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Mar 14 2010

Pika Pika, I Choose You!

Published by celestia under Momusu, Personal

Today’s mission to Tokyo has been a complete success! I got a ticket to the opening show of Morning Musume’s concert tour, family section exactly front and center! I went with the family (sitting down) section because the concert is on a Friday, so I will have already been on my feet all day at work. Also, my family is coming to visit me in Japan and I’ll need to pick them up at the airport the next day, so I don’t want to tire myself out too much.

I’m super excited to see the first show of the tour! This is the first time that the whole setlist, the costumes, everything will be a total surprise for me going in to it! Well, maybe not a total surprise. There’s bound to be lots of songs from their new album in there. I’m happy with that though, because I quite like the new album. I was bracing myself for the worst after the dull bland disappointment that was C-ute’s latest album, but I like all of the new Momusu songs except for one. (that 8th gen song is just weird, and not in a good way).

I have yet to hear Shabondama, Ai Araba It’s all Right, or I Wish in concert, so if any of those are in there, I’ll be happy. If all of them are in there I’ll be ecstatic! Kanashimi Twilight would also be nice.

I wonder if S/Mileage will show up?

Of course, I’ll get a review out to you as soon as I get back.

BFN,

~Celestia~

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Jan 06 2010

Shuffle Date Concert Anticipation

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Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, I was unable to attend the Mobekimasu concert. However, it would take a combination of hell and high water to keep me from the Shuffle Date concert after I saw the set list. So many songs that rank highly on my own personal countdown that I’ve never seen performed live before!! Renai Rider (#22), Sukisugite Bakamitai (#13), and First Kiss (#7), most prominent among them. Not to mention favorites that I have seen before but would love to see again such as Cinderella Complex (#11) and Pira! Otome no Onegai (#35) this time, I assume, complete with Mai.

So, provided my cat doesn’t do something stupid that requires an emergency trip to the vet again (don’t worry, he’s totally fine now), I will be at that concert tomorrow night, and I’m already giddy with excitement.

On another note, I seem to have acquired almost 20,000 video views as well as 21 subscribers. I know that’s not huge in youtube terms, but it’s pretty big in “me” terms. I feel like I ought to make other h!p related videos now, but I’m not sure what about…

~Celestia~

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Jan 02 2010

Concert Plans

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Hi and Happy New Year everyone!!

I’m back in Japan and ready to hit up some concerts. I still have to work this week even though new years holidays a lot of Japan (there’s no school), but the good news is that I only have to work until noon most days, so evening concerts are totally do-able!

I’m thinking I’ll hit up the Mobekimasu concert tomorrow and Shuffle Date on Thursday. Yay! Concerts (and concert DVDs) are my absolute number 1 favorite thing about my Jpop fandom, so of course I’m really excited.

Akemashite omedetou,

~Celestia~

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Aug 07 2009

Bad Luck

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So, I was supposed to be attending a Hello Project concert tonight. That is, until I got to the train station and found out that the torrential rain storm (it’s raining so hard the drops actually hurt when they hit you) has caused some sort of accident on the train line I have to take to get to Tokyo, and it’s going to be at least a two hour delay.

SHIT!!

So now I’m sitting back at home, with nothing to do. I hope to go to a concert on Sunday, assuming the trains cooperate.

~Celestia~

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May 30 2009

I Wish

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So… I was bored and recorded myself singing “I Wish”. I don’t think it’s too bad for someone with zero vocal training. Anyway, it’s just a stupid vanity thing, I know, but I might as well post it.

i wish

I’m proud that I hit Aibon’s high note at the end, though I messed up on that “to” in the last chorus.

Ta da?

~Celestia~

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Apr 23 2009

Lucky

Published by celestia under Momusu, Personal

Concert tickets for Momusu this Saturday have arrived! Actually, they probably arrived a while ago, but I was checking the wrong mailbox (I have 2). Oops.

I’ve quite lucked out this time. This will be the best seat I’ve had so far for a h!p concert. Ground floor, still towards the back, but somewhat closer to the front and much more central that where I sat at the last Wonderful Hearts concert. I’m so excited!!

Also, the person selling the tickets threw in a free randomly chosen member photo. Guess who’s I got?

My beloved Gaki-san! Do I have awesome luck lately or what?

Hope I didn’t just jinx myself,

~Celestia~

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Apr 19 2009

And there was much rejoicing throughout the land

Published by celestia under Momusu, Personal, buono, c-ute, eggs

Might as well announce it here first… my new laptop arrived today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Super duper thanks to my wonderful father.

That means that I can finally get back to regular updates here. Expect something soon, probably in the next couple days.

In the meantime, a few ultra-brief comments on recent happenings.

H!p has a redone their website- Have you noticed this? It’s quite spiffy.

Buono’s New PV- OMG plot! I love that Momoko is still “the special one”. Love the twist ending.

MM’s New PV- Only low quality, but loving it already. Much better song than Naichau Kamo, IMHO. Probably not as good as Resonant Blue, but with one major improvement, multiple solo lines for everyone 6th gen and above.

Cute’s Bye Bye Bye PV- The song is… okay. The PV? The suckiest piece of suck that every sucked. Seriously, what happened there? Was Kanna the one funding C-ute’s PVs or something?

New Egg Unit- Shugo Chara Egg-Akari+ Sakkity huh? Well, Sakkity and Kanon are two of the best singing eggs, and Yuuka and Dawa are two of the cutest. It makes sense. I guess Akari had her chance in Shugo Chara Egg, but she didn’t prove charismatic enough. Still sad for her though. Personally, I’m really hoping for a major H!p debut for these girls (not TNX). The last egg to do that was who? Kanna? LinLin doesn’t count.

Tsuji Nozomi- Saw her on TV the other day, along with a really cheesy dramatization of her life. Poor little angel Nono was just admiring the other Morning Musume’s costumes when big bad Yuko came and yelled at her!! Lol. We all know she was a little terror back then, and it did not go down quite like that. Even Tsuji herself admits it later in the interview.

Big Ol’ Graduation Concert- I plan to do something with the DVD later, so we’ll save commentary on that.

Apostraphe Key- Is in a totally different place on Japanese keyboards, which I’ve been using for some while now. I’m so confused!

Morning Musume Concerts- Going at least twice, probably three times. Nya nya.

Got to get to bed now. So glad to be back.

Tadaima!

~Celestia~

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Mar 24 2009

Terrible News!

Published by celestia under Personal

X posted on both my blogs

Around December, my laptop started to develop a crack in the corner where the screen meets the keyboard, around the hinge. Probably my fault, because I may have picked it up by the screen a time or two. Well, that crack has slowly expanded, and recently I began to have problems with the screen working. More and more often it`s been turning blank or becoming covered with delightful colored stripes at random, and it`s now gotten to the point that my computer is pretty much non-functional. I still have internet access via the computer at work, but it`s pretty limited. I can`t use it very long at a time or view most images or watch any streaming video, so I`m afraid that updates here may be a bit few and far between for a while.

I promise I`ll try my best!!! Please don`t give up on this blog. I`ll get back to regular updates as soon as I get a new laptop.

So sorry!

~Celestia~

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Mar 06 2009

Hi. My name is Celestia, and I am an addict

Published by celestia under Personal

Don’t worry. I’m talking about h!p concerts, not cocaine or anything. Lol.

But seriously, I’ve actually be craving concerts lately. I check the internet to see what tickets are available on a daily basis, I dream about them regularly…I need to go to a concert, preferably a Morning Musume concert, RIGHT NOW. Ug. I sound full of crazies, huh?

Maybe discussing some recent h!p events would be a good distraction.

Mano Erina- This girl is getting promoted hard core. She’s all over the place on magazines, radio shows, etc. Well, I guess with the elder club graduation and Koharu’s vocal suckitude, h!p really needs to produce a viable soloist right now. Mano has got the looks, there can be absolutely no doubt about that. I also find her inclusion in dramas very very promising. I’ve long been saying that h!p needs to utalize dramas more as a vehicle to get their stars’ names out there, and if Mano is being pushed in that direction, which it looks like she might be, it could be a very good thing for her and even h!p as a whole. She seems to be a promising little actress too. I’ve heard a lot of criticism of her vocals, which I admit are a little flat, and her songs, which I admit are a little boring, but at the same time, I can of understand the direction they’re taking with her. Erina isn’t being marketed as another cutesy hyper idol, they’re giving her an image of simple beauty, purity, and above all, freshness. Her songs and singing style really reflect that image. With her debut coming up shortly, we’ll soon see how well that image resonates with the public.

Maasa gets a photobook- And everyone suddenly understands why she’s lost weight recently. I do kind of wonder if the weight loss was her choice, in preparation for the book, or if it was more like they told her “Look, we want to give you a photobook, but you’ve got to lose a few kilos first…” Anyway, I’m not a huge Maasa fan, but I’m really hoping and praying that this is a sign of a new wave of photobooks for other girls who haven’t had one yet. Please, oh please, oh please!

Really young kids- First the new (not h!p but nicegirl, so related) group, Nice Girl Mu, which appears to be all u-10. Then, we hear that Francis and Aiko, the little girls from the Taiwan auditions have been officially made into a unit as well. Here’s the thing: from the point of view of these little girls and their well being, they are far too young to be idols. A six year old doesn’t know what she wants. She might like dancing around on stage and having everyone pay attention to her and cheer for her, but she won’t realize what she sacrificed for that until she gets older and it’s too late. I fully blame the mothers for this. At the same time, from a business standpoint, it makes a lot of sense. Idols peak at a young age, late teens or so, and like any sport/industry where the participants peak at a young age, the younger you start them, the better. Look at gymnasts or figure skaters. I used to take skating lessons casually, and I can’t tell you how many 5 or 6 year olds were having private figure skating lessons on a daily basis. You could practically see the olympic medals gleaming in their mother’s eyes. If you recruit a girl at a more reasonable age, say 14, you’ve only got about 6-8 years, maybe a few more if she’s popular. She’ll need training at first to become comfortable on stage and develop an image, so that’s a few more precious years wasted. It’s not a good return on your investment. Recruit and start training when she’s still a little kid, and by the time she hits her early teens you’ve got an experienced and confident idol with a fanbase already in place. This strategy worked very well with the h!p kids, so it’s no surprise that they’re trying it again.

Almost 2 more months….

~Celestia~

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Jan 27 2009

Hi Mom

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I’m watching the Resonant Live DVD, and I’m more excited than usual because I WAS THERE! At that exact concert. In that DVD, somewhere in the audience near front and center on the second floor is a gaijin girl waving a Gaki-san green glowstick, and her cheering is part of the crowd noise. It’s really really stupid, but I somehow feel like I just became a tiny itty-bitty part of Morning Musume history.

~Celestia~

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