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Once again, it’s been forever since I posted. I have to say though, I’m still doing better on this blog than I ever have before, so that’s a good thing, right? I feel like I WANT to post more often, when things are happening I always say to myself, “I want to go home and post about this!” it never happens though. There are easier things to do at home. Like playing Final Fantasy VII again on the emulator on my computer. Christmas and new years were wonderful. Darren came to visit me, and we had an awesome time in Tokyo and Imaichi. We got to go to a concert, and went many places. Tokyo tower, Odaiba, Nikko, others… I introduced him to people, we spent a wonderful day with my host family in Utsunomiya, we ate sukiyaki and fabulously delicious cheese-filled takoyaki. We had a wonderful time. I was very sad when he went home.
The concert went to was NEWS Winter Party Diamond. Despite the dorkiness of the name, it was a really awesome show. I’m very glad to have seen a Dome concert, but I must say I like the smaller arenas soooo much better. I think I’d go to just about anything in Yoyogi or Johnny’s theatre, and Yokohama was quite nice as well. The goods were a bit disappointing though, unless you actually got something with a picture of the boys on it, it was almost impossible to get anything that even said NEWS on it! I got the con bag mostly out of token loyalty and the fact that all the con bags I have are paper. I wanted a cloth bag, dammit! It says ‘WINTER PARTY DIAMOND” on it in big letters…. And there’s this teeny tiny little brand tag up in one corner that you would never see if you didn’t search for it with a magnifying glass that says NEWS just about that big. >.< I didn’t even bother with a t-shirt, they were all white and said “DIAMOND” in big red letters across the front. If I’m gonna be a fangirl, I want people to read “THIS IS THE NAME OF MY HOT JAPANESE BAND!” across my boobs. Not “MY SHIRT HAS A ROCK ON IT.” The cell phone straps were awesome though. Made up for almost everything.
The girls that I sat with at the concert were Japanese, so, of course, at the end of the con they turned to me and the first thing they said was “did you understand Yamapi’s solo?” Now… if you’ve ever heard or seen the lyrics to MOLA you will understand my sudden dilemma. It’s Yamapi’s “I had Jin write me a song” song. I think it’s their height and wide doe eyes, but Japanese girls always seem so much more innocent than I’m sure they are, but I can’t ever quite bring myself to explain all the dirty little details of songs about sex. I settled for, “it was a bit ‘eroi’.” And tried to change the subject. Now as long as none of my students ask for a translation, I’ll be fine.
On that note, I did get asked for a translation the other day…. Of ‘Angel Come to Me’. Dear god. How do you translate nonsense? Anyone want to help me out here? I figure I’ll just try to translate directly and when they accuse me of doing a bad job I’ll swear it’s not my fault! The English was like that already!
Now school is starting up again, and I’m back to spending long hours at my desk in which I don’t have nearly as much stuff to do as I feel like I should. Is my job really this easy, or am I missing something? Well, either way, because of it you get nice long posts. >D
On another note though, I was sad this Christmas! No one sent me ANY Christmas cards! It made me lonely a bit. Well, I take that back. Tomiko sent me one, but she lives in Japan too. xD I know it’s not for lack of information, I sent out a lot of postcards back in the fall, and like, 15 Christmas cards myself… but no one writes me back. Ah well. That vent is over now. xDD I love you guys.
Anyone else dying waiting for this season’s dramas? I want to see Rescue and Mei-chan so BADLY! T.T Mainly I just want to see Takeru in a larger role, though I did love his character in Bloody Monday. Which by the way, despite the typically animeish ending, was a FANTASTIC show. I DID buy the Save the Earth shirt… I still have a hot Haruma wallpaper on my computer from that show, and probably will for some time. Did you know that in the manga Otoya likes Haruka? Creepy…
OH! I also bought the Satoh Takeru 2009 poster calendar. <3 Thank you Darren! It is indeed filled with hotness. It’s made me crave some den-o again… I seriously need to find someone to RP den-o with. I want to see the latest movie too. Oh! Kamen rider fans, what do you think of Decade? I mean… it’s PINK. And the suit design…. Nooooot my favorite. I am loving the re-release of all the other Kamen rider stuff, I’s got’s Ryuuki junk! Soooo, theories? An excuse to bring den-o back without insulting all the other riders? A cop-out for lack of better ideas? Or could it actually end up being made of awesome? Oh, and if he can become all these other COOL riders… why does he even need a gay pink suit? Do you think they can get all the actors back? I mean, Hero and Takeru are pretty big time now, though I know they’d have a blast doing it. But then, do they need to? I wonder how much they’ll even be in it. @.@ confusion. But, like a loyal junkie, I will watch, despite my disappointment in Kiva.
The concert went to was NEWS Winter Party Diamond. Despite the dorkiness of the name, it was a really awesome show. I’m very glad to have seen a Dome concert, but I must say I like the smaller arenas soooo much better. I think I’d go to just about anything in Yoyogi or Johnny’s theatre, and Yokohama was quite nice as well. The goods were a bit disappointing though, unless you actually got something with a picture of the boys on it, it was almost impossible to get anything that even said NEWS on it! I got the con bag mostly out of token loyalty and the fact that all the con bags I have are paper. I wanted a cloth bag, dammit! It says ‘WINTER PARTY DIAMOND” on it in big letters…. And there’s this teeny tiny little brand tag up in one corner that you would never see if you didn’t search for it with a magnifying glass that says NEWS just about that big. >.< I didn’t even bother with a t-shirt, they were all white and said “DIAMOND” in big red letters across the front. If I’m gonna be a fangirl, I want people to read “THIS IS THE NAME OF MY HOT JAPANESE BAND!” across my boobs. Not “MY SHIRT HAS A ROCK ON IT.” The cell phone straps were awesome though. Made up for almost everything.
The girls that I sat with at the concert were Japanese, so, of course, at the end of the con they turned to me and the first thing they said was “did you understand Yamapi’s solo?” Now… if you’ve ever heard or seen the lyrics to MOLA you will understand my sudden dilemma. It’s Yamapi’s “I had Jin write me a song” song. I think it’s their height and wide doe eyes, but Japanese girls always seem so much more innocent than I’m sure they are, but I can’t ever quite bring myself to explain all the dirty little details of songs about sex. I settled for, “it was a bit ‘eroi’.” And tried to change the subject. Now as long as none of my students ask for a translation, I’ll be fine.
On that note, I did get asked for a translation the other day…. Of ‘Angel Come to Me’. Dear god. How do you translate nonsense? Anyone want to help me out here? I figure I’ll just try to translate directly and when they accuse me of doing a bad job I’ll swear it’s not my fault! The English was like that already!
Now school is starting up again, and I’m back to spending long hours at my desk in which I don’t have nearly as much stuff to do as I feel like I should. Is my job really this easy, or am I missing something? Well, either way, because of it you get nice long posts. >D
On another note though, I was sad this Christmas! No one sent me ANY Christmas cards! It made me lonely a bit. Well, I take that back. Tomiko sent me one, but she lives in Japan too. xD I know it’s not for lack of information, I sent out a lot of postcards back in the fall, and like, 15 Christmas cards myself… but no one writes me back. Ah well. That vent is over now. xDD I love you guys.
Anyone else dying waiting for this season’s dramas? I want to see Rescue and Mei-chan so BADLY! T.T Mainly I just want to see Takeru in a larger role, though I did love his character in Bloody Monday. Which by the way, despite the typically animeish ending, was a FANTASTIC show. I DID buy the Save the Earth shirt… I still have a hot Haruma wallpaper on my computer from that show, and probably will for some time. Did you know that in the manga Otoya likes Haruka? Creepy…
OH! I also bought the Satoh Takeru 2009 poster calendar. <3 Thank you Darren! It is indeed filled with hotness. It’s made me crave some den-o again… I seriously need to find someone to RP den-o with. I want to see the latest movie too. Oh! Kamen rider fans, what do you think of Decade? I mean… it’s PINK. And the suit design…. Nooooot my favorite. I am loving the re-release of all the other Kamen rider stuff, I’s got’s Ryuuki junk! Soooo, theories? An excuse to bring den-o back without insulting all the other riders? A cop-out for lack of better ideas? Or could it actually end up being made of awesome? Oh, and if he can become all these other COOL riders… why does he even need a gay pink suit? Do you think they can get all the actors back? I mean, Hero and Takeru are pretty big time now, though I know they’d have a blast doing it. But then, do they need to? I wonder how much they’ll even be in it. @.@ confusion. But, like a loyal junkie, I will watch, despite my disappointment in Kiva.