Two weeks until Hit The Lights and Every Avenue!  <3 <3 <3 And I found a couple of girls to go with me!  :D  Yeah!!!  I am so beyond pumped for this shit!

In other news, it's incredibly likely that I will in fact be going to Fuji Rock.  That's right.  Let me say it again in big caps:

I AM MOST LIKELY GOING TO FUCKING FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL :D :D :D :D :D :D

Bonus to being able to go to Fuji Rock: I'm going with a very pretty boy by the name of Keisuke.  :3  We'll have to spend lots of time together before the concert, you know, to get to know each other and to plan out how we're gonna get there and where we're gonna stay and all of that kinda stuff.  >3  :Db

HTL ticket: BOUGHT.

FUCK YEAH. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Now begins the countdown!  28 more days until HTL & Every Avenue! <3<3<3<3

So, I just found out that Hit The Lights and Every Avenue (as well as Valencia and There For Tomorrow) are touring on the Beyond [The] Blue tour in June.

They will be doing a show in Nagoya on June 7th.

:D

Hello new birthday concert!  I will be buying my ticket this weekend.  :) <3

Hey, I'm alive. :)

11 more days til the coolest person in Mexico gets back.

Brian sent me Cheetos and KitKats, I am happy.

Monkey Majik concert was freaking awesome.  They played all three of my favorite songs.  And I totally speak better Japanese than Blaise, so, :Db

Tokyo was a blast.  Loves me some Yui, Neiji, Takumi, and Abbie.  Yusuke might come visit my area in April, so, looking forward to seeing him again, too.  Takumi said he'd come visit as well, so, double yay because Takumi is freakin' awesome.  Totally want to go back again.  I'm going to have to at least once more before I leave.  Yui and Neiji and I are all going to Summer Sonic or Fuji Rock.  Neiji has an in with one of the bands, so, backstage passes?  *crosses fingers*  Ha ha, oh, I love my friends.  <3

I need to go to the post office today.  I have been meaning to all week, but I'm a lazy bum, so I haven't yet.  Still need someone to sign that thing as a witness, too.  D:  I'll go stop by I-House before I head down to the post office, then, I guess.

I've been bored with not a whole lot to do.  I should study.  Stupid kanji.

I met a boy.  :3  He's cute and we hit it off.

We're going to the Monkey Majic concert in February.  I'm pumped.  :)

Ohno's drama was pretty much amazing.  The only problem I really had with it was that I could understand a lot of what everyone else was saying, but not what Ohno was saying... D:  It's because he mumbles, kind of, and was being all "I'm a tough rocker-dude" so he was hard to understand.  Plus side, though, is for whatever reason, he looks ridiculously hot in sweats.  :3  I'm so glad I got to watch Uta no Oniisan on Japanese TV.  That's pretty bad ass.  I love my idol.  :D

Speaking of love... the BCL concert is tonight! :D  I'm all dressed up and ready to go whenever Nani's ready.  I know where we're going, got the tickets already, and I've been listening to them non-stop all day.  So, while I might not be able to sing along in the song's entirety, I will at least be able to sing the chorus.  And hopefully, they'll notice and be all pleased with themselves.  :]  I'm really excited because this is the first small venue concert I've been to.  Everything else has been in domes.  And as far as I know, BCL only has four songs... So it's gonna be wicked awesome to see what they play for two hours.  :3  I'm hoping to get a taste of home in this - meeting the band after the concert (again) and chatting for half an hour or so.  'Coz that's how I roll, yo.  And, you know, all the better if they invite us to the afterparty.  ;D

How ever this night turns out, it's going to be fucking awesome.  And god knows I need some fucking awesome in my life right about now.

I love it that the caretaker knows I like NEWS and makes it a point to call me to tell me Yamapi will be on TV.  xD

I also love my RA, Yoshi.  She is the most badass person I know.  I wish her luck when she jets off to Australia in March!  <3

I got invited to go to Korea with a couple of friends at the end of February, and I'm planning a trip to Okinawa sometime in February, too.  I'll have all my Tokyo trip planned out and set up BY THIS WEEKEND (otherwise, I'll be fucked with hotel/bus tickets... again).

Anne leaves on the 14th, and I hope I can see her one last time before she's gone back to the States.  Nani leaves on the 21st, and Emily leaves sometime around then, too.  All the RA's are leaving... Yoshi's going back to her hometown in February, and I don't really know about Mai and Akira.  One of the new RAs has already arrived, so I'm assuming that means one of the RAs has already left.  There's a big going away/welcome party on the 25th, so, that kinda puts a hamper on my Tokyo plans... I'll probably be up there the 22nd through the 25th and take a day bus back.  But that's only if I can procure myself a ticket to the One OK Rock show on teh 24th.  If I can't, then I'll leave the 24th and be back by the 25th.  Or trip up after the 25th.  I don't know yet.  But I'll have it figured out by this weekend and have everything bought, too.

Speaking of this weekend, Ohno's drama premiers on Friday, and then on Saturday, I have my BCL concert.  :3  Hopefully Masayuki will remember me.  <3  We've talked on and off on Mixi, so I'm sure he'll remember me.  It's a smaller concert (hopefully), so I hope I get a chance to talk with them again after the show.

My parents keep sending me emails and messages on MSN asking how I am.  I'm not doing anything new or exciting, so I hate talking to them.  :\  They're all, "OMG TELL US EVERY DETAIL ABOUT WHAT YOU DID TODAY." All I've got to reply with is, "I woke up, took a shower, and then didn't really do much of anything."  But they still insist that I describe in detail what time I woke up and how long my shower was and what I ate and when and... christ.  I know they miss me and whatever, but they need to back the fuck off.  :\  I feel kind of guilty for avoiding them, but I just don't have anything to say to them at all and I'd really rather not suffer through a conversation with them if I don't have to.  It's going to be hell when I finally move out for good.  I can't believe how damn clingy they are.  If they weren't my parents, I'd tell them to gtfo.  As sad as that is.

I went out with Nani and Yoshi last night to dinner and then we went to East Paradise for coffee and cake.  I apparently looked really cute/dressed up because they kept teasing me and asking if I had a date later that night or had just gotten back from a date.  x]  I wish I would have had a date.  :\  I met a few cute guys at the Hub when Anne and I went for happy hour the night she left for Yuto's.  Also, bike guy outside of Kanayama station.  He was cute.  And he was totall showing off for me on his trick bike.  And, unfortunately, I had to leave because I wanted to catch the last bus from Hongo because that's a fuck long way to walk in the cold and dark, but I did manage a "Sore wa sugoi yo." before running away.  xD  He was all, "...Ari...gatou?"  His skateboard friend cracked up.  xD  They'll be talking about me for days.  And then I'll randomly show up at Kanayama again and he's gonna be all, "HEY IT'S YOU. :O"  xD  It should be epicly awesome.  x3  And every time I'm up on campus, I keep my eyes peeled for Naoki.  I probably wont run into him again until the new semester starts.  I don't think he's graduating.  I think he said he was only 20.  So, we shall see.

Ugh, my apartment is cold but I would rather freeze then pay another $60 electricity bill.

I should finish those letters today so I can finally mail them all out tomorrow.  Ugh.  x\

But...

( Before I go... )

Nani ordered the CD and it came with a poster, and she said she would give it to me.  :Db

A new year full to the brim with concerts!  Here are the ones that I am/plan on going to so far:


Bottle Cap Label - January 17
One OK Rock - January 24 (need to buy ticket)
Fall Out Boy - February 6 (need to pay friend for ticket)
Flumpool - March 1 (need to buy ticket)


Of course, you can all assume that as soon as Arashi does another tour, I will be going to every single show.  Or, at least as many as I can afford to go to.  x3  Possibly a Kanjani 8 show, too, if they do a tour while I'm still here.  They look ridiculously fun to have a concert with.  But mainly, this is Arashi's year, and I'mma see my boys in style.  <3

Oh, and if I recall correctly, Cobra Starship is doing a concert or two in Tokyo sometime later in January/February.  I would love to be able to go see that and be all, "HEY I SAW YOU IN IOWA. :D".

Mucc is being dumb and touring overseas currently.  LAME.  C'mon, Tatsuro... You said you'd see me again!  What is this crap touring the states?  Get your ass back here to your own damn country and tour here, bitch.  >[

I made some New Years Resolutions.  Wanna hear them?  Of course you do!  :D

1. Write & send Ohno at least one letter.  I'm here in Japan.  Should I pass up the oppertunity to communicate with my idol?  I think not!
2. Make more Japanese friends.  Ties in with...
3. Speak more Japanese.  Read more Japanese.  Write more Japanese.  I need to keep up with my translating projects and I should watch Japanee TV instead of watching movies on my computer.

Yeah, that's about it.  Other than those three things, I'm pretty damn content with my life at the moment.  :]

Hope everyone else had a happy new year and all that good stuff!  <3

I'm off to bed, as I have to be up early to go visit Nani's host family in Gifu with her tomorrow.  Fun times!  :Db

PEACE.

I got a text from my dad this morning.  We are officially going to Ireland for Spring Break.

Um, awesome much?

You fucking bet!  We leave March 16th and will get back March 22nd.  I will be in Ireland for St. Patrick's Day on March 17th.  Every single person I know even a little bit (including that guy that I had a conversation with yesterday at Hy-Vee) should be jealous.  Ah hahahaha!  I love it!

On the concert front, I might not be going to the P!ATD concert on May 24th.  I still wanna go to a P!ATD concert, it just probably won't be on that date/in that place.  May 24th is my brother's Graduation Party that I must be in attendance to.  Oh, and I might be maybe going to the Rockstar Taste of Chaos tour with Jenn.  We're going for the JRock bands playing: D'espairsray and Mucc.  I guess there's one more Jrock band - the Underneath.  On top of that, there's Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine, Bless The Fall, and Idiot Pilot.  I listen to the first three American bands listed.

For both of those concerts it depends on whether or not I'll have money for the tickets (they're both about $35) and then whether or not I can find dates that I can go on/places I can get to.  I wanna go to both!  D:

That reminds me... I need to print off those applications, fill them out, and turn them back in so I can get a job so I can actually have money for once.

At least I got the appointment made for the pictures I'm supposed to have.  And Adrianne will have her letter in later this week.  Then all I've got to do is write the essay and get the letter from Nakakubo sensei back.  Sweeeeeeeeet.

Life is good right now.  :)

I am officially going to see Hit The Lights in concert.  They are pretty much my all-time favorite band (besides One OK Rock, of course).  They have a show in Des Moines on April 12th.  I'm super excited!

And then, when I buy tickets on Monday, I'll be going to see Panic At The Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, and Phantom Planet on May 24th in Chicago.  Fuck.  Yes.

Oh, I'm so excited.  Sherwood Concert is in two weeks, and then I have these two amazing concerts to look forward to... Can my life get any more awesome?

Wheeeeeeee!  Mood swings!  :D

I've got my ticket to go see Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin and Seether on March 27th with Justin, Amy, TJ, and TJ's friend.  FUCK YEAH.  w00t!  I am so excited for this!  :D  ^_____^  =)

On top of that, although my paycheck kinda sucked, I found out I'm getting paid $7.00 an hour instead of $6.50.  So, SWEET!  :D  My next paycheck should be huge then, with somewhere in the range of 60 or more hours for those two weeks.  Yay monies!  :D

Tonight is the Hy-Vee Chirstmas party.  It should be a better time than last year because a bunch of kids that didn't go last year are going this year, so I'll know more people and there's gonna be karaoke, and Justin said that he and I should duet.  Because we're awesome.  :D  Hehe.

I went and saw Sweeney Todd for a third time last night with Amy.  She's sitting there crying because he's killing people, and I'm sitting there bouncing in my seat, clapping my hands, with this huge grin on my face.  Ha ha, I'm so messed up!  But it's cool.  I'm cute, so the evil balances out.  :3

I have random bruises on my body and I don't know where they're coming from.  ._.

I'm in a good mood.  Yay!  ^___^

Okay, so, the degree I want at IPR doesn't take four years. It typically takes 18-24 months. That pretty much sealed it for me. I'm going to IPR after I graduate Iowa and I'm getting my AAS in Music & Entertainment Business. :D:D:D:D

All I need to worry about now is magically pulling about $30,000 out of my ass and finding somewhere to live in fucking Minneapolis for two years. -_-;;

But, god, none of you readers know how happy I am about this. It's seriously, like, my dream. I've always wanted to work in the music business. It's just been kind of hard to find a school that offers the degree I'm after. And, now, some of you may ask why I'm at Iowa taking Japanese when it's been my dream to work in the music industry. Well, living in Japan and being fluent in Japanese is another dream of mine, one that was seemingly more easily attainable than my music industry dream. I was torn when I was looking at colleges, I really was. But now it's all working out, so, YAY. :D My goal in life will be fulfilled! If I were a Sim, accomplishing this would give me Platinum Aspiration/Mood for life.

I will get these two degrees, move to Japan, and either teach English while on the lookout for a hot, upcoming Jrock band and then manage them to the top of the charts or start working for Johnny and try to get all of his boys more popularity in the States/other English-speaking countries.  YOSH.  :D:D:D

In other news: Boys are failures at life. So is my family. I, however, am not.  :P  Also, IT'S MY LAST DAY AT HY-VEE. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Okay, because I have to work a fucking 12-8 shift tomorrow at the brand new Hy-Vee (everybody ooh and ahh at it, c'mon now), I'm going to bed.

BUT!

Before I do, I'd just like the world to know how fucking awesome the concert was and how much I am in love with Fall Out Boy, specifically Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump.

I <3 FOB.

Motha Fuckin' FOB!  <3<3<3