Finally Utada Hikaru In The Flesh 2010

lol almost exact same pose as Nana on my blog banner, just facing the other way xD

So after nearly four years of waiting, footage from Hikki's In The Flesh -tour back in 2010 has -finally- been released! I honestly had stopped believing this day would ever actually come, but life is full of surprises. Now that it is here, I have sort of mixed feelings. Or more like I don't know how to feel. Makes me wish this had been available a lot sooner, but better late than never.

The Anniversary of the Best Day of My Life

So a couple of hours ago it had been exactly a year since a very happy girl wobbled out of the O2 Academy in London drunk from the captivating presence of one Utada Hikaru. It was a magical night the girl would  cherish in her heart and never forget.

Yes, that girl was me.

Top 10 Utada Hikaru songs - Happy Birthday Hikki!

So, since I talked about this with Chris last week and since it is also Hikki's birthday, here is a Hikki list finally. ;) Also I have to say, that I will exceptionally make two lists this week, as on Friday is another special day ^__^ ho ho hoo. I have to say this was a very difficult list to make, as I really love all of Hikki's songs and they all mean so much to me. So, chances are that if I did this list every week it would slightly change each time depending on what was "in" with me at the time. Anyways, I felt that I should pay tribute to the lovely Hikki's birthday somehow, as she was the one who helped me get over the biggest slump of my life the beginning of last year, which I probably would not have recovered from if it had not been for her. So a very big thank you to Hikki and without further ado, it's list time!

Why have I decided on a career with computers?!

So now that I've gotten the assignments out of the way and recovered from the stress to some extent, I can finally rant about all the extra trouble I was put through thanks to the lovely thing called computer. It all began with the issue of Blu-ray region codes that I discussed [here] before. That was only the tip of the ice berg though...

I tried to get a move on with the coding side of my 3D Modelling assignment, but after compiling the codes Unreal Editor kept crashing every time I tried to open it. Not good. I did the usual trick to solving this problem, but still nothing. I nearly gave up when I noticed a curious fact - the code program did not seem to actually compile at all. After pressing compile nothing happened. I had no idea why it happened so I uninstalled and installed the program again and then installed some patch for it and still nada. The whole time I had this gut feeling that it had something to do with me having Windows 7. Good thing I got some help from a friend and was able to solve the problem by giving admin rights to the .exe file, as indeed, it was a Windows 7 caused problem. Someone could have warned me about this before hand. >:(

Elvis knows talent when he sees it!

I think my dog Elvis likes Nana too or then he can somehow smell through the computer screen that she has a chihuahua too. :o A few days ago before starting to write code in the morning, I decided to watch a couple of songs from Nana Mizuki Live Games x Academy -Blue- to get me in a good mood. The moment I put the Blu-ray in my laptop, Elvis, who had been peacefully sleeping on my little sofa, had sat up completely erect and stared at me intently. I took him on my lap and he slumped down instantly with his head on top of my right arm, facing the screen of my laptop. The two songs I picked also had dance routines, and every time Nana would change the pitch of her voice or do an interesting move Elvis would raise his head and stare. Once I took the Blu-ray out he left. Haha he is definitely MY dog! He seems to like Hikki as well as we watched her concert together during the summer holidays. It is indeed nice to know that the man of my life approves of the women in my life! ;)

Rock on my little Elvis!

Top 10 Obsessions

So of course right after I say that I'll do a top 10 list each week, things come up that make me a couple of weeks late. Thank you Heathrow and Christmas. :P But yes, now I am back on track! Hopefully..

So yeah, I decided I'd do a suggested list every other week and in between do one of my own. So, this week's list has been suggested by Chris, and the topic is obsessions. Basically things that make me go like this: 

Hiiiiiigh tension!

And like this:

Hauuu, omochikaeriiiii~!

So yeah, behold - the list!

RJ transforming into....

Well I didn't really get as much done today as I had hoped - in fact I didn't get anything done whoopie doo daa dei. But! At least I did get to go into English Teacher -mode.

This week I've been helping my friend with some fansubbing. Usually I just go through the lines alone, but today I did it together with him and that is what triggered my English Teacher -mode. That basically means that whenever I suggest a correction I have to go into a lengthy explanation of why, whether it is because of a certain grammar rule or because of even such a small thing as intonation. Ah, such enthusiasm.... I swear I looked like this when I was going on and on about the finesses of the English language:

Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol.2

This morning I was about to make toast in a half-asleep state of mind, when suddenly I felt like a toast myself - jumping out of my skin when someone knocked on the front door. My new Hikki album had arrived.

Single Collection Vol.2 is mainly just a collection of her singles (gasp, I bet you couldn't have guessed that yourself) with some added new material. Words aren't really capable of describing how amazing this album is, Hikki always seems to be topping herself with whatever she decides to do and has never brought me even slight disappointment. I'll look at some songs in detail here.