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two weenkends ago i went to hanami for the first time,and i was somewhat unimpressed. maybe it was the fact that by the time i made it there everyone else was already drunk, or that i was on a little bit of an alcohol sabbatical (I had one can of low-alc chu-hi), but i was only there for a few hours before moving on to another one which i left right away. the flowers (that we could see... we were in yoyogi koen and it was just a sea of people for MILES) were pretty, and there was even a wedding ceremony being held right behind where we were sitting with a dj booth and everything. so now ive got hanami checked off of my list of things i needed to do while in japan (only took me three years!)
the next day, somehow Zan convinced me to go along with her to an event at Vanilla in roppongi because the guy she liked was helping to organize it. i heard a rumor that takky was going to be there so i got all excited and dressed up only to find out that Zans guy didnt even know who he was (i think it was 'who the hell is TAKky??!' which he said). so while zan went and had fun with him, i went over to the sofas to kind of sulk and i sat down next to some random guy and started chatting. turns out he plays saxophone in a band and was having a live on the 14th (yesterday) at the same place, and i should come if i can make it. im thinking, 'a band with a sax? how does that work at a club?' but was intrigued, so i grabbed him and made him dance with me even though i dont think he was really into it (haha). he leaves to get a drink, and Zan comes up to me and grabs my arm and says "OH MY GOD, DO YOU KNOW WHO YOURE DANCING WITH?!?!" im like... uh, i think he plays sax. and she's like, "THATS TAKEDA SHINJI! HES LIKE FUCKING FAMOUS!" so he comes back, and im like looking at him, and i still dont recognize him, so im like whatever and keep dancing for awhile until we part ways. then the next day i go home and google him and he's in the horipro agency with all the famous guys including fujiwara tatsuya who i have this sick and strange crush on with a fucking huge filmography *_* he also is like one of the best sax players in japan and played on HYDE'S 666 album...*dies*
on thursday, i heard there was some kind of party being held by the clothing brand diesel and Zan could get us in, so i thought of diesel and could only come up with "denim" so i put on a denim mini skirt, black top and black hat going totally casual not expecting much....... we get to the prince hotel in takanawa and the paparazzi are out in full force with a huge line of people and a RED CARPET with girls dressed up formally walking down it. not only am i like "SHIT IM DRESSED LIKE SHIT", but im also like 'can we really get in here without invites?!?'. Zan worked her magic and had eri who was performing that night in his band come up and get us so we got in to the party ok, but the next challenge was to try to get into the show, since apparently they were having a huge fashion show with their new collection and im like *_______________* cuz i had no idea. we made it in ok, and watched the show which was kind of cool because it was set up to look like "motel diesel" but the clothes were pretty much a snoozer. afterward, we went to go give aisatsu to hiroki who was there (of course he was! the boy is fucking everywhere...) and i noticed ootsuka ai was sitting right behind him. i didnt meet her, but i smiled at her and she smiled back really nicely. i got this really lonely vibe from her tho...was actually slitghtly concerned.
so we went out and tons of gourmet food (fresh bread with cheese and little cups of bouillabaise) with EXCELLENT champagne that they were pouring out like water. in the toilet, i happened to meet this woman named mari who i recongized from the mags although i wasnt really sure what she does. shes japanese but has the fucking coolest english accent EVER and we hit it off really well. come to find out she owns a bunch of boutiques all around japan called FALINE which sell the coolest brands from around the world (she even has NOIR *dies*). i was totally fine all night, but at one point i was on the dance floor with a glass of champagne in my hand when James comes out drunk off his ass and knocks it out of my hand and it shatters ALL OVER THE DANCE FLOOR. no one was hurt...hell, no one really even noticed, but it was like *CRUCHCRUNCHCRUNCH* dancing on that floor for the rest of the night. im sure it ruined a few pairs of expensive shoes...*shrug* i left at about 11pm because i had to meet tomo and then get some sleep for my first day of CLASS the next day, but according to zan they were there until after 2am...yeesh
that weekend, i had two photoshoots... one on saturday which was my own where i did the styling and got the team together and everything, and sunday was a different photoshoot where i went along to assist the stylist and photographer. my own on saturday went relatively well...although i DID NOT like the makeup and hair, and the model didnt either... god, i hope the pics turned out ok. that night we had a herd of people over for my RMs BDAY and i was so fucking exhausted because i had to meet the photographer at 7:30am that morning, but i actually made it to the end. on sunday i was really nervous because i had never assisted before, but it went really well (in fact, i think i could have done a better job if i were the head stylist on this one) and i got to touch 20man ($2K) dresscamp semi-couture shirts and dresses. one of the dresses was a nightmare and we ended up not using it because it was too fucking complicated and it would be our heads if something happened to it. i hope i can work with the magazine myself sometime, and the photographer met with me for a drink to talk about it, but i havent heard from him since the shoot a week ago and im slightly concerned :/
so then i start school and i wanna shoot myself, but my classmates arent so bad, blah ,blah, blah.....fast forward to LAST NIGHT.
last night was some event being produced my samantha thavasa (*puke*) but shinji was going to be appearing playing his sax, and while i couldnt care either way (he's cute, but he just didnt really seem to be all "there" when i met him at tokyonite and it was slightly off-putting) but Zan insisted and she was dragging her guy along, so met them at about 9:30pm at vanilla. luckily for us, SOU was there...this guy who seems to know everybody in the world, so we got our own big table in VIP and were taking shots of champagne (augh...so stupid).so then shinji comes out with his band...3 guys- a DJ, him, and a keyboardist, and its fucking dance music with a sax! it was like modern-day Erasure. it was pretty fucking cool and i was actually impressed. afterwards, we were invited backstage to kampai. we get back there, and i see this guy in a trucker hat and those horrible black rim emo-nerd glasses, and Zan, being the friendly girl that she is, asks him if they are prescription and he says no and hands them to her to try on. she puts them on says that yeah, it doesnt really change and he comes out and is like "WELL YOU DONT LOOK GOOD IN THEM SO OH WELL" (似合ってないからいいや）like really RUDELY, so she hands them back and thats when i look up....ITS FUCKING TOMOYA NAGASE. and he's an ASSHOLE. totally umipressed. he leaves, and zan turns to me with a 'puke' face. he seems really nice since he plays all the pussy boy roles in his shows, but i guess he's just a jerk. zan said she saw him last week in the velfarre VIP surrounded by KOGYARU. yuck. ok, whatever.
i give aisatsu to shinji, and to the keyboardist who's name is issei. they invite us downstairs to the VIP in the lounge to chill, so we follow them down and im talking with issei and his english is fucking amazing. we end up going between the VIP and the dance floor, and i even try to talk to shinji, but i just dont know...hes actually kind of boring and stand offish. in any case, he asked me for my phone number and me-ru address before leaving. i even got issei's card and he wrote down his number and email address. ha! i didnt really want to, but ended up staying til first train and left zan dancing on the floor and came home to sleep for an hour before i had to get up to meet with a photog at shinjuku station +_+. so i come home and sleep til 6pm and then wake up and look up some of these people who i met last night because i never recognize them. i look up (ishida) issei and i nearly piss my pants... he's an actor, and his father is ishida junichi the guy who is on like every variety show... and the same guy who has been divorced twice and they make a huge ass deal about it here. then come to find out issei himself has a child and was just divorced this january +_+. so then i mail shinji...just like 'otsukare sama..yesterday was fun, let me know when youre performing again,yadda yadda'.. and he wrote me BACK!!! im fucking me-ru tomo with takeda shinji!! BWUAHAHAHAHA
this tuesday i have a performance to see at the prince tower hotel by the amazing ms. aoki karen and she's treating me to drinks and food because i translated some stuff for her website~ looking forward to that! on thursday im helping taraman as staff at his unveiling of his new brand and party at SOHOs, and next saturday is another Dazed&Confused party at velours. I have been partying sooooo much...AND I LOVE IT, DAMMIT~~~~~~~