i just made my first phone call to the 県庁。 i was totally 緊張ed.

but apparently my 敬語was okay!  and they understood what i was saying and everything!! and i understood too!! so i think from now on, i am okay with the phone!   huzzah!!

also, i feel nice and accomplished.  of course, there is back story that i haven`t gotten a chance to write about yet, ( Read more... )

is sad ( Read more... )

but before that, translations of the malice mizer apartment interview are up on
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so tamara and i met vidoll yesterday.  she was teriffic.  she was all talkign to them and stuff, and told jui that they should tour in NY, because of allie ( Read more... )

i sent in my materials today.  thanks for everyone who helped.  and for all the encouragement ( Read more... )

so today, tamara decided that for the birthdays that we knew each other for, she was gifting me a ticket to vidoll today ^_^

it was great!! the songs were awesome, and although from where i was standing i could only see half of the stage, the half that i could see had giru, tero (my 2ban) and rame (daisuki!!).  tero is a fucking amazing drummer.  at ( Read more... )

i was looking for a certain interview for research for my paper on goths in japan and found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9yMbTPQ4FERead more... )

good things today ^_^ jessica and i hung out in kichijouji and saw a string quartet.  they were AMAZING!! we did almost 3 hours of karaoke.  that was also amazing ^_^.  sometimes i feel like karaoke is seriously an excercise.  the machine will tell you how many calories you burned during one song, but it seems like SO much more.  but then i guess ( Read more... )

the day that started out as not so hot, turned into a day of fun ( Read more... )