About

J is looking for J is exactly what it says in the title: a literary escape.

Though the main focus of this website will be books and manga, all other literary forms are also open to discussion (book-into-movies, plays, poems, short stories... you get the idea).

Why was this site created? Have you ever spent days browsing through bookshops online and library shelves just waiting to find that one right book? What about if you're a manga lover and just aren't familiar with the titles? Or perhaps the world around you isn't as excited about literature as you are, and you just want someone to talk to about the topics that fascinate you?

I know I'm not the only one who sometimes feel this way. That's why this site is here.

Also, this website provides you with the opportunity to share your own works with the readers - whether it's art, videos, or writing, be sure to send them in!

Breakdown of pages:

Book Review - Origin of the Book Review
Manga Review - Origin of the Manga Review
Literary Circle - Featured writings
Interviews - My interviews with numerous people on behalf of my school.
Annie's Muse - Personal ramblings
Affiliates - Friends of Jil4J
Contact Us - Leave a comment there or contact me through email and we'll get back to you.

Current Staff:

Eli - New York
Writer
Sign:Cancer
Favourite Food: Dumplings!
Favourite Quote: [Changes sometimes but here is my current ONE: Love the sinner, hate the sin]
Likes: Japanese Music [pop,rock,punk], Anime!, Mangas [yaoi/romance] and such
Dislikes: Ignorant people

Berber - Toronto
Writer
Sign: Cancer
Favourite Food: Anything Italian!
Favourite Quote: "Not everybody can be heroes, somebody have to clap as they go by."
Likes: Cats, books, dramas, staying up late, collecting fonts, violin, everything Asian-pop
Dislikes: Mushrooms, computer crashes, theory, standing up too quickly and getting an out-of-this-world experience

Ces - London
Writer
Sign: Libra
Favourite Food: Not a picky gal, from anything to everything really...lol!
Favourite Quote: Life is like a photograph, you need the negatives to develop
Likes: Writing, reading, music (K-pop, Big Bang), films (Australia)
Dislikes: Rain, school, not fond of shopping

Joey - Los Angeles
Editor
Sign: Aries
Favourite Food: green tea ice cream
Favourite Quote: "Money and everything else are zeroes. Without health, the '1' in front, the zeroes wouldn't matter."
Likes: food, sleep, music, art, books, shopping, singing, dancing
Dislikes: peanut butter, ketchup, mustard, nuts, olives

Prerana - Toronto
Layout Manager
Sign: Scorpio
Favourite Food: Pasta
Favourite Quote: "I can resist everything except temptation." - Oscar Wilde.
Likes: the rain, books, art, and Johnny Depp. :P
Dislikes: Uh...bull terriers scare me a little. I wouldn't say I dislike them though, as I've never met one.

Andreas - Toronto
Layout Manager
Sign: Pisces
Favourite Food: Dim Sum
Favourite Quote: "If we could bottle your luck, we’d have a weapon of mass destruction on our hands."
Likes: Almost Everything
Dislikes: Yogurt

Annie - Toronto
Admin
Sign: Sagi.
Favourite Food: Everything
Favourite Quote: "One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching."
Likes: Being inspired
Dislikes: Red marks all over tests


To see the 1st post, click here.

Signing off,
Annie

The Secret Behind J is looking for J

~J is looking for J~

...

Most people who follow this blog have realized the origin of J is looking for J - it's an inside joke from the manga 100% Perfect Girl. However, they would have also realized that I never truly explained it, and it's about time that I did. So here's a little insight:

Some people are consciously looking for an individual who understands us on a really deep level - perhaps someone who shows and teaches us new things, things that even we don't know about ourselves. Some people are simply searching for another soul to be with - to either dispel the loneliness of our single, solitary voices or to provide support, warmth and company.

Other people are unaware of this inherent, all-encompassing search, though they are still an active participant in this process. A few individuals are lucky enough to have already found someone who fulfills and inspires them to achieve what would have been the impossible.

In our search, we look at the people around us, but we always encounter the same problem - that the person we're searching for isn't there. There's nobody even half-decent, nevermind anyone we can consider our "soulmate". So what do we do? We wait. We wait for that someone to walk down the road, bump into us and hopefully find us just as perfect as we find them.

But if we thought this through rationally, we'd be stumped by the first question. Can fate bring us our destiny so easily? Shouldn't we be out there, actively looking for something to fill that inexplicable hole within us?

And this is where J is looking for J comes in. I don't want to be just waiting. I want to be searching; looking for it. Js are synonymous letters. I can replace the first J with anything - my name, your name, a number, a picture, or an expression of myself. And the other is like the first J - a simple parallelism that would make this sentence complete. It's weird to think that the name of a simple blog can be considered in such a way, but it's a reminder for me to always keep my eyes open. I don't want life to pass me by while I'm half-stuck in dreamland.

Then there are people who read this and think - how can we define fate or destiny or luck or karma or soul - searching? Isn't life just a big coincidence? There are no coherent thoughts; no shackles we can possibly clasp onto intangible substances.

Well, let me ask you: Wouldn't this world - our lives be so much more interesting if we thought otherwise? That someday, our search will be fruitful? That in our search for someone else, for a definition, for a purpose, we might be able to discover something more about ourselves and humanity?

I believe, without a doubt, that life would be much more interesting.

- Annie