Julie's Crazy Obsessions....

Kat-tun Concert Part 3

2009-08-02T13:31:01Z

Alright, last part of the report... and here comes the MC ^_^

Alright, so the first MC the first 10 minutes or so was about Movies, Dramas, and Photo books. So Kame talked about his Movie and about his upcoming play. Maru apparently is in some drama or special, he said it was short starting next month or something and he wants everyone to watch. Jin was also talking about something for next year, but I never caught what it was. And then they advertised their photo book, which is coming out on August 31st. I'm really excited for it ^_^

Then they had the ABC-Z bring out some poster of their advertisement for their dome tour (if I remember right) and some of the members started making fun of Koki's hair during it. Koki was like "EH??" and he tried to defend himself, but he was soon attacked but nearly all the members ^^;;; Poor Koki.

After which, Maru had his hand in his pocket and Kame wanted to know why. Before he could answer, Jin said it was his second dragon or something along those lines... Maru was like "Knock it off" all jokingly and then changed the subject. Meanwhile, Jin was tired so he sat down on the stage and looked at the audience. Kame then wanted to know why he was sitting, and he said it was because he was tired and he wanted to be level with the audience (I think). Koki then sat with Jin and they did this laying down pose, though I'm not quite sure why.

Also, during this MC, they had two ABC-Z guys do impresanations of two people, one being Kimura, and the other I don't know. But the one ABC-Z guy did a really job impersanating the way Kimura sings. It was really funny and cute.

The second MC, was a magic trick thing. Koki was the "king" and the other members had to come and show him their tricks. Koki had one small trick to start with. He crinkled up some paper and was like "What do I do with this garbage?" And it burst into flames on this table that he was sitting next to. It was pretty cool.

So then Kame came out and made wine appear from a wine bottle and poured into his glass like he did in his drama. Except at the end of the trick he spilled some on the floor and him and koki looked at it for like 5 seconds and were like "opps". Kame was like "Anyway..." and he drank the "wine" he poured and then ran off the stage pretending his drunk while chasing some napkin.

Junno was next with some fake bunny in a box. The bunny was moving on it's own and Junno was doing the talk for it. Saying how cute it was and such. Koki got out a hammer and started hitting it in the heard numerous times. Every time it hit, there was a sound effect for it, so it was funny. Junno started being like "Knock it off!!" And started running around the stage with Koki chasing him and hitting him with the hammer as well c.c;

Ueda was next with Maru's "snake", though it was really just a fan. The fan also didn't do anything all that great, he just pulled out little side compartments and it eventually spelled Ueda c.c;

Maru was next. His was pretty cool. He brought out this coin machine that made noise when he dropped money in it. So Maru was pulling coins out of thin air and dropping them down the machine. Just when he was about to leave he was like "Woah... I feel something coming on" and coins started falling from what looked like his mouth and hands into the machine. I mean A LOT of coins, it was a never ending cycle of coins. So that was pretty cool.

Last was Jin. Jin and Koki both had cigarettes in their mouths and Koki walked over by Jin and was like "Shall we light them together?" Jin of course is all like "Sure!" And when Koki was trying to light the cigarettes, his table started on fire. Koki and Jin were clearly shocked and nearly stumbled when they saw the table burst into flames. Jin was like "OMG!" And eventually it went out.

What was supposed to happen (according to fan reports), the lighter was supposed to light the cigs (obviously), but that's what happened in other concerts. So I think that the management controlled the lighter or something has a prop and Koki really didn't have control over when it started on fire or something. So instead of the lighter starting, they had the table go in flames.

So Koki asks Jin if they want to try again and Jin is all like "NO!!! Are you Crazy!?!?!" And the two laugh. Then Jin takes out his stick and starts it on fire and twirls it around and around and around and then it turned into a magic wand. The end c.c;

Oh about the wine, so when Maru came on to do his coin trick he was all like "Gotta clean this up, can't have anyone slipping on it." It was really cute.

The Kat-tun Concert Part 2

2009-08-02T12:41:36Z

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 Friday Night when this whole thing started. I went to find my night bus at like 9:45. I arrived at Tokyo station around 10:30 and started the look. First I had to find my way through the falling apart station c.c; Then when I finally found the bus area, I had to ask some guy where to go. So he sends me over across the street and tells me to ask someone else over there. So I go there, and ask some guy where my bus is. Apparently I have to KEEP going past two lights and turn left, and my bus will be on the right hand side -.- So I finally make my way to my bus stop around 10:50ish... now the wait begins. I wait and wait and wait for my bus, as my bus was to arrive at 11:55. Oddly enough, there were two buses for every time slot, except mine. But I started to wonder if a lot of these girls that were standing with me were going to Kat-tun's concert.

Okay, so the bus ride. I couldn't sleep. MAYBE if you add up all the minutes I slept, you would be able to get to around 2-3 hours. So needless to say at 5:05 when the guy on the intercom says "Good morning" I was like "WTF? You aren't supposed to arrive until 6:00 first of all, and second, I barely slept T.T" But anyway, I was kicked off the bus. So I appeared in front of Sendai station and took a picture of my stop since I was told that I would be picked up and dropped off in the same spot. So I take my picture and head towards Sendai Station where I find tons of Kat-tun fans just chilling together. How did I know you ask? Well they were all carrying that super cool Kat-tun bag... well... everyone but me T.T

So I go and look up how to get to Rifu Station... apparently the first train out there is at 6:23. So after the whole charade of walking up the stairs and into the station and taking a few pictures, it's now 5:20. Joy. So I went and bought some rice balls and went into the station and plopped myself down on a chair and started reading a book.

Train comes, and these two Kat-tun fans get on with me... thank god too. I like to know that I'm going to the right way. So the train ride was like 30 minutes through a rice field o.O So the train arrives at Rifu Station, which thank god, is not full of rice fields, and I get off with the Kat-tun fans. We exit the station and I follow them to the taxi area where they get in a taxi and leave. Hell if I'm taking a taxi, so I wander towards the bus area and begin the search for the Grandy 21 bus. I find it written in katakana above one of the signs, and luckily there was another Kat-tun fan there to show me that I did find the place. At this point, the bus isn't coming for another 20-25 minutes. So I take walk to the nearest Convenience store and buy some sandwiches and another onigiri. Head back, and take the bus.

Get off the bus and follow this girl to the stadium, although I could have done that myself, seeing how the stadium is fricken huge and the area where you are supposed to gather has a huge Kat-tun sign in front of it as well as a huge Johnny's shop c.c; So I plop myself on a bench with five other girls. Okay, the wait begins at 7:30.

Nothing important really happens before 10:00 when the good store opens, but something to note. There was a homeless guy sleeping behind me on another bench and at around 9:00 he snores and falls off the bench. All us girls (which by now there were about 20) turn and look at him, and he gets up and runs off c.c;

9:30 I get in line with like 30 girls in front of me. Not bad not bad. Prolly a half hour wait. So the gates open at 10:00. There is no line, as everything is extremely efficient. Although people had a hard time hearing who I wanted c.c; The first lady was like who? "Tanaka Koki." "Who?" "Tanaka Koki?" "Who?" "KOKI!" And then I got my pictures and clear file -.-

At 10:10 I am holding my goods. Well that went well... so I go and sit on a bench and start flipping through my pamphlet and the likes, when I hear the girls start talking about someone. So I stop and listen. They are talking about how it's their first time seeing a white person at a concert. And then they are wondering if I come from America -.- I looked over at them and one of them says "Do you think she understands us?" Instead of answers and possibly getting some Japanese slang I get up and go for a walk.

I return from my walk and am COMPLETELY bombarded with scalpers @.@ I was like "I have a ticket" "no I'm not buying from you either, since I already told his guy I HAVE A ticket!!" "NO NOT YOU EITHER!" @.@ HOMG. Anyway... So at this point now people are really looking at me since I am walking around and holding goods... so I decided to go and buy Koki's poster so I can sport his color and be like "I'm totally a Koki fan." Cause I was half surprised at how many Koki fans there were... but I was also more appalled at how many people people bought one poster of everyone BUT Koki T.T

Anyway, so Kat-tun started rehearsing in the stadium and you could hear it, so I stood by the stadium and listened to them until around 12:00 when I feel asleep..... heh. I awoke at 1:30 and was like "woah... what happened..." I think that's when I turned into a lobster because I don't recall it being that sunny of a day... but whatever.

The first concert started at 2:00 and stood outside listening to the music and singing along with the girl next to me. Although when I first started singing she looked at me like like "How do you know their music?" ..... but anyway. And then the girl on the other side of me was crying every time she heard Maru by himself sing or talk or something. I was like "WTF?" but hey... whatever.

Finally... at 5:00 I was let in and the concert started at 6:00.

So after the concert, they had waves and waves of buses coming to get us and get us to Rifu station. From there, I had to now find my bus. Now there's something to talk about. So the people TOLD me that they were going to pick me up in the same spot that they dropped me off. Lies. Lies I tell you. So I head back to Sendai Station and ask this man at the desk where the Night buses are at. I show him my ticket and he can't read the company's Kanji so he pulls out this book and looks up my bus. He shows me this map and then says "You got it? Good luck" closes the book and leaves T.T So I take off in the direction I THINK the bus is in.

After about 15-20 minutes of walking, I find this place that looks like the night bus stop. So I ask this bus driver who is standing outside if knows where my bus comes in. He says that my bus isn't here yet. I'm aware of that... but where does it arrive? So he asks his friends and they tell him to have me go to this second floor of this building across the road. I'm still standing there with him and the guy looks at me and in engilsh he says "GO!" and I was like woah, and ran off c.c; Meanwhile they guys are laughing at me -.-

So I find my bus stop and the next wait begins of another hour and half... *sigh* all this waiting. And I was SOOOOOOO tired. omg was I tired. Remember, last night I barely got 3 hours and I only slept for like an hour and half before the concert. But the bus arrives, and I get on it and away I go.

You think the story ends there? I just wanna add a little more. So I get back to Tokyo and back to the dorm area at 6:15. c.c; The dorm opens at 7:00 :X So I was standing outside for FIVE minutes and I got 12 mosquito bites. 12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I went to 7-11 and stood in front of their store eating an onigiri and drinking grapefruit juice... cause there were not mosquitoes in that area. And then at 7:00 I got back to my room, where I crashed for two hours.

The Kat-tun concert

2009-08-02T04:14:27Z

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

She Said
Peaceful Days

So the concert started with Kat-tun coming down from the ceiling on a platform thing, which was really cool.

One Drop was a cool performance although everyone knew some dance that I didn't know, but whatever.

Lips had a dance too that I apparently didn't know, but at least they didn't have those silly mics ^^;;;

Yorokobi was cool because Kat-tun split into two groups, three on each side. My side got got Jin, Junno, and Maru. And with my luck, I got Junno dancing for me in front of my group... but that's okay, I got to see Jin and maru as well.

Sadistic Love had an AMAZING dance. One of the best performances at the tour. This tour had THREE amazing performances, and this was one of them.

Koki had a new solo... it was all in english but the dancing was amazing. I'm so glad I got to see Koki sing this song. Too bad it wasn't live... but that's okay, it was soo good to see him dance that cool!

Junno's solo was nothing amazing, but Koki and Junno did an acapella at the beginning which was WAY cool. Koki was soooo amazing live during this part.

After which, there was a dance break with Kame, Maru, and I THINK Ueda (though I could have been Junno). The dance break was really cool, it was all in sync with the music beats and stuff... it was just amazingly cool.

Next was Kame's solo, it started out really sexy but then his solo was kinda lame and boring... but hey whatever I guess.

Nakamaru then did a beatbox break thing which was super cool.

Love had another one the coolest dances. It was another song that I won't forget simply from the performance and the dance they did during it. There was lots of fire too ^_^

Real Face had Jin and Kame rapping during Koki's part which was kinda sad... as I wanted to hear koki rap, but hey whatever, it still kinda sounded cool ^_^

So then I had Kame's corner, which was cool. They sang "I like it" Which i LOVE and then Kame sang Hanasanide. This part was funny because Koki was singing along with Kame and then Kame turned the mic over to Koki and Koki was like "What do you want me to do?" and there was no one singing. So Kame did this "douzo" thing and the little lightbulb went off in Koki's head and he started singing it. It was really really cute ^___^

Ueda's solo was nothing special but he sounded good and walked around the stage.

Maru's solo was I think cool ^^;;;; Koki and Junno were backdancing for him and I sorta.. ummm.... didn't watchc maru c.c;;;;; Koki was dancing way cool and so I just kinda watched him.

Jin's solo was next which was "wonder" thank god. He had two female dancers with him and he sung that whole thing live. So he didn't dance at all, but the song was still just as amazing.

Don't U ever stop was next. HOMg another amazing performance... and Koki's rap... yeah I about died. It was amazing.

During She said Koki came around onto my side FINALLY and I about died when I saw him.
Now you're asking, "Did he do something special that made you die?"
"Why yes he did?"
You ask "What?"
"HO MY GOD HE WAS SHIRTLESS!!!" WEPOIADFADSKFASDLFASKDFUASDFOLAWEFAUDFASERIEAIDK
..... HE IS SOOOOOO FRICKEN HOT!!!! KOKI I LOVE YOU!!!

Now... Kat-tun had come into my area four times. Three of those times, Koki was on the other side... T.T and here I thought I would never see him. And then for the LAST time they came onto the lift things Koki was fricken on my side and shirtless... I about died.. literally.

That's it for the songs.... here are some random things about the concert.

Junno grabbed Koki's butt twice, it was cute because Koki was smiling about it like it was tease or something.
Jin went over to Koki to started grinding with him during one of the opening songs.
Koki actually went through the fans and touched fans and stuff... but of course it was on the other side. But I forgive him since he came to be shirtless ^^;;
The entire concert was live except for Koki, Maru, and Junno's solos
Koki is still missing his tooth. No I was not looking for it, but he did this smile thing that showed that lovely gapping hole in his mouth ^^;;;

You will get the Whole day about what I did and stuff and the Mc review's in the next post ^^

homgz, Koki's missing a tooth

2009-07-24T12:40:31Z

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

homgz, my man is missing a tooth T.T

nyshal @ 2009-07-01T07:44:00

2009-07-01T12:54:27Z

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.

nyshal @ 2009-06-11T21:26:00

2009-06-12T02:33:07Z

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.

nyshal @ 2009-05-31T12:17:00

2009-05-31T17:26:01Z

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.

nyshal @ 2009-05-03T21:06:00

2009-05-04T02:21:56Z

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.

Kame's solo is amazing.
Water Dance is also another to get excited over
Sadistic Love grew on me. But now I LOVE IT
Moon omgz
Last one I swear.....Jin's solo is as good as I remember it

Maybe I'll include other songs later... but right now... those are the ones that have me hooked. In order of favoritest to lesser favorite.

Kat-tun I loves you T.T

PS: Judy Lies ^_~

nyshal @ 2009-04-27T20:37:00

2009-04-28T01:43:14Z

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.

... BWAHAHAHA at BoA ^^;

nyshal @ 2009-04-17T10:11:00

2009-04-17T15:13:28Z

omg another update??? Twice in one week?!?!?!

*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!

nyshal @ 2009-04-12T16:42:00

2009-04-12T21:48:49Z

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:

eh, otherwise I hope you all have a great Easter!

nyshal @ 2009-02-05T19:50:00

2009-02-06T01:51:31Z

ho shit, namie's done it again. Why must you release such amazing music?

http://www.imeem.com/yuki1974/music/45Hr3WW4/namie_amuro_wild_sample/

nyshal @ 2008-07-20T10:27:00

2008-07-20T15:29:43Z

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.

nyshal @ 2008-06-08T19:46:00

2008-06-09T00:50:55Z

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.

nyshal @ 2008-05-20T20:26:00

2008-05-21T01:33:42Z

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.

nyshal @ 2007-12-25T15:40:00

2007-12-25T21:40:16Z

Merry Christmas ^^

And how'd you like to live next to these people ^^;;;;

nyshal @ 2007-12-16T00:32:00

2007-12-16T06:33:13Z

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;

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/HUaVoACfxys/

Yes the beginning starts with Rainbow... but it will eventually lead into a chinese man talking and then about 2 minute previews of each song.

nyshal @ 2007-12-04T13:39:00

2007-12-04T19:39:13Z

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 ^^

nyshal @ 2007-11-07T18:30:00

2007-11-08T00:35:25Z

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!

nyshal @ 2007-09-28T21:29:00

2007-09-29T02:31:34Z

Sooooo....... where have I been?

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.

nyshal @ 2007-08-12T05:23:00

2007-08-12T10:25:50Z

Alright... so just making a random post I guess... and to show off my new icon. heh. Kinda sick of that Namie one c.c;;;

But anyway... so I went to Harajuku today and homg, that idol shop at my Kat-tun cell phone straps that I've wanted for like three years o.o!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Instantly bought... and now I have two of Taguichi's o.o; .... anyone a fan? c.c;

In other news... the Yamada drama is much love. homg I love Nino's character... he actually makes me laugh which is a first in a while... well it could just be Sho's reactions to what Nino does... either way... this drama is much love and I will be watching it to the end ^_-

nyshal @ 2007-08-11T06:41:00

2007-08-11T11:51:04Z

So today was fun. Well more 'interesting' I guess. So in America I have yet to see the Statue of Liberty... but now I've seen it. Well.. a smaller version of it... a much much smaller version of it. But France made Japan their own Statue of Liberty... so I went and saw it and thought "homg this is weird." But yeah... otherwise, from there I found a shonen Jump store. homg. A. Shonen. Jump. store. Totally cool. So I was in there for a while. They had a lot of One Piece shit (seeing how it's the 10th anniversary) but I was disappointed in the selection. I mean... since when does half of the stuff become Chopper related c.c;;; I wanted zoro/sanji stuff.... *sigh* All they had was Chopper, who took like 50% of the stuff, and then Luffy who took another 25%... leaving the remaining crew members with about ohhhh 10% and the remaining 15% was just "One Piece" merchandise. So sad T.T But otherwise, they had shit loads of other things with other series. If Jump makes your series, it was there... but it wasn't popular, or was never really that popular all your series got was some pins c.c; DBZ was still pretty popular and they had a huge section too btw. And there was some poster on the wall advertising some sort of "DBZ x One Piece" thing... maybe a one shot or something?

In other news... Tamaki released a new song. Joy. At least it's better than that shit Aiuchi put out c.c; But I wouldn't say Tamaki's is amazing or anything... and it reminds of me Secret Code by Kamiki Aya. Either way... Tamaki's song was atleast better than her previous single... which btw, you can find everywhere in the "selling used CD" stores... between her and Shimatani... I tell you, they must have really flopped c.c; Anyway. Tamaki's pv reminds me of "the ring" and then it reminded me of Ayu's Ourselves PV... either way... her new song/PV is just... special in it's own little way c.c;

Finished Liar Game too... that was a stupid ending and I couldn't wait for the last hour to end c.c;;; Damn series. But then I got caught up in Hana Kimi... which btw I am truthfully LOVING solely because of Toma's character... I will watch it through to the end hoping that he will get Mizuki ^_- So I wanted to start the Arashi Drama right? well... I got to get soft subs and find out that I have to download the hardsubs... WTF? So yeah... now I'm downloading those and we'll see if I get to the drama before I have to go on Wednesday... which btw... I'm completely packed and ready to go *sigh* T.T

nyshal @ 2007-08-07T05:40:00

2007-08-07T10:48:23Z

So... I'm gonna talk about Jpop in this entry... since I dunno, my time is Japan is coming to a close and it's really depressing T.T so we'll talk about something else.

Oh and helen!! I got you're letter!! Ahh it made me so happy!! I read it on the way to the train station today... and I almost died about three times.. but eh... who cares!! thanks so much!!!

So... Aiuchi Rina. Queen of the Pop stuff I call her right? .... ehehehe.... and then she goes and releases this shit. Who knew she could release such shitty music??? Ah well.... she's done it before I guess.. she gets another single to redeem herself....

So.. Uehara Nami fell of the planet... cause she couldn't sell for shit. And some other company picks up another singer that sings similar music AND the woman can't sing either ^^;;; haha... I instantely fell in love. I miss Uehara's music... and I just found a replacement. SCORE!

And since I was talking about Daichi's PV so much before... here it is on youtube

In the drama headlines... I'm almost no longer "last season". Yay!! I have an hour left on the finale of Liar Game... which ended up not to be that bad of a drama. They were advertising this stupid 3 hour finale thing and I thought it was going to be amazing... but really... the first two hours are are recap of the previous 10 episodes. Which is kinda sad... if you really think about it.

I started hana kimi too... the first episode was not all that exciting and I really didn't understand what people saw in it... but the second episode has grown on me and I will continue with this serious. And uhh... when I catch up with hana kimi, we'll go have a looksie at the Sho/Nino drama.

nyshal @ 2007-08-02T06:55:00

2007-08-02T12:26:33Z

So this is Part two of my concert report... Part 1 can be found here

So another part of the concert had them all doing this Fight Song. I dunno... I've never heard it.. but they had the audience yelling "Fighto!" Like... a lot. Anyway, they had the group divided into two groups of two (Aiba/Sho and Ohno/Nino) and then Jun. They each got a bungee thing... and were elevated into the air. Aiba/Sho and Ohno/Nino were on the same rod or whatever that was holding the bungee cords... thus I say they were paired... cause they were kinda stuck together. For starters, I'm just gonna clearly say that Jun looked retarded bouncing up and down by himself... but I guess someone had to do it c.c; Also, in order to get the people up in the air, they had the staff members on the side pulling on the ropes to boost the group into the air. Each couple/single had their own rope. So... Nino and Ohno are having a blast... as they did manage to get off the ground. Nino grabbed Ohno around the waste with his legs and the two were kinda coasting around. It was really cute...

Meanwhile... we have Aiba and Sho who can barely get themselves off the ground... at MAX they were up like 3 feet... while everyone else was soaring in the sky.. would come down and then leap back up. Aiba was laughing a TON through out the whole thing since they couldn't seem to lift off. Sho on the other hand is giving the jumps EVERYTHING he's got to try and get themselves up... I think they managed to get about five feet or so. Anyway... the staff notice that Aiba and Sho aren't going anyway and three other staff members come running in and start pulling on the rope too. So now we've got four people pulling on their rope to try and help em up... and I think by the end they managed to get as high as everyone else c.c; Anyway... so while they are trying to get up, Sho sees that Ohno and Nino are holding onto each and grabs Aiba. It was kinda obvious that Aiba was like "WTF?" but he went along with it and they kinda floated together... but Ohno and Nino were far more into it.

So we have the talk to review as well... now I make NO promises this is what they said... or this is exactly what happened. I tried my best to understand the conversation... but I can only hear so much right now...

Anyway... so it's break time right? The staff brings the water to them group and they all start downing it. Well... Aiba thinks he's a fish or something and is literally downing the entire bottle... meanwhile Sho notices this and says "Aiba you thirsty?" Aiba of course is drinking and doesn't answer. So Sho waits a minute and says "You're gonna get sick!" Aiba is still drinking. Sho, I guess thinking Aiba just didn't want to talk, moves onto another topic. So Aiba finishes drinking the water and says, "I was really thirsty!" The whole group goes quiet... cause they were just talking about something else... and then Sho goes "That's a slow response!" It was really funny... and then the group made fun of Aiba... the audience laughs a lot... Aiba talks... people tease... the audience laughs... Ohno tries to save him... the conversation goes to him... yadda yadda yadda... and then finally Nino decides he wants to shake people's hands. Why? I haven't a clue. He goes around the group and when he gets to Ohno, he takes Ohno's hand and kisses it. The crowd goes wild and you have Sho says "Not during a concert!" and then stuff happened... people laugh... they talk... yadda yadda...

Nino and Ohno then decide to leave the middle ramp thing and walk back to the front of the stage. They are holding hands and walking over. Sho, Aiba, and Jun (who has said a max of two lines by now) walk the other way. Sho comments that it's lonely on this side of the stage and hits Aiba in the butt... Aiba doesn't bite though...

So everyone makes it to the front... and they sit in the chairs that somehow made it to the front. I guess Aiba tried to get Jun invovled in the conversation as he was being really anti social and mentions that Jun is sitting in his chair. Jun was all right "Oh really?" And they talk and laugh and talk and laugh... hahahaha... and eventually Sho starts talking and talking and talking and when he turns around the other three members have left to go change. Sho's all like "OMG!! They left me out here with Nino!" but then they start talking about their drama... and then the other members slowly come back as Nino and Sho leave to change. .... so that's my rough recap of what happened... to the best of my knowledge/Japanese language.

And that's really about it for the concert... if you want to know my take on some various things I'll share em real quick. So when the concert started something was seriously wrong with Aiba. What? I haven't a clue. But he either looked really mad or really tired.... He didn't really smile a whole lot for a while and I was all depressed that he might be like this for the entire concert. Then he got over it... and Jun goes all anti social during the MC. Now when I say anti social... I don't just mean that he didn't talk. I mean he wasn't even standing with the group. The other four members had made a circle and Jun was over like 6-7 feet away having fun this towel.... and drinking some water. Every time he said something the whole group had to look over at him.

Oh LOL and during Love so Sweet... Arashi turns the mic over to the audience right? Well... I'm not quite sure what happened but the audience crashed and burned. One minute we are all singing (well... they are... I don't know the song) and the next we are mumbling... two seconds later it's dead. The song died... and Nino who notices that the audience needs a little help, quickly comes back in to save the song. Which then the other four members follow suit. But it was just funny.... to watch the audience crash and burn on a song everyone should know c.c;

I went looking online and my concert line up was this:
1. Everybody Zenshin
2. Di-Li-Li
3. Kitto Daijoubu
4. Oh Yeah!
5. Friendship / Aiba solo
6. Can’t Let You Go / Sho solo
7. Jidai
8. Yes? No?
9. CARNIVAL NIGHT part2
10. Niji / Nino solo
11. Taiyou no Sekai
12. WAVE
13. Love Situation
14. a Day in Our Life
15. Hadashi no Mirai

[MC]

16. LIFE
17. Hero
18. Yabai-Yabai-Yabai / MatsuJun solo
19. Song for me / Ohno solo
20. Cry for you
21. Kotoba yori taisetsu na mono
22. Kimi no tame ni boku ga iru
23. PIKA**NCHI DOUBLE
24. A-RA-SHI
25. Sakura Sake
26. Be with you
27. Love so sweet

Encore I:

28. We can make it!
29. Fight Song
30. happiness

Encore II:

31. Future

Encore III:

32. The smile again Song

Encore IV:

33. Lucky Man

nyshal @ 2007-08-01T19:49:00

2007-08-02T01:06:38Z

Heh... so omg really doesn't say what I experienced yesterday. Before I start, I just want to say that I really don't remember much from the first half of the concert. I think I was still in this state where I couldn't believe I was actually here... and Arashi was performing in front of me. It took until Jun was literally 10 feet in front of me to realize that they were in fact performing here in the stadium and I was watching it.

Otherwise I'll start some of sort of review... I'll prolly just talk about the things I remember. And uhh.. not in any particular order.

So my seats were actually really really good for paying what I paid for them and for being nosebleed seats... I was really close to the stage and had I not had binoculars I prolly would have been just fine.

But anyway.... Aiba almost fell off the stage once. I dunno could have happened again, but I could only follow him so much :P Anyway, the stage is kinda set up like a rectangle with another walkway going across the middle of it. It reminded me of the How's It Going set up. But anyway, so Aiba was walking on my side (as he did oh so often) and the stage kinda curves as it gets closer to the main part of the stage and Aiba wasn't paying attention... so he's walking backwards and hits the edge of the stage and almost falls over. But he kinda looks around and pretends that, that so did not happen. hehe whatever, I so saw it ^_-

During the performance of Wave, they had the stadium do the Wave. Nino was my sides' "waver" and he tried his best to get us going. Homg... this was the part when they were up on those things when I saw Jun. Ahhhhh so glad I can finally place that. Anyway, I think our concert was the slowest or Sho just hatted the idea of doing the wave because he kept saying "Motto Hayaku!" but I dunno... we were slow. Maybe he always said it... who knows. Either way, it was fun to the wave across the whole stadium twice ^_^

So the most impressive performance, imo, was Cry for You. They had fire and cool dancing and I dunno... I really enjoyed that performance though. They had cool choreography...

Anyway... Ohno's solo was also impressive for this reason. His choreography was indeed impressive.. LOL he prolly made it up on the train or something. I'm not sure if he was live... but he was for sure live at the end of his solo. Jun's solo was also interesting. There are now news clips up for it... but he did walk upside down across the ceiling and it was pretty cool... to have him sorta dancing in the air. And the opening was cool because it was just like the first five seconds of the song over and over again. .... which is the only time I really like the song c.c; Aiba's solo was also interesting. He was doing this dance thing and all the jrs had these gloves on... red ones. They were huge like Mickey Mouse gloves or something and they did a silly dance... and Aiba did it with them with a glove on his hand too. I dunno... it's hard to explain but his solo had a really good performance too. Sho's was.... unimpressive. He had a couch that he sat in for the first half of his song and then he danced... and Nino sat at his piano and sang and played for his.

Staying with performances... Carnival Night was actually a really good performance. They had the audience spelling out Carnival and then you shout Nights at the end. It was catchy and I loved it. umm... Love Situation had a cool performance too.. heh.

But anyway, I have homework to do and stuff... so I'll be back later tonight to update with more on my experience..... stay tuned! ^_-