Sometimes I need a little pick me up when I feel like the world fails me. When people fail me, when the bad seems to takeover me, and even if on the unfortunate occasions, music fails me. Which has been happening lately. I need good sayings to remind me, because no one else seems to remind me. because people don't make the effort to treat each other kindly. Because too much pretentiousness can get the best of me. I need words to calm me down.

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work." - Emile Zola (1840-1902)

"The full use of your powers along lines of excellence."

- definition of "happiness" by John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."

- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

"Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems."

- Rene Descartes (1596-1650), "Discours de la Methode"

"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right."

- Henry Ford (1863-1947)

"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."

- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')

"Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed."

- George Burns (1896-1996)

"I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves."

- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)

"Try to learn something about everything and everything about something."

- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)

"Dancing is silent poetry." - Simonides (556-468bc)

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."

- Plato (427-347 B.C.)

"Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'."

- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

"Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-)

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must."

- Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

"Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship."

- Sharon Stone

"If you are going through hell, keep going."

- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

"He who has a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'."

- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

"Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions."

- Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."

- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."

- George Washington Carver (1864-1943)

"A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship."

- John D. Rockefeller (1874-1960)

"Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down."

- Jimmy Durante

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

“Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can,

As long as ever you can.” John Wesley

“Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I've got a few missing. It's ok though, because I've got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. I have a bit of a problem though in that I can only meet the 8-color boxes. Does anyone else have that problem? I mean there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation.. so when I meet someone who's an 8-color type.. I'm like, "hey girl, magenta!" and she's like, "oh, you mean purple!" and she goes off on her purple thing, and I'm like, "no - I want magenta!"” -John Mayer


“Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can't see anything wrong with each other.” Rene Yasenek


“The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.” William Lyon Phelps

"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."

- Frank Zappa

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."

- Isaac Asimov

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance"

- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."

- Jimi Hendrix

"A witty saying proves nothing."

- Voltaire (1694-1778)

"Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera."

- James Stephens (1882-1950)

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

- Henry Ford (1863-1947)

"I'll sleep when I'm dead."

- Warren Zevon (1947-2003)

"There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread."

- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it"

- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

 

"While we are postponing, life speeds by."

- Seneca (3BC - 65AD)

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite."

- Paul Dirac (1902-1984)

"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."

- Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)

 

"A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies."

- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

 

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."

- John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

KPOP did.


This year has been kinda shitty entertainment wise.

Michaal Jackson, Jasmine You, Les Paul...

Korean wise.

This is the year for the girl groups most definitely. However, boy bands seemed to be cursed.


This week alone.

DBSK has their trial.
Kim Hyun Joong from SS501 gets the swine flu.
Jaebum leaves 2pm.


I'm glad I don't LOOOOOOOOOOOVE 2PM. I just reaaallly like them. My favorite one was originally Nichkhun then it became all 3 english speaking members. So, Jay is 1/3 of favoriteness and he..left. My heart breaks for him. It feels like he died. In my dreams 2pm appeared earlier. Which is odd. And they were all crying so I woke up thinking 'Did he just die in my dreams!?" Wake up, go online see the video of him leaving and it pretty much feels like he died.


Good luck Jay and 2PM.


It won't be the same unless he returns.

I am a little fascinated with Host clubs.

It started with me standing in my local Kinokuniya store looking at the Men's Knuckle and similar magazines placed in the section next to all the visual kei magazines. Look at all this sexy hair. That got me thinking, "Wow amazing hair...kind of reminds me of some visual kei guys. I wonder if they get hair ideas from Men's Knuckle?"

That also led me to think, do any of them have a job as visual-kei band members and host boys? Both are all about looks anyway and they can move smoothly from guitar to women. Right, right?

I found one!!!

Bergerac!!!

In early July the band announced they would be disbanding. Their last live will be held in September.

http://community.livejournal.com/hosthost/17793.html

Tatsuha, the ex-bassist, joined a host club sometime this year and now goes by the name of Ryusei.

His Host club profile link: http://www.machiavelli-spirito.com/st_ryusei.html


Now I know how these guys pay for their Vivienne Westwood.

This is some oshare-kei looking dude name Satsuki who probably is in some band...or not.

http://www.host2.jp/shop/ria/Sena/index.html
http://www.club-ria.jp/sena/index.html

I forget that I'm looking at a Host club and not some band profile.

According to this: http://www.style-arena.jp/en/tribe/0022.html, Winter '09 mens style is heading towards visual-kei. Thanks. So if I check out some v-kei looking dude he might not even care for the music? Why must you confuse me. The first guy in that link admits he knows nothing about visual-kei. *pouts* The second guy sites his look from Men's Knuckle and GazettE. Random tidbit: he likes Dir en grey. Yayyy.

To dress like v-host number 2 please go here: http://www.polyvore.com/visual_host/set?id=7793775

I am so amused that two of those guys like GazettE. Why? I've always thought GazettE fans were visual-kei loving girls. I often thought the GazettE looked like hosts in their pictures. One time someone posted on LJ a host who was an obvious Uruha fanboy even using Uruha as his host name and had the same hair and makeup. Dude was REALLY ugly.


I found a documentary on an Osaka host club called The Great Happiness Space. It is really interesting and really sad. Watching the movie, I kind of hated them but towards the end I pity them. The women who frequent these places. *rolls eyes* Japan how you entertain me so with your oddities.

http://www.imeem.com/tsuriken/playlist/AFYvb8Ca/documentary-the-great-happiness-space-video-playlist/

I want to watch this:
Ouran High School Host Club: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouran_High_School_Host_Club
Teio, 2009 drama: http://jdramas.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/teio/


Here is a link to all the Host clubs in Osaka, the supposed capital of Host clubs:
http://www.host.avenue.tv/shop/index.php?id=310&mode=area


Here is a group of host guys turned musicians courtesy of Club Aqua:



AcQuA a band of Host boys turned boy-band (sounds like Kattun):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-kBrh1RoDQ


Then the boy band became a Visual Kei group AGE-OF-EP. This next video is brought to you by JrockRevolution ( Rewatching this continues to make me LOL):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWTgD8vpeZs&feature=related








My very first macro.




Visual Kei? Host Clubs? To me, there is no difference.

Oh no rly?


( cut for the azn )

The youth of Korea Town invaded the House of Blues on Sunset last night.



( FOLLOW THE ASIANS )

Ahh I think I hurt my head headbanging too much last night. It's not super bad, but when I stretch it too much I can feel the strain on my neck O.o All because of Anberlin. I feel all nostalgic for emo hxc/metalcore Christian rock woooooot

set list that I can remember

AHH THE FIRST SONG I JUST FIGURED OUT I SCREAMED MY HEAD OUT WHEN THEY CAME it was...
Disappear!!!!
never take friendship personal
paperthin hymns,33333333
a day late
ready fuels
The Resistance
god speed
feel good drag
breaking

to do list
15-20 pg research paper
intern shit
exam!
resume tape/look for a job?!
d1gp
kmf!!! (am I going to even go now!??!)
epik high concert in may!!!!!
GRADUATING COLLEGE OMGWTFBBQ
GRAD PARTY
DJ
DJ
DJ...!!!



I'm really biased towards music with guitars. Like really.

...IS COMING!!!


It's officially confirmed at least =P


I get to see Minho!!! He...wtf they all are young. I make an exception for them. And only them. I hope it's only them arg.

What other updates? Oh, I hope Super Junior comes!!! I wonder if Heechul will do anything fanservice-y if they do come. Ah I look forward to their comeback!


I'm in my third week of school. I graduate soon. My plans for the future? No clue. Fantaaaastic. I'll DJ full-time and get myself a rich old man. Yes that's the plan.













It's either that or grow up alone as creepy old Cat lady. -_-

Wow it doesn't even feel like Christmas to me, so giving out Christmas wishes still makes me go WUT ALREADY!? Even though my family put up our decorations quite early this year, the day of Thanksgiving, I can't believe it's Christmas in a little over 2 hours!

I wish everyone on my friends list a happy Christmas, lots of happiness and presents, etc.

Oh and one more thing, so first Tune in Tokyo was on Jrock Revolution which was huuuuuge, now we are featured in LA WEEKLY!!!

http://blogs.laweekly.com/play/nightlife-and-events/tune-in-tokyo-where-jpop-and-j
/#more


It boggles me. I don't know how I ended up being a DJ first of all and now part of a music scene I adore is truly awesome.


I thank The Killers. It happened with them. Their new album is AWESOME by the way!

I fall in love with Kaoru ALL over again. Pardon me this could turn fangirly.


This band, owns my soul. I always say that after I see them but it's the damn truth.  Seeing them live is euphoric.

The music is beautiful. Their presence is breathtaking. They move me. Whether to cry, scream, or dance, EVERYTHING.


( Long review filled with Kaoru biasness and cursing on behalf of Kyo, of course. )







*sighs*

As always, let the withdrawal seep into me once again. Worse thing about seeing them is when it ends. Always too soon. ALWAYS. And when I wake up the next day, a sore neck. All for a good cause though.  This band changed me in a good way. No other musician's have affected me the way do.

Cheers to Dir en grey. I hope you become the longest love of my music life. Until next time.

I ADORE this man. Look at his smile. Looking at this picture makes me happy and fluffy inside. Watching him run the torch made me feel so proud of him. He went through so much to get where he is today, and look wtf he ended up!? *sighs* No wonder he's my fave SuJu member. He made us all proud and yes I felt the need to make a WHOLE POST DEDICATED TO THIS MOMENT.



HanGeng JIAYOU~~~~!!!!!!

DAMN YOU YOU TUBE
DAMN YOU SBS



WHY HAVE ALL THE AWESOME KOREAN ENTERTAINMENT UPLOADERS BEEN SUSPENDED!?!?

I LIVED ON MY DAILY SUJU UPLOADS. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WEIRD.

I kept thinking, "WHY hasn't there been any uploads from Symbelym lately?" and I never checked then then OMG


NO MORE WE GOT MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EXPLORE HUMAN BODY SUBBED GOOOOOOOOOOONE

I DONT WANNA WATCH ON VEOH!!

I WANNA WATCH YOUTUBE

SBS IS RETARDED

THERE ARE VIEWERS FROM OVERSEAS.

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO.

WHERE WILL MY DAILY SUJU DRUG COME FROM!?!?!?


OKAY MAYBE LIVEJOURNAL

BUT THAT IS NOT ENOUGH!!! THE FIRST THING I DO IS CHECK YOUTUBE WHEN I COME ONLINE DAMNIT.

WHYYYYYYYYY


GAHHHHHH HYUNJOONG AND HWANGBO WE GOT MARRIED CUTS BETTER NOT GO AWAY!! I'll cry or something OMFGGG I WANNA THROW A FITTTTTTTT,.

MUISHIE partly gone.

HOWEVER

SYMBELYN COOLSMURF GOMDORII

REST IN PEACE.

I better start watching the rest of ANY Korean show before it gets pulled off *sighs*


I feel like weeping. I really do. Coolsmurf was was a  korean portal. Symbelym my suju portal.


GOODNESS WHYYYYYYYYY

wow I am really pissed!! haha

SERIOUSLY all those shows I randomly watch I will not be able to find them again.

What gives me hope? Me in a positive mood. My Parents, knowing they've been through a lot. If they can make it through all their hardships, then why the hell can't I.

I don't have much hope for the world because I unfortunately believe we will all kill each other one day.
1. War
2. Destroying the environment

Which reminds me:


ILUSM EunHyuk. He probably doesn't understand his shirt, but I'd like to believe he's environmentally friendly.

There are good and there are bad people in the world. Duh. What does give me hope in the world are people who do good deeds whether they like it or not. So out of their own kindness or their conscious.

Hope is always hard to maintain. I don't think enough people have hope. Whatever it is they do, there aren't enough people with it. That and faith...in anything! A higher being or themselves...hope and faith. Love also plays a big part in it.


Goodnight and good luck.

BEST QUOTE I HEARD ALL DAY:

A language is not just words, but a window into another world.

I FINALLY COME BEARING PICS.

Warning: At least 30 pics!!

Most are slightly blurry cause my camera is old and focus SUCKS. It's so old school.

( KMF )

( SE7EN )
Wah I've been lucky this month!! Myv may 14 KMF may 17 yesterday se7en tuesday versailles concert woot!!!

I finally put up my Miyavi towel it's so pretty. And now my SE7EN poster is hanging..next to my The Strokes poster haha there's so much stuff hanging on my walls. And it's so random.

Oh yesterday I went to Book Off and bought a TM Revolution CD in its box and all for 7 bucks!!! It was in really good condition too! Two discs, and has all it's cards inside. I'm not a TM fan but wanted to buy something. Went on over to Mitsuwa and the same CD sold for $38.30!!! I saw some CDs like B'z for 3 bucks. And Porno Graffiti. I tried looking for Perfume, but they didn't have any. The store ppl are so funny. They don't know much english, so when my friend asked in nihongo for Perfume and Zwei...he's all "Zuvee? tsu??Zu?Su??" It was so hard >.<

But thats not without my share of hardships.

Last week I had 3 papers due.

Friday night my paper was due at 11:59PM and I managed to turn it in I THINK 11:55 XD

My body was shaking b/c I thought I wasn't going to turn it in on time. Then my head collapsed after I submitted without problems. *headdesk*

Yes queen of procrasination I am.

I did it again today. Submitted my paper at 2:55...5 minutes shy of the 3 PM deadline.

One more final to go!!

THEN after my final

....I RUN ON OVER TO Disneyland SEE MIYAVI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND AS IF THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH

SATURDAY KOREAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

SUPER JUNIOR T!!!!!!!!!!

eunhyuk<333 tuek teuk teukie<333 heechulie<333 they are my favorites but omg kangin, shindong, AND cute sungminie too!! IN THE FLESH

aww but no HanGeng<333


DONG BANG SHIN GI!!!!!!!!!!

jae<333

XD


I am spoiled this week. Now if I see the cute nihonjin again like yesterday that will be awesome....but I get lucky once not twice haha


WISH ME LUCK ON MY FINALS!!!!!


ROKKUGOH  ROKKUGOH! ROKKUGOH ! ! ! !

I GOT MY TICKETSSSSS!!!!


SUPER JUNIOR T

DONG BANG SHIN GI


I WILL SEE YOU

FROM MY FAR SEATS

BUT AT LEAST I WILL HEAR YOUR BEAUTIFUL VOICES

I should be working on my essay, but I think I will after this. I wrote a mini poem. It is based on a girl I interviewed a few weeks ago. She has been blind since birth. Earlier I saw some pictures of people and I thought of the blind girl. This is my poem simply titled, Blind.

The best thing that could have happened to you was to be blind.

I don’t judge you by the color of your skin or the color of your hair.

I know you by who you are and not what you wear.

The pimples on your face does not matter, I don’t care if that dress does not flatter.

 

Being blind was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Being blind has made me happy.

I might not see the color of your eyes or the wind in the trees

But being blind has made me see.

Better then you ever will.

Wouldn’t life be better if you were blind?

----

To myself: I want to be imitated, not do the imitating. I want to become a person where even a blind person will be able to tell the difference between me and everyone else. It won't be the color of my hair, what I wear, but what I do. I want to become a person where people know me for me. Not the idea or thought of me, but ME.

...my CD finally arrived!!!!!

I waited soooo long. Be patient, I said, BE PATIENT DAMNIT!!! AHHHHHH SO WORTH THE WAIT!!! What an awesome album!!!!! I'm so happy hahahaha

My Daddy didn't know I was getting something from Japan...except my friends got it for me :) so he told my brother, "NHU ORDERED SOMETHING FROM JAPAN!?!?!?"

AHHHHH SOOO GOOOD!! ME HAPPY YAYYYSSSS hehe

One more week of school!!

I still have my portfolio and webpage to do :/ And book to read, but I don't know when the hell I plan to finish reading it. Probably, not hah.

9th Revolver is so <3

ladeeedaaaahappyhappyhappymusic<3alicenine<3naoinaskirtactinglikeagirl<3 HAHAHA

There are so many pics in the limited edition. =D

I just wanted to post cause I wanted to share this with everyone. Enjoy~~!!
***PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THE PICTURES***

So I got up at almost 9ish but I didn’t leave the house til 11. I finally get to Long Beach but my directions were really weird so I ended up spending a half hour lost in the city and trying to figure out where the hell I was supposed to park. I couldn’t sleep the night before and felt that I wouldn’t see SKIN at all for some reason. So me not getting to the convention made me antsy. I finally start lining up for the registration line at 12. The show was scheduled to start at 3:30 so I’m thinking, “Yeaaaa I’ll make it. It can’t be that long…” FUCK WAS I WRONG!! It starts nearing 3:30 and I am STILL in line for registration! Dear lord I was going to miss SKIN. Their entire set. I wasted 3 hours in line and paid for parking. I was this close to ditching because my only reason for going was to see SKIN. So I stay anyway watching the time go by sulking. I wasn’t happy. I was stressseedd. So at this point I thought that I had really missed them. I was there but not there at the same time. But I think I prayed to Buddha enough that around 4:30 my brother gets a call from his friend and said that SKIN WAS DELAYED!!!!! I was so fucking happy!! So I didn’t get my con badge until 5. 5 HOURS IN LINE JUST TO REGISTER!!! Anime Expo you need to get your shit together or more ppl to register guhhh I wanted to cry or scream because I was incredible stressed out. Anyway, when we get inside there were girls who gave out the tickets, “Who wants SKIN TICKETS?!!?!! THEY ARE STARTING RIGHT NOW!” Panic starts again. I go, “OMG I NEED ONE!!!” Then the girl says, “Finally, someone who wants them!!!” How sad  So I run around trying to find the entrance. They did not start yet. Happy happy happpyyyy. I get in and my brother and I go up in the balcony on the left side and the place is pretty decent but not filled. You could see pretty well from wherever you sat honestly. The arena seats 6,000 and MAYBE over a little bit over then half of it was filled. If they had started earlier they would have played to a small crowd in a big arena which would have been sad because the turnout wasn’t big enough to completely fill the arena but the whole floor was covered with SKIN fans. I kinda figured Miyavi would be left and Sugizo would be right so I’m glad my bro picked the left.

( massive SKIN picture load and concert review )

I left the arena and looked for the shops and the whole layout of the place was really odd so we kept getting lost. Asked some ppl where it was and they were as lost as we were but supposedly they closed at 6 so basically I registered went straight to concert and that was it. But that’s what mattered to me so I didn’t care. But I stuck around a bit. I was at the parking lot people watching and about to turn and go to my car when I hear screaming in the distance. I see two vans leaving so I knew it was someone from SKIN. It was two big vans and it was Miyavi leaving I later found out. I wanted to go watch the band leave so we went over to the gate area asap. What do you know I’m about 50 ft away from the gate area with ppl crowding the gate space as another van leaves but a window is rolled down and it’s YOSHIKI!! People crowded the very front of the gate so when it started to leave out a little further I had a PERFECT view of him as he was waving to the ppl happily  and I am just walking and waving to him so I think he saw me and my brother since from where we were walking from there was no one but us ahhh it was soo cool!! But I didn’t have my camera ready oh well It’s photographed permanently in my memory. We waited at the gate with the other ppl and I talked to some French girl which was fun. Maybe 20-30 minutes later more screams erupt. I couldn’t see anything despite jumping up and down but they were yelling Gackt. He leaves in a limo. He comes out and everyone crowding around the limo like crazy. Right in front of me with 2 ft of fans blocking my way gackt rolls down his window about 2 inches and he stuck his hand out but I didn’t see. I just stared at the window as it SLOWLYYYY drove away. I think he purposely had the driver slow down so we could all crowd around the limo. I’m surprised no one got hurt. It drives away a bit more and ppl were running after it. Then I look back and notice Sugizo walking out but everyone was too busy freaking out over Gackt to notice. Now the gate area was mostly clear due to everyone running after Gackt haha Sugizo walks into the SUV while no one really screamed for him and he went into the car. I could see him sitting on the right side in the back while the door was still open and the light inside was lit so I could see him. I got no pic unfortunately everything was blurry. When the SUV rolled away everyone screamed for him but he never rolled his window down or anything and the windows were all tinted black. With this, my day was complete. I spent 5 hours in line waiting and technically one hour in the convention which was just for the show. Which was kinda lame in it’s own way since I went to an anime convention but it didn’t feel like it since I didn’t got to go shopping at least so it felt more like just a concert. But concerts are the best so I don’t care really. All I cared about was S.K.I.N and waiting in line for 5 hours (well, EVERYONE was waiting for SKIN really) was worth it. I didn’t like panicking though.

Did anybody see me? I wore a D’espairsRay shirt and had a homemade Dir en grey bag. I should have had more Myv pictures but half of my pics ended up blurry :( so I tried my best to pick ones where you can still tell it’s him.

PS: 1) PLEASE DO NOT STEAL MY PICTURES I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN!!
2) I have no access to the internet after I post this so I can’t reply to any comments if there are any. When I get internet access I will though! :)

KICKED SO MUCH FUCKING ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss it!!! It was sooo much fun!!! EXCLAMATION POINTS ARE THE FUCKING BEST!! haha awww Technically this is a late post seeing how it was...3 nights ago!?!? But I'm still on the high. It was SUPER great!!!

Night one:

Kagrra came out visual kei! And here I thought they dropped the visual but noo Japan pride baby! haha But damnit the sound wasn't great this night too much feedback or something but I could still hear well. JUst wished soundcheck ppl did their job a lil better. I learned I'm a bad Kagrra fan :( I knew 3 out of the 6 songs maybe. Cause they played OLD SCHOOL Kagrra stuff BUT I'M NOT COMPLAINING. I recognized Yousai which was shocking cause thats an ooooold song. WEll I was generally surprised. They really brought out the Japanese culture musically and aesthetically. Isshi pulled out a piece of paper and spoke english to us AWWWW "Don't forget Kagrra" We won't :) Shin played the koto during Utakata and I think my mind melted into a million pieces because I loooove that song and was hoping they'd play it and the koto would appear and OMG it appeared!!! He's my inpiration for learning the viet instrument that's like the koto. Ahh old school Kagrra they are friggin amazing, Isshi hit all the high notes. Some ppl pulled out their fans, it was sugoi!!! I love Kagrra <3

Duel Jewel kicked ass live. I knew all the songs they played but can't remember which ones it is at the moment. I do remember the first song being Hanauta cause I love singing "sakura sakura..." hehe I didn't know they'd be so friggin great live. Headbanging got started with them. They did this lil feet dance thing for Konsui Xke Xke Doll? Damnit I'm not sure. oh well. It was SOOO cute. I got their keitai strap :D

BREAK I looked around the area and go heyy whose the hot guy. wait he looks familiar. oh shit its drummer of Despairs Ray. Staring at Tsukasa during break was a highlight haha. I can't help it I love Despairs so seeing him just stand there was cool! Ahh he's also deliciously hot might I add. He didn't have makeup, hair undone, and just wow I can't help but notice damnit!!!

HOLY MIYAVI!!! UMM I missed seeing him make the illegal u-turn. He drove pass everyone in his red convertable and I friggin was lookin the OTHER way. " My english sucks." Haha no it does not. Although I couldn't understand sometimes. The mic wasn't great thats whyyy. Miyavi is SUCH a damn crowd pleaser!! He knows how to work the crowd up. And a friggin TEASE. Sexy dancing to get us to scream for him. It was so cool. he had the best entrance of the whole night. I want the painter/sakura petal thrower's job damnit haha
AHH BUT SUGIZO CAME OUT and rocked out with him AND I SCREAMEEEEDDD haha. Luna Sea is <3 I was WISHING/HOPING/PRAYING Sugizo might come but thought that wasn't possible but alas he was THERE!!
Ahh then Yoshiki came out. It's funny everytime he came out they pulled out the mirror ball and Tears would be playing in the background. The entrance was slightly cheesy but it's Yoshiki so he can do whatever he wants.

So I turn to go get merch and while I am ready to leave my area all of Despairs Ray ( although I don't remember seeing Zero I'm sure he was there though) walk past me like 2 feet away and I look at Tsukasa again. Then the back of Karyu and then Hizumi. Yeaa Oh man that got me sooo excited to see them the next night.

Soo off to merch THEY RAN OUT OF ALICE NINE GOODS! I was so sad :( How do I support the band if there's no more merch for them boo. I was willing to SPEND MONEY ON THEM.

Vidoll opened up with nevaeH and that's all I knew from them.. I think? AHH but they were good too. Jui spoke in japanese to us though but we cheered anyway. All I could catch from his speech was kokoro...and kiite kudasai? I think. Someone said they played 3 songs. They played this slow song it was pretty.

Alice Nine was DARLING!!! I stood on the third stair on the floor and just took the front spot someone decided to leave open so even though I was on the back I had no obstructed view and could still see everything. Nao <3 came out first. Then...everyone else haha They were wearing their Hello Dear Numbers outfit. Those outfits are nice. They opened up with Velvet!!! I love the PV and was thinking they'd open with this song and they did. Eee Then they played Red Carpet Going On but I didn't know this song but it was good nonetheless. Then Shou screams "Are you ready to crazy!?" ENGRISH!!! His engrish is sooo cute. haha I was like wahhh Shou lovely english. It was endearing. "Go crazy!!" So I went crazy haha Tora plays the first strums of Yami ni Chiru Sakura and my eyes probably bugged out of my head because holybatshit this song is their heaviest song and I looooove this song. His screaming wasn't too great aww poor Shou couldnt' scream properly haha but A FOR EFFORT. He sings great anyway!! Next was Kowloon which was perfect after Yami ni and I just headbanged. I think this was when Hiroto kicked his mic stand and the roadie came scrambling out haha. I THINK I caught the Shou kissed Hiroto. I just remember Shou's arm around Hiroto. aww yay for fanservice? haha Saga was the only bassist who stood on the drum stand so many times!! And at one point Saga and Shou stood behing Nao. They were the only band to actually reaaaallly include the drummer. Then I couldn't believe they actually played Haikara becasue that was where ppl would shout each band members name so I got to see that live EEEK. I missed yelling Nao...actually I think a lot of ppl did then I yelled the other bands members name. It was wonderful! And Saga during his bass solo on this song is soo cool. I love his solo. Saga making love to his bass on stage was also a huge wow. He licked it like 3 times. I kinda died to say the least. Then they played Shunkashutou. I love that song especially after watching it off of the PS lives AHHH they left, I was sad.

Night two!! The sound was MUCH better everything was actually CLEAR!!

MERRY: Ok HIGHLIGHT was the singer pulling down his fly then shoving the microphone down his pants out the zipper and pulling on the string!! It was sooo funny. The vocalist is so entertaining. He has strange antics like Kyo. But he supposedly use to be a roadie for Kyo so I can see why. The drummer is a very cool man. He talked istead of the vocalist so I was suprirsed. Everytime he talked (in his engrish *grins*) the sound would go in and out so we only heard half of whatever he tried to say.

Girugamesh rocked so hard!!! AHHH BUT DUMB FANGIRL YOU RUINED MY EAR AND I COULD NOT HEAR SATOSHI SING!! She was fangirling like a mother and elbowing me. rAWR So I sorta moshed back into her so that was kinda fun haha. I was really looking forward to seeing them live and they did not let me down. They came out individually with these black masks on. Guhhh I kinda love this band. anyway!! They played this Mission Impossible intro to one of their songs, I was amused. They played Aimai na Mikaku, Volcano, Owari to Mirai, Jarring Fly, Shadan, and Mouja no Koushin. Yayyy Satoshi sounds fantastic live!! I love a man who can sing AND scream well. The band was sooooo good!!

Went to get a Despairs Ray shirt.

D'espairsRay owns my ass again haha I rocked out the harddest during Despairs Ray. errr yessssssss The CD my brother got of them has the Tsukasa card so I'm all O.0 "Oohhh Tsukasa" I can't remember much except I just completely went bonkers headbanging and generally rockingthefuckout. m(_)m They played almost everything off of Mirror except Squall and Kaleidoscope. Hizumi's english was pretty good!! They sounded great live too. Hizumi and his fur coat haha. Wow, I love his voice. Again a man who is sexy screaming and singing. (Apparently, Sugizo was on the back watching their set yayy Didn't see him though *pouts*) HOLLOW was probably my favorite song out of the whole set. It was the one with the repetitiveness where we would all fist pump then headbang and that would repeat for who knows how long but I LOVED it. After the last person left, Tsukasa, haha I was like OK SO MY NIGHT IS COMPLETE!!

Mucc- They started out with Gokusai of course. Ahh I can't remember names of everything but the singers english was pretty good. The bass player pulled out a cello (I believe thats what it is called) for 25-ji no Yuuutsu. Friggin great. This song live was the BEST. Then the guitarist was doing this distortion thing at the end. Seriously cool performance. Great stage presence. Didn't know half their material. Their songs sound better live. The guitarist had on an Avenged Sevenfold shirt and I was like COOOOOL. haha

Yesssss oh and headbanging is always great fun. Yeaaaaaa it was a GREAAAAAAAAAAT weekend!! Music in general owns my life. Language barriers are no problem when it comes to music because music is universal.

I walk away with an uneven tan from waiting since 11am for night 2's concert but a head full of wonderful memories of being able to see some of my favorite bands. What a wonderful two nights. I met some pretty cool/interesting ppl at that show haha but everyone was nice. It was great being able to talk about jrock with ppl and have them know wtf I was talking about. Me and the Jui fangirl were going on and on about D. It was great. Met up with Betsy again haha I hope everyone saw us playing Jenga. Would have been funny if someone filmed us DAMNIT. Random note, I recognized some people from the Dir en grey show haha