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10.24-25
As I mentioned a few entries back, PIERROT reformed for the 24th & 25th of October. Even though I wasn’t there to see them and couldn’t watch the WOWOW live broadcast, that didn’t stop my excitement. I stayed up late looking through twitter for all the updates from the fans who were there for it, but since I had to work the next morning, I went to bed before the live actually started. When I woke up, I went back to looking through twitter again. The live wasn’t over yet, but I saw a lot of screencaps of the live broadcast, so I was really happy and emotional most of the day.
Later on, I found someone who was waiting on a contact in Japan to upload the WOWOW broadcast, so eventually I was able to watch it thanks to her. The live was really amazing! They sounded the same, if not better, than they ever had. It was so great to see those 5 people on the same stage again after 8 years. Like a dream.
I really wish that I could have been there, but if they ever do this again, I’ll make sure I’m there no matter what!
Kirito, Jun, Aiji, Kohta, Takeo – Thank you again. PIERROT is still the best.
Phantom Phriday Vol. 4
I’ve been a bit behind on these for various reasons, which I’m writing to post up later this weekend, but here’s volume 4!
Having a cat means having an audience whenever you go to the bathroom.
“Why is your litter box shaped like a chair?”
And a bonus shot of Rio after being woken up by the sound of honking geese flying over.
Phantom Phriday Vol. 3
I always see amusing pictures of cats all sprawled out with catnip all around them and it always makes me think “If any of our cats did that, it would definitely be Phantom.”
How right I was! I have no idea how he found the baggie it was kept in, but there it was, all sprinkled out over the carpet with Mr. Fatty-meow rolling all over it with his favorite toy, the baggie itself to the side with a ripped up corner.
“Minion, this stuff is amazing.”
Phantom Phriday Vol. 2
This week’s edition will feature mostly Rio. Hard to believe she’s nearly 7 months old! She’s still very much the same playful and lovey kitten.
She loves playing all over the apartment, but I think her favorite room is my room because there’s a lot of open space for her to run and flip around like a nutter. (video of that to be posted soon)
She hasn’t picked up many bad habits and one she found by accident. I was getting ready for work and she was sitting on the toilet and reached over to touch the counter. Her paw slipped and hit the roll of toilet paper which caused it to unroll a bit. She stared at it for a moment then decided that was her new toy and started unrolling it. It was amusing to watch, but thankfully she’s only done it once.
“You babble too much, minion. Shut up and feed and pet me already.”
Of course, it wouldn’t be Phantom Phriday without Phantom himself. Phantom still acts like a parent to Rio. She really was his birthday present, sort of, so he tends to treat her as such.
They like snuggling up together too. Omi, not so much. He saves his cuddles for Katie. Rio and Phantom are both cuddly kitties with humans, but it’s cute to see them all snuggled up and sleeping together.
Again, massive size difference between these two.
And that’s it for Phantom Phriday this week!
Blood moon
This morning, at about 6:30, the roommate and I got up to go outside to see the eclipse. We’d meant to get up sooner to get a better view of it, but we caught it near the end, so it wasn’t quite as spectacular as it had been earlier. It was still gorgeous, though, and worth getting up to see. I took a few pictures, but this was the best out of them.
Phantom Phriday Vol. 1
Starting today, I’ll be posting a weekly thing every Friday called Phantom Phriday. I started doing it a few years ago as a Friday thing that I would send to a few co-workers that liked seeing photos of the boys and sometimes I’d add in a story or dialogue to make it fun, which I’ll do here as well. I haven’t done it as much this year for various reasons, but to help me keep some consistency to my blog, I’ve decided to post them here. So enjoy!
“Minion, you babble too much. Shut up and get to me.”
At our home, we have a lot of cat blankets, pillows, and cat beds, but I’m not sure why we keep buying them (I get them because I think they’re cute..) when more times than not the cats end up going for these..
“This bed will do, minion. It hugs me nicely.”
Boxes. Always boxes. Especially shoe boxes. It doesn’t even matter how small the box is, they will fit themselves in it even if they look ridiculous. Even after they’ve stretched the box out to the point of it breaking, they’ll still sit in/on it.
Rio: “HAH! This box is mine now!”
Rio: “I mean..This box will do. Now go fetch me my treats, peasant.”
So, instead of buying them cute, nice beds or pillows, just give them a box. Sure, it wont look as nice in your home, but it’s cheaper and they’ll love it more.
Also, one more tip. Don’t give them treats right before you go to bed unless you want to deal with a hyper cat running around your bed and jumping on and off of you.
“Why are you laying down, peasant? It’s play time!”
Countdown
I can’t believe that it’s already August! This year really feels like it’s going by fast. We move a week from Wednesday, so now starts the serious packing. I’m really looking forward to moving to the new place, but not looking forward to the actual moving part, haha. This move should be easier than the last move, though, since the new place is just up the street from our current place. The most difficult thing will be having to move up and down three flights of stairs again, especially furniture because the stairs are so narrow. I’m glad the new place only has one!
Yesterday, we went to see Guardians of the Galaxy. It was okay, just not my kind of movie. It was amusing, so that kind of made it a little more enjoyable for me. I think anyone who likes those sort of movies will like it though.
PIERROT
I am super late with expressing my happiness over this, in blog form anyway, but I still wanted to write about it since PIERROT was and still are very important to me. They were one of the first Japanese bands that I fell in love with. It’s hard to believe that that was nearly 15 years ago!
On April 8th, I saw a tweet going around that PIERROT would have an announcement on April 12th, so that of course caught my attention. PIERROT hasn’t been around for 8 years, and disbanded on not so good terms, so to see this was surprising and exciting. When the 12th came, I overslept and didn’t get up in time to see the announcement, but this is what it was.
My first thought was “Why are they playing HELLO?” I’d never really liked that song or the PV (I do now, though), not because it wasn’t good, but it was the last we got to hear or see of them, so something about it felt bitter to me. Anyway, it made sense that they’d show it as it was the last and the original video ended with the mic stand hitting the ground, but it went on longer this time and there were added things. This was definitely different! Before the end of it, I wondered if it meant they were coming back, and sure enough, the announcement at the end confirmed that! For two days! October 24th & 25th!
As much as I would absolutely love to, I wont be able to go see them. However, I am still really happy about it and happy for their fans that get to see them again. Even though I can’t go, I’m still really looking forward to it. I’ll wear my t-shirt and wave my Arlequin towel from afar!
Fundraising
Signal boost for the roommate
Since I’m still struggling, and I heard about the site gofundme, I decided to give it a shot. Chances are I won’t reach my goal, but you never know, right?
If you could share this link at the very least, I would be grateful.
http://www.gofundme.com/gallbladderhelp
mad-sky.net 