Bikkuri Project

I was looking at the 10th anniversary pictures, and I must say, I really really like all of them. I saved them to my computer, but I wish I could figure out how to buy the set for real. I especially like JunJun’s message Morning Musume Dai~Dai~Dai~Daisuki!!! (roughtly translated: I really really really love Morning Musume).

I wonder if the members even look at what they’re signing when they write those messages. It must get very tediouis for them because they all basically say the same thing. LinLin has the hang of the “stock” message, but JunJun doesn’t quite yet. I like that about her.

Random thoughts that don’t deserve their own entry time!

*When, other than right now, would be a good use of this smiley? Seriously! Does anyone know?!

*With the addition of LinLin and JunJun, the Morning Musume ages now span from 14-20. I don’t just mean that that’s the oldest and youngest member’s ages, I mean that there is now someone of each age 14-20! 14-Aika 15-Koharu 16-LinLin 17-Reina 18-Sayu, Eri, and Risa 19-JunJun 20-Ai. Yay! Too bad it won’t last though…

*I am getting frustrated with the lack of morning musume stuff floating around right now. I want the announcement of another single, or the setlist for their next concert, or footage of the winter H!P concert released or something! Everytime I turn around, someone’s getting a new single announced, and it’s never MM. Ah well, I guess quality over quantity is important. I don’t know what it is, but I really have a feeling that this next single is going to be a good one.

*On an entirely unrelated note, there are 4 racoons living in the tree outside my window: three babies and the mom. They’re super cute, but they also kind of scare me.

*I think LinLin and Koharu should be friends. I’m not sure why.

*I almost made this the Reina entry, and I wanted to title it “Don’t Reinan my Parade” but I stopped myself just in time. Lesson: I probably shouldn’t write journal entries at 6:48 in the morning.

*Painting by number is fun for artistically challenged biology majors like me. You should try it!

Here are a few minor sorts of musings that have been crossing my mind…

I wonder how long it would take if you were to listen to every Hello Project song ever released, including coupling tracks, album tracks, fan-club releases, etc., every different song that exists on a CD, back to back

I wonder how little AKB48 members get paid. I mean, there are over 50 of them, their CD’s sell decently, but not fantastically, and they have expensive looking PVs. My guess is that they get paid next to nothing, especially the members who don’t really do the CDs.

I wonder how long until Ai graduates, and whether or not Risa will at the same time

Finially, I wonder if I should stop writing in my blog and get ready for class.

Yesterday I was looking at the number of photobooks each H!P member has done, and then I also looked at the number per year in H!P. I rounded the year numbers because I didn’t feel like calculating it down to the month, but I thought the results were kind of interesting. I was wondering if there was a connection between how popular/attractive a member is and how many solo photobooks they get. Well, duh, of course there is. What I mean is, would it fall neatly into order with my perception of a member’s popularity. Sadly, no. It seems that more photobooks have been produced in the later years than the earlier years, giving newer members a distinct advantage. Also, Tsuji and Aibon having so many photo books together really hurt them when it comes to individual photobooks. I also find it interesting that Ai-chan holds the distinction of being the only one to have more photobooks than actual years in H!P Here is the ordered list, if you were interested (note: no one who hasn’t actually had a solo book is included in the list)

1.2 Ai-chan
1.0 Reina, Eri, Charmy, Koha, Mikitty, Kon-Kon
0.9 Maki
0.8 Sayu
0.7 Nacchi
0.4 Makoto
0.3 Yossie, Mari, Tsuji
0.2 Yuko
0.1 Kaori, Kei, Aibon