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31st August 2009
My Generations of Pets...
Sometimes I really wonder about my particular habits... like naming and treating electronics as pets... >_< Below is a list of all the most important "pets" (*cough*computers*cough*) I ever owned... and this also exposes my age... hehe.First generation:
Dumbo (Packard Bell): My one and only ever desktop computer (my friend John even got me a toy Dumbo for my birthday for fun). 1996-1999. It got me through my Westinghouse paper hell, cost a FORTUNE (I paid for half of it, parents paid the other half), and saddest thing is, I don't remember for the life of me what happened to it... >_< so named NOT because I was obsessed with the elephant... but because my computer was perpetually driving me up the wall...
Wakko (from Animaniacs): This was a printer but it always gets placed alongside Dumbo so I'm putting it up here... so named because my printer was very temperamental.
I also named random things like a broomstick that I carried around (Puu), my Gund (Enishi), my orchid (Tomoe)... yes... this habit goes back a long time.Second generation:
Suupuu (Dell Latitude): this was during my Houshin Engi obsession stage.1999-2002. Rather short lived. Died 2 months before I had to hand in my thesis... argh. Then again, it was one of those illegit computers that was returned to the factory and somehow a random (Indian) technician got hold of it, "fixed" it, and then sold it at a lower price to poor students... under the table of course. o_OThird generation:
Hyd (Dell Inspiron): Obsessed with Laruku (Hyde). 2002-2006. Actually Hyd is still sitting in my cousin's house somewhere. Toshiba Satellites are extremely well made and I am sure if I didn't pour soda (Pepsi) on this one that it would be even better. Then again, I poured that soda on 2003 (the day of Jen's Chinese wedding, I remember distinctly because I was rushing out to get to her wedding and...) on the upper right hand corner... and for the next few years (until 06), it kept on working fine other than the occasional ghost writing by the keys on the upper right hand corner (e.g. \\\\\\\\\\\\\ or automatic deletion) and that my backspace doesn't function (you really have to wonder how I managed to use it all those years - ok fine there was some banging on the keyboard involved)... >_<Fourth (current) generation:
Niji (Toshiba Satellite): Niji = Rainbow in Japanese (one of my favorite Laruku songs, yup still obsessed), and it's the name of the Click-B fanclub (yes, I was obsessed with them at the time...). 2006-present. Still beautiful and sitting in my room in NYC, about to make the move across the US...
L. G. Spock (Lenovo S10): Er... see post. 2009-present. Has helped me through... a LOT and I owe my livelihood to it. I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT. (And the names are getting fancier... )Did I miss anyone? Right now I don't even keep track anymore of all the things that I've named... I'd go insane. I just remember that all of my flash drives are named after colors (in Japanese)... my GPS is Ed(ward Elric), my phone is Sora-chan (小天), my cards are Hitomi (Escaflowne), my camera is Hikaru II, my mp3 player Akira II....>_< At least now I only name my electronics (mostly, but it seems I only BUY electronics too... aye)... -
21st August 2009
VAMPS in SF!
Well when I heard that VAMPS was going to have a concert, there was no question that I was going. The problem was finding out when I would be where (considering all my traveling) and then booking my tickets for that. When I confirmed that I would be in SF on 7/25, I immediately bought tickets to their concert.
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The line was INSANE! I didn't bring a camera because at the MUCC concert they asked people not to take any pictures and there was a LONG line to check your camera in (we skipped it.. cough). I didn't want to have to go through that again.
To relieve you the pain of having to sort through my fangirl squealing, I have found this post by another fan which pretty much summarizes how I feel about Hyde. Below are some general thoughts on the concert itself.
The concert was held at the Regency Center on VanNess and Sutter, the inside of which actually looks a lot like The Fillmore in NYC, where I went for the MUCC concert last December.
It's been 10+ years since I fell in love with Laruku and STILL I am SO in love with them (Hyde). He still looks the same, acts the same (SO CUTE), and SOUNDS the same! His amazing voice has not been completely destroyed by his incessant smoking! His English is still... err... it has improved since Baltimore (Otakon) where he screamed out "Do you like CRA[beep]S!?" Everyone went into a O_O phase... until we realized that he meant "Crabs"... ahem. Then we laughed.
This time he managed to convey the following:
1) SF is his city because... dun dun dun dun - it has HYDE street! (whoot!)
2) The SF streets are pretty steep (wonder if he rode the cable cars...)
3) He likes the Castro (everyone laughed, not sure why, maybe I'm missing something), Fishermen's wharf... and...
4) He had to buy a lot of clothes because (he paused)... it was SO COLD. He turned to the crowd with a really perplexed look and said, in a cute, helplessly confused way: I don't get it... (yea... I think a lot of tourists agree with you)
5) SF is beautiful :)
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I had the same overwhelming feelings of joy when I saw this concert as when I saw the MUCC concert last year, except this one had HYDE!!! I LOVE concerts, or any live music in general. It just has so much... LIFE in it. And you can have direct reactions from the crowd around you. I guess this is the same as why guys like sports events. It's the spirit of the crowd and link with other people that's so awesome. My heart just soaked it all in (I physically felt tingling in my heart, though that's an illusion of course), despite that I was there alone, I enjoyed every moment of it.
VAMPS music is much harder than Laruku music, a bit more than what I like, but still good. I enjoy all music as long as it's good. They did covers of other songs, including a Beatles song. Hyde's English is not great, but his voice would make everything sound good. <3 (I'm obviously biased)
A few things...
1) When you're at a ROCK concert, trying to cover your ears whenever someone screams around you MUST be tiring... (DUH!) WHY someone would do that... beats me (I was having too much fun screaming).
2) Screaming and waving your hands show the artist how much you enjoy their music. The worst thing for a musician (band) is if they play their music and it's dead silence in the audience. You might as well not go to a concert then.
3) C'mon, when you are explicitly TOLD not to use a camera, don't wave your massive SLR around. No one will feel bad for you even if you have a broken nose (not from that day) and are escorted out by security.
4) People certainly take advantage of any/every occasion they can cosplay at...
5) My MBT shoes make it extremely hard to jump up...
6)And I missed my MUCC concert mates (cutie, Sarah, and Chun)... >_<While I still have the energy to jump around and cheer for people/bands/groups I love, I will savor and enjoy every moment of it.
P.S. Jack, they're certainly not Laruku, but it's still Hyde. and I loved it. K.A.Z. was awesome too!
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