I’m still alive!!!!!
Can you believe it…
Okay, that is not even funny, but I tried.
To Bystander : I’m touched you liked my version of Versailles no Bara’s OP theme!!
Unfortunately, I can’t say if I’m going to post more amateur videos at this point since I’m becoming professional very soon. But who knows what might happen in the future! Maybe you’ll hear some official cover songs from a cd next time! We’ll see what the future holds!
To Chii : I’m sorry I scared you with Higurashi!!! It’s actually a very good story, if you go further on. Then you understand everything through the second season.
Honestly. It’s not just blood and stuff……lol…….*coughs* THERE IS A GOOD STORY BEHIND IT!!!
I’m sorry for the big lie. I said I’d update when I’d come back from Fukuoka but I still didn’t.
So here it is.
November 16th 2008
LOVE FM (a radio station in Fukuoka) interviewed us early in the afternoon (’us’ include Kita-senpai and Hikari-chan! yay! (lol)).
As usual, I feel so awkward about being interviewed.
But I’ll do my best!!
A tall guy and his girlfriend were waving in my direction from the outside window after the radio show, but I wasn’t sure if they were waving at me or at Kita-san. So I just smiled. ^^;
Fukuoka’s speciality is ramen!!!! But…..I didn’t have ramen. Because I didn’t feel like it.
Maybe I should have lied and said I ate ramen too….. T_T But lying…moo. Not good.
I ONLY LIE ABOUT MY AGE. Yes. I’m 20, thank you!
Hehehe… <3 (I SWEAR I am. No kidding.
…okay. I wish.)
I didn’t have much time but…. I walked through Canal City, a huge mall next to my hotel. Waaaaaaoowww! The christmas decorations were so pretty.
I saw a Moomin cafe. o_O I lol’ed.
I even encountered a giant cake.
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Then the event we went to perform at :
J:COM Fukuoka Fair (J:COM福岡フェア)
I was so stressed out because we did rehearsal and there were already people watching??!
I tried not to mind the human beings’ presences, so I looked up towards the ceiling/light…..but NO!!!
There were several floors with people watching from above!!! I didn’t know how to ignore them!!
Haha. I was so embarassed….singing rehearsal and then singing again for real…poor people must have been thinking ‘oh no, not the same song again!’
Then the event started. We all performed 2 songs.
Even if these events are small, I hope that I can improve at feeling better in front of people eventually…
And maybe give a bit more genuine emotion to the people watching.
After the event, Kita-san had an autograph session for his lovely fangirls.
So Hikari-chan and I went to take a peek. Hikari-chan is like my little sister. <3 XD
I got stopped by a few J:COM staff people for a picture with them. ^^;;; I laughed.
There were a few people who wanted to give me a handshake, including one young girl who was with her mom. She was so moved and cheered for me. T_T I almost wanted to cry…
It made me feel like…. I really really need to work on my personality…
I want to give warmth to people…somehow. >_<
Oh oh oh! Surprise! Who came to meet up with us??! Tanaka Tarou-san!!! Haha. The guy with the greatest name in the world. (’Tanaka Tarou’ sounds like a texbook example name..something like that. Poor guy, he must be so tired of people making jokes about his name though!!).
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It seems like Konomi-chan couldn’t come. (The other Fukuoka finalist) T_T
Then we all met up later for a get-together to watch the finals of the contest. It was airing on that same evening at 9pm.
We took a lot of silly pictures and had fun as we ate a very late dinner.
I was so embarassed about seeing myself on TV in front of everyone.
But the others were too. It’s okay. We get over it.
I saw Kita-san’s blog and he always manages to put nice pictures.
Really, I need to think of better ideas of pictures.
By the way, my camera is still not fixed. So I use my cell phone. *sniff*
So…. I wasn’t sure if I was going to but…
It looks like it happened.
Someone uploaded my contest performances on youtube.
I didn’t think she’d go that far. Serena!!!!! >_< But I know you did it with a good intention.
Actually, the whole finals are on nico nico douga.
I’m sorry if you don’t have an account. I hope you can figure out how to make one even if you can’t read japanese. Or find a friend to help out. >_< I’m sorry~
Someone edited the commercials and the guest appearances (noo!! the guests!!! T_T), so thank you to the person who did it. I think the person who uploaded didn’t want them deleted hence why they didn’t post them under a proper name?
It looks like Serena ripped only my performances from that and uploaded them on a youtube account (without even warning me first…>0<)
I warn you though. I am not happy with these performances.
I know that my nervousness makes me sound off and my vocal control isn’t always very stable.
What is done is done though. I did the best I could at that moment. Despite my extreme nervousness. I hope someday I might be able to overcome it and sing better on a stage.
You already know what I sound like when I’m calm in a karaoke box from my previous video so..
I hope you forgive me for really not doing a flawless performance.
I would appreciate that you don’t tell me ‘yeah, you weren’t your best’ or ‘you weren’t that bad’ in here. I think I had enough sickness because of these videos of me.
The whole contest.
Thanks to everyone who contributes to links and informations. I appreciate the help.
By the way, you don’t have to look at the comments. You can disable them. Where you see the little bird with the (…) bubble. Mostly not against me, but a lot of comments are quite mean, so if it disturbs you, please disable them.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5277779
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5286663
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5287044
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5289918
Thank you to Serena who made this account and made my performances available to the people who don’t have a nico account. This account isn’t mine, but I will try to check and see the comments you leave there anyway.
http://jp.youtube.com/HIMEKAMediaArchive
If anyone is curious and interested enough, the videos from last year’s contest links :
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm925675
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm925939
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm927348
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm930886
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm933855
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm933954
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm935786 (deleted) ;_; (why am I even posting the link..lol)
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm935971
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1926958
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1927324
Unfortunately, part 7 is deleted. But you can hear glimpses of Kita-san’s ballad song at the end of the show. Last year was the first year.
Thank you to the unknown person that first posted a link to last year’s semi-finals in Tokyo.
Or was it Tokyo? But thanks to that person, I first learned about the existence of the contest.
And so when I saw it in the audition magazine, I was very happy it happened again and I could participate. Thank you so much. Person without a name.
Thank you everyone. The ones who have been supporting me for a long time and the newer ones who just found this place recently. Everyone who gives me some sort of support.
It helps me be strong and keep going. Not just for myself…
またここに英語しか出来ませんね、私は。。。(笑)
日本人の皆さん、本当にごめんなさい。
新しい人はまた沢山来ましたね。
応援する人達に本当にホントに(!!!)ありがとうございます。
今日の日記はアニソングランプリの決勝大会のリンクを書きました。
誰がUpしたか分かりませんが、感謝しています。
まあ、実は凄く緊張したから、歌声はコントロールが全然完璧じゃなかったんです。
ピッチも。。。T_T
本当にすみません。これからも、もっと上手になりたくて、どんどん緊張しないようにステージで歌いたいと思います。どうやってるのはよく分からないけど、本当に頑張ってます!!!!
福岡フェアのイベントもとても楽しかったです!
喜多さん、ひかりちゃんと一緒に参加しました。
ラジオ (LOVE FM)の番組のインタビューもしました。日本語はヘタですけど。。。。(泣)
後、みんなと一緒に第二回アニソングランプリ決勝大会の番組を見ました。
田中太郎さんも来ました!!(決勝大会の出演者。福岡の優勝者)藤村さんは来られなかったみたいで、残念ですよ。T_T
最高でした~ いっぱい食べました!!とかなんとか。イエイ!
Magic sparkles to you all,
-HIMEKA