300,000 Videos and Happy Late Birthday!

I wanted to post a drawing of Jaejoong for his birthday, but my roommate’s scanner won’t scan to my computer—so that will have to wait till the weekend when can use my scanner at home. But just so you know we didn’t forget,

HAPPY (belated, as usual) 24th/25th BIRTHDAY, KIM JAEJOONG!(Your picture will be up presently. ^^;)

Now on to the next item of business:

I’m sure many of you have already seen this video, but I just wanted to help spread the news:

300,000 videos to cheer TVXQ !

this campaign has started on this website→韓国芸能物語～by Song
Please follow these rules!
(1) Before you give your message to TVXQ, please say ”this is one of 300,000 videos to cheer TVXQ !!!”
(2) Make it 3 minutes or under.
(3) Title of your video should be “300,000 videos to cheer TVXQ”
(4) Copy this and add to tags.→東方神起３０万動画ＵＰ大作戦
(5) Choose “entertainment” category.
(6) Please do not use any images infringing copyright.

(credit for these instructions goes to oneTVXQ, where I found them.)

I just recently finished my own (the audio is a little weak, so you will probably have to turn it up to hear) and I hope every fan that reads this will follow suit:

The Neomyth

The new myth of Cassiopeia
brings our heroes now to make their choice:
they are the Gods the Queen once scorned
with misplaced vanity in her voice.
Now repenting, her skeleton of stars
in the sky above flushes red as Mars
as she sees the astronomical mistake
that in praising her beauty o'er theirs she did make.

She reveres now and loves them as is her place—
And through their journey gives them aid
as they seek the greatness that is their fate.

Because now you, these heroes, like all on such roads
have reached—or yet crossed!—the thresh hold of “known”
and are come to the trials you must pass to grow.

So, New Gods Rising in the East,
rivals of Apollo who shares your path:
Outdo him—even in the skills he made!—
as you do the sun his car draws aft.
Surpass that sun with the stars by your side,
and be the power that gives us life:
rising in the East, setting in the West,
spreading light to the North and South you pass—

or become at least your very best.
Though the sun shone brighter we would love you better,
more luminous in our eyes than can light express.

YouTube Channel and All About International Cassiopeia

Cassiopeian Moon (that is, Wasur3naid3 and I) have recently revamped our YouTube channel—which basically just involved uploading all the projects we have recorded to date. We are still working on subtitling some of the material, however. We should be posting all uploaded videos to the blog as well—but all in due time. On that note, here is one of our most recent uploads with some context.

 

This video was made for and submitted to the All About International Cassiopeia Project hosted by O! (inspired by the AADBSK series). I would highly recommend all of these videos (clicking on the title will take you to the YouTube playlist—there are 13 videos of 10 minutes each). I’ve almost finished watching them, and never cease to be amazed by how talented Cassiopeians are—it must have something to do with the quality of their source material, don’t you think? ^o~

Our clip is featured in the 5th video, at about 6:35
I am also in the 11th video, talking about what TVXQ means to me, starting at about 3:00

One day I wrote their name upon the strand...

...and then I got my mom to take a picture of it!
(OK, so that's not how the poem goes. But it is what happened!)

The "strand" here is Taino Beach in the Bahamas.



Happy (very) belated anniversary, DBSK!
Hwaiting!

Fansong Project

Regarding the post below. . .
I had been meaning to put the International Fansong Project Video here, as it is a massive fanwork that both Wasur3naid3 and had a small hand in making--that is, we added our voices to the menagerie of other fans' to create a more global picture of DBSK's fans.
Here is that video, along with the one advertised below. Both were compiled and edited by Catherine.





credit: Catherine+IntlFansongProj

DBSK International Fans WWW Project

From the co-ordinator of

DBSK International Fansong Project 2009

(yes, the very one Yoochun said they had seen!)

comes a BRAND NEW PROJECT!

Hi all,

I’ve had a new video concept for a while and have been hesitating to do it but I guess now’s the time given the recent occurrences. This is brand new project entitled “DBSK International Fans WWW Project".

WWW actually stands for “We Will Wait”. It represents that we will wait for them to come back, hopefully as five, while they take this time out to sort out their matters.

So yes, PLEASE PARTICIPATE!

What will this video be about?

Along with something else in front, the main part of this video will consist of fans holding a sign with the words “We will wait for you” in Korean while saying the same words in your native language taken against a background which shows your country. Please try to participate and give a REAL INTERNATIONAL representation for this video!

How do we get involved?

If you wish to take part, please do the following:

1) Email dbskfansongproject@gmail.com with your name, estimated number of people in your video entry and country by 20th December 2009, Sunday to register. Please register only if you do wish to submit. I had quite a few people who registered and never submitted their videos for the last project.

2) Once you have registered, take the video by ensuring that you…

i) Write the words “기다릴게요” on a sign/paper/banner no smaller than A4 size. You can make it bigger to enable it to be seen clearly.

ii) Find a place with a background that would represent your country. It can be a landmark or a street sign in your
country’s language, for example.

iii) Hold the sign and say the words “We will wait for you” in your country’s native language clearly in a normal speed as you take the video. Try not to rush through it.

iv) Send the video to dbskfansongproject@gmail.com with your name and country on the file name using yousendit or mediafire by 23 December 2009, Wednesday. If you need to submit the video beyond this date for very exceptional and special reasons, you can let me know.

3) Important things to take note:

i) Please make sure you register. A maximum of 1-2 entries will be used per country or major city so please register early.
ii) Group entries will be preferred over individual entries but you are welcomed to submit as an individual.

iii) Entries will be selected based on video AND audio clarity so please check your video before sending it in. Make sure that you can be SEEN and HEARD clearly. While I cannot guarantee that your clip will be used, be assured that I’ll do my best to fit everyone in.

iv) Please send your video in a format that can be opened and edited by Windows Movie Maker.
v) You are welcomed to wear and/or hold your own club tees or DBSK merchandise but please ensure that you have the sign required. Any videos with inappropriate behaviour will not be used.

Will DBSK see this video?

I’m afraid that I cannot guarantee if they will see it. If we help each other and get the word out, they might see it. I’ll do my best so let’s just try our best ok? Hopefully, Yoochun sees it again hahaha

For clarifications/enquiries, please email dbskfansongproject@gmail.com.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS NEWS IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY FORUMS. THE MORE DIFFERENT ENTRIES WE HAVE, THE MORE WE CAN SHOW THE SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL FANS!

Thank you~

In Light of Recent Events

With all that has been happening concerning our boys, doubt and confusion have proved breeding grounds for rumor and misinformation. Sensationalist news sites blow minor details out of proportion in hopes of boosting their readership, feeding off the fears of fans.

It is our job as Cassiopeians now to be strong: for six years our boys have dedicated their lives to us, and we have always searched for things to do in return. Gifts, messages of love--these are all nice tokens, but now is when it really matters: now is when we must show our support and love for those who have done so much for us. It is easy to be disheartened but it is important to stay strong.


ONE

I saw a poster on the wall of a bookstore:
“one is not half of two.”
It explained that instead are two halves of one.
Just so, then, aren't five her fifths?
Cassiopeia makes us fractions who were whole
by making the whole not us each but us all

Whoever said one was lonely
didn't know one in all her forms.
For this is not math: this is love.
Math has limits: love has none.
Math treats numbers; it tallies and proves.
Love treats kindly the hearts it rules,
and to love the only number is one:
one person, one couple—one TVXQ!—
and empty therefore are the fractions thereof...
Fourth fifths,
Three fifths,
Two fifths—no:
the fraction can mean nothing without the whole

I saw a translation of an official statement:
“We trust only the words that come from their mouths.”
It was talking about our boys.
"Even if their words aren't true?"
I could imagine all manner of people
writing this contemptuously.

Whoever would think such a thought
does not know the meaning of "true"
True blue, true love, true to the end:
all the loyalty of lovers and friends!
For six years our boys have been true to their fans:
now it's our duty to be true to them.

The responsibility for truth lies with you,
with me,
with all who read these words and feel their weight:
The words from their mouths are, “Always keep the faith!”

Be then no fair-weather friends
who renounce allegiance when conflict pends!
Faithful be who have still faith,
but those will lose heart who let it fade.
So spread not rumors, nor propagate lies,
nor filtered facts that information hide—
for these are where the true untruths dwell:
in the trusting of words trusted mouths did not tell.

TVXQ forever fighting, always keep the faith in five!

The Lesser Stars of Cassiopeia present . . .

This video was made some time ago for the Seoul Infinite Dream Contest--before all the scandal broke out. It features Wasur3naid3 and I--along with our friend Gayatri on vocals and flute, though not in the video because her parents said no.

There are two other videos that need some reworking before we upload them here, but hopefully that will happen over the break. In any case, here is our instrumental and vocal cover of the Chinese version of Little White Boat (Changmin's solo at Miroticon):




(The Lesser Stars of Cassiopeia is the name of our fan performance group: the constellation Cassiopeia has five main stars, but there are other, dimmer, smaller, or lesser-known stars that fall within its bounds and aren't a part of its W shape. We are these stars--within the constellation but not a part of the asterism.)