Scarlet's World

// "How The Coupon Empire replaced the Cupcake Empire."

2012-01-07T22:12:00.000-08:00

My name's Scarlet, and Today I want to talk about a bit of an addiction. So here we go.

As of lately I've been wanting to post about mine and my sister's couponing experiences,

cutting, collecting, and finding price match ups takes a lot of time and effort. Sometimes I cut so many i forget why I have them to begin with, then I remember the pay off is huge.

This week lots of good coupons came in the mail, and I used a few for the sales happening at the

Walgreens and the CVS, which are my favorite couponing places, Target is also another favorite.

We also go to Raid Aide and the juggernaut that is Wal-Mart. I love that we can price match, that makes

me happiest.

I know that Wal-Mart is the devil, and I'm not proud of it, but they have an amazing coupon policy.

Target has an awesome coupon system, but sometimes it fails to deliver and there's a lot of fighting with the cashier's who can't read the fine print like we do, but they do give cash back in gift cards which we can use for the next purchase whether it be a day or seconds later.

CVS and Walgreens were hit up today by me and my mom, we bought a lot of clearanced make up

over 70% off and matched it with coupons.

I had read on Hip2Save about a lot of deals going on so I made my little list and headed over there

a few days after the sale started. I BARELY got anything, and saw other savings literally there one second gone the next.

Almay cosmetics were reduced to 2.50 each, sometimes 1.50, I had a $2 coupon on ANY and scored them for 50 cents or less~~!!

I bought:

Amethyst Mascara for Brown Eyes x2, Liquid Foundation X2, Pore Fection Foundation x1 & Trio eye shadows x2

Each of these retail for 8.99 or 13.99 and over, paid: under 5 bucks for everything.

I'm hoping that there will be some deals for Allergy medicine in the next weeks, I have severe allergies and lots of coupons I'm just waiting to use.

I will fix this blog, and post up more things, I've been realyl avoiding blogging for the past few months but I think it's time I've returned to cyber land as real land is a stranded ship.

Will Post pictures later.

// "ねむらよ。。。”

2011-01-24T20:44:00.000-08:00

(xxxxx)

In my opinion, this is the song of their Career. Their "Glay" CD is supposed to be a definition of thier music so far, and it was great but also it was everything i expected, and frankly I wanted more. I am hoping they deliver that in Rare Collectives Vol, 3 & 4. I think it is because they are older that their music is like...way too media oriented, like what people want to hear, I want them to shake it up a bit, give me another angle of One Love please, I miss Glay and half of the songs on this album I just have to skip because it is generic, I felt them create the album, and maybe it just needs to grow on me, but Precious is the only song i can listen to that I enjoy and IS GLAY, everything Glay is summed up in this bitter sweet ballad, a lament, and an entire life lived. "Hey, tell me what made you so happy?" i feel everything when I hear it, I feel that it is towards me, from me, and about me, that the universe connects with Teru's Voice and Takuro's lyrics, ”ねむれよ。。。”　it isn't like I can simply listen to Precious and just skip it, when it comes on I do cry some times, and some times I just need to close my eyes. The scenery is calming and the longing is strong, //sighs// I wonder what inspired this song.

// "But her prince falls for the wrong girl, and she kills herself"

2010-12-08T17:46:00.000-08:00

I think this movie came out already, but I think it would be a very interesting movie to see.
Okay, I like anything Natalie Portman does, but i also have this fascination with ballet, and of course there is this sinister schizo plot, and then she's turning into a swan? So did the ballet drive her crazy? Or is it the umm definition of Black Swan itself?
Lemme Wiki it here:
The Black Swan Theory or "Theory of Black Swan Events" was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb to explain: 1) the disproportionate role of high-impact, hard to predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance and technology, 2) the non-computability of the probability of the consequential rare events using scientific methods (owing to their very nature of small probabilities) and 3) the psychological biases that make people individually and collectively blind to uncertainty and unaware of the massive role of the rare event in historical affairs. Unlike the earlier philosophical "black swan problem", the "Black Swan Theory" (capitalized) refers only to unexpected events of large magnitude and consequence and their dominant role in history. Such events, considered extreme outliers, collectively play vastly larger roles than regular occurrences.
Could it be that the probability of the begining of the story be why it's black swan effect and it plays into the show that the ballet place is hosting? Or is it that unexpected events happen which trigger a change? I don't know, but i like that the theory and the movie seem like it's a deeper metaphysical definition, and it would be interesting to see which parts play into it.

Right now I want to see this, and also watch "The Last unicorn"

Also, I want to continue to update this blog because this one is for reviews of movies and concerts, and games sometimes.
So I want to update more often.

// Tragedies Around us

2010-12-06T04:12:00.000-08:00

My favorite movie

the subtleness in it, of love and of pain.

i remember when i had netflix, and i would check out a lot of japanese movies
The Yakuza papers were favorites of mine.
many movies, that i can't remember now.

// Live from Anaheim

2010-06-13T23:38:00.001-07:00

The line: Sort of a first in a long time, I got to make friends in line a few minutes after getting in line. Very nice people, names Breanne & her sister,Sabrina , Veronica, Also a Myv Cosplayer who had won a cosplay contest previously and got to meet him and her friend/s.

We talked about previous concert experiences, i got to learn a little about their lives, we got out picture taken by Music Japan some or other, and we played a round of war to beat the man.
Constantly they told us NO FUCKING CAMERAS EVER,

experience:
We got in after scanned tickets and separated. through the doors, and they constantly told us no running, well I ran when they weren't looking and got ONE person behind the stage (No fucking Rail!!) well it was a good spot lets just leave it there! A friend of mine passed out and we all agreed to not pull each others hair.

concert starts, song kicks off and I couldn't take my eyes off of him,

memorable moments: he leans back into the crowd in the middle of Survive and plays his guitar behind him and begins to moves down the edge of the stage still playing. He leans back real fast and his hair touched the audience shortly. Many many guitar solos of him just shredding and doing what he does best, many times he fell to the ground with the intensity of his fingers rummaging through the guitar delivering perfect and harmonizing with his band mates which are also very talented and humble.
i fell in in love with his drummer bobou, who...I think is a very cute person, he was right in fron to me and when i couldn't see Miyavi or was just too entranced in the music to jump or to sing along or to scream at every pause he made I just stared a bobo and admired his mad skills.
The Deejay has a VERY long name, but also very talented though I barely got to see him.

He did really amazing vocalizing that I never heard from him before for his ballads Kininegai wo and that song he said he wrote after Lovelie was born, he talked about his family and how he went through a really hard time last year that he wanted to give us his tour, well he couldn't come to LA because of injuries he said he had, and that he also got sick, and he was very sad to had to cancel the tour. I didn't heard some parts because people didn't shut up. But he said something that resonated in my heart, he said that he doesn't care about being famous, 'all of this, I never longed for it like it was a goal, I just wanted to do things I love, and do something that no one has done before, being myself and create what I love.' He talked about how he went independant and formed his own label, j-glam, and that he was very grateful to have very amazing children like us. I really love listening to Miyavi talk, what I hate is that I can only hear half of it because of the stupid girls who don't know when to shut up. They always want Miyavi to recognize them so they're all saying stupid things. He does very kakouii gestures with his hands when he sings too, like an amazing Rock Star that he is, like this little 'bang bang bang' thing he did to my section, he leaned in very close to us and people could touch him, I think he likes that lol Well also it was crushing but not as bad, it was actually a little bit come comfrotable than the Avalon. I saw a lot of him in this show and was so impressed by him yet again astonded at how much better his English is as well.
Well at the end of his show, He told us that he loved us very much, and his sincerity is another thing that drew me back into Miyavi, because I've been a fan of his for such a long time that I just can't deny him the love he's always had in my heart, that special place only he can take. So this concert to me was a love letter written in sweat, in heat, in crazy melodies, in fast flashing lights, in the sprinkling water he poured on me, and in the tender cold of his fingers when his hand touched mine. I held on to this part and I didn't want to let go, it was like a part of me that was dead re-awoke, and I knew then the answer in my heart.
There's a love in me you'll always have, and though I'm one of many, you're the only one in my heart, in that special place reserved just for you no matter how many times I loose you, I realize now that.. I can't quit you.

Set list:
Survive
君にファンキーモンキーバイヴレーション (Kimi ni Funky money vibration)
-MC-
Boom Ha Boom Ha Ha
Coin Lockers Baby
おっさんおっさん俺なんぼ ( Ossan Ossan Ore Nan bo)
-MC-
プリーズ、プリーズ、プリーズ。 (Please, please, please. ) ** I was really hoping for this one~!**
勝利のV-ROCK!! (Shouri no V-Rock!! )
-MC-
Soft song (he wrote for or about his daughter?)
That other soft song from that new album I think?
君に願いを (Kimi ni negai wo)
-MC-
--New Song?---
Super Hero
Are You Ready to Rock

Encore: Sekai wa My World
咲き誇る華の様に-Neo Visualizm-

// Polysics or Die~!!

2010-03-26T22:18:00.000-07:00

I went to see the Polysics a while ago, but I haven't had time to post the review here.
so here we go. Copied and pasted from Last.fm

Basically just going to copy and paste from my LJ~!
Alright so around 3:03 Erika came to pick me up and we were on our way to L.A. I took my clock bag and my plaid green dress.
Not to mention my Docs because...well..I was pretty sure that I was going to get crushed, I had to be prepared. We got to the Roxy around 5:15 pm. We got a little lost too when we entered Hollywood someone had put on the Google direction that it only takes 1 minute to get to vincent st and we got all confused (on the way back we found Vincent and it was 20 minutes from the Rox.
Well we were the first ones in line! No one got there until around 6:30ish. There was also a line for will-call and buying tickets, I never really knew what it was like being first in line, Once I paid the 3 bucks for being under 21 and had my ticket scanned I ran to the stage area, which is like wide, that stage it pretty big but it's not very tall it reaches to about an average person's knees but for me around my pelvis. Well it wasn't as packed for the first hour, that's when the first band went up called "Little Red Radio" Which were scene and electronic, and the Male singer reminded me of prince, I really liked the keyboard guy, he also played the piano. Well they were too crazy to open up is what I think the female singer was way too sexual and being the person in the front row in the middle I got a full view of her suggestive gestures, and well so did everyone else because she wouldn't stop grabbing her crotch, I think that I would have enjoyed their music really if they would tone down their sexuality, no my sort of thing.

The next band was called "new Kingdom" they were pretty okay, I really enjoyed watching the singer dance though, that guys got mad skills D: he should just break off and totally do an MJ continued legacy thing. They were very Rage Against the Machine meets Jimmy Hendrix, really awesome~!! They do not have a guitarist though, it makes their sound so...powerful, I never thought that could happen, but it was somewhat intense~!

The next band, (yeah three bands, it was sucky to wait >: )
Was umm...I think they were called Sabrosa Purr? I think it was Purr.
Well they were...interesting.
I felt like the lead singer should go solo and write really poetic grunge music because he reminded me so much of the KC it was scary D: even the way he stood and the way he vibrato his guitar and his look. Maybe it's his "look" or appeal?" They had a chick bassist that was really dressed rock'n'roll. She should be a model because her Bass playing is...less than impressive, she only strummed around 2 notes the entire set. I Know that there needed to be a harmony, but damn, would it kill her to at least make those two notes less boring? The lead guitarist was a bit of a douche bag, he's all like "ughh....they don't wanna have fun" and sighing, well what did they expect? They are a mellow indies screamo band at a Poly show...a POLY SHOW~!! The first band was electro and uppidy, they belonged there~!! the next band was also uppidy, they were not electro but they had charisma and good rifts. They played slow boring music that would have been cool if I was sipping tea in a club, or if I went to see them at their own show and was not expecting anyone else. They do play good music, in fact the only hard and fast paced song they played was the last one and it was enjoyable~!! I wish they had more music like that; I can see them going major if they did that and changed their name. I will say that I got a little scared when the lead singer/rhythm guitar guy started getting too close to the edge of the stage, and I thought he was gonna fall on my face I started freaking out and screaming into the girl next to me, but turns out he just wanted to get off stage, so he goes and does his "solo" thing in the crowd and everyone's taking pictures, and I thought that was pretty neat, he was actually pretty cool despite the bad reaction of the crowd, though I think it was just the Poly-heads there were people in the back cheering their hearts out, and you could tell they meant it,

Okay so Finally the Poly comes on.
[[I was actually short enough that I could bent down and before they came on I lift the curtain a little to check to see if it was the Poly and I saw two of them in their converse and orange suits and just freaked out!]]
They get Introduced -totally forgot what the intro guy said- but something about them returning to the states the Roxy welcomes all the way from Tokyo Japan das Poly love" okay. so...okay I'm not gonna lie, I go into jumping and squee-ing fangirlness I had no idea I was even capable of ~!!
so Jano is first to come out, that guy sis tall D: then Fumi, then Kayo, and Finally Hayashi comes out, and they are all totally like robotic setting up their instruments getting ready for the first song while the audiences cheered, it was so awesome XD
So the first song was "Young Oh! Oh!" I began to sing along and jump (this was possible only for this song)
but half way through it Hayashi got too close to the left side of the audience and we were all getting pushed back and forward and already I had people bragging on my shoulders and elbows trying to throw me to the back, luckily there was a huge wave of pushing on the right and I got pushed more in front (keep in mind there is NO FUCKING RAIL, and the stage cuts to a normal person's knees my hips.) so by the second song "Peach Pie on the Beach" I was able to push back and jump more comfortably, this song is so damn crazy I head banged to the "yay yay yay" Hayashi was already sweating a great deal around his collar by this time too~!! Energetic. He was kicking the air jerking his head to the sides while singing squeeing and screaming the lyrics. I think "New Wave Jacket" was next, I didn't get to enjoy this song as well as I might have loved, because that is when the DOUCHEBAG APPEARED. Okay so behind me where four little emo kids that wouldn't stop talking abuot Pokemon, and behind them were three Japanese older guys who were really really cool and also another girl on the right. Well this motherfucker came out of nowhere~!! He as like buzzcut tall white guy, wearing some fugly brown shirt and he tried to get between me and the girl next to me. I felt that I had less pressure on my right so I turned to see what the crowd was like...THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME SHOVING INTO ME EXPECT FOR THIS MOTHERFUCKER. So I turned to him and told him to back off, I've been waiting for 7 fucking hours for this, back the fuck off or I'd bite his fucking face off and cut his dick off. Well he mumbled something and I almost lost it and bit his arm, came to 2 millimeters of attacking him and being charged with assault. To this he shoved his elbow into me and I scrapped his shins with my docs, after this the pressure subdued and I came back in time to the show to catch the beginning of Hayashi's MC. He's all like, "Wassup guys? How you doing? You doing good? I see you guys,” and he totally pointed out the Polyheads that brought their black bar shades and their orange boiler suits with the P and "Polysics" over the chest. I was pretty awesome~!! Then he thanked us for coming to see them, at the Roxy, and he said that many artists they respect played at the roxy, and then he started to name all of these artists Devo, 5,6,7,8's or something and something else I did not hear D:
So then he's like "Roxy or Die!!!!" and then we did the "Die~!!" a few times he started all slow and then went fast and then slow again lol cute XDD
SO then he's like this is from our new album and they began to play the 'hits from the new album' Beat flash was next, I love this song~!! So of course I sang along headbanging so hard that I forced my hair to hit the douche bag's face. Fumi did a solo at this point I think and Hayashi was like 'introducing' the members? more like just pointing at them and going 'Kayo! Fumi! Jano!" The fucker was still trying to get between me and the other girl but I put my leg over his and locked it to the stage's bottom lining rail, it hurt but it helped, and also put my arm over his and repeatedly elbowed his chest. Hey this is das Poly Love it's srs business. Actually the mentality I had, I had planned to attack him when the concert was over, I'm not afraid of the cops D<

Also something so damn cool when they were playing "E.L.C.C.T." Hayshi had this synthesizer thing that would just like sense movements and go off into making all these crazy synths, it was so damn cool I didn't notice it before, oh yeah, at this song Hayashi got all close the the crowd turned around and stuck his butt out for the polyheads (their area) and was all slow dancing, it was pretty hilarious.) Next song was "Shout Aloud," okay Hayashi-San was getting really friendly with the crowd because I saw all these people touching his his guitar his legs, I was so damn jealous too I was like 'Come here Hayshi san~! D: if I don't get to touch him too why did I get there so early and sit through them boring bands? ID ) so eventually he did come to the front right in our faces, so I leaned over and totally could gab his guitar with my hand which is what I did >> then I tried to pull back my fangirly ness and settles for clutching on to his knee until he went to stand in front of the girl next to me and that section in which everyone also got to get grabby hands with him lol
Next song was one everyone knew, he spoke a little before playing it saying that it was from their last album, so we did the "Die~!!!" thing and then they played "I,My,Me,Mine"

Ahh this song was so crazy and by the way I got to touch Hayashi again and Fumi traveled over to Kayo's side by this time Hayashi so so sweaty when he came over to the front and danced it splashed me and the people in front of me and I'm turning to the girl next to me and freaking out and she is as well, and then I shoved the douche bag back because he backed off a little at this point, bad scarlet! He pushed me so far and hard to the front that my purse that was on the stage next to the speaker cracked~!
So I put it standing up to the speaker and tried to ignore that bastard once again, I was not giving him my place though so I just maintained my position. So next was "催眠術でGO" which Imma admit I had no idea when it started because they played right into it while I was dealing with the invader >: SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA I LOST TRACK OF A SONG.

But I remember Hayshi coming to the front edge of the stage and I freaked out and stupid me started crying and resisted to reach out for him again, but failed I totally put my hand on his guitar and he shot a smile at me, ok so by then I started to really loose it and squee with joy. Next was "Baby BIAS" My favorite song right? Yay, so Kayo began to sing and I'm singing along with her and I notice the douce bag looking at me out of the corner of his eyes, I noticed that he didn't sing along to anything too, so why is he staring at me? idk I was just keeping my gaze on Kayo and Hayashi who started to do jumping jax and really weird/cool/funny hand movements and head-bang. Kayo was bobbing her head and swaying her head as she sung and when it came to the "baby baaiias" part Hayashi had us do this clapping hand thing lol. So I'm just singing dancing reaching out for Hayashi screaming my lungs out when it was over and then the intro to "Rocket" comes on and Hayashi is mouthing the lyrics at us doing this half 360 degrees arms in the air hands jiggling and they sway thing while Kayo is singing. By the way she really had stage presence, all robotic and cute D:

Next song "カジャカジャグー/KajaKajaGoo" I lost it D:
you know how many times I've rocked out to this song, so Before this song is played Hayashi is like "Alright everyone, let's all singing and dancing with meeeee~~!!!" he so cute even though he was sweating buckets :'D
So I can't help myself, I know all these lyrics and am screaming them at the top of my lungs Hayashi so close to me, omg loosing it "Yamino shodan shodan shodan shodan shodan shodan~!!!" unfortunately this was also the last song of the night D: so they walked off stage, and then the people came in to fix the stage push me and the speaker back (it moved a lot D: sorry, but I was being pushed I tried to not touched the stereo but within seconds I was back to clinging to it !!)
so poly comes back in Black tour shirts? I think? I didn't really pay attention to the shirts~!
Hayashi comes out and says stuff again, like thank you guys we love you guys or something, cannot remember.
So the first encore song is "Black Out Fall Out" and Fumi comes on to the front and plays her bass while Kayo is singing with a little bit more movement.
once again "Die~!!!" lol after this and then it was "Buggie Techinica" which I thought was a really weird song for an ending right? well they played so hard everyone was just rocking out to it and then it ended and they said goodbye and then Hayashi flicking his pic at the crowd, and the curtains began to come down so I reached out for the Hayashi's water bottle and clutched it to my chest grabbing my purse and my phone, which I left under the speaker~!! And turned to the douche bag who ran away !!
I was like "okay it's time to die—wtf~!? " well then," I hope he dies in a car crash, Imma go get a shirt." so I went to get in line at the merch thingy and I got talking to some of the Polyheads (the guys in the red and orange jumpers) and we're all like "omg did you see how he was playing his guitar in between his legs?" "omg I couldn't stop touching him, I feel horrible" and we're all just laughing having a great time it was fun talking to other poly fans :D
So I get my $15 dollar shirt from the girl at the stand and walk out with Erika (not before redeeming my drink ticket for some more water for Erika~!!) So we walk out and are heading to the parking lot where we left the car that was like a few feet from the place so we walk past the parking lot of the Roxy too, well I notice that someone in an orange jumper is walking out of the Roxy and towards a white van, omg...omg..could it be? it was Fumi~!! Erika's like "let's go~!!" and I'm all "no, it's stalking!" and then these girls go up to her, "hey they're taking pictures!" ahhh let's go!!
So I walk up to Fumi just done taking the other pics, "Hey can we have a picture please?" He nods and smiles none stop, and notices I'm short and leans a little to match my height lol we do the "V" and I can't stop laughing (totally forgot about my hair getting messy after concerts) so the pic is done she extends her hand to me and I tell her how much I love her and the Poly and she's just laughing and thanking me "Arigatou" and then she takes a pic with Erika~!!

so we're both happy we turn to leave and...and...HAYASHI COMES OUT~!! AHHSASDKJDASLDJAS; DDD88

I start freaking out and walking away, Erika asks him for a pic but he say "no please." very mellow too, friendly not grr Christian Bale style, so we walk away and then I hear someone calling so I turn around and it's Hayashi and he's calling for us to go over, so so flock there no questions asked, and he's like motioning a camera and saying "ok ok, speedy speedy" so I squee and we both take pics with him and he hugs us says "arigatou" all smiles and goes off on his way back to the Roxy carrying some type of case "for their cables?" it looks like it to me.

(isn't he tiny? x3 and so damn normal looking too D8)
so the Polyheads are there freaking out that they saw them, We’re freaking out that we took pictures with them, and I’m breathing way too fast. Bad. Erika calmed me down a little and we got to the car and drove back to the city.
omg omg omg, I still can't believe it happened lol
I really do hope that they come back, if not with Kayo then someone who is worthy of replacing her. I love Kayo very much but if Poly were to disappear I feel like that is a star in the sky going out, they provide such cheerful and enjoyable music, how many days have I had the worst days of my life and turn hit my iPod to some poly and completely forgotten it.
Please return to the states Poly and thank you for an awesome show~!!

Setlist to the best of my knowledge:
- Young Oh! Oh!
-Peach Pie on the Beach
-New Wave Jacket
-Digital Cofee
-Beat Flash
-E.L.T.C.C.T.
-Shout Aloud!
-I My Me Mine
-催眠術でGO/Saiminjutsu de GO
-Baby BIAS
-Rocket
-カジャカジャグー/Kaja Kaja Goo
-Black Out Fall Out
-Buggie Technica

I took a picture of it and pieced some of the one's I couldn't see from what I remembered:

I might have missed a few songs
I took all of these pictures with my phone, do not redistribute them please.

2009-09-13T21:00:00.000-07:00

Glay @ the House of Blues Sept.12

The Line
Got there at 7am!
there was already 20 something people in front, not a big deal, but you just knew how I felt.

the pass the line crowd, the girl in red was first in line :3

In front of the House of Blues, though this is a picture of the "Tonight" board.

Well waiting in line was very boring, I brought friends this time, but they were mostly reading books. Even more people came, it was nice listening to the stories people were telling about Glay, I met some fans who came from Japan, Tomoko &Miki, and their friend I can't remember his name. But it was like a funny lost in translation because they spoke little English and I little Japanese, so we mostly used body language. They asked us if we came last year, and If I was in any pictures, I told them that I did come last year, and then Tomo rummaged inside her bag and pulled out a small magazine, and handed it to me, I didn't realize what it was until I took it. It was Happy Swing Volume 53& Happy Swing volume 50! And it was about the Verb tour in 08!! I immediately freaked out, I specially freaked out when I opened it and saw a pic picture of the crow. I WAS IN IT!! I freaked out so much at that time, I showed them and they congratulated me and were cheering , then she asked me if Jiro took a picture of our section and I told her that I remembered that, well guess what? She turned to the page it was on and I found myself AGAIN!! I showed them and they confirmed it! Tomo flipped on Happy Swing 53 and pointed to the crowd in the Picture of the Great Vacation free concert in Yokohama,and said that it was her, I freaked out for her and we were just soaking in Glay Fan-girl-ness. He gave me back the magazines after telling us to let another group od fans look at them gave them back to them and Tomo told me that we could take pictures of them all we wanted. Though through Lost in Translation she pointed at me and said "Takuro, Takuro Takuro" and made a motion of cellphone picture taking as she said it and said "it's okay". After taking like a hundred pictures of Takuro, and Erika of Jiro we gave them back. They asked us who our favorite member was, Erika and Diana (friends I brought) said Jiro because in the short time I've introduced them they were just crazy about Jiro. Tomo and Miki were also Jiro fans, I told them Takuro and they freaked out and started showing all these pictures of Takuro and telling me that he lived in L.A. and he also had a house in Japan, and that he moved from L.A. to Japan, back to Japan and back to L.A.! Well I was dying inside and these girls were so happy that their idols could be adored by people so many miles away from their homeland. They had jet-lag though so they went back to their hotel room to sleep, it was 2am for them so I wasn't surprised, their friend stayed but he slept in line, we took care of their stuff while they were gone though. Then they started rehearsing! around 6 something, i went to go to the bathroom and what do I hear? "My Love, Try Love" Oh my God! I pressed my face against a glass door by the bathroom and I could see Hisashi, Oh my God, I told the other fans that were there to go see, and then there was a line to see them. A girl with blond hair was there just listening, she said that if she saw them she would cry, it was so sweet. I remember that was me last year, I was crying in line while they were rehearsing, and during performance at the show, wow. I love how Glay can touch so many people and all over the world.

The Show

Hours Passed by, and a short misunderstanding about our tickets later, we were in! Well as Soon as my ticket was scanned I RAN IN and I mean " I mean "RAN IN" I got from the door to the rail in 3 seconds! I even almost threw down with a girl who wanted my spot, she pushed me and I shoved her back, she was Japanese too, and I can tell you that the rest of the night she tired to push me back. Well that was the girl to my right. The girl to my left was so nice though, we took care of each other all threw out the concert. The girls in front of me were rude though, they kept pushing us back even though we were pushing them, so I didn't understand them, I also didn't understand how people can leave their hair down, and expect it not to to pulled! Alright so the concert begins! Lights go on, and Hisashi walks out with his Jedi light-saber toy, oh my god! Fangirls were loosing it, I was loosing it, Hisashi is so cool!
Next to come out was Jiro, and yes he had a light-Saber too! (I think, he was holding something!) right after him was Takuro, he was a total rock star, like we know he is posing and doing all the things we love him for, and then Teru, walking to his mic with his arms wide open, I was in love, I always forget it, but Teru is such a great performer because of how he interacts with the audience, even though that Takuro is my idol, my God, Teru always steals my attention.
"The Great Vacation" Begins and we're all going crazy, already there's a girl behind me trying to push me away, not gonna happen, in too in love and into this moment to let her. I'm singing a long and just in love with everything, shaking freaking out about Takuro playing too close to the crow, my entire section was just calling out his name "Takuro" "Takuro!!"
"Yuuwaku/誘惑" was next, and omg it was craziness, " Morning Moon,yuube no namida no wakemo kikazu" I was getting pushed badly this time, I tried to ignore her but it was bad, so I stepped on her foot and she stopped, I can still feel the bruises she gave me by the way. I let it go and just jumped with the crowed I sang out with Teru's voice and hundreds of Glay fans, singing a long "I don't know how to love don't ask me why!" at this point Hisashi's solo came and he stood in the middle of the stage I was near there and I saw him shred that guitar and the beautiful sound of it rang in my ear, I remember then that Hisashi's outfit really reminded me of the Live a the Expo in 1998, still Punk rock at heart.

I think that "Cynical" was next, the energy of the crowd was picking up and that girl wouldn't quit it, well when that soon was over. Next was "サバイバル/ Survival" and before Teru started talking to us, again, a guy behind me told the girl who was crushing me to stop it, then he said some words to her in Japanese that I will not repeat here, let's just say that bitch got what she deserved, the rest of the night I never felt her try to push me away again, thank you mysterious man!
The next song was "Starless Night" and you know Teru, first he made us sing with him and had a little cheering contest, he spoke to us, and told us about his "Broken English" oh but he was so cute, trying to translate his Japanese into English but a fan didn't know how to translate it. Well we were doing the "Ooooh wow" and he tried to separate the boys from the girls, a girl who was singing on a boys part went red when he pointed at her and said "Just the boys!"

After this I think they played two ballads, "However", and "Be with you", and "Run" "Hashiru Hashiru, Hashiru!!" I can't remember the order though, they either played it before these two or after, that I think it was "Verb" well it was amazing! and everyone was headbanging and jumping "Doushite ano toki te wo hanashita doushite ano chikai wo kowashita " going crazy over Teru pulling Hisashi too close to him, Takuro was hunched over demanding perfection from his guitar, it came in the dramatic sound of the bridge. He was wearing these pretty boots they were shiny and blood red, Teru's boots had these little feathers on the sides that would jingle as he walked, it was cute and very rock n roll. Alright so I think that after Verb, they played [b]"Synchronicity" with Teru beginning this beautiful vocalizing that just blew me away. Next was "I am xxx " Everyone went crazy again, and I'm telling you that it's not "omg omg I'm being squished" all the time. It's very tame but at the same time it's amazing because you can jump comfortably and have fun comfortably. So we're all losing it at the chorus and freaking out again " Yes I am, Oh Yes I am we are in love" It was very in the order like the Fillmore set list. I think there was a change in the beginning though I can't remember it now. " Next song, i knew they were going to play but I still freaked out because it was one of my favorites, "High Communications" Teru made us some weird punching X thing with our arms 'High communications beat emotion escalation" more jumping I smiled to the girl next to me who turned to me and smiled at me back, then the bridge came up in the middle of "I love, try love" the crowd jumped and cheered "hey" it was very cool how fast we got the choreography down! Next was "More than Love" which I think was the last song before the encore, at the middle of this song Teru decided to rip off his shirt and at the end collapse on the floor, Takuro laughed when he did and did Jiro, awww it was so cute you guys! Then they left the stage. Of course there was going to be an encore because their Glay and we love them and want more. They came out and Teru had a shirt on, fan-girls mourned, it was a tour shirt by the way, I think the whole band had them on. "彼女の"Modern..."/Konojo no 'Modern...'" was the first encore song, well the crow went crazy! I felt even more squished now and somehow ended up separated from my friends and all the way nearer to Teru which meant I was farther from Takuro, though I wasn't sad.I let it go though I was too busy jumping "Kimi no sex, drugs, rock and roll!!" It was time,for Jiro to rock the hell out of us with "SHUTTER SPEEDSのテーマ/Shutter Speeds no theme", of course the fan-girls were going crazy! and we would jump insync to "Hey Man"

Next was "Acid Head"which was amazing, even crazier than Konojo, and Teru was spinning so crazily! Then something happened, I freaked out more than usual, why? Maybe because one of my favorite songs was next! "ピ-ク果てしなくソウル限りなく/Peak Hateshinaku Soul Kagirinaku" in an instant Teru got the crowd to do the windshield wipers and of course we all proceeded to jump once the lyrics started. "It's My Life Tomerarenai! Dokomadedemo Hashiru!" Well the evening ended with "I'm In Love " it was really beautiful, Teru would mix in the name of L.A. in there somewhere, and the crowd was just taking in his voice, while Teru strummed his guitar and sang, Takuro took his pick and put it in his mouth and proceeded to play his guitar with his fingers only. I would've taken a picture but my phone died! Well I was in heaven, and all the while clapping my hands to the tempo repeating the anthem we all swore by "I'm Just in Love, I'm just in love, I'm just in love oh Singin' my Life".
I can't remember the order of songs sorry, I have really bad short term . I do remember ,however, Teru just showering me when he sprayed water into the crowd, I remember Hisashi throwing his pick way back into the pit, I remember Jiro taking a picture of my section, again! Glay took a picture with us too, I don't think I'll show up this time but maybe my hand will! It was so cute Teru was just like "Do you mind, if we took a picture with you guys?" I remember Takuro talking into the mic, I remember me freaking out about it, I'm only this much of a fan-girl for Takuro! We didn't do the end jump together, but my section only a few did the girl next to me and I held hands and jumped when they did. The concert was over, I was parched I made my way to the bar and asked for water, after the concert my friends who never even knew who they were or have liked Japanese music at all were all of a sudden in love with them! We swore to follow their next U.S. tour entirely. This is the reason that I am so in love with Glay, the way that they can bring people together and the message that they give, and the way they treat their fans. You can tell that when Teru saw a sign that read "We Love Glay" he said "Oh that's so sweet, I love you too," you can hear it in his voice that he meant it. Or even how excited Jiro was it was written all over his face that they honestly cared for us. Many bands just see their audience as money, but not Glay, and like Glay a lot of other bands don't.The Great Vacation Tour ended, with promises to return to the states again! & I couldn't get a picture of Hisashi because my phone died D:
Sorry Hisashi fans >;

// One Love, Communication!!

2009-09-11T16:54:00.000-07:00

That's Glay at the Fillmore in San Fransisco last night!!
Oh yes, my boys rocked the sunflower city and a lot more American fans showed up <333 width="560" height="340">

something with a "wo" and a "ko" and a... "ralalrala..." I can't make it out >:
well if I can't figure it out I can always bs it like last yer XDD

OMG OMG OMG
I'm so happy, but at the same time I'm a little nervous about not getting my tix >:
what if they go all "oh you can't win two contests!! No tickers for you bitch DD<"
I'm also having nightmares of having TONS of people in front of me DD:
omg, I'm so nervous too, ahhhhh
I can't contain it,well I really love Glay :3
I've been a fan for so many years now, and I really started to love them 4 years ago when Matt asked me what my favorite song was and at the time I only knew what 3 songs? I said scream. If I could say what my favorite song is now, it would probably me Mirror.
I love that song it's amazing <33

if only it sounds THIS good live, I remember that the Member produced live edition didn't sound THIS good >:
well I hope that they still Preform Mirror or Layla at the Saturday Concert, I love those songs <33

Thanks for Askew Magazine and JPHIP.com I'm able to go and take Erika and her little sister :3
it was her Bday yesterday and she's really into Jpop I'm sure this is just what she needs to get into jrock and ESPECIALLY INTO GLAY BECAUSE THEY ARE AMAZING *W*

//A song....

2009-07-18T02:12:00.000-07:00

22 a-nation 2006 A Song for XX
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Tell me why I'm crying now?
Tell me why my feet wont move anymore?
Tell me have I lost my way?
Please tell me why
When will I finally grow up?
How long can I remain a little girl?
What have I been running from?
Where am I running to?
I gotta know.

Tell me

I had no where to call my home, I tried but I couldn't find one.
I didn't know if I's survive, or have what people called hope for my life.

People were always telling me "You're a strong little girl"
"You must be very tough pain doesn't show on you"
I didn't want to hear anything like that from them.
So I pretended not to know what they were talking about.

Tell me why you're laughing like that?
Tell me why your here by my side?
Tell me why you're leaving me behind?
Please tell me why.
When did you become so strong?
Since when has weakness been in you?
How long have you been waiting for
the day to come, that you'll understand.

The sun is coming up, I gotta go soon.
I can't stay in the same place forever I'll simply go insane.

You will be betrayed by those you trust.
I never saw a difference between that and being rejected.
At the time I didn't know the strength in me,
but for a child I definitely knew too much pain.

People were always telling me "You're a strong child"
"You must be very tough pain doesn't show on you"
The more I heard people saying these things
the more even happiness would be killing me inside.

I was born alone, no one by my side
I'll go on living alone, no one that I need.
I thought that this type of thing was normal for people, I thought wrong.

-- My tweeked version of Ayu's "Song for XX"

//Potter-Madness!! Midnight Showing. SPOILERS!

2009-07-15T16:16:00.001-07:00

(Picture Courtesy of IMB.com)

I've been planning To go see Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, since... well since I finished reading the book.
Last night/early morning, was scary!
I went to go see it with my sister (who did not make this experience pleasant, i might add) & my best friend L. We were in line for the 5th theater, to show at 12:01 am (took them a bit longer though.)
We sat next to these gals who were totally birtish, (their accents were heavily visible) and waited there for an hour or so?
In any case, the previews were 50/50.
The ony I really cared for was "2012" .
mainly because basically all cultures point to this specific date as the end of the era.
Science states that there is an asteroid that will , that is a 87% chance of it hitting the earth within the next 50 years. (2037)
At least I'll be old by then. But, this movie is about essentially the end of the world, and people freaking out.
The next preview is, what I thought lame. "Despicable Me" about some guy that "steals" the pyramid of Giza?
and it starts out with American tourists and the pyramids. Whatever, I wont be seeing that in the future.
Another preview that I liked was the trailer for "Where the Wild Things Are" It was incredibly cute, and it just caught you. You see the wild things laughing, playing crying, growling, and howling with Max. i'm sure the trialer is up on YouTube, it's incredibly cute, and everyone in the theater just cheered for it, because it's a beloved book, and the story is charming. I'll definately go see that. Not like the next trailer.
I was going to leave it out because it's... not important. Twilight 2 (Yeah I'm not gonna bother with putting the actual name) Basically you see Bella getting shoved to the ground by her Abusive boyfriend and they break up and the genius leaves her int he middle of a forrest? (wouldn't an ice cream shop be better for a break up?) and some Will.I.Am looking "vampire" Comes out and tries to eat her, and "Native American" Jason? Luke? I don't know his name, but that guy who has "short hair" now? (YOu disgrace ALL native bitch! )turns in a dog (that is NOT a wolf ) and like it ends. a few people in the audience cheered, but everyone else just booed at them and the trailer and shouted things like "shut the fuck up" "Pussy Vampires" "Read REAL books" "Plaugerism!" I joined in the harrassment of the Twilight bitches. Someone's gotta save them!
Alright now for the Movie! SPOILERS!!!

Alright so let's begin with the opening scene. We see Harry and Dumbledore being photagraphed like they were Paris Hilton by like a billion wpap's (wizard papparazzi?) it cuts to the logo and then the millenium bridge goes down, and then you see the Death Eaters (Feremir,Crouch & someone else?) take Olivander his face is covered behind a black wooven bag.

COMMENTARY: We didn't need the Millenium Brigde going down. Director, you suck. Instead of wasting time and money on something dumb like this, you should've put in the Diadem scene instead of useless to the plot scenes.

I'll just give a few points that I liked or disliked.

Luna Love good come out more! (even if she replaces Tonks! )
The Burrow does NOT burn down! (read the book!)
Not Fluer & Bill = WTF is gonna happen in DH? (did you consider that? Where does Dobby take them?)
No one Cares abut Lavander Brown (who was uspposed to be black anyways?) I hate that the film deidicated itself to this instead of the Horcuxes.
Hermoine shows her feelings more than in the book.
Why don't they show the importance of Patronouses? (they are important!!)
The fight with Malfoy, epic! But, at the same time, wanted more from it.
I loved how tormented Draco was, you could see that deep down he wasn't as evil as he lead on.
I was under the impression that there was a "battle" at the end with Ginny, nevilla, Luna and Ron & Hermoine against the death eaters and the teacher. But this scene was cut out to "avoid repettition?" BY ALL MEANS REPEAT IT BECAUSE THE FANS WERE EXPECTING IT. and in case you didn't notice DIRECTOR, a War and battle are different, SHIT, you don't see Malfoy's dad or ------ in the LAST battle. so fuck you for making it suck so much,
Also wtf, we needed te funeral bitch! there is no Funeral for ------- instead they cut to The three and they pledge to find the remainder of the horcruxes.
Also the cave scene. I assume that in DH they will leave out that part about Dumbledores sister. Because remmebr that potion when he drank it he said "Don't hurt them!" "Leave them alone" "It's my fault" "Forgive me" he pictured that day, the day of great despair for Albus, torn between those he loved. And he didn't mention it. I'm rather sad about this, we have no closure to Albus since this scene left out his suffering.
On the mirror and the passing of Grimmot place are also not spoken of. (So how do we find the locket? or R.A.B? Wow, you are a genius Mr. Director. )
We need creature to find the last horcrux, and it's not mentioned.

Alright, I'm done rambling.
Overall, I was happy about the film, but, it could've been better. I give it as a fan: 8.5
as a n amature critique: 4 stars.

Go watch it!
it's breaking record across already broke the MOst Grossing on Midnight opening surpassing Dark Knight.
Making $20 Million are the box office, It's expected to the the highest Grossing Movie Series of all time by the end of the weekend!
I wouldn't doubt it, I gotta hand it to JK, I wish this world was real. And if it is, I wish to see it someday.

//First post.

2009-07-13T00:37:00.000-07:00

Not really, sure what to say first, let's see.

well I'm looking for a great blog service.
I'm on Xanga, but it's been messing up on me.
&Livejournal is so damn anal.
So I'm here now, its pretty stellar.
+ it's pretty nice that i can have more blogs :3
this way people wont confuse my stories with me DI

Highlights:

Harry Potter in two days! (Is it just or is asdfghkjl;'-ing great that it's FINALLY coming out?)
Headphones = Defibrillator. (I felt so dead without music with me, yesterday I fell asleep to Kiyoharu's beautiful voice, I can say that I've lived.
Found my medication! (I thought I've lost it forever, well actually I've lost it again, but I've bought more!)
Laundry tomorrow! (Finally!)
New clothes :'D (Banana Republic & Vera Wang, oh yes, I've lived ;D )
Had a dream about aliens (he was my friend & I'll continue this at the bottom....)

Iffy-lights:

Benny is being a bitch (Benny's my cat. not a day goes by that he doesn't make me bleed.)
No batteries (I want to take pictures of random things >: )
Still sleeping in mom's room. (it's hot in there!)
it's waaay too hot. (fuck you global warming D< )
L might not come to HP midnight. (she's broke but I trust her mom will give her money.)
Didn't work out today >>; (I keep forgetting to do that.)

&now, my alien dream.
well I was scared when we went to bed because mom turned all the lights off, and I kept thinking "what if aliens come? and kill us?" well I had a dream that this tiny alien came, but he was so warming, and charming, we became friends. I was like scully or something...? wtver. in anycase, he told me things about the world, things that were beautiful, things about my friends, "Laura, she loves you purely," & about B. About how he did want to be friends with me forever, he even gave me a taste of what it would have been with him still being my friend. He wanted me to be happy and if someone did me wrong or anything .
Then he gave me a little booklet before he left, things I wanted to know were in there, but I couldn't believe it.

in anycase, it was a nice dream.
I'll be sure to listen to kiyo before descending tonight as well.

well I'll see if I have something more interesting next time.
but now look at my pets :3

(Benito (Benny) Juarez/Pina)

(Dante (Tubs/Peluches) Pina)

Vanilla (Vani/vanvan) Pina