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Is Major Bill a junkie too? [Sunday January 18 2009 @ 10:06 pm] [ mood | accomplished ] [ music | David Bowie - Letter to Hermione ] I hate the dollar exchange rate! It makes selling things SO difficult. Despite all that, I've just managed to sell my Master of Monster tour pamphlet for about £40, which was about what I paid for it - I'll lose a little buying the envelope and shipping it, but to be honest, at this point I couldn't really care less as I just want it GONE. I don't ever look at it, and it just sits on my shelf taking up space =/ Also, my JET interview is the day after the Dir en grey/Kerrang concert in Newcastle. Whoopie. Means I've got to stay veeery quiet so as not to lose my voice! Back to my essay!

Happy Times, We Have Some. [Sunday January 11 2009 @ 11:12 pm] [ mood | ecstatic ] My Dad has been discharged from hospital! So I'm currently at home in Carlisle with him until Tuesday - my internet access will be scarce until then, and my phone is dead (and in Newcastle 8D;;) but if you want to speak to me, just send me an email, and I'll give you my home number =D SO HAPPY HE'S HOME. I can't believe that it was only Wednesday that he had his triple bypass operation! Also, Rob, Nic & Choco - Have you guys came across a little Ikea Ghost lamp at all? It's Nia's Christmas present to me, and I seem to have forgotten to pack it before leaving -_-;

Complete! Drinky-poos all around! [Wednesday November 26 2008 @ 12:05 am] [ mood | accomplished ] [ music | David Bowie - Strangers when we meet ] So, today I finally sent off my JET application, as well as all of the supporting documents. It feels like a real weight off my shoulders, as I can really start to focus both on my dissertation topic (though I'm having a little problem with that, as my proposal is on my old laptop) and getting my essay in for after Christmas. Other than that, I'm pretty relaxed, and decided to give myself a little reward by buying a couple of DVDs and my very first Moleskine notebook. I've been dying for one of these for ages, and now that I have one, it's really started to make me think about starting up sketching again. I'm horribly out of practise, since I pretty much lost interest in art during my highschool years, in which I was forbade to sketch in black and white by my teacher. So I'm thinking I'm going to get some books on sketching and sort of... re-teach myself how to draw. I'm never going to be any good, but to be honest, I don't really care. I just need something to sort of blow off steam with, and every so often I find myself feeling incredibly mardy about not actually being able to "do" anything with a level of competence. Some people can sing - I'm average at best - whilst others can play instruments, or paint, or sew. I'm essentially a plain-old-Jane, and I really don't want to feel like that. So I think having a creative outlet again will be good for me, especially with the way I've been feeling lately. BUT, my angsty post will wait! For the moment, I'm feeling pretty good - I sadly fell asleep listening to Aqualung earlier, and so missed my opportunity to watch some of my new DVDs (The Neverending Story, Dark Crystal and Chronicles of Narnia! - fantasy kick much? I blame me watching Labyrinth so much lately) and tomorrow, which should have been my time off, is filled with dissertation meetings and staff-student councils. But none the less, I shall sit and watch them tomorrow, do my homework (and hopefully get some reading done before meeting with my tutor on the 5th) and maybe even do a bit of doodling. Doodling rubbish is possibly the only thing I'm half decent at when it comes to "art". Mighty Boosh on Thursday! =D SO EXCITED.

Heffalumps and Woozles - the best topic for a dissertation [Friday October 31 2008 @ 2:59 pm] [ mood | cold ] [ music | Powerful T. - Original Sin ] Hello! I'm not dead! I have merely been attempting to live in the "real" world for a while - though it hasn't been at all successful, so I am retreating back here to do a quick update of what I've been up to lately. I've been bogged down a bit recently, and there doesn't seem to be an end to it until at least after the JET application gets handed in. I must admit, I've been terrible about writing my personal statement, as things just tend to get in the way of it (essays and the like!) so I'm guessing it's probably going to absolutely naff... Most of the form is filled in though, and I'm just waiting on my references to come back, as well as fairly important bit which I need to go into the office and ask about. My Japanese class is a lot easier than I expected it to be tbh. I think part of me has been put at ease by our new teacher though, as she's a) really nice and doesn't pressurize you b) Although the text book is a bit too easy in parts *cough*new word lists including kitto*cough* she makes up for it in other areas of class. I really feel as though it's all beginning to click into place again, and that I'm not ridiculously bad at Japanese like I previously thought. The fact that I finally have a new tandem partner as well now means that I'll be able to meet up with her more regularly and actually speak! As much as I love the AJS events, because it's often so loud, you can't actually hear what people are saying to you. Speaking of events, I've had a few going on recently! Last weekend, was of course, London Expo, and whilst I'm glad I went for the experience, I don't think I'd go again to be honest. It's all a little... dull. It was lovely to see takuropop again after so long - you're SO having to come up to Newcastle for drunken funs - I was a bit sad I didn't get to see everyone I intended to though! I suppose it's my own fault for only going the one day though.  Last night, we had the AJS Halloween party. I had intended to dress up for it, but after seeing the weather last night (hailstorms, much?) I thought BALLS to that! Some of the costumes were awesome though, and unsurprisingly, "Tiffany" won Best Male Costume for his St. Trinians-esque schoolgirl outfit. Tonight however, we're going for an entirely different theme, with the Vauxhall Halloween Party, followed by a trip to Club Antichrist - a local Goth/Fetish club - sounds worrying, but I have been assured that the people are lovely there and it shall be a fun night. Hopefully I won't end up like Phil's best friend, who somehow went from having a few drinks with this guy they met in a pub, to being chained to a wall wearing a gimp suit and a ball gag in his mouth! LUCKY! Anyway, my battery is running out, and for some reason the plug next to the seat on the train isn't working D= So, I shall say "toodles" for now. Before I forget though, welcome to the new people on my journal! I shall have to chat later though D=

MEME TIEM NAU [Thursday October 16 2008 @ 1:13 am] [ music | HAL 9000's Death ] So, I saw that czol had taken a language meme and it looked rather interesting... from the results, it looks as though I apparently remember some more French that I had previously realised! ( Meme Meme, Languagey Meme... )

Fiddlesticks [Sunday October 5 2008 @ 4:03 pm] [ mood | cranky ] [ music | Heathers DVD ] Oh dear Christ on a stick, I think I'm dying. If that's not clear enough for you guys - I just spend the last hour and a half exercising. This DOES NOT HAPPEN... EVER. I decided a little while back that since I was unhappy with my body, I would just have to go out and do something about it! So, along with the ever-present Wii Fit, I've actually started to do some exercise. As well as losing a little bit of weight, I'd really like to tone myself up a bit. What with moving and everything though, I've been slacking and it's really shown! I'm at 123lbs now T_T So, I'm gonna try and step it up a bit in the hopes that I can fit into some of my old stuff again XD. So, other than that I thought I'd make a quick update on life in general. But BEFORE THAT! Did anyone else know about Tic-tacs now coming in Cherry flavour? I found them at Morrisons yesterday and got all excited *lame* Life... has been up and down lately. I'm currently stressing myself out, as I seem to have misplaced the Doraemon folder that contains a) my passport... hopefully b) all of my kanji books from ICU c) my leaving book from Global House. Considering I really need both of the first two things, especially the passport if I want to apply for JET, I'm panicking a little. IT'S DISAPPEARED, WTF. Also, I MAY have destroyed my laptop... I know, I'm an idiot. I'm truly kicking myself for not trusting my instincts and thus fucking my laptop over mightily. I've still not really settled into my Japanese classes yet, and spent a little bit of Friday's class praying that she wouldn't choose me, as I had no idea what was going on. She did, and I had to admit I didn't know the answer. Sads. I've also still not started my personal statement for JET, and that's starting to worry me as well - I know applications only opened this week, but I just don't seem to be able to get the enthusiasm up to start writing. ARGH, WHERE THE HELL IS MY FOLDER GONE?! T_T *wants to just curl up and die/sleep*

Internet Woe [Saturday September 27 2008 @ 4:31 pm] [ mood | busy ] [ music | Samy Deluxe - Caps ] So, I still have no real internet at home. I'm currently trying to catch up on my friends-list, so expect some belated comments -_-; I know my commenting has been a bit sporadic at the moment, I'm sorry. Some of you have had comments, and others haven't, but it basically depends on who's post has been on the front page when I get the chance to see my LJ D= This is exactly why I hate having no internet in the house... everything just seems to go either mental, drama-esque or I just end up with a ton to catch up on and can't ever seem to get through it all! Quick update on life - I've moved into my new house.. it's ok... I start university properly on Monday \o/ aaand, we had a little party to welcome some of the Japanese exchange students and the Masters Degree Translating and Interpreting class. I should, hopefully, get a tandem partner out of it. My parents came over today to give me some things I'd left at home, and bring my camera over =D So I can upload some stuff to Poupee, and send my dear Chelsea a pic of some snazzy (but sadly a little too big for me) shoeses. BAI AGAIN~ D=

Military Operations are starting in the attic. Watch for the SAS, they are moving the piano. [Friday September 19 2008 @ 11:59 pm] [ music | Ika - Go Godzilla Go ] So! It's nearly time to move into my new place! I picked up the keys today, and visited relatives before heading back home to try and start packing - that hasn't gone so well this week, what with having to take the dog to the vets (poor Milly! 5 teeth had to be removed because they were rotten - it's because of all the cakes and biscuits she gets given when she's upstairs with my grandma D=) so I'm currently doing it last minute! I could have done it tomorrow morning, but I have to go to Iceland as I've been given about £100 worth of those stamp things to get my groceries with - so I'll be able to stock up on none perishables. I've been unable to get online over the past couple of days as I've had problems with my net connection, and the new house doesn't have a connection yet either, so I'll be on and off the net for a while as I'll only be able to get on at the library. I shall return soon though, with tales to regale you all with! That's a lie, it will be dull as usual, since I'm only attending the Orientation week again. Anyway, don't miss me too much internet, I shall miss you~ T_T Up, up and away! Into the van! GO GO!

Cockmonglers. [Friday August 1 2008 @ 3:44 pm] [ mood | aggravated ] [ music | Booty Luv - Some Kinda Rush ] Aah, I'm SO fucked off right now. After weeks and weeks of trying to track down a parcel containing my costume for Amecon, it looks like I shall be without my Ruka cosplay. I'm really pissed off about this, because I've spent ages finding all the bits for it, ordering a wig last minute and now the actual outfits not gonna be here! I mean really, what's the point of paying for tracking and all that if they then forget to send it in the first place! I've also had problems with amazon.co.jp recently as well, since they pretty much ignored my shipping details and sent it to my old address in Japan. So, I ended up getting an email from someone at the dormitory asking what should they do with it... um... send it to me maybe?! Of course, I suggested that I pay for shipping, but I've heard nothing from them since. On the plus side, some of my other boxes have arrived - granted, there isn't anything interesting in them, other than a couple of CDs and two pairs of shoes which I've been obsessing over! So, TL;DR GGRRRRR, SHIPPING COMPANIES.

Cheese may have won the battle, but wine will win the war! [Saturday July 19 2008 @ 9:11 pm] [ mood | relaxed ] [ music | Katy Perry - If You Can Afford Me ] So, this week I travelled down to the middle of nowhere (well, down to the South East coast) to visit naukhel before she heads off to Japan in a couple of weeks ;_; Despite having trains delayed, getting up ridiculously early and what not - the journey wasn't too bad. I'm putting this down to the fact that the sun was shining for the first time since I arrived back from Tokyo! SUNSHINE =D I hadn't realised quite how far south Battle actually is until I was shown the English Channel in the distance. And to think, I got an A* in GCSE geography - ultimate fail. Honestly though, it was just so nice to see her again - we've only met a couple of times, but it seems that we've known one another for centuries. It's as if, you don't really realise quite how close friends you really are until you see one another again, and it's as though no time has ever passed. I'm really going to miss her, and so the power of msn and skype will have to come into play. We didn't really do much this week - just catching up with one another and watching an impressive amount of trashy TV and Japanese variety shows. I never really got to watch the ones I wanted to whilst I was over there, as I was usually busy when they were on -_-; So watching some fantastic bullying of Arashi by children... and each other has really sparked me into watching them again. I even started to watch Big Brother! I don't usually care for it, but if I'm with someone else, I don't mind watching it. It did have some interesting turns of phrase in it, such as the seemingly infamous "plasticine penis" from Rebecca. What on earth was that all about?! Nutter. I also had my first ever Gin and Tonic (OLD LADY DRINK D=). Perhaps not my first choice in drink, as I feel I'm a little more of a rum person - but if it's mixed right, it's rather nice! I hope that once I graduate and (hopefully) get on JET myself, I'll be able to go and see naukhel again, because I had a fantastic time this week - talking until the wee hours of the morning and generally spacking around like a pair of loons. I'm still trying to get used to being back in the UK - being on the train seemed a lot more difficult on the way there than usual, because I found that because I didn't have to focus at all to understand what people were saying, that I felt almost as though their conversations were being forced on me D= Aaahh, I'm sure I'll get used to it soon - I just need to stop being a hermit and get out more. But Carlisle is SO BORING =/ This week, I started to play on pupe.jp again - it's changed a lot since I started playing, and the events are too close together now... still it's quite fun (as long as you get comments on items T_T) Make accounts and add me! I need moooorre ribbons D= Pictures of our spackery to come later though! I need to grab a couple from naukhel first, since I only used the Fuji Instax one. It can print DISNEY characters around you! <3

Erm... what? [Saturday July 12 2008 @ 12:59 am] [ mood | confused ] [ music | Gabriella Cilmi - Save the Lies ] Flicking through the channels, I stumbled across the opening for D.N.Angel being shown... on RockWorld TV. WHY? From what I've gathered, this channel shows amateur bands and really bad interviews all day, interspersed with programs about learning to play guitar. Why are they showing anime openings on it? CONFUSED. D=

Samie's Weekly Roundup - Golden Week Aftermath... Week....thing. IDK. [Sunday May 18 2008 @ 9:49 pm] [ mood | cheerful ] [ music | ギャルル　－　ＢＯＯＭＢＯＯＭめっちゃマッチョ！ ] So, what HAVE I been up to lately? I've been terribly lax in updating my journal, and even more lax in organising photos so that I can make posts with them in! This week has been slower than most, with exams and things looming once again. Srsly, it seems like every other week we have an exam or a report or something to be doing, when all I really want to do is enjoy my last remaining month and a half here before returning to (surprisingly warm at the moment) England. Today was spent going to Akihabara and later Shinjuku with Kirsty. I had stayed over the night at Sarah's so sadly didn't have any lolita clothes with me (making the trip into 0101Young REALLY awkward feeling!) and we also picked up a new iPod for Kirsty since she's finally bitten the bullet and bought a decent mp3 player! Seeing the old guys taking pictures of maids NEVER fails to make me cringe though. It's like... Akihabara has the scent in the air... the scent of an anime con's dealers room 3 days into the con. That nasty, you don't know what it is smell. I've very rarely been down there, and never on a Sunday, so it felt very strange crossing the street without having to worry about traffic. It was such a lovely day though, I wish I could have gone sunbathing somewhere XD Stood at the very end of the street - that little blur at the bottom is all the people XD ( MOAR...! )

Weekend Fun Tiems Nau. Golden Week on Weekend Shocker? [Tuesday May 6 2008 @ 11:12 am] [ mood | freaked out ] [ music | Devilish - I Needn't You ] Firstly, helllooooo to the new people on my friendslist!So, Golden Week was over a weekend this year. I believe that this is known as being both gay, and shit, because it means no time off during the week! I still had a really good time, going out with Alice on Friday night and getting more than a little drunk at the Hub =D Many, many interesting conversations were to be had! I did however manage to lose my Suica card again (along with the new passcase I had for it! D= !!) So I ended up going into Musashi-sakai earlier than expected on Saturday to buy a new one, and to replace my iPod headphones (as I also managed to lose them this week!) Saturday we headed to the Vampire Cafe in Ginza along with Chelsea and Julia where we were wined and dined by a terribly sweet Japanese vampire waiter. The food was very good, but we were a little disappointed in the service (meals coming out at the wrong time, and an entire order seemingly forgotten about!) I shall add pictures when LJ isn't being incredibly SHIT and not loading properly. Sunday was a day of REST =D I had hoped to sleep in a little longer than I managed to, but for some reason the crows that live in the wood behind me were going MENTAL all day and night. Little bastards. And Monday, my last day off... didn't turn out so well. I went to bed early on Sunday night, intending to get up and work out how to get to Tokyo Big Site in the morning. Managed to get dressed and ready for the day. And then had a panic attack out of nowhere! I'm not sure if it was a panic attack or what, but I pretty much spent the rest of the morning with my head in my hands freaking out in a corner of my room. I really don't know what brought it on either. I was happily getting ready to go out, and then my chest starts feeling tight and I want to be sick. It pretty much ruined the rest of the day for me, as I couldn't bring myself to leave my bedroom, never mind Global House. I eventually had to go downstairs for the Dorm meeting - but I pretty much blocked it all out and worked on some homework. I still don't feel particularly great today, and slept through my alarms (that is if they even went off - I don't think they did tbh - I ALWAYS hear them) so have missed class once again. Thankfully I can catch up I think! I've been neglecting my LJ recently, and over the past couple of weeks a lot has happened - including the guys coming over to Japan where we got to hang out a little =D so I'm going to basically go back and try and do a couple of updates with pictures and things. Hope everyone is doing ok!

Oguri Shun Eiga-Sai At Roppongi Hills [Saturday April 5 2008 @ 4:41 am] [ music | alan - 明日への賛歌 ] Over four and a half hours of clicking refresh, being pissed off at ridiculously slow and not-capable-of-their-job servers, getting through to the system and then have it FAIL on me have paid off. Why yes, yes I am going to see the Oguri Shun Eiga-Sai in Roppongi Hills next Friday. Why yes, yes I am going to be "greeted" at the door of the cinema by Oguri Shun. Yes. I'll be seeing Kisaragi, Crow's Zero and Robocon. 隣人１３号 (The Neighbour 13) will also be showing, but in a different screening (How I wish they had put that and Crow's Zero in together!) This all kicks off for us at 11:35pm as Shun has to greet the guests at each screening in the 9 screen cinema, hence it's being staggered through the night. Heading home at around 6am. No yeah! The fits of rage, and putting off sleep/bathroom breaks and general life for those four hours have totally paid off. This totally makes up for not being able to get down to the Bape store in time to buy the gold BapeXNintendo DS. More updates and pictures of life later. For now...precious sleep before I have to get up at 7. Sleeeep.

Staffing and Death-Flu [Sunday February 24 2008 @ 5:32 pm] [ music | The Divine Comedy - National Express ] Quick update to let you know I'm still alive. Currently taking a (very) short break from studying for my final tomorrow! There's so many kanji to study for it, it's unbelievable! I'm not sure how I managed to cope with double the amount last semester XD My weak point is kanji sadly. I can read them fine, but freak and forget the ones I can write when under exam situations. Boo! So, I have my final Japanese exam tomorrow, followed by the deadline for my Foundations of Japanese Education - Educational Migration and Lifelong Learning paper after that. And then I'm home free! Free to sleep the entire day away and recover from the heinous cold that I've had recently (I do believe I referred to it as "Either the plague, or Death-Flu" when I was on the phone to my mam this week) I really need to get myself down to Lawson as well and deal with that evil ticket machine to see if there is anything interesting on, as well as organising what we're going/where we're going during the break. A whole month off! BLISS! Other than that, not much else has been happening, other than helping Kirsty get ready for her ski trip, and trying to procrastinate. I'm not usually quite as bad as I've been lately (even Kirsty couldn't get me to study, which is unusual) I miss satelitte tv! I want to watch trashy shows again! Speaking of which, what cycle of ANTM are we on in the UK now? So that I can download the right one =D Once the exams are over, I'm going back on a serious diet. I'm the biggest I've been in a while, and whilst we were out yesterday, I felt SO self-concious wearing my mini. Boo! I also need to write about the horrific staff in Innocent World, but that will have to wait until tomorrow - worst staff ever. Seriously. P.S kal_chan, the next batch on th_secrets is up. DRAAAAAMAAAAAAZZZ =D

[Thursday February 14 2008 @ 1:52 pm] [ mood | busy ] [ music | Crazy Japanese men in the Snow - on TV ] Headaches and migraines galore this week. It seems most people (at least the ones who actually want to pass their classes -this therefore excludes Bruno, who I saw leaving his class 4 1/2 hours earlier AGAIN today!) in Global House and the other dorms are getting sick, though a lot of it is brought on by stress. I've been sleeping a lot lately, even when I know I should be studying. The buzzing and throbbing pain eventually gets to me and I fall asleep trying to make it go away. I also started a diet this week (I say diet, it's more of a return to eating properly, rather than the fast junk I had been) as I've put on quite a bit of weight. Because of the sheer amounts of fat I've eaten, I'm currently around 57kg. I'm hoping to drop that to around 52-53kg over the next month or so. Unfortunately, because it's exam period, I desperately want to eat chocolate, so I think until the 25th the diet will have to wait! Want creeeeaaam caaaakke~ So, I have a test tomorrow, and need to learn all the kanji and readings and what not for it. I didn't do so well on my last one, so I really need to buck up and do well tomorrow. But, even if I fail this class, all is not lost. I've been thinking on it, and what I would do, is go back into the intensive class for the final semester. The intensives cover double the amount of work that the normal JLP classes do, so I would still end up at the same level (hopefully) as I would should I pass J5 this semester and go into J6 next semester. One thing I am a little sick of about the JLP classes, is the marking scheme. When I submit a first draft of an essay, and you hand it back to me with corrections to be made, I do not then expect you to mark things that I "should" have corrected on the final draft, that you never even mentioned to me in the first draft. When it's something ambigious, or perhaps something that I could have added detail onto - but is still correct - how do you expect me to know that you want it changed, if you don't say? I've had this on the last two essays I've been handed back, and to be honest it's fucking me right off. It's grammatically correct. There isn't anything wrong with it, other than the fact that you've decided that I've not spoken enough about it. Without letting me know. In either draft.... I'm not psychic T_T Having said all this, by the 25th, I'm going to be dead, I will then proceed to sleep for most of the 26th, and after that the fun of a full month off will begin. HOLIDAYS FUUU~ Also, going to see Big Bang for sure now! =DDDDD HAPPIES Going to the shops to buy cake and chocolate now before I fall asleep and it gets too cold, as I desperately crave them! I should upload a picture of my nails too - they are starting to chip a bit now, as I've had them for two days already... but they are still rather nice I think!

[Monday February 4 2008 @ 1:02 am] [ mood | calm ] [ music | Tokio Hotel - Spring Nicht ] This weekend has been really good for my mental well-being, having been able to hang out with people playing Super Smash Brothers Brawl and eating chocolates. As most of you can probably tell, I've been feeling pretty down lately, what with the sheer amount of work I've had looming over me. The work is still there, and I should probably be more worried about it than I am, but right now I can't bring myself to care an awful lot. Waking up on Saturday to find a chat message left to me by Barry also cheered me up - as silly as it sounds, it made me feel as though I've not been forgotten about and that someone else understands how hard I'm finding J5. Language-ability wise, I kind of look up to Barry, so it made me feel a lot better.  I headed off with Sujin on Saturday to Akiba in order to pick up an R4 for myself. It was the first time for me to head down that way, and to be honest I was quite surprised at how small the area is - I don't know, I was expecting it to be a little larger! Lots of scary guys down there, and it really made me feel quite uncomfortable being around so many people - Japanese including, but mainly foreigners (oh how racist you're making me, Japan!) that I knew were otaku. They might have been like me and coming for electronics, but that horrible stigmata was embedded in my mind, making me all the more aware that everyone was thinking the exact same thing about me. DO NOT WANT. I ended up buying two cute SD style figures from D.Grayman, which I've been watching on TV here. Yay, horror-based shows. I unfortunately ended up with the two characters that I didn't reeeaaaalllly want - I'd have much preferred getting Kanda with my Lavi instead of Tyki Mikku. Boo. Means I'll have to try and get the rest of them I guess. Spent most of last night playing silly games on the DS such as Pinky Street: Kira Kira Music Hour and eating with the guys - causing Max to become incredibly confused as he prodded my belly going "BUT WHERE DO YOU KEEP ALL THIS FOOD?" - considering I'm at my biggest I've been for a while due to the masses of chocolate I've consumed, I was quite happy. We also sat and played a bit of Devil May Cry 4 - or rather all spacked around shouting at the screen telling Max what to do. Good times, good times. Kersten still isn't getting any better at SSBB though, as even I can defeat him using Jigglypuff as a character (Or Purin as it's apparently called here!) It's snowing here yet again, so I ended up sleeping in and missing the Global House BBQ (though as it was snowing, I'm pretty sure they will have cancelled XD) I also ended up falling asleep doing my homework and thusly don't feel tired now, even though I really ought to go to sleep as I have a long day tomorrow (BOOO Class until 7pm followed by Dorm Meeting) Still need to sort out flights and things for Korea. I need to get everyone together on Thursday I think and arrange it - also need to get re-entry permit! FUN! =D

Wtf Japan. [Wednesday January 23 2008 @ 12:28 am] [ mood | confused ] [ music | TV ] Yokoyama Yuu has just shot all of Kanjani8, and their guest for this evening, with his LAZER EYES. I really wish I were kidding. He's got X-men's Cyclops-esque glasses on. For real.

Tea, Biscuits and LOVIN' [Tuesday January 22 2008 @ 11:24 pm] [ mood | good ] [ music | alan - 明日への讃歌 (Ashita e no Sanka) ] Hmm, life is feeling pretty good tonight. I'm sat eating delicious Japanese curry, watching music videos when I should be revising kanji for tomorrow, and drinking a cup of tasty, tasty Tetley's tea. I definitely need to get my parents to send me some more Tetley's out though, as I'm not entirely sure how long these will last at the rate I'm going through them.  The only downside to the day has been the fact that I've got massive bandages covering a good 10% of my upper chest, as I had a little accident which resulted in a bit of a bloody mess. It sounds worse than it actually is - I've mainly got the bandages there to stop me from scratching and making it worse (though I'm pretty sure there's going to be a little scar) and that I'm going to be ridiculously busy tomorrow trying to write my project which is due in on Friday. I meant to do some of it today (even had the webpages and graphs loaded up and everything), but for some reason, I was so incredibly sleepy today! So I ended up doing what I've been doing on a weekend lately - curling up on my bed in front of the window (and therefore in the sunshine) and falling asleep - stretched out like a giant long-cat or something) By the time I woke up, it was already time for me to go upstairs to Rea's room and make us some Jellyfish made out of newspaper as decorations for the Global House Ball Party. As you can guess, we have an underwater theme going on. I also made great leaps and bounds (that is, I actually DID something) on the Amecon '08 lolita event front. I posted on uk_lolitas and loligoth_uk rather than on the main EGL lj - so if anyone on here is going to it, and didn't already see the post, let me know. I need experienced lolitas to model! Less ita-s in my event plz. (oh ho ho, "my" event - INTERNETS FAME YO... ok not really) I may possibly be going to see Big Bang here in Tokyo - tickets go on sale on Friday, but you have to have bought the single already and signed up via the website. Flavia, Hana and Rea are also hoping to go - so we shall see! BIGGGGGG BAAAAAANG <3 Ahh, I want to come back to Europe and do some more travelling. Travel here is so expensive, and to be honest - I really miss the atmosphere of Europe. I miss everyone back home too! BOO HOO HOO... now give me comments, bitches. Oh, and as a last note tonight (I'm trying to update more regularly - see!) - when people say bandages hurt less if you pull them off quickly ARE LYING. Or they've never had them put on the soft, tender flesh of your chest. WORD. P.S - Does anyone else on my friend's list use Poupee Girl? My profile on there is here: http://pupe.jp/profile/-lNkNYmgInqm/ ADD PLZ. Or comment with your user profile!

NewS! Goods! Getting Old! [Monday January 14 2008 @ 12:56 am] [ mood | cheerful ] [ music | Devilish - Nichts Wird Besser ] So, I promised I'd do another update with pictures so it wasn't just me raving on like a massive loon. Firstly, a couple of things have happened since I last updated, one of them being that I went to the first Tokyo Dome concert for NewS. I say it in passing as though I'm not that bothered, but you know that I was screaming and bouncing up and down with the rest of the girls there. I felt quite bad for the guy behind us, whose girlfriend has clearly dragged him along with her! The show itself was awesome, as we were pretty close to the front of the stands. It was quite amusing to watch at some point in the concert when the barriers down on the floor began to give way, leading to one poor guy holding it together as a mass of fans surged forward to wave at YamaPi as he ran past. Though the concert began at 6pm, Sarah/ gothicmaidchii and I headed over to Tokyo Dome City for the merchandise line at around 9am. Thankfully we did, as when the line opened at noon, it took us an hour to get to the front. I bought a ridiculous amount (pretty much everything on offer - twice over as Kirsty/kal_chan had an exam that morning and couldn't join us until later in the afternoon and I bought all of her things as well - I nearly cried as I handed over that amount of cash in one foul swoop) You can't see it in this picture - I'll put a better one up later - but they released a special edition version of the bath towel for the Tokyo Dome concerts. ( Cut to save your friends page... ) In my spacking and trying to remember what Kirsty also wanted (especially when it came to choosing which member's clearfile and uchiwa she wanted), I unfortunately forgot to get the penlight, so we only had glowsticks to wave to the songs. ALAS. I also snuck a sneaky pic of the dome whilst the crowd were all moving and sitting down - we had to get someone to keep an eye out for us in case we got caught XD It's pretty shite quality as it was taken on my phone (I didn't see the point of  taking my camera as I'm not allowed to use it!) It looks as though we're further away than we really were here, as I was taking it at an angle to get everything in - that's basically to the left of us! We also met a lovely girl who had advertised the fact she was coming over to the concert that day and took purikura, she was lovely and I've added her to my friends' list - welcome jencheek! After meeting up, we still had loads of time to waste so hung around in Starbucks and stuff - also took Sarah for her first EVER KFC - only to be told by these two lovely Japanese girls that it secretly stood for Koyama Fan Club! I always thought it was Kamenashi Fan Club! ( Purikura! ) Tomorrow/Today is my Coming of Age Ceremony, so I'm going to have to get all dressed up for that. Which means sleep may be a good idea! Looking at the pictures, reminds me I need a haircut badly! I'll post some more puri up soon - these ones are the best ones of me but are the only ones showing our uchiwa =D We also had to wave our Tokyo Dome official ones during the concert, shiny sides facing the stage, blinding the boys. Awww bless! More later!

It Can Be Sexy Tiem Nau Plz? [Sunday January 6 2008 @ 11:43 pm] [ mood | sleepy ] [ music | Sweeney Tddd Revival Cast - Epiphany ] A rather short update to let everyone know I'm still alive! I always seem to be busy at the moment, and not even doing fun things some of the time! I promised myself that I'd update more often and in shorter bursts once I was in Japan - see how much that worked! I should make it a new year's resolution, but I know it's a lost cause. So... life! I may hate my Professor for Foundations of Japanese Education already - I'm slowly but surely working my way through the 100+ pages of reading he's given us for tomorrow. One reading!  My brain has been pretty much mush this week anyway, so I'm really struggling to get through this! Christmas didn't really feel like Christmas, despite being with people and their best efforts - I'm a real home girl when it comes to this things, and I'm not ashamed to say that my voice cracked a little when wishing my parents a Merry Christmas over skype . Most of my gifts have been left at home anyway, as my parents are planning to hold a little "Christmas in July" when I get back - though I got a few things in the post. The talking teddy (Granmarnier-kuma!) from Nia made me incredibly happy - if only just to hear her voice again on the recording hidden inside (though, as I didn't realise it HAD a recording, her message about people watching her whilst she recorded confused the hell out of me for a while) I need to update with a couple of pictures I've taken recently as well - though it will probably have to wait until tomorrow as I'm absolutely shattered, and class begins tomorrow! I'm skipping on Wednesday though, to go see NewS! TOKYO DOME <3 I've been getting more and more excited since I got hold of the actual tickets - like it's actually real and I hadn't just made a mistake when I called up! Other than that, this week will be spent getting back into the swing of things after two weeks of playing monopoly, drunken pop-up pirate with everyone. New Years was interesting - as interesting as a 5 hour long nomikai can be, teaching drunken Japanese boys as many dirty words in English as you can remember (HE asked first! Also, it's hard when you try and think of ones that are actually in the dictionary and not one you've just made up!), but honestly I prefer the Western New Years celebrations! Kersten has been teasing me relentlessly after discovering I liked Tokio Hotel. I think he's just jealous because he's massively boring and fugly. He likes the Spice Girls ffs! PLZ NOT TO BE JUDGING. I'm not sure if I like the new pictures of Bill and Tom though - whilst I appreciate half naked pictures as much as the next year (hello concious, what was that you were saying about boys younger than me?) I don't like that fact that the pics were taken by the paparazzi whilst they were on holiday. Double standards, me? The pictures also remind me I need a haircut... and whilst I'd love one like Bill's, I totally couldn't pull it off - besidely after seeing some of the haircuts here, I'm terrified to go to the salon! Will update more later. Pictures to come!

A Bling Worthy of A Johnny-boy [Saturday December 1 2007 @ 3:07 am] [ mood | accomplished ] [ music | Bill Bailey - Bewildered ] Bigger update tomorrow! For now, a picture of my new spangly phone - post my playing with lots of sparkly crap after being let loose in one of the phone decorating shops in Shibuya. I didn't want anything TOO obnoxious, so vetoed the lace around the edge and cuddly teddy bears on the front and stuff. JUST BLING FOR ME! THE BLINGING BEGINS. Shiny pink Mickey Mouse faces? CHECK. Fake pearls? CHECK. My masterpiece, it is complete. No longer will I feel left out in blinging-chavtasticery when out in Shibuya! (At least not in the phone department - the clothes slaggery may be too big a feat, even for me.

Girls Happiness - We are queen of our world [Monday November 26 2007 @ 9:25 pm] [ music | 大塚愛 －PEACH ] I'm currently sat here watching on of the channels on my newly bought TV <3 which is showing the Best Hits of 2007 (as w-inds will be on the show, I believe this means no Johnny's NOOO). It's quite painful as I've just sat through Leah Dizon screeching out Koi Shiyou and C-utes singing something or other which I wasn't interested in. Actually, watching the interview with Leah made me feel quite happy - I apparently understood more of what she was being asked than she did! (Granted, I'm well aware of the fact that she's supposidly much better at Japanese than she lets on, so it could all be an act to make her seem cuter) I've been watching children's programs today on NHK as well - it's quite interesting to see how they teach things in teeeeeeny segments rather than the half hour shows I'm used to seeing n childrens tv back home. The "Let's Play With English" show was quite interesting too - that might just be the wannabe teacher in me though! I fell asleep towards the end, waking up to find Detective Conan on. A bargain all round - but worrying that I'm still so sleepy, after massive amounts of sleep. I'm ALWAYS sleepy here, I have no idea why though! Perhaps I'm not used to the air...or something...I don't know. I think this show is lying about it showing the Best Hits of 2007. Mostly it's really old songs, mixed in with one or two new ones like the Koda KumixDBSK one. Ooh! I've finally gotten a 4th room mate! She's just returned from Australia, so we're finally a full unit. It's kind of weird though, as I've already been here like 3 months, and suddenly the unit people have changed. I have to get used to it though, as Haruna is graduating this year, so we'll have a first year coming in April time. I got a little bored yesterday (nothing to do, no money to go anywhere - quite literally I had 500yen until I could get to a ATM XD) so I ended up reading a manga someone had recommended to me. It's the first time I've read one in quite literally an age, and I was really pleasantly surprised! It's still coming out here in Japan, serialised in LaLa magazine, so I'm going to go and pick up a copy of Decembers edition tomorrow (yay free gifts! - its a shame I missed the bracelet and necklace set - those were cute) (There is a giant furry bug singing on this show now... with a woman whose skirt looks as though it has enough fabric to clothe a small country and the song title is "Oshirikajiri Mushi" おしりかじり虫 - WHAT IS GOING ON. WHY IS THIS ON AS A "BEST HITS SONG") Oh, naukhel I saw a CM last night with Arashi in... it's rather cute! They're all fighting the snow and the cold to get a fire going underneath one of those big oil drums (you know, the ones that hobos stand around in movies) so that they can heat the water in it. All so that Captain can get a bath in it whilst drinking some Lemon Water. ... ..... Either that or they are cooking him and want him to be lemon flavoured. YOU DECIDE.

My Dream, Your Dream! [Monday November 12 2007 @ 10:26 pm] [ music | KAT-TUN - SPECIAL HAPPINESS ] I really need to make more of an effort to keep updating this regularly, I think. Granted, not many people read it, but still! It's the principle of the matter. The end of the Autumn school term is fast approaching, with my final exam for Intensive 2 Japanese being held on Thursday. I've also got the dullest presentation on Beatrix Potter to give EVER tomorrow. Other than that, and the heinous reading exam today, all is well in the land of language learning. I do have a question though - since when did comprehension involve putting together the final paragraph in correct order from a piece you read once 2 months ago... when the paragraph in question wasn't actually in the text presented? Slightly confusing, to be honest with you. This month and last month has been pretty hectic - we held the ICU Festival on the 3rd and 4th of November, and so everyone has been working really hard to get their performances perfect. Quite a few of my friends are in the ICU Smooth Steppers dance troupe and so it was really lovely being able to watch them perform on the Aho-yama stage on the Saturday. I unfortunately missed one of my friends performances, as I was trying to get changed after our yearbook pictures, before running like a lunatic to the stage area XD I did have a performance myself, so for most of Saturday, I was either getting dressed, giving out flyers, performing, or getting undressed. Unfortunate! I don't think many of you know (actually, if you check facebook, you probably do) I joined the koto club here at ICU, so we performed "Sakura" on it for our first piece. There were a few mistakes, and it wasn't perfect but everyone tried their best and I'm sure we'll improve for next time! Considering that we hadn't had many opportunities to practise, I think we did pretty well. Video fuuu! I didn't actually go to both days of the sai, opting to go to Waseda's Festival with kal_chan  (it's only fair! She missed the first day, to come to ICU after all) Waseda's was... big. And had lots of people. There were some nice people (those who I met through Kirsty, including the fairly awesome Naoya, who is apparently the Japanese Axel Rose... apparently and Shimpei, who is awesome if only for the fact he gave me a Yukan Club promo card thing =D)  and there were some really creepy people, like the blue-contact lensed man and his gangsta-esque friend trying to hit on us... and kissing our hands. That I didn't like. The male cheerleaders from Waseda are awesome, and the females are so much better than the ICU Angels. But, I have to say.... their dance troupe is rubbish compared to ours XD Other than that, most of my time has been spent either stuck in a classroom, or out with friends partying. A bargain for sure! I will be glad when things settle down after exam period though - I want to have fun, not study! Also, Johnny please send me my tickets for concerts now. Please, oh please. I joined the You+J fanclub for the year I'm here, so I can hopefully get hold of a concert ticket at some point - a long shot, but better than trying on Yahoo!Auctions only to be turned away at the door. I'm going to do a picture-dump sometime this week, with some of the better pictures that I've taken/had taken. Facebook hates me and won't let me upload more than a few at a time at the moment! Nooo! Also, a quick reminder - if anyone wants my contact details, they are in one of the more recent posts I made here - send me maaaaiiillll! Letters are good, and make me happy people!

My fingers are holding onto the cracks in our foundations [Wednesday July 11 2007 @ 9:04 pm] [ music | Kate Nash - Foundations ] HanaKimi is seriously the first drama in quite a while which has had me rolling around in absolute glee. I *may* have developed a crush on Horikita Maki (as if I didn't already have one ;_;) as she looks terribly adorable in that ever so slightly too big schoolboy's uniform. The fact that HanaKimi has Ukaji Takashi in it as well makes me squeal as he is BEST at being rubbish =DDD I'm quite interested as well to see how Shirota Yuu fares as an actor, as I haven't seen any of his previous work - including the SeraMyu stint he did as Tuxedo Kamen - so I do believe that will be interesting as the series goes on. He still has a bongy face though. I headed over to Newcastle yesterday to meet up with the ever lovely kal_chan and her mother for a belated exam results dinner at St. Sushi. Both of us did very well if I do say so myself. Seriously, I may love that restaurant. The staff are incredibly polite and friendly, and the food is full of noms and win. Ika sushi = best sushi in the world. I was originally going to stay over, having been up to the Consulate General in Edinburgh on Monday for my visa application. However, fate was against me, and my bank did a bit of a spack, cancelling my overdraft. So instead, I had to go to Edinburgh today. I'm really glad I did though, the weather was fabulous and I just had a meander around looking at some of the fantastic buildings =D On a less bright note, I must go to the dentist tomorrow, alas I have toothache. Hopefully this should all be fixed tomorrow! Finally, please to be getting your macbook fixed soon Yuba, I need spacking and I miss talking to you!

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