For those of you who are only interested in what I did all weekend, I'll just post about that at the top. At the bottom of this post will be the MC's... unless this is too long, then MCs will be in the next post c.c;
So to start, here was my concert set up... Again, like my Arashi review, I will do my best, but we'll see how this all gets put together. Oh and uhh... this report is going to be slightly ummm how do I put this lightly? Koki biased? c.c;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
Rescue One Drop Lips Yorokobi no Uta Keep the Faith Sadistic Love Koki Solo Junno Solo Dance Kame Solo Nakamura Beatbox Peak Jumpin Up MC Love Shunkashuutai Five Performance some other jr Performance ABC Performance Real Face I like It Hanasaide (Kame Solo) You Ueda Solo Nakamura Solo Jin Solo Don't U Ever Stop Wilds of my Heart Neiro
Okay totally random... but whatever. So I decided today that maybe I should watch the making of Rescue... since you know it's amazing and what not. So as I'm watching it, Koki has this little talk thing near the end... and I'm watching him ever so closely as I usually do... but... I think he's missing a tooth o.O Is that really a gap where a tooth should be? o.O
So it's been a while since I posted anything... so I am in Japan... and alive o.o
KCP is entertaining this year... either I'm just getting older or some of the people they have recruited this year just are more obnoxious this year than the last time I was there. But whatever, I have found some cool peeps to hang out with.
So I get to Japan and with in the first hour or two, I meet this person, Pen, and she's all like "Is anyone a JE fan?" I'm thinking to myself and this is truly too good to be true, but as it turns out, I am the only one other than her that is a JE fan. So now I'm thinking to myself that I have never meet someone who is as obsessed with JE as me. So perhaps she likes JE but isn't like in love with them. Oh god was I wrong. She's a total fan of Kinki Kids and Arashi. Ho shit. And on top of that she has shown me the way of getting concert tickets o.o!!! So I will be getting concert tickets for Kat-tun via auctions, and she may even possibly go with me o.o!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is very much excitement there, if you haven't figured it out yet. LOL she even convinced me that next time Namie tours I should just fly in for it. o.o; I'm guessing I'm easy to convince ^^;
Otherwise, I had come to Japan in search of ONE fricken manga... one. I wanted to know right here right now what was going to happen book two of my jumping carp series. Did I ever find it? No. Everywhere I go they are like "yeah it's sold out". grrrrrrrrr. Why must everyone like what I like ;.; So I guess I'll try again next time.
So with the school, I was put in Group 1C for right now. The reason I haven't been updating is because on Saturday I will take the test that will determine whether I should be in Level 1C or 2. I need to be in level 2... I will be so upset if I get level 1C... I can do it!!! I CAN do it. After this stupid test, I might even start sending letters home... so be on the search!
Otherwise, I will be attending w-inds's concert in two weeks. I will most likely buy their tickets online. But I will be going with two other people!!! Pen and Ashley said they will go with me! yay!!!!
Maybe this weekend I will upload some pictures and videos of what I have seen so far... otherwise yeah... that's my quick update.
Those who are tired of Jin always getting the best solos in a concert please raise your hand o.o
nah, in all seriousness if Jin had released anything that was not amazing as his solo I'd go kill him myself.
In other news, I found out I will be living in Ikebukuro, which is actually closer than Mizu no Kuchi. I've also been seriously planning my Kat-tun concert extravaganza. I found out that JTB can buy bullet train and over night bus tickets... and shocking, JTB is in Mitsuwa o.o! So I'm gonna head there this weekend at some point and see if they can help me get to sendai and back. I've decided that taking the bullet train to Sendai and then taking the overnight bus back might be the cheapest and best route to take to do this concert... so we'll see how that goes. I'm a little nervous buying these tickets before actually getting my hands on a concert ticket... but... I dunno, they will appear on yahoo auctions and I will buy one... and then I will die on August 1st. So maybe I shouldn't buy that overnight bus pass back to Tokyo ^^;
Btw, yes I know that the link I gave above isn't actually the performance, but it's the best sounding clip of the damn song. And uhh.. if it's a true rumor that Jin and Crystal Kay are gonna release this song as a single, I will be beyond excited.
Alright, so apparently going to Japan this time around is proving to be more beneficial. There are a number of people I can see... even though I am still missing out on two big acts I would love to see.. I will settle with this list:
Coming Century W-inds. Teppei Twenty4-7 Miura Daichi Michi, whom I probably won't be able to see *sigh* because I will be seeing: Kat-tun. Hell yes. Okay so it's going to cost me around $200 to take the shinkansen to Miyagi and back... but what the hell... I will die when I see them... and it will be this summer ^^; I just can't deal with the thought of Kat-tun touring while I am in Japan and being unable to see it... so I will make it happen. I've already looked up how to get to the concert hall... which is surprisingly easy... now it's just getting those damn tickets... which I know how I'm gonna do that too. So... in theory, this should all work.
So yesterday Stacy, Judy and I went down to Mitsuwa to get my Kat-tun CD... to find out they don't have it.. to having them call me three hours later to say they have it... and then me driving back down there today to get it... heh... all for the love of Kat-tun ^^;
So... was it worth the effort and the wait for this damn CD? Simply? Yes. Hot damn yes. The first time I heard the CD I was like "This is not what I was expecting..." but then after another listen I was like "wow... this CD is really good."
They redid White X-mas... and now it rivals Our Story in terms of best ballad/Kat-tun ballad ever. Koki's song is again not all that great.. *sigh* ah well I knew it from the start though. But at least it's better than his QOP solo.
Okay, so to start. W-inds is apparently have a summer tour, and while I have not started listening them until recently... what the hell, I think I'm gonna go (well try anyway). Their new music has been somewhat decent. I guess I should go download their newest CD and see how it is.
In other news, if you are looking for one of those "that is funniest thing I have seen in a while" moments or a "that totally made my day" kinda thing... then you need to see this BoA video. Now you're thinking to yourself "Julie... I really don't want to watch this stupid video again." Fine. Go to the 2:12 minute mark and watch it to the end. You will have the moment of laughter you have been looking for today.
Otherwise, I wanted the share the love for Daichi's new song ^^ How I love his music. NOT digging the Afro o.O But a good song non the less.
*cough* anyway. So.... the long awaited MV is here. I love it. The rain scene at the end was a little hard to see because it was already black on black and then you add rain o.O I dunno. Whatever. Here it is:
BoA, I will see you in Japan if it's true that you are touring this summer o.o!
So again... I post on my deserted journal... poor thing. Anyway, I wanted to just check in and say that I have signed my contract for next year. So I will continue to work in Kenosha. Things have been going good, and I have moved up the chain for what I will be teaching next year. So much excitement there.
In other news... Melissa came home this weekend with me and she's been going through this "let's talk about jpop songs that I used to love by youtubing them" phase. Kinda weird... but hey, whatever. So yesterday she goes "So what's going on with w-inds?" I of course have no idea... I don't download their music very often, but what I did find was pure gold:
Otherwise, if you are interested in hearing the song of the year. I find it hard to think that anything will top this song. But hey, I've been proven wrong before. Kat-tun Rescue:
So it's summer... and not a lot has been going on... but that's okay.
On Friday I leave for Georgia to go see my father... which should be an interesting visit. We are going to climb stone mountain, see the coke stuff, the kangaroo zoo, the Atlanta zoo.. and much more. So I'm excited to go and see how he's doing.
Otherwise, life has been boring. In the Jpop world, things have been anything other than boring! Namie has returned with two awesome songs. Namely: "Sexy Girl" and "Do Me More". Do me more is by far superior... but eh... Sexy Girl has the "interesting" dance ^^
But anyway, I gotta go help get Grandma ready for the day.
Okay seriously. The Kat-tun CD. Amazing. End of story.
My expectations for this CD was "omg amazing" I figured I was setting myself too high and was going to be so disappointed I would want to cry. But no... this CD has gone far beyond anything I could have imagined. "Taboo" and "Hell no" are by far the best things to hit this CD and should have been singles themselves. Not to mention all the other "honorable mentions". You ask which song I don't like? heh. I'll never be skipping any tracks on this CD.
This is by far the best CD they have ever released. (I know it's only third... but nevertheless) They'll prolly never be able to surpass it... but omg it will be, imho, the best CD to hit this year.
Kat-tun you have out done yourselves this time. What I would give to see this CD live.
So here I find myself updating my... poor lonely journal. But anyway what has been going on in my life you ask?
Well... after my disaster of last semester and being dropped from student teaching twice... I decided that teaching is still what I want to do... even though I was told I sucked and should... well... I'm gonna stop. So this semester I am teaching in a school that is... umm... to put lightly.. chaotic? My middle school placement was out of control. In a 50 minute period, I could get through about 15 math problems (prolly a bit high here in the average), because I was too busy trying to make sure my kids were not killing each other and destroying things, and... and... stealing things... or running out of the room @.@ omg it was a nightmare.
Anyway... away from all that. The school year will end in three weeks, thank god. After doing an ENTIRE FRICKEN YEAR of student teaching I am done. I have killed my bank account, and I am proud to have about 60 dollars to my name... I can make three more weeks... then a summer job.. please. Otherwise I have been interviewing for jobs down in Illinois trying to get into a school district. So far nothing... but eh... something should come up.
I'm also currently living with "some guy"... to put it lightly. My dad's friend's friend, is whom this guy would be. He's about 25 and works in a water treatment plant. You want an easy ass job for the rest of your life? Go there. anyway... Life with him has been interesting. We don't talk at all... literally. It's like hello... good bye. Have a nice day. STuff like that . I'm sick of asking "How as your day" and getting "fine." ... Me: "Did you do anything" "Nope". Never do I get a "how was your day". So I stopped talking to him all together... and now we say nothing.
In other news... Namie's new song is like total and absolute awesomeness. omg, everyone should release something as good as this. Even though I love Kat-tun and their new song... nothing... I repeat, NOTHING compares to Namie's releases as of late... well... in general. This damn song is sooo addicting it's sad ;.; But I'll love her forever. Kat-tun's new song is also amazing. ehe some great releases going on lately.
So I just heard Ayu's previews for her new CD and... I am once again proven wrong. Just because her singles are horrible... does not mean her CD is gonna suck c.c;
heh... so it's been a while ^^;;; but hey, whatever.
So, I got my Kat-tun concert DVD, and wow.... that was an amazing concert. I had no idea the concert was going to be in the Dome, cause I uhh... fail to read the fine print on things, but anyway, so the dome was super cool. So I don't bore you all to tears... if I had to pick a soul moment in the concert to share with you all, it would be the beginning. Ayumi had the coolest opening to a concert before I saw this. Wow... it just gives off the "ho shit". Even if you don't watch the whole thing... just watch the first minute. (well the cool part is in like the first 30 seconds... granted if you watch the whole performance you won't be disappointed ^_-)
In other news, Ayumi released her new ballad. Well... it's another ballad from Ayumi. I dunno, there was nothing special about it... I'll just look forward to the new CD that is coming out in January.
The Kinki Kids released a new CD and I LOVE the title track "Love in the Phi" I think that's what it's supposed to say, in any case, when the KK sing it, we get "Love in the Fai"... so um... if you're like me and you have issues getting over that... the song wasn't so good at first. But it quickly turned into a favorite ^^
So I feel off the planet... but I've been super super busy. School is interesting... but I'd rather not talk about it.
Anyway. The reason I'm updating is because Kat-tun released a kick ass single. homg.... it's by far my favorite PV from them AND the song is absolutely amazing. It comes in at Number 2 on my most favorite KT song ever. Holy shit, no one should be allowed to sing such an amazing song o.o!!!!!! I'm also so pissed at myself!! Like here I've been collecting ALL their DVD singles... but now I'm out of money and I can't buy it T.T I decided to get the extra song instead... and then they go and release this kick ass PV that I'd KILL to own... but no... *sigh* Can't have it all I guess ;.;
Along the same KT news area.... They are releasing their Cartoon KT concert on DVD at the end of this month!! I'm SOOOOO Excited. So not ONLY am I getting this amazing single with an amazing DVD, BUT I'm getting a DVD!!!! ALL this on the same day!!! Ahh... the Jpop gods love me ^_^
.... In other news, Ayu is releasing her new single as a Digital Single o.O shocker there. No seriously. Hopefully it sells well o.o; Also, on the first of january, Ayu is releasing a new CD. Heh... I'm scared for it o.o; But hopefully good things come from it.
... so I guess updated because I wanted you ALL to know that KT is back from the dead with kick ass material. Thank god too!
Well I've been student teaching. It was living hell for four weeks... and now I'm at a different school which is much much nicer. I think I'm just gonna leave it there.
As for music, Ayu's new single came out and I totally love the new song. It's amazing and I love listening to it all the time ^_-
... I dunno I'm tired and I just wanted people to know that I'm still alive... since I haven't posted since I left Japan. I'll try again tomorrow.
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