I interrupt my Tokyo story to say:

Happy Birthday, Ohno!!

Thanks for making my first Arashi concert one of the best things to ever happen to me!

"Time makes you bolder and children get older. I'm getting older too."  ~Stevie Nicks "Landslide"

Made it back from Tokyo yesterday. I'm exhausted. I've slept for hours on end but i'm still dizzy from lack of sleep. Luckily my flight wasn'tcanceled because of the typhoon! Unlike poor Carisa and Nessa.

I'll post pics, short vids and a write up of the whole thing plus concert later. I'm just still too tired.

I just have to say that it was absolutely fantastic. It poured rain the whole time but it was great. Arashi was great. They are even better than I could have possibly imagined!

The best time of my life for sure!

more food now..sleep ...

I finally got my passport. So that drama is over. Now it's all about packing for next week.

Ya'll are the coolest for passing along your positive vibes and well wishes. I wish I could pack ya'll in my carry on and take you with me. Now that would be the most fun ever!  Gaijin Arashi fan girls invading Kokuritsu!

I plan to keep a journal of my visit and posting up here eventually.

Lots of pics too.

I had to call my local congressman to get it processed. Can you imagine that? It just sat on someone's desk until I called and made a fuss.

Seriously, if anyone wants to move to Louisiana, I tell you now and in no uncertain terms: DON'T DO IT!

This place is crap.

So now I just have a million and one things to do before next Wednesday.

Oh and I'm reading on LJ that JE has gotten stricter and all that jazz. Seriously, every year Arashi becomes more popular, every year JE comes up with new rules (supposedly) and not once have I heard of anyone getting kicked out of an Arashi concert.

I don't doubt they are concerned about tickets for sale on auction sites but I don't think they'll be pulling people out of Kokuritsu.

LOL..watch..I'll be the first person ever kicked out of an Arashi concert! Maybe I shouldn't joke about that.

Wish me luck!

It doesn't look good.

I haven't received my passport yet and called the number the website provides. It says, If you are traveling within 2 weeks and have not received your passport, please call.

So I did call this morning.

A very nice lady informed me that it was received in the New Orleans Passport Agency on July 28th. It was being processed.

My heart sank. NEW ORLEANS?! I thought for some naive reason it was being sent to Washington DC. At least there I could expect government workers who do their jobs quickly and efficiently.  Believe me when I tell you New Orleans government workers..scratch that..MOST PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS PERIOD..don't do anything quickly or efficiently or AT ALL, if they can help it. They will spend 3 days to figure out how to get out of 1 hour of work.

New Orleans in general has two speeds, Slow and Dead Stop. So I can pretty much guarantee that my passport application is sitting on someones desk under their cup of coffee and beiget.

I can make an appointment with them and go down to the main office. But my brain says, "And do what?" I've dealt with the New Orleans government before. They either have no idea what they are doing or they just don't give a shit about you and your problem.

I Hate the South.

At 6 p.m. my cat Loki shit blood all over my bed. By 8 p.m. he was dead.

The vet said he was bleeding through is intestines. No idea why really but exploratory procedures would have killed him. He was bleeding out.

Loki was bought 13 years ago for my husband as a birthday present. He was a big black cat with a very long tail that wrapped all around his body when he sat.

He was lovable and huggable. I love him to pieces.

My husband couldn't stop crying the second we decided to have him put to sleep. We both have been bawling like babies since.

I wanted to write this out. I had to.

Dreams come true. I'm telling you, it's true.

Fan since 2005. Always wanted to see them in concert. Thing is, I 've never had much money. I grew up very poor and worked hard to get to the status of "working poor."

But one day I got a new job. That job kept giving me raises. Then one day I it just all fell into place.

I'm going to Tokyo. I'm seeing them in concert. August 30. Jun's B-day no less.

I'm going with some great girls too. I am happy. I am so happy.

It's a Good Good Life.

Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon - Kimi wa Muteki - (SINGLE+DVD)(First Press Limited Edition A)(Japan Version) DVD Region 2

Crazy Moon - Kimi wa Muteki - / Ashita no Kioku (SINGLE+DVD)(First Press Limited Edition B)(Japan Version) DVD Region 2

Any one interested?

I'm selling them for $15.00/USD a piece.

Free Shipping inside the USA.

Shipping will have to be calculate for anywhere else.

Will ship Priority if you like.

Please PM me if interested or if you have questions.

I will be posting more Arashi stuff for sale soon.

Sale Ends: 8/20. Will ship out the next day.

Thank you!

I AM GOING!!!

So, don't know if we have Arashi kokuritsu tickets for everyone yet. If I don't get to see Arashi i'll be so sad but I'll just have to get over it because I'll be in TOKYO!

It's a dream come true.

I might still need a room mate afterall. Hotel is expensive and I can share with Wendy but if she can't go..then I'll need to share a room.

I haven't heard anyone say if they've gotten concert tickets yet. *sigh*

When I woke up this morning the only thing I thought about was ordering All the Best. Plus I'm sick.

Then wow..in a day...we've lost Farrah Fawcett and Now Michael Jackson.

It's so sad.