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Well, I’ve had enough.
Even those who don’t know me outside of this blog or some forum, have probably seen this coming.
My interest has been decreasing and decreasing ever since last spring.
Obviously, I’m not talking about my interest in Japan, Japanese, the Japanese, J-ent, SMAP, etc. I’m talking about my interest in being a part of the English-speaking/writing community that circles around the mentioned.
I knew that clips that I had had something to do with (either recording the program, just uploading or helping to translate/subtitle it) were being saved and sold forwards. I knew that translations, comments, whatever, are reposted, altered…you name it.
After some years’ break from the fandom I thought I could give it a try again. And thus, started this blog and actually got a bit active in some English-speaking boards.
But as I said to someone then, the absurdness of it all and the annoyance I feel towards things like fanfiction and constant arguing, rumour mills, lack of perspective and respect (let it be towards the entertainment or fellow fans) that are behind every corner, they would probably just get worse and worse and make it hard for me to stay around.
I hate, absolutely hate being wrong. How I wished that I would be.
This is a book (photo by Sara, cover edited by me) that is being sold in some parts of Asia (I think mainly in Philippines and Malaysia). It includes 50 pages of lyric translations from popular pop acts like SMAP, KAT-TUN, Tohoshinki/Dong Bang Shin Ki, Big Bang, Super Junior, Fahrenheit… the list goes on.
Some of my work is in there too, without any permission or credit. So are many other translators’, I’m sure.
So, in short, after seeing that and failing a Japanese course last autumn because something I had put in my portfolio was found online, I’m off.
Daily blogging is still on in ameblo, and some safe-deemed entries here in fc2 (yes, mostly in Japanese and which is also where the unlikely, but maybe possible, future lyricwork will be), but this will not be updated anymore.
When something gets as big as the Asian “culture waves”, it attracts all kinds of people. And also, money comes into the picture.
The reasons are various (and mentioned above), but this was the last straw.
I won’t delete this blog, that still stands.
Some people I’ve met have been real darlings. Most of you I’ll still meet in JDF or 2ch. We’ll see about JPM.
Any others I’ve associated with closely wanting to keep in touch, you know my mail address.
Regardless of the nature of this post, I would like to wish everyone a good new year 2009.
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Best regards,
aleyna
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