{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer","title":"drowsy_observer","subtitle":"drowsy_observer","author":{"name":"drowsy_observer"},"link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"service.feed","type":"application\/x.atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom","title":"drowsy_observer"}}],"updated":"2015-04-25T19:42:54Z","entry":[{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:13015","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/13015.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=13015"}}],"title":"Scans","published":"2015-04-25T18:07:34Z","updated":"2015-04-25T19:42:54Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"spastic energizer bunny"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"my little pony"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ebi is made of magic"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"actually my scans"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"tatsu"}}],"content":"I finally got around to scanning things i had been meaning to for weeks now XD Sorry if the booklet scans are crap, it was hard to scan without bending the binding too much V.V and good thing my mom has such a huge scanner, because the calendar is so big this year *____*

Included are:
-Ebi 2015-2016 Calendar\/booklet
-Fumi Johnny's world photo set (1)
-Tatsu winter playzone photo sets (3)
-Noeru winter playzone photo sets (2)

Preview:

\"Ebi<\/a>\"Ebi<\/a>\"Johnny's<\/a>\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone

DOWNLOAD<\/a> <\/span>(MF<\/a>)<\/span>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:12674","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/12674.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=12674"}}],"title":"Scans!!","published":"2014-10-20T00:46:56Z","updated":"2014-10-20T00:46:56Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"spastic energizer bunny"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"morita myuto's face"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"my scans"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"goat"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"my little pony"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"snow children need to stop"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"4u! for you!"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"a.b.c-z"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"keigo kid's dumb face"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fantastic fumi faces"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"actually my scans"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ebi is made of magic"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fumi is the best horse ever"}}],"content":"So for Fumi's birthday (and Matsu's too) I decided to actually scans the new shops that I had!!

Included are:
-Legend Story Pamphlet Offshots - Group, Mixed, Fumi
-Crea 2014 - 4U., Snow Man, MAD, Jr. A
- Playzone 2014 - First set for: Tatsu, Noeru, Kouta
- Ebiza Pamphlet Offshots - Snow Man, IwaFukka
-Random (Papas for Faust, ebiza, then random stage pictures)
Then Plazyone in Nissay and 2014 pamphlet scans (sorry these kind of suck because I was trying not to bend the spine too<\/i> much)

Preview:<\/span>
\"ABCZ<\/a>\\<\/span>
TOO MUCH FUMI TOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY HEART


\"Legend<\/a><\/span>
\"Playzone<\/a><\/span>
\"Ebiza<\/a><\/span>
(How did you end up here >.>)
\"Crea<\/a>\"Crea<\/a><\/span>
(thanks tiff for the noeru <333)
\"Crea<\/a>\"ABCZ<\/a>\"ABCZ<\/a><\/span><\/a>


DL<\/a><\/span>

Other things I've been up to is yesterday I went into NYC with my mom and we saw the musical If\/Then.  It was alright, all the music started to sound the same after a while, and the story was a little bit muddled, but it was really awesome to be able to see Idina Menzel sing live *_____* and i love Anthony Rapp, so it was great to see him in something as well!!  We also went to kinokuniya and checked out the uniqlo.  Overall it was a really fun day!! <\/span>On Friday I saw Gone Girl.  That movie was so good *_____* I didn't see the twist coming at the end and i thought everything about it just really worked."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:12498","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/12498.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=12498"}}],"title":"Ebi Matsuri!!! A.B.C-Z Legend Tour 2014 - Yoyogi - 9\/14-9\/15","published":"2014-09-21T22:32:58Z","updated":"2014-09-22T20:37:53Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"concert report or something"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"my little pony"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ebi is made of magic"}}],"content":"\"day<\/a>
So i was lucky enough to go to all three yoyogi shows for ebi's legend tour!!! Honestly, i wasn't sure if i was going to be able to go, but I lucked out in the end!! And since i was going, i was determined to go to all three shows (which left my wallet crying, and me crying for different reasons).  If you're interested, i recorded all three shows, and you can download<\/a> them if you like.

On Saturday morning, I got up to line up and get goods.  I forget when the line opened, by decided to get there around 10, and then realized the line didn't open until 12, oh well XD  The way they had the line setup was there were three different sections selling different goods, and in the end, I had to go into all three to get all the goods I wanted XD  I pretty much got everything, because, as per usual, once you get up there it's almost like "I NEED THEM ALL".  I decided not to get the Fumi uchiwa, if only because i kept looking at it thinking "iranai".  If only Fumi looked as good on the uchiwa as everyone else did, and he did in EVERYTHING ELSE >.> But i ended up for myself with both tour shirts, pamphlet, fumi photo set, clearfile, group photo set and clearfile, bracelet thing, tote bag, and the bear keychain (again, my wallet was crying)

\"goods\"<\/a>

And since I had some time, I went out and got some lunch, and then dropped all my goods off in my hotel (which happened to be not too far from the venue), then I got changed and put a tour shirt on and headed for the show.

\"day<\/a>

They were selling all the DVDs at the venue, and if you bought one, they were giving away tickets holders as a freebie, and since they were selling the legend story shop versions, that i hadn't bought yet, i went up and bought the one with the towel (purple of course ^^).  I decided I would wear it during the show too.  And then i lined up to get into the venue, they somehow opened up rather late. It's usually an hour before the show, but it ended up being 20 minutes late.  Lots of people around me were confused as well.  BUT while I was waiting, the sky did this, so yeah *_____*

\"day<\/a>\"day<\/a>

Then they finally opened up, and right away, you could see all the flowers people sent ebi to congradulate them.  Then I went to my seat, for the first day I was on the north side, D section 11th row?

\"Con<\/a>\"Con<\/a>\"Con<\/a>

At first it looked so plain, compared to last year with all the star swings around, but all the stages were different colors, so the main one was blue, the closer one pink, the second main one was purple, the other side was red, and then the middle one yellow.  Then i got my penlight out and ready and just waited for the show to start.  I decided just to use the all color option (there were like 7 in total).  Then it was time for the show to start.  The lights went down and you could hear ebi introduce themselves and pump the crowd up.  Then the curtain dropped revealing ebi on the swings from last year!!! They were on the main stage at various level, hasshi in the center at the top, and then tsuka-chan and gocchi, then tottsu and fumi.  And Fumi actually went all the way around!!! He said in the MC that last year was frustrating, since he came up with the idea, but couldn't manage do it, so that he could do it this year was great.  Then after spinning around for a while, they all went introduced themselves again, still while swinging around, and pumped the crowd up (hasshi doing the "YOYOGI!!!" yay! "YOYOGI!!!" yay!). They were wearing white outfits with stars on the back, i think they were like gold stars.  Then it was time for the first song, which was, of course, 5 Stars<\/b>!!!! Ahhh this song gives me so many feels, and watching everyone do the penlight dance with it, really makes me happy.  Also, as what seems the usual when ebi first appear, i cried a little, because they really do sparkle so much more in person ;A;  Then the giant star wheel popped up as they made their way down the stairs, and then ended up doing their various things on the wheel.  LIke, fumi spinning around by himself, and tottsu and hasshi sppinning around on it, then all of them spinning around on it, with tsuka-chan and gocchi on the outside.  I think at some point the juniors ran out? But i really wasn't watching them XD  Then it ended, and the five rings were wheel out becuase it was time for 5 Rings<\/b>.  They started on the wheel, and Hasshi sang his solo bit from the top, and then came down.  And it was pretty much the normal 5 rings performance with the rings.  They did the bit with fumi\/gocchi and tsuka-chan\/tottsu in the same ring, and Hasshi spinning it really fast and jumping out with the ring still spinning. Also doing the part where they're like laying on it and then like letting gravity bring their legs down in like a back flip *terrible at explaining things*. It's still just as pretty though, with all the rings lit up in their colors, and it was fun to bounce around with the penlight, because in ebi za you're kind of just sitting there and want to cheer for them, but can't XD  Then it ends with them getting all spun around fast by the juninors.

Next it was time to introduce all the juniors and the band members.  First it was just Hasshi on stage by himself introducing all the "dancing juniors" and Sanada (who was playing guitar, and i remember thinking, "did i know sanada played guitar?" XD)  Then the rest of ebi came out and introduced the rest, and they had changed costumes into red ones, if I remember correctly. I remember fumi introducing the trumpet player and being rediculous with his face, every time XD and then when they introduced Goto they were like "hiromi, hiromi, hiromi" it was so cute.  Which then led into the new song FInally Over<\/b>.  Now, i had yet to watch the shokura performance of this song, and hadn't heard it at all or found the time to watch it, even though i had a 14 hour plane ride, and it sitting on my external, but was too lazy to get it out. i mean what. <\/strike> BUT OMG THIS SONG. I think i was in love with right away.  When the song picks up, after the slow intro, they let little fireworks off, it was so perfect.  They even sang the second verse that they didn't sing on shokura. After singing the second verse, ebi ran out into the middle stage.  The rap breakdown is my FAVORITE.  And they did a cool acrobatic dance and everything.  Then when the song goes to the bridge, ebi gathered in the middle of the stage all lined up, and when the song picked up again, FIRE SHOT OUT ALL AROUND THEM.  LIke not on the outside of the circle, like in it *___* I was so worried for them though, from my angle, it seriously looked like if they took a step out of line they would get burned.  But ahhhhhh such a cool perforance.  This then led into Naked<\/b>!!  This song is so great for pumping the crowd up, and ebi seemed super into it!!  They were running around all over waving at the crowd and pumping them up.

Then this led directly into Higher! Fly!<\/b> again, still running around and being crazy.  So much fun!!  Then they went up to the main stage, (they even did the part like "we are acrobat boys club") and then fumi shouted "everyone let's dance together!!" because it was time for the new member intro rap, i think it's called A.B.C-Z LOVE<\/b>.  Ahhh this one is so much fun!!!  Basically it's Hasshi rapping about everyone, with that member going to the center and doing a dance, then everyone cheers for them like "A.B.C-Z LOVE TOTSUKA SHOUTA" then "tottsu tottsu tottsu tottsu" then the music drops and they say something, like "aishiteruyo" for example.  It went tottsu - fumi - gocchi - tsuka-chan - hasshi.  When it was fumi's turn, he took his jacket off (on the first day, he was having trouble taking his jacket off XD it was cute.  But then he also ripped his shirt open, which hurt my heart *_____*).  Then for hasshi the beat changes slightly and he's singing, and then the rest of the memebers do a rap part. I really like this one a lot.  Then after everyone was introduced, they ran back to the outside stages, and it ends with all of us being like " A! B! C! Z!!!!!!"

Then Hasshi was left on stage by himself, and then he introduced special guests which were Jesse and Marius.  The first day they sang KOI<\/b> and i was hoping that Jesse and marius would be just a one off thing, and that he would just get whoever showed up that day to watch to sing with him. But no, it was them all three days, which was kind of :\/ I'm not a huge fan of either, and hasshi's great singing really emphasize how terrible the other two are at it.  Like, i really don't get the appeal of Jesse, he bores me to tears every time i see him.  They also changed it to mou kimi igai aisenai<\/b> for the last two shows.  After they finished the song Hasshi walked the two of them up to the visitor section and introduced the guests for the show.  The first day it was juniors (who i kind of already forget, since they weren't people I really follow too much).  Then he introduced the next song which was fumi's solo RED SUN<\/b>. UUUUUUUUGH I LOVED THIS SO MUCH \/biased.  Fumi's outfit was like sailor\/pirate thing.  LIke a sailor hat, big flowy white shirt and then a red tie. Ugh at some point he ripped his shirt open, and i was just DEAD.  The dance was good and just FUUUUUUMIIIIIIII. But then he had juri rap while he sat on the star wheel and i was like "omg fumi, you rap better than him. it's solo, do it all yourself >.>" (also, there was little reaction to juri actually rapping from the audience) because i really don't like juri AT ALL. and then Taiga did a little like "woah" singing stuff, and again i was like GDI fumi >.> but he did look HOT sitting on the star wheel \/biased.  Then he got completely shirtless and started drumming *_____* tottsu came out to play guitar, but on the first show, his guitar wasn't working and no sound came out, and fumi was like "eh totsuk-san's guitar!' and when it finally started working fumi was like "what should we do? start from the beginning?" and everyone cheered and that's what they did.  So once again, fumi went back to the dums and started playing and then tottsu came out, and then it was a duet between tottsu on guitar and fumi on drums.  so cool!! Then fumi was like "That's wasn't a happening because tottsu's an ace" XD then he mentioned how when iwahasshi was introduced and there was a huge kyaa~ he felt extra nervous.  Then introduced tottsu again because it was time for his solo Tokimeki Imagination<\/b>.  The song is pretty cute, and tottsu started out on guitar, and the band came down, and there was a really cute dance that went with it.  Then halfway through, he ditched the guitar and danced with them.  Really cute. I think he was wearing some sort of black jacket that had all of ebi's five start going down the sleeve.  something like that.

Then the next song was Walking on Clouds<\/b>.  The other four came out on the push carts so that they could properly greet the second floor people. I think they were wearing their super sparkly twinkle twinkle outfits for this one.  It was Fumi and Tsuka-chan on one side, and Hasshi and gocchi on the other side, and eventually Tottsu got pushed through the arena.  On the first day I was on the fumi and tsuka-chan side, so i got to see fumi super close up *______*  Then, when that song was done, fumi asked us all to turn our penlights off, and then he was like sei no ON and the whole audience was red when they started the next song, which was Twinkle Twinkle A.B.C-Z<\/b>.  This one was so much fun!! because throughout the whole song they kept telling us to switch colors, it was so much fun!! Also, i think hasshi was super distracted by people calling his name, because every time he seemed to mumble the intro XD  Then for the individual parts, they all had us do different things with our penlights. It was seriously so much fun!!  They also asked us to sing along with them at the end of the song.  Then they made their way to the main stage and it was time to sing Never My Love<\/b>.  This one was cool to watch for all three shows because they like upgraded it every time.  So like the first time it just went straight into the song.  But then the second time, fumi was like, "ok, turn off your penlights and then let's do a wave up to the front! can everyone do it? There are lots of cameras here you know?! I'm sure you can!" and we did it and it looked super pretty!!!  But then we just stayed red for the whole song.  But then for the third show, again we did the wave all the way up, but then the lighting on the middle stage kept changing colors and we all changed our penlights to match it. Ahhhh that was really really pretty!!!  They did the typical dance with the mic stands.

Then the next song was Happy! Happy!<\/b> I love this song sooooo much.  So this one tottsu, gocchi and tsuka-chan marched around on the pink stage, and the juniors started to come out on the red stage. This one is just too cute!! Then after the first chorus, they disappeared and Hasshi and fumi came out and again walked down the pink side, but at this point the juniors caught up to them and marched right behind them.  They also changed outfits, into white ones.  Then when they made it to the purple stage, all the juniors were there holding these round things, that they stacked up, and gave a mallet to fumi, and then brought stairs out and tsuka-chan stood on top of it.  I don't think they prepared much for this or practiced it much.  The first day Tsuka-chan seemed really nervous and was like "ahh it's really high" and then they went over what they were going to do like sei no and then tsuka-chan would jump, with the top thing and fumi would hit the bottom one out.  They seriously seemed nervous about it. So they were like sei no and tsuka-chan barely held on to it.  It was seriously giri giri and they had to take the time to hammer the whole stack straigh again.  But somehow, with that confidence he was able to do the rest.  Then during the MC they joked that fumi should do the jumping part tomorrow to which fumi said "muri muri!". The second concert as well, tsuka-chan was able to clear it with ease.  Then the third show he fell after one and was so frustrated that he said let's try again, and fumi ordered the stairs back and then he tried again and failed again. And was seriously frustrated, but fumi reminded him that he had a lot of acrobatics left to do so they should just quit at that and then tsuka-chan said that the next time they held concerts, whenever that was, they were doing to do it again.  Then they turned around and hasshi was sitting on it and was like "I want to try!" and then he tried and failed and was like "this is seriously hard!"

Next was Attraction!<\/b> and this song is really cute!! and they also had balls that the threw out to the crowd.  Then it was time to sit down for the MC.  The first show tsuka-chan ran up to throw one out for the second floor people and was late for the MC and everyone was like OI where did you go XD  I forget what they talked about, but I remember they showed rehearsal footage for tsuka-chan's play, he seemed super excited about it.  Fumi also asked the crowd if this was anyone's first time watching them, and bunch of people were haaai and waved their penlights, and fumi was like "we're small right?" XD I think it was at this one where he asked if people were watching chanzoo and mostly everyone was like haiii and then he asked, are there people who haven't watched it and some people waved their penlights and such and fumi was like "kirai" XD  They also talked about cherry boys.  I think they also mentioned the guests and fumi asked aran if playzone was over already, to which he gave an ok.  Then at the end, they mentioned that one show that has all those juniors on it competing, i totally forget what it's called at the moment. And he even specially mentioned like basketball and how he was worried watching fukka XD  But then he mentioned the double dutch and then brought those juniors out and they did a double dutch routine, which started out with all of them, including ebi, jumping through it.  The first time I thought it was pretty cool (but then by the third time i was like, ok next. and a lot of people even just stayed sitting for it).

Then it was Noon Boyz singing Genkai Meter<\/b>! Hasshi even joined them!! it was cute X3  Noon boys wore those orange old ebi outfits :3  noon boys started at the top of the stage, like where ebi started the show and then they came down to finish the song on the blue stage. and ended with Hasshi yelling "MOU GAKAI DA!"  Next it was Gocchi's solo!! This one was pretty cool (even if he didn't sing).  I kept waiting for him to start, but it ended up being a straight dance solo.  The song was pretty cool though and the dance was super cool!! as per usual, the lighting and everything all went really well with the song.  And he even utilized the lights on the other stages seriously, so visually pleasing.  One thing he changed from the first show, was he added a bit where goto came down and played violin with him dancing.  VERY COOL!! Then the intro for crazy accel started and tsuka-chan came out with a shiny yellow vest on, and gocchi changed into a blue one, and they danced together, like they did thing one part with tsuka-chan walking on his hands, then crush started and one by one all the members came out to add to the dance then star seeker, then finally Space Beat <\/b>started, which ended up being the next song!!  Then they did a super cool dance break *___* with like spotlights on them really cool!!  Which lead directly into Bokura no Kotae ~Here We Go~<\/b> UGH THIS ONE WAS SOOOOOOO COOL!!! First they changed their vests to black ones and for the dance break in the middle flames shot up and it was timed so perfectly with the song. Like six things shooting up then some on just the right side, then on the left, and then one at a time, so cool *___* I could seriously feel the heat from where I was sitting, i can't even imagine what it was like on stage.  This was another one that i really enjoyed finally seeing in concert, because, again, during ebi za, it was hard just calmly sitting in my seat while they were singing it, but now i could fully rock out X3

Next they did this part where the juniors came out where glow in the dark masks and they chased ebi all around the stage.  Which then led into Hassi's solo Dance!<\/b> I know the lyrics for this song are SUPER DUMB but if it isn't a great live song.  The dance is so cool and it realy pumps you up.  I believe he was wearing the red flower jacket ebi wears occasionally (and i think he even wore for ebi za).  He walked down the middle stage and then ripped his jacket off and threw it over his shoulder, very cool.  I know he had noon boyz in his solo, but other than that, i have no idea XD Then he walked to the middle stage and while he was ripping his shirt off, the flames shot up all around him *______*  Next it was time for Tsuka-chan solo, Ki ni Sezu GO MY WAY<\/b>. It started with a letter read by tsuka-chan that was something like "thanks for coming. After talking to hasshi I realized i was the only member without a solo song. So this time i thought of everything from the song, lyrics, dance and costume so here's the song" And then he came out in drag XD OMG the song is so much fun and so dumb XD At some point the juniors leave and then tsuka-chan is like "where is everyone going" and falls to the stage all sad XD And then he eventually is like that's right i need to go my way! and then the middle stage lights up to the main blue stage and then he started doing his backflips while we all counted XD The first show he did 19, second was 24 and the third one was 25! But for the second show he promised he would do 27 because he was 27 this year and everyone was like "yeah right! then what are you going to do next year" and he was like "mocchiron 28!" XD  And also during the second show he totally forgot his microphone after the backflips and had to go back for it and then hit his head all cutely XD

Then it was time for Inazuma Venus<\/b>, basically just the chorus to do the dance with them.  I think it was also here that Tottsua and Hasshi came out on the push carts for the second stage people, I Their outfits were properly colors sparkly like tracksuits, that had a 5 on the back, for everyone.  Next was A to Z<\/b>, followed by kodoku no runaway<\/b>, then Let's Go!<\/b>, then FREEDOM, <\/b>kind of just a medley with them wandering around doing the dances.  Next was the new trick that they came up with, that i think they decided to call 5 in 1<\/b>.  Basically it was a merry go round with pole dancing, and it was very cool!!  They did stuff as a group and indivual stuff, and things paired up, it was all really impressive, sasuga ebi.  Although, because it's ebi, i kept worrying the first time that the thing was going to raise up with them spinning on it, which thankfully for my heart, it didn't.

Then it was time for Zutto LOVE<\/b>!!! Ahhhh i love doing this one with the penlights.  They spent most of the time wandering around.  Then they ended up on the main blue stage, and Goto started playing legend story on the violin while all the members did thanks.  All pretty standard.  For the first show I don't think people did it, but for the rest we all lit our penlights to match the member giving thanks (I also noticed that the merry go round was also lit in the color of the memeber talking).  It went Hasshi - Gocchi - Tsuka-chan - Fumi - Tottsu (which was almost the exact order of our penlights if you switch tottsu and fumi) The second show at the end of Fumi's thanks he was like "well yoyogi is filled with fumi fans so that makes me really happy!".  Also the second show after gocchi was done with his thanks and started to walk off but tsuka-chan wasn't ready yet (because they were changing for the next song) so gocchi had to go back and start all over again, and ended up repeating himself a bunch and we all started laughing and gocchi was lke "nanda?" as if he hadn't just said all these things a minute before, then before he could even bring it to a proper conclusion Tsuka-chan ran out being like "MIIIIIINAAAAA ARIGATOUUUUUU!".  Tsuka-chan promised twice that ebi would do shows at tokyo dome some day :3 Then Tottsu for the second two shows didn't really do thanks but rather came out smiled, and then did the thing like they do at plays where you face to the left and then bow, and then to the right and bow and then the center and bow XD XD  Then shouted like "We still have one more song, right? That one, right? The one that's the title of this tour! Are you guys going to sing?! are you guys going to dance?! ALRIGHT! NOW LEGEND STORY<\/b>!" Then Hasshi started singing the first line and then was like "sei no minna!" and we all sang it, and then fumi and tottsu sang the next lines and then had us sing the ones together and then also the chorus while we did the dance! ahhhhh it was so awesome!! They came out in the black jacket, same as the pv, and then when the songs picks up they were like "minna saikou!!" and ripped their jackets off into the properly-colored outfits from the pv.  By the third show, everyone was singing along with them from the start. It was seriously so wonderful and such a great way to end the show.  Then they introduced the juniors again and then said thanks as they walked off the stage.  The second show tottsu wait around next to goto until the song was finished, super cute! XD

Then we all caled for an encore, and ebi eventually came out on the middle stage and sang Vanilla<\/b>.  they were wearing the white tour shirts, with TIGHT black pants and then the red plaid jackets (like that they wore for their 5 rings music station performance).  Each member had the a.b.c-z filled in with their proper color all sparkly (and i think they had a star on their sleeve).  Tsuka-chan and tottsu were also wearing the sunglasses that they were selling as a good.  Then they had the juniors run out with them while they sang A.B.C-Z LOVE<\/b> again.  Then they introduced the guests and some of the juniors by name (and then jesse and marius), then we did the "oretachi to minna de" "ABCZ!!!!" while the streamers flew out and then the show was over.

9\/15 - Afternoon Show

For this show my seats were pretty much in about the same section, just on the other side of the arena.
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The guests for the show were some juniors and then more importantly SNOW MAN!!!!!! I was so happy when i saw them because I wasn't able to see dream boys, and i thought i wouldn't be able to see them this trip! At first, after hasshi's first solo, when he walked jesse and marius up to the guests, he started introducing some of the juniors, and then snow man were behind them, but not lit or being mentioned, but everyone started screaming and then suddenly hasshi was like "ah snow man's here too!!" \\XD\/ Then he went to start introducing fumi's solo and he was like "kawai's solo is next, he's a serious ikemen, right?" mostly to fukka XD  Then during twinkle twinkle, when hasshi was doing his penlight thing, he was like "do you see snow man?"  AND then they threw fukka down with the juniors and made him do the dance, but he didn't quite know it and had to look around, ebi did the dance on the stairs with the guests, and the rest of snow man jumped behind them to do the dance as well!!! BEST!! Also, for this show the MC was them bringing all the cameras up on stage to take pictures for newspapers and magazines, and then being interviewed by a reporter to be shown for all the news programs.  Then afterwards, the did a little bit more MC and then fumi asked snow man if it was alright for them to be there since they had dream boys, sakuma stood up to give them the ok.  They also talked to them a little bit, with snow man having to shout things at them since they didn't have mics.  Then once again, fumi mentioned how he was worried about fukka while watching him do basketball XD  For the encore, ebi wore the black tour shirts, with white tight white pants and the red plaid jackets, and then for the second A.B.C-Z LOVE they brought snow man out with them, and were doing super cute things with them, and for the part where it was tottsu's turn to say something, he gave the mic to watanabe, who was like "EBI THAIKOU!" and then gave a face that was like, was that alright? Tsuka-chan had sakuma and fukka and someone else, and for his bit he introduced them quickly for his part XD ahhhh it was so great to see them being all goofy together.

9\/15 - Evening

This show I was on the second floor on the same side as the first day, which was great, since that was the side that fumi went past X3
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This show had a lot of guest: the non-dream boys kismai, shori and fuma from Sexy Zone, then travis Japan, kyomoto papa, fukka and watanabe (again) and then THEY (or at least the H & E that I saw for sure).  They didn't get around to introducing travis and they, probably because they were so distracted by everyone else XD.  When hasshi walked them over to the guests, he was like "Ara, i see some faces i've seen on TV before!" and then introduced Kismai, like kitayams - fujigaya - then yokoo, and then totally didn't mention nika, who stood up and was like OI! then sexy zone, then kyomoto papa, who kind of had a vibe like "don't talk to me" and hasshi was like, "ah you're here to watch taiga, right?"  Then he went to introduce fumi's solo and asked kitayama to say something to him and he was like "dare?" and being really obsinate XD cute! then for twinkle twinkle hasshi mentioned kismai while doing his penlight stuff.  Then ebi ran up to do the dance in the visitor section and kitayama stood and and was doing the dance SUPER enthusiastic and it was super cute X3  Then during the MC fumi introduced all of kismai again, but instead of saying nika he said senga and nika stook up and was like NO and made an X with his arms.  Then fumi was like, oh sorry miyata XD  Then they were talking about kyomoto papa, and then fukka was being ridiculous next to him and kyomoto papa put him in a headlock, which then lead to fumi being like "fukka, again? are you sure this is alright?!" Then they were talking about cherry's and mentioned how cool myuto was, and then they were like, "oh he's here too?!" and he stood up. Also during the MC they mentioned the dengue fever outbreak that seemed to be coming from yoyogi and for people to be careful.  Hasshi had a writeband thing that i guess was for mosquito protection, but then he suddenly started doing, what i assume, was the jingle for it and tsuka-chan did it with him XD IDIOTS  Then at some point, tsuka-chan did something and fumi was like "oh DARKNESS!" and all of ebi were like, it's been a while, can you do it? and then tsuka-chan did darkness for us all XD XD  This time for the encore, they wore the same as the first concert, white shirts.  For A.B.C-Z LOVE only kismai and sexy zone came out to play, and gocchi rode around on fuma for a while, and fumi and yokoo were really cute together.  And when they introduced kismai at the end, yokoo did a cartwheel and the rest all pretended to go acrobatics XD  Then we were all calling for a second encore, which eventually they came out to give us a second encore!!! Fumi walked out with his sunglasses on upside down XD and everyone called him an idiot.  Then he looked over and was like "ah the visitor section is totally empty except for so-and-so-san who helped make our cd. THANKS FOR STAYING!" because they cleared everyone out after the first encore XD  Then they sang 5 stars again X3 And at the end of the song, tsuka-chan and tottsu were on stage, ready to do the star pose, and fumi and gocchi were running up the middle yellow stage, like grabbing onto each other, and barely made it in time to make the pose.  Hasshi was still halfway around the arena, and they were like "Hasshi! Hurry up and run!" And at first, hasshi didn't notice, and then was like oh! and then ran to the main stage with the rest.  And then they boys sang the last couple of notes again like "dah dah dah dah" and then stuck the five star pose again XD IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS. Hasshi was like "that surprised me that we were doing the pose" XD And then hasshi went to be like "honto honto no saigo de saigo ni" and do the call and response bit, but then everyone was like NO and called for another, but i get the feeling ebi were probably EXAUSTED after doing three shows in two days, and hasshi was like "awe i wanted to hear everyone's voice" and eventually we let him do the oretachi to minne de, and then the show was over for real.

I'm so glad I got to go to all the shows.  It was interesting to see how they improved with every show. The first day had so many mic problems and technically little things, but even just the little things they did to change the shows.  I was worried they would be exhausted by the third show, but they really showed no signs that they had done a show earlier, in fact they seemed the most energetic.  I'm pretty sure i saw cameras for a dvd at the third so, since it was the last one. But I really felt like "ahhhh i'm really glad I'm an ebi fan" because they really put 1000% into everything that they do, and they're constantly improving with every new thing they do and pushing forward as a group. This show, compared with last years, just felt better.  Like, i feel like they really thought about everything and the show was so enjoyable.  I can't wait to see what they do for their next tour :3 Also, fumi did all the stage design stuff himself and was the stage director for this show :3 sasuga fumi. Seriously though, i love ebi so damn much ;A;  And usually I really watch the juniors at most of the concerts i've been too, even last year's ebi con, but this time I honestly couldn't tell you when the juniors were backing or who was backing because I was so focused on ebi.  LIke even keigo kid, every single time by the end i was like "oh yeah, he was here".  I know he was in fumi's solo and after that.......?  This is so much different than last year's kismai con where i kept looking for him XD  The only person I noticed was Non-chan, because while the juniors were walking around, he kept being really cute, like dancing with the other juniors and just being adorable X3  But, the one thing that totally annoyed me was for the second two shows, I got stuck behind rude junior fans -____- like for the second show, the one girl seriously sat HALFWAY through 5 stars. RUDE. and her friend joined her by the end of 5 rings.  And they were fans of not even the main backing juniors but the other random ones :\/  For the third so as well, the girls in front of me sat through most of the show.  But eventually i was like, "whatever, better view for me" but still SO RUDE >:\/ But still, nothing could really dampen my spirit too much with ebi :3 I had so many moments, where it was overwhelming watching all the penlights doing the dances, it was so beautiful and made me feel so happy to be an ebi fan.  I think ebi really love their fans, and you really get that feeling from them too.  I love the fact that all their a-sides have a dance the fans can do with them, and they were constantly running around and pumping the crowd up.  I hope they really do get a tokyo dome show some day ;A;  Which reminds me that during the one MC fumi was like to tsuka-chan about doing backflips for the whole length of the arens "what happens if we really do the dome, what are you going to do, it's even wider" XD  I hope they can at least get yokohama arena in the next tour.


So that's pretty much it :3 I didn't stay in Japan all that long, but I did see the third kenshin movie (and was slightly confused, since I haven't seen the second one yet XD) but it was really good and the sword fights were excellent.

I will leave you with the sunset as I was leaving japan *____*
\"sunset\"<\/a><\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:12134","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/12134.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=12134"}}],"title":"[REPORT] 4U. Crea - 5\/13 (afternoon), 5\/14 (afternoon, evening)","published":"2014-06-03T22:57:50Z","updated":"2014-06-03T22:57:50Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"report"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"4u! for you!"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"crea 2014"}}],"content":" So I've been meaning to write this up now for weeks, but I've been letting my laziness get in the way.  That and I've been busy rereading Dengeki Daisy, which if you haven't read it OMG READ IT<\/a>.  It's such a great manga, shoujo without really being shoujo and hilarious! Plus the art is really nice X3

Anyway, I was fortunate enough to be able to see 4U.'s crea three times this year!!! X3  The first time I went with <\/a>risakochan<\/b><\/a><\/span> and had a blast!! The other two times were solo, but still just as fun :3 (also, my japanese sucks, so sorry for any and all mistake m(_ _)m)


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5\/13 (afternoon) - Guests: Nakada Hiroki & Shimekake Ryuya

To start out, we were seated in like the 17th row all the way over to the right, really not too bad of seats (not like there is a bad seat there, since the theater is so tiny) To get things started, everyone in the audience was doing the 4U. *clap clap* 4U. *clap clap* call.  Then the lights went down and Takitsuba's Ai wa takaramono starts playing.  They ran out on stage, with the white curtain light up so you can see their silhouette could be seen.  Then they went down the line and did their suki na poses!! But of course now I totally forget what they were, but at the end Matsu tried to do this side stand thing, where you swing your legs over your head to the side so they're like < over you, but he failed and ended up falling over, with the rest of the members laughing at him. Then fukuda goes "4U! Johnny's Ginza!!' which kind of sounded like the intro for pita raji XD

Then they said yoroshiku and Dance Jam<\/b> started playing as the curtain goes up, and they get a 4U! chant going :3  They're wearing the denim outfits again, but Fukuda has got a huge bow, more like a ribbon for a present XD  tatsu has his leopard sweatshirt on again and a white shirt, and then I forget the rest, but it's almost the same outfits as last year.  I remember this song had a really cool dance, and they did the member intros where we chanted each member's name.  Then 3-2-1<\/b> starts playing, and it started with them doing a cool dance!! :3  This song was fun!  That's mostly what I remember about it XD and then at the end of the song\/at the start of the next song they came out into the audience and went into the middle part to sing Dear Woman<\/b>.  This was fun!!  I believe it went something like from left to right kosshi -> Matsu -> Fukuda -> Tatsu, then at some point they switched around and then it was fukuda -> tatsu - > kosshi -> Matsu.  Tatsu always seemed to really enjoy high fiving the audience members and looking at all the uchiwa :3  They also change the lyrics to youkso kurie he :3  Then they ran back on stage to finish the song.

Then the school bell started ringing, and they're all like "ah class is starting" and throw a uniform jacket on. They do the stand and bow, and while the other bow, Matsu made a funny face.  Then they start to sing Seigi no Mikata wa Ateninaranai<\/span><\/b>! This one was sooooo much fun, basically them running around being crazy.  They also brought chairs with them on stage, and did this part where they were sitting and like shaking their legs open and close really fast, and Tatsu like stood up and was doing it XD so much fun, then they would carry their chairs to various parts of the stage (I think they just decided in the moment where to put them) and then stood on them and like saluted and stuff like that.  Then, they were like "we're going to need volunteers from the audience" and after a bunch of people raised their hands, they asked us to sit so that they could see better, and each member went out into the audience to pick someone.  Everyone picked someone who was their fan, except Matsu who picked a fukuda fan (if i remember correctly), and the others were like "is that ok to not pick your own fan?" and matsu was like "daijoubu".  Then they did this bit where they jumped rope with them, and they wanted to go 10 times.  Tatsu and Matsu were the ones who were spinning the rope, while Fukuda and Kosshi jumped with the fans.  This time they got 10 in a row without messing up once, and while they were jumping, Fukuda was jumping and spinning around, SUPER CUTE.  Then after they were done, they were like "now we'll give you a present" and gave them the second button off their school uniforms X3  Then they helped the girls down the stairs (Kosshi jumped off the stage to help them from there, holding their hand all the way down the steps. So princely :3) Then the end of the song started playing and they were singing along to the instrumental part XD SUPER CUTE.<\/span>

Then the bell rang again, and they took the chairs of stage and then came back, now dressed in properly colored robes, and mats and a fans, and it was time for the word games bit they did last year X3  Again they ask for help from the audience, and kosshi was telling him to pick "that one" and tatsu was like, "i have no idea who you mean" and they all just kept being vague about who he should pick, but kept being like "that one there".  Tatsu was like, then why don't you get up and pick her? and they were like, "no, go ahead".  Eventually, Tatsu walked into the audience and picked someone out.  Then after bringing her on stage, they asked for her name and then were like "yamada-kun!"  Tatsu was once again the MC and would give directions for the others to do.  The first thing was that they had to come up with a haiku, i think, that had to end in 4U. desu.  So, of course Matsu goes and ends his in "matsuzaki desu" and got his mat taken away for not following the rules XD<\/span><\/font><\/span> Then they did the bit where tatsu gives a theme to each person individually and they have to open a dictionary to a random page and find a word that best fits the theme.  Kosshi came up with a really good response, so then Fukuda and Matsu decided that it must be the dictionary that was good luck and all used his.  And of course when Matsu went, Fukuda immediately got up and looked over his shoulder in a semi-creepy fashion XD<\/span><\/font>

Next, all but Tatsu, wheeled out a keyboard, and it was time for Kosshi's solo.  He sat and played the keyboard, while "yamada-kun" sat on a chair on stage.  He said he decided to play a song he really likes, which was Nino's solo song Niji<\/b>.  It was really really beautiful ;A;  Kosshi just sitting there with a spotlight on him! But poor Kosshi messed up one note towards the end, he had to pause to get the right note, he seemed a little unsure of himself while playing, but according to Tiffany, it actually was a lot better than the first night, where he seemed to just rush through it.  Other than that one mistake it was beautiful.  Then at then end, when he did the a cappella part, he inserted a quick "yamada-kun arigatou arigatou" and then escorted the girl all the way down the stairs.  SUCH A PRINCE :3
Next the rest of the members came out from the side doors and separated, going up and down the different sections, and they started to sing Lion Heart<\/b>. According to Tiffany, this was an addition from the first show, and it was a good addition, since they really wandered around and actually went up to the higher rows :3 The only thing that ended up being awkward for everyone is that we weren't sure if we were supposed to stand or stay sitting for this (we all just stayed sitting XD) Thankfully for me, Tatsu was the one to wander up our section, and he even saw my Tatsu uchiwa and Tiffany's "from singapore" one :3  He also winked at the girl in front of us, both of us swooned from the cute <\/span>\\(\/\/∇\/\/)\\ Afterwards we were like, "i know that wasn't directed at us, but it was still adorable!!"  Then he wandered up a little bit more, and then the girls behind us had Tatsu uchiwa, so he started singing directly to them, and they were getting super excited and <\/span>embarrassed<\/font><\/span> XD<\/span><\/font><\/span>

Then they wandered back up to the stage, and sang Kiss kara Hajimaru Mystery<\/b>, this one was with the mic stands and had, i guess you <\/span><\/font>would say, suggestive dances with the stand XD Like, lifting on leg up and caressing the mic stand. All of the stands had scarves tied to them, and they each had their proper color :3  Ahhhhh they looked really cool here.  Next was <\/span>PGF<\/b>, and it started with Fukuda having us do a call and response, which ever way he say fit, like "P-P-P-P-P-G-F!" or like "PPPPPPPPPPPGF!" and then it kind of dissolved from there XD  This one was basically performed like it was last year and at the Our Future tour :3  They also asked us to dance with them, which was kind of hard when you're trying not to whack the person next to you while holding an uchiwa XD  Oh! but it was slightly different in that they sung the second verse!!!! Which was fun.  And when they did the first verse, they kind of just screwed around and didn't actually sing it properly XD  They took turns coming to the center and mostly just said random things.  Then when they did the individual poses, Fukuda, Kosshi and Tatsu all did like an upper cut fist pump guts pose, but Matsu didn't notice and did something else. XD<\/span>

Now, even though we had only just stood up again, it was time to sit down again for the MC.  It was revealed that they had special guests of Nakada Hiroki and Shimekake Ryuya.  Unfortunately, they were seated in the front balcony, and in a place where neither me nor tiffany could see them, so we spent half the MC wondering if it was just hiroki or someone else with him as well (also, it was funny because before the show started, and I guess they had come out to get seated, everyone was looking up at them, but since we couldn't see them, we kept wondering who everyone was looking at, and all we saw was some girl and were like, "what is she famous or something?" XD oops XD  There was also someone sitting by themselves in the left balcony, who looked kind of grouchy and I think it might have been yara?  but they left after a couple of songs, so we will never know XD)  Also, 4U were like, we want to be in dramas too!! to shimekake ryuya.  Tatsu also talked about how they had thought up the costume and how their shoes were supposed to be mostly black with some white highlights on the shoes (like black converse, for instance) and then pointed out how Matsu was wearing white boots (i think they were the same ones I saw him in last year that were a gift from Aiba) and he was like, "see they're black!" and picked up his foot and showed the bottom, which was black XD  And of course Tatsu was like, "NO, they should me MOSTLY black *--)".  Matsu at some point went to go run up the stairs to do something, but then slipped and fell and they were like "it's because you're not wearing the right shoes u_u"<\/span>

Then they told us to stand up and they were going to sing a song they got to sing, with Hiroki and Shime, at playzone: <\/span>Hoshikuzu no Spangle<\/b>.  I actually really like this song, so it was nice to get them sing the whole thing.  They went to different parts of the stage, tatsu stayed on the main stage, matsu went up and onto the right part of the stage (from my perspective), Fukuda went to the upper left, and then Kosshi was in the upper middle.  It ended with all but Kosshi leaving, leaving him to finish the song by himself. <\/span>

Then after the song was done, Matsu came wandering in from the left side, suitcase in hand, now wearing no jacket and a shirt with a purple vest (they all got new vests that were i their proper colors, and had like a gold pattern on it),  so we all kind of knew mime stuff was in our future.  First he walks out, and the only sound is like street sounds, and goes to the center and then sets his briefcase down.  Then Tatsu comes in from the other direction, but now he has a black jacket on.  He dances around, spinning and such, and then also does a circle around Matsu, then he dramatically points in Matsu's direction, and then Arashi's <\/span>Nice na Kokoro Iki<\/b> starts to play, and then Matsu goes to leave, but now he can't move his briefcase (which he has already picked up and was walking away with).  Then he starts doing all his pantomime stuff, like walking around with the briefcase staying in one spot.  Then at some point it gets on the floor, and now he can't pick it up, then Tatsu walked back out and undid the magic, then the music stops and Matsu gets sent toppling backwards.  He then picked it up and was staring at it like he was trying to figure it out and walks off the stage like that.

Then Fukuda and Kosshi walk in, bouncing green balls. They start bouncing the balls to each other, once they get to the front of the stage. They keep doing that, when tatsu comes walking out again, and walks between them bouncing the balls, he also stops in the middle and they bounce it between his legs (on this day, the one ball got caught in his coat tails).  Then, he grabs one of the balls, and Nice na Kokoro Iki starts to play again, and then chucks it off the stage to the right, both Fukuda and Kosshi look at him like "WTF Bro?! D:<" when the ball comes bouncing back from the left side.  Both of them look at him like :O and then decide to do it themselves (at which point the music stops again), kind of shoving Tatsu to the back of the stage.  They make this whole big thing with super exaggerated movements (because they don't talk at all during this, remember) with Fukuda being like smacking Kosshi on the shoulder and pretending to throw it, basically saying "i'm going to throw the ball this way" and then kosshi smacking him on the shoulder and pantomiming catching it.  Really over exaggerated  XD Then Fukuda goes to throw it and both look expectantly over to the left for the ball. When nothing happens, they look to the audience and lean their bodies over so that they're kind of like they're looking under a table, kind of like "huh?"  Then Fukuda's movements are like "i know, it's because we didn't use the ball Tatsu has"  So they go over and rip it out of Tatsu's hand, and then once again pantomime throwing and catching the ball, they seemed to really enjoy smacking each other on the shoulder XD  Then Fukuda once again throws the ball, and they both look over expectantly for the ball to come back, which it doesn't.  Then Tatsu walks up to them, smacks them both on the shoulder and hands them coats to put on (each one lined with their proper colors :3). Once they get their coats on, once again Nica na Kokoro Iki starts playing, and Tatsu hands them a ball to throw, Fukuda doesn't really seem enthusiastic anymore, and then throws it off the stage, they both looked over to the other side, not really expecting anything to happen, when suddenly a ball comes bouncing in! Kosshi catches it and both look extremely excited about this! Now it's Kosshi's turn and he throws it off to the side, and this time a larger ball comes in!  Then they're like, "ok again \\XD\/" and they chuck the larger ball off to the side and this time a green construction helmet comes in, which Tatsu then puts on Fukuda's head.

Then the run off, and just as Matsu comes wandering back in, the music stops.  Matsu is still caring the briefcase and is still looking at it like he's trying to figure it out.  Then a wall thing comes rolling in, and again Nice na Kokoro Iki starts playing, and the other three popped up and kind of look at matsu, then all make like they're going down an escalator behind the wall.  Matsu looks at them like :D and then makes to do the same, only he can't and then he looks like the other did, where he's confused and bends his body over (his head was practically on on the floor XD).  Then another coat comes flying over the wall, so he puts it on, then, again, Nice na Kokoro Iki starts to play, and now he can go down the escalator like the rest XD Then they all pop up like they just came up on an elevator, then they all go back down, then all but Matsu pop up, and they look around and don't see him, and then they do this like pulley thing, where they pull him up, this part looked cool!! Then when he's all the way up, they get excited and start waving at him which then prompts him to fall back down because they've let go of the rope, then Tatsu finds this especially funny, like crouched over, pointing and laughing at him, and is to the left of the wall\/barrier thing, and Matsu came back up and was none too pleased, so he reaches across the wall thing to grabs Tatsu, then dragged him back in, and pulled a Fukuda out instead XD<\/span>

There might have been other stuff, but then now they actually start to sing Nice na Kokoro Iki<\/b>,  they do some more things behind the wall like pretend to run, and then flip over these pictures that have baby bodies and then have their heads on top.  They also do parts where they pop up individually and then make it seem like their head goes one direction and their hands a different.  Or like their head stayed in place and then the right hand goes off to the right side and down the wall at the same time as the left hand is going to the left and down.  And then they did this part where they're leaning on the wall, and the two of them go down the wall so that they are parallel to the floor, but still leaning on the wall.  They also do this part with the ball again, and then like green pen lights\/laser pointers, where they turn the light down so all you can see is a ball of green light.  I think they all had them and who have to time it out so it worked right, but they made it seem like they were passing the ball between each other, and then it looked like one of them was lighting the other torches.  The first day, the lights weren't working right, i think half of them weren't turned on :\/a (but they sorted it out for the other shows I went to see.)  Then they ended it with having us all go 4U.! *clap clap clap* and then the song is over and they do that like *clap* *clap clap* *clap* thing.

Then they start to walk over to the wall again and then flipped over a sheet to reveal \u3075\u3049\u301c\u3086\u301c written on it, and were like "kore wa 4U. da!" then they started singing ARASHI<\/b>! It's pretty much like how they performed it at Playzone, pumping up the crowd and running around on stage.  They also had green signed balls that they all threw into the audience at some point.  Then all but Tatsu go to wheel the wall thing off the stage, being like "thank you" repeatedly and basically like whispering it XD  Then, it's time for Tatsu's solo! He is standing in the middle of the stairs and the lights to the side of it all light up and he sings Cool Beauty<\/b>.  I really enjoyed this solo!  Basically he did this really cool (if not slightly spastic) dance, and while he's singing the first verse, Kosshi walks on stage to the right, and then they start dancing together (light up with red light), then they high five and kosshi ran off the stage, then tatsu starts singing again, and Matsu walks in on the top part of the stage, and he gets a spot light, and then they start dancing together.  Then they point at each other, and Matsu runs off.  Now it's Fukuda's turn, he comes in from the left, and they dance together before he runs off, leaving Tatsu to finish the song by himself and dance :3 Ahhhhhhh it was soooooo coooooool!! I enjoyed it so much X3

Next the rest all run out, and they sing Love Chase<\/b>!! This was a repeat from last year, but it was just as cool *______*  They seriously are such great dancers and just look so cool!! Plus, they really sing this song well :3  Now it's time for Fukuda's solo, and he sang Sekai ni Hitotsu dake no Hana.  At the end, he had us raise our hands up while he counted things off, like all the members (and of course he had to mumble Matsu's name), and we ended with our hands like thumbs up, and he was like along the lines of like "everything is good".  Then with all the members out there, Fukuda, started talking about how they were trying to think up a song, and came to this one and were like "ah, this is our song, this is us" and then they start to sing Can do! Can Go! <\/b>Ahhhhh this was so much fun :3  Then the last song was Arigatou<\/b>, and they ended with bows and thank yous.  I think the one that really stuck out was Tatsu's because he talked about how it was all thanks to the fans that they were able to have crea again, and are able to do things like the radio show and jwebs.

Then they left the stage and we all immediately started doing an encore call, and eventually Matsu came out and sang Axel<\/b> by himself.  But while he was singing and dancing, the other members started peeking their heads in from the sides and eventually snuck their way on to the stage and sat on the stairs and watched Matsu go, until he was like, this is 4U! and then they all got up and start dancing together.  At some point, Matsu went over to the side and stuck his face right in the smoke machine thing as it was blowing stuff out and was like "ahhhh >.<"  Then they came out into the middle of the audience again and this time sang arashi's Oh Yeah!<\/b>  I really love this song, it is probably my favorite arashi song!!!!  I was so happy they actually sung this one this year instead of just dancing to it :3  So much fun!!!

Then they made their way back to the stage and said a thank you and to please support them from now on and then walked off the stage.  We then started another encore call, and eventually they came out and talked to us a little bit then left again and everyone was like EEEEHHHHH because we thought they were going to sing another song, we kept calling them until they eventually came out again and were like, "no seriously, we still have more shows, we need lunch" and then tatsu started thanking us again, and then realized he was repeating himself, and then they were like, "ok no, this is it" and then left and that was it. XD<\/font><\/span><\/div><\/div>
5\/14 (afternoon) - Guests: Yara, Yuma, Toma and Kishi

This show I was in row 13, and in the center, which was SUCH A GREAT SEAT. I could actually see all the guests that were there too :3 I only had one row between me and the center thing, and was right in front of where they came to stand when they came up there *______*  Plus, since i had some time, I decided to make an America kara on the other side of my uchiwa :3  Of course, even though I was closer, and Tatsu and Matsu were both right in front of me, I don't think either of them noticed my uchiwa though XD XD  OH! But at the end when they were doing Oh Yeah! Fukuda was the one that was right in front of me, and I had put it to the America kara side, since obviously XD, and HE ACTUALLY SAW IT!! AND I COULD SEE HIM READ IT AND THEN REALIZE WHAT IT SAID AND THEN HE LOOKED RIGHT AT ME, LIKE IN MY EYES AND STARTED SINGING AT ME \\(\/\/∇\/\/)\\ Like, he's probably my fourth favorite in the group (not that I don't love him, but my ranking is something like Tatsu -> Matsu -> Kosshi (who is very close to being my second favorite right now) -> Fukuda), but it was like an INTENSE moment and i couldn't help but smile wide and wave at him.  AHHHHH IT WAS REALLY AWESOME X3  I'm just happy one of them saw it, because I wanted them to know they had fans from America >w< (and of course, since Tatsu, my favorite, had seen Tiffany's from singapore uchiwa, and Fukuda, her favorite, saw my from America, we both had a good laugh about it XD)  Oh, and then he spun around and was looking in the front half of the audience, and then when he spun around again, he totally fell over and had a sheepish cute grin, it was very cute! X3<\/span>

Things that were different:

When they did the jump roping thing, Fukuda messed up, but then made an innocent face like it wasn't him, so Tatsu grabbed him and brought him to the front of the stage and asked the audience who messed up and we were all like "FUKU-CHAN" and he was like "HORA! it was you" and he was like ok fine >.>  Then one of the fans messed up, and then they decided it was because she was closer to the spinners which meant she had to jump higher, so Fukuda was like "well, we can switch!" like "yeah I'm such a nice guy :D"

When they did the segment on the mats, Tatsu introduced himself with his actual name, and was like "wait that's not right"  the first part was they had to come up with a situation, and then tatsu would be like why? and then they had to come up with a response, and the last word had to end is shi (since there are many words that end like that)  Kosshi did something like "In nissay, there is A.B. 'SHI' " which got tatsu and the audience to be like ooooooh~ and then after a beat kosshi added the "-Z" which then had Tatsu being like "CHOTTO! OI that last part was unnecessary!" and then took a mat away for not ending it properly.  I think Fukuda made some joke about how mats can never follow the rules, and then got a mat.  The second part was the dictionary part. I think Matsu got Sexy item, and then, with Fukuda breathing over his shoulder (which then prompted tatsu to ask why he always had to do that with Matsu XD) he called out "pants" XD

This time while Kosshi was performing Niji, towards the end, they actually started playing the next song! Poor Kosshi! Thankfully he wasn't singing at the time, and he bounced back and was like "\u30df\u30b9\u3060”

The MC was so much fun! First they talked about how someone had an uchiwa with their birthdate on it, which I think was the same as Tatsu's, then each member, one by one, to the audience who had the same birthday as them, and when it got to Matsu, the person raised their hand and Tatsu was like "they almost have a zannen look on their face" XD

Then they went to Kisshi (who, admittedly, I'm not really a big fan of) but, 4U were being so cute with him, and kept doing some weird hand movement (like an OK sign and then shaking and twisting it around, IDK, i guess it was something they did during shock), and then Tatsu and Kishi did this thing where I guess, given a prompt they say the same exactl thing, and then someone from the audience yelled out "favorite color" which got Tatsu's attention, and he went to ask her to repeat herself when suddenly he was like "OI WHY DO YOU HAVE A KISHI UCHIWA?!" i guess because the Tatsu one was on the other side, but Tatsu just like what?!  and then the girl started waving it and Kishi was like "ah thank you"  Later, they brought this up again how that girl had the kishi uchiwa XD  Then they did the thing and really did say the same thing O____o and tatsu was like, "we can do this every time u_u"

They then moved on to Yara and Yuma, Yara had on like a red plaid shirt and glasses, he looked super cute! :3  and they talked about Playzone, and shock with Yara.  Yuma said their crea was the best! (and he really did seem to enjoy himself throughout!), and then Yuma asked if he could do that game they did earlier (the one where they have to come up with a response that ends in chi), which was fun!  Then they asked everyone to make sure they go to see playzone this year ^^

OMG then they went to Toma and were all like "yeeeah!" "yeeeah!" and then Toma went to be like "yeeeah!" but his microphone wasn't on and he made the cutest disappointed Toma face! like "seriously?! omg DX" Toma face! BEST! and then 4U. were like "ok turn it on and try again" which he did and then was like "Yeeeeah!" Then we was like, "it's a little weird to be over here by myself" Then he started talking to Yuma, like "ah, i don't think I've ever interacted with him" and then Yuma was like "there was one mail" and toma was like "oh yeah there was!" XD then he was like "i saw the billboard for the single!" and they were like "high five?" "yeah that one! when does it come out?" yuma, "It already came out" "ahh, yoroshiku onegaishimase" *bow*  And then they mentioned how Yara did the choreography for it too. Then yara mentioned how after watching 4U.'s crea last year, Toma decided to do dance lessons, so he talked about that for a little bit.  Then Tatsu was like "stop talking to each other, the audience doesn't know where to look and keeps looking back and forth"  Then toma plugged something he was going to be in, which prompted yara to be like "is it ok if I do that too?" and then plugged douke which would be in theater crea :3

Really, Yuma was in such high spirits and really seemed to be enjoying the show.  And when we went to do the encores, he was pumping us up to yell even louder X3 SOOOOO CUTE!  Then for the second encore, Yara was also getting into the help, and helping yuma pump us up and call for the encore louder.  Also, this time, probably because so many people were there, they actually did a second encore which was arashi's Happiness, and they wandered up to the higher levels X3  That one was also SO MUCH FUN!!!

5\/14 (evening) - Guests: Tsubasa, "MAD" (Matsumoto Kouta & Ikeda Yu), The H

For the jump roping part, when Kosshi picked his girl, there was a seat that was open, and she was like an older woman who was his fan, so he sat down next to her and then asked her to come with him, and she had this face like "ARE YOU SURE?!" and kind of looked like she was about to cry she was so happy! very cute X3  Then fukuda and kosshi took the lead and actually went to the part closer to the spinners, which prompted them to be like "kakkoii" then the one girl messed up, so fukuda just kind of laid down on the floor on his side with one leg up to be like "see it's alright, nothing to worry about"

Then for the mat segment, they only did the dictionary game, and tatsu gave the whole group a theme and they all searched together.  Then at the end, someone was like "so who won?" and Tatsu was like, "ah good question, who cares?" XD  OH and they had two girls be yamada-kun, because I guess they were friends, and Tatsu at first was like "well, pick one of you" but they kept insisting on two, so eventually they were like "ok then :D" and then was like "we've never had two before" And kosshi sang Niji flawlessly and then at the end added "yamada-kun futari" really squished in there XD

When they did PGF Kosshi messed up and when they went to start the second verse, started singing the "for you~" part like they normally did in the our future concerts XD Everyone noticed immediately and started dying of laughter XD With fukuda holding his stomach and pointing at an embarrassed Kosshi Then when they did their individual poses at the end, Kosshi just bowed XD  Then they started the MC with Kosshi apologizing to everyone, and Tatsu admitting he'd almost done that several times already.  Then Kosshi went to talk about the Our Future tour and was like "Takki and Tsubasa mo" which then prompted everyone to be like "tackey featuring tsubasa" and make jokes like that XD;;;  It was sooooooo funny XD

Then they started with the guests and started with Matsumoto Kouta. Ahhhhh so much fun! They asked him to do the bit where he introduces himself in takikabuki :3 LIke how he goes "MATSUMOTOOOOOOOO… Kouta" BEST And Matsu kept threatening him with his mic stand and kouta was like "bring it on!" and everyone kept telling Matsu to knock it off.  Then tatsu commented how there were two Matsu's which prompted Matsu to be like "sexy show" XD

When they got to the H, they asked him were Yamamoto was, and he was like "ah he's getting his hair done!" and 4U. were like "we don't need him them!" and then Fukuda did the best Y impression ever of his introduction for Kabuki XD BEST

Then tsubasa introduced himself like "takki and tsubasa mo" which prompted Kosshi to kneel on the floor and apologize again XD  Then tubas said that he was going to go with Tackey, but then Tackey was getting his nails done, so couldn't come.  Then they talked about how all of them (mad and the H) all had formed MAD to back for tsubasa's tour, and tsubasa was like "ah you guys always talked about how you liked tackey better" and Matsu kept threatening Tsubasa with his mic stand, and everyone was like "he's a sempai! knock it off!" XD And then Tsubasa was telling stories about Matsu being a spoiled kohai, which got him all embarrassed.  So much fun!

This show, I think you could tell they were starting to get tired?  They seemed less energetic in this show.  Like when Fukuda did his solo, he actually introduced Matsu properly, which seemed weird XD Oh but MAD and The H were being soooooo cute and energetic too!! The H was even dancing along with 4U. for some of the songs too!!! AHHHHH so cute X3


Overall, I'm so glad I got to see them again this year, and that I got to go at least once with Tiffany! We had soooooo much fun!! It reminded me why I love these idiots so much, and I'm glad i could see how they've grown as a group in the last year.  I feel like this year was better than last year, and that they actually sung more, which was nice.  I loved their choice of songs and I felt like it really suited them.  They are the best idiots X3

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So this year started out with a book int the center of the stage and all the curtains draped, Goto came out and started playing the violin, as per usual, then this one woman, who was dressed all in blue and did baton twirling, came out and danced around the stage.  Then other women also came out and joined her.  I was slightly disappointed because last year was iwamoto dancing, and sakuma with a  sword cutting down all the drapes, which was super awesome *_____*  Anyway, eventually, i think it was the baton twirling one, opens the book and then crawled inside as it's lit from underneath.  Then it's time for the curtain to drop saying takizawa kabuki, which eventually completely drops revealing the stage with all the juniors!! Snow Man were center.  It was pretty standard kabuki, everyone wearing the blue and silver sleeveless outfits and dancing around, taking turns at the center, until eventually they do that standing back bend thing and tackey appears, and does his flying around thing, only this year he was in a sparkly gold suit D: I was like, waaaaaaaaait because he still had the red cape thing. Eventually snow man disappear and then come back wearing the pink sleeveless outfits outfits.  Really, this is pretty much like every other start to kabuki, just with a gold suit >.>

Next it's introduction time!!!  I was really happy because this year all of snow man got to do a fun introduction!!!  Also the H & E got do a fun introduction. They rest just said their names normally, oh except taiga, who did his normal introduction.  Watanabe introduced himself with something like "Hayashi Shota, Totsuka Shota, Watanabe Shota, which one will come out on top" or something like that >.> And then The H also had to bring it up in his and be like "zanen" to watanabe XD It was cute X3 They came out wearing the stripy pants and different colored shirts.  After everyone is introduced, all the juniors ran off stage, and Tackey introduces HaseJun, who talked a little about Kabuki and then introduces the Nezumi part!!  I was really happy with this part!! It was so much fun, tackey came out all dressed dressed up in character and steals a box of coins from the roof of a slanted building.  After he is spotted by Snow Man, who are the police, they do a chase scene, which involves them running around the roof, and then Tackey switching with a stunt double who does flips and things for him, and then switching back (although it was pretty seamless and you really couldn't tell, until he starts doing backflips, which you know tackey can't do XD).  Next Tackey runs out into the audience and asks a member of the audience to tell the police they haven't seen him, and gives them a letter to read to snow man, then sits in their seat.  The letter involves basically bath mouthing snow man XD  The second day Tackey actually ran out into the audience, and I was really confused as to what he was doing, until he grabbed a guy and brought him to the front, and the guy ended up being Yamapi!!! :D Ahhhh it was really cute!!  He brought him up and asked him his name and where he was from, gave him the letter and then ran back to where he was sitting.  Snow man ran out, seeing him and being all "ikemen da" and yamapit started opening the letter to read it and snow man had to be like, ahhhh not yet then were like "Oi have you seen Nezumi?!" and Yamapi was like "Oh yeah, I did" and snow man were like "Wait REALLY?! are you sure?" and asked him again, and we again was like "ah yeah, I saw him, he went over that way" and then snow man were like "kakkoii".  Then yamapi started reading the letter, which started with bath mouthing watanabe, then being like "abe is really smart".  The whole time snow man kept being like "kakkoii" "ikemen".  When yamapi went back to his seat, Tackey gave him a big hug before running back on stage X3 Taiga runs out and stage, as his character from the drama, practicing confessing, and snow man join him, and eventually Tackey joined them, and they even start talking to him without realizing he's nezumi XD  The one day tacky started smacking them on the back of the heads and then they were all like "NEZUMI!"  Then there's another little chase scene, and eventually, tackey runs to the top of the slanted roof and sprays the gold coins out into the audience.  AHHHHHH this was REALLY pretty in person!!!  So many cold coins just fluttering down X3  He then thanked the audience member (or yamapi XD). End scene.

Next up, the two faces were back from last year, giving the same monologue\/dialogue.  The one side had a mostly white\/pure face, then the other side was red\/cracked.  This year though, the juniors come out, dressed kind of in this shredded pirate outfits, with a mask that covered half of their face (\"Kabuki<\/a>\"Kabuki<\/a>).  Some of them came up through the audience.  I think the one day sakuma came up next to me?  I'm not really sure because the lighting was very low, and i tried to follow them all throughout, but it was difficult to tell.  It was all kind of creepy too at first XD  Then the monologue is done and all the juniors precede to do this SUPER cool dance *_____*  I really enjoyed this addition to, but it was over waaaaay too fast, but damn was it cool!!  At the end the lights come up and they take off their masks and reveal themselves.

Next it the Tackey doing his mask dance (the one where he magically flips the masks).  Unlike last year, where it was a boring ballet with the women, this year it was like futuristic, taj mahal in space. idek Tackey came down a stair case with the H and the E and they do a really cool dance and it involves the women.  It's hard to describe, but i enjoyed it a lot more than last year.  Then, after he gets down to his face, they all clear the stage and the baton twirling girl is back, and like jumping through puddles and doing her baton twirling thing.  Then HaseJun is back, on the second floor this time, and explaining about taiko.  Then it's time for shirtless drumming!!!  Again, it starts out pretty standard for the drumming segment, iwamoto is back on drums again!!  Since there was no Noeru to watch this year, Akiyama Taiga was my favorite to watch, he looked so freaking intense and cute X3  At the one part at the beginning where they're all yelling, he started yelling and watanabe looked at him and they had a like "YEAH" moment X3 SUPER CUTE!! Evntually Tackey moves to the center and does the drumming upside part from last year, only this year the juniors roll out these on the floor drums and did this drumming that looked like a SUPER intense abs workout.  Like, they had to go from laying on the floor, to crunching up, bringing their arms out, then drum with their bodies at like a 90 degree angle, they looked like they were in pain! The first part where they're are just like drumming really fast, sakuma would be like shaking his head like "ahhhhhhh get through it".  I also couldn't help but notice that most of the snow children and dance family were alright keeping the proper angle, but taiga was practically laying on the floor >.> i guess he doesn't have the pure strength the rest have, since he's not really an acrobat or dancer u_u

Next is itsuka!!! I'm really glad they kept this song in.  To start with this song, the E and H walk out into the audience and stand on little box platforms and dance a little.  Both days I think I was closer to the H :\/a  Again this year, snow man come out with a throw of sakura petals and a spot light :3  Except, i think this year they come out in the second verse, and I'm \/pretty\/ sure they came out in the first verse last year.  Regardless, it looked SUPER cool *___* Iwamoto was the last one, and did a like throw of the petals, kick-spin, then threw another handful and ran off stage before running back *_______*  And then the rest of the juniors eventually join in.  The second day, I noticed at the end of the song, akiyama taiga spinning and kind of taking his jacket off, like it slipping off his shoulder, ahhhh he looked so cool XD

Then it was time for Snow Children to come out and talk about Kabuki from the past while tackey puts his kabuki make up on.  Ahhh they were being such idiots the whole time XD On the second day, after they were all done with the VTR, Goto (who was one of Tackey's helpers) stood up and started playing Daite Señorita, which prompted all of snow man to start singing and dancing it XD then after they were done, immediately apologize to yamapi XD  Then all but abe left the stage, and goto played the end of it again, and abe quickly this the thumb bite and like (ch-ah) part XD sooooooo cute X3

Then it was time for the kabuki part of the show to start.  This year, all of snow man came out with the brooms and did the dance (whereas last year i think it was only like abe and miya?) Iwafukka came out to the audience and stood on the box platforms and did a little bit of an introduction.  Then they did the dance with a think a dragon, and dance family in the back with fans wearing yellow X3  Then when tacky came out, and from here it was pretty similar to last year?  Like tacky came out and they do the sword fighting one, where he's fighting two of the older male guys (who aren't johnny's), and climbs up a ladder that is being held up by the juniors.  This year though, they shortened it and took out the part where tacky climbed up the ladder to the second floor.  then they do the part where they spin tackey while he's sitting on the ladder, and iwamoto and miyadate do the sword toss from the hananomichi to the main stage, that part is still VERY cool *____*  Then they do the part where all the juniors run and jump of the sword and then run off the stage on the hananomichi and tackey follows them.  That part is still very cool as well.

Then it's time for Tomi and Aikyama Taiga to come out with the taxi thing, stretching and making faces X3  Then pause for a break and open the flap and talk to Tackey.  On the second day, as always, they asked him if he knew Takizawa Hideaki and if he liked him.  He said he did like him, so they start going off about all his strong parts, but are really describing Tsubasa, and tackey was like "oi! tsubasa's not here! it's the last day do it properly!" and then got the flap closed right on his face with them laughing at him XD  Then they also made an appeal, like yoroshiku ne~.  Then they start to go on their way, but the other larger taxi is coming in, carried by the rest, and they have to go back and set down their taxi, one of the days, i saw inaba go to take over for tomi, and then when tomi came back, whacking him on the head before taking over again.

Then it's time for the part where tackey is the old smelly man bit XD  On Fukka's birthday he came out and was like, about how he heard it was someone's birthday! and fukka was all like, "oh, well, it's mine today" and of course tackey had to be like "oh! why don't we have fukasawa-kun do it today!" and handed fukka the baskets to collect the audience gifts XD Fukka was all eeeeehhhhhhh ok then, and started XD  Then Miya opened a card and was like "ok, let's start the birthday celebrations!" first was hasejun bringing out a bouquet of roses, which tackey gladly accepted XD And even took a picture with him XD Next was all of snow man saying something nice to the birthday boy, which inevitably was them saying something nice about tackey XD  Then it was time to roll out the cake, and we all sang happy birthday and tackey blew out the candle XD  Fukka was STILL collecting gifts and then tackey was like, "ok let's take a picture of the birthday boy!" and made Fukka stop quickly and turn around so he take the picture XD  Then they were like "we should take a group picture around the cake!!" and everyone started to gather, and it eventually lead to them making fukka stop collecting stuff and taking the picture himself XD  He took one, and then said it was no good and had to take another one, which of course had everyone grumbling at him XD  Then after all of that, they were like "so are you done yet?" and Fukka was like "no, i still have a little bit more" and tackey was like "well, hurry it up already!" Then after he was done, tackey gave him the bouquet and them made him say something for the occasion XD  The second day, Tackey brought out this uchiwa where he pretends to be a fan of "teru" (which is another way you can read iwamoto's hikaru kanji), and the whole time they kept correcting him like "don't you mean iwamoto HIKARU?" "there's an iwamoto HIKARU" "who's teru?" then he also had an abe on the other side XD and everyone was like ahhhh XD super cute!! Then he went to collect everything from the audience, and Fukka timed him on a stop watch.  I think it took him like 4 minutes?  Then he made then come forward and do some ad lib bit, where I guess he picked random people.  The first day he didn't (since fukka's birthday) but second day The H came up and did a bit and everyone laughed, then he called watanabe who did the same thing and when there was no reaction was like "OI!! D:<"

Next they added this new bit where tackey goes and sits on this chair, and everyone is like "what are you doing D:" and then he eats something and then suddenly everything turns into slow motion! This part was really funny.  On Fukka's birthday, while he still had stuff in his hands, some of the made kids where trying to take it away from him, but you know in like slow motion XD  They were even speaking suuuuuuuuuuuupeeeeeeeeer slooooooooooowlyyyyyyyyy and which added echo effect XD  Next was the fall\/winter scene!! This year, the curtain parts and Tackey dis this fan dance which two gold fans, and then Iwamoto and Fukka and a couple of other behind him, as his maidens also doing a fan dance.  Then Taiga comes and tries to woo her and she turns into a demon, and then Taiga and his troupe of sakuma, miya, watanabe and abe go to defeat the snow demon, which eventually ends with fighting and then posing and getting the snow dropped on them!! X3  Both times I noticed Ishigaki Daisuke doing the flag dance part, and he looked like he was concentrating soooooo hard on the steps XD;;;  But that was the end of act I

Act II is basically Yoshitsune, with hasejun as saburo (which, i understand, after reading tackey's letter to snow man<\/a>, why is wasn't Fukka, but Fukka was so much better last year T^T)  It was pretty much the same as last year, except the opening scene was a night fight scene with tackey as yoshitsune, they did the spinning of the bridge and other things here.  Then it's him meeting Benkei and a shortened fight scene between them.  Tomi and Ikeda had a bigger parts as they were like a higher level of fighter, not at like a general level, but like they didn't have to wear the same outfits as everyone else, and got more lines X3  it made me SUPER happy!!!! Tomi was being super evil and laughy XD Also, sakuma had a different role, and wasn't the one who ended up dying halfway through after eda kills him and tosses him in the river (that honor went to miya), he played a samurai who was sent to kill yoshitsune and the others, and then decides to help them out.  In the part when it was the village scene, and Fukka's new character runs out, on his birthday Kyo-sama had a chest and asked fukka to open it, and there were a couple of gifts i couldn't figure out, from HaseJun and then a one-of-a-kind ring from kyo-sama himself!! Fukka kept being like "IS THIS OK?!" and then kyo-sama was like, "well, i could always just take it back" which prompted Fukka to quickly put it on XD  Tackey, for his part, kept walking around with a vacuum with two birthday balloons attached XD  The whole time the ring was being given, he kept just walking around pretending to vacuum up the sakura flowers XD  And then Fukka was like "is that for me :3" and tackey was like "NO BAKA" ahahaha Tackey loves to bully him (and of course Fukka would want a vacuum for his birthday XD).  Also on his birthday, they showed the pictures that were taken earlier during the birthday festivities (so like the group picture in front of the cake and tackey and hasejun and fukka in the audience) SO CUUUUUUUTE!!!!

Then they did the shadow puppet part, but like SUPER fast and to Viva Viva more XD Oh! and this year Akiyama Taiga got to help out with their shadow puppets!! X3  One day i noticed Inaba and Kota off to the side doing the shadow owls or birds by themselves XD  Other new things?  Well, not really new, but the final battle scene, as always, looked soooooo cool *____* i love the rain and the bamboo forest and just everything!!! This year though, when Tackey goes to battle iwamoto at the very end, it's not just the two of them on the stage, because Iwamoto goes to make a grab for like Ikeda's(?) sword before finally dying, which also meant there was no Iwamoto trying to quietly exit the wet stage :< (that always cracked me up last year).  And then it was time for introductions and With Love! This year I noticed the way akiyama taiga does with love involves him like wiggling his body around (while mostly everyone else is standing pretty still, since it's just a hand dance) but it was so cute X3

That's pretty much it i guess? XD  I'm really happy I got to go see it again, and that there will be a DVD (even if last year's was painfully perfect and really should be the one to get a DVD because IT WAS PERFECTION).  I really missed that they took out Feelin' Good, and all the chibi juniors and Jr. A members (mostly Noeru T^T)!! D:  The intro was so much better last year, and Fukka as saburo :< but oh well, this year was pretty good too n_n
<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:11602","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/11602.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=11602"}}],"title":"Scans","published":"2014-05-25T19:03:40Z","updated":"2014-05-25T19:03:40Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"4u! for you!"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"my little pony"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fumi is the best horse to ever live"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ebi is made of magic"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"actually my scans"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"snow children need to stop"}}],"content":"So i recently did a 2 week vacation to Japan, and bought way to many things >.>;; But i got to see my three favorite groups once again, so it was well worth the hit to my wallet ^^ I am working on writing up reports for the three shows I saw (kabuki, 4U. crea and abc ZA), i will write those up hopefully sooner rather than later >.< And i will probably scan my play zone in nissay pamphlet and maybe the shock and kabuki pamphlets? we'll see.

Anyway, i have some scans from various things, which include:

Abc ZA - Fumi set
Johnny's World offshots - Fumi
Kabuki Stage photos - fukka, iwamoto, kouta, and akiyama taiga
Playzone in Nissay - Noeru
Playzone offshots - noeru, tatsu, and mixed ones
Random papa pictures - 4U. crew, kabuki, abc ZA, etc.
Flyers: Douke, Cherry Boys and Faust
And random other stuff too.

enjoy~

\"Cherry<\/a>\"Douke\"\"Faust\"
\"ABC<\/a>\"ABC<\/a>\"ABC<\/a>\"Another<\/a>\"Another<\/a>\"Crea<\/a>\"Johnny's<\/a>\"Kabuki<\/a>\"Kabuki<\/a>\"Kabuki<\/a>\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone<\/a>\"Shock<\/a>\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Road<\/a>\"ABC<\/a><\/a>

All in one, as per usual, because I'm lazy DL<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:11317","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/11317.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=11317"}}],"title":"Pamphlet Scans","published":"2014-04-06T12:45:24Z","updated":"2014-04-06T12:57:01Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"my little pony"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"blah blah"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"4u for you"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"snow children need to stop"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"keigo kid's dumb face"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"yarrachi is adjective"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ramble ramble"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"actually my scans"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ebi is made of magic"}}],"content":"I guess a little bit of a life update? :\/a

So last week me and my mom went into New York to see the final show of No Man's Land starring Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen.  I had been wanting to see this since I had found out about it, because who wouldn't want to see two legendary actors together?  So we woke up early and drove in, and of course, this is where my mom decided to ask me "why aren't you hanging out with that person anymore?" while we're stuck in the car and have no where to escape to DX So i tried to just give her the spark notes version, because I didn't really want to get into it.  And of course it brought up all sorts of unwanted feelings, but it did become clear that I will never understand how if your alleged best friend is feeling down and sad how ignoring them and not talking to them is being supportive, especially after telling them you wish they would talk to you more<\/strike>. But I guess that's life. When we got in, we went directly to the TKTS line, and saw that it was in there so we waited.  Then we remembered that it has a play only line, so we went and stood there, and were the fifth person in line, so we were feeling pretty good about our chance at getting tickets, until the line opened and the guy in charge of selling the tickets was TOTALLY incompetent.  It took him about 20 minutes to get to us.  He kept saying there were "computer problems" but every time the manager lady would come over, the computer would magically work :\/  But, the lady in front of us also bought tickets for the same show, and they said the tickets were partial view.  One time we bought partial view and half the stage was blocked off, and we decided never again.  Well, we decided to ignore that and get tickets anyway XD  In the end, our seats were amazing! We were second row, on the very end, but really the only thing we couldn't see were their feet, and sometimes the chair on stage would get in the way, but other than that, they were perfectly fine.  It was so funny though, when the play starts both of them are on stage, and I was just staring at patrick stewart like "there is something off about you but I don't know what it is and it's bugging me".  It took me like maybe 15 minutes or so to figure out it was because he had hair XD In my entire life, I don't think he's ever had hair, so it threw me off.  The play itself was lots of fun, even if I'm not quite sure I understand what it was about XD;;;;  But overall, I'm really glad we were able to see it.  While we were waiting to buy tickets initially, i was like, "well if we don't get tickets now we can always come back and get tickets for waiting for godot" (the other show they were putting on), and my mom was like "you can hardly stay awake past 8 when we're just sitting at home, what makes you think you can stay away for a play?" >.> XD but totally accurate.  Then on our way out, we got some cheesecake of Juniors *______* so delicious!!! I got a raspberry swirl :Q_____

In other news, I'm almost done with school ^^ I was originally signed up for 4 classes, but decided to drop one because it was just too much, with work and a science class and a language class, i just never felt like i had enough time to actually properly do everything.  And I'm super glad I did, now everything is a lot less stressful. The only thing that sucks, is without that class, I still have one more I need to take before I can graduate, so I'm going to take one over the summer.  I just bit the bullet and will take a subject I don't really want to, mainly because it's a Dr. Richardson class, who is only my favorite professor I've had.  So I figured, I know what to expect, and it's only 4 days, so I can deal.  Then, I only need to write a thesis paper, and I will be all graduated \\X3\/ Can't wait to finally be done!

Then I guess in other other news, I bought a ticket to Japan for May for two weeks \\XD\/  I will get to see ebi again ;A; and get to see abc za that I didn't get to see in October T^T plus snow man X3  I really want to try and see 4U.'s crea, but only if I can find reasonably priced tickets (which is seeming impossible right now).  But I'm seriously so excited!!!  FUMI \\X3\/

So my mom got a brand new printer, because she was getting mad at her other one, and the new one is huge! It both prints and scans large things *____*  I'm already planning on making some pinups for my wall (not that i have the room or anything).  But I figured I would scan all the play zone pamphlets that I have.  Sorry if some pages suck, I was trying to get a decent scan, but not completely ruin my pamphlets, so in other words, I tried XD  Oh! and someone asked if I would scan my ebi calendar, so I did that too. And I also scanned in some new shop photos I got, which include, noeru and keigo kid another stuff, fumi and fukka johnny's world stage photo sets, and fukka and iwamoto abc za offshots

\"road<\/a>\"playzone<\/a>\"playzone<\/a>\"playzone<\/a>
\"abcz<\/a>\"Dream<\/a>

Random Selection:
\"ABC<\/a>\"ABC<\/a>\"Another<\/a>\"Another<\/a>\"Another<\/a>\"Another<\/a>\"Johnny's<\/a>\"Johnny's<\/a>

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I was going to put each thing in an individual download things, but I'm lazy so: DL<\/a>


So there you go. Oh and total random thought, but people who have shop photos: how do you store them?  LIke in a photo book? and how do you sort them? by person? but what about group photos or multiple people in the same group? I've been wondering how other people do this, since mine are separated by people in bags XD;;;;;

Oh and I guess I'll just leave this here, but I got a copy of takitsuba's single, with the 10th anniversary disk on it.  So if anyone wants it who doesn't already have it. Here:
MF .001<\/a> .002<\/a> .003<\/a> .004<\/a> .005<\/a>
ZS .001<\/a> .002<\/a> .003<\/a> .004<\/a> .005<\/a>


Anyway, hope everyone is having a nice day\/evening\/morning! ^^"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:11123","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/11123.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=11123"}}],"title":"Another one bites the dust\u2026.","published":"2014-03-16T15:30:03Z","updated":"2014-03-16T15:30:03Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"ramble ramble"}},"content":"Well somehow I'm on a roll, and basically pushed another person away.  I really am just a complete asshole.  Right now, I feel all these mixed emotions, but mostly the whole experience has just reenforced that I should just not interact with people, as all I do is cause everyone around me sadness and anger.  It really would just be for the best if I just disappeared socially.  I feel like, I'm fine when I am just superficial friends with someone, like talk to them occasionally, maybe hangout out once every couple of months, that type of thing, but anything more and then people just realize I'm not worth it and an asshole.
  LIke even now, a couple of days later, I'm still extremely pissed off.  My mom always taught me that when you apologize you never clarify or add a but. Like saying "sorry, but.." was never acceptable from me growing up. My mom would say "but nothing" because if you have to clarify your apology that means you're not really sorry for what you've done, or feel the full responsibility for it.  So yeah, when I was starting to get victim blamed for someone else's actions, I saw red and got super pissed off, more so than I should have gotten, but I just finally lost it.  After months of having my flaws shoved in my face, I had finally had enough. Then a couple of days later seeing "well, is see how much you care, which i knew you didn't" also pissed me off.  Like, if I didn't care, I would not have put up with the amount of bullshit I did, or tried to work things out, or try to change, or anything.  After one fight I would have just been like, "well that it's" and not really bothered with it again.  Plus, i really did put up with so much shit, and then the one time i finally have had enough, this person just decides that I'm "scary" and "mean" for pretty much reacting the same as that person had every other time we had a fight.  That hardly seems fair.
  And then there's a part of me that just feels guilty, because I did call them out on their bullshit.  I feel like, "you really got too mad, and you really shouldn't have said that" and I should have just kept my mouth shut and accepted the blame, like I have done, and then things would have been fine (you know, until the next time this person stopped talking to me for no real reason).  In the past, I have bitten my tongue on pointing out this person's flaws, because it's a shitty thing to do.  There were so many times when I would be like "well maybe I'll point out all of their flaws and shove it in their face and see how they like it" but I always stopped myself, because just because someone is doing something shitty to you, does not give you the right to do it back.  Hate just creates more hate.  And I forgot this temporarily, and I feel guilty that I betrayed myself like that.  No matter how angry I was, i should have just let it go and drop it.  So really, in the end, everything is all my fault.
  Then I just feel sad for the loss of someone I really cared about.  There is basically a hole where that person should be and it just makes me sad, and adds to the guilt and really makes me feel like I don't deserve anything in my life.  Idk but recently I've just been feeling so blah, and haven't been able to really work up the motivation to do anything, especially anything school related.  It's a miracle I can still force myself to get up and go to work everyday.  I've been feeling fat, like i can't even get into a good rhythm and work out regularly, or really eat properly (i've been eating way too much junk food) and I really get down on myself about that.  I can't even find the enthusiasm to watch fandom stuff, which is usually something I want to do.  I was starting to get excited about maybe going back to Japan in May, because I at least have enough money to buy a plane ticket and was trying to figure out where to stay.  But now I'm wondering what's the point? I guess I really took advantage last summer, because I don't know how to buy tickets to things myself.  And really, I'm just alone anyway, so what the point in anything?"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:10884","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/10884.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=10884"}}],"title":"That's All Folks","published":"2014-01-31T21:08:05Z","updated":"2014-02-01T03:47:28Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"sorry not sorry"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"blah blah"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"personal"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ramble ramble"}}],"content":"So the thing I was most worried about before leaving for Japan, has finally com to fruition: yesterday a friendship died. I guess this was almost a year in the making, so really it's all my fault because I decided to take advantage of a situation and spend my summer in Japan.  So really everything is all my fault, I guess. And, ever since I came back, I kind of feared this would eventually happen, all the warning signs were there, but I guess I was optimistic in thinking that they were all in my head.  And really, for the past two months, I have really known that we were past the point of no return, but even unit the bitter end, I still remained optimistic that some sort of reconciliation would happen.  Even knowing it would probably end this way, seeing the white flag of surrender was still a shock to the system.  I feel like I did the spark notes version of the stages of grieving, over the course of maybe an hour after reading the message I went from ok cool, fuck you --------> crying in the bathroom -------> finally closure, I can move on, and then some combination of all of those things throughout the rest of the day.  Honestly, for a while, it really did feel like a relief, releasing that breath in didn't know I was holding.  Having a one-sided conversation, and even for the past couple of months really a one-sided relationship, wears you out and crushes your soul.  I think, now that I've had a day to think about it, it really just makes me sad that this person decided to chose their bitterness and jealousy over a friendship.  First starting out with her jealousy of me actually being able to go to Japan, when she could not.  Which then transformed into her jealousy that I became good friends with Kiri, which then is the base for everything else that happened after that.

I guess, technically, she only called for a break in the friendship, but that, to me, means it's dead.  I'm sorry that she's chosen to dwell in her own self pity and bitterness, really, to justify being a shitty friend over the past 6 or so months, in particular.  She can say she cares all she wants, but her words are meaningless.  I can say I can fly, and I can keep saying I can fly, but unless I actually show you, you can't really believe it.  And really, fool me once, shame on me, but fool me 10 times, massive shame on me.  I kept wanting to believe the words, but despite her insistence, her actions really proved otherwise.  I don't know what she thought she did to show me of this alleged caringness?  Was it not wanting to hang out until I asked? And then when we would hang out, either texting other people on her phone the whole time or just the general feeling that she didn't actually want to be there and was bored?  Or even barely speaking to me at all, for that matter?  Was it taking at least a week to respond to texts, and at most 2 weeks? Or taking several days after christmas to thank me for the present i got her? Or, my favorite, the day I got back from Japan, she was no where to be seen, and was even in a completely different state.  I guess I can see why she's confused as to why I think she doesn't care one lick about my well being, because clearly she cares a lot. I had actually dared to believe that at this point in time, months after I got back, we would be back to normal, like no time had passed. No such luck.

And, honestly, I'll admit I did one selfish thing, that, even at the time, I admitted was a selfish thing to do. But honestly, i didn't feel comfortable or really wanted in that particular situation, and I just decided to be selfish for once in my life.  Looking back, I guess if I had never gone to Japan, none of this would have happened, but even knowing the outcome, I think I would still chose to go.  Last summer was probably the best summer ever.  I got to experience so many things and meet so many people.  I got to see my three favorite groups, live, in person.  I made a irreplaceable friend in Kiri, and, on top of everything else, I got to learn Japanese, so it was awesome.

But I guess I leave this relationship with no regrets. I, at least, tried to make things work out.  Yes, sometimes I'm abrasive, and say how I'm feeling in a raw way, which I should probably work on, but trying to figure out the *perfect* way to say something is stupid, and you should just say what you think.  I much prefer a raw, hurtful truth, it's more real and honest. And I really prefer it over radio silence, that basically just fans the flames and makes me even more angry.  It's good to be able to say how you feel and not just hold things in. Holding things in is how mole hills turn into mountains.  And really, if you can't just be there for me when I was feeling at my lowest, not even as the best friend you claim to be but just as a friend, then there's something wrong.  I guess I knew from the first day I got back, that I had been replaced and pushed away. And yet I still tried to work things out.  This isn't the first time I've lost a friend or have been phased out by a friend, but I think it's the first time I'm not nearly as sad about the realization, because I really did try.  Every other time, I just ignored the signs and let it happen, so that the end results left me questioning everything.

But this time, I really don't think this was my fault, apart from the choosing to go to Japan part, obviously. If you don't know how to deal with issues that crop up in life, that's a problem.  If even after vocalizing everything that had made you bitter, and I really do understand where she's coming from to a certain degree, and even after I apologized and after dissecting it, you still feel the same bitterness and can't let it go, then there is really nothing I can do about it.  I only have so much patience and forgiveness.  I am an extremely patient person, but everyone has their limits.  And I can only forgive the same offenses so much before it becomes meaningless.  I guess, my philosophy is, when you apologize, you forgive and forget and move on. You don't apologize if you're not willing to bury the hatchet.  I like to think I'm a person of my word, and when I say I'm sorry, I mean it, and when I say it's in the past don't worry about it, I mean that too.  So, after almost a year of being strung along, I guess there is really nothing left for me to do but cut my loses and move on.  Starting with deleting everything out of my phone, contact info, messages, texts, unfriending them on Facebook and tumblr (even if I don't really use either than often), and unfollowing on twitter.  Maybe I'm a bit extreme in this, but I don't need a daily reminder that you're not my friend anymore, and I really just need to move on, i think I deserve that.  Thankfully I'm not alone, I have been relying on Kiri and Megan a lot, and I really appreciate the love they have shown me.  Even random people have come up from the woodwork to make me feel like I'm not totally alone and to show that they care, even if we haven't really talked in a while.  It's a nice change from the past half year.

And so, with writing this, I am letting go of my anger and frustration and moving on.  What's done is done, and it's not going to change, so what's the point in dwelling in it anymore.  Life is too damn short to deal with bullshit."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:10511","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/10511.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=10511"}}],"title":"Scans ^^","published":"2014-01-08T01:39:45Z","updated":"2014-01-08T01:39:45Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"spastic energizer bunny"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"4u for you"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"snow children need to stop"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fumitatsu"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"keigo kid's dumb face"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"actually my scans"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ebi is made of magic"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fumi is the best horse ever"}}],"content":"Today, on what is perhaps the coldest day I've ever felt (minus last year when I was in Wisconsin), i come bearing some scans that I finally found motivation to do \\XD\/ Some of these have been sitting on my computer now for a couple of months, since they're rebecca's shops, and I felt like i had to stop holding them hostage and give them back to her u_u And then, the rest are mine that have been sitting on my desk for about a month. Thanks to the ever-lovely Kiri for helping me out and getting all the stuff for me X3 Even the papas with basically a prompt like "For Iwamoto, if you see a picture and you think 'you need to stop' then I probably will want it u_u" and came up aces, it is much appreciated <33

Included:
Playzone Stage Photos: Hiroki Kid, The H, and Fukuda
Playzone Offshots: Tatsu (2nd set), Noeru (both), and some mixed shots
ABC ZA '13: Pamphlet Offshots (Fumi, Group), Stage Sets (Fumi, Fukka, Iwamoto), Papa
Dream Boys '13: IwaFukka Stage sets and papas
Another: Keigo Kid and some mixed
Crea '13: Abe, Watanabe, Fukuda, Koshi, Hiroki Kid (both shops and papas)
Then some other random papas ^^

While I was scanning, I somehow started question when I had decided I needed to collect all the keigo kid ever >.> But HIS FACE IS SO DUMB v_v

Preview:
\"ABC<\/a>\"ABC
\"ABC<\/a>\"ABC<\/a>
FUMITATSU FUMITATSU FUMITATSU FUMITATSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

\"ABC<\/a>\"ABC<\/a>\"Another<\/a>\"Crea<\/a>\"Crea<\/a>\"Dream<\/a>\"Dream<\/a>\"Dream<\/a>\"Enbujou<\/a>\"Enbujou<\/a>\"Enbujou<\/a>
\"Playzone13<\/a>\"Playzone13<\/a>\"Playzone13<\/a>
*FLAILS OFF INTO THE DISTANCE*

Anyway, download linksy here (all in one, because I am lazy) ----------------> HERE<\/a>

Hope everyone is having a nice New Year\/Morning\/Evening\/Week ^^"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:10424","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/10424.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=10424"}}],"title":"Less than a week until christmas","published":"2013-12-19T19:15:07Z","updated":"2013-12-19T19:42:48Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"puppies!"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ramble ramble"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ebi is made of magic"}}],"content":" It's less than a week until christmas, and really for the past couple of days, maybe starting on Saturday, I've been feeling really sad and depressed.  Nothing to do with the holidays or anything like that, it's just i guess that post-japan depression decided to rear its ugly head again.  I guess I probably never fully dealt with anything when I first got back after the summer, mostly because I was thrust right back into going to class and work; i used my schedule and habits as a crutch to deal with everything.  It really provided a welcome distraction from all the things that made me sad.  But, as soon as I turned in my last paper and had more free time, all those little problems started to bubble up again, and it really made me feel depressed.  Things I had put off dealing with just came and slapped me in the face, and it literally made me cry, for like 5 days straight.  But today I woke up and felt ok, not amazing, but definitely I didn't feel like crying anymore.  I think my brain needed some time to normalize the situation, and to just somewhat start to get over some things.  LIke, i forgot that I'm a strong, independent person, and really the key to your happiness is not relying on other, but by achieving it yourself.  i forgot I'm more of a lone wolf, and I can fend for myself, I've been this way most of my life, and I've come to accept that it's an ok thing to be.  I feel like, my mom and sister have always thought there was something wrong with me because I didn't socialize well with others, or really feel the need to be with other people all the time. I guess I don't really see a problem with that, since it's better not to cling and really depend on other people that can let you down.  I guess I really forgot that, and was hoping that when I came back, I would be able to have a crutch to help me through a rough time in my life.  But really that person hasn't been there for me at all, and it's been so saddening and frustrating, especially when you tell them, several times, that you really need them to step it up, but nothing changes, and I was left feeling abandoned and alone when I really needed it.

   I know I could have dealt with things better, and been more proactive, but at the same time, it gets frustrating to always have to be the one to initiate things, especially when you're not feeling up to it in the first place, it really made me feel like I was the only one who cared, and then it leads to feeling like you're just putting yourself as a burden on the other person, and then feel guilty about always bringing it up, or like feeling like you're nothing but a bitch and an asshole.  I vented to my sister about it, and it took a day or two to sink in the main message she gave me: the more you try to fix things and nothing changes, the more depressed and aggravated you will get.  I guess this morning, it just finally sunk it, and I didn't feel so depressed about it anymore.  Then I was thinking, as I'm prone to do at 5 in the morning mindlessly watching people swim back and forth, that really, I shouldn't let this person make me feel like crap about myself, and that I really am stronger than that.  I realized that I think I really have grown as a person.  Like, first-college-try-Ellen would have never made it to Japan, ever.  I realize now that several things would have happened: 1) I would have told my mom I was thinking about doing this thing, and then she would have just badgered me and badgered me until I didn't feel like doing it anymore or I would have looked into it and thought it was too much effort and decided not to go.  2) given the fact that the study abroad lady at my school wasn't exactly on board with the program I wanted to do, first-college-try-Ellen would have given up there or compromised.  I knew I wanted to at least try an intensive japanese language program, because I really wanted to try and learn the language in some capacity.  Honestly, when I found the program, I thought i seemed like exactly what I wanted, and when I asked her if it would be ok, she basically told me that it was probably too intensive, expensive, and since it cut into the semester, I'd have to go through all the school bureaucratic stuff to get approval to go.  Past me definitely would have given up there.  Instead i just went behind her back and just talked to my professor about doing extra work to make up for missed classes, which he was ok with.  Then, if first-college-try-Ellen had even made it this far, the fear of the unknown probably would have paralyzed me enough to not want to go.  The taurus in me loves having a set schedule, and doesn't like to deviate much from it.  I would have been petrified of asking off work, or worrying about friendships, worrying about what classes would be like and if I could even do it and not fail miserably, if i would be miserable in Japan, away from everything I knew.  Not that present me didn't worry about these things greatly, worry about whether I was making a mistake or not.

  But you know what? I did it, I made it through all the worrying about everything else, and just did it, and for that I am super fucking proud of myself.  I made it through that feeling of just wanting to run away from the unknown, and just fucking did it.  I was able to really enjoy myself, even if I had no one to hang out with, and just be.  I enjoyed pretty much every minute and the only thing I regret is not still being there. When I first brought it up to my mom, telling her about being there 5 months, her response was "don't you want to be there longer?" which i did, and still do.  But I also realized I only had a year left of school, so if I could power through and finish, i could do something different, and that at least that would be accomplished, and it wouldn't be like a black cloud hanging over me.  I feel like I've grown as a person over the last couple of years, and I guess I needed a slap in the face to remember that clinging to something is bad, and clinging to the way things used to be will get me no where.  I think my brain has finally normalized the reality of life as it is now. I think it helps that I do have my friend Megan, who I can hang out with, and go out to lunch with, and even if all we talk about is how dumb brett is, it's still fun, and I always leave in a better mood.  I think it's what I need, and i think it helped me snap out of my depressed, self-pitying mood.  That doesn't mean I'm over it, and not mad any more, or won't be sad about it in the future, but at least it's a little better

Of course, even when I was feeling really sad, i couldn't help but think about this song XD LIke I was setting up, felt like crying when this song just got stuck in my head.  Good to know that even when I'm depressed, I still somewhat have a sense of humor XD


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I watched  the chanzoo of fumi (and the rest of them) learning how to swim XD LIke, such idiots XD and It's really the only thing I feel confident in saying I could do better than them XD  Hassh's stroke especially was AWFUL XD Looking at it, I could totally tell what was wrong and how to fix it, but XD Tsuka-chan looked like a kid, and his muscles were definitely getting in the way of everything XD  Their coach guy seemed really cool and enthusiastic, so it made it really fun to watch (even if I kept wishing I could be the one to teach them v_v)

In other news, we just got puppies and they are so freaking cute I CANNOT.  We've had them for a couple of weeks now, and just everything about them bring a smile to my face, even when I feel like I want to cry.  They chew everything, but are so stinking cute that it's easy to forgive them.  It's become a joke that anything on the ground is a chew toy.  Roxie is seriously the most food motivated dog I have ever met.  She literally tried to rip food out of buster and luke's mouths XD and at the vet, he gave her treats and she didn't notice anything like when he was giving her shots XD Luke is so cute too, especially when they all really get into playing, he just looks like he's having so much fun X3 They bark a lot, but right now they just sound like those yappy dog toys XD I seriously cannot with them most of the time X3 I take way too many pictures XD;; Buster is pretty good at climbing the stairs, even though he cries the whole way up, can't get down yet or make it the final step, because he can't get any traction on the kitchen floor XD  Puppies really do have a healing property to them

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Also, i have a stack of papas and stage photos that I will scan at some point after I finish making some bags, baking cookies, and wrapping presents XD;;;  I have abc za stage photos, papas from dream boys and abc za, fumi pamphlet offshots and tatsu and noeru playzone, and random snow man, keigo kid and noeru stuff X3

Plus, my sister comes in a couple of days, should be interesting XD

Hope everyone is having a nice holiday season!! X3

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(she is having none of it XD)"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:10019","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/10019.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=10019"}}],"title":"Scans, lots and lots of scans!","published":"2013-09-03T04:02:03Z","updated":"2013-09-03T04:59:08Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"morita myuto's face"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"noeru"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"snow children need to stop"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"keigo kid"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fumi is the best horse to ever live"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"4u."}},{"@attributes":{"term":"actually my scans"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ebi is made of magic"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"scans"}}],"content":"Over the course of the summer I collected a lot of shop and papa photos, but had no scanner to scan them. Since I'm back in the states, I found the time to scan all the photos I had. They include:

Shops:
Twinkle X2 - Pamphlet offshots, Stage Photos (fumi\/group)
Crea- Offshots, Stage Photos (Snow Man, 4U., "MAD", Noeru, Keigo Kid, Morita Myuto, etc.)
Rehearsal Shots - Ebi, Juniors
Playzone '13 Official photosets - Tatsu, Noeru, Morita Myuto, Matsumoto Kouta
Playzone '11 photoset - fumi
Enbujou Photos - Fukka, Iwamoto, and 1 Miyadate, Akiyama Taiga, Noeru
Then random other ones I found in the shops (ABC Za, Ebi's Crea, Kabuki, Kakumei, etc.)

Papas:
Twinkle X2 Tour - Yoyogi Cons
Crea - Snow Man, 4U. (mostly Tatsu)
Enbujou - Fukka, Iwamoto, Noeru, MADE
Hanabi Event '13 - Fukka, Iwamoto
Then lots of other random ones too (abc za, takicon, shock, playzone, etc.)


 There are far too many for a preview all of them, but a sampling:
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\"TwinkleX2<\/a>\"TwinkleX2<\/a>\"Playzone13<\/a>
\"Playzone13<\/a>\"Playzone13<\/a>\"Playzone11<\/a>
\"Kabuki<\/a>\"Kabuki<\/a>\"Kabuki<\/a>
\"Johnny's<\/a>\"Johnny's<\/a>\"Enbujou<\/a>
\"Crea<\/a>\"Crea<\/a>\"ABC
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All together in two different downloads because I'm lazy XD;;;
Shop<\/a>

Papa<\/a>

Hope everyone is having a nice day\/evening\/morning ^^"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:9619","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/9619.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=9619"}}],"title":"Kis-My-Ft2 Good Ikuze Tour 7\/28","published":"2013-07-29T16:44:50Z","updated":"2013-07-29T16:44:50Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"keigo kid"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"flaily report"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"kismai"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"concert report of such"}}],"content":"It seriously feels like it's been ages since I actually bought the ticket, and like me and kiri have been waiting forever for the concert to happen, but finally it was time \\X3\/ I still remember when I bought the ticket, I had only really just started talking to kiri, and pretty much bought it with the attitude of, well, since I'm going to be there, why not? I didn't even particularly like the album that much, but in the end I ended up having a really great time.  That's mostly thanks to kiri, since she's been trying to get me to like kismai more and more since we started hanging out, and I guess it's worked XD

So, we had tickets for the first show of the 28th.  We met up in Shibuya station at around 10 and rode the rest of the way to the venue together.  When we got there, we got some food and then headed over to Yokohama Arena.  My impression of arena was that it was not what I thought it would look like on the outside, since it pretty much just looks like an office building XD Thankfully, kiri had gone to the show the day before, and had done the goods like so that I didn't have to, the line was really long when we got there. I ended up getting the penlight (even though it's really stupid XD), the shirt, kityama photo set and group clear file.  Then, we went to the seven eleven and got some water, then lined up to get out tickets.  This time was j-ticket international again, and the seats were really good!! We ended up with arena seats really close to the center stage!!!

I made a diagram XD

(white is stage, red is audience area, purple star is us XD)
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Basically, where that girl is standing is where the center stage was:
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By the time we got to our seats, we only had about a half hour until the show was going to start. I made a keigo kid uchiwa, and then kiri made me put kitayama on the other side, so we could "pretend I was there for them" XD But in the end, I think it turned out quite nice :3


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Kiri had bought the Tama uchiwa, so she had that, and then both of us brought fumi uchiwas, just in case he showed up XD I had already been planning to bring my fumi one, because on the other side is my Masuda Ryo uchiwa, and since he was also backing, and I already had an uchiwa made for him, why not \\XD\/ (in the end, I'm really glad I brought it X3). Anyway, before we knew it, the lights went down and it was time to start the show!! I honestly had no idea what to expect, and it was my first time in the arena, so it was a bit like, OMG WHERE DO I LOOK XD Kiri had gone the night before with this guy who also had gotten them off j-ticket international, and they were also in the arena, so she already had a handle on what to expect.

Anyway, to start with, they came out on the top of the structure on the main stage in these terrible terrible outfits and skates. Like ponchos that had giant letters on the back that spelled out kis my ft2, but omg, they were terrible and I wish they'd burn them after this concert is over DX To start with, they sang Kis My Calling<\/b>, which was so much fun to do the member call!! They skated down the the bottom of the stage, and in the end lined up with the giant letters facing us. Next was Everybody Go!<\/b> here they still had the terrible ponchos on, but took off the giant lettering, and skated around the arena, and I'm pretty sure that when tama when down and up the ramp, he tripped a little on his jacket, and made a DX kind of face XD Being in the arena is so disorienting, because it's like you're contantly spinning around trying to look for people, and then suddenly there's someone right next to you XD Eventually, by the end of the song, they ended up in the center stage, and finally stripped off their terrible ponchos. It was like, they were stripping and quickly putting on other jackets RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME and it was just like gijrughewagheraihg

Then, after successfully changing, they went into WANNA BEEEE!!!<\/b> full dance and everything, and they were right there and it was just *______* Like, dvd quality XD I couldn't stop watching Kitayama, he's so tiny in real life, especially compared to the others, and he was dancing, and his face when he was dancing is just so cute \/X3\\  Next was Ai no Beat<\/b>, which was cool, because they were still in the center stage, doing the dance (which is still really amusing XD), but the stage was rotating.  There were times when I was like, whyyyyyy because it was hard to see Kitayama \/DX\\ But the dance was fun, and with the stage rotating, it looked really cool!  Next was Shake it Up<\/b>, and here they moved away from the center stage, and think this is where the juniors came out.  I remember kiri was like "THERE'S KEIGO KID!" and point him out to me XD She did this throughout most of the concert X3 I know they were all running around, but I was really distracted by Casey Anderson, who was on the side stage closest to us, and him doing the shake it up dance was so very amusing XD  As with at the ebi con, he was really enthusiastic and fun to watch.  Then by the end, all of kismai too positions on the outside of the stage, to sing We never give up<\/b>, I know tama was on the side stage closest to us, and kitayama was at the back area, because I remember I was facing one way and kiri the complete opposite way XD I couldn't help it, I had to watch kitayama and keigo kid's backs XD After all they were right next to each other and dancing \\X3\/  I think in the center aisle stage like that was literally next to us, might have been yokoo and nikaido? I wasn't really paying attention though XD

By the end of the song, they ended up at the main stage, and in the end only Kityama and Fujigaya were left on stage, and they were raised up on platforms, and sang Smile<\/b> by themselves, while the others changed, then I think halfway through the song everyone came out and finished off the song, while Kitayama and Fujigaya went to go change. Oh! but then by the end of the song, they were all on stage, and then something really quite cool happened. Fujigaya was in the center, with a light up jacket thing, mostly his hands were all lit up, and the other members where on the screens, while they were rotating around (they even went upside down), and the screens kind of reminded me of like the time vortex in doctor who, just more red and fire-y instead of space XD But, fujigaya was basically just in the center controlling them all, i think XD It's really hard to describe, but live it looked really cool!! (but I doubt it will really transfer that well to DVD, even seeing the news clips of it was not as impressive as it was in person).  Anyway, eventually all the members came down to the floor and the center, and it next up was Black & White<\/b>. This performance was so cool *_______* LIke, the dance is really cool, and the lighting and everything just looked amazing *_____* Their outfits looked really cool, I know the main three were in one outfit and the back four in another, I just forget what group was black and which group was white XD But this is one performance I'm excited to see again, it was seriously awesome!!!

Next, there was a little bit of a break, and I think there was a video playing, and next up was Fujigaya's solo xLunaSx<\/b>.  His outfit was looked cool until he turned around, it reminded me of like a wedding veil pasted to his butt.  I was like, ok XD  Honestly, I don't remember much, other than I was disappointed by the lack of keigo kid (at the start, kiri was like, "there's no keigo kid in this" XD), but I ended up watching Casey Anderson, because his dancing is seriously distracting XD  I know by the end, he was lifted up in center thingy XD (descriptive, I know XD). I know Kiri was all hnnnnnng about the performance, and from the parts where I wasn't distracted by casey anderson, I was like, "oh, valerie is going to die watching this" XD I don't know, I'm easily distracted by other things, and admittedly not a huge fujigaya fan XD;;;; After his solo was Forza!<\/b> I was actually quite excited about this solo, because I really like song (especially since kiri sings it every time at karaoke), and I knew Kiri was super excited about it, so her excitedness rubbed off XD But it was lots of fun!! Tama came out by himself at first, on the main stage, on the middle level, and was surrounded by mirrors, and was basically just looking at himself XD The other four also came out also on the middle level, and I think with mirrors behind them. Tama's outfit was silver and super sparkly and sleeveless XD Other than that I can't really remember what they did, there was probably a dance though XD

Next was Strawberry Dance<\/b>. It started with Fujigaya and Kitayama on the side stage areas, and Fujigaya did the 5 star pose with the juniors!!!! Keigo Kid was in Tottsu's place (yes, I noticed that XD). Honestly, that song is really stupid and kind of boring, but it was here that KEIGO KID WAVED AT ME!!!!!! Since Fujigaya and the juniors were on our side, and Keigo kid was right there, Kiri was like "WAVE YOUR UCHIWA AT HIM!!!) So I did, and he saw it, somehow and smiled and waved!!!!!! it was seriously so cute \\X3\/ and then kiri was like "HE NOTICED YOU!!" XD Other than that, I couldn't tell you what else happened, because seriously, that song is really dumb >.>

Anyway, next was Kiss your mind<\/b>, which is such a fun song!! I really enjoy that song a lot XD They performed this on the main stage, and started with their heads all piled up XD (of course my first thought was fumi XD since he did that at their concert XD) dance and all. It might have just been me, but it seemed like Fujigaya really emphasized the "HI" at the beginning of his part XD At this point it was time for the MC, so we all sat down. Then they went down the line and were like, "such and such member is doing this activity so check it out" I know when it was Fujigaya's turn, and he was talking about Kamen Teacher, kitayama was like, "oh yeah, tsuka-chan is also in that" and fujigaya was like, "what? no." and then proceeded to list every other person in the drama XD

Then they had the postcards that you would get if you bought a ticket for the bbj movie, and kitayama was all like "sorry nika, but you know who looks the coolest: Hasshi" and then yokoo came over and was looking over his shoulder at the postcards, and I think the two of them were whispering to each other, and then they introduced Hasshi as the guest!!! Hasshi ran out in the VIP area, so like the upper area, and said hi to everyone. Ahhhh he was so cute X3 He said that Tsuka-chan was supposed to come with him, but then said he was too busy to show up.  He said that tsuka-chan's been like that ever since he got his drama role, acting all important, and then fujigaya was like "yeah, but he finished all his shooting in two days" XD And I think they were saying how tsuka-chan didn't even read anything other part of the script except his own XD Then Kitayama wished hasshi a happy hatachi, and then hasshi started singing this song<\/a> (apparently XD), and Kitayama laughed at him, but then also sang it too XD  Then Hasshi was talking about this year's abc za, like how it's about johnny's sempai and stuff and then whatever he was trying to say, I have no idea what it was, and apparently neither did kismai, because then Kitayama was all like, "WTF are you saying?! XD" and then Hasshi was like "Even though I'm 20, my japanese is still bad" XD XD (I was actually quite proud of myself, since I could actually understand most of what they were saying, and confirmed it with kiri later X3) Anyway, then Kitayama was like, "oh did you come with someone else?" and then Hokuto came out, and there was a lot of kyaa~ing, and both me and kiri were like "ah, whyyy :\/" I honestly have no idea what they talked about, because I was busy watching hasshi being adorable in the background XD I know that hokuto and tama were doing something, that they probably do on the set of pintokona, and then Hasshi grabbed the mic and called Nika out on that, and nika started calling him "hiro" and it was really cute. Then kitayama was like "did you come with somebody else?" and for a brief moment I thought it might be watanabe, but alas, hasshi was like "no, only us two came to watch" and they left.

Next was the busaiko part of the show, the theme was a proposal and then cool kiss. Honestly, at this point I can't remember what any of them said, other than that when it was Kitayama's turn, his was going well until the end when he went to kiss the mannequin and then the wig fell off and everyone was like "STOP STOP! That's bad!!" and kitayama was all like, "bikkurishita~" XD Then when miyata when, his whole premise was to have his girlfriend close her eyes, while he put the ring on her finger, only he put it on the right hand instead of the left, and realized his mistake too late, and even he was like, that was bad. Then for fujigaya's he ran up to the mannequin, but then when he went to hug her, the wig fell off again, and everyone was like HAAAAAA and laughed at him XD then because yasui wanted to see it to the end, he did it again, but switched it up a little, so that he didn't start out by running at her. keigo kid was also doing the ranking with yasui, and just he's really cute, ok \\X3\/ I think the final ranking was something like: 1. Tama 2. Fujigaya 3. Yokoo 4. Senga 5.Kityama 6.Nikaido 7. Miyata

Next they sang the new song for Tama's drama, Kimi to Kiseki. My main thoughts on the song was that the move with their hands on the ground, is just as stupid, if not more so, in person that it was on the various tv shows. But I like the song, so it was nice XD Next was the junior medley with kismai singing with them. I think they mostly sang smap songs, and it was fun, they were all running around, I think they sang shake, and at the end, they ended up in a group at the back area right behind us. I know they were all dancing in the center and were all really close and it was awesome.

Next, all of kismai were in the center stage, and they sang My Resistance<\/b>. I really love this song, and I think it's really pretty. For this song, they became like a layered cake, with tama at the top by himself, kitayama and fujigaya on the next layer, and then the rest on the bottom, while they all rotated around.  The lighting was really pretty, and I know Kiri was really happy, because Tama XD Then when they all came down on the same level again, Inori<\/b> started, and the intro was really pretty, and I just remember Kitayama was on the side closer to us and just \\X3\/ I know they did the dance, and I just couldn't stop watching Kitayama, when I could see him, because I feel like the entire time someone was blocking him, like at first it was fujigaya, and then senga at the end and I was like, shove out the way >.> But i love his face when he dances X3 Next was Fire Beat<\/b>, and just fgndgteruigjierwnfrewngohnewognfewagnre THEY WERE SO CLOSE AND DOING THE DANCE AND KITAYAMA WAS MOSTLY ON OUR SIDE AND AND AND FDGWDGUFHDWIGFNWDOGREUHGRDGJEAWGNIRAEG (yeah, kiri heard me flailing him, and won't let me hear the end of it >.>) There was fire, and it looked cool, and he looked cool and just \/DX\\ By the end they ended up on the main stage, and sang tell me why<\/b>. I love this song, so was excited that they sang it!! I know Kitayama sang a little bit at the beginning before disappearing to change for his solo. It was basically on the middle level of the main stage.

Next was Kitayama's solo, Give me... <\/b>he started off by himself dancing, and it looked really cool, and he somehow looked really tiny, even by himself. AND THEN KEIGO KID CAME OUT AND JOINED HIM AND WAS BASICALLY RIGHT BEHIND HIM THE ENTIRE TIME GKJDUTGBWDGDNGEANGRNGLKDGJADB It made it easy to watch because it wasn't like they were on complete opposite sides X3 ahhhhhhhh they both looked really cool and the dance was really cool!!! Then he disappeared and a vtr played that I'm just going to chose to ignore, and he came back with a huge fake bouquet of flowers and was asking the audience who wanted them, and then he ended up shooting flower petals at the one side of the audience.  then he started walking around and was like patting all the little kids heads.  Then he spotted this mom with a tiny little good, who was wearing a miyata shirt, but the mom had a kitayama uchiwa, and the little girl was balling her eyes out, and kitayama kept trying to get her to stop, but she was having none of it, and kept clinging to her mom.  he even gave her the rose off his jacket, but she basically was like NO XD I actually didn't really like the song that much the first time I listened through the album, but now it's been on repeat for like two days straight >.>

Then it was time for the back four's song, Chance Chance Baybee<\/b>.  I don't remember most of what they did, mostly because keigo kid and the rest of the juniors were there too, so obviously I was watching them more.  I think that they disappeared and came back in skated and the four of them had like a car outfit on and were skating around like that.  I remember because Keigo kid and the rest had to jump off to the side so avoid getting run over XD Then I think the others came out, also in skates, maybe it was here where the main three showed up one by one at the top of the main stage, and then skated down to the middle, rode around the platforms for a while then skated down (except kitayama, who rode the platform down, and I was like, why are you doing that with skates on? that doesn't look safe") Then they all skated\/danced on the main stage, while singing Catch Love<\/b>. This might have also been where their skates were lighting up different colors (After seeing that live, I still think it looks retarded u_u).

Then they put jacket on, that the outlines lit up, and both the jackets and skates were light up red, and then they skated around the arena while singing Unmei Girl<\/b>.  That song is lots of fun!! And at the end they skated up the middle stage, where there were mini ramps, and I remember Kitayama, after jumping the second one, I think he might have almost wiped out, because he turned around and looked at the ramp while like mumbling something, I think XD I saw his lips moving, and he was kind of laughing XD Then they went to the center stage, and then the main three were in the center thing, and the back four on the outside, and they all got lifted up, and then I think it was here where kitayama told us to turn our penlights off, then he was like "sei no" and he all turned our penlights on, and it was all red. Then sei no: white. Then sei no: "rainbow" (as he called it XD).  Then he was like, ok we'll do this during the song too! And then he was like ok ready? sei no: red, and then he was like one more time, sei no: white, and then their outfits lit up and they were all white, and he was like "see we all match!" I think this was during Mother Moon<\/b>, but I'm fuzzy now XD I know that during the song Tama was being retarded trying to get his mic strap around his hand, me and kiri were laughing about it. Also, when he went to go stand up, he was being retarded XD XD Also we changed our penlights a couple of times during the song.

Then they sang wakamonotachi<\/b>, and they were still all raised up on the platforms, but then the main three's thing started tilting side to side. I was like, why are you guys doing this with skated on DX Then they came down, and then basically they just skated around, and the juniors ran around. The next song was JET!SET!!GO!!!<\/b>. It was probably during this song that Tama waved at kiri XD It was really cute, pretty much the whole concert, every time Tama was close we both would start yelling and waving at him, but it was towards the end when he actually waved at her.  It was really cute, because Kiri turned to me and was like :O And i was like 'HE WAVED AT YOU!!!" and then she death gripped hugged me, she was so excited X3 Oh! And then I saw Masuda Ryo coming my way, so I quickly changed my uchiwa to his, and then when he came closer he was just waving at people, so I waved my uchiwa at him, and I think at first he just saw me waving, and then he noticed my uchiwa, and it was so cute because I could actually see him suddenly recognize his name and the surprised look on his face, and they with a big smile he started waving at me, so I got really happy and started jumping up and down and waved more at him, and then he kind of laughed and waved some more before continuing down the center aisle stage X3 AHHHHHH It made me really happy because I could tell he was genuinely happy when he waved and it was just so cute!!!! X3 Even kiri thought it was super cute!! Like, after the last song before the encores, she was like, "Masuda Ryo was so cute!!!!!" X3 The next song was SHE! HER! HER!<\/b> and that was the final song, they ended I think at the top of the main stage or maybe the middle of the main stage.

Then we started the encore call, and me and kiri freaked out about tama waving at her and just flailed over the concert in general. Then They came out again, and sang the song from fujigaya's drama: Luv Sick<\/b>.  I actually quite like this song, and kiri was happy and kept being like "TAMA RAPPING jghdhetwhgerjgirehgierjgd" XD Then they ended with like all their arms in the middle intertwined kind of, and that went into Catch & Go!! <\/b>The back four sang it by themselves, while the main three made their way up to the second floor.  And where we were seated, we were literally right night to where the carts went, literally I could practically touch all their feet from where I was.  The first two to come by us were Senga and Yokoo, and both me and kiri were just "HI!!!" *wave* Seriously, they were so close *________* then they ran around on the outside some, and started singing S.O.S.<\/b>, and this is where the main three appeared on the top level. Then the back four switched and this time Nikaido and Miyata came back us, but the other way. And I think Nikaido paused infront of us for a beat and were just like NIKAAAAAA!!!! Then when Miyata came by us, he was facing the other direction the entire time, and I think was the only one who didn't see us XD But he was being cute and making dorky faces at everyone XD

Then they started singing senen no love song<\/b>, And probably the main three were still riding around up top still.  It's all kind of a blur and just spinning around trying to find people.  but I know for sure when the keigo kid was coming up the middle aisle stage I waved my uchiwa at him again, and he waved at me (this was like probably the third time he did.  he was probably thinking "this girl again" XD) but he was just so cute, and had his doofy smile on his face and I guess even kiri was waving at him, and he was even like "ORE" and pointed at himself and just SO CUTE gjrguewjufghteijwgbeuiwgbaewlgjrekwb Then it was time for member introductions and then they left the stage again. And again we called for an encore, and then HASSHI CAME OUT WITH THEM gjdgudgklndskgbwdfgkdjgjdwsbgds They sang tension<\/b> together, and they all had skates on, except hasshi XD Him and Nika were like racing down the center, except since nika had skates on, hasshi had to run to keep up with him X3 He basically ran right past us, and then went to the other side. But is was cute, he high fived miyata, and then they were doing that otaku dance thing, and then hasshi pretended to punch him X3 it was all so cute. Then the song ended and hasshi ran off, and kismai came to the center and said goodbye one more time, and that was it.

Overall, the concert was so much fun!!!!! And I know it really is all thanks to kiri, because her feels are so contagious, and since she's been trynig to get me to like them more, I really enjoyed myself.  I was actually sad I only wen to one concert (especially since fumi showed up at the next show ;A; I keep missing him by one freaking day or show *cries forever*). But seriously, Keigo Kid is adorable, and I left having actual bias feels for Kitayama DX  Oh! We caught some streamers too!!! X3 I think we saw cameras there, so hopefully they were shooting a dvd!!! That would be cool! X3
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It was so funny though because throughout the entire concert, kiri kept being like "TAMA!" and i kept being like "I'm not watching him, because KITAYAMA!" like the ENTIRE time XD  I feel like we were probably watching two different concerts XD<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:9243","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/9243.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=9243"}}],"title":"Snow Man Crea!!!!","published":"2013-05-29T13:57:52Z","updated":"2013-05-29T13:57:52Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"flaily report of sorts"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"crea"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"snow children need to stop"}}],"content":"By some miracle, and with the help of Rebecca, I was able to get a ticket to Monday, the 27th, night show of Snow Man's crea!!!!  I think I've finally composed myself enough to write a report on it, because the feels were overwhelming, to say the least XD;;;; I'll try to do a better job, since usually by the time I go to write these things, i end up missing a lot of what happened, and it gets lost to feels XD;;;;

To start out with, I arrived at the theater and found my seat, which was the 20th row, one row back from where me and Rebecca sat for 4U. and more to the right hand side of the stage.  In all honesty, I was just so happy to be in the theater that I didn't really care where my seat was.  Then, with like 10 minutes to go before the show start, the girl whose seat was next to me arrive and asked me if I was alone.  I said, yes, I was.  And then she asked me if she wanted to trade tickets so she could sit with her friend (or at least this is what I'm assuming, since my brain was like, "ahhhh japanese DX" and was having trouble comp rending everything XD;;;;; this happens to me in english too though, like when strangers talk to me)  anyway, at first I was confused, since the ticket she had was for the 8th row.  But then I was like, "hai~ ii desu" and we traded tickets.  I seriously couldn't really fully comprehend it, but as I was leaving, the girl was like "arigatou~" So I guess they wanted to sit together (which I can totally understand X3).

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I seriously really couldn't believe my luck, at all (since usually I have the worst kind of luck with these sorts of things XD). But OMG they were so close and I could see their faces and everything ;A; I was really happy X3

Anyway, before I knew it the show started.  At first they played typical instrumental intro type of music, and then it went into Genkai Meter<\/b>!!!  This was the one song I was really hoping they'd sing, even though it was like a top 3 song, I feel like the snow children have really taken it over as their own X3  When they first came out they were on the sort of upper level and were just bouncing around.  I think halfway through the song, they jumped off that stage onto the main stage, and as always now, since fumi hurt his toe jumping off the stage, i was like "OMG YOU KIDS DON'T HURT YOURSELVES D:"  But they were being super energetic, and they even sang a second verse to the song, which sounded so weird XD Oh! and also their first outfits were the red plaid ones they've been wearing a lot recently (did tackey get them made for them or something? i've just never seen them before)

Next they sang Jumpin' Up<\/b> (which I guess is a KAT-TUN song? sorry I really don't know their songs at all XD;;;)  Here, they left the main stage and went to the middle aisle between the two sections. Ah, this song was so much fun.  Especially since they were so close and they were bouncing around.  It was here, since I had to turn around, that I noticed one of the guests for show, HSJ's Hikaru!! And I only noticed because Fukka had moved to the stand right in front of me and when I was looking at him, I noticed someone up there, and it took a second for me to figure out it was Hikaru XD;;;  But, he seemed to be rocking out to the song, which was super cute X3

Next, they moved back to the main stage and sang a brand new member introduction rap<\/b>!!!  It was cute!! They, at first, took turns rapping, like in a circle bouncing around and a member would cycle to the front and rap by themselves.  Then they moved to all around the stage and did individual introductions.  First was A-chan, who was on the upper stage, and he was being super bouncy and all cute, and watanabe was the only one up there with him, and he was kneeling and being his typical watanabe self, and doing lethargic jazz hands XD;;;  Next a-chan did the rap for Sakuma, who was on the main stage and everyone else who was on stage surrounded him and did jazz hands (sorry, that's the only way I can think to describe it XD;;;). Next Sakuma did the rap for Watanabe, who was still up at the top with a-chan.  Next watanabe did the rap for Fukka, who was down on the main stage, and here is where sakuma and iwamoto came up behind him, and grabbed his jacket and made it look like it was blowing in the wind XD It was sooooooo cute!!!! X3 Next Fukka did an intro for mi-chan, who I think was standing on the stairs? I can't remember, then he did the rap for Iwamoto, he was on the main stage, and he made this swooshy movement with his jacket like "hey, make my jacket swoosh in the wind too you guys" and then fukka and sakuma ran up and tried to swoosh it, with some success XD  Then the intros were all done, so they started being like, "everyone say 'oh'" or "snow man" X3 I would say their rapping was pretty good, but some members were better then others XD (fukka rapping is kind of XD;;;;;)

Next they went right into Arashi's Believe<\/b>, and OMG I got SO happy about this because I love this song.  But, they were totally not in sync when they had to start out with the "it's a brand new world" part XD  They even did the sakurap, and at first I think they all took turns, and then the main part of the rap Iwamoto did, and he's actually not too bad at rapping.  They also did the dance, I think, I'm pretty sure it's the same as arashi's, but I can't remember.  Then the song ended, and Iwamoto grabbed fukka and shoved his head down, and then everyone put their hands there and started bouncing fukka's head (like a basketball team pumping themselves up before a game)  Ahhhhh the fukka bullying was really cute.  X3

With that they started singing NEWS's Fighting Man.  They divided themselves into two groups on the stage, with Fukka, A-chan and I think Mi-chan on the right hand side (right in front of me) and the other three on the left hand side.  At first, Iwamoto-tachi sang the first verse, while fukka\/a-chan did a fun dance, they were all in a line and doing stuff like that, but then when fukka\/a-chan group started singing, iwamoto-tachi just started screwing around, if i remember correctly, they threw their arms over each other's shoulders and swayed around the stage XD  I think they started doing some dance in the end.

At this point they took a little bit of a break, and did a mini MC. Where they were like, "crea dou desu ka" and it was basically then being like, "ah this is so much fun~" and pumping the crowd up a little bit.  Then, they were about to move on and Fukka was like "OOOOOOOIIIIIII~" because they were about to skip over him XD;;; And everyone was like "ah, ohayou gozaimasu~" because he didn't have any impact, they didn't realize he was there XD  Next, watanabe asked a-chan to introduce the next song, since it was in english, and it was No More Wait!<\/b> I cannot express how HAPPY I was when they sang this, since it's a Mis Snow Man song, and like the only song they ever got as msm, I was REALLY hoping they would sing it, so when they did I was just like gdhagdwlgfhailfgelwajlgwh  They did the dance, and everything, and back flips, and so much energy and I just ;A;

As soon as the song finished, Iwamoto ran off the stage, and left the other five to sing never again, <\/b>which is a KAT-TUN song, yes?  To be honest I can't remember much of what they did for this song, because I was still have a feels overload from No More Wait.  My guess is they danced a really cool dance though XD;; And I was also semi-amused, since the one time they performed it on shokura, a-chan wasn't there, and it was just five members, and now this time again, they only sang it with five members XD

As soon as the song finished Mi-chan ran off the stage, and then the music started for Tackey's Hikari Hitotsu<\/b>!! The remaining members on stage parted the stairs that were leading to the top stage, and iwamoto walked out, dressed in a new costume that was like, well the only way I can think to describe it is a black and silver, sequins, sparkly zebra print like tank top dress XD The shirt went down to his knees, and he had on tight black pants.  Anyway, he had the lead, but the other four on stage with him took turns singing with him, while they back danced him.  Ah it really cool, iwamoto has a really nice voice.

Next, everyone cleared the stage, and Mi-chan walked out on the upper stage and sang Aishiteru kara<\/b> (which is a Kame solo? I guess XD;;;)  It was really beautiful, he actually has a really nice voice as well, and it was really able to be showcased in the slow song.  Basically he just walked down the stairs and walked around the main stage, and when the song ended he smiled and we all applauded him, and then blew a kiss X3  Then, after the music ended, Iwamoto ran out on the stage, and there was a "don~" sound effect, and he had a  sword in his hand, at first I thought they were going to have a fight, then Iwamoto kneeled and was all "YOOOOOOOO" and they did the sword toss like they had done in Enbujou!!! THEN mi-chan caught it and was like all "YOOO~ danka danka danka danka danka" and reenacted the part after they do the toss and tackey waves his stick around while all the juniors run on stage and jump over it and run off the stage, only there was no one there and it was just mi-chan running around the stage making sound effects X3 Then after he got back to his original position, iwamoto ran out on stage again, again with a don<\/i> but this time with a daikon! XD and did the "YOOOOO" and made the toss again, and again Mi-chan caught it and, with a little bit of a hesitation, was like "YOOO~" and ran around the stage making sound effects waving the daikon around.  Then once again, when he got back to his original position, iwamoto ran out again, with a don<\/i>, but this time with a giant rubber turkey.  This time, Mi-chan protested, and iwamoto didn't say anything, but had the head of the turkey look at him and they nodded at each other XD  Then iwamoto again was like "YOOOOOO" and tossed the turkey, which again Mi-chan caught, (it makes me wonder if mi-chan missed a single sword toss during enbujou's run? X3) and with even more hesitation was like "YOO~" and ran around the stage waving the turkey head around, making the same sound effects XD  Then, the don<\/i> sound effect happened again, but this time it was A-chan and Sakuma on the upper stage, holding instruments (a-chan with a guitar and sakuma a bass), and they started to make a move like they were going to try and toss them at mi-chan, and he was all like "mudi, zettai mudi" then another don sounded, and this time a spotlight light up on Watanabe with a mic stand. Mi-chan blew a kiss at watanabe and then was like "douzo!" and ran off stage.

Next was Watanabe's solo, which was Tsuyoshi's solo kuroi asa shiroi yoru<\/b>!! AHHHHH this solo was SO GOOD!!!! Like, watanabe really sounded amazing, and A-chan and sakuma backed him with their instruments, and a-chan was really feeling it and it was just, I really enjoyed it a lot X3 Next everyone ran back on stage, and they sang arashi's Troublemaker<\/b>!!!  They did the dance and everything, A-chan was getting really excited about trying to get everyone to do the hand dance part or to get everyone to say "sweet sweet" "do it do it" parts.  And at the end, Iwamoto and someone (DX) made a heart together with their hands, like how Ohno and Aiba do at the end, and Fukka, by himself, made half a heart while looking at iwamoto and other person XD XD

Next it was MC time, so we all sat down, and they talked for a really long time.  Oh! at the beginning, I think it was fukka wheeled out a table with all the water bottles on it, and was passing them around.  Eventually, they opened one of them, and handed it to watanabe, who kind of just looked at it XD  Oh! and fukka kept arranging the water bottles on the table, and I think at some point decided, so that he would know which one was his, put his water bottle on the floor, but then immediately decided that was a bad idea and put it back XD Also, they rotated the table, for whatever reason, and watanabe was all like, why? XD  Oh! and Mi-chan was having lots of fun doing that like *clap* *clap clap* *clap* thing, and did it twice, then iwamoto did it, and mi-chan was al "Oi~ >:\/" but tripped over his words and was all, "never mind" XD  Then they talked about what they did the previous day, which then lead to Iwamoto talking about everyone sending him birthday emails. Fukka was first X3 and Apparently Mi-chan's has a lot of hearts in it, and after iwamoto said that, mi-chan was all "you don't need to tell them" and got all embarrassed X3 It's also really cute when Iwamoto calls him Miya-chan X3 Oh! and Fukka kept not talking into the mic, and everyone kept yelling at him to talk into the mic XD

Then they had barely finished the birthday talk, when Watanabe went off stage grabbed a stand thing and was all like "SNOW MAN GAME CORNER" XD The game was basically that watanabe would give an item and snow man would have to find it in the audience.  The first item was a snow man group picture, and the girl next to me had a picture and gave it sakuma.  Both Mi-chan and Fukka had found one at the same time, and then jankened for it, and mi-chan one, Fukka was all DX Eventually they all found one and made their way back on stage, three of them had the same picture (the group one with them in the blue outfits) a-chan had a really old one, i think? I couldn't really see it, but then mi-chan had the group one from kabuki last year, and when watanabe saw it he was all "AHHHHH!!!" and got really excited X3 I think in the end, they declared him the winner, and watanabe decided that a-chan was out XD Then, they returned the photos, and watanabe was like "ok start from the middle" flipped the page, and the next thing they had to find was a tackey solo con penlight. A-chan found one really quickly and then ran on stage so that he would be the first one XD  Very quickly they all found one, and the same one at that, and went back on stage, where it was time for them to make a DVD plug XD Mi-chan was examining the penlight really closely XD something like this:
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I kept amusing myself watching him XD XD Then it was time to return the penlights, and they were like, "where do you want us to start" and watanabe was like, "split yourselves evenly like 3 and 3" so like one person on the right hand side in the lower section, one in the middle one in the upper and then the same on the left hand side, and he kept being like "ichi ni san ichi ni san" and was pointing where they should go.  All of them were really confused (since watanabe was just the host and not participating) how this would work out evenly, and kept questioning him, so he yelled at them to just do it and stop asking questions XD  When they were all settled, then Watanabe realized what they were asking, he was all "eh go nin ah souka" and then Fukka yelled at him XD XD Then he flipped the page, and the next thing they had to find was a banana, and everyone was like, "if you have a banana raise your hand" and no one had banana, and then this girl was like I do! and a-chan went to grab it, but it was banana pan and watanabe was like "THAT'S NOT A BANANA OI >:\/" so it didn't count, so then they had to find something that looked like a banana, like that was yellow. Mi-chan has a pen case thing, iwamoto had tokyo banana (which i have no idea what that is, but everyone was all ohhhh~"), fukka had a scarf that he folded to look like a banana, and everyone was all ahh~, sakuma had a sunflower and I forget what a-chan had, so they couldn't figure out who the winner was, so they told the audience to applaud people who failed, and fukka yelled at us not to applaud him, so of course when it got to fukka everyone clapped XD

Then, they declared Fukka the loser, and then decided he had to do the batsu game, but Fukka didn't think that was fair, since a-chan was out in the first round, and sakuma also got some applause in this round, so watanabe was like, "fine janken and loser has to do the batsu game" and of course Fukka lost and collapsed on the floor in utter defeat XD XD Then they made him say words of love, and got a purple\/pink spotlight on him and did something really normal, and walked away, but the spotlight didn't go away, and he was all "nani?!" so then they made him do Saburo improv bit from enbujou, where he did the DVD thing, and was like "D - diamond V-venus, D...........................doctor" (it took him a while to think of another D XD) and made to walk away again, and everyone was like EHHHHHHHH and he was like "wakatta wakatta" not into the mic again, and all of them were like "oi use the mic" XD and then they were like, ok do it again, and this time he did it without the mic and was like "D: diamond, V: venus -----" and then got cut off but watanabe being like "that's the end! :D"

Then, they all started grabbed head mic things, and it was here that Watanabe remembered that they had guests there XD I had been wondering if they just were not going to introduce the guests, and apparently Watanabe had just totally forgotten XD XD The guests were hikaru and dai-chan, but from where I was sitting, I could only see Hikaru, and that was only if he was leaning on the balcony XD They talked to them a little bit, and then they all started talking again, and watanabe was like "ah, let's expand the talk a little bit" and then they started talking about the stage plays they had been in, and were listing all the plays, and it eventually lead to all of them fighting and yelling at each other. And then they all freeze, and Fukka walked up and was talking, kind of like how he did as Saburo at the start of act two of enbujou XD then everything unfreezes and they started yelling at each other again and shoving each other, then Mi-chan walks to the center and is all "yamero!" and every stops to look at him, and are all like "Kazuya" "kazyua" (i think they tried to call him that as many times as possible XD) It was at this point that you realize they're about to do a skit XD Anyway, so mi-chan dramatically walked to the front of the stage, and says stuff, but took a lot of time to make dramatic pauses, and intense faces.  I think it was here that I noticed Fukka and Iwamoto off to the side, holding each other, and every time Mi-chan would make a dramatic pause, iwamoto would kind of like push fukka forward, like "say something" type of actions X3 Then, they went into singing Next Dream<\/b> (dance and all X3).

Then, Watanabe ran to the top of the stage, and the music from Kakumei where they're preparing the ship to get ready starts paying and Watanabe is up there making grand gestures and doing that monologue, and I forget which one, but one of them pretended to be Nikka and was like "HIDEAKI!" and continues on with the dialogue while pretending to juggle (with nothing, maybe it was iwamoto? I can't remember DX) XD XD Then Iwamoto makes his way down the steps, and at this point it's only iwamoto him and Fukka, when a bell rings, and the music from the boxing part of Dream Boys starts playing, and Watanabe and Iwamoto start boxing, all the while, Fukka (I think at some point was pretending to hold a camera and then stopped) was all like, "champ, gambatte gambatte!" (but not that enthusiastically XD) and I think watanabe was all confused while they were suddenly boxing (since he was just "hideaki" Then, the music stops and they do one final super slow motion punch, and do a freeze frame of watanabe knocking iwamoto out. Then iwamoto fell to the ground, and at that point, someone threw a boxing glove onto the stag. And then Sakuma ran out, dressed as a woman, and did the part where they discover the blade in the glove XD And Watanabe was like, "ugh you look gross like that" and I forget the name he used, but then watanabe was like "that's not me, I'm hideaki, geez >.>" which promoted Sakuma to be all like "gomen nasai" and bow to watanabe, in super dramatic fashion XD which then lead to wantanabe to be like "kimochi warui >.>" Then Fukka took this opportunity to be all like "CHAAAAAAAMP!!!!" and run over to iwamoto, who was still lying on the floor, and he put iwamoto's head in his lap, and they stated like this for quite a while X3

At some point, Mi-chan came back out, which lead to some more of them calling him "kazuya" And watanabe was just like making comments the whole time.  Then, again, sakuma was like "In Hideaki's glove i found this metal bit" thing again, which again, watanabe was like "kimochi warui quit!" and I think was like "that's not even hideaki's glove"  Then I think Mi-chan was being all super dramatic and doing dramatic pauses again, when A-chan ran out onto the top stage, in a red jacket, and says stuff and then is all "You can't quit!! SHOW MUCH GO!" which leads to them singing NEW HORIZON<\/b> from endless SHOCK, that is until Mi-chan walked out and smacked a-chan on the back of the head with a blue shoe XD XD A-chan's reaction was to super dramatically roll around the floor holding his head crying, and when he sat up all his hair was sticking up XD XD Then mi-chan starts dramatically doing a monologue, while holding the shoe and looking at it dramatically XD XD Then at some point sakuma threw his blonde wig off and was trying to say stuff until watanabe was like "OMG STOP YOU" Then fukka stands up and is all like "Johnny's no sekai....Johnny's World" and then everyone was like "JOHNNY'S WORLD?!" And they start singing and dancing Let's go to Earth<\/b> from Johnny's world XD Then, they sang the song the song they sang in Shounentachi concert part, The Longest Night<\/b>, full dance and all X3 Then after the song was over, A-chan quickly fixed his hair, and watanabe called him out on that, and I guess, since Iwamoto was in Fukka's lap, he hadn't seen what happened, so watanabe had to explain it to him.  XD

At this point, Fukka takes off to get changed for his solo. And they talked abofut the different parts they played and how Watanabe wrote it all.  Then they were like, "now it's fukka's solo! kite kudasai~" and the music starts playing and the spotlight goes to the top stage, when suddenly they all one by one start running out and being like "Where's Fukka-senpai?" "I can't find Fukka-senpai" etc. and then they're kind of running around because they don't know what to do, when suddenly you can hear his voice and they're like, "where are you?!" and then Fukka popped up in the middle of the middle aisle and is all like "music start" and it's the koyashige \u30c1\u30e9\u30ea\u30ba\u30e0<\/span><\/b> and my reaction was kind of like "FUKKA WHYYY DX" but it was also quite typical of Fukka XD He was wearing like a black school uniform with a sash that said Fukazawa on it (i think? I know it said his name, but now I can't remember >.>) The others backed him on the main stage, singing along with him, and then towards the end, they all run out on him, and leave him to sing the rest by himself, and it's at this point that he really stops trying with singing and sounds terrible XD And he's all, where is everyone?! And they all pop up in the middle aisel just as Arashi's Oh Yeah!<\/b> starts playing. This song was so much fun!!! A-chan, again, was being really enthusiastic about getting everyone to do the hand dance part, and jumping all around.  They all threw their arms over each other's shoulders for the first verse, and as soon as they started the chorus, A-chan stopped to bounce around, until he realized they were all still like that XD X3

Then they went into singing KAT-TUN Messenger, still in the middle aisle.  Then, they started singing Kanjani's Ai ni Mukatte<\/b>, ah that one was such a surprise! They basically all were running around various areas of the theatre, like on the stage, up the aisles, high fiving people. ect.  Then it was time for Sakuma's solo, which was Confusion<\/b> (which I guess is some sort of yoko solo?) he was by himself, but brought some chibi person I don't know on the stage to dance while he sang, and at some point he ripped his shirt wide open u_u Next was a-chan's solo, and he started on the upper stage, and did a really cool dance bit, in a while suit (which I figured out were new snow children outfits X3) and a top hat!! Then the music started and it was Koichi's -So Young Blues-<\/b> and he had fukka and watanabe backing him, the dance was lots of fun, and the two of them sang parts with him.  Halfway through, I realized their shirts had their proper colors on the one side of the lapels X3  When the song was over, a-chan threw his top hat off the stage, and they all ran and put their jackets on.

The new outfits I like quite a lot.  They're basically white, with like silver fuzzies hanging down, and then the right side of the lapels had all their proper colors on it, depending on the member.  And, I am all for anything that is properly colored X3 Next, the music started and I was like, wait, is this what I think it is?! and it was!!! Because they were about to do ebi's Vanilla<\/b>!!!! AHHHHHHH I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW FREAKING HAPPY I WAS ABOUT THIS.  Like I was hoping they'd do one ebi song, since, my impression is that they all really love ebi, and I really wanted to see them perform something.  This was just SO PERFECT for them.  And like, Fukka, of course, sang fumi's parts and like, I was wondering if he was going to XD It was so perfect.  When he did the "I can see" I was like gjdgewgoiewagkdaklgio Then he did the other part, and like did an impression of fumi, like how he normaly does that part (or maybe is was a matsujun impression, I couldn't really tell XD) BUT HE DID THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND I JUST X3 kgdklghdstgeoriwggopawjgilhawih But, when they did the first chorus, they didn't do the normal ebi choreography, I remember because I was like, "wait, i can't do the hand dance with them :\/" But then they did a really cool dance break, that involved back flips, and I was reminded how awesome they are at dancing X3 I think it was here, iwamoto ran and did a back handsrping into a back flip, and I was like, please don't backflip off the stage DX. Then for the second verse, and then sakuma and I think watanabe back flipped of the middle of the steps, and again i was like, OMG YOU KIDS DX Then they did the normal vanilla choreography, and a lot of people danced along. and it was fun.

Then, when I thought, ah~ I can really leave happy they sang ebi, THE MUSIC STARTED PLAYING FOR SUNA NO GLASS<\/b> jgetwgdjksgdlsag;abgldsakjghasio; They did the whole dance, and had to change it a little for 6 people, but snow man are amazing ;A; Also, they all sang the entire time (not like individuals doing a member part) but like, they would take turns going to the center and singing, and I couldn't help but notice Fukka went to the center when it would be fumi's part XD (In my mind, when they were planning it out, fukka was like "We should do ebi!" and when they all agreed he was like "I GET FUMI'S PARTS YOU GUYS D8" and everyone was just like "whatever") Anyway, again I was like gjhughfdpoihgorewahgareg

Then, I was really feeling happy, and then the music for Real DX<\/b> started playing.  AHHHHHH again they did the whole dance, and it was just so much fun, and I wanted to cry at how perfect they were (what am I saying, I totally cried >.>) And, I could tell that it was almost over, but I didn't want it to end.  Next they sang TakiTsuba's Mirai Koukai<\/b>, which they sang on the stairs.  Then it was time for thank you's and goodbye's, and I seriously didn't want the show to end DX

Then, the curtain went down and we all shouted encore, and then the music started and the curtain came up, now with the stairs facing so it went up towards the front of the stage, and I think Fukka was on the top on the one in front of me X3 And they sang TakiTsuba's Hito natsu no....<\/b> and it was fun and energetic, and they took turns walking up to the top of the stairs which then blended into takitsuba's Love Spiral<\/b>, and here they were running all around, and I noticed towards the end, Fukka was like high fiving people and waving, and Iwamoto came up to him, and tapped on the shoulder, like "let's go" X3 Then the show was really over, and i just ;A;

Honestly, I had SO MUCH FUN, I really wish the show was longer (It was only 1:45!! DX) but I can't believe I got to be in the 8th row and see them so close the entire time, and I really wish I could have gotten to see them one more time, but I'm seriously happy I got to see them again (for like the 7th time total now, how did that happen? X3a).  And I really wish Rebecca could have been there, so that we could properly flail everything together, but ;A; I hope tackey does a solo tour so I can see them again!!! But honestly, I hope they get more opportunities like this in the future, because they're so talented ;A;

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So I somehow ended up going to Hey! Say! Jump's con in the Tokyo Dome on Sunday.  I was already mostly leaning towards going before ebi announced they would be there, but after that it was kind of a done deal XD;; I remember because when we were waiting in line to buy goods for ebi's con, Kiri and I were like, "we might as well go" XD but then when they announced they would be there, and singing new songs, I knew I had to go XD (especially since tickets were really easy to get :X) On the one hand, I feel bad that jump couldn't sell out the the dome themselves, but it was nice to have the opportunity to see ebi again X3 (you know it's bad when they're even selling tickets the day of the concert)

Sunday, I met up with Kiri and her friend Thais at the station at around 2:00, and since we had some time to kill before the concert started, we walked around Tokyo Dome City.  They both wanted to ride the roller coaster, but unfortunately it was down for maintenance.  We walked around the amusement park area for a while, and it was cool to see all the cosplayers all around us.  LIke there were so many with their fancy cameras, and even reflectors, doing photo shoots and stuff.  We also got some crepes.  We seriously had so much time before the concert started that we really didn't know what to do with ourselves XD  We even walked into the line and got some goods, I had already gone to the dome the day before to get the goods I had promised to get people, I only ended up getting yabu's photo set for myself.  After that we kind of just stood in front of the dome, in the shade and talked and watched all the people.  The thing I really don't understand as a trend in Japan is crocs.  Like girls will have this really cute outfit on, and then you look down at their feet and they're wearing crocs :\/

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The gates opened at 4:00 and we went in and found our seats.  Unfortunately for me, I had to sit by myself, since they had bought their seats together.  My seats weren't too bad, 21st row.

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I was also right in front of a screen, which would come in handy during the concert.  So after figuring out where seats were, I met back up with them and we got some food, I ended up getting some french fries.  I really want to go back to the dome for a baseball game at some point during my stay, it was interesting seeing the things they have for ball park food essentially XD  Then, when we had about a half hour to go before the concert, we went our separate ways to our seats.  While my seat location wasn't bad visually, it sucked for me because I was surrounded by crazy yamada fans (~~;;; I myself am not a huge yamada fan in general, it really annoys me that he's the center and gets all the attention (and his face really annoys me)<\/strike>, so i was kind of like *sigh* >.< There were three girls like two rows in front of me who were ebi fans though, two of them had the ebi penlights and one even had a tottsu uchiwa X3 (I also felt like we had about the same amount of tension throughout the entire concert, so that made me a little happy XD) I also saw a couple of girls to the right of me that had an A.B.C-Z uchiwa that was 4 uchiwas total X3 I also had just brought my ebi penlight, because it's the best penlight ever X3

With somewhere between 5~10 minutes before the show was set to start, all the crazy fan girls started chanting "JUMP" and I was just sitting and waiting for the show to start XD  Honestly, it's not that I really dislike jump, i'm just not a huge crazy fan of theirs.  I like some of their songs alright (some I even REALLY like, like beat line) but I just can't get into them as much as other groups I guess XD  So then the show started, and honestly don't ask me for a set list because I suck at remembering song titles, so the entire time I was like, "ah, this song u_u"  plus already the show has kind of turned into a blur, so I'm not sure how much really stuck when I watched it XD XD;;;; I know for sure that they started with Ultra Music Power though XD;;;

The also started by riding around in those giant vehicle thingies that they have all the time at big venues.  Theirs was shaped like a train, with character designs on the side, i think the members came up with the concept for the character themselves, but don't hold me to that.  That was cool, since within the first song they were RIGHT there :O  Next they started singing another song, and then I think it was here they did the other group introductions, and let's just say the kya~ for sexy zone was A LOT louder then ebi's and it made me sad ;A; (I mean, I do get it, since the Sexy Zone\/HSJ demographic really overlap, but still, I'm an ebi fan at heart >.<)  Ebi came out in those ridiculous gold, sparkly feather outfits and I was like, YOU GUYS you should have worn your twinkle outfits because they look SO much better and are just as sparkly if you want to get noticed >.<  Then ebi and SZ wandered around for a little bit, and I'm pretty sure Tsuka-chan came over into my area first, so I turned my penlight to yellow and was waving it at him.

Also, on like the outer main stage thing (basically main stage was really far away, and then there was the center main stage where they had fans, and then they had the outer main stages, but the one that was in the center and they used the most is what I would call the outer main stage) they had juniors.  I first noticed them on the outer stage in front of me, but it wasn't any juniors I recognized, then when I turned to look at the main stage, I noticed bigger juniors, which must of been the main backing juniors.  The lesson I learned that day was: I need to bring binoculars to larger venues so I can properly look at people >.<  Anyway, after staring at the outer main stage for a while, i was suddenly like, "Wait a minute, is that the Keigo kid?!" and it TOTALLY was, NGL that really got my tension up XD;;;  Then I noticed Yasui Kentaro, but that was all I could really pick our from my vantage point.

As soon as fumi came over into my area, I was really happy, he was so hyper throughout the show, and that made me happy and sad, because I knew none of the Jump fans really cared.  But fumi was super super cute and that made me more happy then anything else X3  Oh! and then like by third or 4th song, the juniors came back and were walking on the floor around the arena AND THE KEIGO KID WAS ON MY SIDE AND I JUST gjkdagueawguieawogfewaileighaw Yasui Kentaro also was with him and I was just like X3 They were waving and being all cute!!!

The first song ebi sang was 'Walking on Clouds' which is a cute song, and I know I will love it eventually, but I just meh at hearing it.  It probably mostly had to do with how echo-y the dome is, so it was difficult to hear it properly.  But the suits they were wearing were cute, like it had a.b.c-z written all over them and the lapels of their jackets had their colors on them in a pastel shade.  The dance was also super super cute, as expected of them.  There was this really awesome part where fumi and tottsu suspended themselves using the shoulders of the other members and were walking around.  It's hard to describe, but it looked really cool!!!

Then Jump sang a bunch more songs, and sz did too, they even wheeled out a cake for them for the start of their fan club, then they did a MC, but I mostly just zoned out because it was too echo-y to catch much\/didn't care enough to strain.  The only thing I really caught was that they would be releasing a new single in June.  After the MC yamada sang his solos, Ai no Katamari and whatever the actual a-side to that is (I did have to wonder how many of the fangirls actually realize that ai no katamari is a kinki kids song :\/a) and it was here I got really excited, not really for yamada, but because it was here I realized that MORITA MYUTO was there gkhdawgreugisjfleghoriehgor  Yeah, I got to see him at ebi's con, but I hadn't really gotten to see him dance yet (and I was kicking myself a little bit that me and rebecca didn't get tickets for yuma's crea) I was so happy!  He was really visible throughout most of Yamada's solo!!!! And I just watched the big screen and was like MORITA MYUTO!!!!! gfguiefagoagfjwaoigher  Keigo kid was also really visible, so it made me doubly happy X3 I don't think I watched yamada at all, unless he was the only one you could see, I mean what?

What else can I say?  When they sang beat line, they all went to the individual side stages, and I had Hikaru right in front of me, and I was watching him properly, until I saw morita myuto to the right of him and just gkrughesfghawughrai Morita Myuto dancing beat line was so very amusing because he's so tall and gangly and spastic enough as it is >w< Yasui Kentaro was right next to him, but really I just watched Morita Myuto the whole time.  Then they all ran to the center outer stage and finished the song, but I didn't really watch them >.>

Ebi's second song, My Life, is really good.  LIke REALLY good! The dance is super cool and the outfits they were wearing looked fantastic.  I got really excited and was waving my penlight up and down with vigor, and I almost whacked the girl in front of me in the head, not that I would have cared because she was sitting down, and only sat down for ebi, so if she got whacked, she got whacked u_u That was the other thing that really turned me off, lots of the jump fans around me sat down \/just\/ for ebi, like were fine and energetic for SZ but were meh for ebi.  Again, I understand why, but some common courtesy for other groups would have been nice >:\/ It's not my fault your groups couldn't sell out the dome by themselves, and had to reel in my group to help out >.>

What else? Oh yeah! Masuda Ryo and Sanada!Shoki were there watching as guests!!! (koya was there too) Not that JUMP introduced the guests properly or anything, but I saw them again and that was X3  Morita Myuto came by my area a couple of times when they were wandering around at the end, and I would always wave frantically at him, not that he noticed or anything, but X3  then for the encore, they sang Summary, and I would have watched ebi, but from my vantage point the lights reflected perfectly off the floor of the main outer stage and it would blind me, (also SZ were over there and a Keigo Kid was in front of me dancing ridiculously, so Keigo kid won out in the end).  Yes, keigo kid's dancing in real life is just as spastic and ridiculous as on my computer X3  Also, when it was time to head to the main stage way in the back, he was like dancing to the inner ring and i literally said out loud, "OMG KEIGO KID STOP IT X3"  Also, at some point, both Morita Myuto and Yamada were on the stage in front of me, and I was waving frantically at Morita Myuto, while everyone around me was waving at Yamada.

By the time the concert was over, I was seriously ready to go. I'm not going to do the disservice of trying to compare the HSJ con to Ebi's (because Ebi would win out on principle alone) but I don't know if I would go to a HSJ concert again, unless they had juniors I REALLY needed to see and the tickets were cheap enough (and maybe if it were in a smaller venue).  On the one hand, you really can see their inexperience pre-debut.  None of those kids really back danced for sempai that much, especially 7, so they really don't know how to work a crowd, and it makes sense that they couldn't see out the dome.  The same goes for SZ.  Like, I'm obviously biased, but ebi were really trying to interact with a crowd that could care less they were there.  They were constantly waving, and trying to get the audience to do stuff, whereas, when I think about it, the most crowd interact jump themselves had was when they were like, "everyone say JUMP" or "bounce" for like the one part of the show right before they sang bounce (which I actually REALLY enjoy as a song, and the dance is really cool).  They did wave at people, and at one point I think BEST went and sat on some of the fans in the first row.

Plus, they did a lot of things that I'm not sure how well it really worked.  Like, obviously they really have no control over stage design, but let's just say, that stage wasn't built to satisfy most of the fans most of the time.  In face, it seemed to me that there really wasn't a decent seat in the house >.<  Also, they went up to the third floor and walked around, which I guess is cool, but only like 1\/8 of the audience can actually see you.  Plus up there is where they sang boku wa vampire, which is like, hey I'd like to actually be able to watch this dance and stuff >.>  Plus they did the first enore up there, which sucked cuz that's when ebi sang 5 stars >.<  Plus, because I couldn't see what was happening like half the time, I had to rely on the big screens, which would be awesome if I liked yamada, since it seemed like whenever they were all singing together, they would immediately just show yamada, and I was really tired of looking at his face by the end, plus all the yamada fan girls would kya~ SUPER loudly every time he did anything >.> (so it ended up being like every 5 minutes or so, they even skipped over whoever is in front of yamada in boku wa vampire, and showed yamada instead >:\/). I felt bad for the Keito and Inoo fans, since I'm pretty sure they were put up on the big screens the least.  The only perk to being a yabu fan is he gets solo lines in most songs, so he would get put up there Plus, this is just a personal opinion, but they really don't have that much chemistry as a group.  LIke some members have great chemistry, ilke Yabu\/hikaru\/Yuto, but as a whole, I really didn't feel it that much.

On the plus side, Yabu, Yuto and Hikaru came to the stage in front of me A LOT and that made me super happy X3  Yabu's hair was so fluffy and I just wanted to pet him XD Yuto was super energetic and was like jumping around all over the place.  I also REALLY enjoyed BEST's new song, the dance was really cool and the song itself is really cool!!! I hope that's on the new single or ends up on something eventually.

As much as I hate to say this, at the end of the day, I wished I had gone to see the last show of enbujou because all my snow man feels ;A;  Have you all read the letter snow man wrote to tackey<\/a>? ;A; I cried reading it, and throughout the day, I kept remembering it (while I was out in public no less) and was like, "YOU KIDS ;A;"  I really hope snow man get a proper debut some time in the near future because I really like them and they have so much talent that it would be a waste. Plus I just love them, and this is pretty much exactly how I felt right before ebi announced their debut. They're the group I want to see debut the most X3 Oh, and on that note, I've caught up with both ebi's j'j and BBJ, and I did so back-to-back, which was such a mistake as my FEELS were totally out of control, so much so, that it took me a while to get to sleep XD;;; I am enjoying BBJ A LOT more then I thought I would.  it probably helps that snow man are basically the main characters X3  Plus, Morita Myuto is surprisingly really awesome :O it took me a while to figure out it was him though XD;;; Ebi's j'j is basically the cutest thing ever, and it really reaffirms why I love them so much as a group X3

Anyway, I guess that's it. Hope everyone is having a nice day\/morning\/evening!!! :D<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:8800","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/8800.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=8800"}}],"title":"4U Crea!!!","published":"2013-05-08T15:55:16Z","updated":"2013-05-08T15:55:16Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"flaily report of sorts"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"crea"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"4u."}}],"content":"\"photo


So the last thing me and Rebecca did together before she left to go back, was see 4U.'s crea!! We went to the evening show on the 7th!!!  Before the show, we were taking a picture of the poster of all of them on the outside, when this girl came up to us and was like, "can I take a picture?" and we thought she wanted us to get out of the way so she could take a picture of the poster, but really she wanted a picture of us with the poster XD  I guess it was because both of us had the 4U. sides of our bags on the outside, and we're foreigners, which must have been weird for us to like 4U. IDK XD  We were talking to her, and she asked us who we like, Rebecca was like "Fukuda!" and the girl was like "ME TOO!!" and they had a moment XD  She asked us where we were sitting, then told us that they come up and give high fives to people :3 Then she and I high fived XD

Since it was SUPER windy and cold, we parted ways and went inside to see where our seats were.  We were disappointed to find that there was no 4U.-specific goods to buy, like a clear file.  It's like, is our money not good enough to waste on 4U. goods? >.>  We were sitting in row 19 (out of 22) but even then, the theater is legit tiny, that it really was't a bad seat at all :O

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We still had 30 minutes before the show was set to start, so we decided to look at the papa pics each other had bought earlier in the day.  We finally had gotten around to buying enbujou papa pics, after going 2 or 3 times >.> I kept leaving with twinkle twinkle papas >.<  Somehow I ended up with a lot of iwamoto.  As the show got closer, we kept wondering if there would be a guest for the show, and where they would put them.  On the upper right hand side, there was like balcony seats, and some guy sat down in them.  I literally was thinking to myself, "ah, some white dude is up there" and then Rebecca was like, "isn't that Toma?" and it was XD XD

Then, the fans started chanting "4U." 5 minutes or so before the start of the show.  Then the lights dimmed, and the white screen had the silhouettes of four giant people (like, the shadows took up most of the screen), and they started singing a cappella, when all of the sudden, three smaller silhouettes came up and were like "matte matte" and it was apparently staff, and then they were like, "wait, where's matsu?" and he like "koko!" because he was on of the staff XD  Then, they were talking a bit, then told the staff to go away, then they lined up again, and tats was like "staff, go away" to matsu, and he started to walk away and then was like, "no wait!" XD  Then they started singing a cappella again, but then Fukuda walked in a way that made it seem like he was tinier then everyone else, and tatsu was like "Chisai?!" or something, and then Fukuda started pretending like he was kicking everyone and everyone played along XD  Then he ran up so that he was much larger then everyone else, and started stomping on them XD Then, they lined up again and started singing a cappella again, when then screen started to come down, and they were like "chotto!! staffu! staffu!" and were acting as if they were in a room that was about to get crushed XD  Then all together they lifted it up so they wouldn't get crushed XD  Then they were like, "well, that's it right? let's end this" and everyone was like "Eeeeehhh?!" and then tatsu was like, "that eh was chisai" so we all were like "EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHH!" louder, and tatsu thanked us, then they started singing a cappella again, and then seriously went into singing Dear Woman.  They were wearing these like jean outfits. Like jean pants and jean jackets.  I remember being like, why? for a good part of the show as to their outfit choice :\/ The main thing I remember is Tatsu's pants were like 3\/4 length, and I was like, "as expected of tatsu" Also, Kosshi's jacket had a bunch of stars on it. Matsu's shirt was really sparkly, and he even pointed that out himself during the MC

Then the next song they went into was Happiness, which made me so freaking HAPPY since that is basically the song that got me into johnny's in the first place, and it's just such a fun song!!!  I can't remember if it was here that they came to the middle section and sang a bit or what, but they did at some point really early on in the concert, and I remember Tatsu was RIGHT THERE and he was just SO FREAKING PRETTY IN REAL LIFE, I can't even.  I was also REALLY surprised at how pretty Kosshi was in real life.  LIke, it was distracting how pretty he was.  Fukuda was making faces that really reminded me of Tottsu, which is something I always make fun of Rebecca for, because she always insists she doesn't have a type XD (plus they look really similar too).  and Matsu was adorable in person, and super energetic.

Next they did a little dance break, and my reaction was "Wow, they can REALLY dance *____*" and then did self introductions, and I was thrown off when they got to Tatsu and was like, "everyone say TATSUMI" like, doesn't everyone just call him Tatsu? XD  The they grabbed their microphone stand and did Oh\/PGF like they did at the takitsuba tour.  Their mic stands had like scarfs tied to them in their proper colors, and it was pretty. Then they did their final pose and started introducing themselves, like "bokutachi wa, 4U.~dessssssu" "sugoi tanoshi wa 4U. dessssssu" and kept going, XD  Then they did takitsuba's yamanote song, but changed the lyric to "shibuya, harajuku, yoyogi, shinjuku, GINZA!" then halfway through the song, they went into the audience and grabbed a person each to bring on stage, and Matsu grabbed Fukuda's dad XD It was really cute, when Fukuda realized who mats had grabbed, he just started laughing XD  Everyone else just grabbed someone who was their fan.  Then they asked each person to name their favorite eki and wrote it on the white board. I forget what the first girl said, but Fukuda's dad, at first introduced himself as Matsuzaki XD and Fukuda was like, "YOU'RE MY DAD XD STOP SCREWING AROUND" then listed Roppongi as his favorite eki, and everyone was like OoOoOoOoO Then the next girl, I don't think was japanese, so named Tatsu, so tatsu wrote that on the board, and made his second kanji look like a snack.  I forget what the last girl named, but tatsu wrote the second kanji in it like fumi's kawa, then made a face and erased it to write the correct kanji, but it made me really happy X3 Then they finished the song, all i know, is that they formed a train with everyone on the stage, and after Matsu got fukuda's dad to participate, matsu made a face like :D

Then it was time for Matsu's solo, and when Matsu disappeared they were all like "3U desu~" then all of them introduced it, and left their shoes on the stage (and Tatsu made a point to point out that his socks were yellow X3).  Then Matsu came out and smelled all the shoes, and then did his mime stuff, and tried picking them up, but couldn't.  It was actually really cool to watch!! Then as he was trying to lift the last pair, 3U came out and were like, knock it off, and took their shoes back.  I forget who, but one of them brought out a suitcase and mats continued with his mime stuff.  At some point he set it down and started pulling stuff out of it.  I couldn't tell what the first thing was, only that before Matsu could do anything, Kosshi came out and stole it back from him.  Next he grabbed a water bottle out of the suit case, and Fukuda came out and was like "ore no...desu" super low tense, then started squirting matsu with it A LOT. Then Matsu was like "COME ON" and Kosshi and Fukuda brought out a sign that had Shock 2000 performances or whatever on it, And he started doing stuff like going down an escalator, or like pretending he could stretch his arm the length of the sign, etc etc. Then Kosshi and Fukuda also got involved, then I know at some point they all ended up looking for tatsu, and were like "Tatsumi, Touch me" and pretended to jump into the cavern behind the sign, and before each of them jumped it was like Fukuda: Tatsumi! Kosshi: "Touch me!" Matsu: Tatsumi!  And then they stood up and were like, "Tatsumi, doko?" and were wandering around and somehow ended up calling him Takumi XD Then the like enbujou music started playing and Tatsu walked out being like "Takumi ja nai yo" and whacked them all with his fan XD

Next they did a talk segment where it was like word games where tatsu was the judge, and would give them mats depending on how interesting their response was.  They all had robes on in proper colors :3  All I know is that after the first one, Matsu lost his mat XD  Koshi worked Tatsu into his response and got a mat, then Matsu tried to do the same and really failed XD Then the second segment was like with a dictionary, where tatsu would give a phrase and they would open up to a random page and pick a word out.  All I know is that Kosshi went and Fukuda looked at the page and perm was there, and Tatsu thought it was hilarious and gave him like 5 mats, and Fukuda was having a hard time staying on them and kept rocking back and forth, it was really cute!!  He also couldn't stop laughing (I was getting punched a lot by Rebecca at this point XD). Then they all made Tatsu go, and I forget what it was, but when looking for a word, everyone was like "how cute" and his response was so amusing that everyone gave him their mats XD  and when he was trying to sit on it, he was having a really hard time, and had to use the little table in front of him to balance. XD Then they did a second round, and Tatsu was moving them along faster so he could get rid of mats XD Then when it got to matsu, Tatsu was like 'give him all the mats!!" and the girl who was on stage to help out, got too excited and threw the mats she had at matsu, and ended up hitting him in the face XD

Next they went back to singing, and sang Love Chase!!! I really enjoyed this because it was nice being able to see them do the dance without the awful shokura zooms X3  Next was Tatsu's solo, he started off singing a cappella, then went into some song, I forget what it's actually called, but I think it's an older song.  It was more of a rock song, and he used his mic stand and just walked back and forth on the stage and was making faces at the crowd X3  Then 4U came back and sang some other older song, which I totally have heard but do not know the name to.  Then they sang sora no screen, which was so much fun!!! I think it was during this song, that tatsu randomly grabbed a tatsu fan from the first row and made her bounce around on stage with them X3

Then it was the MC time, and they spent most of the time talking to Toma, for a bit toma didn't have a mic and was shouting at them, it was kind of cute X3  They talked about play zone, and I think the time when Toma and Fukuda used to do photoshoots together.  Then 4U talked amongst themselves, and honestly the thing that stands out most was Matsu doing his impression of the Genie from Aladdin which then lead them all to start singing that one song from Aladdin, like the marketplace song.  At first I was like, "wait I know this song, OH it's from aladdin!!! XD" since it was the japanese version.  I swear Tatsu would have sang the whole thing if they hadn't stopped him X3

Then after the MC it was Kosshi's solo, and while he was introducing it he was like, "I'm going to sing Love Chase......ja nakute" because he was really singing loveless XD His face was priceless and everyone was like, "WAIT?! what are you singing?!" and started running around the stage, being like, what? XD Then they went into loveless, the dance was really pretty, it was kosshi with tatsu and matsu backing him.  Next was Fukuda's solo and he sang Kinki Kid's flower, which was nice, I don't thing he sang enough though, he did a lot of talking throughout, he also had the rest of them backing him, and it was really cute, and by the end all of 4U were singing it. Then they went into this kinki kids song, that I really like, but I can't remember the name of it.  But it was cool!! The dance, again, was super awesome!!!

Then they did this part where matsu was DJ and would play random songs and the rest of them would have to do the dance for it.  It was all sempai songs that they've back danced for.  The first one was Lucky Man, which was super energetic.  They also did a bunch of takitsuba, and even the juliette song, and the whole time Tatsu kept shouting "yarachi!" X3 It was also the only song I really noticed Matsu doing the full dance to from his high perch XD They also did a slow song, which involved them rocking back and forth.  And every time it sounded like it was going to end, Matsu would start it over, and 4U would go back to the starting position. Also Kosshi totally slipped during one of the songs and Fukuda laughed at him XD They also did a song from shock, since apparently many of the female dancers were in the audience when we went. Then by the end, matsu came down, and they danced a little to a koichi song, then mats went back up and was fanning himself with the records.

Then it was time for the last spurt, and tatsu was like, "we're going to sing a ballad, try not to cry" and then they started singing troublemaker XD then they sang crazy rainbow, which was fun and energetic!! They were running all around the stage, and disappearing and popping out from somewhere else.  Kosshi did a backflip, tatsu did a spin thing, and at some point they had us do a wave. Then that was the end of the show.  And we all started chanting "4U." again and they came out from the middle section, so they were really close again. And they sang Oh again, but this time the whole song. And then that was really the end of the show.

I have to say, the one thing I wish was that it was just a little bit longer and they had actually sang just a little bit more.  But other then that, I had so much, and I honestly can't believe I got to see them, and so close!!! I know at some point they came up the aisles and Fukuda came to our side, and even came within a couple of rows of us, and I kept trying to get rebecca to move closer to the edge or wave her uchiwa so he'd notice and give her a high five, but she refused >.> she said she was happy enough just seeing him so close.  If Tatsu had come to our side, I would have freaked and tried to get a high five. Tatsu was being ridiculous, especially towards the end.  He kept like wiping his sweat with people's towels, and like high fiving people, and hugging people.  It was seriously adorable X3  Of course, though with my luck, he kept going to right hand side, and we were on the left hand side, so I really only got to see him directly in front of me once.  But really I have no complaints, because Kosshi was super pretty to look at *_______*<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:8557","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/8557.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=8557"}}],"title":"Takizawa Enbujou!!","published":"2013-05-07T01:19:56Z","updated":"2013-05-07T01:19:56Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"flaily report"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"takizawa enbujou"}}],"content":"So, as of today, me and Rebecca saw Takizawa Enbujou a grand total of 4 times (and literally, two of them were two days in a row).  But I have to say, I REGRET NOTHING XD  At first we were only going to go see it twice, then somehow, we found reasonably priced tickets, so decided to go two more times XD  We also really wanted to go on Fukka's birthday, just to see what kind of special stuff they would do (they brought it up a lot, and bullied him endlessly, it was adorable and seriously was my favorite of the shows).  The show itself was super awesome and really pretty and I really enjoyed it a lot.  It probably helps that I really like all the juniors that are involved in it X3  There were times where it was really hard to contain the feels, so me and Rebecca just started whacking each other whenever the feels got to be too much (which was like literally probably like every 5 minutes XD;;;;)

So to start with, the first day we were on the first floor in the 11th row on the right hand side, the seats were AMAZING.  All of the snow children, and especially Noeru, were super close up, and it was really nice being able to see their faces X3  It was seriously overwhelming to watch, mostly because we like so many people, that it's hard to pick out one or two to focus on.  But to start with, the Violinist came out and started playing, which was really pretty.  Then Iwamoto came out and was literally dancing RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.  His dancing was super pretty!! Then Sakuma came out on the side stage and was dancing with a sword.  The first time I hadn't noticed, but the second time I did, that as he was dancing, he was cutting down the ribbons that hung from the top of the stage.  On the third day, the last banner fell totally on Iwamoto XD At some point Tackey came out too, but, to be honest, I really wasn't watching this for him XD;;

Then they came out and sang the typical song, with tackey flying around in his red suit.  But that is also the part where EVERYONE comes on stage and do the super awesome dance.  Snow children were in the center, and Noeru was on the side we were on for the first day.  Watching Noeru dance was seriously super awesome, I just love all the faces he makes, and how super pleased with himself he is (and I mean this in that he's just too adorable for words X3)  Snow children and Noeru (and I'm assuming others, but I really only noticed them) Did that part that Yara and They did in Kabuki 2010, where they bent all the way to the ground, it was super impressive every time I saw it *_______*  Noeru also did a backflip at some point in the song, and I was like YAAAAAY!!!  Then snow children left, and came back out in the pink outfits and finished the dance.  I think it was something like, snow man in front, and then Tackey got raised up, and then the stage turned and the rest of the juniors were back there.  I think it was mostly the Juniors I didn't know (like, Shalf and Takayuki, Fumi-lookalike, etc.)  Then by the end, everyone was out dancing again, until the snow children disappeared to get changed for the self introduction part.  I was a little sad they didn't get to do amusing self-introductions, but the chibi people did and many people after them got to too (by the way, my baby did this one twice and it was something like "my name in english is 'Life is twinkle'" WHAT IS THAT EVEN X3).

Next they sang a new song, that me and Rebecca have bee referring to the part song.  It's really cute song with a super cute dance.  Almost everyday, Noeru and Akiyama Taiga would screw around at the beginning, and then drag the E into screwing around with them.  One day they were like rubbing their chests together, and today they were sticking their chests out and poking each other X3  Also today, Fukka and The E were like hugging each other and just being really cute.  Today also, like towards the end of the song, the E and A-chan were poking each other and then elbowing each other, it was really cute, they did this a couple of time too.  Mi-chan's face is super distracting throughout too X3  Noeru was also cute and smiley in this song X3  Next up was the part where the chibi people get to do a tap dance and sing, omg for today's show, my baby lost his shoe at some point in the middle of the dance, but kept going, what even, he's just super cute.  Then it's that one thing, where some rival clan attacks their town with guns and they all have to kill themselves (or whatever that is).  All I know, is Noeru comes out, shaking his head in despair, then Takayuki comes out singing in that style he does, and then all the chibi people kill themselves, while Iwamoto watches on, and Tackey comes out right after they've killed themselves.

This leads into the mask portion of the show.  This year they had these two stand things that had faces on them, one was good the other bad, and they're talking to each other about life or something.  I mostly used this time to watches Noeru and Sakuma dance, because they both did different things that were really pretty *_______* Noeru's is more fluid, I guess, with like big postures, whereas Sakuma's is more stylized (like a robot, if that makes sense).  Then they do the actual mask part, which is overwhelming to watch, because there's just so much going on.  Like they have the H and Shimekake Ryuya on silks above the ground, and it did not look safe, at all D:  And at some point, two other people in masks come out and dance with Tackey, and it's just a lot of people back flipping in, grabbing masks and umbrellas and ripping clothes off.  It was cool to watch though.  Then, after that, 6 people (I'm assuming are snow children) do this part where all the lights go down, and all you can see is the masks they're wearing (which are all the same) and the masks on their hands (which are also the same), and it was really really cool *______* (and also a little freaky, but mostly really cool).  Then it's the part where tackey is in his white outfit doing the second mask part, this time with women dancing around him, and Daisuke and the violinist playing in the background.  This would normally be the part of the DVD we skip over, and it was nice the first time, but I was like, ok next >.>

Mainly because, the next part was the half naked drumming part, YES *_______*  It started off with one of the chibi people playing a drum on the side stage, and another kid in a mask dancing.  It was really cool!! And of course, everyone else was standing on the main stage, just standing there shirtless XD My thoughts of course were, dear god snow man are ripped, HOLY SHIT :O  Then the actual drumming started, tackey first by himself, then iwamoto on regular drums.  I was really amused by Fukka's drumming and his lack of movement, like child, you can move your arms you know? XD And Noeru was SUPER into it and drumming with all his might, it was so cute!!  If I can remember, Fukka was next to Taiga, Sakuma was next to Noeru, Matsuko was sharing a big drum that goes up in the hair with the H (I think?) and The E and Ikeda Yu were on the other one. Shimekake Ryuya, Mi-Chan, A-chan and Watanabe were in the back behind Tackey, and Made were in the front.  Akiyama Taiga's face was super distracting a lot of the time he was drumming X3  Then I totally almost missed it, but tackey goes to the center of the stage and starts playing the drum while it's rotating around, so that at one point he was upside down and playing, but I honestly almost didn't noticed because I was looking at the juniors, oops XD  But this is my favorite part of the show, because the instrumental is really pretty, and everyone's faces X3

Next up was the Revenger replacement song, that I really liked a lot.  Tackey sings by himself for a while, then the snow children come out one-by-one and get the spotlight on them, and then they threw up a handful of sakura blossoms and did a little move, like a spin or something, it looked really cool on the stage!  They were in the silver outfits ebi wore for 2010.  Next up, Noeru, Taiga, shimekake ryuya, Inoue, and my baby came out and do the segway part where they talked about enbujou coming back to that theater, and how Tackey's been doing it for 8 years, then the BBJ boys of snow man came out and they watched footage from enbujou 06, while tackey put him make up on.  Everyday usually involved my baby making fun of Fukka X3  For the first day, when fumi was on the screen, fukka was like hugging watanabe, i love that he's the biggest fumi fangirl there is X3  Then every day they would try and work in tackey promotion, for either his show or solo con DVD.  It was cute because a-chan would run out with the sign on the side stage, and like jump and spin and do the promotion, while mi-chan, the h, sakuma and the E were on the main stage, also with signs.  It was so funny, especially mi-chan's face X3  Also, today, Shimekake Ryuya messed up his line halfway through, and like smacked his face.  It was legit adorable.

Then it was time for the chibi people to sing With Love, 2 out of 4 times my baby dropped his fan, and today he almost dropped it X3 Then it would be a close up of tackey applying his makeup, and usually his mirror would have more of an advertisement for which ever thing they were advertising that day.  Then, the chibi people came back and did the part that usually comes after the boys dressing up like girls and stealing stuff skit, but only they did it for themselves and not any character.  I remember one kid being like, tackey is alright, but I prefer tsubasa. etc.

Next the enbujou part of the show started, made and mad were on the side stage singing, while a-cyan, watanabe, mi-chan and sakuma (I think) were on the main stage with like sweeper things dancing, and taiga was also there too doing stuff, but I didn't really watch him any day.  Then tackey came out, and did like sword stuff with snow children, and was fighting two of the acrobats.  They climbed up a ladder, and on the second day we were seriously so close to where he came up, like he was feet away from us :O  Then he climbed up another ladder that was being held up by all the juniors, Mi-chan's face really amused me because he was like the spotter to make sure it was set up properly, but his face is already intense as it is, and it was even more intense, which makes sense since Tackey and the one other guy climbed it, and the guy had to hang from it.  But still, mi-chan was amusing X3  Then they lowered them down and pun them around, and Iwamoto did this thing where he tossed a sword to mi-chan, who was on the main stage, from the side stage.  Two days was really good, and then like the last time we saw it the toss was giri giri.

Then Akiyama Taiga and Tomi-chan came out and were like olden taxi people, carrying a carriage.  Akiyama Taiga's face was super detracting and adorable.  At some point they open it up, and tackey is in there, as a women, and that's when they start talking about how much they hate tackey XD  Except one day, Tackey was like 'I really like tacky!" and they didn't know what to do, it was super cute X3  And the first day, they mentioned sexy zone, because NakaKen and Jessie were there (and actually sitting quite close to us :O).  Then the last day we went, Akiyama Taiga dropped his stick on an audience member, it was super super adorable.  Next up was the part where they received gifts from the audience, this part was amusing because some of the gift people brought.  On Fukka's birthday a lot of people brought him gifts, oh! and to start it out, Tackey rolled out a cake for him and asked him to say something, and he was like, "For right now, gambarimasu!" then before he could blow out the candle, Tackey blew it out before he could, and everyone applauded him (like all the juniors on stage) and Fukka was like, "hey, wait" and I think it was inaba-chan that kept being like, it's ok, calm down, kind of movement.  Poor fukka X3  Then, also on his birthday, someone brought him something, and it was in a bag, or Tackey had to put it in a bag, and then he threw it over his shoulder at Fukka, and he tried to catch it, but tripped on the mat, and only caught the bag (because the gift had flung out of the bag), and hit his head, it was so freaking cute.  He stood up and was rubbing his head.  And at the end, MatsuKo was wiping Fukka's sweat off his forehead with his scarf X3

After this was the like water magic part, then was the last part of act 1 where it was like Taiga falls in love with some demon or something.  All I know was it was fall and it turned into winter, and Tackey was some sort of wintery demon, maybe XD  This part was super cool, and they did this part with mirrors and a waterfall, and it was Taiga, A-chan, Watanabe, Mi-chan, and Sakuma vs. Tackey and like all the other juniors.  And there's this one part where they're all posing while tackey comes out, and like everyone is doing super awesome poses, while Watanabe is just like standing there, barely holding his sword properly XD  They also had like Noeru, the H, the E, and I'm assuming Shimekake Ryuya holding giant hand mirrors, it was seriously really pretty to watch *_____* And at the end they dump all the snow on top of people.

For the second act they did Yoshitsune, and this act basically consisted of Fukka breaking my heart as Saburo, because he was seriously PERFECT for the role.  He also had an ad-lib part, and on his birthday they made him do it three times X3  And the shadow puppet part I normally find boring, was really cool in real life, and Fukka has really nice hands *______* And for his birthday, taiga's dad was like, keep doing the shadow puppets, and fukka was like, well no one can see it, and he was like yes they can, see, and pointed to fukka's spotlight.  Then taiga's dad was like, fine turn and do a kakkoi pose, so he did X3 Also Iwamoto was super evil, and it was fantastic.  The first day, we were sitting so close, we could see the crazy eye, and it was *________*!! The E was also super awesome, like quiet and quickly people.  The last fighting scene was really cool to watch happen in front of you.  It was a bitch for junior spotting because they're all constantly running around and dying and coming back (I think sakuma or akiyama taiga died the most XD).  Watching Noeru was especially enjoyable, because I swear, in his own mind he's the star of the play, and just super into X3

Then after all of that, they sang With Love, like always, and it was nice being in the audience, because then I could actually watch the video of all the peace photos! Snow Children's group photo was REALLY cute (it's all of them holding Fukka X3).  The first day I couldn't see Noeru, but it was fine, since I watched Fukka, again, his hand are just really pretty doing the hand dance *_______*  The second day, we could see Noeru, and he got like 3 sakura blossoms stuck in his hair, and kept trying to shake them off without using his hands, and he couldn't get them off X3  And, when he was doing it, he kept just randomly smiling while he was singing with all his might X3

Overall, I really enjoyed Enbujou, and I'm glad I saw it so many times, because the snow children.  In real life, Mi-chan is so freaking distracting, because his face XD  As for goods, I ended up with the pamphlet, and all of fukka's and iwamoto's stage photos, as well as Noeru's, Akiyama Taiga's and one Mi-chan one (because his face XD)<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:8357","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/8357.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=8357"}}],"title":"A.B.C-Z Concert!!!!!","published":"2013-05-01T02:16:06Z","updated":"2013-05-01T02:17:42Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"snow children"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"a.b.c-z"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"concert"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ebi is made of magic"}}],"content":"
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Ok, so I've had a day to process all of my feels, and I figured I should really write this before I see embujou tonight, when I will be filled with lots and lots of feels <\/span><\/font><\/span>\\(\/\/∇\/\/)\\  I ended up going to both the Sunday and the Monday shows, and since I didn't write down stuff that happened in the first show, probably this is going to end up a mix of what happened in both shows XD  Also, I can't quite remember the set list, so the accuracy will probably not be very good XD<\/span><\/font>

To start, we got up early-ish on sunday to go to the venue and line up for goods.  Me and Rebecca got there around 10:50-ish and the goods line was seriously a lot longer then I thought it was going to be :3  Kiri arrived some time later, like 11:50, and then we proceeded to wait in line together.  The goods line opened at 12, but we were a decent way back in line and had to wait like a half hour until we <\/span><\/font>finally got to the register.  I ended up getting probably way too many goods, but it was hard not to in the moment!! I got the pamphlet, penlight, phone case, fumi photo set, fumi uchiwa and fumi\/group clearfile. Everything was so pretty, it was difficult not to get everything!!<\/span><\/font><\/span>

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Then, we had some time to kill, so we walked around Harajuku, which was seriously packed!! It made sense, since it was Sunday and golden week.  But we ended up walking down, and looking in some of the papa shops, which are seriously dangerous places.  In the one, they had those coin machines that you can put your money in and get a key chain.  They had a snow man, 4U., and ebi ones.  I seriously have the worst luck with them, as I got gocchi or puppy every freaking time DX  rebecca somehow had really good luck, and got me a tatsu, fukka, and a tsuka-chan one that had a tsuka-chan\/fumi on one side :3  Then, Rebecca tried to do the junior one just to see who she would get, and ended up getting Fu.  This one girl who was sitting there got really excited and asked us who we liked, I said Keigo, and then Rebecca said kishi, so the girl traded Fu for a kishi one she had XD  And in one of the shops, Kiri found a fumi and a yamapi poster she really wanted (so now she has one of all of her biases :3)  Then we were hungry, so we got some food.  it was at this point that me and Rebecca finished our handmade uchiwas, I made a fuji\/masuda ryo one and she made a Tottsu one.  (she was going to have Sanada!Shoki, real name Hanzawa Akatsuki but we always just call him sanada!shoki, on the other side, but I guess his kanji was too complicated for her to want to cut it out XD).  After we finished, we made sure we had everything, like tickets and such, and then I realized I had grabbed the kismai j-ticket confirmation page, and not the ebi one DX  I ran back to my room, all the way in Ikebukuro and get it.  Luckily, I still had plenty of time, so it wasn't that big of a deal, but still, I could have kicked myself >.<<\/span>
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Then, when I got back, it was already almost time to line up and get my ticket.  For the sunday show, we were all scattered around the arena, as we had bought our tickets <\/span>separately.  My ticket was really good, first level 6th row!!!<\/span><\/font><\/span>

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That pillar thing with the star up top was a swing, and before the first concert started, I was seriously eyeballing it thinking "do i want to know what they're going to do on these things D:"  (answer, was no, I really didn't).  The girls next to me were gocchi fans, and there were a bunch of really vocal like chibi junior fans behind me.  For Monday's show we were sitting all together so it was so much more fun!!  We were at the second level row 9, which actually weren't too bad of seats. <\/span><\/font><\/span>

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Anyway, I had to wait, what seemed like FOREVER, but the lights dimmed and then it was time for the show to start!  They played a little intro video of ebi rehearsing for the show, and them getting ready back stage.  And then 5 stars started playing!!!!  I didn't know where to look, so I looked at the main stage, but they weren't there, then I looked in front of me in the middle stage and I saw sparkly gold and feathers coming up in the middle stage.  I was seriously so happy they started with 5 stars because it is just such a good song and instant feels booster!!!  It was so much fun doing the dance with them!!!  By the second verse they had left the middle stage to go everywhere else AND FUMI CAME OVER TO MY SIDE!!!! I seriously teared up a little, because FUMI was RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ME AND SO CLOSE AND JUST gjdhagjkhfdsajkghafkhg  Of course for the entirety of the concert, he pretty much looked every direction but where I was XD;;;; <\/span><\/font>

Then the went to the left main stage and finished 5 stars, did a little dance break and started singing zutto love!!  This time tottsu and tsuka-chan (? I can't remember) came over to my side.  I saw tottsu do his super high kick right in front of me and it was beautiful *______* Again, doing the dance with them was so much fun!! Next they sang........ I think it was freedom? There might have been a song before that :\/a  I can't remember XD;;; but that is where they went up to the second level, puppy was on my side.   fumi and tottsu disappeared to get changed. Then they came back in their first concert, really unflattering robe things XD  They stopped halfway and had everyone turn their penlights to red, and then off then separated the audience into different colors.  So tottsu's side upper level was pink, and fumi said something like "Kamura Takuya upper level" XD and they were purple, then my section was yellow, then fumi said "matsumoto jun's lower level" and they were red, then the middle section was blue.  Then they did a wave from tottsu's side to fumi's  It was so much fun!! Then they finished the song and went to the main stage and took off their robes and were in the new red outfits and sang crush!!! which made my heart so happy!!! Crush is seriously one of my favorite songs ever!!!  They might have sang something else, but the next song I remember is Ashita no tame ni bokura ga iru.  Here, they sat on the swings and swung back and forth.  Fumi and Tsuka-chan were on my side, and of course, Fumi was on the swing to the right of me and facing the opposite direction the entire time.  I also noticed fumi got on the swing way before everyone else XD  Then the puppy disappeared, as they finished the song a cappella, it was seriously so beautiful ;A;

Then it was time for puppy's solo, which is same as he sung in Summary.  He wore this white and yellow sweat shirt thing.  The dance was super cool!!  He also did this bit with lasers that looked really cool from where I was sitting!! That song is seriously catchy!!!  After that they did crazy accel, with tottsu and gocchi in their orange\/star shirt outfits on the right main stage, and then fumi and tsuka-chan in their blue outfits.  Puppy came out and I think he was in the orange outfit.  After the song, tsuka-chan tried to kiss puppy on the mouth and was unsuccessful XD  Next it was Tsuka-chan's solo, and I think he sang 99%Liberty (I think that's what the title is XD:::) And it was really awesome!! I really love his singing voice!!  Halfway through, he literally backflipped pretty much the entire length of the arena, it was seriously impressive to watch!!! (I think I read he did 17 backflips in a row, and he did 21 on Monday, fumi came out and said that he counted).  Then he immediately went from that to doing the swinging rope thing, then finished singing.

Next Fumi came out in those flower pants and white shirt, hat and sunglasses, with Masuda Ryo and Casey Anderson and did a corner where ebi has to say stuff.  So Sunday's theme was cute sleepy words, or something like that.  He made Casey Anderson go first, and he said soothing like "My left elbow" Then everyone had a chance to go, I honestly can't remember anything that was said other then Tsuka-chan said something weird and asked for another try and then failed again, and fumi took his sunglasses off and said something XD  next it was time for his solo, which he said he wrote himself and spent a lot of time on it.........like 30 minutes XD  Basically it was just him listing all the prefectures then the chorus is just "Tokyo, tokyo, tokyo, tokyo" XD  He even did a call and response with him being like "say tokyo" "TOKYO" it was stupid fun.  Then he disappeared and came back in a purple leotard and yellow skirt thing X3 My instant reaction was FUMI TATSU!!!! >.<

Next the the introduced the guests which were Shori, Kismai and Sakamoto, puppy kind of just flung a DVD into sakamoto's hands, it was really cute.  then went into to dancing a little which turned into twinkle twinkle.  Puppy tottsu and fumi all sang a little of the song a cappella and it was really beautiful.  They had microphone stands that were lit up in their proper colors, and they were wearing their twinkle twinkle outfits.  This song was fun because they had the audience sing the "ABC la la la la" part, and it was just so beautiful.  For the individual parts, gocchi and his juniors danced around the microphone stand. Fumi, masude ryo, and casey anderson, got on the floor and stacked their heads up like kismai do in whatever that is XD  I forget what tsuka-chan did, but Tottsu crouched down and had both of his juniors get on his back, while fumi was like "dekiru? dekiru?" and then when he went to lift them, he fell down XD Puppy I think skipped around with his juniors XD Next they sang attraction, maybe?  And then at the end they took off their jackets and did the star wheel!! I was basically blinded by how sparkly everything was, their twinkle outfits, the wheel everything was just sparkles and rainbows and FEELS.

Next was the MC part, and they went over and talked to the guests first.  I think they might have started with shori, then basically just fuji went and talked to every member of kismai, He started with Nika, then went to yokoo (who looked fantastic) then senga, and fujigaya, then tama. Next he went over to Kitayama, who was busy looking at the DVD with Sakamoto, and gave fumi a "what do you want look" then at some point fuji told kitayama that he was really short, which Kitayama was basically like "you're one to talk" and then they started comparing heights and trying to make themselves look taller, and kitayama was like, well you have a long face.  Then fumi went over to sakamoto and was being really polite with him, and asked why he was there, and he was like "well, tottsu came to our concert and told us to come" X3  he also made fun of fumi for introducing himself as matsumoto jun and kamurai takuya X3  Then they were about to leave and saw miyachika and talked to him a little. Then they went up to the main stage and talked about the JJ and fumi brought up how useless gocchi is XD they also announced that they would be at the HSJ tokyo dome concert and would perform a new song (which means, I now have to go >.>) Oh yeah, miyata came in halfway through the mc, so fumi ran over so miyata could say stuff, but at first fumi ran pasted the guess section and miyata was all like "hey! over here".

After the MC it was Tottsu's solo, and he sang the song he wrote with akkun for summary, that didn't make it on the DVD.  At the beginning he ad-libbed some stuff about kismai.  He was wearing some ridiculous hat and a bandana X3 I really like the song though :3  Next was gocchi's solo and he sang something, I can't remember the title.  he did a really cool dance though!! and this part with the screen where it was like an outline of all the poses he was doing.  It was seriously awesome!!!  Next they came out and sang Star Seeker in their A.B.C-Z (the song!) outfits, I was so happy I got to see them perform this live!!! Next they did A.B.C-Z, puppy's outfit didn't work the first day, halfway through the song, they switched and started singing bokura ~love & peace~ with the ball thing again.  that was seriously really pretty to watch, because they were all lit up and spinning around in the ball, and the lights were all down, it was so cool!!! Then after they finished that, they went back and finished A.B.C-Z (the song!)

Next it was the juniors turn to sing. I remember they sang will, and I was sad they didn't run over and make sakamoto sing with them XD  Then it was time for them to do the swing thing, which was seriously like O_________O  Basically the set up was that they were standing on the swing, and were strapped in, and they were trying to do a full rotation.  It did not look that safe.  On sunday, I had Tottsu and Gocchi doing it right in front of me, and being that close just looked so dangerous.  But, I love how ebi are always trying new, dangerous-looking, things.  On sunday only Tsuka-chan managed to get all the way around, but monday, everyone, but fumi, managed to get all the way around.

Next they pretty much sang every song they had (with the exception of Beat Mind hmmmmph)  desperado was super awesome live!! Puppy also came out in the pink outfit and sang genkai meter, which made me really happy and filled me with feels.  They ended the show with the dream song, which was lovely.  After a little bit of us shouting encore they came back and sang the runaway song, and halfway through made all the guests come out and walk around with them.  Then after introducing the juniors, and the guests again, fumi was like, "well, we're all here, we should do something" and then THEY STARTED SINGING DAYBREAKER!!! It was seriously just like ;A;  They even sang the second verse, and it was so cute because they totally forgot the lyrics X3 Tsuka-chan and Senga totally were like robot dancing too XD  Then they walked around again, and my impressions are that Fujigaya is pretty tall, Tama has a really flat face and kitayama is REALLY short XD

For Monday's show, I have to admit I was much more excited about the guests because it was SNOW CHILDREN and yabu, morita myuto and yasui kentaro.  When they went over to talk to guests, Fumi went right for fukka, who then introduced himself as "Kawai Fumito's number one fan" I honestly don't know what else was really said, because I was too busy freaking out, all i know is that fumi started bullying fukka like crazy and it was just so adorable!!! Then he went over and talked to yasui kentaro, and then iwamoto, then they were about to leave when Yabu was all like "hey you missed me" so fumi reluctantly gave him the mic, and yabu introduced himself as "A.B.C-Z-tan" X3 I COULD NOT WITH THE ADORABLE  Also, they entire time they were talking, puppy sat himself next to watanabe X3 Then when they went to leave, fumi started heading towards the center stage and was like "wait, what am I doing" and started walking to the main stage.  When they got there, tottsu randomly set his mac down and did a back handspring into a backflip.  Everyone was like "What are you doing? you surprised me" XD

The this MC was just crazy, they talked about JJ, and I guess puppy got really angry at some point, and how they were amazed that they could fit a whole day's work into just a couple of minutes, because apparently they did a lot more then was shown.  Then they started taking polls with the audience using the penlights.  LIke if like guys with darker skin, or if you want kawai fumito to keep talking XD  After it was decided that we all wanted him to keep talking, FUMI DID A TATSU IMPRESSION AND MY FEELS WENT CRAZY.  Of course, this prompted gocchi to do a fumi impression XD then the puppy did one, then tsuka-chan did one, and then fumi shut it down before tottsu could do one XD Then tsuka-chan started doing impressions of all the members, it was really cute!! Then they showed the bbj clip, and fumi kept doing his bad boys impression, I think gocchi went over and was like, not yet XD  Then fumi was like, "we have an announcement.  In October......................it's my birthday" XD XD but then they announced that they were going to do their own stage play again, and that they were going to write it themselves X3  I can't wait to see what they're going to do!  Oh yeah, and when puppy was telling us to watch BBJ, he totally messed up the time, and he made a really cute face.  And then it was really quiet, and fumi was walking over to the side we were sitting on, and since everyone was still sitting and had their penlights of, me and kiri turned ours on, which were on the purple star, and started waving them frantically at him, AND HE NOTICED LOOKED UP AT US AND WAS LIKE "Ah, doumo." AND WAVED AT US GJFHGJFSHGJEHGKJHSFGHSEKJHGFSDHFGSE  It seriously made me so happy, since the day before he had almost noticed me once, unitl some kismai member distracted him. but just gkldshgdhuifawdiuaghda;sphgfaqfdlsh

Also for Monday's show, Puppy sang a new song (at least I'm pretty sure it was new)  and i think he was nervous about singing it, because he kept messing up the lyrics and his voice wasn't as even as it normally it.  It was a slower song.  I honestly have no idea what the title of it was.  Then, they pretty much cam right back out to do an encore, and same runaway again, and made all the guests come out with them. OMG snow children were being SO CUTE.  They were properly waving their hands and trying to get the audience all pumped.  IT WAS JUST SO CUTE!!!!  Then, after they did introductions, they were like, "what can we do with these members? Something from Johnny's world?" so they decided to do the welcome to planet, or whatever that song is called, and fumi was like, "can everyone do it? is everyone ok?" then looked at yasui kentaro and was like, "I'm not sure about this one" and yasui insisted he could do it.  Omg Fukka was being so cute, because you could tell he didn't remember and was looking frantically at everyone else to see what to do, he even missed a spin at the very end X3.  Then they went to the center stage, and ebi seriously started dancing, and everyone was freaking out.  Then Yabu came to the center and was singing and dancing in his old man kind of way.  It was just so awesome!!!  Then when they were walking around, ebi split up and half went to one side and the other half when to the other, and snow man weren't sure which way to go, so they all made a move like they were going to the one side, but then all but Fukka and Morita decided to go the other way.  It was cute, they were all laughing and waving at fukka X3  So it ended up that Fukka, Morita Myuto, tottsu, tsuka-chan and yabu came on our side. X3  The way fukka waves is super cute, by the way X3

And then, they left, and we all shouted encore, so they came back and sang twinkle twinkle again, and this time when they did their solo parts, Fumi did a really fast version of his MatsuJun wish impression X3  he had also done his Kame impression at some point during the concert.  It was just so awesome, and I really didn't want the concert to end, ever ;A;

For me, the second concert was just so much better then the first one.  I feel like the energy in the arena was better, and ebi were just so much better that day, even if they sounded terrible for the first couple of songs (well, mostly fumi sounded horrible for the first couple of songs X3).  Plus they did so much more with the penlights and just really seemed to be enjoying themselves.  It was seriously just so awesome!!! I still can't believe I got to see them, in real life, and watch their concert and it was my first johnny's thing ever and just it makes me so happy!!!  Ebi are seriously the best, and I really hope that it gets put on DVD so I can remember it forever, because it was seriously just the best!!!!

Oh yeah, and after the first show, I bought the DVD again, so I could get the bracelet (which says, from fumito kawai on the inside X3), and then they gave you a ticket and you could try your luck to win the towel, AND SOMEHOW I won the towel!!!! I think my feels helped with that X3<\/span>

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Also, The first day I caught a handful of streamers, it was so pretty X3<\/span>

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Anyway, that was pretty much it.  I know I left out a lot, but it was overwhelming watching them, and they were just so awesome a pretty and rainbows and sparkles X3<\/span><\/div><\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:8011","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/8011.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=8011"}}],"title":"Boring Life Update","published":"2013-03-16T14:23:01Z","updated":"2013-03-16T14:23:01Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"blah blah"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ramblings"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ebi is made of magic"}}],"content":"In exactly 3 weeks I will be heading to Newark to get on a nonstop, 14 hour plane ride and go to Japan.  This is both really exciting and extremely nerve wracking.  I don't think it helps that my mom keeps being like, "so are you nervous?" or like, "this is going to be the longest constant time you've ever been away from home", etc., etc., which only increases my anxiety.

Before leaving I need to:
-Do Midterms (which is due this coming week)
-Do my emptiness project for my Buddhism class (due in 2 weeks)
-Do 3 term papers (due in 3 weeks)
-And probably do finals in 3 weeks

And that's just the school portion of things.  Midterms and emptiness project won't be too bad, and probably finals will be fine as well, but I'm really starting to stress about the term papers.  I mean, in normal circumstances, I usually put writing those things until the last minute anyway, but I would have a whole other month to put it off >.>  And I guess I feel like, my professor is being so awesome about me missing the last three weeks, that I really want to put my full effort into it and write really good papers, but my default setting is preventing this.  Oh well, I know I can get everything done, so it's not a big deal, but thinking about it all is just really stressing me out.

Luckily I have already done all my doctor-y things: dentist, international doctor, regular doctor, eye doctor.  I have my follow-up appointment with the international doctor next week, which totally blows my mind, as when i set up that appointment, it seemed so far in the future. DX  I also have a hair appointment all set up for the week I leave, which is good because I already think my hair is getting too long (by most people's standards it's still short, but it's at my shoulders and I'm getting annoyed with it).  I also wonder if my boss is looking for my replacement.  I told him, and his reaction was just kind like, "whatever, I have applications, I'll look at them and have you train them." (which totally is his job, not mine, but whatever).

On the plus side, I booked my flight to Taiwan for June 22nd.  I'm going to be visiting my old roommate Rice, whom I haven't seen in like 4 years.  We're both super excited about it.  NGL I really hope Star Trek is still playing there when I visit, or else I won't be able to see it until it comes out on DVD, since it doesn't get to Japan until September, which sucks.  I already asked her if she could take me to a Buddhist temple, since she, herself, is Buddhist.  I'll be staying in a hostel she used to work at, and it seems like she can even meet me at the airport,  this seriously makes me so happy to be able to see her :3

And then there's the fact that I still don't have my schedule for classes or where exactly I will be staying while I'm there, but I think I should find out next week, hopefully.  Rebecca is planning on coming out, and it's hard to plan anything when I don't know what I'll be doing or when my classes are.  But, I will put that stress aside until I actually find this stuff out.

And then there's the matter of stuff I want<\/i> to do, which seems to interfere with the stuff I need<\/i> to do.  Like, I would love to just sit down and figure out stuff I can do while I'm in Japan.  I already really want to find a couple Buddhist Temples to visit, and I was going to write a little paper and send a power point to my professor as part of my grade.  Plus, I'm going to hang out with my non-Rebecca friend and I really want to make her a bag as a super belated birthday\/chirstmas gift.  I was thinking about making a double-sided doctor who\/star trek bag.  BUT that takes up time I could be writing papers, but if I sit down and do it, it should only take me a day or two, so IDK.  I also wanted to give it to her tuesday, but I don't know if that's possible now or not :\/ I also want to remake Rebecca's bag, since I fucked up the one pocket (and I don't know if she knows where her mom put it :\/).  I also really hate cutting stuff out, it's my least favorite part of the whole process DX  IDK, we'll see.

On the plus side, I'm super excited about seeing ebi!!! Sometimes, I remember that I'm going and just get stupidly happy that I get to see them live in person.  I'm really excited to see what they can do.  I feel like, in the year since they debuted, they've grown so much as a group, that it makes me proud to be there fan.  Case in point, the twinkle twinkle pv.  I feel like it's really similar to 5 stars (probably because it's a one-shot take) but I think it really shows how they've grown.  First of all, I like how instead of them moving around a stationary set, the set moves around them, it makes it more interesting.  I love that they're the ones in the bright-colored costumes, while the juniors are in black\/white, it makes it easier to focus on them, which should be the point.  I love all they juniors A LOT more then the ones in 5 stars (but that's just my bias showing XD).  I don't know, I'm just excited to see what they do for their concerts.  It makes me sad they didn't release their first concert ever on DVD, because then you'd really be able to see how much they've grown as a group T^T

Plus, just heard Yara\/4U. are going to be doing crew shows, which I will definitely try my damn hardest to go see because YES ;A;  It would be really nice if it were the first week in May, so that somehow Rebecca could also see it, but it's probably unlikely, right? T^T  Also applied for Kismai tickets through j-ticket international, and will see it with Kiri, regardless if I get tickets through there or other means.  Like, I'm just meh on kismai in general, hopefully they have good juniors, but if I'm with Kiri, it'll probably be fun.  Then there's V6 con in April, which i really want to try and see, and then there's Enbujou.  At first, I was really sad Snow Children were going to be in it, because that meant they weren't going to back ebi's tour, which is what I wanted the most.  But now, I'm so excited for it I CAN'T EVEN.  From the looks of it, they're the top billed juniors, which means they're going to have lots of roles and parts to play!!  Then, the whole cast is nothing but AWESOME.  I mean, NOERU WILL BE THERE, and MADE (my akiyama taiga feels have been a little out of control lately).  Then there's the H and E and what's left of MAD (T^T).  I think Taiga's in it as well :\/a  But, since Rebecca will be around while it's running, we're already planning on probably seeing it more than once XD;;;  I know it's early, but I'm really anxious to see who's going to be in playzone this year, since I'll actually be around to see it.  Hoping for 4U. (obviously).  It would be nice if snow children also got a chance to be in it, but you know Tackey's going to have a solo concert or something and steal them >.>

Anyway, this is long and ramble-y, so I'll stop now, if you even made it this far >.>  Fingers crossed I finish everything I want to\/have to before I leave DX<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:7783","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/7783.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=7783"}}],"title":"Time Killer","published":"2013-03-01T21:39:23Z","updated":"2013-03-01T21:39:23Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"meme thing"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"blah blah"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"johnny's"}}],"content":"Super long meme is super long XD mostly did it to fill the time not thinking about going to the doctor DX anyway, long thingy



Which Johnny's unit is your favorite? <\/b>Should be obvious, but A.B.C-Z!!! :3
Why?<\/b> Because they are the bestest thing ever X3<\/div>
Who is your favorite Johnny? <\/b>FUMI ;A;<\/div>
What Junior\/Junior unit do you hope will debut next?<\/b> I mean, if this were an ideal world Yara and\/or 4U., but it seems impossible T^T I would also really love to see Snow Children debut (since they might actually have a shot at it, with all the work they're getting, if only Tackey would stop being selfish and let them)<\/div>
Who is your favorite senpai unit (Before SMAP)?<\/b> I like Shounentai XD<\/div>
When was your very first contact with a Johnny?<\/b> Like 3 years ago......I think :\/a<\/div>
Who was it?<\/b> Arashi<\/div>
How did you learn about him\/them? <\/b>My friend had just watched Hanadan, and really liked matsujun, so she tried really hard to get me into it, even made me a mix cd (which I never listened to XD;;;)<\/div>
When did you start liking\/listening to a Johnny’s group? <\/b>About a year later, I had randomly started watching Kimi Wa Petto, and was like, "I really like the main actor in this, I wonder who he is" then found out he was in Arashi XD;;;<\/div>
Do you have a favorite actor in Johnny’s?<\/b> Toma, who doesn't love toma?!<\/div>
What was your very first drama starring a Johnny?<\/b> Kimi wa Petto<\/div>
Do you have a favorite drama starring a Johnny? <\/b>I really liked that matsu-nii\/yoko drama A LOT, Uta no Onii-san was fantastic, Piece was decent, and too many others to name<\/div>
What Johnny's drama have you watched lately?<\/b> Currently watching the Maru\/Nagase drama, which is really awesome :3<\/div>
Who do you wish would act in a drama (that hasn’t already, of course)?<\/b> FUMI ;A;<\/div>
How many times a day do you think about Johnny’s\/your favorite unit?<\/b> Depends I suppose, usually I think about them a lot in the morning X3<\/div>
Do you have a Johnnys group\/ Johnny on your desktop wallpaper?<\/b> EBI
\"Screen<\/div>
What would you do if your favorite Johnny knocked on your door?<\/b> Probably just stare at them, and then attempt to speak Japanese (and fail DX)<\/div>
What advantages does liking Johnny’s\/Johnny’s groups give you?<\/b> Positive FEELS<\/div>
What disadvantages does it give you?<\/b> Obsession and a need to spend my money on them<\/div>
Have you ever dreamt about a Johnny?<\/b> Once or twice :\/<\/div>
If yes, what was the dream about?<\/b> Ebi were in NY doing summary, and I saw them, and met Chino Aoi in a park, and he taught me how to shoot an arrow. I also had one where like ebi and 4U. were homeless children, and I was a scientist or something, and was doing experiments on them where I tried to kill them (all I know was Kosshi was supposed to die and didn't, and I was baffled) (WTF WAS THIS DREAM EVEN?! DX)<\/strike><\/div>
Do you have an OTP? If yes, who is it?<\/b> I ship NOTHING, but I look at OTPs like bromances, and with that definition my OTP is FUMI\/TATSU X3<\/div>
If you could make one wish about Johnny’s, what would it be?<\/b> That they would come to America (preferably NYC)<\/div>
If you were a Johnny, who would you be?<\/b> Tatsu, so I could hang out with Fumi all the time u_u<\/div>
If you could ask your favorite Johnny a question, what would it be?<\/b> I would ask Tatsu and Kosshi how they feel about about ebi, since they were in ebi as kids T^T<\/div>
What is your #1 favorite song by a Johnny's group?<\/b>ABC 5 stars because it gives me all kinds of feelings<\/div>
Do you listen to Johnny's music the most?<\/b> Yes.<\/div>
Which band\/singer did you listen\/like the most before Johnny's?<\/b> Right before Johnny's I was really into She & Him, Rilo Kiley, Swell Season, Kelly Clarkson, Kris Allen, and broadway musicals<\/div>
If you were Johnny, what would you change about the Jimusho?<\/b> I would have more inter-group interactions, enough with the manager division crap.
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Part 2) Individual groups<\/b><\/div>

SMAP<\/b><\/div>

Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> I guess I like them alright, I don't really know them that well because they don't use juniors in any of their concerts.<\/div>
Who is your favorite member?<\/b> Nakai or Shingo I suppose<\/div>
Why?<\/b> They seem the most appealing\/least offensive<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member? <\/b>Goro<\/div>
Why? <\/b>IDK, not my type<\/div>
What is your favorite PV?<\/b> Have never seen a pv<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> Arigatou, $10, dynamite (all of which really have nothing to do with SMAP)<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance? <\/b>They're the one group I've never watched a concert for. <\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best?<\/b> Nakai, obviously<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best?<\/b> Nakai, right?<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest?<\/b> Shingo<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest?<\/b> Goro seems like a man, i guess :\/<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest?<\/b> Shingo<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> Nakai?<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance?<\/b> Shino<\/div>

TOKIO<\/b>

Why do you like\/dislike this group? <\/b>I love this group because they are a bunch of morons.<\/div>
Who is your favorite member? <\/b>Taichi and Matsu-nii (I really can't decide) <\/div>
Why? <\/b>Taichi because he's a brat and is the energetic one, and matsu-nii because he's the cool one, and I like the way he drums XD<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member? <\/b>Yamaguichi<\/div>
Why? <\/b>No real reason, just popped into my mind.<\/div>
What is your favorite PV? <\/b>I..........don't think I remember watching any of their pvs, wuuuut<\/div>
What is your favorite song? <\/b>Cadence<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance? <\/b>None really come to mind, but it's been a while since I've watched a TOKIO concert :\/<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best? <\/b>Nagase<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best? <\/b>Matsu-nii XD<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest? <\/b>Taichi<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest? <\/b>Matsu-nii or Nagase<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest? <\/b>Taichi<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest? <\/b>Taichi<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance? <\/b>Nagase<\/div>V6<\/b>

Why do you like\/dislike this group? <\/b>They are the cutest old men ever<\/div>
Who is your favorite member? <\/b>Nagano<\/div>
Why? <\/b>Because he's so freaking adorable gkjdhsajgkhdas X3<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member? <\/b>Old man Go?<\/div>
Why? <\/b>I have no idea<\/div>
What is your favorite PV? <\/b>Guilty<\/div>
What is your favorite song? <\/b>Bari Bari Buddy<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance? <\/b>I don't know if it's a performance, but that one time Old Man Go kidnaps totsu always sticks out in my mind<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best? <\/b>Sakamoto<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best? <\/b>Sakamoto<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest? <\/b>Nagano :3<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest? <\/b>Okada<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest? <\/b>NAGANO<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest? <\/b>Inocchi<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance? <\/b>Nagano<\/div>
KinKi Kids<\/b><\/div>

Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> Low-tension but hilarious<\/div>
Who is your favorite member?<\/b> Koichi<\/div>
Why?<\/b> SHOW MUST GO........<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member?<\/b> Ando u_u<\/div>
Why? <\/b>hehe<\/div>
What is your favorite PV?<\/b> Danger Zone<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> Bonnie Butterfly<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> That one where 4U.\/MA were in those cute outfits and glasses they were all just screwing around on the moving sidewalk things from the King Kinki Kids concert :3<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best?<\/b> Tsuyoshi<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best?<\/b> Koichi<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest?<\/b> Koichi<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest?<\/b> Tsuyoshi<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest?<\/b> Koichi<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> TIED<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance? <\/b>Tsuyoshi
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Arashi<\/b><\/div>

Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> They were my first group that I was totally obsessed with, for like 6 months before I discovered ebi <\/strike> but I think they're adorable and hardworking, and good dancers.<\/div>
Who is your favorite member?<\/b> MatsuJun<\/div>
Why?<\/b> Because he was my first johnny, so he has a special place in my heart, and I think he really cares about arashi, and is the reason Johnny's has a moving stage, the visionary of the group :3<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member?<\/b> Right now it's Aiba<\/div>
Why?<\/b> because he was my least favorite part of his and tacchon's drama.<\/div>
What is your favorite PV?<\/b> Believe *____*<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> I really like Happiness, Believe and wild at heart.<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> The one that just came to mind was Summer Splash from the scene stadium concert.<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best?<\/b> Nino<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best?<\/b> MatsuJun, idk I like the way he dances \/reasons<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest? <\/b>MatsuJun<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest? <\/b>Sho<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest? <\/b>Ohno<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> Nino<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance?<\/b> MatsuJun<\/div>

Tackey & Tsubasa<\/b><\/div>

Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> I love this group, because they are super under appreciated, and adorable in their own way, and they have the best juniors<\/strike><\/div>
Who is your favorite member?<\/b> Tsubasa<\/div>
Why?<\/b> He's a really awesome dancer *_____*<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member?<\/b> Ando<\/div>
Why?<\/b> fufufu<\/div>
What is your favorite PV? <\/b>Real DX *reasons*, they also looks really pretty in Heartful Voice<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> Venus, L.O.V.E., Real DX<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> I love \u30bf\u30ad\u30c4\u30d0\u97f3\u982d<\/a> from the 10-11 tour, because Snow Children and Five dancing is X3<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best?<\/b> Tsubasa<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best?<\/b> Tsubasa<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest?<\/b> Tsubasa<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest?<\/b> Tsubasa<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest?<\/b> Tackey<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> Both<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance?<\/b> Tsubasa<\/div>

NEWS<\/b><\/div>

Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> There were two weeks when I was a crazy news fangirl (then I watched an Arashi concert), but they're adorable.<\/div>
Who is your favorite member?<\/b> Massu<\/div>
Why?<\/b> adorable and good dancer<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member?<\/b> .Koyama<\/div>
Why?<\/b> I don't really like watching him perform private parts (too much panting), and he just vaguely annoys me :\/<\/div>
What is your favorite PV?<\/b> WEEEEEEEK (there might be too many e's in there >.>)<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> I really like World Quest, WEEEEK, and Sakura Girl<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> I like when Ryo sings CODE.......I'm sure there's others I can't think of :\/<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best?<\/b> Massu<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best?<\/b> Massu<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest?<\/b> Shige<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest?<\/b> Tegoshi<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest? <\/b>Massu<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> Shige<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance?<\/b> Massu :3
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Kanjani8<\/b><\/div>

Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> These idiots X3<\/div>
Who is your favorite member?<\/b> MAAAAAAAAAAARUUUUUUUU<\/div>
Why?<\/b> because he's the cutest more genuine precious things :3<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member?<\/b> Hina<\/div>
Why?<\/b> He doesn't really do anything for me :\/<\/div>
What is your favorite PV? <\/b>ER<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> WANDER ;A;<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> Yoko singing 413man because the tears ;A;<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best?<\/b> Tacchon<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best?<\/b> Maru :3 \/biased<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest?<\/b> Tacchon<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest?<\/b> Yasu<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest?<\/b> Maru<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> Maru<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance?<\/b> Maru<\/div>

KAT-TUN<\/b><\/div>

Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> I don't really hate thing group, but I don't really fangirl them either<\/div>
Who is your favorite member?<\/b> Junno<\/div>
Why?<\/b> Because he's good at dancing and the only one I find vaguely acceptable<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member? <\/b>Ueda <\/div>
Why? <\/b>I just really don't like ueda's face <\/div>
What is your favorite PV?<\/b> Have I even seen a KAT-TUN pv? :\/a<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> DON'T U EVER STOP<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> That one with ebi backing them.<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best?<\/b> uh<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best? <\/b>Junno<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest? <\/b>Junno<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest? <\/b>Koki I guess<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest? <\/b>Junno<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest? <\/b>Junno<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance?<\/b> Junno<\/div>

Hey! Say! Jump!<\/b><\/div>

Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> I like them more than I dislike them, they're cute babies.<\/div>
Who is your favorite member?<\/b> Yabu overall and Yuto is my 7 bias<\/div>
Why?<\/b> YABU IS AN ADORABLE OLD MAN WHO REMINDS ME OF NAGANO<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member?<\/b> Yamada<\/div>
Why?<\/b> I just don't like his face when he dances, or the fact that he's the center. I mostly just want to punch him.<\/div>
What is your favorite PV?<\/b> ummmmmm Over? Maybe? but it has the youngest one it it DX So....... super delicate?<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> Suriru!! and Beat Line<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> Beat Line<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best? <\/b>Yabu XD XD<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best? <\/b>Hikaru<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest?<\/b> Yuto<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest?<\/b> pfffffffffft<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest?<\/b> yabu<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> Hikaru<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance?<\/b> none, because they are children.<\/div>

NYC<\/b><\/div>

Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> They're not my favorite, but I don't hate them really.<\/div>
Who is your favorite member? <\/b>Yuma<\/div>
Why?<\/b> Because Yamada and Chinen are overrated, and yuma is adorable.<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member?<\/b> Yamada<\/div>
Why?<\/b> there is too much of him<\/div>
What is your favorite PV?<\/b> NYC BOYS FOR THE NOERU X3<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> That one Yuma solo he also sings in playzone ^^<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> That one time they sang that one song<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best?<\/b> Yuma<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best?<\/b> Chinen<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest?<\/b> Yuma<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest?<\/b> Yuma<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest?<\/b> Yuma<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> Yuma<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance?<\/b> THEY ARE CHILDREN I SAY<\/div>

Kis-My-Ft2<\/b><\/div>

Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> They kind have been placed into the KAT-TUN category in that, I don't really like then that much, and I don't really hate them. It's sad, I wanted to like them, but their fans have made me dislike the group.<\/div>
Who is your favorite member?<\/b> Kitayama, but Yokoo is catching up<\/div>
Why?<\/b> Kitayama because when they were still juniors we was really funny and cute, but recently I'm just sort of meh for him. Yokoo is adorable, but his new teeth really bug me and make me sad (i really liked his janky teeth)<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member?<\/b> Fujigaya or Miyata<\/div>
Why?<\/b> Fujigaya annoys me, mostly because when watching him do those shokura games, he usually steals other people's ideas, and it just rubs me the wrong way. Miyata- his segment in their one junior concert went on way too long and was boring, and it was when I was getting into them, and ever since then I just can't like him.<\/div>
What is your favorite PV?<\/b> Of the two I've seen, Everybody go is better.<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> I like Ame, smile, and My Resistance is good.<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> Not really.<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best?<\/b> Kitayama<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best?<\/b> Senga<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest?<\/b> Nikaido<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest?<\/b> Yokoo<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest?<\/b> Kitayama<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> Gorilla<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance?<\/b> Yokoo<\/div>

Sexy Zone<\/b><\/div>

Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> I just can't seem to like care about this group that much :\/<\/div>
Who is your favorite member? <\/b>Shori<\/div>
Why?<\/b> Because he was adorable in Hungry!<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member?<\/b> NakaKen or the German kid<\/div>
Why?<\/b> NakaKen annoys me and the german kid really should never have debuted --)<\/div>
What is your favorite PV?<\/b> I don't think I've seen one.<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> Lady Diamond somehow always gets stuck in my head when I hear it :\/<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> N\/A<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best?<\/b> N\/A<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best?<\/b> N\/A<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest?<\/b> THEY ARE CHILDREN<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest?<\/b> None of them<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest?<\/b> Shori<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> N\/A<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance?<\/b> NO SERIOUSLY, LEGIT CHILDREN<\/div>

A.B.C-Z<\/b><\/div>
Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> Because they are really under appreciated, talented, can really dance, and I'm excited to see what they do next :3<\/div>
Who is your favorite member?<\/b> FUMI<\/div>
Why?<\/b> IS THERE A REASON NOT TO LOVE THAT HORSE?! I could list everything, but that would take a while DX<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member?<\/b> NOT POSSIBLE<\/div>
Why?<\/b> because they are all too adorable not to love with all my heart<\/div>
What is your favorite PV?<\/b> Suna no Glass, legit is the prettiest *______* (but really all 4 of them X3)<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> 5 stars because FEELS (but also Beat Mind, which they never sing and it makes me sad T^T)<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> I really liked the hamster wheel in abc za, or A.B.C-Z in summary and there is just too many to name X3<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best? <\/b>FUMI<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best? <\/b>FUMI<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest? <\/b>FUMI<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest?<\/b> FUMI<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest? <\/b>FUMI
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> FUMI<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance?<\/b> FUMI
what bias? XD;;;;<\/strike><\/div>

Tokyo Juniors<\/b>
<\/div>
Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> I like them for the most part and seeing them back dance :3<\/div>
Who is your favorite member?<\/b> Snow Children, 4U., Jr. A, MADE, Yara, MAD, THEY, the groupless group (Masuda Ryo, Casey Anderson, Yasui Kentaro, etc.)<\/div>
Why?<\/b> Mainly because they're adorable and good at dancing and I enjoy seeing their faces.<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member?<\/b> The Baka kids<\/div>
Why?<\/b> I can't seem to really care about them\/they bore me to tears with a lack of personality<\/div>
What is your favorite PV?<\/b> Twinkle Twinkle and Real DX<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> I like No More Wait XD<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> That time they back danced was nice :3<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best?<\/b> Yara, Tatsu, Noeru :3<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best?<\/b> YARA, Snow Children, 4U., Jr. A, MADE, MAD, THEY<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest? <\/b>Tatsu and Yara (and sometimes Kosshi)<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest?<\/b> Iwamoto<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest?<\/b> NOERU and FUKKA<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> 4U. and Snow Children<\/div>
Which member do you think has the best physical appearance? <\/b>Tatsu

Kansai Juniors<\/b><\/div>
Why do you like\/dislike this group?<\/b> For the most part, they're pretty amusing<\/div>
Who is your favorite member?<\/b> Kiriyama (and BAD in general as well as veteran)<\/div>
Why?<\/b> because kiriyama is adorable<\/div>
Who is your least favorite member?<\/b> 7WEST<\/div>
Why?<\/b> I don't get the appeal<\/div>
What is your favorite PV?<\/b> uuuuuuuh.......<\/div>
What is your favorite song?<\/b> V.I.P.<\/div>
Do you have a favorite concert performance?<\/b> any performance of VIP<\/div>
Which member do you think sings the best?<\/b> Kiriyama<\/div>
Which member do you think dances the best?<\/b> veteran<\/div>
Which member do you think is the prettiest?<\/b> Kunta<\/div>
Which member do you think the manliest? <\/b>Hamada<\/div>
Which member do you think is the cutest? <\/b>Kiriyama<\/div>
Which member do you think is the funniest?<\/b> Kiriyama<\/div><\/div><\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:7538","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/7538.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=7538"}}],"title":"\"Well, besides the funeral, this was nice\"","published":"2013-02-08T21:35:26Z","updated":"2013-02-08T21:47:00Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"family stuff"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"blah blah"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"personal"}}],"content":"So, last week my grandmother passed away.  She was 90 years old. It happened suddenly, my dad called me Sunday to tell me she was in the hospital, and then called me Monday (the very next day) to tell me she had died.  I heard she was in a semi-comatose state, so probably didn't feel any pain in the end, which is good.  My grandpa had been fighting bone cancer for a number of years before he went.  

In all honestly, I wasn't really that close with her, she lived in Wisconsin, and I was either in California or Pennsylvania, so I didn't really get to see her all that much.  Now that she's gone, I kind of regret this.  I feel like I was the one cousin that got to spend the least amount of time with my grandparents when they were alive, and all just because of stupid physical distance.  I wish I had got time to spend with them as a proper grandkid.  But the time I did spend with them is precious to me.  They had the best house for a kid.  it was the big yellow house, as we all called it.  it had a huge backyard and a garden that was so much fun to play in.  What I think I remember the most is eating all the lemon drops ever and playing cribbage, always with Packers paraphernalia, as they were huge packers fans.  I think almost everything they owned had the packers image in some way XD (even their clock, if i recall correctly).  Over the past week, it still doesn't almost seem real to me that she's gone.  

The service itself was what it was.  I wouldn't call myself a religious person, by any stretch of the imagination, so sitting through hymns and passages from the bible didn't really mean anything to me, and not nearly as much as having family get up and talk about her.  My Dad is a total skeptic about religion, and after my grandpa's funeral said to me "oh it's like when I was in church and was flipping through to see how much was left".  This time, he turned to me after the first hymn was sung and said, "I'm glad no one in our [nuclear] family sung" XD  Like, thank god I was sitting next to him, because my sister would have for sure gotten mad XD  As inappropriate as it was, it still made me laugh.  I think that's because I'm more like my dad, and my sister is clearly more like my mom.  You know how everyone has that crazy uncle?  Well, for us, that person would be my dad <3

But, in all honesty, it was actual a real nice occasion, minus the funeral.  My dad is one of 6 (5 boys and a girl) and pretty much everyone showed up.  I think only 3 out of the 17 of us cousins didn't end up making it.  So seeing everyone and catching up was so very nice.  Then, afterwards, we all went over to my Uncle Tom's house, and basically got drunk XD  Me, my sister, and my cousins Carrie and Kelly played team cribbage (sisters vs. sisters) and drank red wine.  I think by the end of the night, we drank something like 7 bottles between us (although, aunts might have gotten some of that too, but I think they were drinking white wine).  Then, my dad was acting like a life line of sorts, telling me what card to discard, then after a while, the cousins decided they need a lifeline and picked my uncle Dick (he then schooled us on how to count our points properly XD).  I get the sense, that it was very strict card playing going on in the house growing up for them XD  Then, we kept trying to get my uncle Jeff to play, but he kept insisting he didn't "participate in amateur matches anymore" (at one point, he walked over while we were counting the crib, just to tell us that hand sucked, then walked away XD).  I think I really came away from the short trip with so much love.  LIke, it had been a while since I had seen anyone, but it was nice to just see them, and really get that sense of family, I usually lack.  There's even talk of trying to get a yearly family reunion going, which would be really nice.

Some pictures of family:
The uncles L->R around the circle: Uncle Tom, Uncle Jeff, Uncle Dick, Uncle Bob, My Dad:

\"photo-1\"<\/a>

Aunts: Aunt Beth, Aunt Sue, Aunt Jean, my sister, my cousin's kid, Aunt Julie, Cousin Kelly, Cousin Carrie:
\"photo-2\"<\/a>

Family Portrait: Sister, Dad, and Me <3
\"photo\"<\/a>




In other news, I will be going to Japan this summer for 5 months, April to August! I am super excited!! I will be doing a language program to learn Japanese.  I think I'm a combination of nervous, excited, stressed, anxious.  Like, it's something I've never done before, so I hope I won't be a total failure.  I also worry I will get isolated and not make any friends and just feel lonely and sad the entire time. *anxious*  I feel like I'm going to have mini breakdowns where I think what I'm doing is stupid and I should just not, but it's too late and I already bought a plane ticket. (I've already had a couple in the last week alone DX).

That being said, I'm mostly excited!  I'm not sure what I'm most excited for:

-Being in Japan and actually taking a trip somewhere out of the country
-The possibility of seeing ebi\/important people\/snow children\/Noeru
-Not having to wake up at 4 in the morning everyday and having a normal sleep schedule
-Not working at the Y for the summer
-Getting to tell my boss not the schedule me (and essentially telling him to fuck off).

I might have already gotten tickets for the ebi concert, through that j-ticket international, on the 28th, because, I mean,  what are the odds that ebi would be playing in tokyo, while I'm there, 2 days after my birthday?  I kind of want to know what my schedule for school will look like and if it's possible to see them the next day too >.>  I also want to look into SHOCK and Kabuki (provided that people I want to see are in it :\/). 

The only thing that makes me sad is that my mom, while supportive of going to Japan and learning and stuff, is not supportive at all of seeing Johnny's.  I know she thinks it a waste of money, and doesn't understand why I like it, but it really depresses me.  Like today, we were talking about money, and I was like, "ah, you mean the 'entertainment fund' :D" to which she basically said "Why do you have to bring that up, you know it pisses me off."  Like, she can't be happy that I have the possibility of seeing my favorite groups, and it just really bums me out most of the time.  Basically, I can't tell her about the concerts I might go to, because she'll just get mad at me ._______. But, if I have to not buy food so I can go see them, I probably will >.>

Anyway, that's it for this life update. Hope you're having a great day\/evening\/morning\/weekend! :3"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:7388","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/7388.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=7388"}}],"title":"My Horse bias is showing (\/\u03c9\uff3c)","published":"2013-01-05T21:49:01Z","updated":"2013-01-05T21:58:21Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"matsu bullying"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fukuda"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"goat"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"a.b.c-z"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"4u."}},{"@attributes":{"term":"actually my scans"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"horsey kisses"}}],"content":"Hope everyone had great holidays! Mine were fantastic, really can't complain. Had a really pleasant Christmas.  We all went and saw the Hobbit on Christmas Eve, in 3D Imax!! Basically, that was just so we could see the first 9 minutes of Star Trek, and it was totally worth it!!!!!!!! gkfdsgkljdaslgf I seriously cannot wait for this movie to be released already!!  The hobbit itself was better than I thought it would be, but towards the end, the 3d actions scenes were really starting to give me a headache DX.  But then we spent the rest of the day chowing down on fancy cheeses.  

Then on christmas we basically all just sat around and chilled out.  It was so relaxing.  I got pretty much everything I asked for, a new fancy camera (which takes really awesome pictures *_____*) and the playzone DVD.  I even got some star trek glasses (that I was totally there for when my mom bought them XD).  The only thing I kind of wanted, but I didn't get, was Sherlock on DVD, but I really can't complain that much, considering Rebecca got me chibi tatsu shop photos X3  Then, I had to work a full shift on New Year's Eve, and it really sucked, considering I couldn't really sleep, and probably only ended up getting 4 hours of sleep max, then I had to stay up until midnight.  Luckily, we didn't really have any plans, so it was nice (but I did basically pass out right as it turned into the New Year).  Me and my mom just sat around and watched Doctor Who all day, so it was nice!!! I've finally gotten into watching it, after trying and failing a couple of times.  It's pretty awesome, I must admit. I mean, David Tennant *^*
 
 Other than that, finished watching the first season of Downton Abbey, which was also fantastic.  I'm anxious to start the second season, but I'm going to wait until they have it on Netflix, since it's so much easier to watch.

I started scanning the ancient magazines, and I somehow accomplished scanning 6 of them \\(~_~)\/  I've decided to just scan most of the johnny's, and, believe it or not, that adds to the amount of time it takes to scan that it would just the MA\/Ebi\/4U pages >.>  But I will eventually get those finished..........probably.,
 
 
 And now to the scans!
-The random shops I got for christmas
-Fumi's shops for
  -Shounentachi
  -Summary
  -Johnny's World
-Tatsu\/Fukuda's papa pics from one of the TakiTsuba concerts (Rebecca doesn't remember and we got into a debate about it, since she thinks it was for matsu's birthday,
her: they're bullying him
me: but they're always bullying him
Her: But, he's wearing a birthday hat
me: but, they wear those even if it's not their birthday >.>
etc.)
-Also, random clippings

Random<\/span><\/b>

\"Chibi<\/a>\"Chibi

\"Fukuda:Toma:Miyagi\"Fukuda:Toma:Miyagi<\/a>
 
 
Fumi<\/span>\/Yabu<\/span><\/span><\/b>
\"Chibi<\/a>

Chibi Tatsu<\/span><\/b><\/span>
\"Chibi<\/a>\"Chibi\"Chibi

Enbujou<\/span><\/b>
\"Enbujou<\/a>
\"Enbujou<\/a>\"Enbujou

Fukuda<\/span> - Endless SHOCK<\/span><\/b>
\"Endless<\/a><\/a>



Fumi Shop Photos<\/span><\/span><\/b>

Johnny's World - Stage<\/span><\/b>
\"Johnny's<\/a>\"Johnny's
\"Johnny's<\/a>\"Johnny's


Johnny's World - Venue<\/span><\/b>
\"Johnny's<\/a>\"Johnny's\"Johnny's

\"Johnny's<\/a><\/a>


Shounentachi - Offshots<\/span><\/b>
\"Shounentashi<\/a>\"Shounentashi
\"Shounentashi<\/a>\"Shounentashi\"Shounentashi
\"Shounentashi<\/a>\"Shounentashi\"Shounentashi
\"Shounentashi<\/a>\"Shounentashi<\/a>


Summary - Offshots<\/span><\/b>
\"Summary<\/a>\"Summary
\"Summary<\/a>\"Summary\"Summary
\"Summary<\/a>\"Summary\"Summary
\"Summary<\/a>\"Summary
\"Summary\"Summary\"Summary\"Summary\"Summary<\/a>


Summary - Stage Offshots<\/span><\/b>
\"Summary\"Summary\"Summary
\"Summary<\/a>\"Summary\"Summary
\"Summary<\/a>\"Summary
\"Summary<\/a>\"Summary<\/a>

TakiTsuba Papa pics<\/span><\/b><\/span>

Fukuda<\/span><\/b><\/span>
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba

Group<\/b><\/span>
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba

Tatsu<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba185336<\/a>
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba
\"Takitsuba<\/a>\"Takitsuba\"Takitsuba

<\/a>


DL<\/a><\/span>

obviously all the fukuda is rebecca's and the rest mine XD


As always:
-Do what you want with these
-No credit necessary<\/span>

Hope everyone is having a great start to the new year!!! <333<\/span>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:7034","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/7034.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=7034"}}],"title":"Not Fandom-Related, So Just Keep Scrolling","published":"2012-12-21T22:49:02Z","updated":"2012-12-21T22:49:02Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"blah blah"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"ramble-y ramble-y"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"venting"}}],"content":"So, for the last two days I have been in a bit of a funk, that I'm not really sure how to get out of.  The thing that really sucks about my job is that I spend the first 4 hours of my shift by myself, left alone to my thoughts.  Sometimes it works out and I think about fandom stuff and get really happy.  It's also nice because I can listen to my music and no one really bugs me.  SOmetimes though, it is just a pain in the butt.  Sometimes, I will just have a fleeting thought, which then rolls around in my head, and then it turns super negative, and eventually eats away at me until I'm in a really bad mood, even though nothing has really happened.

That's kind of what happened yesterday.  i still don't really remember what triggered it, but suddenly I just felt really isolated and alone.  LIke, I seriously have no idea why, I just really feel left out.  When this happens my thought process is something like: left out\/5th wheel ------> everyone hates me --------> I'm a really annoying person, so no wonder ----------> become really quiet and self-isolate myself -----------> feel even more alone because no one cares.

Like, logically speaking, I know it's really stupid, but it seems to happen a lot to me.  I guess I just suffer from a lack of self-confidence, which has been reinforced by several factors, one of which being: every time I have ever really felt super comfortable with someone, they usually end up hating me and\/or just stop talking to me.  This has happened a couple of times.  My natural self is to be shy and reserved, but once I feel comfortable, I guess I get loud and more talkative (unless I'm in a situation where I need to speak, like a job interview, I can do it).  But, the few times I have really and truly gotten to a level where I feel open and can trust someone, they betray me in some way.  I used to think maybe there was something just wrong with them, but it's happened enough times that I'm starting to believe that I must just be a truly annoying person.

Like, right now, I really am grateful I have Rebecca to flail with and watch stuff with, and she didn't just get annoyed and mad at me when I tried to get her into johnny's (like my one friend, who quite literally yelled at when I tried to show her an arashi concert).  Like, it seriously makes me happy to have someone in real life to do stuff with.  But there is a part of me, somewhere deep in my heart, that wonders when she will finally get annoyed with me and want to stop hanging out. I feel like it's inevitable at this point.

These are the kinds of thoughts that have been running through my head for the past two days.  That no one really likes me.  I think it was also brought on, to a certain extent, to two people complaint about me.  Like, last thursday this old lady came up to me, told me I had been snappy with her when she has asked if we could leave the bathroom door open because it gets so cold in there, and I responded with a "Oh, I prefer it colder :D".  She then said I had stared at her while she was doing her classes, and that other people had noticed, and that I should be grateful she didn't go tell my boss.  Then some other woman just was questioning in a loud, hateful voice, in the locker room , how much I took my job seriously.  Maybe I am just a pain in the ass? .______,

Then, with Megan, I just feel like she only calls me when she wants to talk about how much of an asshole brett is.  It's gotten to the point where I don't even take her calls, because I know it's going to be an hour of her just talking about brett.  Like, she had already given jesse and brett their presents, but came in monday and was like, "oh, I don't have yours with me, let do it on friday."  

Not helping my mood at all, today I had bought candy canes to pass out to people, since I figured most people won't be in on Monday, and instead of just taking the candy cane, people were giving me attitude about it, like, "If I eat that I would have to get back in the pool to work it off".  Like really, you can't just take a candy cane?  Like, I try to be nice, and people have to be so weird about it.

While I'm venting, let me just say this: I am seriously getting annoyed with people complaining about the 3:4 split in Kismai.  Like, GET OVER IT.  First of all, kismai is super popular, they have a variety show, radio show, get commercials, have put out 6 singles, an album, have had tours, PLAYED THE TOKYO DOME, all within their first year of debuting.  Like, I'm no kismai expert, admittedly, but all of their junior songs had basically main vocals by Kitayama\/Fujigaya, so it's kind of always been this way, why all of the sudden is there is outrage over the split? Sorry, I really have no sympathy -_____-


I don't know, my mood has just been all over the place, and I just feel like poop.  It got kind of bad on Thursday, that I cried a little in the bathroom :| I think I'll just curl up in a ball and got to bed.<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:6697","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/6697.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=6697"}}],"title":"Playzone Offshots","published":"2012-12-12T23:52:45Z","updated":"2012-12-13T00:14:51Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"my scans"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fukuda"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"totsu"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"musical star"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"tatsu"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"horsie"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"a.b.c-z"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"shop photos"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"4u."}}],"content":"

Now that school is done for the semester I finally have time to actually scan stuff!!!!!! YAAAAAAAY!!!! *eyes to download pile*  I'm so happy to finally be done with the semester, as last week was so extremely stressful DX  I had three research papers due, and I was getting over my yearly throat infection, and I dropped an aerobics step on my pinky toe, which left was like the most painful thing ever.  I was seriously worried I had broken it (but I don't think I did, THANK GOD).  Plus, all the chirstmas decorations are all up and I'm finally starting to get into the christmas spirit :3  The only thing left we have to do is make Christmas cookies.  We always watch Christmas movies (and Bridget Jones's Diary, for some reason, has become a Christmas movie for us XD My sister thought it was really weird when we put that in first last year XD;;;)  while we back all day, so I'm excited.  I also already ordered Summary somehow >.>  I had been really good about not buying anything, but I lose all logic when it comes to ebi :\/.  If only they would now announce either an album or shounentachi being released.  I'm such a needy fan >.<

NTS
Still left to scan:
-Ancient Duets
-Summary Pamphlet
-Shounentachi Pamphlet
-Ancient Junior Calendar

Plus I have coming to me in the mail:
-Fumi Summary Offshots
-Fumi Shounentachi Offshots
-Fumi Johnny's World venue photos
-Tatsu papa pics

My fumi obsession might be a little bit out of control at this point DX  But, I must say, I am slightly sad I don't have any Fukka or Iwamoto shop photos, becuase Snow Children ;A; (but I'm not that sad that I don't have any Maru ones, even though he's my third favorite person in all of johnny's :\/ but SNOW CHILDREN fkldawfglkdajsflksajf)

Also I think Rebecca ordered:
-Hiroki Kid's Playzone Offshots
-Fukuda Papa
-Totsu shounentachi offshots (but since I've seen those scanned, I don't really need to worry about those XD;;;;)

Anyway, without further ado, scans!!!


Playzone Offshots<\/b><\/span><\/p>


Tatsu<\/span><\/span>
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone\"Playzone


<\/a>

Noeru<\/span><\/span>
\"Playzone \"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone
\"Playzone\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>



Fukuda<\/span><\/span>
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone\"Playzone
\"Playzone<\/a>\"Playzone


<\/a>

Random Shop and Papa<\/b><\/span>

Fumi<\/span><\/span>
\"Fumi<\/a>\"Fumi\"Fumi
\"Fumi\"Fumi\"Fumi


Someone tell me, this is Koshi with fumi, correct? I swear me and Rebecca have been staring at it forever and are mostly convinced it is >.<
\"Fumi

Totsu<\/span><\/span>
\"Totsu<\/a>\"Totsu<\/a>

DL<\/a><\/span><\/b> (all in one, as per usual)

-Feel free to with these what you want
-No credit necissary 

Hope everyone is having a great evening\/morning\/day\/week X3<\/span>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drowsy_observer:6613","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/6613.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/drowsy-observer.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=6613"}}],"title":"Shop Photos Galore!!!","published":"2012-11-21T23:51:11Z","updated":"2012-11-22T13:23:55Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"yay! beating laziness"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fantastic fumi faces"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"scans"}}],"content":"Because it's the Musical Star's birthday, I finally found the motivation to scan all my shop photos. YAAAAAAAAAY!! I had recently bought a shit-ton of fumi shops, because YES! (there are some I didn't scan, but only because I think I've seen them scanned before) Also should note all the Totsu and Fukuda ones are not mine, but Rebecca's XD

I think I labeled them all correctly, but who knows \\XD\/

Here ya go!



Chibis<\/b>


Fukuda-related (with some chibi gocchi :3)<\/span><\/p>

\"Chibi<\/a>\"Chibi
\"Chibi<\/a>\"Chibi\"Chibi
\"Chibi<\/a>\"Chibi
\"Chibi<\/a>

Fumi (seriously I can't fgjkdshgkjah)<\/span>
\"Chibi<\/a>\"Chibi\"Chibi
\"Chibi\"Chibi<\/p>
<\/a>

<\/p>




Dream Boys<\/span><\/b>

\"Dream<\/a>\"Dream\"Dream
\"Dream<\/a>\"Dream\"Dream


<\/a>



Ebujou '09<\/b><\/span>

\"Ebujou<\/a>\"Ebujou
\"Ebujou<\/a>\"Ebujou


<\/a>



Playzone<\/b>

Road to Playzone<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\"Road<\/a>
\"Road<\/a>\"Road\"Road
\"Road<\/a>\"Road

Playzone '12<\/b>

Matsu<\/span><\/span>
\"Matsu<\/a>\"Matsu
\"Matsu<\/a>\"Matsu

Noeru<\/span>
\"Noeru<\/a>\"Noeru
\"Noeru<\/a>\"Noeru
\"Noeru<\/a>\"Noeru
\"Noeru<\/a>\"Noeru

Tatsu<\/span>
\"Tatsu<\/a>\"Tatsu
\"Tatsu<\/a>\"Tatsu


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Shounentachi<\/span><\/b>

2010<\/span><\/span>
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi\"Shounentachi
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi\"Shounentachi
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi\"Shounentachi

2011 (T____T)<\/span>
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi

2012

Fumi<\/span><\/span>
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi\"Shounentachi
\"Shounentachi<\/a>

Kiriyama<\/span>
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi

Totsu<\/span>
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi

Tsuka-chan<\/span>
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi
\"Shounentachi<\/a>\"Shounentachi


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A.B.C-Z First Concert<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>
\"First<\/a>\"First\"First
\"First<\/a>\"First\"First
\"First<\/a>\"First\"First
\"First<\/a>\"First
\"First<\/a>\"First\"First
\"First<\/a>\"First\"First
\"First<\/a>\"First\"First
\"First<\/a>\"First\"First
\"First<\/a>\"First\"First
\"First<\/a>\"First\"First
\"First


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Random<\/span>

Totsu<\/span>
\"Totsu<\/a>\"Totsu
\"Totsu<\/a>
\"Totsu<\/a>\"Totsu

Fumi<\/span>
\"Random<\/a>\"Random
\"Random<\/a>\"Random
\"Random<\/a>\"Random\"Random
\"Random<\/a>\"Random\"Random
\"Random<\/a>\"Random
\"Random<\/a>\"Random\"Random
\"Random<\/a>\"Random
\"Random<\/a>\"Random


TakiChan <\/span><\/b>(I think)<\/span><\/span>
\"TakiChan\"TakiChan
\"TakiChan

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Download (because I am lazy, they're all in one :\/): DL<\/a>

Also,
-comments are <3
-Do what you want with them
-No credit <\/span><\/span>necessary

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