~Skammie~

Just read on Mich’s and Bon’s sites about T&T’s newest single “Samurai” to be released in early Aug.

Preliminary thoughts:

I love T&T for having solo PVs for a change. But the solo songs will have the same melody?! I’m not sure if I’m a supporter of that ne…

I hate AVEX for making 3 versions, all with such tempting goodies…ahh, what to do?!

I hate CdJapan for not sending me an email notification. *hmph*

= edit: June 28 =

Ok, research done. Although I really want the goodies from all 3 versions, I think I’ll stick to getting just one. *don’t kill me* I need to save up as much as possible for the Dame con dvd and the the Best of album…and of course, I must keep in mind my funds for going to Japan to see them LIVE next year, hopefully!~ ^^

Now… the problem is which version to get.
A: probably not because it seems like the dvd will just be live footage and offshots from the con, which I will probably see from the Dame con dvd. (By the way, where is the REGULAR PV for Samurai??)
B: Solo PVs are definitely tempting! But I would actually like it a lot better if the songs were different. If I hear the same melody too much, I can easily get sick of it, and I won’t want that happening. Besides, the PVs will probably be circulating on the net before the release date, right? I hope?
C: A bonus song with a pretty-sounding title of “Himegoto” and a double sided poster (fine, there’s the sticker too), but the best thing from this version is probably the PV off-shot photo booklet~ KYA! I think the chances of me flipping through a photo book in my spare time is higher than me popping in a dvd to watch 10-15 min of footage. I don’t know. Anyway, this seems like the version for me as of now!

Tower, CdJapan, and HMV pretty much sell for the same price; shipping costs differ a bit though. Shinseido sells versions A & B a bit cheaper, but if I’m getting version C, it really doesn’t matter. Amazon doesn’t sell it, and YesAsia doesn’t count towards the Oricon. Tower and Shinseido are in Japanese, which cause a bit of inconvenience. CdJapan has a history of delivering posters in good conditions, so that will probably be my choice! Their little coupon from a while back doesn’t hurt either! But if I am only getting 1 cd, my total is not high enough to be able to use that coupon. Hm…I wished the pre-orders for the Con dvd and the Best of album is up soon! =(

Haven’t put in my order quite yet. I sorta want to wait until I can order all 3 things together to calculate and compare the total costs. I wonder when the pre-orders for the other stuff will open. Will First press still be available for version C? Aahh, I know I’m being picky, but stupid shipping costs!!! >< I hate being an overseas fan… 😦

One of my favorite things to read on fanblogs are dreams about Tackey & Tsubasa. I guess in a way they are like fanfics, but dreams tend to be so much funnier and random! *lol* And it probably reflects how we as fans see them deep down too! =)

So far, I’ve had 2 dreams about the boys; Takki in one and Tsu in the other. They were quite a few months ago though, so I’ll try my best to remember!

Tackey:
I was walking side-by-side with him to his house for some reason (not holding hands -.-“) and we were talking about people getting sick nowadays and such. (The Tackey in my dream could speak perfect English, of course~) So we were talking about people getting sick and I think he mentioned Jin and some other JE boys catching the flu. I got the feeling that he was a tad worried that he will get sick himself (and that would not be good for work and everything), so I tried to ease his worries by saying “心配しないよ～!” with a cute smile. ^.^ And then guess what?! He started laughing and playfully elbowing me because I spoke Japanese!!! Imagine it as in the way that he’s half making fun of me in a flirty way and also being quite amused at the same time. I don’t remember what his exact words were, but the meaning was something along the lines of “何だ?! Why are you speaking Japanese all of a sudden?? *laughs*” Me: V_V… Anyway, then we reached his place. All I remembered was that he had a shelve full of transparent pinkish decoration objects. They were probably stones or candle holders or something. Some of them were even in heart shapes too, and they looked similar to this! HAHA. But then my dream ended and I had no idea what that last part was about. 😦

Tsubasa:
(This dream was REALLY hazy, so please bear with me!) I was in an art class of some sort with a few other people. The teacher was female and she was teaching us how to draw something. But then she had to leave for a little bit (maybe to the washroom?), so then we just continued drawing by ourselves. Suddenly, Tsubasa enters the room and all the attention was focused on him because 1) the room was quiet before and 2) he’s tall and wearing all black, which makes him seem even slimmer/taller! =P. He enthusiastically said something like “Okay class! Here is what we are going to do today!” Me and a few other students exchanged looks and went “But you are not even our teacher…” His reply “Of course I am!!! 😀 ” Us: Err… o.O… Fine, then show us what we are supposed to draw today.” He got out a piece of paper and some pencils and started to draw…And I don’t remember the rest of the dream >.<!!! *whacks forehead*

So those were my 2 main dreams of Takki & Tsu. Short and not exactly sweet/lovey-dovey, but that’s ok, because they were cute ^^. In addition though, I’ve had a couple other dreams where Tackey was mentioned. One of them was something about these gangs trying to get me to do something for them. They threatened me “If you don’t do it, Tackey will be plunged into icy cold water!” And immediately, I could see that happening: Takki being dropped into a pool that looked like the Arctic Ocean, with pieces of ice floating, and he’s struggling to stay up! I was so scared 😕 . But yes, it was just a brief mention of him. *sweat*

Hopefully, I will see Tackey and Tsu in my dreams again soon! Better yet, dream of them TOGETHER instead of separately! I want to see T&T chemistry right in front of my eyes! (sadly, not literally…although dreaming is probably the most realistic it’s going to get in a while for oversea fans like myself. 😦 )

By the way, I just finished watching “Tokyo Superstars” the Swedish documentary on Johnny’s Entertainment. Thanks to Glenda for telling me about it! If you haven’t seen it, let me ask Glenda if I can post up the d/l links here~

Some thoughts:
– LOVE how there are soooo many mentions of Takki ^^
– it’s cool how some of the songs were written half way across the world!
– finally got a glimpse of what the Jshop looks like from the inside…so compact! And the lineup! o.O
– TOO FUNNY how 2 big Swedish men went to buy things at the Johnny’s shop and at the NEWS con (bright pink bags!)
– sugoi how Johnny’s have fans from SUCH a large age range (13-50)! Goes to show how successful JE truly is!
– much thanks to all the onee-chans who got their bros to join Johnny’s! (it seems like quite a few of them joined because of this reason)
– watching the fans go crazy fangirling over their idols got me all moriagatteru too!~ And yes, I did do all the furitsuke with them during the Kamen PV! hehe =D