| I'm not dead |
[Feb. 11th, 2009|09:55 pm] |
Update I guess because I'm so bored and haven't talked much (pretty much anywhere on the internet) lately.
I going to a specialized school that I don't like to talk about much because I generally don't like school in the first place.
Anime has been boring as hell lately. Last 3 seasons have had NOTHING interesting at all. I watched some Kurokami this season, it's meh I guess. Only thing I'm watching next season is that new FMA. I'm hoping that will be good.
I spend 99% of my free time (still) playing either MMORPGs or console games.
I still actively listen to J-pop and anime music because I feel it's the only thing in the related industry that has still been maintaining quality.
As such, I am going to Hawaii next month (March 13-15) for Momoi at the Honolulu festival. Airline tickets are pretty cheap right now. I was able to get a flight from LAX to HNL for $342. I'm tight on money right now but it's affordable now for that price. I'd also rent a car if they didn't charge the extra fee for being under 25. Not sure if that or Taxi will be less money. I'll have to figure it out.
I bought an imported Power Glove (yes, THAT Power Glove) and some $60 glow stick in preparation for this. Admittedly, I am behind on a few of her CDs, so I also have to get some of those... I've honestly been into a few other bands more than her recently. Regardless, I still as devoted and attached to her as ever, hence the trip (and I'd do more if it weren't for cost issues, although the possible Fanime appearance will be doable for me).
And for anyone who knows Alex (aka TrickMasterMint), I hung out with him and a few friends quite a bit when he came to SoCal about a month or so ago. I hope it raised his spirits because I know he's been kind of down lately. Hopefully I will be seeing him again soon. |
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| ANN-FF: DEAD |
[Oct. 23rd, 2008|12:54 am] |
This post is only regarding my website, ANN-FF, so everybody else can ignore. Or read it if you want, I don't care.
As all of the regulars would know, ANN-FF was hacked a few weeks ago. And I've been going to school or something so I haven't really had the time to do much about it or say anything. I got a few mails asking if I was the one behind this for some reason. I had absolutely NOTHING to do with it. Although, I'm rather flattered someone actually took the time into hacking my obscure and rather small forum (right after I just made a payment to keep the site up though >_> But nonetheless). Would have been nice if they left their name rather than just "anonymous" though. And also, ya she probably does have a grudge against me (don't particularly blame her), but I know for a fact it was NOT my ex-girlfriend. She's doesn't have the know-how to hack a website, and it's just really not her style. If she were to do something she'd spam my forums with porn or some gay fanfic with me and Zac or something like that.
Also, I DO take responsibility for neglecting that website and not doing much on it all really. So if you want want to blame it on me because of that, go ahead, I'll accept it. I probably shouldn't have even made it in the first place. I don't really have the skills to do something like that well (although it went better than I thought). But... just don't go saying I hacked my own website for some BS reason or something, I don't know. Cause I didn't.
Also, I do have a back-up of the website if anybody really wants it back that much. I would have installed it myself (tried) but apparently my website skills are still as horrible as ever. Anyway I heard you guys got someplace else to post or something. I don't know.
That is all. |
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| Random |
[Apr. 25th, 2008|02:00 am] |
I mentioned this in my last entry which may have been a tl;dr case for many, but Ryoko Shintani talked about me for a complete 7 minutes in one of her radio shows two years ago after I met her (holy shit I can't believe it's been two years since then). I had no idea she did until I met one of my friends in Hawaii who informed me of it. He was able to send me the file. I'm seeing if I can get someone to translate it. But even without the translation, the little bits I can understand she seemed really excited talking about me. I didn't know I made her that happy coming from overseas (honestly it was more of a coincidence that I got to see her, as that wasn't the point of my trip). Ah, makes me feel really nice making someone I admire so much so happy...
Also, Ryoko's doing an awesome job as Yuuno in Kurenai. Her ending theme is also awesome. If you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend it. |
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| SEEING HALKO MOMOI IN HAWAII |
[Mar. 21st, 2008|03:57 am] |
I know I haven't posted here in a while but I HAVE to post on this. I thought AX and meeting Ryoko Shintani was amazing. Neither of them even compared to this.
I just got back from Hawaii going this. "Legendary" is an understatement as to describing what happened last weekend.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-18/halko-momoi-to-perform-at-honolulu-festival-in-march
Just as a note, I've been told I'm not allowed to talk about certain events that happened during this trip with Momoi, partially for my own safety. If it was up to me I'd be talking about them in a heartbeat, but I have little say in this.
And for everybody who wasn't there, here is some text from some of the handouts to the audience made by fans:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture297.jpg
From the "Call Book" in the middle:
"Halko Momoi
An Introduction
The singer, Halko Momoi, started off in the mid-1990's as a fan of anime and and wanted to make it as an idol in Japan. In the last few years, she's started performing music for various games and TV shows in Japan as well as voices for games and anime. She's become really popular in the last few years, signing on with one of Japan's biggest record labels, Avex Entertainment.
She now has fans from all corners of the earth across many countries. Even with this success, she hasn't forgotten the people who've supported her from the start. The Honolulu Festival is her second official appearance in the United States with many more to come.
We thank you for being here and hope you enjoy her performance today.
Her personal messages continues to be transmitted by her own songwriting and music composition efforts. In those lyrics, there are very few people unable to become confident. In the songs "Saigo no Rokku" ("Final Rock") "Yume no Baton" ("Dream staff") talk of the following things.
"There may be nobody around who understands why you love the things you do, and though you may be lonely, somewhere in this world there is someone who will share your interests. And so don't give up; keep on saying you love these things."
Those words are personified through her promotional work, as a cosplaying voice actress, among other things. Dressed in a maid cafe waitress, happily adorned cat ears, she appears on stage to be incredibly happy. "I've been looking forward to this event," she might think, appearing as a character she's done voice work for. On a Youtube-like, self-submission video site "Nico Nico Douga" (nicovideo.jp), she uploads her own performance videos and she logs on to check the comments posted through the computer. From everything Momoi does, she appears to be enjoying herself from the bottom of her heart.
In 2007, after performances at Anime Expo and the German convention Connichi, she said in a radio interview basically the following:
"For Otaku, there are no borders."
Though nationality changes, otaku share the same feelings. They like what they like; cute things are cute. It's like after attaining Level -your thirties- you've reached your lot in life. Don't think, just feel!"
- Written by Kent & Ochawan
From the pamplet on the right:
"Halko Momoi (桃井はるこ)
14th Annual Honolulu Festival!
Halko Momoi Performs Live!
Hawaii Convention Center
Mar. 15-16, 2008
This pamplet is a product of Momoi Halko's fans.
Over twenty years ago, Japanese idol music fans have been waving light sticks in concert halls.
In her young age, raised in this culture Momoi Halko grew and become a singer of anime and game music. And so in places she sings, it became natural to be bathed in a shining kaleidescope of light stick colors; a beautiful sight to behold.
Momoi Halko refers to this light as a "beacon of life."
Japanese fans, waving light sticks along to the rhythm, jump, clap, sing and dance. Perhaps for those of you it may be unusual and different from a scene of people freely enjoying the music in an individual fashion. However, this is an opportunity! Wouldn't you like to follow along with us in a style of Japanese live performance? It's not difficult. It's just a matter of getting a light stick and jumping with the rest of us.
Let's jump!"
Sorry, I'm not sure who this is written by or who drew the picture >_< (I will try to find out)
From the flier on the left:
"What, you've never heard of Halko? No problem. it was the same for me back in the day! But man, idol concerts are wild and way fun! In the genki and sweet and kawaii, her performances are a cut above. She's shot us all straight through the heart. What about you? Come check it out! Calling all first-timers! It's enough to make it to the convention center. Come and show support! Great times, guaranteed."
Art and text by coverman
She was also pointed out in an article in the "Honolulu Advertiser" (Hawaii's largest daily newspaper) as being convention center's most noticeable performer on Saturday. And she was. Momoi practically stole the show at this festival.
Now on to the actual trip:
I actually decided on going at the last minute. Literally the night before. I'm not sure how I did it still lol. But it was the best decision I've ever made in my life. I've been to Honolulu before a few years ago, so lot of the scenery was familiar to me.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture172.jpg
I didn't have much choice on such short notice so I ended up staying in a hostel. Priz (Kent) was also staying in the same place. I met up with fellow Momoists Priz, catsspat, tenton, and Paranda (Mandi was off meeting up with another one of her friends from online) in their hotel (cause my place was crap lol)
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture177.jpg
We hung out and watched the Halko's AX DVD (which I've already seen numerous times). We also talked about a bunch of things. It's really cool to talk to people you know online but have never met in person... It's kind of weird feeling though. At some point in the conversation (it may have been another day but it was in the hotel) I brought up how I met Ryoko Shintani in Japan once. Catsspat (who listens to a lot of seiyuu radio shows) actually told me she talked about me on her radio show. I didn't know this... I still want to meet her some day again. It's really nice to know this though. We also opened up a bunch of glow sticks because we didn't want all the wrappers littered around the convention hall after the concert (there was something like 600 in we had in that room alone iirc)... Well, were planning on going to an Italian restaurant for dinner. We rented a car. Uh, not all of us, uh, quite fit in the car so it was quite a sight. It was a clown car I guess. I'm not doing it again. To top it off we also got lost and somehow ended up at an elementary school. We finally found our way though. I wasn't expecting the place to be so expensive but it was good. I got calamari marinara...
The next day... the Japanese tour group wasn't set to arrive until 3:00pm or something (iirc), so I spent most of the day walking around with Priz, catsspat and tenton (Paranda was off with Mandi somewhere). Oh ya, none of us 4 were part of the official tour (I may have been if I didn't decide to go at the last minute), so we didn't get to go on the scheduled tour, and two dinners. I still had a heck of a time though. Anyway, we went to the International marketplace.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture190.jpg
Priz (who has been a fan of Momoi for 9 years, longer than most Japanese fans, and is quite possibly her first American fan) was planning on getting a T-shirt for Momoi there. He didn't get it quite yet. There was also quite a few other cool shops there. We also walked down to the convention center to get a look at it and walked back. We went back up to the hotel and watched some stuff and waited for the tour group to arrive. Also Hawaii's really beautiful. You see those pictures of the water that's so blue. It really is that blue.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture196.jpg
The tour group arrived and we met up with Paranda and Mandi too.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture199.jpg
The guy in the blue shirt is coverman (one of her Japanese fans, who also posts on the international Momoi boards in English). He's a very dedicated person, probably one of the most dedicated fans I've ever seen. If it wasn't for him we may have not even known about this event. He was the one who made a lot of fliers and did a lot of the artwork. He puts so much work into anything Momoi related so I just wanted to thank him here. I think from the start her fans are what drew me to Momoi herself, so I have an attachment to this group even though I've never met any of them. It was so cool to see all of them.
There was the planned dinner party with Momoi planned. Me and a few other guys just went over to the International marketplace for some food while the others enjoyed the party. Paranda talks about the party if you're interested.
http://paranda.net/
Later that night after the party, we met up with all the Japanese fans in their rooms.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture203.jpg
We practiced some of Halko's songs from her call book. Apparently, they said we were going to perform the song "Party" on stage with Momoi on Sunday (wasn't quite sure it was going to happen). So we did that one over and over. After that we went into another room with like 15 people and we all put specially designed stickers (with Halko's name etc.) on thousands of glow sticks to get ready for the concert. A lot of the stickers were kind of hard to peel of so it was a bit tedious but I really wanted to help because of my lack of doing so at AX. We had a few drinks (well, I just had a Pepsi since I don't really drink that often) and it was all cool.
The next day was the day of the first concert so we were all pumped. I had breakfast downstairs at the hotel with Priz, catsspat, tenton, and coverman.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture205.jpg
There was a big aquarium which was cool. We all got in the car and headed to the convention center about an hour or two before the concert was sceduled.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture205.jpg
I watched a few of the other performers. Particularly, I was pretty impressed by the first set of performers ([url=http://www.suga-izanai.org/]Suga-ren[/url]). The other Japanese fans arrived and we were given a special room to get ready in. Then it was time for the concert. We passed out call books, pamphlets, and glow sticks to all of the audience. Here is the concert if you want to see it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=97l8PbRL-EQ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5n7H7s8szOM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pgQFzOhrE7c
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Let_DTz5V0w'
It went really well. I think a lot of the staff wasn't expecting it, they were pretty impressed. I had some of the staff from the Honolulu festival coming up and asking me questions too. A lot of them didn't know all of the stuff we handed out and did was all fan-made and done out of dedication to Halko. I was really happy it went so well. There was also an autograph session.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture233.jpg
And I got a picture with Halko.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture239.jpg
It was like a dream. The shirt was also signed by her. She even read out what it said on the shirt. I've never heard her say "mugi mugi" right in front of me but it was so cute I like died from cuteness. Oh ya, the character is Komugi from Nurse Witch Komugi her most well-known (and her personal favorite) character she voices.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture241.jpg
There was a lot of cameras on her to set up by fans...
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture248.jpg
Somebody got this signed by her. catsspat told me what it said but I forgot >_<.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture251.jpg
Someone also got Tokunaga signed by her. It's the huge cat-like doll Anise (Halko's character) rides from Tales of the Abyss.
For lunch, we ate at a burger joint. Some of the Japanese guys showed us some little figures they made modeled after Halko. They were really cute. I didn't get any pictures of them but I think Mandi did. Later that day we also went to Toys n' Joys with a bunch of the Japanese guys.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture258.jpg
Personally, I'm against anything to do with bootlegs and do not support any store that carries them, so I didn't buy anything from them. Paranda bought a $hit load of stuff though... Don't think I've seen anybody buy that much anime stuff since the last time I was in Akihabara (in which I have spent over $1000 on that stuff)... I did buy some stuff from some other store that didn't carry any bootlegs though. Mandi's friend was showing us around most of this place so I thank her for that (she lives in Hawaii). Also all of the Japanese guys were taking pictures of random street signs.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture258.jpg
I suppose I did that kind of stuff in Japan though too... We found a playground... And of course what better thing to do at a playground than to pose like Halko on the front of her "Yume no Baton" CD.
http://shop.mu-mo.net/avx/sv/item2?jsiteid=mumo&seq_exhibit_id=6121&photo_no=1
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture264.jpg
See the similarity? A bunch of us did it but I wasn't one. I also noticed a placed called "Tamura's" which happened to be a bar and thought of "Yukari Tamura"... The Japanese guys caught on and started calling it "Yukarin's bar"... Also the cab driver sung all of "New York New York" on the way back to the hotel after Paranda mentioned he was from New York. He also took a wrong turn which made it take longer because he said he apparently wasn't used to driving down around Waikiki. I assume he just wanted more money though.
The Japanese guys wanted to eat at "Anna Miller's" for dinner. So we took another cab there (ya, btw, there was like 4-5 cabs each time going back and forth, we told the drivers where to take the Japanese guys and then us English speakers went in the last cab). The cab driver was moderately normal this time.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture268.jpg
Got to "Anna Miller's". Surprisingly it didn't take as long as I thought it would to get 17 of us seated.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture273.jpg
Had a good time at dinner and got to know Paranda, Mandi, and Mandi's friend (sorry I don't know her name). After dinner we took some photos.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture277.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture278.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture280.jpg
This was also the guy doing the "Kawaii Jenny" crossplay at the dinner Paranda talked about.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture281.jpg
I wasn't expecting him to grab me so I couldn't stop laughing...
Later next day...
We got to the convention center. Coverman gave us some of the Fliers he designed, that happened to also be huge stickers, to put on ourselves.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture284.jpg
Then we all went outside to wait for Momoi to arrive in her limo...
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture285.jpg
I got some video of this but since my camera doesn't have a speaker there's no sound... I should have gotten a speaker before this. It's still a nice video though.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ry5Vf7_0s_Q
Also, it's kind of hard to see but her mug has Majokko Tsukune-chan, either that or a character designed by Hiroaki Magari (who is one of Halko's favorite artists). I didn't get a good look at it so I couldn't tell for sure who it was. Now, I didn't get much pictures inside the convention this time unfortunately. The concert went very well though:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lsrrIVS0dSk
Then something amazing happened. Halko invited us to perform on stage. It was truly magical. Probably the best part of the trip. Not to mention one of the best parts of my life (not exaggerating).
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YQSrfKiBDuY
I was so happy... I actually did cry a bit during "Yume no Baton". Just in all my years of being a fan of hers I never imagined being able to perform live on stage with her with all of her Japanese fans and American fans. But enough of the mushy stuff. It was totally awesome also. Even some of the kids from the audience came up on stage. There are also some pictures from various sites:
http://www.americanwota.com/2008/03/halko-at-the-honolulu-festival/
http://jpop4u.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/halko-momoi-performance-in-honolulu/
After that godly event, there was another autograph session also so I got a CD signed by Halko. Then Priz got an interview with Momoi in her limo. Mandi and catsspat were also invited because they could translate. Me, Paranda, and Tenton were left out god dammit... Momoi was the last performance of the day so the parade started soon after.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture288.jpg
It also started raining and there was a rainbow after.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture289.jpg
More of the parade also and some floats.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture290.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture291.jpg
The fan club had dinner later that night with Momoi (I'm not sure what happened there but I think Paranda will report on it. Me, Priz, catsspat, and Tenton had to go somewhere else though so we had ramen. And even though I usually ate faster then them, I figured out I apparently eat ramen the slowest...
The fan club returned from dinner and we all said goodbye to Momoi. She shook my hand and MY GOD, holy shit those were the softest hands I've ever felt. I don't know how to explain them. We sung "Yume no Baton" and waved glow sticks as she walked back to her hotel... Mandi & Paranda also gave us all presents. Pink M&Ms with the words "Momo-i" and "Moe is rock" written on them.
I had to leave early the next day, so I had to say goodbye to all my friends that night. I'm never going to forget the memories I made here. One of the best times in my life... I want to meet them again sometime, it will be awesome... Until then... |
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| Random Entry |
[Aug. 22nd, 2007|11:56 pm] |
Summer is almost over but it doesn't really matter to me since I'm not going to school right now anyway. Things to point out I guess:
- I got a recent promotion at work and am currently in training for this. More money yay.
- I need someone else with more experience to help run my forum. Since I don't know crap. There's so many things I'd love to add but have no idea how to.
- The only anime I've really been watching are Moetan (kind of) and Higurashi Kai. Moetan just cause and Higurashi because it's awesome.
- Only music I'm really looking into right now is Higurashi Kai OP which came out today and is of course awesome. Uh, looking forward to MOSAIC.WAV's 3rd album coming out in a week or so. Also, took them long enough to have a live concert. Guess their popularity only became really popular recently.
- Lately I've been trying out different MMORPG's cause I'm bored. It's hard to find ones that fit my taste though. All the popular ones all have characters that are ugly as hell (WoW, ew...). Only cute characters will do it for me, I can't stand others. Ragnarok has cute characters but I'd rather wait to play it until the second one comes out. I played the first one a few years ago... Lately I was looking into this game called DOMO, but for about the last two weeks or so I was playing this game called Fiesta and I like how the characters look. Closed beta ended so I'm waiting for open beta which starts on Friday. In case you were wondering, WP/panties was also playing the game. But that's not the reason she's not online recently. She's mainly not online because of school which has already started for her.
Also, I can't believe I've been in an online relationship with her for about 7 months (since January). It went by so fast. Less than 2.5 years to go... Also, although the relationship probably isn't quite as strong as it first was (mainly because of me, it's hard for me to have such strong feelings for someone I've never met in person, I do talk to her on the phone and have pictures of her though, letters, etc.), we still do talk to each other online just as much as we did when we first shared our feelings. This is a very good sign, I really want to keep it up. She is probably the person I talk to most on the internet also, so I am close to her in that aspect... |
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| Anime Expo 2007 |
[Jul. 2nd, 2007|06:25 pm] |
Ugh, the last four days at AX have been very hectic. Not only for me but I'm sure for everybody. I'm actually glad to just have it all over now... It had its ups and downs but I overall enjoyed it. Especially Momoi's concert, which was the highlight of AX 2007 for me. But before I get into explaining what happened, let me first state this.
I HATE the AX staff.
I am furious with them. Not only for having all the technical problems, late schedules, canceled events, poor planning, and overall unprofessional behavior, but because they disrespected Momoi. I was actually crying before when I first read how disappointed she was with AX. I really wanted this to be a GREAT experience for her... Fuck you AX staff. Seriously, fuck you. I'm actually so disappointed with them I'm not sure if I want to come next year. I don't care that AX is giving me free tickets (I won them). They can shove the tickets up their ass.
Now, you're probably wondering why the heck I said I enjoyed the convention even though I seem so pissed. Truth is, Momoi MADE the convention for me. She didn't put up with all the crap that AX gave her, and put on a great show despite. Also her fans. Her fan base consists of some of the most dedicated and loving fans I have seen. This includes her US fan base as I've experienced. Which uh, includes me too I guess. About her concert though...
First, I need to bring up my comments on the SOS Brigade Invasion Tour now if you haven't seen them:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=23123&start=1815
Looking back on this, I think I gave the concert way too much credit. I honestly love Aya Hirano, Yuko Goto, and Minori Chihara, but I need to tell the truth here. ANY one of Momoi's songs she performed COMPLETELY blew ANY of the SOS Brigade's songs out of the water. This is probably partly due to the fact that the AX staff handled the event so poorly. But I honestly think Halko is a better singer than all three of them combined [dodges punches thrown by angry Hirano fans]. Like, when I listen to her CDs, and then I watch her live. Her voice is the same, it doesn't sound like they improved the quality on the CDs or something. Which, sad to say, none of Aya and group's performances really sounded as good as they do on the CDs. This isn't some kind of personal jab at them though, I very rarely hear any seiyuu sound as good live as they do on their CDs. Halko is a rare exception.
The concert though... I have never cheered so hard for someone in my life (I am not exaggerating). I didn't have great seats (and the stupid staff didn't tell me it was open seating until all the good seats were taken. Ass holes, I payed $30 for this...), but this kind of worked in my favor. I could tell I was the only one in about a 6 person radius who knew these songs down to the exact note (which I do). I... think I kind of stood out and Halko noticed me getting these chants down, and the enthusiasm I had over most of the others around me. She looked at me a few times during the concert. I don't know if it was a "oh my god what an idiot" or "wow that guy seems to really love my music" kind of look but it doesn't matter to me honestly, as long as I got her attention.
A few songs that came up I wasn't expecting. Like I didn't know manzo (singer of Genshiken opening) was gonna be there. I saw them doing the chants for his songs in the line, so I guess I should have known... Why doesn't anybody ever tell me these things though? Well, I honestly wasn't with Paranda's group most of the time, and they were talking with some of her Japanese fans who seemed to know what was going on at the concert... But I did get a seat for them in the front of the line for Halko's panel, and ate lunch with them after... Sorry, I'm just really shy and not very talkative, so that's why I didn't spend as much time with you guys...
I was drenched with sweat by the end of the concert though. My hands were up nearly the whole time. They're still sore. But I don't really care, because I was cheering for Momoi, and nothing can make me happier than cheering for her. She also cried at the concert. So, I think we did a good job...
And now, some stuff I got at the convention that you probably don't care about but I want to mention.
Random Idolm@ster figure (ended up being Mami Futami, how lucky for me since she and Ami are my favorites)
Random Tales of the Abyss figure (Guy... Meh)
Another random Tales of the Abyss figure (Anise, Yipee! Stopped getting them after that)
Pani Poni Dash keychain of Becky
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan figure
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Limited Edition Box 2
A very cute Komugi-chan T-shirt that I wore to Halko's panel
July issue of Megami
Galaxy Angel Rune DVD 1 (came with a free autograph for Yuuna Inamura. This would have been worth well over $20 for me even without the DVD)
At the JAST panel I got a free eroge (Heart de Roommate)
Drawing of Yume Asakura of Da Capo II autographed by the character designer, Natsuki Tanihara
I have pictures (mind you, some aren't the best quality, but my camera is crappy...):
Yuuna Inamura at the Galaxy Angel panel:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/rico.jpg
Halko at her panel:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture162.jpg
Paranda, Mandichan, a maid, and some other guy (sorry I don't know who you are...). I blacked out their faces because while they gave me permission to take a picture, I am not sure if they were expecting me to post it on the internet:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/parandaetc.jpg
Btw, might I mention the maid is a guy.
(Edit: Apparently the maid is chibitech and the other guy is kouotsu. Just thought I'd mention)
Autograph of Natsuki Tanihara:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture165.jpg
All the pictures that I feel like posting.
Uh, I'm really tired right now, and I go back to work tomorrow. It was a nice 4 days off... But I'm somewhat glad it's over. I always used to love AX... After my experience this year, my respect for them has lowered greatly though. With all that has gone on, I expect this to be Halko's one and only concert at AX, and possibly the US. I'm glad I was able to be part of it, it was truly a memorable experience for me.
Edit:
More pictures:
Outside the convention center:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture123.jpg
This was the line for the exhibit hall. It was massive. Iirc, it was a few blocks long... Otakus... Thousands of them... But that was just when it first opened. There was no line for it later in the day thank god.
Random cosplayers:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture124.jpg
I just took pictures of them cause everybody else was and I was bored. I normally don't take pictures of cosplayers.
Exhibit Hall:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture125.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture126.jpg
The exhibit hall was the one thing the AX staff did correct. It was huge. And there was actually a lot of open space, to my surprise.
Haruhi dance-off:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture128.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture130.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture133.jpg
It was pretty much a failure though. So much for the world record. There was no where near enough people present. And yes, I still like Patricia Lee.
Yuuna Inamura's autograph:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c233/PantsgoblinX/Picture166.jpg
Most people got the Galaxy Angel Rune DVD signed (The autograph came free with the DVD). I wanted something different, so I got a poster signed. |
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[May. 31st, 2007|11:32 pm] |
So I have people impersonating me on 4chan now. Hopefully this will clear this up... That is not me. More recent post posting this entry is me however. |
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[May. 31st, 2007|12:39 am] |
4chan says:
"LOL pantsgoblins is also an anonymous... he was the whiney fucker that told the faggots at ann that we where angry with them yesterday...
i wonder if the fucking pervert is watching us. he must even be masturbating..."
Yup, I'm watching. fap fap fap |
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[May. 26th, 2007|06:54 pm] |
So I'll probably be going to this thing:
http://animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-05-04/bandai-entertainment-holds-may-29-haruhi-launch-event
Ya, I like Haruhi. Shoot me (I know a lot of you guys hate it). Will probably be taking pictures...
And of course, I'll also be going to AX to see the Haruhi trio perform (this is considering the concert does not conflict with Halko's). And I'd probably be taking pictures if it weren't for the fact that the AX staff usually are extremely strict about that. Eh, will be taking them of the line before the concert at least... |
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[Apr. 29th, 2007|11:28 pm] |
You know, I thought I got over it two years ago. I've been able to stay off of "it" for the last two years. Haven't even touched it at all. But fuck, here I am now seven days in with nearly 60 hours on the game. Those fucking Pokemon. I'm sure other people already have more hours on it though, but I also have a full time job and I generally stop to sleep. Looking back at may other games I have nearly 1000 hours on some of them. Oh well, I can look on the bright side and be glad I'm not into online gaming.
In other news, all the anime this season seriously suck balls. At least the ones I've seen (and that includes Lucky Star, which is pretty bad so far). Will wait for next season when Higurashi 2 comes out, cause this season is seriously boring me. Guess it was a good time to start getting back into "it", as there's no anime this season I like.
Oh ya, and in case anybody didn't know or was just wondering, me and Katy are still together. Actually, she's really the only person I've been talking to online in recent days... I try to talk to her whenever I can since she doesn't get much time online. |
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[Apr. 10th, 2007|01:58 am] |
Been over a month since the last update... I assure you I'm not dead, just busy working... Either that or I'm playing video games. Addicting ones that take up hundreds of hours. The fact that this anime season has been super dull has also probably been connected to my being inactive... I hope Anime Expo will be interesting this year like the last. That's pretty much the most I'm looking forward to about anything anime related. That and Higurashi 2. Although AX more since I LOVE conventions... I like big ones that is. Kind of odd since I don't consider myself an extremely social person, but eh...
Somebody post something interesting in the comments, I'm bored... |
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[Mar. 3rd, 2007|01:44 pm] |
Geneon has licensed Higurashi. I am very happy about this.
Also, that "Great Bambi Pop Swindle" I was talking about before apparently was a swindle. All of the tracks on the CD have been from previous CDs she's released. So technically this was a swindle. I guess it is nice to have them all on one CD, even though I could have just burned them all to one... |
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[Jan. 16th, 2007|04:53 pm] |
Okay, not like any of you guys care, but I've now conned ANN into making me part of their staff. Just a little bit longer and I'll be able to kick Zac out of his spot...
... Just in case any idiot took that the wrong way, I was joking. But not about me being encyclopedia staff. So if you guys want any of those annoying typos or other little things fixed in the encyclopedia, if you ask me, I'll try to fix it faster than would normally take. Just make sure you have some kind of source for your claim. FYI, my powers are limited, I can't:
1. Add anime/manga to the encyclopedia
2. Merge people/companies/anime/etc.
3. Edit anime/manga titles
4. Probably something else that I forgot. In other words though, I can only fix small errors, nothing big.
But god damn, just got finished going through about 80 error reports... I did mainly just easy ones though. Mainly just voice actor's names obviously spelled wrong other typos, etc. I find those the most annoying.
Oh ya, good luck on your job Zalis. I've moderated forums but none quite the size of ANN or any that get nearly that much spam, but I can somewhat imagine what it would be like... Like 100x worse than any of the forums I've moderated. |
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[Jan. 10th, 2007|09:30 am] |
Omg, counter.
Why I did this via a Japanese website, I do not know.
Edit: Oops, need to fix this, will be ready soon. I think.
Edit: Okay, fuck that it's not working for me. I'll just use this one. |
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[Dec. 29th, 2006|12:19 am] |
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Aw, fuck. I have to do this thing now.
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
MEET RYOKO SHINTANI!
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I can't remember if I had any last year for the life of me... Can't think of any I want to meet this year though.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
Hmm, Japan.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A girlfriend...
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
May 24th obviously. The day I met Ryoko Shintani.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
MEETING RYOKO SHINTANI!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not getting the job I wanted SO much from Broccoli...
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Uh, I think I had an ear infection once this year. That's all.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Of course the CD that Ryoko Shintani handed me. Fuck all the other shit I bought this year, I'd give all of it up for that.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Can't think of any.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Oh, the SO many people on ANN who LOVE to argue about loli.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Imported Japanese products.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
MEETING RYOKO SHINTANI!... That was probably near most, if not the most excited I've ever been in my life. The hour before I saw her... I still remember it perfectly... God dammit that TV playing the Wild Arms theme was annoying...
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Hard one... but probably CANDY POP SWEET HEART... The song from the CD Ryoko Shintani gave me...
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder?
Happier
ii. Richer or poorer?
Richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Paying more attention to school...
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Talking to stubborn people who I know are unwilling to change.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I already did that with my family.
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Of course not. I have yet to be in love.
22. How many one-night stands?
NONE.
23. What was your favourite TV program?
For US TV, Family Guy. For Japanese TV, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Not that I can think of.
25. What was the best book you read?
Does fanfics count? If so, this.
http://smallcave.net/goferchan/afgoku01.html
I can't remember any books I particularly loved this year... but I don't really read books the much anyway.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Touhou. I am glad Mint introduced me to them...
27. What did you want and get?
MEETING RYOKO SHINTANI!
28. What did you want and not get?
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE!
29. What was your favourite film of this year?
Well, I don't watch movies all that often and I probably missed a lot this year... I liked that new Pirates of the Caribbean movie though.
30. What was your favourite theatrical production of this year?
I didn't watch any plays this year...
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I went out to eat with my family (Yay, how original). 21.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Keeping on track of what I should be paying more attention to... like school...
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Uh, I wore the same stuff I always do. Nothing flashy.
34. What kept you sane?
Listening to music calms me down and lets me forget about all the stupid things that go on around me...
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
RYOKO SHINTANI!
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Illegal immigration. God dammit people are stupid. And if loli counts then probably that too.
37. Who did you miss?
Uh, nobody left that I know of.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Kilgamayan and Mint... and Wolverine Princess too... Can't think of any irl since I haven't really met anyone I particularly liked this year. I suppose meeting Christopher McDonald was nice (tempest, head of ANN), since I've always highly repected him, but I didn't really get to talk to him that much in person...
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
The world is full of a lot of ass holes.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"It's a game of me and you and you and me and... whatever"... Actually no, I don't know what the hell that means. But I just like that quote. |
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[Dec. 28th, 2006|11:54 pm] |
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Decided it was time for a change of background for the new year... had the last one for like half a year. I found this picture as a design for a Toromi themed T-shirt (that I'm thinking of buying). I rather like it myself... That's about all I wanted to say. |
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