I'm quite glad I made it home in time to watch Tokudane! I totally forgot that Daylight Savings made it a 14-hour difference instead of the 13-hour I was used to. X3;;

First they covered Katori Shingo's Talk Like Singing! They showed the fast food restaurant scenes! Haha, one of my favorite scenes! Then they showed Shingo with the Black Eyed Peas! I wonder when they filmed that! So awesome~

Then they filmed some big Shingo/SMAP fans! They're so lucky~!

And FINALLY! Johnny's fans in USA!
The first picture was totally potetofurai 's! I could make out the Koyama uchiwa in her pic though because Keyhole is never great quality for me.
If I remember right, one of the things they mentioned was the rough number of JE fans in the US and how Arashi was one of the more popular groups!
I flailed when they showed the group picture from Japan Day's JE meet-up that seijoutai took! I laughed when they zoomed in on the crappy board game I made. X3; I hope that made Ogura-san happy!
One of the questions that they asked fans in the survey was if we knew Ogura-san. Of course! Haha.
I think the other question with answers they presented was why US fans like Japanese idols, right? Anonymous fan answers were like, how Japanese idols tackle different aspects of entertainment. And the other was kind of a comparison with western celebrities maybe? My Japanese is the worst in the world so I'm not sure. I hope someone recorded this and it can get translated!

This whole week has been filled with JE fandom love!

I have chosen my tentative classes for next semester in the spring! So far it's only 12 credits, but there is one class I need permission from my professor for. I hope that goes through. But at the moment, this is what I have.

AAS 300 - Intellectual History East Asia (TuTh 9:50 - 11;10)
AAS 391 - Preserving World Art Heritage (TuTh 11:20 - 12:40)
CCS 394 - Asian Cinema and Cultural Studies (MoWe 10:30 - 11:35, Lab: Mo 11:45 - 1:45)
HIS 344 - Modern Japan (TuTh 12:50 - 2:10)

The other class I wanted is JPN 447 - Independent Study but that needs professor approval.

I am content with my schedule. Yes, it's annoying to have 3 classes right after the other on Tuesdays and Thursdays but it's not too different from my schedule this semester aside from the fact that my gaps are smaller. I am happy to have Fridays free! And, generally, my daily schedule of classes runs at around 10am to 2pm so I don't think that's bad. It gives me time for shit in the afternoon.

Gah, all 300+ courses. I hope I'm ready for that,

Here's my report-ish thing on Katori Shingo's Talk Like Singing!

I feel like I've clicked on the 'POST' link too many times today.

Classes went a-okay~ I'm still very worried about my Post-War Japan essay that's due before Thanksgiving. I was supposed to have a quiz in my Race&Comedy class but professor had change of plans. In Japanese literature, I thought we'd have a quiz too but we did a group project instead.

After classes, I met with some of my classmates in my Japanese class. I went to Japanese hibachi with Allison, Becky, and Clara. I call them ABC. Hibachi isn't very new to me so their tricks weren't surprising. BUT! They chef had his fun by tossing pieces of vegetables in the air for us to catch in our mouths whether we said no or not. I'm proud to say that I caught it. XD; It was pretty quiet in the beginning because we were the first group to come in for dinner in the restaurant. However, later, a party with 10 little children came in the restaurant. Apparently a very sour look came to my face and ABC wouldn't stop teasing me about it. I am sure they think I'm strange now. After checking out my car and all the cuteness inside, Clara pat me on my back and was like, "You need a boyfriend." I am quite content with how I am at the moment, thank you very much. XD;;


My food. Supposed to be chicken and shrimp with veggies and fried noodles. That flower? I stole it from Becky.

jubeichan is to me how Koyama is to Shige. We are our own KoyaShige and now that we work together too. XD
Cause it felt good to see and spend time with a familiar face over the weekend and how the Diamond DVD has been my thing for more than a week now. To me, the Diamond dvd was a little like how NEWS' 24hrtv was for me. The stars were Shige and Koyama and barely noticed Ryo. X3;; ILURYO. Haha no, but a lot of the people I watched the concert and documentary with said themselves that a lot of it was being centered around Shige. XD;

I definitely can not wait for next week to come!!! On the 18th is when Pi's Loveless is released, right? And, of course, not to mention Katori Shingo's Talk Like Singing on the 20th, Friday! I'm just planning on grabbing food to eat, maybe a little karaoke before the show at 8pm.

Oh, for those who don't follow me on twitter (add me if you have one! It keeps me occupied while I'm in classes X3), yeah, so I got an email from a reporter from Fuji TV. My first thoughts were like, "Oh god, I'm getting arrested for copyright shit." It was actually in regards to Shingo's Talk Like Singing musical and their search for Shingo fans! I still just deathly curious as to how they came to find my email. I feel bad to think that they got it from my previous posts about selling the extra tickets I had. XD; It's just that I can't make it to that show anymore! It was still rather interesting.

Oh, my paid account is expiring on the 14. XP;

I think... this is all I wanted to say for now... yeah.

今日はいいんです～三つのクラスに行きました。５時ごろ晩御飯に行きました。えびととり食べました。私の飲みものはお茶です。楽しいんです。明日、日本語のクラスに行きます。あ～　れきしのクラスもいきます。でも。。。れきし。。。しょっときらいです。:/

Weekend was uh... active. Even more active than last weekend when my father was out in San Francisco for the weekend and my mom either sleeping or working. Friday, I spent most of the time chilling on the computer and wondering where the hell my dad was. I picked him up at the train station at 9:20pm and had to drive him back cause he was a little drunk. Oh, papa.

Saturday was the first day working with jubeichan at a portrait studio. There were some points where I wanted to flail my arms and go sfdhjkjhgf cause I wasn't used to the speed and flow of things and generally no idea at all what to do. XD; After work, the both of us had yay with watching the NEWS Diamond dvd clips and Hina's dokkiri from Puzzle. Oh, that night also happened to be when I got the Diamond dvd itself. It's whee. But yeah, I was super tired.

The next day, Sunday, it was a little, no... a lot more crazy than the day before. Thank goodness I got a little familiar with things from the day before to handle yesterday. I did more than I thought! Haha, I am usually at the counter but actually got to sit and do stuff with the customers. T'was scary. Right after work, I jetted off to my university where I met with some of my classmates from Japanese class to study for our exam that I had just today. I was tired from work and driving, didn't completely eat, and it was 9pm in the evening. XD; I was pretty HIGH during study group. XD The building we were studying was kinda creepy at night and we freaked ourselves out by recalling scary movies and stuff. XD; I drove back to my aunt's house around midnight and DAMN is it scary since the road I take has so streetlights.

This morning, I had a dream that I was studying for my Japanese exam. XD; But omg, what scared me so hard was how FOGGY it was. It was so fucking thick! I was so scared of driving and trying to merge on the highway which was just as foggy! Anyway, I feel mildly confident about how I did on my exam. The study group is planning on going out to dinner tomorrow night for celebration, well, just for fun really. Actually, to be honest, it's for extra credit for Japanese class. Our assignment is to try Japanese food that you haven't tried before. So~ we're going to hibachi tomorrow after classes. Whee~

Well, before I can have fun tomorrow... I need to read a 20-page article for post-war Japan, 100 pages of I am a Cat, and... 20 chapters of my comedy class's literary novel tonight and I have 2 quizzes tomorrow for 2 of my classes. -cry-

Anyone interested in getting 2 tickets for Katori Shingo's Talk Like Singing off-Broadway show?

They are:
Sunday, November 22, 2009 @ 3pm (LAST SHOW)
Balcony Left Row B, seat 12
Balcony Left Row B, seat 14

They are $12 EACH.

EMAIL me at alkoi[@]live[dot]com if interested. Any comments to this post (unless they are general questions) or PMs will be ignored~

How awesome is NOVEMBER this year?! 8D Arashi single, Kanjani8 single, NEWS dvd, YamaPi single and concert, Massu stage play, Jin's Bandage and Lands stuff (Sorry I'm not keeping up. I had to stop caring after the eggplant), variety shows, dramas, and yeah etc~

I have realized that I've only been having one meal a day recently... It's been harder to wake up in the morning and time between classes has been devoted to studying. Only time I eat is while I'm driving home from school. XD; I get finger food on campus so I can eat while I drive because I just get THAT hungry I can't wait. I'm afraid I'd drop dead while driving. XD;; Well, I've been only getting random cafe coffee drinks especially while I'm in Starbucks while I study because eating distracts me too much. (I'm sad that my uni's Starbucks no longer has the White Chocolate Mocha. It was yum.)

A while ago I bought a sleeping eyemask with the intentions of using it during the summer while I was doing my mass amounts of airplane travel to Japan and the Philippines but I kept forgetting. Anyway, last night, I decided to actually give it a try for real. I went to sleep last night around 2 or almost 3am. I don't know if it was the eyemask powers but I woke up at 5am! I was worried that I had slept through my alarms to a point where I was so rested that my body wanted to wake up. Upon waking up at 5am, I was actually feeling refreshed BUT I still thought it was a ridiculous time to wake up so I went back to sleep. XD

With Rilakkuma as my model, here's the eyemask I was talking about.


So far I am feeling pretty positive about how I am doing in classes as far as NOT FAILING is concerned which is a BIG difference to how things were during my first two years. I've been seeing grades within the A-range which... definitely makes me happy. XD; Today, I received a midterm essay back from one of my history classes and I got the letter grade of A- and to my surprise, I was disappointed. XD; I do, however, regret that my grades in Japanese isn't up to par to how I did last year which is SAD because I did this material while I was studying in Japan. I think it's my cockiness in that fact that I don't put the same effort like I used to. X3;

Oh, so yeah. Some of ya'll possibly know that since I had been 'laid off' from my campus sushi job, I had since been in search of a job. I mildly mentioned it but I had declined an entry-level job in a childrens' photography chain. It made me realize that I SRSLY need to loosen up and stop being a tight-ass. But, jubeichan had so awesomely helped me get a weekend job WITH HER at the photography center she works at in the town we live in. XD; I wonder how this shall go. This Friday Imma be observing how the place operates. Nonetheless, I am still need of another source of income to support my funds for our trip to Japan this upcoming summer. I somewhat mentioned on my twitter of my UPS job thingie I had today. Haha, I just have to say... I feel like an idiot for bothering to have tried it really. :/ Just because they give the opportunities more readily. I don't even know why I applied really. I had come to a point where anything would do. XD;; But yeah, UPS is out the question; it was ridic. I feel like my dad knows me too well. He called me before I left for the UPS interview and said how he wanted me to just go back to Macy's and how it'd be better. And what have you know... I had time before my next class so I stopped by the Macy's close to my campus and filled out an application on-site. We'll see how that goes too. XD;;

Is this all I've wanted to talk about...?

Hm...

Oh! Well, while in Macy's, they were already playing Christmas music. Christmas music always makes me stupid happy despite the fact that SOMEONE claims I killed Santa. Though, technically, it was Shige who killed Santa. I can't wait to do Christmas cards and get presents for people!

By the way...Johnny's Entertainment Fan Meet-up in NYC

Phew, it's been a while since I've written a real full entry. I'm kind tired so... after teeth are brushed, clothes and books prepared, electronics charging, and eyemask ready... I'm off to bed!

I FUCKIN' CAVED IN. But, I served my purpose anyway since I bought the dvd. So, it shouldn't hurt...

DO NOT READ IF YOU CARE

( NEWS Winter Party Diamond and me~ )

Why YES this is a spazz post on YamaPi's pv preview. He was in FUCKING NYC, BITCH. XD;;

Yeah, there were rumors before but it's really more awesome seeing the physicalness of it in the morning news. XD

YAMAPIIIIII~~~ XD

pft, why yes, NYC is a perfect place to be when you're lonely and without love. nice concept. too bad he didn't have anyone to do the pillow-wall that koyashige did. XD

I got excited seeing Pi in the subway scene. XD;;

At least he seemed to like the Central Park views.

The more I can't wait for this PV!!!

However, as excited I am to see that Pi came to NYC, I am remember how disappointed I was how I was in NYC the same day that KoyaShige had their escapades throughout the city while I was karaoking to their music XP

Might as well get to gradually know me since I made a few new buddies!

A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it.

This one's for... like.. normal personal things.
1. I twirl my hair like a crazy mofo. It's a nervous habit, I can't help it.
2. For the past 2 Halloween's I've been PIkachu, and prolly doing it again this year
3. My parents knows I like yaoi
4. I don't like to eat chocolate because it makes me go crazy
5. I'm often insensitive, unsure how to act when emotions are needed, and I don't cry
6. I played up to 1st doubles in my high school tennis team
7. My family has 3 turtles, 2 dogs, and 1 hamster (so far)

This one's for showing off my fandom.
1. My faves from each top fave group (if I had to only pick ONE from each) is Shige (NEWS), Ohkura (K8), Aiba (Arashi), Junno (KT), Tsubasa (T&T), Tsuyoshi (KK), Inohara (V6), Taichi (Tokio), Shingo (SMAP), Shoon (Jrs)
2. Getting to watch Shige's SEMINAR butai in Osaka fulfilled a part of me as a Shige fan. X3;;
3. Going to the Yatterman premier and seeing Sho so close made me happy to live in NY.
4. Since visiting Koyama's ramen shop made me wonder think that Kei's mom is cooler than he is. XD
5. I am proud of my 40+ uchiwa and 200+ magazine collection
6. For 2 anime convention masquerade skits, cosplaying Prince of Tennis and dancing to Seishun Amigo and Daite Senorita (and we WON an award)
7. My pet dog's name is Ryo. (and my brother's dog is named Junno. Ryo doesn't like Junno very much)

Haha, just you tell you, I ain't a good person. XD;

It's possible to go shopping together even when on different coasts.

I went shopping at Macy's after a long time of not having had shopped and I was drawn in by tokidoki shirts. *_*
So cute and on sale. XD



I like the first one cause of the grey color it was and the silver parts are SHINY~ i like the red one cause I feel for Mozzarella and the wreathy design is Russ-Kesque. With the advice of ruledaworld , I got the grey angel/devil one.

Because change is good every now and then.

( Sadly... I'm still hungry. )

Unintentional face is face.
Coming home was nice. I know that I shouldn't have come home this weekend because I know that next week will be a total bitch. I have a Japanese exam on Monday, a Post-War Japan history exam on Tuesday, and a critical media analysis paper due on Friday. There's work on the side kinda on top of that.
What I've been looking forward to upon arriving home is the goodies in the mail I get to open. It's been a while since I've last ordered anything for myself. I surprised myself with NEWS' 24tv shirt as the only thing I ordered online. There was and is so many things that I've wanted to kill my money on, but I gotta be careful of my spending. There's also a promotion in the U.S. 7-11 with Domo-kun! I love the coffee cup which I got the pumpkin spice latte along with as well. The latte was surprisngly good. It was my first time getting any brewed beverages from 7-11. I bought the slushee cup yesterday and my sister was kind enough to get me  Domo-kun straw figure too. Not only that, in the mail, I got a package of things I had forgotten I ordered.



I'm still working on finishing my collection of NEWS' and NEWS related discography. I had only bought the 3 singles but the seller was super kind and gave me free official shop photos and buttons! It's so bad but I really wanna get their full collection and since I'm anal, they have to be obviously official and if possible in its best original state it can be. The pins from the seller are super cute! Even if it were random, the seller got me the boys they I just love~






Please meet Taro-kun! He is a teddybear hamster. My sister has been so wanting a pet hamster for maybe about 2 weeks or more now. We've been petshop hunting last week and did so this week again. Finally, we bought it and all that it needs. I wanna be cool and say that I bought it specially for my sister. But in reality, my sister didn't have enough money in her account so I had to pay for it. I told her to just consider him a Christmas present and she better get me something awesome for Christmas. XD I was the one who came up with the name of Taro though. When I think of a hamster, I think of Ryuutaro from Hey!Say!JUMP so I shortened it to Taro. But my sister was thinking of Yamada Taro instead. XD; My dad thought of ube, which is what I guess we call taro in filipino terms? John wanted to name it Ohmiya with obvious references to its name. XD We coulda bought another one to make it an OhMiya pair! We also named it Ohno because I'll admit, when I was picking up the hamster in the store, it slipped from my hands and we all said "Oh no!" so thought his name should be Ohno. XD We bought the cage, bedding, and all the other necessities for the little thing and the total came up to $65. I don't know it's cringe worthy or not.

We came home with Taro and mind ya'll, we didn't tell our parents about getting a new pet. XD; They didn't seem to mind. We tried to introduce Taro to Ryo and Junno. Ryo sniffed and walked away, not caring at all for poor Taro-kun. Junno absolutely loves Taro! He started whining and scratching at the doors to get to him. We let Junno and Taro play a little and they didn't mind each other at all. Junno would often lick at Taro and freak him out a little though. XD

At the pet store, we were absolutely in love with the cats up for adoption there in a seperate area. I'm really hell-bent on getting a cat sooner or later. I'm thinking of visiting the a cat rescue place in a nearby town during the winter.

( Fool )

im just so tired, im can't even bring myself to properly type on my laptop that i had to resort to my phone. but anyway, happy birthday to fanny, one of my college buddies. for my birthday she drew naked yamapi. for hers ill try a naked Tegoshi or nino. or was it sho that she liked... i cant remember. last night o hung with some friend and didn't get back till 10pm which is pretty late for me. hope my aunt wasn't too annoyed. random, but getting paid from where always makes me a happy camper. but i still wanna get another job. oh well. i will concern myself with that later. right now... sleep!.

Making this for tomorrowz... who wanting to be joining yo~

Because of certain circumstances (SHIGE APPRECIATION POST), this gif was uploaded 3 times in my photobucket. It's awkwardly mesmerizing...
(It was actually 5 times but I think you guys can do with just 3 of it.)

Friday was a decently good day. Japanese class was fun with class activity and cutely tardy TA. Work wasn't stressful but the presence of one co-worker and absence of another made it annoying sometimes. Appearance of my sister and John, her boyfriend, made the day more interesting.

Together, we were goofing off, playing tag and stealing leftovers brownies between showing them around here and there around the campus. We went to the mall where we bought some trinkets, food, and did purikura~!


We each bought 2 boxes of tokidoki frenzies and were lucky enough for all to be different. Among the batch I was happy to get Sandy and Mozzerella. I wasn't all that lucky with the Dunny. This one's too common but I like it because it reminds me of a troll. XD


My home's scanner is broken so I'm gonna properly scan it at the other house later to upload to Facebook. The mall's purikura machine was strangely actually Japanese! XD It was very much like the ones in Japan so it was fun.

After the mall, picked stuff up at the house, picked up a pizza, then drove off to home.

HOME.... uh.... well, I miss my little Ryo. :D' Geh, I always wanna go home so quickly once I come home. The only reason I'm here is for the concert on Sunday and I need movies from our library to watch for my history class. I also get worried for leaving my aunt at her home alone, especially now that her dog died, there's nothing to give her warning. But her son and grandkids always visit on Sunday so she be all right.

Today, I spent much time watching TV. I forgot how addicting it is. XD With my parents, we were watching National Geographic's show about nature's oddest friendships between unlikely animals that had friendly relationships with each other. This was my favorite couple!


Tomorrow is the AKB48 concert in NYC. I wonder how tomorrow will go~

The few days that have passed this week have been good~

I have been so energized with all the LOVE~ (and yet, ironically enough it causes me a lack of sleep...)
It's not even at all directed towards me particularly at all. Just the fact there has been positiveness happening and share. XD

So, I am to share my fave medley of my two favorite bands that have been with me since ever no matter what people say.

( STARTing to the TOP of the SUMMARY )

OMG, It's 1:30am. I need to go to bed. NO. I need to finish my Japanese homework for my Japanese class at 8:30am in the morning.

ETA: WHY is YouTube being a bum to me...