Hiya everyone,

Note: long entry …

I guess you can tell that the highlight of my weekend was the Anime Expo 2007. Well, actually, it was the Anna Tsuchiya concert that was the greatest thing from the AX. XD I never listened to her until my sister introduced me to her music video, Lucy, but even then I didn’t become an immediate fan. …However, that all changed when I attended her concert.

I went to the Anime Expo with my cousin and two sisters. On Saturday morning, we woke up at 6am to get to Long Beach - which was about a 40 minute drive without traffic. We reached the convention center at 7-something, trying to find where the parking structure was. We found it and excitedly went to find where to get our badges and badgeholders. We find a huge, massive line of people. And, we thought we were pretty early. :oops: So, from 7 to about 8-something (maybe around 9), we stood in line until it finally opened. The registration was quick. :)

Then, we wanted to go watch the Anna Tsuchiya concert. We were trying to find where to wait in line for the tickets and found a large line of people waiting for her concert tickets. So, from 9 to about 10:30-something, we stood there in line. Then, the tickets were passed out. We didn’t even know where to go from there. We stopped at a cafe. Then, around 11-something, we decided to see if there was a line forming for the seating. We see this large line, all the way to the parking structure. It was so long. Finally, we gave in our tickets and got to our assigned seats. The concert arena was really huge! There were seats almost attached to the walls of the arena. There were also two large TV screens (monitors) on the sides of the stage.

We waited from 11-something to about 12:30 until the concert started (the concert was supposed to start at 12pm). It was awful for the waiting. Our seats were kind of the middle. It wasn’t exactly the most far or the closest. But, once the concert started, I forgot about the waiting and endless hours in the sun. When Anna came out, everyone started to cheer. Everyone stood up and started waving their hands and jumping up and down. It sucks that everyone stood up because the people in front of me were really tall. :lol: She started with the song, Lucy and then transitioned to another song whose name I do not know. Then, she talked for a few minutes and sung another song. :D (I’m not familiar with her songs.)

But, I remember one song, Slap that Naughty Body. It was so catchy :D! I couldn’t help but rock to it. Hehee. After her last song, she said goodbye and left the stage, as well as the band mates. People started to leave, while most of us were still cheering and shouting for an encore. The big screens of the arena showed quick, short clips of Anna and her band backstage and then turned it off. Then, we started to hear music and people cheering. Anna and her band mates had came back on the stage. My sisters, cousin, and I were cheering loudly. Since a lot of people in the front-ish had left, I suggested to move up front. So we “ran” to the front (like 6-8th row). It was so cool - to see her so closely. XD She sung two encore songs.

The concert ended and everyone left. :) It was so such an awesome concert. In fact, it was my first concert ever. And, I’m glad it was my first - though I secretly wished my first concert to be of w-inds. Hehe, but anyways, I had a great time at the concert. If you don’t listen to Anna Tsuchiya, you should start now (even if you aren’t into j-rock).

After the concert, we decided to go to the Exhibition hall (where all free stuff and buying stuff are). We get there and there was tons and tons of people (not surprised). We go into the large building where the exhibition hall is held and try to find out where the heck the entrance is. Then, we get some announcement from the staff to get out of the building and form a line outside. :| Great another line. We stood there for a couple of minutes until the line started to move. The exhibition hall was large, but there wasn’t that much stuff. I didn’t really buy anything except for a $7 Mario plushie for my sweetheart. I did get some free stuff — and free cake! :D There were lots of great cosplayers. And, me, without a digital camera was unable to take any pictures of them. There were lots of Death Note and Bleach cosplayers.

There was nothing else to do. So, we decided to leave. We didn’t want to wait in line for the SOS Brigade, even though I had no clue on what it was. ._.;; So, at 4:20pm, we left the Anime Expo and got home around 5ish.

Compared to last year convention, this one was a disappointment. There were too many lines especially in the sun! Plus I didn’t find any J-rock/J-pop stuff in the exhibition hall (no w-inds. :cries: ) But, the only good thing was the concert. Yup, depending on the Guest of Honors for next year’s Anime Expo, I’ll think about going… Hopefully, next year, the location would be a better (and closer) place *cough Anaheim cough*.

Thanks for the comments: Tammy~! :D

Hiya everyone,

Before I talk about my long absence, I’d like to talk about this new layout! I’ve been meaning to make a new layout for U-S.net since April. Hehe. I made this yesterday and fell in love with it. :P Mostly because it’s Keita Tachibana from w-inds. He recently released his second solo single called, FRIEND. I like it though I don’t really like that part where he stretches out the “Friend, my friiiieeend.” xD;; But, he looked good in the PV. Watch it now~! XDD (Yup, I’m weird…) Anyways, I was supposed to talk about the layout, not Keita. Hahhaa, wow, I went off. Well, the layout is pretty simple. I created its “template” before adding the pictures. Well, I hope everyone likes the layout. ^.^

I’ve been quite inactive in this blog lately. Reasons? I was lazy, busy, and had no motivation to write. x.x; But, now I’m here. Haha.. what’s new with me? I can’t say much. School has been up and down for me. I hate going to Biology Labs, mainly because it’s long and boring. I think I’m doing alright in my classes… probably a C or better in them all. >.>;; This semester is almost ending… around the beginning of June, I believe. Then, summer school starts! T_T more school… yay..

Oh my gosh… I found a new artist on YouTube because I was browsing around. Haha… His name is SHOWTA. XD You got to listen to him. First time I listened to him, I was shocked, completely shocked. Just check it out (You’d be shocked too). I actually like his “Trans-winter: Fuyu no Mukou Gawa” the most. ^^;; Anyways, I found him because one of the descriptions of him was the comparison to him and Keita. So, I saw his PVs and fell in love with this song (the one previously mentioned). I’m looking forward to his other works.

Today at work, the day before Mother’s Day, was so busy. I could not believe it. When I first walked in, there were already people waiting! I was really shocked. I never seen that before. I have to go back tomorrow… just thinking about it scares me. x_x;; A funny thing, maybe it is not really funny, at work was I got “attitude” from a child, probably around 5-6 years old. Usually, I expected the attitude to be from the parents or other adults complaining to me about “where’s our table? we’ve been waiting a long time.” But, today, a child came up to me and said, “I don’t understand this. There are so many people walking out. How come we still don’t have a table?” I was like, what the- Fortunately, the father of the child stopped the kid from going on. Haha…
Well, I remember complaining about the people I worked with before on my blog. I can’t say I hate working with them now… they’ve become fun and interesting. Haha, possibly because the one girl I did not like did not work the same days as me.

Well, that’s it for now. I gotta get up early for tomorrow morning. I believe it will be chaos.

Thanks for the comments: Tammy, Pompi, Yingna, Ellina, Yukari, and Hoshiakari. =D