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"The Art of Dying"

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:30:18 GMT

Lol don't get shocked by the title of this entry :D
The Art of Dying is a song by the band Gojira and I kind of like the title.
Besides, I'm actually kind of dying because of this freaking cold I have right now :/

I turned 19 two days ago :)
December 10th, to be exact.

I held a concert this week, too.
I played Nocturno in E♭ Major op.9 no.2 by F. Chopin.
I missed a couple of notes but the overall performance was rather good, in my opinion at least.
I didn't feel nervous either, so I think it was a sign of me finally getting used to the pressure.
Right now I'm concentrating on Barcarole op.59 no.1 by E. Melartin,
Arabesque no.1 in E Major by C. Debussy and
Prelude in C♯ Minor, op.3 no.2 by S. Rachmaninoff.

I can't say that I liked KinKi Kids' new album...
J Album wasn't nearly as good as the previous Φ Album, in my opinion :P
I'll just wait for their K Album, wish that they'd finally make their own original album...

So called "day off"

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:39:50 GMT

Good evening, my little friends.

I've endured through my exam week and earned a couple of days off.
So I basically have free time 'til the next period starts on Friday.
I figured I'd use these days productively ~~like starting over that freaking Metroid Prime....~~

But nooooo, I have lots of things to do tomorrow.
So I wake up at 8 to get my notes from the conservatory by 9 o'clock.
After that I have loads of different errands to run.
Including an exhibition I HAVE TO ATTEND in order to get a course.
Isn't that just brilliant?
Metroid Prime would've been sooo much more productive, in so many ways, too.

OK, I kid. Metroid Prime would've just made me murderous.
At least I can actually accomplish something by running across the city for the whole day.

Anyways, I wonder if I get a chance to eat something around Pasila.
I don't have much knowledge on Pasila or it's eating facilities...
I mean, do they have a Subway there?
I bet they do.

I'd like to go shopping for a change, but I don't think I'll have time for that tomorrow...
I need to practise piano too, and I have to go and see my piano teacher as well.
Maybe Thursday? Just a little bit of shopping ;)

Oh, I just need to say something about this drama I've been into lately.
Real Clothes!
Pure awesomeness :D
The series tells about a real working girl who discovers her abilities in clothing business
after being switched from the mattress section of a department store to a store selling high-quality clothes.
This girl is so into her new job that she even declines a proposal coming from her long-time boyfriend :D

This show is made of awesome. Like most of the series I've watched,
because I NEVER make mistakes when picking a drama to watch.
Or in life in general, anyway.

Don't even get me started with the clothes featured in the series.
So cute outfits ^^

Soo pretty......~~I want those shoes. And give me the hats as well 8D~~

It's totally one of those utterly girly series that has sad people like me as an audience...
And I love it.
Well, couldn't expect less from me who likes Gossip Girl, of all series lol.
Speaking of which, I need to download the new episode of GG.

It's me again

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:51:20 GMT

It's been about three months since my last update, but yes,
I'm alive.
A lot of things have happened lately :)

First of all, I've been all excited with the KinKi Kids "J Album"
which will be released THE DAY BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY 8D
I'm going to order the Regular Edition, because I want the bonus song
and I love the amazingly good-looking cover :P

Secondly, I've managed to make friends at school :)
It's a good thing, since I'm a shy person and I don't make friends easily.
I also managed to get into a deeper relationship with one of them.
The only thing that is still bothering me slightly is
that all of my friends at school are guys :/
I'd still like to have one or two girl friends..
Not necessarily JE fans, but someone to talk with, about fashion or something :)
I'm still working on that.

I've bought lots and lots of clothes this autumn ^^
I still want a new winter coat..
It's getting really cold lately.

I bought my first PINK clothes a couple of days ago :P
A pair of cute pumps and a scarf to go with them :)))
I have to dye one of my skirts, since it was ruined in the washing machine :/
I thought I should dye it pink as well.
I still need a party dress of some kind, preferably black.
GinaTricot is selling a nice one on their website,
but they didn't have it in their shop in Itäkeskus.

I've been thinking of making a schedule for my everyday life from now on :D:D
Not like scheduling all my eating time and such,
but rather scheduling my homework time and piano practise time
so that I wouldn't have to go to sleep at 2am everyday.
I don't have many hobbies aside from music and pilates once a week
but my homework takes at least one hour a day ~~especially now since I haven't done most of them lol~~
and practising piano takes at least 2 hours :/

I've decided that I need to take my piano seriously from now on.
I don't know why, I'm not even thinking of a career related to music :D:D
But one of my friends at school has kind of inspired me to practise.
I do one hour of Hanon practises everyday,
including one hour of actual practise on the pieces I'm working on.
I'm also thinking of getting back to the scales, even though I find them extremely tiring.

JE memes

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:13:42 GMT

I found this fun way for ranking your favorite (currently active) JE members on
http://www.bathkame.com/johnnys.html :D
It requires some knowledge of japanese kanjis, but if you know the way your favorites are written in japanese
that shouldn't be a problem 8Dv
My ranking is this:

順位	名前
1	堂本剛
2	長瀬智也
3	香取慎吾
4	堂本光一
5	加藤成亮
6	山下智久
7	増田貴久
8	横山裕
9	櫻井翔
10	大野智
11	中居正広
12	井ノ原快彦
13	錦戸亮
14	二宮和也
15	手越祐也
16	松本潤
17	小山慶一郎
18	山田涼介
19	丸山隆平
20	八乙女光
21	中島裕翔
21	有岡大貴
23	森本龍太郎
24	岡田准一
25	今井翼
26	中丸雄一
27	村上信五
28	岡本圭人
28	松岡昌宏
28	山口達也
28	長野博
32	渋谷すばる
32	伊野尾慧
34	安田章大
35	亀梨和也
35	大倉忠義
37	赤西仁
38	滝沢秀明
38	相葉雅紀
38	坂本昌行
41	稲垣吾郎
42	森田剛
43	三宅健
43	木村拓哉
45	城島茂
45	草なぎ剛
47	国分太一
48	藪宏太
48	高木雄也
48	知念侑李
51	上田竜也
52	田口淳之介
52	田中聖

It was relatively difficult to decide on the ones I really don't know well (like some V6 or TOKIO members)
but I think this is quite accurate.
When I had to choose between Katori Shingo and Domoto Koichi
I really didn't know what to do...
I love KinKi Kids and Koichi, but I've always loved Shingo's personality and his smile,
even though I never liked SMAP :D
All the SMAP members are ranked relatively high,
despite the fact that I've never liked SMAP songs or their singing lol :D
Domoto Tsuyoshi on the top of the list wasn't a surprise, and Nagase Tomoya deserves the second spot.
He's too much fun. No wonder he's a good friend of KinKi.

Then I have this other meme I've apparently done ages ago, but didn't post it anywhere :D
I'll reanswer some questions and post it here :p

1. Which Johnny band is your favourite:
KinKi Kids

2. Why:
I like their music and how their voices can be so different but still sound so good together. Besides, KinKi Kids is hawt.

3. Who is your favourite Johnny:
Domoto Tsuyoshi :D But I like lots of Johnnys nowadays ^^

4. Why:
He’s good-looking, he can sing well and write beautiful songs, he can play at least 4 (or 5?) different instruments and I love his voice (not only when singing, I like the way he talks too!). He’s gone through a lot, but prevailed. He’s quiet at nature, but says some really funny stuff occasionally :D …this is starting to get embarrassing lol XD

5. When is your very first contact with a Johnny:
That was probably in 2003 or 2004.

6. Who was it:
V6

7. How did you know him:
I was a huge Inuyasha fan and their song played as the theme song for the first sequel of the series. I didn’t like that song, though. Tackey & Tsubasa’s ”One Way, One Dream” was the first Johnny’s song I ever liked.

8. When actually did you really start listening/liking the JE:
I mentioned the T&T song, but I didn’t care about the group that much so… Had I got more information of Johnny’s back then, I would’ve probably been NEWS fan already during their debut…*sigh* Anyways, I started listening to NEWS in 2007.

9. What incident brought you into JE:
I watched Nobuta wo Produce and thought that Yamashita Tomohisa has to be the cutest guy I’ve ever seen in my whole life. Got some information about him and found NEWS that way :P

10. Do you have a favourite JE song:
I have lots…

11. Do you listen to them the most:
Pretty much yes. But I listen to other music as well.

12. If not, who is your favourite band/artist:
-

13. Which band/singer did you listen/like the most before JE:
Children of Bodom XD I still like them very much. CoB is like…a total opposite XD

-Kat-tun-
14. Who is your favourite in Kat-tun:
I really can’t stand KAT-TUN, but if I had to choose it would probably be Nakamaru Yuichi

15. Why:
Because I think his face is cute and he’s quite funny at times. His solo ”key of life” is pretty nice too.

16. Do you have a favourite song of Kat-tun:
”Real Face” is the only one I like.

17. Do you have a favourite live of Kat-tun:
I do actually (O_O) The one with NEWS, ”SHOCK ME/Real Face”. I saw the video and that’s when I heard NEWS for the first time. KAT-TUN didn’t sound half bad either. I think that’s the 2005 Summary one.

18. Do you have a favourite show appearance of Kat-tun:
No.

19. Who do you think can sing the best of Kat-tun:
I don’t know really.. Maybe Akanishi Jin? I’ve heard some of his solos and I think he can sing well, at least compared to the others.

20. Who do you think can dance the most of Kat-tun:
I don’t know.

21. Who is the girliest of Kat-tun:
Akanishi Jin.

22. Who is the manliest of Kat-tun:
Tanaka Koki.

23. Who is the cutest member of Kat-tun:
Nakamaru Yuichi.

24. Who is the funniest member of Kat-tun:
Nakamaru Yuichi (well I don’t know anything about the other members really)

25. Who is the most prettiest in Kat-tun:
I think Akanishi Jin from the face… I don’t know :D

26. Who has the best appearance in Kat-tun:
I wouldn’t know…

26.0. Do you have a favourite PV of Kat-tun:
No.

-News-
27. Who is your favourite in NewS:
Katou Shigeaki, lately. I like Yamashita Tomohisa, too :D

28. Why:
Because he’s clever and pretty hot as well ^^ I don’t really like his singing, though.

29. Do you have a favourite song of NewS:
”SHOCK ME”. Or ”Forever”

30. Do you have a favourite live of NewS:
I’m not sure but at the moment I love the ”SNOW EXPRESS” perfomance from their recent DVD.

31. Do you have a favourite show appearance of NewS:
Does this mean like…costumes? Because their costumes are almost NEVER good XD I don’t know, really.

32. Who do you think can sing the best of NewS:
Tegoshi Yuya, hands down.

33. Who do you think can dance the most of NewS:
Masuda Takahisa. I’m not really sure, though...

34. Who is the girliest of NewS:
Tegoshi lol :D

35. Who is the manliest of NewS:
Nishikido Ryo.

36. Who is the cutest member of NewS:
They’re all cute in their own way (^^)

37. Who is the funniest member of NewS:
Probably Koyama Keiichiro. Kato Shigeaki is actually quite funny as well :D But I think they all can be really funny ^^

38. Who is the most prettiest in NewS:
Tegoshi. If you mean ”pretty” in a girly way.

39. Who has the best appearance in NewS:
Yamashita Tomohisa.

40. Do you have a favourite PV of NewS:
Anything but ”Cherish”, I got headach when I was watching that XD ”weeeek” was pretty nice.

-KanJani8-
41. Who is your favourite in KanJani8:
Yokoyama Yuu. I think they’re all pretty funny, though :D

42. Why:
I don’t know, I’ve kind of started liking him lol.

43. Do you have a favourite song of KanJani8:
”∞SAKAおばちゃんROCK” lmao XD

44. Do you have a favourite live of KanJani8:
No.

45. Do you have a favourite show appearance of KanJani8:
No.

46. Who do you think can sing the best of KanJani8:
I don’t know, because I don’t think any of them can sing that well :D

47. Who do you think can dance the most of KanJani8:
I don’t know.

48. Who is the girliest of KanJani8:
I don’t know :D

49. Who is the manliest of KanJani8:
Nishikido Ryo.

50. Who is the cutest member of KanJani8:
I don’t know...

51. Who is the funniest member of KanJani8:
They’re all quite funny :D

52. Who is the most prettiest in KanJani8:
I don’t know.

53. Who has the best appearance in KanJani8:
I don’t know. Lol I don’t really care about KanJani8, so XD

54. Do you have a favourite PV of KanJani8:
No.

-Arashi-
55. Who is your favourite in Arashi:
Ohno Satoshi, probably.

56. Why:
I think he’s cute and a good singer.

57. Do you have a favourite song of Arashi:
Probably ”truth”.

58. Do you have a favourite live of Arashi:
No.

59. Do you have a favourite show appearance of Arashi:
No.

60. Who do you think can sing the best of Arashi:
I can’t recognize their voices from each other, so can’t say.

61. Who do you think can dance the most of Arashi:
I don’t know.

62. Who is the girliest of Arashi:
Uh, Ohno Satoshi?

63. Who is the manliest of Arashi:
The rapper guy, whose name I can’t remember :D

64. Who is the cutest member of Arashi:
Ohno’s face is cute because it’s round (^^)

65. Who is the funniest member of Arashi:
Don’t know, but their ”Secret Talk” parts are sometimes really funny.

66. Who is the prettiest in Arashi:
I don’t know.

67. Who has the best appearance in Arashi:
Matsumoto Jun. I don’t know, though lol

68. Do you have a favourite PV of Arashi:
No.

-other units-
69. Who is your favourite younger unit:
Debuted? Hey! Say! JUMP. But I don’t really care about them lmao

70. Who is your favourite older unit:
KinKi Kids.

71. Do you have a favourite member of any younger or older unit:
Domoto Tsuyoshi. But I mentioned him already, so if I’d choose someone else, maybe Katori Shingo or Nagase Tomoya :D.

72. Do you have a favourite song of any younger or older unit:
I have many favorite songs… I really can’t choose one, because it changes all the time :D

73. Do you have a favourite show with any younger or older unit:
新堂本兄弟 :D

74. Do you have a favourite live of any younger or older unit:
KinKi<3You con on 2008/11/30. I was there too and it’s one of the best memories of my life ^^ I loved the 剛紫 live, too. I haven’t been to any other JE live…

-dorama-
75. Do you have a favourite actor in JE:
Domoto Tsuyoshi, because he’s so good. And because I’m biased lmao.

76. Do you have a favourite dorama starring with one of JE:
Ikebukuro West Gate Park (with Nagase Tomoya and Yamashita Tomohisa) and Ningen Shikkaku (Domoto Tsuyoshi and Domoto Koichi).

77. What was your very first dorama staring with one of JE:
Nobuta wo Produce

78. Which dorama of JE do you watch recently:
None. The last dorama of JE I watched was probably ”The Quiz Show”.

79. Which dorama of JE do you want to watch:
愛犬のロシナンテ. But there’s no DVD for it :’(

80. Who do you wish would should start acting, who hasn't yet:
I don’t know.

81. Who do you wish should stop acting, because he sucks at acting or he should do something else instead:
I can’t think of anyone right now :D Lots of young Johnnys suck at acting…

-Questions for fun-
82. Do you think that you are JE addicted:
Uh... Yes, sometimes (lol)

83. Why do you think so:
I might stay awake for hours just watching videos with certain JE members or reading J-webs or whatever.. But I would stay awake late anyway, because I did that already before JE!

84. What will you do seeing your favourite Johnny standing in front of your door:
Lol Tsuyoshi? Here? I don’t know, faint? If not, ask him in :D

85. What advantages does starting liking JE give you:
I’ve heard good music and met awesome people through JE :Dv And some of my best memories from Japan are related to JE, so…^^

86. What disadvantages does it give you:
Loss of money!

87. How many times a day do you think about JE:
A lot, I think :D

8. How many times do you have the face of your favourite Johnny around you:
I don’t understand the question lol XD

89. If your favourite Johnny or your favourite JE has to grant you a wish what would it be:
To KinKi Kids: Please, release an album already. It’s been almost two years since the last one.
Lol I won’t tell what kind of wishes I have for Tsuyoshi lmao 8D; *shot*

90. If you have a wish about JE, what would it be:
They should bring some groups to Finland, or even Europe more often…
And give me my KinKi Kids J Album!

91. If you are reborn, you wish to be who:
Uh, wth.

92. If you are a Johnny's right now, who do you wish you are:
I wouldn’t want to be any of them, because their lives are most definitely quite messed up… Being a celebrity must be really hard.

93. If you can ask your favourite Johnny or your favourite JE band a question, what would it be:
I don’t know (O_O) I’d like to hear Tsuyoshi’s REAL feelings about all the things concerning JE… I wonder if he even likes being the other half of KinKi Kids…

94. Did you ever had a dream with a Johnny:
Lol at least once a week, if not more XD

95. If yes, when was it and what was it?
The last one I saw had Domoto Tsuyoshi in it, but I don’t remember what the dream was about.

96. Do you have any realizable goal in your life that has to do with JE:
I want to see Arashi and KinKi Kids (again) live, also NEWS.

97. Do you like JE BL fanfic:
Sometimes, if it’s well-written and not too angsty :D

98. If yes, who are the best couple of JE:
Domoto Koichi/Domoto Tsuyoshi. But a good writer makes any pairing work.

99. If you are Johnny-san what would you change about JE:
Lol their costumes! And I’d give the artists some more power to decide on their releases and stuff… I think KinKi Kids should be given a chance to write their own original album. I mean, they work perfectly together and write awesome songs.

100. Do you like this survey:
I’ve done worse :D

BYE.

edit: I don't know what happened with the cut thing and it's giving me a headache.

Night of the Arts

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:34:38 GMT

Today is the Night of the Arts - a huge event in Helsinki.
A lot of different artists gather to present their works.
Movies, music and other forms of arts are present.
It's the last day of the Week of the Arts.
Everyone's going to get wasted today in the central Helsinki.

I'm one of the few exceptions.

I'm going to spend my own little Night of the Arts - at home :)
I rented a movie, I have some noodles prepared and a beer to go with them.
Maybe some wine later.
After that I'm going to watch a few drama series
I've been thinking of watching :)
It's the beginning of my first weekend after school started, after all.
I have to have my own fun at times, right? ;)

I'm excited, because KinKi Kids is going to release a 4 disc DVD next month :D
I pre-ordered it already, because I need to get the limited edition :K
Before that, it's Tsuyoshi and his new single "RAIN"...
He's probably going to do some promoting, so yay for that :D
I hope he's going to do a single like ORIGINAL COLOR again...
I love his songs, but let's face it:
he's releases have been too dark themed for the past years.

I'm still a loner at school lol.
Making friends has been more difficult than I thought.
Maybe it's because I don't drink that much and go to parties and stuff?
Lol I dont' know :D
But I still have my friends outside the school, so I don't really care :D

And I've been talking with Joel lately, on messenger.
It's funny how he doesn't talk to me at school, though.
He acts like we never knew each other, actually.
I'm not trying to be friends with him at school, either :D
I'm a shy person, that's why (*^^*;)
As childhood friends, I hoped we'd have more in common, even now...
I guess those times are really past and forgotten.

A bit sad, actually.

My Collection

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:51:29 GMT

This is my second post today.
I did this incredible list of my albums/singles I own
and I want to share it everywhere ~~and I'm bored lol~~.

I have the same list on my Last.fm account (which is micchan_ btw ~~add me~~)

Not that anyone's interested, but I'll post it anyway lol.

So here is my list of albums/singles

A

aiko - 暁のラブレター ☆
aiko - 桜の木の下
Arch Enemy - Rise Of The Tyrant
Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin
Autopsy - Severed Survival

C

Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder ☆
Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll ☆
Children of Bodom - Tokyo Warhearts

D

D'espairsRay - [Coll:set] ☆
堂本剛 - [si:] ☆

E

ENDLICHERI☆ENDLICHERI - Coward
ENDLICHERI☆ENDLICHERI - Neo Africa Rainbow Ax ☆

G

Gojira - From Mars to Sirius ☆

H

平原綾香 - 4つのL ☆

J

Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey ☆
Jamiroquai - High Times: Singles 1992-2006
Jamiroquai - The Return of the Space Cowboy
Jamiroquai - Synkronized ☆
Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving
Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Collision Course
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

K

Kent - Vapen & Ammunition
KinKi Kids - B album ☆
KinKi Kids - ボクの背中には羽根がある ☆
KinKi Kids - C album ☆
KinKi Kids - G Album
KinKi Kids - I Album
KinKi Kids - Secret Code ☆
KinKi Kids - φ ☆
KinKi Kids - 39 ☆

L

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory ☆
Linkin Park - Live in Texas
Linkin Park - Meteora

N

NEWS - color ☆
NEWS - pacific
NEWS - touch
Nightwish - Angels Fall First
Nightwish - Century Child
Nightwish - Once
Nightwish - Wishmaster ☆

P

Perfume - GAME ☆

T

剛紫 - 美我空　-ビガク　~my beautiful sky ☆
剛紫 - 空 ~ 美しい我の空

U

Ultra Bra - Kalifornia
Ultra Bra - Kroketti ☆
宇多田ヒカル - HEART STATION ☆

Others

244 ENDLI-x - I AND 愛

The artists marked with a ☆ are the albums I recommend :P

That's all for now :D

School has started again

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:56:02 GMT

I DID have motivation for studying.
I really did :D
But my vacation was too long and too pleasant.
I got lazy.
And today, on a rainy Tuesday morning,
I once again left home to catch the 09:23 bus.

I couldn't sleep well yesterday,
since I kept hearing the strangest noices below my room
and my brother talked on the phone 'til midnight.
I was nervous, too.
I mean, it's one year since I last saw my teachers and classmates.
I was afraid that most of my friends had already graduated last spring.
Much to my surprise, a lot of my old classmates were still there.
Only one of them is actually friends with me, though.
But it's nice to know that there are still people you actually know who they are :D

The "Lukio Lounge" - which is the name for the lounge for upper secondary students-
was full of brats full of themselves...
They were going on about the new first graders,
about how good-for-nothing they are and so on.
I was alone then, so I didn't dare to say anything
but those same second graders were first graders last year themselves.
I don't think it's a reason for getting all high and mighty
just because you managed to get on the second grade.
I almost hoped they would've said something to me,
being sort of a "new" student among them.
I would've loved to say that I'm a fourth grader so shut the f*** up 8D

I got my room all tidy now and it's actually pretty nice
when there're no boxes and other stuff all over the place :D
Now I need to find my Jamiroquai - Synkronized album,
which I've apparently lost somewhere...

And now I have to express my love to the wonderful person
who finally uploaded the last weeks 堂本剛の正直しんどい!
They showed some footage from the past 剛紫 cons
and I'm dying to see them <3
Now if only I could get it downloaded quickly...

Long Time No See

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:24:41 GMT

Hi, it's been a looong while since I last updated.

I didn't have that much access to the Internet, and when I did,
I wasn't on the mood for updating a blog...
But hey, I'm still alive and breathing and feeling fine,
and that's all that matters!
...Right?

Anyways, I had a great year in Japan.
I actually returned two months ago already.
I got to see Domoto Tsuyoshi's solo con during my year
(yes, the KinKi Kids guy, remember?)
I just asked for help from my language teacher again.
I'm such a leech.
But I got to see him from a close distance!

AND! One of my friends from school knew a person
who knew a person who knew Domoto Tsuyoshi himself.
I got Tsuyoshi's book with his autograph on it for present,
before returning to Finland.
Can you believe it?
I've been too lucky.
It's almost scary, actually...

Returning to Finland has gone surprisingly well.
I've only had one Japan-sickness attack and that's all.
The only thing that isn't necessarily a good thing about my trip to Japan,
is my growing urge for shopping.
Suddenly Finnish shops have so many interesting clothes and shoes and hats...
I'm almost happy they don't sell Japanese albums in Finland;
I'd be dead poor right now.
...I'm lying, actually. I'm not happy in the least.
I still have a bunch of albums I would've wanted to buy, but couldn't.
Stupid aeroplanes..

Oh well.
I've been arranging my stuff lately.
I got my last packages I sent from Japan a couple of days ago
and all the things I put inside those packages are now all over the place.
I have to arrange my bookshelf, too...
School starts on Tuesday
and I don't know where the hell have all my books and notes gone.

It's good that I've been on an active mood lately.
I FINALLY emptied my closets and threw away all my unused clothes!
It was probably one of the best things I've done for years.
I had sooo many jeans that didn't fit on me anymore,
or too small T-shirts I've been wanting to get rid of...
Now I can go and buy some new nice clothes because of the new space I have.

Oh, and I want some new heels, too!
It's almost September, already.
I need some autumn shoes.

2月のこと

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:32:56 GMT

February will be over soon. The important things about February this year:

Music festival. Played the piano for the whole school. Screwed up, but got a price for the best piano performance with Matsumura-kun of my class (Y)
Albums of this month:

Perfume - GAME
ENDLICHERI - Coward
KinKi Kids - G Album -24/7
244 ENDLI-x - I AND 愛 (Limited Version A)
NEWS - touch
Funky White Dragon DVD

My family came to visit me here :D They came Friday the 13th but I didn't meet them until Saturday.

On Saturday my family came to visit me at Myojo. All my friends said that my brother looks cool XD;
They met some of my teachers (mainly English teachers).

After that lunch with Rii's mom, Rii and Ichiyou.
Then to game center. Me, Rii, Ichiyou and my family took purikura together XD
We also played some games in the game center.

After that to Roppongi Hills. We saw a nice Tokyo view from up there. Our timing was great, so we saw Tokyo during daylight,
sunset and night :D We also saw the sun setting behind Fuji-san.

Eating in a restaurant, which has been used as a model for the Japanese restaurant in Kill Bill (O_o)
I worked as a translator for the whole time lol. I don't think there were any problems with the dicussion between my family and Rii's family ^^

Sunday my family came all the way from Tokyo to Hino to meet my host family. We ate some lunch and I left with my family in order to stay a few days with them in the same hotel.
We didn't do much on that day, but I introduced my family to yakisoba.

Even when staying in a hotel, I needed to see Shin Domoto Kyodai, so I watched that. That weeks episode wasn't that interesting but Tsuyoshi looked as good as always.

On Monday went to Harajuku with my family.
Before that, though, to Tokyo Tower.
My brother bought clothes from a shop kept by an American guy.
I got new shoes <3
We walked all the way to Shibuya, and Tower Records.
Got some albums and a DVD.

On Tuesday to Asakusa.
Ate ice cream and watched little elementary school students ^^
Went back to Hino.

I didn't meet my family after that, so if someone wants more information about their trip after that, ask them. Also for more detailed information, ask my mom.

Lolol 久々の日記！

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:23:46 GMT

My new home in Hino doesn't have an Internet connection lol.
That's why I haven't updated much lately...

The biggest events of these past two months:

- Moving from Kichijoji to Hino. Meaning that going to school doesn't take me 2 minutes anymore. It takes about an hour. それにI have to get squeezed in a rush-hour train every morning.
They don't even have CD shops in Hino :D Oh well.
My family's nice ^^ Even though the age difference shows in various situation :D

- A HUGE concert I participated in on 1/ 11 :O
Sang with a chorus of 110 people for an audience of 2000 people lol. The conductor/pianist was <3 lol :D I took a picture with him lolz. I wore a school uniform too, for the first time :D

- EATING during the New Years. Eating itself isn't special at all, but the AMOUNT I ate was humongous XD It was too much, even for me lol.

- Wearing a kimono for the first time.

- Going to various underground bands' concerts :D ONE OK ROCK, too ^^

- Got photographed and interviewed for B-PASS when lining up for a ONE OK ROCK concert. They said that my style was somehow really unique LOLNESS XD I think the real reason why they picked me up was because I'm European lol.

- Buying albums like crazy. Buying Tsuyoshi-pictures for 3,000¥ lol. もう本当に頭おかしいからしょうがない・・・自分もビックリするぐらい（笑）

- KinKi Kids NEW SINGLE TODAY. I'm not going to buy that, though :D I don't usually buy singles.
I hope they'll release "J album" soon...

- 光一くんお誕生日おめでとう！３０は一番良い年だと思うよ。これからもずっと笑わせてくれると良いな＾＾
光一くんこれ読まないけどね（笑）

...I think that was it. KinKi Kids 愛 is taking over me lol :D
Next month my family is going to visit me here! 楽しみ！
Other than that, we're going to have a "music festival" or 音楽祭 at school on the 5th... I'm going to play the piano.

My teacher comes from Kyoto and she promised to teach me kansai-ben!!!
わーい！

Getting ready for tomorrow.....

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:57:30 GMT

This week's biggest events:

- Running the marathon SLOWLY. They told us that if it would rain, they would cancel the event, which was A BIG FAT LIE. We run the marathon even when it rained and the temperature wasn't even 10 degrees Celsius lol. I'm lucky I didn't catch a cold, but Rii did so I bet that I will catch one too any time soon...

- I think this was last week but hearing the newest NEWS album made me fall in love with NEWS again <3
"Forever" is my favorite ^^ Ryo's solo is hecka good (O_O) He's improved A LOT!

- Forgetting an important speech. I've been spending the whole week apologizing to various teachers. My excuse is that I already had about three different speeches during the last two weeks and this one slipped my mind. I should have written the date down properly. They say it's ok if I'll do the speech after two weeks or so.
Äidille ja isille: Mä oon itekki vihanen itelleni ku silleen unohdin sen puheen. Mä nyt toivoisin et ette soittais mulle tästä asiasta, tuntuu jo tarpeeks pahalta muutenkin.

- Getting my first really big homesickness moment during my 3 months of stay in Japan.
Related to the speech event mentioned earlier.

- Going to a ONE OK ROCK concert with Naomi, Jon and Chiaki <3 I didn't know much about ONE OK ROCK before, but they were really good on stage :P Two other bands performed as well. Tsuru was pure craziness XD
The biggest lol was a girl behind me, who went "I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING" already before the concert had begun :D
It's scary being a big girl in Japan lol.. I wonder if I'll live through the KinKi concert...

- KINKI KIDS CONCERT, WHICH IS TOMORROW!!! I already know what concert goods I want ^^ The Tokyo con limited bath towel is a must, and of course uchiwas. Preferably Tsuyoshi. I heard from Emi that since the concert starts at 4 pm, it would be best to go there already at 2:30 or so. If I want to buy the goods before the concert, that is. Uwaaah, seeing the two live <333 I hope they'll change the set list for the part 2.. We want キミは泣いてツヨクなる!!! But then again, I want to hear ボクの背中には羽根がある too...
Oh, and もう君以外愛せない! Lol Koichi, how many times did he screw that song up during these last 5 months? XD
I'm expecting a lot of fan service. They just can't save it all for the Osaka cons.

- Someone called me again last night. I gave my phone to Rii and she answered
"'Alo? 'Alo?" "........Hello?" "Nyan!!" "--- --- ---" XD
I want to change my phone number.. They call me even when I'm in Japan :D

If you want to see pictures GO FOR MY FACEBOOK PROFILE. I'm not going to upload pictures here.
Then one last completely unrelated note. I rented Ningen Shikkaku on DVD and watched it. Niimi-sensei became a joke of the month for me and Rii.

GOT THE TICKETS

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:25:14 GMT

I have them. My "KinKi You" concert tickets <3.
I don't know anything about Tokyo Dome. My seat is apparently on C12, which is near the gate 25.
Is that supposed to be a good seat?

Mom, I need more money! Concert goods!!
I'm going to buy at least one uchiwa... But if they have some cool clothing available, I'm definitely going to buy some :PP
The concert goods last year were really cool, with the "phi" symbol ^^

I'm going to attend a "ONE OK ROCK" concert on the 27th with Naomi.
ONE OK ROCK is a band I really don't know much about, other than one of the members is an ex-NEWS member :P
The tickets were rather cheap (only 3,300 yen each) so I thought I might as well go :D
Rii isn't going to attend, though.
The concert is going to be held on the same day as the marathon (=__=)

I got an invitation to an Independence Day party at the Embassy of Finland on December 5th...
It might be interesting in a way, but then again going alone is a bit...boring, I guess :D
I would get a chance to wear my nice dress, though ^^

Update!

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:53:59 GMT

Haven't been writing much lately heheh...

I thought I should update now, since I finally met with my new host family yesterday. The family is about 65-year-old man and his wife. They do have a daughter, but she lives in London. The couple lives in Hino, about 15 minutes from Kichijoji by the faster train. I'll need to take train every morning. That should be fun. I'll also have to wake up 45 minutes earlier. They seemed to be quite nice and they have a GRAND PIANO in their little home so yeah :Dv

But the house is totally different from the one I'm living in now. My current house family is really energetic and the house is full of noise all the time. The next house will be very quiet compared to this one... I hope they'll let me watch Shin Domoto Kyoudai on Sundays, even if it airs a little bit late ^^
The host mother is a private teacher, so she can probably help me with my studies lol :D

Only two weeks and I'll see KinKi live <333333
My friend is going to a NEWS concert on February lol.

Oh, and I finally got my hair cut! My new hairstyle is...pretty short :D For those who know Tackey: a bit shorter than his hair. For those who know my Mom: a bit longer than her hair.
About the same length as Takaki Yuuya had in Gokusen 3 ^^

My Math teacher gets on my nerves XD
He has his favorite students ~~Emina & Natsuki~~ and gets angry at my friends about little things.
I wonder what his real job is...

Ouch...

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:17:15 GMT

Nothing that interesting has happened recently, so I haven't been writing much lately... I've heard some awesome stuff, though.
My host father works as a lawyer and one of his colleagues is *insert20thcenturyfoxmusichere* JOHNNY KITAGAWA'S LAWYER. I mean...ZOMGNESS. Rii's grandfather goes to a bar where DOMOTO TSUYOSHI learns cooking from the bar's owner :DD ~~Where is that bar?~~ The owner is also a good friend of Johnny Kitagawa's wife lol. And that same owner is Rii's grandfather's friend lol. So...yeah.

Yesterday I pierced my left ear. Well, Rii pierced my ear.. But anyways, I got my ear pierced in a very unprofessional way lol. It hurt like crazy, really... But the spot is really good, so yay. It doesn't hurt nearly as much now either.

I also went shopping last Wednesday. I bought eight pairs of earrings (LOL) and boots ^^ Lol the shoes I bought were the biggest size they had... Oh well. I need to buy something for my Finnish friend's birthday, so a lot of money will go to waste...

So my Japanese teacher is trying to get me KinKi Kids' concert tickets. Her cousin is supposedly working on it right now lol. I can't wait to hear the results... I hope this works out fine, since I haven't joined the fan club yet :D KinKi has been so good with fanservice lately... Really, I can't wait for New Year's Eve, it's going to be full of love between those two <3

EF Party (or EF Welcome Orientation) is going to be held this Sunday in Shibuya. Me and Rii are going. Someone from EF called me today and asked some basic questions like "how's the school" or "is Japanese food tasty" or "do you have any friends yet", stuff like that :D

NEWS' newest single is a letdown... One song was pretty good ~~can't remember the title~~ but all in all NEWS has sung better songs than "Happy Birthday", seriously.

Well, I'm certainly not the brightest kid in the world..

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:04:58 GMT

Last night there was a rather big earthquake here in Tokyo. I woke up because my bed was kind of jumping around. All I could think of at first was "hey, my bed is moving wtf". Then I thought it was a dream and went back to sleep XD Have you ever heard of a person who goes back to sleep when his/her bed is moving around the house?

I got a new cellphone yesterday wohoo (^o^)v It's really cute and has 485629876458263549876263 emoticons. I've been playing with it like crazy. I just figured out the way to send mail so yay :Dv I'll post a picture later ~~probably~~ ^^ The best thing about the phone was the fact that it cost me 0 yen :D I need to pay 1,800-6,000 yen every month in order to send mail etc. but that's not too much.

I need to pay 5,000 yen to enter KinKi Kids fanclub... Yes, KinKi Kids. Not NEWS (O_O) I guess I can get concert tickets more easily if I join the fanclub. I've got a few friends at school who have joined the NEWS' fanclub so I think I won't join that, at least for now.

Today I went to see some exhibition thing, marimekko and artek (both Finnish brands). I was expecting a lot of marimekko stuff but there really wasn't much to see... I was a bit disappointed. There was a tower-like thing made of stools. That was rather cool.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME!

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:45:28 GMT

One year ago (September 16th, 2007) I saw www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd-c7et3_yI after searching for KAT-TUN videos (bleh...) and fell in love with the song that NEWS sang (I LOVE that slow version of the song btw). "SHOCK ME" is still one of my favorite songs, and is STILL my most played song of all time.

Today is my one year anniversary of fangirling NEWS. Yay for that.
I watched the rather gay PV of "Happy Birthday" today. Can't say that I liked the song ~~and Ryo's hair...soo out~~ but hey, it's NEWS and they were cute and Yamapi was cute and the PV was...well yeah. But I love them all so no prob XD

Yesterday I went to Kichijoji for shopping with Rii. I bought KinKi Kids' "39" album and their "Fun Fan Forever" concert DVD from 2003... I thought I'd buy "Secret Code" but I don't really like buying singles. Should've bought something NEWS related, though :P

They say that you don't get fat in Japan because the food is so healthy, but that's a lie. I've totally gained weight during these 3 and a half weeks. Maybe it's not the food, but the amount I've eaten lol...

I've been having a lot of headaches recently. My neck hurts and I think it's somehow connected to the headaches. Other than that, I've been extremely sleepy, too. Rii and Saku have both had a flu, so I'm afraid that it's the same for me now.

疲れた!

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:06:00 GMT

At last it's OVER.
Myojo Gakuen High School had it's annual Myosai festival this weekend. The festival was something I've never experienced before! Everyone helped with the preparations, we had huge signs and a lot of well-practiced performances.
My personal favorite was the japanese drum thing. So cool!
I really didn't have much time to look around, though. I was selling cup noodles for 200yen. This morning me and Rii ate one of those cup noodles for breakfast. Rii said it smelled like Myosai festival lol.

On Saturday I went to a birthday party with Rii. I don't remember whose birthday it was but it was so much fun :D At first eating pasta at some restaurant and after that " karaoke", which was more like 9 people shouting the lyrics than actually singing them lol. I sang KinKi, NEWS and Utada Hikaru again.
If I'm lucky, I get to see NEWS with Kiyomi, Rii and Rie this year :P Winter tour, getto! ~~But I want to see KinKi, too...~~

Yesterday I went to a Thai restaurant with Rii, Icchan, Kyuu and Saku. After that we went to Inogashira park with Rii and tried to see the Moon. In Japan they say the Moon is the most beautiful on September 14th. Stupid clouds blocked the Moon, though, so we ended up just talking about random stuff.
They didn't air Shin Domoto Kyoudai yesterday (>_>) Why F1? Ended up taking self portraits.
This morning I realized that my "gojagoja corner" (meaning untidy corner, basically) has turned into a "gojagoja tower". It's already reaching my pillow XD After a while all the various items will take over my bed... Oh well.

Today and tomorrow is vacation. I'll probably go shopping again tomorrow...

I'm alive!!!

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:03:39 GMT

Ja~n! Finally. I'm here. In Japan. A lot of stuff has happened during these two weeks here in Tokyo.

My family is better than I could ever dream of. Everyone's reeeally nice to me and I have no trouble with communicating with them. I've only been here for two weeks but the language is already getting easier and easier to understand. Rii's Japanese is reeeally fast but I actually understand quite a lot. It's good that Naho can speak English well, because sometimes I need to ask what something means. We're mainly using Japanese, though ^^

During these two weeks I've visited:
Harajuku (shopping: clothes, JOHNNY'S SHOP)
Shibuya (shopping: clothes)
Kichijoji (shopping)
...a lot of shopping... I never bought anything in Finland (O_O)

Rii has taken me to a lot of places and it's really fun to talk with her. We don't have much in common but she's really funny and extremely nice so we get a long quite well. Ichiyou is CUTE but a bit noisy (^^;) That's fine with me, though. It's not like my family was any quieter lol. Saku is nice as well. He went to a fashion show with me since Rii couldn't make it lol.

Yes, I went to this huge fashion event, which apparently is really popular in Japan. It was called "Tokyo Girls Collection". I've never been to a fashion show before ^^ Interesting interesting ^^ I didn't know any of the models though. Tsuchiya Anna is somewhat familiar but... Some of the models were apparently famous since the audience seemed really excited at times. I was just observing :P But remind me NOT to eat flavoured ice, at least in front of a guy. At first I thought the spoon was a straw XD It REALLY looked like a straw, who designed that kind of a spoon? After figuring out the spoon's real identity, I threw a spoonful of ice on the table. After eating half of the ice I dropped the spoon. WTH? So embarrassing XD Also, remind me NOT to wear high heels to a show which lasts for at least 7 hours. The show was held on Saturday but my feet still hurt. Too much walking around... Not fun. But the event was fun ^^ Ya~y!

I bought my copy of NEWS' "pacific" DVD, KinKi Kids' "We R Phin' 39! and U?" DVD, KinKi Kids' "Phi" album and Utada Hikaru's newest album (can't remember the name but it's really gooood!) ^^ KinKi Kids is going to have a concert in Dome in 3 months... I want a ticket but the concert is probably sold out already...

Lol I've been having a KinKi Kids mania here, too XD Everyday KinKi. I just realised that those guys are BUSY...

Yesterday I went to karaoke with Rii and Rie :DD I sang KinKi, ayaka and NEWS. Karaoke is FUN! Rie was awesome. KinKi's songs are all pretty much impossible to sing. What's with all the low notes?

I've been to a movie teather as well (O_O) I've seen "Ponyo", "Sky Crawlers" and "Across the Universe". That's like...more than I ever watched in Finland during one year XD In two weeks...3 movies. Awesomeness.

I think I'm going to end my report here, I don't have battery and I still have a lot of things to tell about. Bye-su!

Yes. Meme.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:11:03 GMT

ABCs of Music

List your favorite bands from A to Z.

A. Arch Enemy
B. Britney Spears? XD (She DOES have good songs, really!)
C. Children of Bodom (Hands down.)
D. D'espairsRay
E. ENDLICHERI☆ENDLICHERI (I don't have many songs from him, but seriously... He's awesome.)
F. Finntroll or FLOW? I'll go with Finntroll :D
G. Gojira!
H. 平原綾香 (Hirahara Ayaka)
I. Inearthed (ZOMG the time before CoB...)
J. Jamiroquai (hiigh times YEAH)
K. KinKi Kids (naturally)
L. Linkin Park (I should listen to Hybrid Theory again)
M. 水樹奈々 (Mizuki Nana)
N. NEWS (no question)
O. ORANGE RANGE
P. Perfume
Q. Question?
R. Red Hot Chili Peppers
S. Shin Kono
T. T.M.Revolution
U. 宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru)
V. V6
W. Warmen
X. -
Y. 山下智久 (Yamashita Tomohisa)
Z. -

Today I got my hair cut... This time I had my hair cut even shorter than before ^^
My hair used to touch my elbow some time ago, but now it only barely touches my shoulders.

I also got some money changed today. 200 euros became 32000 yen lol.

Midnight post

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:48:16 GMT

...but I'm sooo bored again, and I want to post :P

I thought I'd wait until I get the actual NEWS DVD from Japan... But I couldn't wait XD I downloaded it and I've watched the concert part now. I'm not stealing because I know I'm going to buy the DVD anyway. So there.
Anyways, IT'S HECKA GOOD!

Everyone's seen the "Gomen ne Juliet" performance and ok yeah it made me react the same way as it did half a year ago... But there were other great songs as well :P
At first I thought that "SHOCK ME vs Devil or Angel" was a serious let-down, because I wanted them to perform "SHOCK ME" alone... But I was wrong. Boy, was I wrong. Especially the last part when they sort of combined the two songs together... Absolutely fantabulous. Work of art. Made of win.
Say what you want but I think Ryo has improved a lot. I used to think he was a terrible singer when it came to live performances, but now I didn't have to shiver nearly as much as I did when I watched the N.E.W.S. DVD. And I love him for singing live.
Hahah "Ai no Matador" XD KOYAMA XDD That hip thing made me think of Kamenashi Kazuya, which made me LOL. Otherwise a very nice performance, oh yes.
Still. My ultimate favorite. Which actually made me cry a bit because I loved it so much. Was. ~~what was it's name again...? XD~~ "SNOW EXPRESS". I loved it. Seriously. They should put that song on their next album ~~winter album, anyone?~~ I mean, LISTEN TO MASSU AT THE BEGINNING. So good <3
Haha I hoped they would've burned those terrible golden/purple outfits but nooo XD And "Daite Señorita" without the choreography and the red micstand? NO. But the little RyoPi fanservice at the end of the song. YES. Quite a bit of RyoPi actually, during this concert...
Aaand the fountain was made of genious. It looked really nice when they used it. "Gomen ne Juliet" for example 8D;;;; But also "Hoshi wo Mezashite".

Still need to watch the documentaries!! I saved the best part for the last lol.

Ok then...

Bold what applies to you:
Appearance:
- I am 5'4 or shorter.
- I think I'm ugly.
- I have many scars. (what's "many"? Is 3 many?)
- I tan easily.
- I wish my hair was a different color.
- I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
- I have a tattoo.
- I am self-conscious about my appearance.
- I have/I've had braces.
- I wear glasses.
- I'd get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free, scar-free.
- I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger.
- I have/had more than 2 piercings.
- I have/had piercings in places besides my ears.
- I have freckles.

Family/Home Life:
- I've sworn at my parents.
- I've run away from home.
- I've been kicked out of the house.
- My biological parents are together.
- I have a sibling less than one year old.
- I want to have kids someday.
- I have children.
- I've lost a child.

Embarrassment:
- I've slipped out a "LOL" in a spoken conversation. (I use lol in my everyday language XDD)
- Disney movies still make me cry. (Mufasa D':)
- I've snorted while laughing.
- I've laughed so hard I've cried.
- I've glued my hand to something.
- I've laughed 'till some kind of beverage came out of my nose. (I haven't but when my brother was little he had a candy coming out of his nose XD;;;; It was one of those "werther's original" candies lol)
- I've had my trousers rip in public.

Health:
- I was born with a disease/impairment.
- I've had stitches.
- I've broken a bone.
- I've had my tonsils removed.
- I've sat in a doctor's office with a friend.
- I've had my wisdom teeth removed.
- I've had serious surgery.
- I've had chicken pox.

Traveling:
- I've driven over 200 miles in one day. (I'm not sure how many kilometers it is, but I've driven through whole Finland in one day and that's a lot, I think..)
- I've been on a plane.
- I've been to North America.
- I've been to Niagara Falls.
- I've been to Japan. (In five days I will be h0h00)
- I've been to Europe.
- I've been to Africa.

Experiences:
- I've been lost in my city.
- I've seen a shooting star.
- I've wished on a shooting star.
- I've seen a meteor shower.
- I've gone out in public in my pajamas.

- I've pushed all the buttons in an elevator.
- I've been to a casino. (I don't know what's counted as a casino really. If the ones you had on a boat where you can play pool and roulette and slots, then I have)
- I've been skydiving.
- I've gone skinny dipping. (When I was little..)
- I've played spin the bottle.
- I've crashed a car.
- I've been skiing.
- I've been in a play. (I wanted to be the clock lol)
- I've met someone in person from the Internet.
- I've caught a snowflake on my tongue.
- I've seen the Northern Lights.
- I've sat on a roof top at night.
- I've played chicken.
- I've seen the Rocky Horror Show
- I've eaten sushi.
- I've been snowboarding (lol I'm never going to do that again XD)

Relationships:
- I'm single.
- I'm in a relationship.
- I'm available.
- I'm engaged.
- I'm married.
- I've gone on a blind date.
- I've been the dumpee more than the dumper.
- I have a fear of abandonment.
- I've been divorced.
- I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
- I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.
- I've told someone I didn't love them when I did.
- I've kept something from a past relationship.

Honesty/Crime:
- I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't.
- I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't.
- I have lied to my parents about where I am.
- I am keeping a secret from the world.
- I've cheated while playing a game.
- I've cheated on a test.
- I've driven through a red light.
- I've been suspended from school.
- I've witnessed a crime.
- I've been in a fist fight.
- I've been arrested.
- I've shoplifted.

Drugs/Alcohol:
- I've consumed alcohol.
- I smoke cigarettes.
- I smoke pot.
- I regularly drink.
- I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them.
- I take cough medication when I'm not sick.
- I've done hard drugs.
- I've been addicted to an illegal substance.
- I can't swallow pills.
- I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem.

Mental health:
- I have been diagnosed with depression.
- I shut others out when I'm depressed.
- I take anti-depressants.
- I have an eating disorder.
- I've slept an entire day when I didn't need it.
- I've hurt myself on purpose.
- I'm addicted to self harm.
- I've woken up crying.

Death:
- I'm afraid of dying. (Well, I don't know.. I don't really have the reason to be afraid.)
- I hate funerals.
- I've seen someone dying.
- I have attempted suicide.
- Someone close to me has attempted suicide.
- Someone close to me has committed suicide.

Random:
- I can sing well. (What is "well"? :D I mean, I can sing but I can't sing high notes.)
- I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
- I open up to others too easily.
- I watch the news.
- I don't kill bugs. (I don't mind killing little bugs, but if it's a big one I'm too terrified :DD)
- I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for sake of being able to rhyme.
- I fucking swear regularly, damnit. (I do swear but only when I'm annoyed or scared. Not like some people who use the f*** word in their everyday language..)
- I am a morning person. (Far from it..)
- I paid for my mobile phone ring tone.
- I'm a snob about grammar.
- I am a sports fanatic.
- I play with my hair.
- I have/had "x"s in my screen name.
- I love Spam.
- I've copied more than 30 Cd's in a day.
- I bake well.
- I don't know how to shoot a gun.
- I am in love with love.
- I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
- I laugh at my own jokes. (it's the best XD)
- I eat fast food weekly.
- I believe in ghosts.
- I am online 24/7, even as an away message.
- I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room.
- I am really ticklish.
- I love white chocolate.
- I bite my nails.
- I play video games. (of course ^^)
- I'm good at remembering faces.
- I'm good at remembering names. (It took half a year for me to remember all my classmates' names..)
- I'm good at remembering dates.
- I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
- My answers are totally honest.

5 days

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:40:53 GMT

I think I should get my stuff ready for the departure already...
I've bought something for the family, too. Moomin towels and Finnish chocolate lol. Not anything too fancy but I hope they'll like them. If they don't like the chocolate I can certainly eat it, because it's really GOOD :P;;;

But!

Now I'm reeeally scared! It seems that I have to travel to Mitaka by bus ALL BY MYSELF.
I'M GOING TO GET LOST FOR SURE.
Lee is going to meet me at some temple in Mitaka so I don't have to worry once I get there, but still...
I bet I'm going to take the wrong bus or something lol.

5 days to go.
Should I feel nervous now?

ps. I though I'd change my "exchange student year" tag to "japan".

I'm baaack

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:20:53 GMT

Um, I don't really have anything to write about, but I felt like updating anyways.
Nothing interesting is happening, except for the DVD release today. After watching the clips on youtube... I'm totally wanting to see the documentaries XDD

Lack of subjects forces me to write about dramas I've been watching.
My most recent obsession KinKi Kids shows in my watched dramas too :D

Now I'm watching "33pun Tantei", in which Domoto Tsuyoshi acts as the main character.
They've aired two episodes now and I've watched it without subtitles... It's too difficult DX I understand only some bits here and there :D
Furthermore it's a detective comedy. I can't stand detective series, and I don't really find the series that funny either. Why am I watching it?
Um... Domoto Tsuyoshi?
Seriously, when I see the intro I go all "kyaaaa /(>o<)/" because Tsuyoshi looks so awesome posing there XD

Then the next one.
As "33pun Tantei" is Tsuyoshi's latest drama, I had to watch his first drama... "Ningen Shikkaku"!!!
Starring Domoto Tsuyoshi AND Domoto Koichi <3
Horrible hairstyles but aw so cute ^^ How old were they, 15?
They're both very talented (O_O) And I'm not talking in my fangirl mode, they seriously are. Really good acting for a 15-year-old!
The thing about "Ningen Shikkaku" is that it's really sad... I feel so bad for poor Makoto, being bullied all the time...
I'm watching episode 3 now (which has t3h kiss). I don't really want to know what'll happen at the end of the series...
Even though I kind of know already lol.
Anyways, I'm so happy that Love Song is subbing that series.
I want to see "Wakaba no Koro" too!!
And I still haven't started watching "Code Blue" yet (O_O)

I need to get a life.

Fandom stuff...

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:21:45 GMT

Hahaa I was able to post afterall :P

I'm dying right now because THEY'RE GOING TO RELEASE A NEWS DVD SOON O_O ZOMGNESS!!!
There were a lot of rumors about it before, so I was anticipating for it. It's going to be released in August 13th.
I'm going to arrive Japan on 23th... I'm SO going to buy that once I get there!

Just when I thought nothing happens in the fandom nowadays... This is awesome ^^
It seems they're going to have a few documentaries again :DD The documentaries were my favorites on the "Never Ending Wonderful Story" DVD XD; And the songlist looks good! All my favorite songs! I don't like "Nantoka naru sa" but I think it might be good live :P And "HAPPY MUSIC"? What's that? XD But yeah, a lot of songs I reeeally like :P

And what else? New single from KinKi Kids? I seriously want their recent DVD :D And the "Phi" album too... Too much stuff to buy ^^; I'm going to be so poor...

Today I'm supposed to meet this person from Sobetsu.. He's staying at my relatives' place and they asked me if I wanted to talk with him in Japanese... To be honest, I'm a bit nervous... I hope I won't say anything stupid ^^;

Quick post

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:30:03 GMT

Just a quick notice. I might not be available until 8th August because I don't have access to the Internet at the time.
That's why I won't be replying to people's posts for a while. I have been lazy before, too...
ごめんね(^^;)

edit: I can use my computer once in a while, so this post isn't necessary afterall :D

Amused (somewhat)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:40:04 GMT

So I've been sending e-mail to my family in Japan ^^ Lee (unusual name for a Japanese o.o Oh well ^^) seems to be reeally nice. I hope we can become friends for real :P Even though I got his name wrong at first XD Damn information paper had wrong information lol. I had to ask her whether she likes any Johnny's bands or not XD Apparently she has some CDs (didn't say which band) but isn't that much of a fan. But her friend likes JE very much 8D

Lol Lee asked me to teach her Finnish. She always writes "MOI" (which means "hi", if you want to know) at the beginning of her e-mails, which I find very cute XD The other thing I find awesome is the fact that little Ichiyou plays piano, too. Lee said that I should teach Ichiyou lol :DD

Change of subject.
Our family is now heading towards our summer cottage in Lapland :P We're visiting our relatives in Tampere right now ^^ We went to this amusement park in Tampere with my little brother and my two cousins :D There we tried one roller coaster which had a lot of loops and twists. I was a bit scared at first, but it was really awesome :D We rode it three times ^^ The first time was all right, but when we went there the second time, the roller coaster stopped because of some technical difficulties o_O It was a bit scary hanging up there. We didn't even hear what they said about the problem because we couldn't hear the announcements. Lol at least we weren't upside down XD After about five minutes it started working again, though ^^ My cousin told that when she was screaming, some girl had said "please stop the screaming already" or something like that XD Hey, if you're in an amusement park, you're SUPPOSED to scream from your heart's content! There's no point in getting on the rides if you don't scream XD