MOMUSU IN AMERICA

Ugh, I’m so jealous that I can’t be in LA for this…

Whilst watching Strong Machine 2 dancing, I think to myself I should write my reactions to the news and everything surrouding the fact that MOMUSU IS NOW IN AMERICA! This very moment! They landed sometime yesterday and I realize I won’t be around for the real-time access tomorrow due to work.

There have been already videos and pictures of Momusu arriving. Upon seeing some of them, I have to admit I am a bit amused by the non-Japanese accented Japanese XD. Someone said, Aichan, as if they were saying Chan like Jackie Chan, which is clearly not the proper way. Don’t misunderstand me, I don’t have perfect pronounciation of Japanese. It really shows how excited the fans are.

I know if I were there, I’d go totally fangirl and probably yell out incomprehensible things. So apparently I think there’s a concert for today… let’s hope someone gets some underground recordings. I can’t wait to hear more! And see some autographed goods!

~Siggy

The Apples

Right before writing this I read about Apple’s shortages on their phone. And now I’m listening to the ridiculous “Tell Me” performance from Wonder Girls opening for the Jonas Brothers… from the first performance in Portland, Oregon.

I cannot believe they are opening for the Jonas Brothers… Seriously? I guess, that’s the best JYP can do. Then again, I guess for argument’s sake there’s no real way to just enter into the American music scene. I will applaud WG for trying their best in doing this. While they’re gone, they’re losing valuable ground that’s being eaten by SNSD and other acts. But I’m sure they’ll make another bit hit when they’re back in Korea.

I have no idea who the Jonas Brothers really are, I just happened to see them in recent years on the Disney Channel. And you know those kids, they are crazy about their Hannah Montanna and Jonas Brothers and all.

Back to WG

- Tell Me

Wow, they sound kinda funny… I can barely hear them though, so it’s hard to judge their English. I think it’s funny that they’re actually singing the stuttering Tell Me lines. So Yoo Bin got the solo dance?? Well Yoo Bin is hotter than So Hee anyway. Tell me this isn’t real… Wow, my impression of them is like they’re some amateur high school talent show…

- Nobody

Hard to hear the English in this fancam. LOL, I wonder how girls feel about WG taking up the stage… Actually sounds like there is a fair amount of people screaming occasionally, but it’s probably all the wonderfuls. It’s nice that they’re turning around to face each part of the crowd. Wonder Girls are too sexy for Jonas Brothers…. Too much screaming by that fangirl. They have much better sounding English than I expected. lmao, “Are you guys ready for the Jonas Brothers?” all of a sudden the crowd goes wild. Well, it was kinda nice to hear the Wonder Girls open for JB.

In other news, Michael Jackson, 50, died the other day. Rest in peace, Michael. Though I’m not that familiar with your music, I do find some of it nice. I’m not as into my “shell” as some people may think I am, any good music is good music to me. No doubt, you are one of the greatest. I imagine I’ll hear more of your music in the coming years. Especially since there will probably be upcoming tributes performing in Atlantic City, someday.

With that being said, I end this post by saying:

Nocchi is hot. Why did I think of her so many times today when I was bored at work? Because she’s hot… I can’t wait for TRIANGLE! ^___^

~Siggy, watching BudokAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAn, for like the 50th time~

Justice League pt1

So I’ve been awfully lazy with my blog lately because of my job and watching things. I’ve been watching dramas and stuff and that makes me awful lazy about writing things.

So what have I to write about today. Justice League! I grew up watching the old Batman and Superman animated series. I enjoyed em actually. I especially liked the old Superman series which I consider to be the foundation for the DC animated universe. Mostly because Superman teamed up and established a lot of the other DC superheroes in that particular universe.

So, I remember actually being excited about Justice League when it was coming out during my freshmen year back in High School. For those who don’t know anything about it, the Justice League cartoon was a superhero cartoon which teamed up Superman with Batman (as usual) to fight an alien menace which led them to team up with Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Hawkgirl. I think I can assume some episodes were greatly inspired by comic book counterparts. I apologize to comic fans out there if I make the wrong references or use the wrong names for any DC things.

WARNING: Some spoilers ahead. Not too many, but some.

- Season 1

Season 1 comprised of the JLers banding together to fight the white martians. The typical formula was that not all JLers would be present in certain story arcs that were focused on one or more JLers. Aquaman, the Manhunters, Green Lantern Corps, Mongul, Grodd, among others. Some highlights:

• JL Aquaman isn’t like the pansy orange corny one. But I like orange… but JL Aquaman was actually pretty cool and the story was quite mature, not what you’d expect from a normal cartoon.
• Why the hell is Superman soooo weak? For that matter why does he look SOOO old???
• The Injustice league was a cool team-up and it would’ve worked too had it not been for cable TV.
• The season finale, The Savage Time, was actually quite good. I really enjoyed it. It shows off Green Lantern’s ability to be a hero without his ring. And we all know it’s good to see heroes without their power.

- Season 2

Season 2 had some improved animation in the form of some brighter colors. They finally fixed Superman’s “aging syndrome” and returned him to his established look. Almost all of the episodes were whole 1 hour episodes, so you could just watch them straight throughout.

• AMAZO is mad strong as hell
• Darkseid’s omega eye beams were much cooler when they arced in straight lines and not curves…
• Doctor Destiny was a nice Batman ep, it really shows that Batman can save the day without using powers.
• Savage twice! One of my favorite JL episodes is “Hereafter”, where Superman meets the future Savage after everyone died, one of the best episodes ever just because of Savage’s dialogue.
• Secret Society… shouldn’t JL be worried about the fight being at a football stadium with thousands of innocent people around them. Anyone one of them could’ve been taken hostage. Huge oversight on their part, I think.
• Flash had his big break in “Eclipsed” where he actually ran fast for once. For someone who claims to be the World’s Fastest Man, he really doesn’t run that fast at all…not till at least another episode.
• “A Better World”, another great episode which played on the heroes having too much power dynamic. Plus it was a great setup for possibly the most ambitious storyline of the DCAU.
• “Starcrossed” was a great ending. The producers really didn’t hold back and went for a quality story and ending. Funny, I think Batman disguised himself as Alfred when he was infiltrating the Hawk base. I also liked the subtle touches throughout Season 2 that made much of the finale possible.
• Green Lantern and Hawkgirl were actually kind of cute together.

Well that was the original Justice League. Way later on, the producers made Justice League Unlimited which featured a LOT of superheroes… I thought it was gonna be bad and just a bunch of random filler episodes, you know like the old SuperFriends. But they actually pulled through and had a great underlying story. More on that next time (while I finish the rest of Season 5)

~Siggy, who is watching Takahashi’s new PB making of instead of JL ^_~

Dead or Alive

I’m alive!!!

Just working and getting used to being home again.

In other news, apparently David Carradine died in some weird kooky way. I swear, WordPress homepage always has the oddest highlight that makes me not want to blog…

Oh and scans for Takahashi and Maimi’s new PB need to come out now… faster, like before this post is even up!
please?

I’ve been watching a lot of drama lately. Gokusen2, Gokusen3, Seigi no Mikata, Dance Drill, Atashinchi no Danshi.

I’ll find something to write about sometime.

Updates (5-8)

So, yes I’m still alive.

It’s finals season, so I’m making an active effort in trying to lower my procrastination (it’s not really working XD). I’ve already killed my internet so I can’t use internet leisurely. Then again, I have lots of things to occupy my time.

Recently, I’ve been playing Naruto: Rise of Ninja on the 360. It’s surprisingly fun, especially for being made by a European company. I like trying to fight Konoha ninja and getting completely destroyed (cause that would make sense in the anime, unless we’re talking Sakura). Sakura is really… really strong for some odd reason…

I’m happy to see my Airicandy post get some comments (keep em coming!) and I may do another yo-yo candy post sometime with other girls other than Airi. The yo-yo’s I presented were like half my collection XD.

Has everyone heard!? Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver! Wow, I can’t wait. Too bad I have to… I hope there will be some nifty updates to the game engine. Excited… exciting… oh and in other news I still want to go see Momusu in LA. But there’s no way I could over go there. Is there any community like card/book or anything going on??

~Siggy, dying from finals~

Airi + Yo-Yo’s = <3

I was bored and didn’t want to study so…

My friend showed me a picture of Reon Kadena (go look her up) which coincidentally looked a lot like a yo-yo picture I was looking at.

So I got this GREAT idea!

Airicandy in itself was already like an evolution of eyecandy (Lv 25)

Now this… Airicandy relating to yo-yo eyecandy… it’s like a fusion of 2 of my favorite things! For those who don’t know, I’m a fan of yo-yoing and also like to (even though it puts a great dent in my wallet) collect rare and pretty yo-yos. The pictures ahead are of my own personal collection. Don’t know how many other yo-yoing enthusiasts there are out there… but believe me they are pretty!

So without further ado, picspam!

 

YoYoJam Speeder
I don’t have caps on it and it has some battlescars, but it used to be one of my mains.

 

Airi Speeder
To be honest, the hotpants combined with the top are what really make her co.no.mi.chi outfit resemble my Speeder. But I like these pics ^_^

 

OneDrop YoYo’s Agent Orange Fade Project
This is a very rare yo-yo. Though I no longer have it, I still have some pictures. It was hard if not impossible to find pictures that would match this.
So a little imagination and appreciation is needed.

 

Airi Project!
I included the Buono 2 pics because I LOVE her hair.
Who cares if it doesn’t match the pic. Airicandy is good in any flavor ^o^.

 

YoYoJam Aquairus
The rims are a bit yellow, they were originally white…

 

Airius!
Whoot! Bye Bye Bye and Sakura Chirari.
I love Sakura Chirari, I listen to the first 30 seconds over and over again just because of Airi <3

 

YoYoJam Meteor
One of my favorite yo-yos produced by one of my favorite yo-yoers, Mickey!

 

 

Airi meteor
She’s 3x cuter than a regular C-ute member (points if anyone gets the reference)
It was hard to find her in something that matched the magenta of my Meteor…

 

YoYoFactory Skyline, Eye of the Tiger special edition
This is a rare edition of the Skyline that is in orange, my favorite color!

 

 

Airi Skyline
I would love to see a skyline of Airi. I love her Rottara Rottara outfit!

 

Duncan Freehand Zero
Hand painted and modded by Takeshi

 

  

Free Airi Zero?
I love that princess picture. So cute.

 

YoYoFactory Plastic Grind Machine
Two colors!

Airi Grind Machine
LOL… I can’t believe I just wrote that… ughhh clean thoughts, clean thoughts…

 

SPYY Pistolero
This is the beta release for a very special and beautiful yo-yo. Just look at it…

Airilero?
Geez, these names are starting to get weird…

 

44:recreation Stargazer
This yo-yo is amazing… outperforms all of my other yo-yos… precious >w<

Airigazer
Something we all certainly are for making it this far into the post.
Massara Blue Jeans!!!

That was fun… I burnt like an hour preparing this…

Geez… got to go back to studying… ugh.

P.S. Happy Belated Birthday Airi!!!

Thinking of Ayumi

Hamasaki Ayumi. The J-pop queen of the world.

I am at heart a big fan of Ayumi Hamasaki. In fact, I regard listening to Ayu as the biggest turning point in my musical preferences. But there’s that saying, all good things must come to an end.

Admittedly, I’m not into her more recent releases. This is particularly the case with the last 2 albums, Next Level and Guilty. I don’t know. Maybe I’ve grown out of it? Or her evolution (haha) has reached the point where it is beyond my musical tastes.

I am mostly a fan of pop music. By pop, I don’t mean popular (though in a way I do listen to most of the really popular acts, Ayu of course being the one in scrutiny here). I mean pop music. I don’t really know how to classify it but I’ve found that it’s just usually feel good music, ballads, and in general music that doesn’t OBVIOUSLY fit into other genres. For example, rock music is clearly rock, but Lite rock you could say verges into pop music. Rap is obviously rap, but it can have some pop overtones that make it blend in with a sound that you’d expect from pop music. Metal … yea, well that’s always metal unless it’s 2 separate songs fused into one. You get the point.

That being said, I was mainly attracted to listening to Ayu’s pop (and in a way pop-rock) music during her I am… era. Her music was uplifting and in a way listening to her music didn’t feel the same with other songs. I felt like listening to her music sparked something in me.

So what happened? I got into other artists and I’ve taken a broader taste of music. I now enjoy listening to K-pop, J-rap, and some J-rock. I’m a fan of the huge idol factory, Hello! Project. I listen to Perfume with their electropop gimmick. And so on. Her newer releases… I could say it started around the time of My Story. It got more of a rock edge that didn’t excite me as much.

I want to convince myself that I still love Ayu. I just love an Ayu that is at this point older and releasing different things. Yea… that’s it.

I just had to get that off my chest. I have tried my best to avoid listening to Next Level, until I’m ready. I still think of Ayu as my love and my favorite singer. The only problem is that the time period I loved her is long gone. So it’s like… dwelling on the past.

*sigh* why did I write this again?

An Observation about The Legend of Zelda

I’m a video gamer. My allegiance is mainly to Nintendo, it’s mainly the console I play and also mainly the company that I look forward to. That being said some thoughts occurred to me recently pertaining The Legend of Zelda.

Spirit Tracks, or whatever it’s called
Really?? Let’s exclude the possibility that this game will be awesome. A train??? How did that happen? I wasn’t quite fully aware that Hyrule or wherever Link is (maybe he’s in medieval Britain looking for Sonic with his sword) was in the industrial age. While I guess there have been rail tracks for trolleys in other games, I’ve never seen any indication for such a technology in Zelda. Maybe, I’m not thinking hard enough…

Also, has anyone noticed (correct me if I’m wrong) that apparently Link can understand English. If every version of Ocarina of Time uses the original voices, it’s very clear that Navi uses English words. She says, “Listen”, “Look!”, “Watch out!”. Assuming Link understands this, this must mean that Link can understand English or Engrish.

That’s a real breakthrough in my understanding of LOZ…

[REVIEW] Morning Musume – Platinum 9 Disc

Whoot! New Momusu album! ^.^
For a while I actually forgot that Cover You was technically not a REAL Momusu album. Don’t get me wrong, I liked Cover You, but now we’re off to serious business, Momusu’s 9th major album.

In short, I liked this. I liked most of the singles. And I liked most of the album songs. Read on for details.

Cake Day!

I’m not into pastries and baking at all. That being said, I can’t properly celebrate Intlwota’s Cake Day 2009. But I’d like to give a shout-out to Intlwota for providing me entertainment, mind-numbing thoughts, nosebleeds (XD), and hours of joy throughout the last couple months that I have followed the site. Reading Intlwota articles have given me more focus on what I enjoy in the world of Japanese music.

Had it not been for the one time I was in wotachat and Indigo had mentioned Kamen Rider Kiva, I wouldn’t be watching Kamen Rider now. And Kamen Rider is now a big part of my interests. I even have a Kamen Rider t-shirt…

Had it not been for Bananas for Junjun, I wouldn’t be as interested in JunJun (she ranks high) and would not have spread my interest to my other friends.

Had it not been for Amy at Tsuugaku Vector, I wouldn’t have fully pursued Airi and realized how awesome she is.

And I greatly enjoy reading all kinds of articles, even those that don’t really intersect with my interests. I’ve very much enjoyed the Pleasure Principled articles. And I feel like Intlwota is just part of my everyday life now.

(Those were the first ones to come to mind that I could remember links for, please don’t kill me if I didn’t mention your blog)

So… Happy Cake Day Intlwota!

I’m not sure if Intlwota has really contributed to my nosebleeds… but I get them a lot >.> … <.< … >.<