Mad Tea Party

Mad Tea Party was held at Stellar Ball, next to an aquarium, in Shinagawa. I met with Anni and we had lunch before going to the venue. My number was B 200 and I was a bit worried of not being able to see anything since there was about 1 200 people going in before me, but! There was no such problem, the venue was very neat and I got a really good place, maybe 10 m from the stage, perfect since I had a great view of everything. (Thanks to Japanese girls for being short haha)

The first act was lynch., and it was so amazingly nice to see them live again! Wow, they are so amazingly amazing live that I can't even describe it more than YOU GOTTA SEE THEM LIVE TO GET IT whoah I want to go to a oneman so badly.
But ugh it was so short! Too short! Way too short! They just got warmed up and then it was time to leave the stage... uh. Sad.

But next up was 9GOATS BLACK OUT, and I really had high expectations on them since I'm a big fan! They started out with Sink and I'm gonna be really honest here and tell you that I actually got disappointed. "Is this it..??" I thought and wasn't amused.
But! After a little while I drastically changed my mind, I'm not sure what happened but suddenly they were super awesome. ("Huh what how? Yay!" I thought and was very amused.) They played a sort of medley of about 5-6 songs that'd been shortened, did a small MC where ryo begged the audience to come to their oneman, and then finished it off with In the rain. It's my favorite song with them, and in it, his voice were absolutely amazing! Mmm.

After some more waiting (uh I hate all this waiting at events) it was time for Kagrra, and ooohohoho wow I love them! (Yes, don't we all!) It'd been over a year since the last time I saw them so I was really excited to see them again. And now I feel bad that I missed them at V-rock Festival because they are so awesome. They played a few oldies and some new songs and Shin is teh awesome and Izumi is teh shiet and Nao is so adorable and Akiya is the man and Isshi is the best. Mm. And they are so BEAUTIFUL! Their gigs are always so beautiful! Yes, they truly are a beautiful band. Mmmm!

Moi dix Mois was the next up and I really didn't have any hopes up for them since the last gig two weeks ago was so extremely boring BUT! They sure took me by surprise by actually being really fun instead! I'm not sure how they did it but I got all fired up and started to wonder how I ever could've thought they were boring. Good one there, Moi dix Mois; keeping a fan! (PS. it was not Mana's doing.)
Today is also Sugiya's birthday, which Seth gave a lot of attention (all the spotlights on Sugiya!) and made him go up to the front of the stage and speak to the audience. He got super duper embarrassed haha, but did in fact have a little talk! Aw man that was so cute, hihi!
I also love how Hayato loves to play the drums, I think it's really touching to see how very passionate he is about his part in the band!

Soooo lastly, it was time for D; the main act! Yes. They sure are great live, no arguments there. Although I'm a bit puzzled by Asagi, since sometimes I find myself thinking "Whoah that man sure can NOT sing!!" and then in another song think "Whoah that man's voice sure is the most beautiful I've ever heard!!" so... it's all a mess. Well! At this time I was very tired and my back was hurting, but D was so awesome live that those things didn't bothered me a bit; i.e. a sign of a great live. The audience were also great, making it all an even more awesome live!

When finished, they left the stage but appeared soon after again, presenting the special guest that I have no idea who it is. I recognize him, but I don't know, haha! They played two (of his) songs, where he and Asagi sang together.
Oh, and, Happy Face Asagi is probably one of the cutest things on earth since kittens were invented.

Annnnd after that old dude left the stage, Asagi had a talk thanking the audience annnnd then all the other bands went on stage again! (Not everyone though; it was Nao from Kagrra,, Mana + K + Seth from Moi dix Mois, the whole 9GOATS, and Hazuki + Reo + Yusuke from lynch..) Woho yay! As a final was Yami no Kuni no Alice, and everyone played together and sang together and hugged each other and made happy faces AND IT WAS SO AWESOME OK. It was like having a huge bag full of Happy and the Happy had a party and you were invited! Yes! That was exaclty what it felt like! Ah... oh it was so amazing.

And I don't have any good way of finishing this silly live report because I'm overwhelmed by the Happy I just experienced, so, I'm just gonna go ahead and say
See yaaaaaaaa♥♥♥

Tokyo metro happenings

The other week I think I saw Seth (Moi dix Mois) in Shinjuku station; he had the exact same height, the exact same hair and a casual rock/goth style. He was walking right in front of me for a long time down to Marunouchi line (my line!) but I only saw him from behind so wasn't sure if it was him or not. But, after seeing them live again today, yes, I'm pretty certain it was him actually. Haha can you imagine!

Current urge:

To get braids.
Would that even look good on me...?
Not too sure, akshully. All I know is that I wannnnnnnt

Me and exist†trace

There's no way I'm paying 8 000 yen for the smallest print!
So mm, here I am with the band.

Friday

I love 109-2.
Love love love love.
It's just my style, it's just how I want to be!
The shops are amazing, it ain't that expensive, and the staff in every store greets me heartwarmingly and socialize with me like the potential customer I am. Not giving me weird looks as in Maruione, boooh.

I got myself an awesome bag from Diavlo!
But this guy at Vice Fairy was really on to me about getting one from him, and when I finally said that I'd look around at other shops first he cried out "Dame desu ka..???" with these big puppy eyes and suddenly I was all HM MAYBE I NEED TWO BAGS. Haha, it's amazing how talented some of them are at charming people!
...but it's also a bit annoying because now I've got a craving for that damn bag.

Anyway.
I'm feeling very tired now. Tired of always being on foot, tired of always doing something. One month in Tokyo has passed and I think reality has caught up on me now. I just want to relaaax...
But! No time for that.
Tomorrow is Mad tea party, with D + Kagrra, + lynch. + 9GOATS BLACK OUT + Moi dix Mois! I'm up for it, yeehaw!

See yaaa

The moment I lost my cool

I finally got to see the pictures from the photo session with exist†trace! I managed to keep a cool in two pictures, in all the other ones I look like a compleeeete dork, haha.
PhotoChoice are smart and has disabled the ability to make a print screen, but really, look at this picture they snapped of me the moment I caught sight of the band.

My face shows exactly what I felt like hahaha!

See yeah

Everything smelled of strawberrys

I've been very efficient today!

Went up kinda early and walked the 15~ min walk to Nakano city office, where I changed the adress on my alien registration card. It was done pretty fast, somewhat to my suprise! So I sat down with an ice tea on Starbucks (oh Starbucks my love!) and studied for an hour or so. Didn't go so well since I spaced out and just watched people most of the time.

After that, I had yummy lunch on Mos Burger (oh Mos Burger my love!), and then made my way all the back home to my apartment again, where I went about and cleaned up a little, before it was time to go to school.
School was great since today's kanji were very beautiful, haha!

After school I met with Josephine in Harajuku where we went about for a while. At Alice and the Pirates in Laforet, Kazuma from MANNEQUIN was working, yay! (celebrity spotting again!) I told him I was a fan (because I kinda am, actually) and he got reeeaaaally happy, asking me to come to their live since they need moneyz for food.

After Harajuku, we went to Shinjuku and had dinner at Sukiya. Then, checked out Maruione for men, but I wasn't that amused, somehow I felt misplaced by being a woman since the staff greeted me with a kinda weird look on their face ("does that foreign girl know this is men's fashion...??") and it has never happened before in men's stores. Booh.



After Shinjuku, we met up with Maria in Ikebukuro who's in Japan with her friends at the moment! We checked out Closet Child quickly, and then went to Asakusa and the temple for a quick visit. Now it had become kinda late, so it was all closed. But still very pretty, and the streets were almost empty so it was much easier to get there than last time, haha!

Look look I have it in my hand!!!

When we sat down at McDonald's to rest a bit, I accidently spilled strawberry milk tea all over me and my bag WHAT THE ***** !!!
So not cool.
R.I.P, bag.
Tomorrow = me + Shibuya 109-2

See ya!

Tokyo cold

When you're just sitting down browzing the interwebz, and you suddenly realize you can't feel your toes or fingertips... you know it's time to turn on the heater.

I want an owl

It's getting really cold in Tokyo now, and by cold I mean REALLY COLD. Today was maybe 15 c. How could I survive in -20 c back in Sweden??!! I'm freezing to death here!!

Well.
I went to a pet shop today!
They had so many animals (including monkeys, sloths, piranhas, pigs, scorpions, falcons, bats oh and did I mention monkeys?) but I fell in love with the owl! I loved how it peered at me everywhere I went. Wow, I want an owl!!
If not an owl I want that white, fluffy, blue eyed, beautiful, cuddly, superamazingmegacute cat. And I would like to have it now, please.

On another note,
Hanamaru has closed down!!!!
My cheap udon-place!!!
My world... it has ben shattered to pieces.....

See ya?

Dango

The first chew was yummy, but then... No good.
Bleh.

Awesome tuesday deluxe

So yea, yesterday was a holiday, and I made my way to Harajuku again. I went into H&M for the first time and why does it seem so much more awesome in Japan than in Sweden?? I don't get it. I mean, it's good ol' H&M! Well. I got myself a pair of jeans. Thank you, good ol' H&M, for making pants that can hold all my junk in the trunk. I knew I could trust you!

I then went to my love JackRose where the gorgeous dude greeted me as always. I wanted to get a scarf, so I asked him if they had any and he said it's upstairs at Luv Maison (sub brand to JackRose) so I went up. While walking, I looked down and saw him wanting to follow me, starting to walk up the stairs, but aw man! his main floor is downstairs, and there was lots of customers who wanted help, so he couldn't leave the first floor! Too bad.
Well. To be honest, I like Luv Maison's clothing more, because it's more black with a hint of gothic. And EHEH of course I already knew exactly what scarf I wanted to buy so I just looked around a little before getting it. The staff upstairs was really nice too, he talked to me a whole lot! Oooh it's so fun to practice my Japanese!
When I came down, the gorgeous dude had that somehow pouty look and seemed to be a little sulky that I bought something from another staff, just like that time when I was trying the leather jacket, haha. Awww, I'm sorry, from now on I'll never come in on a holiday/weekend again, I'll come on a weekday when the shop is empty so you can follow me to Luv Maison, hahaha!
So mm, I couldn't help but buying the chain from him.

Just as I was going to go away I met Josephine at the station! Isn't it awesome how you can just stumble upon each other in the world's biggest city? That's when we went to Laforet AND SIXH. WERE THERE SHIET I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

Then we went to celerbrate Martin's birthday, with cake, sake and lots of presents! Oh and in Malin's apartment, I looked through a volume of Men's Knuckle, saw the gorgeous dude, and found out his name!

And yes, I have a crush on him. How can I not have when he's super hot AND super adorable!

Continuing the birthday celerbration, we went out to eat pizza and then sang karaoke the rest of the night! From now on I will always choose "Forbidden" with D'espairsRay and Daikirai with MUCC. Also, I believe it was the very first time in my life that I've screamed/growled so much in that short amount of time, haha!

And I managed to take the very last train home.

Ah, there has been very few pictures of me and Josephine, hasn't it? Which is weird since we spend so much time together. Here, have one of us outside Meijiro station!

See yaaaaa

Inverted

Josephine has already blogged about this, but.
Don't we make an amazing combo?

Sixh. IRL

So we just walked in to Laforet for a quick visit, and when entering the last floor, what do I see in the h.NAOTO shop??

Sixh.!!!

All three of them! Just! Standing there! In the shop! In real life!!
I went all "!!!!????SDLGKJHASDLKJ!!!!" and by heart was beating so loud. Had to go away for a while to calm my nerves (I didn't succeed). But I collected some courage and went back, just to see Mint walking away, what the! He's my favorite, he makes the nicest clothings. But! I went up to Ibi and somehow stammered that I'm a fan and he asked if I wanted to take a picture! Wow, it's so unreal, it feels like a dream!!

Oh and, when we came down the stairs, they were all staring at us, for some reason. And when I started talking to Ibi, the others (that third guy and the shop staff) when all "Oooooohhh!!!!!" for some reason. I dunno, because we're foreigners?

Anyway wowowowowowow.
Wow.
!!!
Tokyo is the place to be!!
See yaaaa♥♥♥

How to get the economy back on track

I just read some valid reasons why you should do shopping when the economy's unstable:
1. You need to consume to get the economy back on track. If you don't it'll just die even more. Everyone should shop!
2. Since money's bound to just disappear into thin air sooner or later, you might as well invest them into physical objects.

Yes!
That will justify my need to perhaps maybe get me something after I'm done doing some errands. Harajuku here I come!

Japan delivery and scared shitless

So my family sent me a parcel from Sweden that arrived yesterday, but ah! I wasn't at home yesterday! Soooo, I got an Undeliverable Item Notice. I.e. I got another chance of getting my stuff delivered to my doorstep! I went online and filled in a form to request a new time, and I chose today Monday between 19 ~21. At 18:40 the delivery man knocked on my door.

Soooo conveniennnnnnt.

I woke up at around 05:00 this morning by the sound of sirens, and I immediatly thought of the Big Earthquake and got so scared I was almost shaking because I have no idea where to evacuate in this area. But after peeking out of the door and looking up teh interwebz seeing that the only earthquake occuring was a small one in Hokkaido, I could state that nothing was out of the ordinary, and I somehow managed to go back to sleep.

Now I get nervous everytime I hear an ambulance, but when I think about it, ambulances was probably what I heard this morning.

But I'm still nervous ugh.

Gonna sit down watching Tokyo Dogs and try to calm my nerves.

See yaaaa