So GazettE's new CD, DIVISION, came out on Wednesday! I met up with Greta after work and went over to buy the 3 disk (2 CDs & 1 DVD) limited edition at Tower Records. The packaging and photos in the album book are gorgeous. Of course, I listened to the album as soon as I got home! (And I'm listening to it as I type this ( Read more... )

I've been super fangirly over Big Bang's recent comeback. Their new mini-album "ALIVE" was released last week and I've been listening to it a lot. My favorite songs on the album happen to be the ones that they've released videos for so far. "Blue" is such a lovely sounding song. I think it was perfect for their first comeback song. I love the chill ( Read more... )

As I mentioned in my last entry, I've been really into K-pop recently. Actually, for about the past month or so. I've poked around the fringes of K-pop fandom for a while (mainly because of TVXQ, but there was a bit of Super Junior and SHINee in there too), telling myself that I didn't need another obsession on top of my Japan obsession. Then there ( Read more... )

This post contains some introspective fangirling that gets kind of mushy. It's actually kind of embarrassing because I usually try to contain my hardcore fangirling for the proper place and time, so I'm putting this behind a cut.

( Embarrassing amounts of love inside. )

I'm definitely sadfacing right now. I just learned that my bbs Ayabie are disbanding. Or rather, Yumehito, Intetsu, Takehito, and Kenzo are leaving and forming a new band without Aoi. This makes me unhappy because (while I love the rest of the band) Aoi's been my favorite Ayabie member ever since I first saw them in concert in Chicago. Aoi's got a ( Read more... )

Feeling a little better today. I finally had a decent night's sleep, for the first time since getting back from Japan. This is the first time that I haven't woken up, for an hour, in the middle of the night. I'm hoping my internal clock is finally re-adjusting itself. I then started off the day right by playing some of my new copy of Kingdom Hearts ( Read more... )

It's time for another backdated post. This time it's all about the incredibly awesome time I had at the V-Rock Festival~.

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I am exhausted, sore, and my ears are ringing, but I'm so happy. First of all, the Nagano trip was a ton of fun. Then, I rocked the fuck out at the V-Rock Festival today. It was amazing~. I finally got to see Gazette perform, which makes my life that much more complete. I love them. <3 The other bands were pretty awesome, as well.

Now, it is time ( Read more... )

I bought a ticket to the V-Rock Festival today! It's an all day long series of J-rock concerts, held in Makuhari (the town I go to school in) on the 24th and 25th. I'm going on the 25th because that's the day Gazette is playing! I finally have a chance to see them live! I'm so super excited~.

I also just learned that Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize ( Read more... )

So, I was going to make an entry about my fun weekend, but that can wait until my next post ( Read more... )