KAT-TUN 2 Me

Kame wearing his pants this low is downright sinful.

Specifically, deadly sin number 1: lust.

~Celestia~

I just got a call from the DVD store! My copy of the Queen of Pirates DVD has arrived! I shall pick it up tomorrow.

Kind of an interesting phone conversation. If you’re not familiar with the Japanese language, they have this way of speaking called “keigo” which is used to denote respect to the person being spoken to. It’s usually used by service people, sales people or waiters, for example, and it’s almost an entirely different language from normal japanese. A lot of the words bare no resemblance to their normal Japanese versions, and the verbs are conjugated to within half an inch of their lives. Anyway, the conversation went something like that.

Her: “Is Miss ****(my name) there?”

Me: okay, I can understand that much keigo, “Yes, this is ****”

Her: “This is blah blah video store in kawagoe. keigokeigokeigo  keigo keigokeigo keigo, etc (for several minutes)”

Me: Wha??? It sounds like she’s apologizing for something, but keigo always sounds apologetic, maybe she’s sorry the video wasn’t there before? Oh shit. She seems to be expecting a response now, “Ummmm, yes?”

Her: (happy now), “Keigo keigo keigo keigo!!! When keigo keigo?”

Me: Is she asking me when I’m going to pick it up? That’d be a normal ‘when’ question to ask at this point, right? “Uhhhh….tomorrow?”

Her: Okay, thank you very much!

You think the sales people would figure out that if they’re talking to a foreigner it’s okay to revert from ultra-polite speech to something more comprehensible, but nooooo, it’s just too ingrained in them I guess.

~Celestia~

I’ve made a video from the Queen of Pirates DVD footage! It’s a way for me to put my frustrated energy to use while I wait for my own copy to come in.

I had forgotten how into it I can get when I’m putting these together. I worked on it for, literally, 8 hours straight last night plus another 3 hours today. I’m still pretty unsatisfied with a few parts, but overall, I’m proud of the result. Just wish I’d had higher quality video to work with. It’s interesting making these. It’s kind of like putting together a puzzle, except you have to cut out the pieces yourself from a bunch of stuff that’s not even in the puzzle, and it’s still got to make a pretty picture at the end.

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Please enjoy! The first half is the sexy/cool dancing part and the second half is the funny/dorky part. The concert has plenty of both!

~Celestia~

Well, I just got back to Japan, and I’ve been trying SO hard to buy the new KAT-TUN concert DVD, but it seems that just about everywhere is sold out. Why didn’t they just make more to begin with??? *pounds head on desk in frustration*

Today I finally gave up on finding one and put my name in to reserve a copy at the nearby DVD/CD store. They’ll call me when they get more in…but they have no idea when that will be.

It’s not fair! I want to see high quality video of that glorious concert nowwwwwwwwwwww!!

Whine,

~Celestia~