went back.  At that time, I couldn't see what she was so worked up about.  Then she started growling.  Movement on the left caught my eye (same color as the fence, so hard to see), and there were two scared deer near the corner of the driveway.  She growled some more, and jumped down, running into the other room so she could see better.  She stayed there until they disappeared, hopefully going back into the wooded area behind us.  I never heard her growl like that before...it wasn't cat-like.  She sounded like a small dog.  Her job protecting us from the deer done, and her property safe (lol), she followed me into the kitchen to see if she could cute me into giving her a few pieces of cat kibble.  I looked her straight in the eye and shook my head; she wasn't going to get me that way.  This is a No Aegyo zone. 

 I gave it to her anyway. =p 

Take 2

   I needed to post more about them, but didn't want to update the time stamp for the previous entry. Most of the time people won't re-read entries even if they're updated.  Like all my gasoo, Take are important to me (I use every chance I get to tell them, too).  In the previous entry, I added the link to my mediafire account, where you can find a few of their songs for downloading...but one of the reasons I'm posting this is so that I can leave youtube links, so if you like what you see--maybe you'll download.  =D 

Some people may wonder why we do these things, when the group really isn't as active right now, especially in Korea.  Doesn't really matter where someone is, does it?  If you care about them, there always in that thing beating in the middle of your chest. It's really simple: it's one of those four-letter words...one people throw around like it means nothing, since a lot of people change their minds more often than they change their socks.  We also want to make up for the ones that have left them, whether it's because they were tired of waiting for 2nd jib, or because they weren't as visible on tv--or because they were 'fans' fighting amongst themselves for the title of best or only fan group...or whatever non-valid excuses they come up with.  We don't miss them, and Take can do without them.  None of us are 'out of sight, out of mind' types, so we keep going, giving them our support and encouragement. 

I also mentioned that Sungjae had started his own business, Wedding Voice.  They haven't broken up--but since they are who they are--the need to sing more than they have been. Here is the link to the website (don't be afraid of the pop-ups).  Like Sungjae and Seunghee, all the artists who sing are gasoo, including Lee Kyuhoon of Soulstar, another group that doesn't seem to be getting enough attention these days. <_<

http://www.weddingvoice.co.kr/

Someone reading this may want to know why these guys aren't busier performing and making appearences like other groups.  The only answer is--we don't know. t__t  It's a mystery. -.-  And if it's frustrating for us--including what's happened with the 2nd jib--then it's quadrupled for them. =/  They've been in China, where they've gained a lot of notice and popularity--for over three years.  They've been concentrating there for so long, Nathan (also known as Seunghyun) is just a decimal point away from being fluent in his 3rd language--Mandarin. 

credit for the pictures belongs to the website, lavenderwingz at TAKEforums, and femalegaze. Credit for the About Us translation is Lavy's friend plumblossoms from their Jang Ri In forum, chocolyn.

Here they are at work; credit to femalegaze22 at youtube, and http://www.weddingvoice.co.kr/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RilTRTcCEHM&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyu1VKF6eao&fmt=18

I'M GOING TO UPDATE THIS WITH THE OTHER LINKS LATER ON.