grumbling

[winter]

Lessons learned yesterday:

• despite everything, everyone likes to look at Gackt
  
  
• Japanese rockers are WEIRD in ways that defy description
  
  
• Mana does talk @_@
  
  
• look up exotic foods before eating them; if I'd known how much citric acid umeboshi contain, it'd have saved me quite a bit of torture :S

I also now have everything I need for the trip - if not exactly bought, then hunted down and I know where to get them, including a jacket that actually fits my shoulders. I saw the most gorgeous EGL umbrellas at the H&M in Galeria Centrum, as well as a reasonably priced corset (89 PLN) - astarise, mayoini, you might want to check them out.

Comments

[shisakura.livejournal.com]

Gackt is pretty, even I admit that :P And some of those photos were so nice that I was actually considering making a layout with them XD;; And umeboshi are yummy ;D Ne, ne, photos? >>

[winter]

Not to someone who's citric-acid-intolerant >.<

Photos up in a little bit.

[shisakura.livejournal.com]

Aww~ *petpet* :P

Ahh'kay... :D

[astarise.livejournal.com]

Japanese rockers' fans can be even weirder. I mean uh.. some of them, that is... *looks around innocently* ^^;

Ah! Parasols/umbrellas! Corsets! Wahhh don't say such things when I have no money X__X~!
Seriously though, thank You~ I definitely will check these things out soon >D

[luinar.livejournal.com]

That's because Gackt is a wonderous thing of beauty and must be worshipped!!!

...o_O I'm not obsessed!!!

[winter]

Heh. Do you have the "ultimate 1999-2004 Gackt photobook"? With 500 pages it kept us entranced for a long time!

[luinar.livejournal.com]

..... *cries with jealously* ;_; ;_; ;_;

[winter]

I guess you don't have a Kinokuniya... Mada took photos in the one in Tokyo and I was like "gah want!!!!", too :)

[luinar.livejournal.com]

No! What's that *total ignorance* :O!!!!!!

[winter]

A chain of bookstores - in Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia and US. They sell all sorts of Japanese books, videos and magazines - including J-pop and J-rock stuff. There's a place like that in Paris too, Astarise bought a great issue of a magazine with a MUCC photoshoot there... I'll do some digging, maybe there's an importer in Dublin too.

[luinar.livejournal.com]

..... I think I've just found a new mission in life!!! :D

[mayoini.livejournal.com]

Haha~ Actually I just bought THAT in a normal magazine/book store together with all the other magazines... xD And the photo was from BOOK-OFF, where they sell second-hand everything, cds, books, manga and everything. Right.

Umeboshi weren't good for you? Aaaw~ I think they weren't sour/salty at all, they've lost it! T_T I'm waiting for my (NEW! MORE! FRESH! SUPPAAAA~I!!!xD) umeboshi to come from Japan. They'll also bring my friend with them. Lovely. xD

[winter]

The umeboshi thing is that they have citric acid in them :S I think I'd react the same whether they were fresh or not... I'm certainly not going to risk it again!

[mayoini.livejournal.com]

Too bad. well, let me tell you, compared to fresh homemade umeboshi, the ones we ate we nothing, really NOTHING. O_O; Japanese people LOVE to experiment on foreigners. "Ohohoho~ Purizu torai dis, veri gud, japan fod, yes!" O_O; Don't let them fool you! Ahaha~ My mouth went through all the flavours, some of them I would prefer not to know.. ^_^;;; Umeboshi are so tasty~ *_*