素直な気持ち伝えるのさ

I'm back from Nagoya! I had a great time, the show was wonderful, and I didn't even get typhoon'd on the way I did in Shizuoka! I'm really sad that that was my second-to-last time to see the show, but... since I've been able to see it three more times than I saw last year's tour already, I'm happy.

I also was able to get tickets to Inochan's Peach Girl stage greeting in Gunma! It's crazy that he's even coming out here?? I was all prepared to go to Tokyo, so I'm really stoked that I won't even have to leave my home prefecture in order to see him XD It's hard to believe that the movie is finally coming out, more than a year after I first heard about it being filmed! I'm really looking forward to it.

In unfortunate news... It seems that Shige lost his voice for the second day of shows in Nagoya, after waking up that morning with no voice at all, cried over his inability to sing during the first show, and then was really struggling in the second show ;; He posted to his J web about it using really humble language, apologizing over and over, saying he deserves to be criticized for not being able to perform well, and that he feels like he failed. I really hope he's reading all the fans' tweets about how they were so impressed with how hard he tried despite that he lost his voice, and that no one is blaming him, because it's killing me to think how much he's beating himself up over something that isn't his fault.

For the time being... I'll be sending him positive thoughts until I see him again at the Tokyo Dome shows ;__;

Well, I meant to post again today, but instead, I came down with a gross bug, so I slept all day. >< I'm heading to Tokyo this weekend (here's to hoping I feel better tomorrow...), and Monday is a national holiday, so that means I'll be back online and back to work on Tuesday.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

Today yomimashou came over and we finally got through the backlog of magazines that I had to be cut! 100% of the non-idol magazines (fashion, movie, TV, etc) magazines that I had bought for JUMP or Inoo are cut now! I'm amazed; it seemed like it was never going to get finished XD; I had built up Inoo magazines... since Karafuto Ojisan?? At first, he didn't have that many magazines, so it didn't really matter if I kept the whole magazine or not, but around early 2015, it really started to pick up, and my house was a magazine disaster. I now have 6 wide binders and 5 letter sized (A4) binders of Inoo magazine pages, 5 wide binders and 6 A4 binders of JUMP or other JUMP members magazine pages, 1 wide binder and 2 A4 binders of NEWS/Shige magazine pages, 2 A4 binders of other Johnny's magazine pages, and 2 wide binders of Inoo and Daiki's "with" corner pages. I'm pretty happy about this!

In other news, I'm trying to sort through and get rid of the majority of my old issues of the 5 regular monthly idol magazines. I'm going to either sell them to Book Off or an idol goods store, but if you have a back issue of Myojo, Popolo, Duet, Winkup, or Potato between September 2012 and September 2016, please let me know! Up until then, I got two or three of the five choices each month, so there's a slightly greater than 50% chance that I'll have it! I'm happy to send it to anyone here for just the cost of shipping, so if you're interested in any almost-free magazines, please do let me know.

I think I'm coming down with something. @__@; I can't stop coughing. Time to drink one last cup of tea and head to bed!

I should be posting a plethora of things that I have backlogged, but I'm still a bit sick and busy coming back to work after the long break, so for now, another short post… but I'm beyond excited, because I was able to get my Maji Sunshine singles a day early! Usually I end up ordering from Amazon because the other sites sell out super fast, often while I'm at work, but for this one I was able to grab them from HMV, so I got them the day early, yaaaaay!

( And I was super happy to discover… [SPOILERS] )

In other news, I'm waaaay behind on like every regular program (Itadaki High JUMP, Little Tokyo Life, Hen Lab), but I'm going to try to catch up tomorrow. T__T I feel like I'm behind on pretty much everything in life, but I'm trying to catch up!

One: JUMP announced a new single! Idk what's up with the title or the fact that there's a B-side called "We are Otoko no Ko" ("We are Boys") but you know what? I'm not complaining! XD Yay for a new single. ♥ It's pretty much on the same schedule as last year, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a tour announcement soon!

Two: Starting tomorrow, I'm going to be traveling out of town with parents until April 3rd. I'll be checking on my phone, and comments/PMs reach me by email, but I won't be around much to post or comment.

Three: Today is my last day at work for the school year, which feels weird and bittersweet but also like I'm so glad people I don't like are retiring. Hopefully they don't move my desk while I'm gone; the inside of the drawers are so messy right now >__>

Four: I have to pack when I go home. Yuck.

Five: My friends are going to the Sexy Zone tour this weekend in Nagoya, so I'm interested to see how that goes.

Six: time put ur hand up~ (tomereru ka? orera wo~)

Seven: The sakura have started blooming at my school! I hope that means the ones in Tokyo and Kansai will bloom while my parents are here ♥

Eight: Catch everyone in April!

The good news: I got some more chocolates done today after a lot of adventures in candy cane smashing. I wanted to make white chocolate-peppermint and dark chocolate half and half chocolates, because I have a lot of candy canes that I've been given around Christmas time over the years… and of course, also because mint chocolate is delicious. But… the candy canes were much harder to break than expected. |D;; Those things are sharp! I tried banging them against the ground inside a plastic bag, but it broke the plastic bag and rained candy cane bits all over me OTL So I ended up beating them with the handle of a screwdriver, because I don't have a hammer. Or more accurately, I tried it once to make sure it worked, then yomimashou beat them with the handle of a screwdriver. Thanks, yomimashou.

The bad news: I think I'm coming down with something. I feel gross enough but not feverish enough that it's probably not the flu, thankfully, but I still feel really blegh. Hopefully I can sleep it off quickly. T__T;

The snow seriously needs to stop. T___T; This morning it surprisingly snowed despite the fact that the weather said it was supposed to be clear, and I had to walk to school, since biking was out of the question. I don't really have proper shoes for the snow, but luckily, I didn't slip or ruin my shoes, at the very least. What's with all the snow recently? After it was so warm in December, too…

On the bright side, I bought a bunch of boxes and I'm excited to start organizing my closet this weekend. I'm less excited to start Valentine's chocolates because it's a lot of stress to make something ~perfect even though probably, no one would care and they're just going to get eaten anyway, OTL. Oh well… hopefully I can get a good amount done this weekend and then I won't have to worry about it. I'm thinking about attempting peppermint chocolates this year!

After a lot of time change and many hours on planes and busses, I made it home from Hawaii. I wish I was still enjoying the warmth there, but here I am. T__T;;

I have a lot to do before heading to Osaka and Tokyo for the New Year, but I'm looking forward to it! As I said before, I'll be mostly away from the 30th to the 3rd, so if you're looking for me, please forgive my slow response!

I hope everyone here is having a wonderful holiday season and has a happy new year! ♥

On top of everything else, I think I'm coming down with something T___T;;; My throat really hurts, and I just started feeling totally like crap starting around 10 am today. I'm hoping I can get some rest and avoid the worst of it, but as of right now, I feel pretty crappy.

On the bright side, JUMP tickets are supposed to have shipped already, so I'm hoping mine come in tomorrow! I usually have horrible luck, but here's to hoping for good seats this time!

This weekend is going to suck >_< Tomorrow, I have to get up early to go get my hair done and then get ready and go to a wedding. I'm looking forward to it-- I want to go to a Japanese wedding, I'm looking forward to getting all dressed up, and I'm sure it will be a really fun and interesting experience, but I really am afraid of making a mistake, and making a fool of myself, and also sitting alone in a corner for the whole time because I suck at making conversation even in my native language. And then the next day I have to take a test, which no one likes.

Something I never want to say again: Is it Monday yet?