Very badly timed trip to Osaka

And I thought it hadn't been that long.
A very merry Christmas to everyone! So far mine's been very good, but let's go back to a little bit before Christmas.
Cat and I know this awsome band of awsome people called Roach, from Okinawa. The week before Christmas they've been playing concerts in Tokyo, and we managed to go to three of them.
The first one and the last one had an afterparty (the first one included Satoshi from Girugamesh as a guest, I just have to brag about that and then mention that I totally didn't even recognise him until Dai-chan, drummer of Roach introduced us XD Some fan right :p).
At the second concert Miya from MUCC decided to drop by... that was really crazy for us, who are crazy fans of them. But we weren't crazy enough to try to talk to him... I know it's completely dumb, but I'm really scared of being seen as a burden to people I really admire. The Roach show and also Rowthe (who we have also gone drinking with once, and who is an amazing band) was amazing though. Rowthe bloody nearly makes me cry, the music just really pulls my heart strings.
After the last live, held at Shibuya O-West (an event called "the amazing rock party!" or something), vocalist Taama and drummer Dai couldn't come to the party, which was really sad, because we won't see them now for who knows how long! But Taama took us to a nearby conveniense store and bought us box cocktails for one last kampai (cheers). Then he let us back into the hall so we could go with the remaining bembers of the band and their staff to the afterparty.
This time there was a huge party for all the bands who had played and their staff and invited fans. It was at a bar-like place (I forgot the name), and everyone were so friendly!
Cat, who didn't have an ubrella, and had gotten soaked like a fish in the rain on the way there were handed towels from everywhere, even the bartenders, and everyone asked if she was alright. And we talked to so many cool people!
Naturally, there were a lot of cute guys. I mean bandmen and rocker boys. Cat has made me aware lately that I suddenly seem to be into kind of lame looking guys with black hair and trailer caps, maybe it's just 'cause I'm so tired of the overly stashed and glammy gyaruos.
There was a guy there who was kind of the trailer cap-type, only he wasn't wearing a hat, and I don't think he looked that lame either (honestly I only remember he was wearing a tartan shirt but whatevs:p).
I got talked up by his friend, Tyler (seriously, that was his name, with kanji and everything, Taira XD), who played in one of the bands we'd missed, and who was basically hands on with everything with a hint of boobs in the place. He wasn't really creepy though, he was funny, and because of him I gt to talk to the dude in the shirt. And did so all night XD
His name is Natsu. He's 26, and it doesn't creep me out the least bit this time. He plays the guitar, but doesn't have a band right now (which is perfect) and he's handsome in a way that I really apreciate, but he's really not a babe, so I don't feel intimidated. Kind of like with Tomo...
but I don't think I've ever liked a guy like him before (at least not a japanese guy) and I kind of fell for him... I guess it's stupid, 'cause even if he doesn't look like a player I might get my heart broken, but you can't keep playing it pokerface all the time, right?

It was horrible timing that we were leaving for Osaka two days later... :(
First time going to Osaka, and I just wanted to stay in Tokyo. But we've been sending mail every day sisnce, and he also kept me company on the night bus :)

So did Cat, ofcourse.
I'de been looking forward to sleeping on the bus, because of the hard week we'd had before going, but the first three hours I sat rigid like a log, trying not to pee my pants XD The bus had no toilet, and the bathroom breaks really weren't frequent enough XD
I made it though, barely. And then I could sleep the rest of the way.

We arrived in Osaka on the icy cold morning of December 24. After going back and forth for a bit we found the right train (trains are really cheap here, by the way), and made it out where our friend, Petter lives.
He loves to cook, and had whipped up a real norwegian christmas breakfast!

They've even got decent bread, 'cause they've got a breadmaker!
Here's the humble Christmas tree, with a gingerbread star at the top.

And here's Cat, in the lovely cardigan she bought at Tralala, just before leaving Tokyo.

I don't know about other countries, but in Norway it's old tradition to have seven kinds of Christmas treats. Our family is not hardcore enough to do it, and if we do make the effort it only goes as far as to buying christmas cookies, maybe making gingerbread.
Petter had gone all the way and actually baked, using a fish griller and a microwave, 'cause that's what you've got to work with in Japan.

The result was amazing. I had never thought you could actually make Kranzekake without special equipment or at least DECENT equipment. The one he made was really soft and a lot better than many of the one's we've bought through the years!
He'd also made pudding:

The sause was made from strawberry jam, since he didn't have red lemonade, but it was probably the best treat there!
It was a very nice Christmas eve, and my first actually noregian one in three years. The previous two have been done the japanese way, which is a date XD Very nice, but for someone who comes from a country with such strong Christmas traditions (allthough I have not always loved them), also for the none-christians, you do start to long for this kind of thing.

I'm sorry, but to have a chance to get all this into the blog, I'm going to have to put it all in one insanely long post. Maybe you could read it in parts? If you've even bothered reading this fr XD
We actually went to a shrine!

I don't hate shrines or anything, I do think they're beutiful, but I'm just not that interested. I can go for one every now and then, if it's a really huge one maybe it'll last a couple of hours, but not like a whole day.
The one we went to, however, is a very small one, located near Petter and PGs house.



They were busy doing morning preperations (for something) when we went there. Like washing stuff and bringing things out of cars. A few locals came in now and then to casually ring the bell and say a prayer. I wonder what they pray for and if they do it every day.
A friend told me that there arn't many actually religious people in Japan, but everyone seems to be doing rituals and stuff.

After that Petter and his mom were leaving for a short trip to Tokyo. His roommate PG had also left for a few days, so Cat and I would be in charge of the house for a few days.
That first day of independence we decided to go clubbing in Osaka.
The train is really no problem. We have to switch once, but that's it and it's really easy to understand (unlike Chiba, where I still get on the wrong train even when I'm only going one station). I can't say I hate the stairs at the station either, but aparently they hate me XD

Fell down some stairs, lol. No, 4 real XD
It hurt a bit and I've got a bandaid and a swollen ancle to show for it, but most of all it was just emberassing. Somehow the cap came off the heel of my shoe, and a very sweet man picked it up for me. I like Osaka, at least the people are friendly ^^

Luckily there was a tutuanna-store at Umeda station, where we had to switch, so I could buy new stockings. They're not Pierre Robert, but they did the trick.

Actually we didn't know the way to the club we wanted to go to. We figured we'd go to Shinzaibashi, supposed to be the most lively part of Osaka, and take it from there.
It really was lively!
Osaka is kind of like I imagined Tokyo would be before I actually came there. In Shinzaibashi you can turn any direction and you'll see rows and rows of walls plasered with neon sings, even late at night.
Ofcourse, it did help that it was a Saturday and Christmas day (Dec.25.) too. The streets were packed with people dressed up for a night out, and people in various kinds of Santa Clause-like cosplays. And the boys hunting customers for bars and izakayas are all so cute here! Too bad they're all woking XD
Some streets we walked were also lined with hosts is shiny suits and not so shiny suits, and hostesseses clad in cabaret-dresses with down jackets on top, so they wouldn't freeze to death.
Eventually we came to a canal, where we saw the biggest Donki-store in the world! And beside that was a club named Giraffe, which totally wasn't the one we were looking for, but the crowd outside seemed interesting enough and it was 1000en entry(that was including the drink ticket) if you entered before elleven o'clock.

We went to grab a burger and were inside by 10:48 XD
In the beginning the music was nothing but mushy RnB, with the EXACT same rythm, and I was kind of scared that we would have to snail-dancing all evening, but luckily it picked up as the crowd thickened. I did not love the DJ though. He cut all the songs too short and had this nnoying habit of talking on top of all the really good songs. When he finally played Gaga or Dynamite or something, he HAD to mention that he was also DJing on Tuesday, and that it was Christmas and merry Christmas and shut the fuck up. He also thought that December 25. was Santa Clauses birthday, which was hillarious XD
I did have a very good time though. A group of boys bought us drinks, so now I know what a Cosmopolitan taste like. Not so much. I was hit on by three boys who were remarkably shorter than me, try to catch the eye of a few real hotties that wouldn't give me the time of day, danced with one hot dude and had to run from a few who wouldn't take a hint... of and I remember slappinga guy who grabbed my boob and throwing his sunglasses on the floor. It's funny now, but I must have been really mad. Things like that does piss me off.
Cat met this incredably sweet guy and got sucked into his world. The club started feeling more like a concert than a dance floor towards the end. I was completely worn out when they were closing, and kind of wished I'd left with the cute guy I'd danced with. I'd be sleeping in a hotel bed by then, probably, but now I'm really glad it didn't turn out that way. I don't need even more boy trouble...
We weren't home until like 7 in the morning. And slept until 4 the next day. But we had so much fun!

I just talked to Natsu on the phone, and I'm kind og troubled. I really like him, but I'm such a douchebag... he kind of talks as if we were actually dating, and we've only met once... both kind of drunk... so I don't know if the only right thing to do would be to stay chaste until I get back to Tokyo (at the current state that would mean ripping all his clothes off in the elevator at Tokyo Tower, I'm only being honest here), or if it's allright to have some fun with this... kind of insanely hot Osaka-gyaruo who I have no intention of really dating anyway but... kind of... drives me crazy...
I feel like when I blog lately it seems like I'm dating a hundred people, but it's not really like that... I don't want to be a player, not with him, but I don't want to give it all up for something that might not turn into anything anyway...


komatta....

Here's an update...

For various reasons I havn't been able to post here for waaay too long, and I'm sorry about that.
To sum up my time in Japan this far it's been a lot of fun.
When I came here I lived at my ex-boyfriend, Tomos house but luckily I got an invite from my friend Mina that I could come stay with her.
Her apartment is a lot warmer and brighter, and I feel alot easier at mind here.
Not that I don't like being with Tomo. I think I still have feelings for him, but right now I can't date him. I have to figure out what is really right for me first, because breaking up again would just be too painful.
I know he probably want wait forever, and I don't want him to, but I can't rush back into it.

My band (Salty Dog) had our first live the other day, and it was great!
It was only a school festival at my old university, but it was so much fun and everyone seemed to enjouy themselves. Can't wait for our next one in just a few days.

I've been to some concerts myself too. First I went with some of my kouhais to see Ayabie (kind of crippled by the lack of vocals, and I love Yumehito and all, but he is not really as good at singing as he is on the recording for the new song!), Megamasso and Zoro. Also playing were BORN (who I totally fell in love with), SuG (who at least had a fun show) and Lolita 23ku who I unfortunately didn't get to see all of, because my friends had to go all the way back to Togane, where they live, and that's really far!
Yesterday, the 12. of December, I went to see 12012. Really nervous about wether there would be a message that they were breaking up.
But there wasn't! I'm not really sure if there was a decicion of wether to continue either, but from what I've gathered they still havn't decided. But Wataru talked alot about looking towards the future and stuff. The concert was basically a goodbye to Yuusuke, which is really really sad, but he was so cool until the end, and he said he didn't want to see our crying faces. It really made me smile through the tears.
The only one who looked unusually serious was Tohru, like he wasn't in on this at all. I hope he's allright, I know he really really wants the band to go on. So do I. But I had sweet dreams last night.

I've been kind of dating this kind of useless gyaruo for a few weeks. My friends call him Shinjuku, because he claims to be "shinjuku-kei" and not Shibuya-kei, though nobody really seems to see any difference. I know, all the time I spend badmouthing gyaryuo, and then I go off dating one. "dating", by the way. Can't say my impression has gotten any better either :p
He's very selfish, hardly ever carrys my food tray and stuff, and he's really not the brightest guy... he didn't know the true meaning of the word "fuck"(even though he really should) and he read the kanjis for Keyo-line as Keba-line. Seriously XDXD
He's also very stingy, wchich is what surprised me the most. Except for the fact that he isnists that we're dating, ofcourse. Why is he making such an effort when I'm completely ok (actually a lot better) with just being playmates. So why do I keep him around? Hmmm, 'cause I'm stupid and he is really cute and I really want a cute guy to warm my bed^^;; God, I suck XD

I've been to a few dates with other guys, but I am just too focused on looks. And I can't seem to like anyone who's not younger than me. The exception being this dude Kaworu, who I7ve been to one date with and really had a great time. He's actually quite abit older than me but he likes visual kei and he really reminds me of Daisuke lookwise, except he has a very bright personallity.
There's only one thing, he's a host by profession (but our date wasn't work), so becoming his girlfriend is completely out of the question, and for precaution I've also decided to assume anything he sais is actually a lie, even if he sounds really senciere.
I would like to meet him again though.

So yeah... guy trouble :p
Not as much as mye friend Sayaka though, but she ended up with a guy she's liked for a long time, even if he wasn't her ideal and all. I really hope it'll turn out all right, because she really needs that now^^

Tomorrow my BFF will finally be here, and I'm looking forward to meeting her! The busy days will go on from here, with my brthday and our concert and Disney Land with a few friends and concerts with Cats favourite band, Roach (hmm, seems like there's no time to meet my host...).
I'm a bit nervous about my birthday, because I realized I've told a lot of guys that I'm 22 XD It scares me how easy I lie about my age these days and I think my plan for the new year will be not to tell so many lies.

It should be all good from here, only my other wisedomtooth has started to hurt and I'm scared I might have to have it yanked out here in Japan, by a dentist I don't know. I'm a real coward when it comes to this.
I havn't daret to tell my mom this yet, because I don't want her to worry about me. So I havn't written it in my norwegian blog. I'm still hoping it will blow over this time though, I had a lot of pains in the other one before it got really bad, but it kind of clouds my days.
I don't know anyone who knows how to set up a dentist appointment. And I don't really have time to walk around with a swollen face, not being able to eat anything but italian pizza... Can't it just hold on till I get back to Norway??
Why do I always put things off?

Anyways, sorry, no pictures in this post, I'm kind of in a hurry. Maybe I'll post some later^^

I am a material girl

First of all, this lives in our apartment...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

It's huge. It's like a fucking baby tarantula! I have never seen a wild spider this huge, not inside anyway! At first I thought it was a Halloween decoration, but then it moved.

My.God. ...

Ahm, not really related, I had kind of a scattered Saturday. I would have wanted to go to Togane to hang with my friend Petter who'd come over from Osaka, but had already promised Tomo to hang out. We were supposed to have a studio session, only we hadn't booked ahed so there was nothing free on a Saturday.

I was kind of happy about that, 'cause I really wasn't in the mood for an accustic session. We play punk! There doesn't seem to be much point in going in just the two of us without the band.
So instead we went to a Starbucks, 'cause I hadn't had a cup of tea for days. Seriously!

And we also went to my favourite pasta restaurant, I think it's called Gokon.

I know it looks kind of green and yucky, but it's really just amazingly delicious!

Happeeeeeee....^^

We hung around in Chiba for a while, and went to PARCO to see our friend Shun, who'd just gotten a job at a clothing store. He has to dress like a gyruo for work, it' really funny. Though I actually have to say he looks really handsome. Business was really slow that day though, and he didn't have enough money for the train back XD He's a bit too impulsive for his own good I think.

After talking to Shun we went to the top floor where Tomo went to a guitar shop, and I went to TOWER RECORDS.

Found this poster:

I kind of want one^^

And I bought this:

Small picture :p it's Nieche Syndrome byt ONE OK ROCK.

Tomo and also his brother, who had invited himself to Tomos apartment that day, could not understand for the life of them, why I'd bought a cd that was already in my iPod.

I like cds, ok? I like owning^^

Then we went to karaoke, and now my throut hurts. I'm fearing it's not just the singing... damn.

Anyway, here's a little drop of sugar from Nieche Syndrome, Jibun Rock:

I wanna dance with somebody

So on Friday I went to an izakaya (that's like a drinking place where the food is just as important) with my friends Mina and Sayaka, who I hadn't seen in forever. The last time I was in Japan I had just started seeing a new guy and wasn't exactly sure what to tell them, so I didn't contact them. I've decided to take better care of my girl-girl relationships, after all, friendships are frever.
Oops, blurry :P
Which is ironic, 'cause this one's without alcohol. We just all had to have one of these 'cause they were amazing!
It was so nice seeing Sayaka and Mina again! Who sais you can't have real girl talk with japanese girls? They're not as blank and boring as some people think.
I had forgotten how funny Sayakas personallity is, she just blurts out what she's thinking, and she gets so excited about thingsXD
And Mina sais it's ok fr me to stay at her place, which is good, because staying with Tomo is just... not a good idea.
I asked her that she'd ask her boyfriend, Ryo first though, even though he doesn't live there with her now. I hope it's ok, she hasn't contacted me yet...
From the izakaya.
Mina was getting up early the next morning, and Sayaka really had a cold (though you really couldn't tell) so we couldn't stay all night. Even so, we ended it all just a little bit too late for me to catch a train to Tokyo.
Michelle and some of the kouhais had invited me to a club that same night, and I really wanted to go. I love dancing! I want t dance! And... to be blunt I really want to hook up with someone. There are SO many attractive men here compared to Norway XD
But yeah, so I called Tomo, and he was just on his way out f the house and said he'd come pick me up on his way to T.A.T.s house. I love that he has a car now ^^
T.A.T. is Tomos rapper friend from school, and Tomo was coming over to dye his hair. He had apparently failed to tell him I was coming along because when we got there he was in the showerXD
I turned my back when he came out though, and apparrently he'd brought his shorts in to the bath room 'cause he'd put them on when he came back out. Poor guy XDXD

His hair is getting really thin at the top, even though he's only like 22-23, but he still insists on coloring his hair. Only a light shade of brown though, so no heavy shit, but even so, Tomo and were pretty excited to see if his hair had fallen off when he'd washed the color out.
Luckily it was still there, but the strands of his hair are so thin it's amazing. Even though he's asian! Well, half asian, I think. He looks very japanese anyway.

Oh, and apparently they had a tradition at the izakaya we were at, that the ladies always got a flower when they left.
I love flowers!

a night filled with idols, at O-east

So far I havn't wasted any time I Japan. I went shopping in Chiba City the same day I arrived and yesterday I went to Tokyo with my kouhais (like... underclassmen?:P) Kristoffer and Karen.
Waiting for the train this dude suddenly sist down next to me and starts asking if I'm japanese, where I'm from, how long am I here for and could he possably get my e-mail XD I'd forgotten what it feels like to be nampaed (picked up). He was decent-looking though so I let him have the adress. Turns out he's 19 ^^; I havn't told him my age.

Anyway, going to Tokyo took longer than I remembered, and I'd kind of overdone it when I said I remembered the way to the venue, but we finally arrived at...

Shibuya O-east(it's kind of hard to tell from the picture).
Just missed our ticket numbers, so we ran inside, put awy our stuff and were concert ready just as the first band started.
They were called Born, and call me a granny but I'd never heard of them before. I do think I'll be hearing them again though, 'cause they were awsome!

I'm usually a real wuzz at japanese concerts. Somehow the miniature fangirls with their nazi system and strange manners vaporizes my courage. But Karen didn't care and she wanted to see Born up close, so she pushed past everyone, somehow that gave me a push to do the same, so we got really close and still had an awsome view, since mostly everyne are really short XD

The next band was one of the ones's I was there for, Megamasso.

Ofcourse they were brilliant. They really have a beautiful clean pop-sound and everyone is just damn talented. Even the stand-in drummer was really good^^

Born had had a few feed-back problems, but they were all gone by the time Megamasso came on.

They even played Lips! My favourite song by them (and one of Kristoffers least fevourite songs ever XD).

Next out was Zoro, who were kind of my main band of the main bands, the one I stated I was there for when we entered.

Of course, they just rocked... and raved at the same time, 'cause that's what they do.

They started out with their launch hit Kitsune, which really set the mood. I really shouldn't have worn so much clothes when I knew there would be so much dancing XD

Next out, Ayabie, which is a band I've liked for a long time, but never had a chance to see. I thought this might be my last chance, since their vocalist(and my favourite member), Aoi, is quitting the band. Turns out though he already had quit... the vocals were done by the newest member, guitarist Yumehito...

It was a bit dissappointing, but also kind of unique. Yumehito is not a very good singer, but he had all the vocalist-moves in. If I didn't know better, I'd think he'd been practicing his vocal debut for years in front of the mirror >__>

So Ayabie didn't really sound much like Ayabie, but the songs are still very good! And everybody looked so cute, I just have to mention that.

Next up was SuG. Not a band that I'm a huge fan of, their music doesn't at all live up to the enormous hype they've gotten from being on PSCompany and... basically having the cutest vocalist ever. But I knew their performance would be well worth watching.

I wasn't wrong.
First of all, I've never really noticed any of the other members of SuG because they're usually in visual kei, while vocalist Takeru with his 1000W smile is in flashy oshare, but the bass player really brings the hotness. Takeru, even though he might not be Pavarotti, is an amazing fashionisto and style icon. I've never seen so many original twists on oshare kei as with him. And they're all so energetic! I'm not sure how they manage to bounce that much for 30 minutes (though Tkaeru menitoned something about getting fired up from looking up under Zoro bassist Tatsuhis skirt... it really was shamefully short this evening XD). I think the best part was when Takeru lay down on the floor, banging it with his fists and feet like a little brat. That will always be SuG to me.

The main band of the event was Lolita23ku, a band that I used to be a big fan of, but I kind of gave up when they got a new vocalist (even though my favourite have always been the ugly-ass drummer, Ban). I havn't listened to them in a while, and we didn't actually have the time to stay and watch them.
We did see the first song though and I immediately thought about staying in Tokyo for the night. They're even more awsome now! It really hurt to have to leave, but I decided I couldn't stay there alone, and I didn't feel I could aske any of the others to stay out with me all night.
Next time though, for sure!

Oustide, as usual, was a crowd of "less famous" rockers, handing out flyers for their concerts. I saw a couple of guys that I'm "friends" with on Ameba, but I was too shy to talk to them. I looked like shit anyway. But a bit futher up I was handed a flyer for Danger Gang. I turned around and saw that it was Thera! I really hadn't recognized her until I saw the flyer, 'cause she was all casual and stuff XD
I gathered my guts and I'm so happy I talked to her. Got our picture taken too :D
I said I would try to go to their concert, unfortunately there's only one on the tour that I have a chance to see.
Also, after taking off I realized that Rei, the drummer, was standing on the other side of the road, and I felt kind of bad. I never recognize her, she's just so much more beautiful in real life than in pictures. Would have been awsome if she was in the picture too.

Here's my new friend, Karen too, with Thera.

Today I'm going out with a couple of girlfriends I havn't hung with in forever, Mina and Sayaka. Looking forward to it :D

Going back

So, two days ago I was finally off to Japan.
My mom gave me a ride to Oslo airport, and since I was stopping at London Heathrow she graced me with left over pounds from her last trip to England. It was like 50 pounds!
The flight to Heathrow was kind of horrible. There was so much turbulence I actually felt the fear of death creeping up on for real. And (not that it's comparable) the couple in the seat in front of me couldn't keep it in their pants.
I'm all for public display of affection if it means holding hands or sleeping on shoulders or maybe a peck now and then on the lips or the forehead, but when you're strapped into a seat, practically n top of people, you can keep yourself from loud slurpy open mouth kissing for the roughly two hours from Oslo to London. Just saying.
When I got to Heathrow I put my money to use. For some reason they don't seem to have trolleys there anymore, wich made my shopping a bit of a pain because my hand luggage was humongus! But after wandering back and forth and trying out different things I decided to go for a MAC concealer and Royal Desire, by Christina Aguilera. I hadn't brought perfume, becuse I was planning to buy it at the tax free. There were lots of other candidates, but I really like this one! It smells really nice, and the bottle is cute too. Not to mention it was one of the most affordable ones I found. And it's perfume, not au de toilette.
Also got something to eat and sat down to wait. Fortunately my plane to Tokyo was leaving from the same terminal as I had landed on.

The trip to Tokyo was less eventfull, luckily. We were circling on the ground for like an hour, and when we finally got in the air the entertainment systems didn't work at first, but I was so tired from my last few days of stress in Norway that I slept through most of this.

Then I watched Almost Famous (which I liked better than the first time I saw it) and Pocahontas (my god I forgot how great cartoons used to be! I laughed and cried like an idiot XD) and Indespicable me (which was actually really funny, I loved it).

The food wasn't much to sing about, but the dessert was delish!

Vanilla creme brule, halleluya O.O

Landing at Narita Airport I felt kind of lost. For the first time there wouldn't be anyone to greet me, because Tomo had gotten the dates wrong and couldn't come on the 3rd. So I wheeled my trolley out in the arrival hall, not sure where to start on getting back to life in Japan, when suddenly I heard my name.

At first I thught I was dreaming, but when I turned around, there was Mario! The guitarist from our band. Very much blonder than the last time I saw him XD
I was so happy I almost cried, seriously!

lol.

We found an ATM, something to eat and went to a Softbank store to get the phone working. I'd borrowed Jacks prepaid one, and I have never used a prepaid before, or a Softbank. Then we got on the train back towards Chiba.

I didn't have time to write about it, but Sana, who I was supposed to live with, actually cancelled on me two days before my leaving Oslo. She's doing the stupid work programme, and apparrently got in a huge fight with her boyfriend who wanted her to concentrate more on that and everything. I always had a back-up plan, because Tomo offered me to live at his place. Tomo is my ex-boyfriend, so I didn't really want to take him up on it, but intil futher notice, that is my adress.

Mario carried my bag, thank god, it was 13 kilos wich according to Ciliee isn't very heavy, but it is to me ok?XD and he helped me get a taxi from Hon Chiba station, and even paid. He really didn't have to do that I', filthy stinking rich at the moment, because my parents are just way too nice to me.

And here I am. Back in Japan.

My naked ear!

So I've been having this plug-pierce in my ear for a few years (I don't know what it's called in english), and have kinda wanted it gone for some time. See, it's from my oshare kei period, and it really doesn't go with my style anymore.
So this weekend, I took action!
Since it's narrow at the midle the ear has knd of grown "shut" on it XD This is all so disgusting when you have to put it into words.
So anyway, I stuck a toothpic in there every tme I remmbered (it's not like you can sleep with a toothpick stuck in your ear, right), and on Sunday, I finally popped it out, with some effort I might add.
Now don't that just look beautuful XD
Here's the purpetrator:
Yay, wrinkly shower fingers :D
See why it was so hard to get it out?
I still wuld love to have a plug though, if it's something that actually fits my syle. Most of all I would love to mage a rose-plug out of Fimo, but I tink it has toxins that you might no want that close to your skin. Smething in gold or pastel would also work, but the whole seems to be closing pretty fast, so maybe it'll just disappear before I find the perfect piece.

どんなあなたも愛していたい

So, maybe it's time I tell you about he bad things that happened last week.
I know i doesn't sound like a big deal to most people, but you have to promise not to laugh at me.

The thing is, Yuusuke announced he's leaving 12012 after this tour...
All of a sudden he's just out. And as much as I love Yuusuke and can't really imagine the band without him, the worst part is actally that the band "can't yet decide" wether they want to keep going without him. In other words 12012, my favourite band in the whole wide world, might very possably be breaking up.
It's ike Kagerou all over again, only it might actually be worse... Partly because Kagerou always had this very negative vibe about verything they did, like the end was always ust around the bend and partly because I've had the chance to get even deeper into 12, with understanding more of the lyrics and getting to know the better.
Nevertheless I cried for two-three days when Kagerou broke up, and even more at the last concerts.

See, a favourite band like this is more than just cool music. And to put it in a ridiculously romantic way, it's like unconditional love. Kinda like a partner who will always be there to comfort you no matter if you deserve it or not. And I swear, they have a song that goes with EVERY emotion I can recall ever having! Not just sad, angry, happy, but the kind that you need a whole sentence to describe too. And that's just the music. With visual kei, there is always even more.

How can some bands become this important to us? I don't know if most people have a band or group that means this much to them, but I know some people who do, so it's not just me.
I don't really remember when or how I got this into it.
And I don't know if or how I'll ever find another band that can take that place in my heart...

Of course I'm hoping for the best, but I can't really bring myself to believe in it.
Luckily, my wonderful ex got it together to get me a ticket for the possably last 12012 live ever, the 12.th of December this year.

Halloween Halloween Halloween Halloween

Yesterday I woke up with a fever again. I feel I'm getting sick a lot lately, but I guess it just feels that way because it sucks to spend a day off lying on the coutch. I wasn't even able to draw, and that is a lot of time wasted.
I did get myself out of the house though. With some idea that there was something I needed I headed for the town mall, all by my oncey.
I do need a new concealer, and I kinda need gloves and new pantsu, but I just couldn't bring myself to make a decicion about any of these things.
Heading for the exit I saw a store called Nille, which is kind of a bagain shop, and I remembered I really needed to do some Halloween shopping!
Yay! Halloween onions!
This all costed me 70 NOK (like 7.60 pounds?). I'm not going to spend a lot of money on Halloween costume, not this year anyway.
All I'm missing is dreads (which I can hopefully borrow), and a wooden club XD
And what am I gonna be?
A caveman! Well, cavewoman.
And since it's a J-fash Halloween party we are all supposed to be inspired by a j-fashion style. The only thing I could sort of fit my outfit into, except for gyaru (but of course, EVERYONE's doing gyaru) is ... cyber...
It's a style I've only (tentatively)done like once, and also it's based a lot upon bright colours, and my cavewoman outfit it all brown and beige, so it'll be a challange :p

Ghost Walk

This week-end has been packed full of birthdays! Could be worse, right?
I decided to split up the blogging, because each birhday-girl deserves their own, right.
On Friday was my friend Jacks party.
This is the drawing for the card I made for her.

Since she's turning half a century she wanted to take the birthday party experience one step futher, and started up with a "ghost walk" in the streets of Oslo.
I was working until five, but called in some favours and got to leave early, so I was there just on time (to me that would mean "not that late"). And they all laughed at me because I was wearing hot pants... let me just mention that my tights were 80% wool!

We're not far enough into winter for it to really be dark at five yet, so the whole thing wasn't all that scary, but it was both entertaining and educational.
Amongst other things I learned that there was a real mass grave (I don't know what you call it in english? When you throw lots of people anonymously into one grave) right here in Oslo, from Napoleons time. And also, I learned that Oslo, back when it was called Christiania, was a safe shore for a group of pirates who had been given the right to plunder by some high and mighty dude. Just like Tortuga!

But most of the tour was, of course, inside Akershus Festning (the fortress of Oslo).
The old fortress is really a very beautiful place, and in summer we often gather here for picknics or barbeques. It is also perfect for romantic (and slightly dangerous) walks, and has an amazing wiev over the Oslo fjord (which, by the way isn't a real fjord, but part of the ocean XD).
But! As it is ancient, not to mention an old place of war, it is also widely known for being haunted.
Here we are on the bridge, leading in to the fortress.
And here's a guard, giving his phone number to some random guy XD
This is, believe it or not, the old entrence to the fortress. This tiny opening was the only way in!
I should have had a picture from the other side, because the door leads out into nothing now, and it looks kinda funny ^^
My friends, looking kinda nervous. I don't think they really were though, just curious.
And here's a picture of Norway by fall. It is really breathtakingly beautiful outside now. I wonder if the autumn always looked like this and I jsut never realized. Maybe my eyes have matured.
And here's the group, gathered in the place that is said to be the spot of the execution of Norways most famous traitor from World War II. The place have been kept secret for a very long time, because they didn't want nazis scum to make this into some kind of holy place. The tourleader had heard from an old man who came on the Ghost Walk once, and that man had actually served here during the war! I guess it's ok to say now though... maybe. I didn't mention it in my norwegian blog.

I always thought that the Fortress was the most haunted place in Oslo, but aparrently that's not true.
The end of the Ghost walk lead us to this hotel:
Grims Grenka, in case you ever want to go to Oslo and live in a haunted house XD
So many wierd things are said to have happened here, and the ghoswalk-dude, who was actually a real ghost enthusiast (I've heard him on the radio once) had done intervjues with old staff members and stuff. One person told him that this hotel had once changed the ENTIRE staff in one year, because nobody could stand working there!
He also told us about things that he had experienced in there, because earlier they had actually been allowed to take the Ghostwalk into the hotel!
I'm kinda bummed out and kinda happy that we couldn't go in anymore.

Even though it had been fun I think we were all happy when we could finally head for the restaurant, 'cause we were all very cold and very hungry.
On the way we saw this in a gallery. You can't really tell, but it's made out of the bags from cardboard wine XD If my mom ever gets married again I have to recomend this as her weddingdress XD She's like the goddess of red wine.
This is Ciliee, as always reluctant to having her picture taken XD

We were going to a restaurant called Lemongrass. When I've seen it from the outside I've always thought it was an expencive café, but it's a carrabean restaurant. I've never had carrabean food before, but since we were about fifteen people, Jack had sent us the meny the week before so we could order ahed.
First of all Cilliee and I got a lot of questions about our fancy drinks...
which were actually water. They let us keep the pre-order waterglasses, so we could feel more like grown-ups.
My dish was called Nut Chicken.
This picture was taken before I got my coconut milk. I'll forgive them for forgetting it, because it was obviously a very busy night, and all the girls around me also got the same dish. Except for Cilliee, who's got a very nasty allergy to nuts. She'd really picked the perfect place to sit XD
Also, out waitress was so sweet! And she apologized again and again for the slip up.
The food was delish! Only bad thing I could say about this restaurant is that they were very slow with the food. Even though we'd ordered ahed it took like an hour before we got our apetizers...

After a while we could skooch up the table to sit with Cat and Jack and Oda and Julie. And order dessert.
And Jack got her birfday-cake :D
This was my non-birfday cake^^
It's coconut sorbet with frozen chocolate, or Coco Choco. I even ate the cocktail berry, I've never eaten a cocktail berry before.
Coconut is so mai buumu.
Before we left I also had to get a picture of this:
Is that not the most amazing chandelear ever!?
The place was generally very my cup of tea. We even had big heavy princess chairs to sit in at the table^^