6 posts tagged “japan”

Okay. I had planned that I'd be in Japan around when Yatterman was released.

Well. March...In March, I will...well, I don't want to jinx myself but. Its not highly likely that I'll be in Japan or able to get to Japan by then.

I know its silly that I'm like so adamant to be there because go figure, I want to support Sakurai Sho. However, that's the breaks.

So! My plan(s) of action:

1) Get a well-paying job.
2) Save money for round trip for March.
3) Stay for a week.

Then what I will just try and plan is like...if my mom is willing to help with my plane ticket to Japan for the seven weeks, I can afford for the week's plane ticket.

Accomadation for the week isn't a huge deal- hello, mangakisas/Super Hotel!

This is all tentative! The seven-week trip is my main goal so if Yatterman March trip has to be shelved then...so be it.

I'm going to try though. If it just means hard work for several hours, I can handle that.

Ganbarimasu~

So, since I got a bunch of new things, I re-did my Arashi shrine. I had to move a bookshelf/other CDs to make room. Hahaha...here we go!

1. Lower shelf. New TV Guides, my Aiba signboard, and the 10 CDs of theirs I felt like displaying.
2. Closeup of lower shelf. One Love, Truth, Dream A Live, Step and Box Special Cubic Box Limited (WAY Limited) Edition, Aozora Pedaru Limited Edition (both), Iza, Now! etc.
3. Top shelf. PIKANCHI DOUBLE movie pamphlet, HYDF movie photobook various DVDs, my Arashi concert ticket holder, Arashi shop photo album, ArashiGoto, The Television.
4. Top shelf again.
5. Lower shelf again. XD
   

Then, just so you girls who sent me the letters/postcards can see, I stuck them all in the message book at Keikarou. Also, check out this amazing drawing of Aiba-chan that was given to the restaurant.

Yo.
I'm back in America.
*confetti...failure sounds*
Feels weird.

Anyhow, I start school in four days.
I will be scarce until I am back into the groove of things.
I"ll catch up with in questions ASAP but if it's not within minutes like usual, then you know why.
I got to email a few of you anyhow regarding tons of stuff so just...hold out.
We'll talk.
I have pictures. Will post soon.

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2008/08/05
Today was my last day in school. I  got a certificate and we had mini closing ceremonies. It was nice. :)

I Nino Danced out of the classroom. Pretty epic. I think I ran into someone though. Sorry! >.<

2008/08/06
I came to a mangakisa (Internet/manga cafe) to celebrate my last day of school. I wanted to talk normally for a extended amount of time to my friends basically because since we don't have the Internet, I
don't get that chance. However with my luck, I got sleepy! I slept most of my mangakisa stay. It's fine though. I still had fun.

This mangakisa was in Harajuku. Harajuku has great deals but is kind of a dumpy place. I expected it to be flashy and you know, all clean. Not so much. Preconceptions are bad. However, I did find a great
thrift store named WE GO! and bought a cute shirt for $10. It's very Johnny's style. I like it.

I forgot to mention this! After I woke up and got ready to leave the mangakisa, I paid and left normally. Decided I wanted to see MatsuJun's Hana Yori Dango Final. Get to Sunshine City in Ikebukuro and go
to the ATM. "Are?! Where's my debit card....O_O|||"

So I'm like "Okay, don't freak out. Either it's back at the cafe or home." So after going all the way to Ikebukuro (and getting lost mind you!) I had to return to Harajuku. Well thankfully they had it! Also, it
was funny because they said, "Ah, Gaijin-san is back for her credit card!" I was like Ha...thanks...

Watched Hanadan Final! It was hilarious, even when it shouldn't have been. I'm going again and will do a report that day. To the fans who came to Las Vegas filming: I didn't see us, guys! We gotta be more
stealth. Aha...

2008/08/07
Today I woke up around 11PM. I ate the world's best wonton soup from the conbini and then fell back asleep.

Tomorrow will be cleaning day! Today should have been but I got tired...

Went to a matsuri (festival) for Tanabata in Asagaya. I live in Minami Asagaya so...you just walk to Asagaya. They had huge floats of popular Japanese characters. I liked Doraemon and Yatterman. They
had Piplup from Pokemon and Po from Kung Fu Panda too. I ate takoyaki! It was great, especially because it wasn't scalding hot. It's hard to eat it happily when your tongue is being seared off. I ate a
fermented cucumber too. It didn't taste like a pickle so I gave it to Stephanie. She's my roommate.

Came home to watch Arashi on Utaban. Best choice ever! Know how Ohno is always saying rude things to Nakai under the guidance of Taka?? This time, all of Arashi said things! It was so funny. Also,
there were water guns! Nakai slipped and fell after Taka threw a watermelon at him and then fell on the watermelon. It was great. Sho also made 'epic face' at one point when a ton of random sports balls
rolled by in front of him. I don't know if he was like, "What the heck..." or had somen stuck in his teeth. I LOL'd though.

Wasn't epic Truth performance of Utaban the sickest? I was like Oh my Lord in Heaven! Really I love this song because it is so unlike Arashi's 'normal style of' music. Arashi is known as a pop group so I'm
one of the weirdos who when they make songs all hardcore like PIKANCHI or all eerie and epic like Truth and very excited. I like my pop kinda twisted around and Arashi does a bit of everything.

So there is no normal Arashi but what I mean is that really, no song has been quite like Truth. To add that Maou is a rather suspenseful/serious drama so you can't throw a happy song on a drama based on
revenge. Leading to my initial fear in hearing they'd do the song. It was an excited fear though.

I made spaghetti! It's pretty easy too considering I just had to make the noodles and heat the sauce. My mommy makes it better though, but she has an arsenal of spices and we have...well soy sauce. Don't
add that to spaghetti!

2008/08/08
First day the Olympics in Beijing. My boy's doing his thing for NTV/News Zero...and representing Arashi over there as well. I'm proud but admittedly I'm very concerned for his and the athletes safety as well.

Sho's really great and I think I've only been able to talk to a few about him in a serious tone because I pick on him a lot. It's not to be malicious but the fact that he has so many flaws makes him very
humanistic to me and that's why I'm a fan. I hear the, "He's perfect!" and laugh. He's not and if he was, I probably wouldn't be so big a fan.

Regardless he hasn't been a newscaster for a terribly long time and so to be given this chance...my point being we see him on air but I think he really had to have shown some real dedication behind the scenes
as well. I believe he takes his job very seriously and that's endearing. I hope I can become that focused and driven in my everyday life and become someone people can depend on. That's my personal goal.

Today I downloaded A.RA.SHI, COOL & SOUL, and Kitto Daijoubu ringtones. I think I like Kitto Daijoubu the most but A.RA.SHI is hilarious. It's like...just funny. MIDI tones are all insane though.

Nino is complaining about the heat in Game Nikki X. I complain about it too, by shouting "It's hot in this country!" Doesn't help. Wont help you either, Nino! I'm being belligerent again. Everyone in this house it. It's hilarious.

I'm in a mangakisa! Posting this first batch. Just heard about the Maou Fan Event. I am going to try and send 50 postcards. Wish me luck. :)

ARASHI KARAOKE! It was great. NEVER DO COOL AND SOUL UNLESS YOU HAVE MAGIC POWERS.

50...postcards...all written by hand...my left hand should be falling off in 5-4-3-2-1. Ow. Thanks Steph for knowing Kanji! She had to write the Kanji for age/Maou 50 times. >.<

2008/08/09
Yesterday after writing all 50 postcards, me and my friend went out at about 3AM to drop them in the mailbox. I know I shouldn't be but I am a bit scared they wont be delivered on time. I mean everyone had the same amount of time I did to mail them but I was a bit delayed. Nevertheless I am not sure how many people out there sat down and filled out 50 postcards so if they are delivered on time, I still have a decent chance.

NessaToshi (of Denessa - greatest conbi ever) dreamt that I was at the Fan Meeting! Her dreams usually come true - it's crazy! So maybe...I just...I want Ohno to know hes got International fans! Thats why I did it. I know he knows but he needs to...know...AGAIN! I have another mini-goal but I don't want to spill it. May not go as planned.

At some awesome negi somen or tsukemen or whatever. It was yummy. Tonight I gotta go home and Work Work Work on something! Wish me luck.

The cut off for the Maou Fan Meeting is 8/11 and the event is on 8/15 so if I won, I will know soon. Man, I am so nervous. I hope I find out with enough time to by a new all red outfit. I have to wear red apparently hah.