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

Hey all. I'm still alive. :)

Doing pretty fucking awesome as of late. Last night was the Gender Bender party. I dressed up - taped my chest down and pinned my hair up and everything. Yusuke was there. Hung out with him most of the night. :] Got a little tipsy, got a little touchy - there were no objections. ;]

He couldn't stress enough how free he is this week - Golden Week - and how I shouldn't hesitate to invite him along if I end up going out or something. :3  I'm just a bit hung over today, so, today's not going to happen (also, I think that kind of seems a bit too eager), but maybe Sunday or Monday, when there's supposed to be a bunch of festivals, I'll give him a call.  He actually doesn't live that far away from me - maybe a 20 minute walk from my apartment.  He said he'd show it to me sometime.  x3

So, yeah, thought you'd all might wanna know that I am indeed still alive, and just wanted to share this bit of news with everyone.  :)

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.  :)

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.

Happy Christmas, everyone! It's Dec. 24th here in Japan, which means it's Christmas in two days for everyone in the States.

It kind of snuck up on me this year.  I am not prepared at all.  I'm really glad my parents sent me a package with a Christmas tree and stocking.  It definitely makes it feel more like Christmas for me.  Because other than that, I've got absolutely nothing Christmas-y around the apartment.  In fact, the place is an absolute mess.

Speaking of my apartment being a mess, that's what my plans are for today.  Clean, clean, and clean some more!  The last day to get trash out until January is tomorrow, so I'm gonna get as much cleaned as I can.

But I still want a few more Russ-K shirts/hoodies, and the sale ends tomorrow.  So, I'm going to clean half of my apartment and then go to Indio and buy my shirts/hoodies and then come back and finish cleaning.  It's like a break/reward for actually cleaning.  Tomorrow may just well be devoted to laundry, seeing as I haven't done it in about a month and I'm running out of clothes.  D:

So, yes.  Those are my plans for Christmas.  Although I think us Proxy kids are having a big potluck Christmas dinner tomorrow.  I'm not sure of the details, though, since no one seems to know what's going on.  xD  We're organized.  x]

Anyway, I really need to get cleaning.  My Christmas Songs have finished downloading, so I'm all set to jam out to some jingly tunes and get myself in the Christmas spirit.

Happy Holidays, everyone!  Hope they're wonderful for everyone!  <3

Holy crap, Ireland was AMAZING.  Oh, wow, I am actually really really sad to be back in Iowa.  I really like it in Ireland.  I kept a journal every day, but I'm too lazy to type it up now.  We took 1,182 pictures on the digital camera alone.  But, yeah.  I'm back.  More on the trip later, as well as pictures.