[Cloud USA announcements] Bi Yourself Open Thread for 3/29-4/4.
(Promoting Speed Racer‘s release in April 2008… and then on to his dance-off with Stephen Colbert… and then off to Berlin for Ninja Assassin filming. Yes, fans—Raizo’s body is underneath all that.)
» You can visit the previous Open Thread HERE. And of course, don’t forget that our Cloud USA Forum is a most excellent place for Rain love, fan communication, and self-expression.
By the way — have you left a message for JiHoon on The Cloud today?
(Remember, our Project page for newbies on how to register for and USE the Official Cloud Rain Fan Club site in S.Korea is HERE.)
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Recruitment for the new official 8th Cloud is now formally closed, with an initial list, member updates, a new board, and additional recruitment to come. Please read HERE.
If you can, PLEASE follow Rain’s lead and give Japan a helping hand. Donate to the 7th Cloud’s Appeal-Donation for Earthquake Victims in Japan.
[*ETA 4/3: FYI, Rain Official Fan Site users: If you’ve been trying to leave messages on Rain’s Support Board on the Korean Cloud Fan Site but getting an error message for the past few days, and if you’ve noticed that no additional news or photos or media seem to have been added… it is our understanding that this MAY simply be a result of the fan site being mass-updated with new members and with 8th Cloud statuses (i.e. “gray” clouds going to “green”). It should only be a temporary thing. Anything to the contrary, and we’ll be sure to let you know. Thanks.]
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Well now, BEST Beijing is in the bag, folks. (And they didn’t get JiHoon once this month, but twice, so Chinese Clouds should be pretty satisfied for a good while.) Red Muffler shooting has begun for our South Korean superhero, and his next stop not quite two weeks into April will be Malaysia, for a Petronas Formula 1 Grand Prix race after-show. Let’s keep him lifted up and his spirits high, okay?
Being an MTV USA Style Hot Dude three times since the New Year (and twice this month!) is a GREAT spirit-lifter, I say.
— Stephe ^@@^
Cloud USA 
Thanks for the heads up on the Time poll, wouldn’t have had a clue otherwise.
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Hey peeps… If you’re voting for Rain on Time.com, just delete your cookies and history and refresh the page and you can keep voting indefinitely. I have Internet Explorer and it’s working for me. Patsiii told me it works for Firefox also.
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I just received a nice little surprise as I was getting ready to cast my vote for the TIME 100. I did a Google search for “time 100 poll” to get me the link, and the first thing that popped up was a news report from CNN. I clicked on it and was rewarded with a lovely surprise for my trouble, a large picture of Rain, I believe from the XVI Asiad. I love when I get caught off guard like this and Rain pops up on my screen! I’m glad now that I didn’t just go directly to the TIME website, haha!
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@ Chisun, thank you sister I’m not on twitter. 😀
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UPDATE: Voting ends on April 14, Kanye West, Japan workers, RAIN! this is the order right now and from what I can tell so far you can only vote once a day if you can again, because I logged out and tried again and it didn’t work.
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Thanks. I’ve cast my vote, and also put it out on Twitter. Hopefully all other Clouds will join in shortly. 🙂
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Got it…..I just voted!
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I did too! Yay!
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Voting right now. Trying to figure out how to reset it on IE so I can vote again. Will also vote at work. 🙂
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ATTENTION ALL! Our man is again up for Time Magazine influential 2011 baby!! We need to VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!….
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I’m so super excited that Rainy Day is back again so soon! Really looking forward to season 3, I know its gonna be awesome! In honor of season 3 starting up, I thought I’d refresh my memory of the past two seasons, only to discover, I can’t find season 1!!! I really want to watch it! Any suggestions guys, on where I should look? I’m feeling seriously deprived here…
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I just have to say first off that every time Rain does something new to his hair I immediately think, “oh wow, that’s hott, this is my favorite look so far!” And then I go back through pictures of other hair styles he’s had and I’m like, “no wait, this one’s my favorite! No… this one! No… argh! Why does he have to be so hott no matter what?!?!” I’ve said it before, I’m saying it again, his hair needs its own fan club!!!
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Rain look so adorably cute and sexy all at the same time. I love seeing Rain smile like this because it is always so adorable and sexy.
I too would love to know more about Rain’s female crew members. They should have the spot lite on them just as much as the guys.
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I’m so happy to see the “Rainy Day Season” episodes are back… I love seeing the behind the scenes, and candid shots and activities…
One thing that has crossed my mind, and maybe this has already been discussed in another section, are his Female crew members. It’s interesting how there is nothing mentioned or highlighted about them anywhere (or I should say that I haven’t see it), not even their names. You can see that he is always respectful and everyone appears comfortable around each other… I’m sure they are as loyal to him as his male crew. It’s hard to tell, but one or two seem to have been apart of the team for awhile, but others seem new. I guess since the ADIEU performance of “One”, I’m noticing the girls more… I’m sure JiHoon keeps things at a distance to maintain professionalism, and eliminate any confusion. I know one thing though, speaking of insight into JiHoon, I’m sure they have some interesting things to share… However, being the professionals that they are and loyal Noonas (older than JiHoon) and Yeo-donsaengs (younger than JiHoon) – would never tell… I’m also sure some have had crushes on him over the years, maybe that’s one reason why some of them are changed (are new to the team). How could any of them resist JiHoon… 😉
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I have so wanted to know who the Women behind JiHoon are… and finding out who they are seems to be even harder than it was to compile stuff on the Men. I don’t know why that is, and it bothers me. I want a Women behind The Man page too, just because they deserve to be celebrated every bit as much as the males on Rain’s Crew.
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I would like to know about those women too!! They are so beautiful and seems to be very profesional in their approach to Rain. Is like they are instructed to be that way. Maybe in a next episode we will get to know a bit more about who they are and what they feel about being in Rain’s crew coz Rain is the hottest one but there are a lot of eye candy in that team. ;D
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Me too really.
don’t know if it helped any…
I’ve always wanted to know who they were
BUT, I think I remember beloved mentioning one of their names near the end of one of the “Adieu” concerts during “나” though I’m not sure which show it was and I don’t remember the name or her face…
But this is just something I remembered
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FYI, Rain Official Fan Site users:
If you’ve been trying to leave support messages on Rain’s Support Board on The Korean Cloud Fan Site but getting an error message for the past few days… and if you’ve noticed that no additional news or photos or media seem to have been added to the site in the past few days… it is our understanding that this MAY simply be a result of the fan site being mass-updated with new members and with 8th Cloud statuses (i.e. “gray” clouds going to “green”).
It should only be a temporary thing.
Please stay tuned. Thanks.
Stephe ^@@^
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@mirsa
ekekke sy agreed and we know one these day oour clouldYSA will have this monent time and goodies ect.. as other different way of evy of them yup!! and am good with i just upset that my place harldy carries anythimng among rain stuff and good it very so hard for examble i can other 6to5 cloth and stuff from that site but sent the site down and back up agin i never did order anything from their now anway we all love rain and would love to have and suporting for who he is and all of here are felt this way
marise i am envy for the fact u are devote to rain too seeing u goodie post by stephe it was amze me about u and your comment alway make my day i know u would e more excited to be rain fand clouds and ect.. i am looking forward to see rain again IF<——-
he is having one i doub about i will do my best for this again !! 🙂
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@ Stephe, I so agree poor guy works so hard he needs his time with peace.
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Hey ladies, I just tried to leave a message on the cloud and it wouldn’t take. Is this a April fools joke on us?
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It’s happened to me too, twice since yesterday. And none of the news has been updated. I think there’s some sort of problem.
If we find anything out, we’ll let you all know asap.
Stephe ^@@^
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Thanks Stephe!
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You’re welcome.
There’s NO Rain news today. Anywhere, except rehash on the Asian media sites. Which is good, because it may mean JiHoon is SITTING DOWN SOMEWHERE, THANK GOD.
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@misa
OMG!! i am bow jelious of u here and the overlming over you here it coz my attetion ahahhahahaha 🙂
i though i was sitting next to that make it hot in there LMAO!!!
yeah i true rain just an EXTREAMLY TRUN the min u see your mind just frezze and not no where u are at?? ekekkeek well how the mag going i wish i can get alot rain goodie i am upset that is not working this way in my place T__T
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I am sorry Kongsao that you can’t get Rain’s stuff but hey, you met him in the flesh sooo I think we can envy each other in a good way. Lol!!!
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Omo, omo, omo I am zpazzziiinnnggg sooooo bad!!!!!!! SCREAM!!!!!! Just received the calendar I bought from DN, a fellow Cloud living in Korea and I am dying!!! Lord Almighty, I am in my car, screaming every time I turn a page coz they are sooooo beautiful!!!! Gezzz, it’s hot in here and is not the weather!! It’s Rain!!! LMAO!!! The calendar is worth every penny coz the photos are huge and the details….Jesus!!!! Let’s say I am ogling Rain’s hot body almost like he was here!!! I need oxygen right now!! Mercy!!!!!
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ROFL,
Deep breath, Mari. Deep breath.
ROFL.
Terri :-}
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Wow, I love him!
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I love this photo……his smile is Unbelievable!
Stephe, Terri I do hope you ladies have told Ji-Hoon’s “people” as in (*your people call my people*) that when he does his first U.S. fan meeting and (he had better, Just Saying….and I mean that in the NICEST way), he will have to do an assembly line for hugs. No walking by the table getting the “quickie” autographed photo. I’m talking Full On body hugs, we Americans are greedy like that.
Let me, let me, let me TOUCH YA….Indeed!!……….(SMILES)
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I picked it just for that — his smile. You just don’t catch a grin like that from him in a news photo. I was enthralled.
Stephe ^@@^
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That’s so true… he’s the master of the fake-ish smile during press cons. A real smile is always a treasure. I did notice he was real-smiling during those Beijing press cons though… Must’ve been quite happy to be there.
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GAWD I love these pics! :drools all over him:
Sigh… I’m about to go stare at pics in the Long Haired Rain thread on the forum.
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Squeak!!! Long hair, OMG how I miss him like that already!!! Awww he looked adorable with those kids. Thanks for posting!!! Another one for my collection. 😀
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I loved his long hair sooooo much.
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long hair + glasses = Killer Look. *SIGH*
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He looks super cute here but yet sexy…*swoon*
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