Sooo... AAA's newest single was released this Wednesday.
CDJapan tells me that my orders of the single (yes, multiple; I succumbed and ordered both Type A and Type B because of the different extras that come with each. m(_ _)m) and their 6th Anniversary concert DVD, which was also released on Wednesday, were shipped on Monday.
Yay!!
But... knowing that it'll probably take about a week before I get it... I'm now trying to avoid all the videos that're popping up from all the people who've already got their hands on their copies.
ARGH. Am trying very very hard to not spoil it for myself, since the last time this happened was with the Buzz Communication Tour DVD and I watched almost the whole thing on YouTube before it was even released because someone was so nice as to record it off the WOWOW channel when they played it and I kept going back and rewatching even after I ordered it and... and... well, you get the idea. I spoiled my Buzz Comm DVD. As in, I spoilt the whole... anticipation and waiting to actually receive it to see its beautiful contents.
Although I have since rewatched it a few times and am very happy that I own it, anyway. :D
Okay. So... yes, will um... persist. Do not click on all those YouTube videos, Gerri.
But I shall just post the pretty preview of the main single's PV here. Because pretty people are pretty. o(^v^)o
Monday, February 20, 2012
My weekly dose of squee-ness happiness. Another candid photo of the bandmembers together; fun times, they're all so cute. :)
(＠∇＠)
飲酒運転がゼロになるように、僕たちもできる限りやっていきたいと思います☆
来てくれたみなさん、ありがとうございました(^O^)
実は大阪って言うこともあり、二日前の夜は実家で過ごせました！
家族に会えて、リラックスできたなぁ〜！
で、昨日は久しぶりに日高と直也君は、いなかったけど、他のメンバーとスタッフさんで飯〜！
色々話したわ（笑）
楽しかった！！
久しぶりの地方はいいね〜！
写真は新幹線なかで☆
珍しいこの4shot（笑）
(Why do you have that strange expression on your face, Shin-chan?! XD)
弁当うまかった〜！
じゃまた来週☆
投稿者:與真司郎
Ever since he dyed it, I've always wondered when I see it: why, purple, Naoya...??!
(＠∇＠)
2012年02月19日
今日はSDDと言うイベントに、AAA二年連続で参加させていただきました☆
素晴らしいアーティストのみなさんと、一緒に一つのテーマに向けて、お客さん達に伝え
る！！また、素晴らしい体験ができました☆今日はSDDと言うイベントに、AAA二年連続で参加させていただきました☆
素晴らしいアーティストのみなさんと、一緒に一つのテーマに向けて、お客さん達に伝え
飲酒運転がゼロになるように、僕たちもできる限りやっていきたいと思います☆
来てくれたみなさん、ありがとうございました(^O^)
実は大阪って言うこともあり、二日前の夜は実家で過ごせました！
家族に会えて、リラックスできたなぁ〜！
で、昨日は久しぶりに日高と直也君は、いなかったけど、他のメンバーとスタッフさんで飯〜！
色々話したわ（笑）
楽しかった！！
久しぶりの地方はいいね〜！
写真は新幹線なかで☆
珍しいこの4shot（笑）
(Why do you have that strange expression on your face, Shin-chan?! XD)
弁当うまかった〜！
じゃまた来週☆
投稿者:與真司郎
Ever since he dyed it, I've always wondered when I see it: why, purple, Naoya...??!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Been an unexpectedly busy week so far... -_-
Ah, a house, a house, my er... weekend for a house? Haha. Something like that. Never mind if you don't understand that. :)
A Shuuta blogpost! Just coz I thought it was so nice of them to have a candid photo together while they were eating dinner.
飯！
Seems that Naoya and Hidaka weren't with them at the time though, so I guess the person in the hoodie in the corner is Shinjiro, haha. I thought it was Naoya at first, given his penchant for hoodies.
Ah, a house, a house, my er... weekend for a house? Haha. Something like that. Never mind if you don't understand that. :)
A Shuuta blogpost! Just coz I thought it was so nice of them to have a candid photo together while they were eating dinner.
飯！
2012年02月18日
今日はなんと大阪入りしています！
それは何故か！
明日はSDDというイベントに参加させて頂きます！
そのリハーサルのため、前乗りしてるっつーわけでございます！
久々のライヴということもあり、入念なリハーサルをやらせて頂きました！
そしてその後、せっかくなのでご飯に！
いわゆるシーメーです！
スタッフさんも含め、飯を食いながら、いろいろ話したのだけど、一番盛り上がったのはメンバー個人個人の私生活について。笑
なかなか改まって人の私生活のことなんて聞かないからすんげー盛り上がった！
『へ〜そんなことしてんだー！』
『え？それ俺なら、私ならこうするのに！』
『それは俺が女だったら付き合えないね！』
などなど、あーでもないこーでもないとくだらない話に華を咲かせていました！
いい飯会だったなー！
本当楽しかったO(≧∇≦)o
ちなみに私生活の話で一番盛り上がったのはしんじろーの話！
あー本当しんじろー最高だったよ！ウケたわ笑笑
何を話したかはご想像にお任せっつーことで！
明日のSDDでのライヴ！カマしてくるぜ！
あ！今日はCDTVの放送日です！
是非チェックしてねー！
投稿者:末吉秀太
今日はなんと大阪入りしています！
それは何故か！
明日はSDDというイベントに参加させて頂きます！
そのリハーサルのため、前乗りしてるっつーわけでございます！
久々のライヴということもあり、入念なリハーサルをやらせて頂きました！
そしてその後、せっかくなのでご飯に！
いわゆるシーメーです！
スタッフさんも含め、飯を食いながら、いろいろ話したのだけど、一番盛り上がったのはメンバー個人個人の私生活について。笑
なかなか改まって人の私生活のことなんて聞かないからすんげー盛り上がった！
『へ〜そんなことしてんだー！』
『え？それ俺なら、私ならこうするのに！』
『それは俺が女だったら付き合えないね！』
などなど、あーでもないこーでもないとくだらない話に華を咲かせていました！
いい飯会だったなー！
本当楽しかったO(≧∇≦)o
ちなみに私生活の話で一番盛り上がったのはしんじろーの話！
あー本当しんじろー最高だったよ！ウケたわ笑笑
何を話したかはご想像にお任せっつーことで！
明日のSDDでのライヴ！カマしてくるぜ！
あ！今日はCDTVの放送日です！
是非チェックしてねー！
投稿者:末吉秀太
Seems that Naoya and Hidaka weren't with them at the time though, so I guess the person in the hoodie in the corner is Shinjiro, haha. I thought it was Naoya at first, given his penchant for hoodies.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Done with "I Am Number Four".
Which, unfortunately, did turn out to be about 95% predictable and sort of cliched. And then at the end, I find out that it's actually a series! Not just one book!
Which... just makes me feel like buying the other books coz I just. have. to. know. what. happens. Yes, even if it's rather cliched and a little cringeworthy at best. GAH.
Hmm. Control. There are better books to spend money on.
4. I Am Number Four, completed on 16th February.
Things aren't looking too good for my goal of 100 books if I'm only on book number 5 at the moment. :(
I spend too much time at my laptop, reading stuff that I find online instead.
But, we shall carry on, no sense in giving up; still 10 more months of the year to go! And while Marquez travels around with me, bedtime company shall now be in the form of "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time", by Tsutsui Yasutaka.
I'm not sure where I heard of it, but when I first came across it at Kino, the title made me stop and wonder why it sounded familiar.
And then I bought it. Hahaha.
Which, unfortunately, did turn out to be about 95% predictable and sort of cliched. And then at the end, I find out that it's actually a series! Not just one book!
Which... just makes me feel like buying the other books coz I just. have. to. know. what. happens. Yes, even if it's rather cliched and a little cringeworthy at best. GAH.
Hmm. Control. There are better books to spend money on.
Things aren't looking too good for my goal of 100 books if I'm only on book number 5 at the moment. :(
I spend too much time at my laptop, reading stuff that I find online instead.
But, we shall carry on, no sense in giving up; still 10 more months of the year to go! And while Marquez travels around with me, bedtime company shall now be in the form of "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time", by Tsutsui Yasutaka.
I'm not sure where I heard of it, but when I first came across it at Kino, the title made me stop and wonder why it sounded familiar.
And then I bought it. Hahaha.
Nishi's blogpost for today. Which I am not copying and pasting because it has WAY TOO MUCH PICSPAM.
But it's all about the final performance of his stageplay, which he's in together with Fujiwara Tatsuya! I flailed and gawked so much when I first found out. Oh, the meeting of my fandoms; AAA and Fujiwara Tatsuya, the awesomeness.
And the director of the play is the same director who discovered Fujiwara and whom he's worked with for almost all his theatre works, Ninagawa Yukio! Even more awesomeness.
I wonder if I'll ever be able to get a DVD of the recording of the play or something... I've never had the chance to see Fujiwara's acting in a theatre context, not in full. And I don't think something involving Ninagawa Yukio and Fujiwara Tatsuya could ever turn out bad, haha. :D
Just a few photos from Nishi's post, because they're awesome:
Nishi with Fujiwara, and Nishi with a bunch of other castmembers and Fujiwara in the back, haha.
And Nishi with the amazing Ninagawa-san. :)
But it's all about the final performance of his stageplay, which he's in together with Fujiwara Tatsuya! I flailed and gawked so much when I first found out. Oh, the meeting of my fandoms; AAA and Fujiwara Tatsuya, the awesomeness.
And the director of the play is the same director who discovered Fujiwara and whom he's worked with for almost all his theatre works, Ninagawa Yukio! Even more awesomeness.
I wonder if I'll ever be able to get a DVD of the recording of the play or something... I've never had the chance to see Fujiwara's acting in a theatre context, not in full. And I don't think something involving Ninagawa Yukio and Fujiwara Tatsuya could ever turn out bad, haha. :D
Just a few photos from Nishi's post, because they're awesome:
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And Nishi with the amazing Ninagawa-san. :)
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Misako's blogpost for Valentine's Day. Because I like how she and Chiaki make cookies and cake for the boys every year. It's so adorable. (^-^)
バレンタインデー
お次は真司郎。
クールスマイルの裏側に嬉しさが隠れているのだと私は確信しています♪
(I spy... the shirt that Shinjiro wore for their recent CDTV performance of "Sailing", under that shawl. Haha. So I guess these pictures were taken during recording.)
えー嬉しくないの？！これもニッシーなりの照れ隠しだと私は確信しています♪
次はね、メンズだけじゃ味気ないでしょ？
ちーさん。
Ahh.... the fluffiness of it all. o(^-^)o
バレンタインデー
2012年02月14日
うっかりちゃっかり忘れちゃおうかと思ったけれど、こういう機会にメンバーやスタッフ
うっかりちゃっかり忘れちゃおうかと思ったけれど、こういう機会にメンバーやスタッフ
さんに日頃の感謝はちゃんと伝えないと、なかなかありがとう言い逃しちゃうからと思って作りました。
(ホワイトデーのことは意識してない、してない、たぶん。。)
愛をこめて今年はソフトチョコクッキーよん☆
どれだけの手間がかかってるのかはご想像にお任せするっ！
みんなにありがとうのメッセージ付きで、女の子らしいラッピングでポイントはたんまりかせいだつもりだけど。。。肝心なお味の方は？？
これまたご想像にお任せします。（笑）
では、メンバーの嬉しそうな笑顔を見てください。
まずはリーダー。
くしゃっとスマイルで嬉しい度ＭＡＸな感じで、こちらも嬉しいょ♪
(Naoya and his purple hair again...)
(ホワイトデーのことは意識してない、してない、たぶん。。)
愛をこめて今年はソフトチョコクッキーよん☆
どれだけの手間がかかってるのかはご想像にお任せするっ！
みんなにありがとうのメッセージ付きで、女の子らしいラッピングでポイントはたんまりかせいだつもりだけど。。。肝心なお味の方は？？
これまたご想像にお任せします。（笑）
では、メンバーの嬉しそうな笑顔を見てください。
まずはリーダー。
くしゃっとスマイルで嬉しい度ＭＡＸな感じで、こちらも嬉しいょ♪
(Naoya and his purple hair again...)
お次は真司郎。
クールスマイルの裏側に嬉しさが隠れているのだと私は確信しています♪
(I spy... the shirt that Shinjiro wore for their recent CDTV performance of "Sailing", under that shawl. Haha. So I guess these pictures were taken during recording.)
続いて秀太。
メッセージ付きだぁ～とむじゃきにはしゃいでくれたよ♪
メッセージ付きだぁ～とむじゃきにはしゃいでくれたよ♪
続いてニッシー。
(And it looks like Nishi's also covering up his outfit. I find it amusing when they make them hide all their pretty outfits like this, haha.)
(And it looks like Nishi's also covering up his outfit. I find it amusing when they make them hide all their pretty outfits like this, haha.)
えー嬉しくないの？！これもニッシーなりの照れ隠しだと私は確信しています♪
次はね、メンズだけじゃ味気ないでしょ？
ちーさん。
ちーさんお手製のシフォンケーキとクッキーと交換しちゃったぁ)^o^(
みなさんもこの笑顔には要注意よ！！気をつけて！！
投稿者:宇野実彩子
交換てテンション上がるよね♪イェーイ！！
(Chiaki made chiffon cake again! ^-^ She looks so cute in this picture too!)
さ。以上、バレンタインデーのAAAメンバーでしたぁ！！
え？
え？
ん？
あぁ。いたかもしれない、もうひとりメンバーが。。
でも名前が思い出せない。
だってさ、そのメンバーの人、挨拶も早々に散々チョコちょーだいって言ってきたくせにね、渡して３秒後にはイスの上に置きっぱなし！！！手作りクッキーつまり、私のたんまりの愛をイスの上に野放しに置き忘れたんだょ！！
もーぉ、マジありえない。日高という名前だっけ？？
(Chiaki made chiffon cake again! ^-^ She looks so cute in this picture too!)
さ。以上、バレンタインデーのAAAメンバーでしたぁ！！
え？
え？
ん？
あぁ。いたかもしれない、もうひとりメンバーが。。
でも名前が思い出せない。
だってさ、そのメンバーの人、挨拶も早々に散々チョコちょーだいって言ってきたくせにね、渡して３秒後にはイスの上に置きっぱなし！！！手作りクッキーつまり、私のたんまりの愛をイスの上に野放しに置き忘れたんだょ！！
もーぉ、マジありえない。日高という名前だっけ？？
マジで。今日からありえない男という名札を付けて歩いて頂きたい。
みなさんもこの笑顔には要注意よ！！気をつけて！！
投稿者:宇野実彩子
Ahh.... the fluffiness of it all. o(^-^)o
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Well, "After the Quake" is done now.
After reading this collection of short stories, I really do believe that Murakami in small doses might be better. I was on a bit of a Murakami kick early last year, and read three of his novels back-to-back. Rather depressing. Needed a break from Murakami all the way up till now. Even though "Sputnik Sweetheart" was bittersweetly lovely. :)
I find that all the stories in "After the Quake" end in a somewhat ambiguous way - which isn't necessarily a bad thing; it fits the theme of the book, considering that all these stories were supposed to have taken place in the wake of the Kobe earthquake.
They end on a note of "Now where do we go from here?" where the only bright spark might be the empty sensation of relief that at least there are still choices; like disaster victims picking up pieces while being forced to acknowledge that they are lucky even to be doing so.
3. After the Quake by Murakami Haruki, (whom some may know as "Haruki Murakami", but I write names in the way and order that they're meant to be) completed on 12th February 2012.
Book number 5 shall be "The General in his Labyrinth", by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
I wonder if the way I'm numbering these books seems a bit confusing... you might be wondering, why are you moving on to number 5 after finishing number 3...??
I read two books at a time. One I keep by my bed for nighttime reading, and another I keep in my bag for reading while waiting or when I have nothing else to do while I'm out of the house.
"After the Quake" was a "travelling" book, while number 4, "I Am Number Four", is a bedtime book. That one still isn't completed yet. Hence, the jump from 3 to 5. :)
I wonder if I'll really manage to complete 100 books in this year alone... it seemed a pretty feasible goal at first, but we're already nearly 2 months into the year, and I've only got through 3 and a half books! Sigh. Oh well, I'll just keep at it. No sense in giving up now.
After reading this collection of short stories, I really do believe that Murakami in small doses might be better. I was on a bit of a Murakami kick early last year, and read three of his novels back-to-back. Rather depressing. Needed a break from Murakami all the way up till now. Even though "Sputnik Sweetheart" was bittersweetly lovely. :)
I find that all the stories in "After the Quake" end in a somewhat ambiguous way - which isn't necessarily a bad thing; it fits the theme of the book, considering that all these stories were supposed to have taken place in the wake of the Kobe earthquake.
They end on a note of "Now where do we go from here?" where the only bright spark might be the empty sensation of relief that at least there are still choices; like disaster victims picking up pieces while being forced to acknowledge that they are lucky even to be doing so.
3. After the Quake by Murakami Haruki, (whom some may know as "Haruki Murakami", but I write names in the way and order that they're meant to be) completed on 12th February 2012.
Book number 5 shall be "The General in his Labyrinth", by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
I wonder if the way I'm numbering these books seems a bit confusing... you might be wondering, why are you moving on to number 5 after finishing number 3...??
I read two books at a time. One I keep by my bed for nighttime reading, and another I keep in my bag for reading while waiting or when I have nothing else to do while I'm out of the house.
"After the Quake" was a "travelling" book, while number 4, "I Am Number Four", is a bedtime book. That one still isn't completed yet. Hence, the jump from 3 to 5. :)
I wonder if I'll really manage to complete 100 books in this year alone... it seemed a pretty feasible goal at first, but we're already nearly 2 months into the year, and I've only got through 3 and a half books! Sigh. Oh well, I'll just keep at it. No sense in giving up now.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Oh, what have I gotten myself into.
Last week, someone on the AAA@DW comm posted a request to help with the translation of their Buzz Communication Tour DVD.
Because I had happened to refresh the page around the time she posted, I think I was the first person to see her post. And I figured, why not? So I told her I'd try my best to help.
So we're working together now with her subtitle files; she's already timed everything nicely - song lyrics and translations, she's been able to find online, mostly, but it's apparently where the members talk and say random things that she need the translations.
So she's just put in "*translation*" at the timings where she needs them, and I just fill in the blanks.
Most things are okay, but I've just spent most of today - well, scratch that - yesterday trying to translate just ten minutes of it.
The part where the get the audience to participate in a wave for "Winter Lander", and they're dividing up the audience into seven sections; one for each member. That little bit which is barely ten minutes long took me over 5 hours to translate, because they keep talking all over each other...!!!
Oh, the things I agree to.
But I have to admit... this is sort of fun. I sometimes wonder if I like challenges, or if I'm just barely this side of masochistic. :p
Last week, someone on the AAA@DW comm posted a request to help with the translation of their Buzz Communication Tour DVD.
Because I had happened to refresh the page around the time she posted, I think I was the first person to see her post. And I figured, why not? So I told her I'd try my best to help.
So we're working together now with her subtitle files; she's already timed everything nicely - song lyrics and translations, she's been able to find online, mostly, but it's apparently where the members talk and say random things that she need the translations.
So she's just put in "*translation*" at the timings where she needs them, and I just fill in the blanks.
Most things are okay, but I've just spent most of today - well, scratch that - yesterday trying to translate just ten minutes of it.
The part where the get the audience to participate in a wave for "Winter Lander", and they're dividing up the audience into seven sections; one for each member. That little bit which is barely ten minutes long took me over 5 hours to translate, because they keep talking all over each other...!!!
Oh, the things I agree to.
But I have to admit... this is sort of fun. I sometimes wonder if I like challenges, or if I'm just barely this side of masochistic. :p
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Been a tiring, annoying, working weekend. Off from work tomorrow and Tuesday to make up for the loss of my weekend.
Shin-chan and his warm, fluffy loungewear say hello. (^v^)
投稿者:與真司郎
On the one hand... it must be awfully cold in Japan for him to be wearing that at home...
On the other... ohmygodit'ssofluffyandIwantsssit. XD
Shin-chan and his warm, fluffy loungewear say hello. (^v^)
(δ0δ*
)
2012年02月05日
こんばんみ〜☆
今日は、朝から、取材をやったり、フィッティングしたりと、充実した一日でした！！
なんか、インフルエンザがだいぶ流行ってるみたいやけど、みんな大丈夫かな？？俺は、今
こんばんみ〜☆
今日は、朝から、取材をやったり、フィッティングしたりと、充実した一日でした！！
なんか、インフルエンザがだいぶ流行ってるみたいやけど、みんな大丈夫かな？？俺は、今
のところ健康に生きていってます！！
かかってしまった人は、とにかく体を休めて、かかってない人は、つねに予防はしましょう(^O^)
最近、友達やスタッフさんと夢を語ることが多くて、夢をもつって、ホンマに素晴らしいことやなって思う！なんかいきなりやけど（笑）
夢をいっぱいもったら、自然とそれに向けてがんばれるし、ちょっと失敗したって、またそれを過程にがんばれる！
いや〜夢はいっぱい持とう！そして、それが何個も叶うように、人生楽しく生きて行こう☆
かかってしまった人は、とにかく体を休めて、かかってない人は、つねに予防はしましょう(^O^)
最近、友達やスタッフさんと夢を語ることが多くて、夢をもつって、ホンマに素晴らしいことやなって思う！なんかいきなりやけど（笑）
夢をいっぱいもったら、自然とそれに向けてがんばれるし、ちょっと失敗したって、またそれを過程にがんばれる！
いや〜夢はいっぱい持とう！そして、それが何個も叶うように、人生楽しく生きて行こう☆
(That is some... serious, deep talk there. He does talk about dreams quite often though, now that I think about it.)
ちょっとまじめにblogを書いたところで、最近部屋着にしてる、服とお風呂上がりの寝る前の俺！！この服ちょ〜暖かくて最高やねん（笑）
暖かくして、はやくねよ〜！明日は激早起き！
明日も楽しく生きて行こう〜☆
ちょっとまじめにblogを書いたところで、最近部屋着にしてる、服とお風呂上がりの寝る前の俺！！この服ちょ〜暖かくて最高やねん（笑）
暖かくして、はやくねよ〜！明日は激早起き！
明日も楽しく生きて行こう〜☆
投稿者:與真司郎
On the one hand... it must be awfully cold in Japan for him to be wearing that at home...
On the other... ohmygodit'ssofluffyandIwantsssit. XD