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My banner says Friends only, but that is only for my more personal entries. If you have stumbled here for my Kanjani8 video blog, you do not have to have me add you as a friend. Just add me to see my vlog entries. Please be advised though, If you comment and I add you as a friend, PLEASE INTERACT WITH ME. Even if you do not update your own Journal and just look at other people's entries, I ask you to comment periodically. Don't be a stranger! ^_^

Be sure we have at least one thing in common before adding me. That is all I ask. I love to make new friends though! <3!

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Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Kanjani8- Rolling Coaster

*I realized after posting the previous entry last night that it was a bit confusing on what you guys had to do. So, please read below because I have revised it*

Okay . . . I am jumping the gun here because I have been thinking about this for a while now. I just mentioned this in my last entry I poster today, but I feel the need to take my f-list down a bit. I want to know my flist better and I have made a friending policy to help with that:

My Journal is Friends Only. I post vlogs for Kanjani here, but those are on a masterpost that will be updated with new episodes every week. Those are open to the public anytime.

I will not add you back as a friend unless you comment on my intro-post. Simple as that.

*note that commenting on the intro post is for new friend prospects only! If you are already my friend here, you do not have to worry about that*

Guidelines:

1. Please interact with me
I try my hardest to comment on your posts, so I assume that if you want to be my friend, you are interested in what I talk about. So please comment if you can. I don't expect you to comment on every post, but please comment sometimes.

2. No bashing what I say please
I appreciate if you have an opinion on what I have to say, but please say it kindly is all I ask. I respect other people's opinions and I expect the same respect from you.

3. I make periodic friend cuts.
This is for me to do clean up sometimes if I feel like certain people are not putting effort into interacting with me. I don't post a lot so I don't think it would be too hard to put in that effort.

4. No empty journals
Update please. Not all the time, but I don't want friends that I do not interact with. I know people are busy sometimes, but friends lists are made for mutual interaction in my opinion. If you comment on my intro post with an empty journal I will not add you back unless you comment saying you are new or have a good reason behind it. I am very skeptical about what I post here because it has been a bit more personal lately.

That is all! I promise I do not bite at all and I am not mean. I like new friends, I just want to know the people on my friend list. Thats why I have these rules.

Have fun! <3

*Okay, here is what I am doing. I am cutting all of you. If you want me to add you back again, that means you agree to the terms above. If not, no hard feelings.

*Please comment on this entry for me to add you back.*

I appreciate your time with this and I hope to become better friends with you all!

So on my last entry, I mentioned my sucky travel itinerary . . . It has changed! Now I have a business first class ticket on a direct flight from Huston! This is my itinerary now:

5:10 am Orlando to Charlotte
7:00 am Charlotte to Houston
10:45 am Houston to Narita

I get into Japan on the 28th and I will make it to all the days of the concert! I can't wait!

I think I might get people to meet before the concerts and chill! It would be fun!! Let me know if you are going and if you are interested! Its the December 30th, 31st, and 1st.

On another note though . . . I am going to to an f-cut soon. Like around Halloween. I have made a revision to my friending policy and I want everyone to read it and see if they still want to be on my f-list. I know I take forever to respond back to comments . . . but please bare with me while some changes are being made on here. My vlogs will be made public as well. . . so if anyone has a problem with me you can quietly bow out there with no hard feelings or if you simply aren't interested in what I write.

Do not respond now to this . . . I just want to let you all know ahead of time. I seem to have a lot of "silent readers" lately . . . so that is the reason I am doing this. I apologize to my new friends as well for this. I am just trying to make a new start. Thank You everyone!

I am sitting in my room bored out on my mind I have been bored out of my mind for a while now because I am done with everything I need to do until fall break (which starts on friday). I just want it to start sooo bad.

My mom got my flight to Japan today. It sucks. I have to fly to Huston on the 28th, then Canada on the 29th where I will take the plane to Japan. I won't get there until the 30th at 3:30pm . . . to Narita. Then I have to take a train to Tokyo station (an hour) and then the Shinkansen to Osaka (which takes 3 hours). No wiggle room at all to get to the concert. I hate it. I wanted to be there on the 29th so I had some buffer room in case something happens, but it looks like I am only going to the 31st and the 1st (if I get tickets . . .) I need to have EVERYTHING well planned for when I get there so that nothing happens. I hate this. I really do. Stupid miles reward tickets. *sigh*

On the other hand, I have done lots of vlogging in my spare time. Check out my master posts of the Eighter files and Lauren's world. I just posted a new episode of the Eighter Files today! I also have done another review. CHECK IT OUT!! <3

Current Mood: bored
Current Location: School
Current Music: Glee - Telephone

Yesterday and today I have had no motivation at all to do school work. I know . . . its really bad. So, I decided to watch NEWS Never Ending Wonderful Story DVD. I have to say, I love it!! It really show's NEWS's motivation right after they got off of their hiatus. That raw energy gave me some motivation, and I hope it continues to Fall Break next weekend!! I cannot wait to go home because two of my roommate are coming home with me and we are going to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Disney!! I get them into Disney for free because I am a cast member and I get them a discount to Islands of Adventure because I am an annual pass holder!!

Another thig is that I met with my mentor for my Winter Term abroad research in Japan today. I narrowed down what I am going to be researching and I need to start to write the research plan in the next few weeks and fill out the paperwork to register for the 499 research. I also have to work on the marketing plan tomorrow for my marketing class. I really don't even know where to start with that. Oh well.

Thats everything that has been going on with me lately. I just want to learn Japanese better. I really suck and I want to become fluent to do business stuff over there someday. Its not easy to keep it up, especially when I am not taking it this semester. It will be a good thing for me to go over there for a month and not be in a big city for most of the time. I am only going to go to Osaka for the concert and then going to Shikoku for the rest of the time.

Well, its off to bed for me now. I have to work a Halloween Carnival for the YMCA for my area tomorrow for my business fraternity. I will tell you guys how that goes . . .

Oh! Also, I decided to make vlogs on review of Johnnys Music. If you are interested, my first review was of the NEWS LIVE Album. Here it is!

Current Mood: moody
Current Location: School
Current Music: Tegomassu - Ai Ai Gassa

Hi Guys! Its been a crazy two weeks. So many things have happened and there are so many more things that I need to do.

The weekend of the 24th, I went to Dallas, Texas to visit my sister at her University for family weekend. It was a very stressful weekend because my sister seemed to want us there, but wasn't very nice to us. Plus, she was sick. My mom was all worried about her and I just wanted to go back to school because I couldn't deal with everything. I had school work to do as well.

This past week went by, and I had two tests on Friday. On my marketing test I ended up getting an 85, but then it was curved by 10 percentage points, and I ended up getting a 95!! I couldn't believe it! I am still waiting to get my Finance test back, and I think that I got a good grade on that one too! Even if I do do badly, the worst test gets dropped, so I can just work harder for the last two tests!

Friday, my mom came in for the weekend and she helped me with some internship stuff on saturday. I really needed the help. Also, I got to meet

zukkii !! My mom and I drove to Charlotte and we had dinner and went shopping together. It was a lot of fun! I really hope she gets the job so we can go to the Kanjani8 concert together in December!!

On some live journal housekeeping notes, I have made masterposts for the Eighter Files and Lauren's World. You can find there here along with descriptions of what the vlogs are about:

The Eighter Files

Lauren's World

Please check back there for updates because I will not be posting any on the regular feed here, only on the masterposts. This is to keep them from cluttering up my live journal.

P.S. I will be commenting a lot more now that life isn't as crazy. So look out for that!!

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: Boring Class of Doom
Current Music: Kanjani8 - LIFE~

So, this week is going to be another week from hell. I can tell. I have a test in The World in the 20th century Wednesday, 2 case studies in operations management due, internship stuff, work study stuff, and my international independent study abroad program to worry about. Its ridiculous. It really is.

First off, the school work. I have only read half of the World in the 20th century stuff and I need to read that and go over ALL the notes as well tomorrow. Not fun. In operations management, we will have completed 4 or the 7 case studies already after only 4 weeks. That is ridiculous. I hate when teachers think that their class is the ONLY class that we have. Jeeze.

Second, Internship stuff. Last week was the career and internship fair at my school. I like two companies: Transperfect and EMC Corporation for doing an internship with this summer. I REALLY need one and I need to get into the internship office to schedule and appointment to go over my resume and see how I can submit my resume again to the companies.

Third is work study. Yesterday I received an email saying that I got an interview for the America Reads job that I applied for through the work study program. The interview is tomorrow and I REALLY need to nail this so that i can get some income so that I do not spend all my savings from this summer this school year.

Last but not least is my independent study abroad program I am going to do in January. I did the paperwork finally and I go to the international office today and they wouldn't take it. I need the advisor's signature on it and he can't just sign it at a later time and he wasn't in the office. I have to go by again tomorrow. I hate when my school doesn't help me understand something like that.

On a brighter note along with that, my parents are not oppsed to the idea of me going to the Kanjani8 concert at the very end of December! I am going to discuss details with them this weekend when I go and visit my sister with them. I just need the STUPID PAPERWORK SUBMITTED. Stupid International center. rawr.

I have officially moved YouTube channels! My old channel animecheergurl has been deleted. All of the eighter files episodes are on there though. If you are new to my journal, I do a Kanjani8 vlog called the Eighter Files every week. You can find my channel here Check it out and let me know what you guys think! :D

Also, a big welcome to my new friends from the JE Autumn Friend meme. I hope you guys will enjoy my journal and such! I will enjoy getting to know you all!

Current Mood: exhausted
Current Location: School
Current Music: NEWS Live Album

So, this is an update on my life:

My University l is in full swing now for the semester. I am into the third week of classes already and I am finally getting into a routine for myself. Currently, I am sitting in my World in the 20th Century class and it is boring as hell. Really, the only reason I am taking this class is to finish my international studies minor. My other three classes are business classes.

The internship search has begun! I am doing a lot of things this week to network and find internships for this coming summer. I have two events tonight and two more tomorrow. がんばります！

Anyway, I will be visiting my younger sister the weekend after this one, the weekend of Friday the 24th. Its family weekend at her University and my parents are flying me out to Dallas to go see her with them. Honestly, I do not know what to think about this because she NEVER calls me or texts me unless she needs something or my parents tell her to. Oh well, I guess I will have to live with it.

On a better note, I have pre-ordered the Kanjani8 8uppers Album!! I got all three editions from YesAsia.com and my wallet is crying really bad. Almost $180, but they are well worth it! All the goodies that come with it is what I really want! Oh, and I have seen some spoilers for the 8uppers DVD and I am so excited! It is definitely something to look forward to!

The Eighter Files Episodes will air on TUESDAYS from now on! That is the only day I can fit it into my schedule. If it is not up on Tuesdays, then it will be up the next free day, which is Thursday. Tuesday will be the official date though.

Last, but certainly not least, I have gotten a mentor for my independent study program abroad and I will be doing research on Japanese people learning English! I don't exactly know the topic yet, but I am working on it! I cannot wait! I need to process the paperwork and stuff like that and then I will convince my parents to let me go early for the Kanjani8 concert! They are not opposed to it, but they want everything confirmed before we make plans.

I hope you all are doing well!

Current Mood: anxious
Current Location: Class
Current Music: Kanjani8 - LIFE~

Classes started the day before yesterday for me and I have officially been to all of my classes for this semester for the first time. My hardest class looks like it is gonna be Operations and supply chain management. I have three other classes: finance, marketing, and the World in the 20th century. So, I will do my best this semester!

For winter term though, I am planning an independent study abroad program through my school in Japan. My mother's cousin is a professor at a university over there (and no, I am not asian. I am full blood American . . .but I think that is obvious by now! haha) and he teaches an english, computer, and science course there. I am most likely going to go over there and help out with the english class. I would most likely be staying with him and his family or a dorm. The only thing that I need to figure out is what credit I can get for my school with that. I asked my Japanese professor yesterday about it and she said that Japanese would not work very well because it is not a language school that teaches Japanese and it would be hard for me to self study Japanese at the 300 (third year) level. So, I am going to talk with an english professor here at my university (hopefully) to see if I can get credit for a class that she teaches about teaching english to non native speakers. It would look good on my resume as well as I would improve my japanese language skills. With this, I hope to go a little bit early and go to the Kanjani8 countdown concert!!! So . . . tell me if anyone of you are planning to go! Nothing is set in stone and I won't even begin to think about going to the concert until I get this whole thing approved, though.

On another note, there are two Japanese exchange students here at my university from Kansai Gaidai university!! One boy and one girl. One of them (the boy) is going to be here for the next two years and is in my grade. I do not know about the girl though. They are both business majors (like me). I hope to see them more often! I believe I will see them again when I go to Japanese language table tomorrow!

I hope you guys are doing well! If you haven't notices, I have been lurking around a bit on your journals. I am going to do that more often now and in return, I hope you guys will interact with me more!!

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: school
Current Music: Tik Tok ~ Ke$ha

The summer is finally coming to an end and I am very happy about it. As all of you know, I was a Photopass Photographer for Disney this summer and it has been an experience. When I look at my class schedule now, I have only 2 1 hour and 10 minute classes and 2 1 hour and 40 minute classes. For Disney, I went 2 and a half hours out in the hot sun taking pictures. It has made my endurance so much better and has made me realize that sitting in class for that long is nothing. I am ready and able to pay attention in classes and I am going to do as best as I can this school year. I have three awesome roommates and I live in an amazing apartment. I am not going to accept anything less than my best this semester.

Also, there are so many opportunities for me this school year that I need to conserve every penny that I made this summer. I am not spending anything at all this school year. I am not gonna tell you guys about it yet, because it is not finalized at all yet, but I might be doing something special in January. Some of my close friends on here know about it (I think . . .) but please don't give anything away if you do. I want to finalize things and get it approved before telling you all. Don't worry! You all will know in time wether It get approves or not! ^_^

I hope you all will comment and interact with me more because from now, I am going to do the same with you all. Remember, the friend cut still stands coming up soon. I am giving people the opportunity to interact with me first before I cut you. That only means though that you will not see my personal entries. The vlogs will all be unlocked and stuff so you don't have to read my personal entries if you do not want to. Speaking of vlogs, they will be starting up again soon too, starting with the Yokoyama episode of the Eighter Files. I will also make one about LIFE! I have so much to talk about on here! I hope you guys will read and interact with me!

Here is my contact information if you want to interact with me more:

Twitter: twitter.com/nihonchique
AIM: animecheergurl24

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Location: School
Current Music: Kiss Kiss Fall in Love! ~ Ouran High School Host Club

Today I felt like crap. I went to bed last night around 11:30 because I was too tired to study anymore and then woke up at 5:00 am to study again for my Japanese test and Astronomy test. Last year was the first year that I lived in North Carolina (because of school of course). I ended up developing allergies here. Last year, I got a really bad ear infection because my ear couldn't drain from the allergies congesting my sinuses. Its the same this year too. I realized a few days ago that it is the exact time last year that I am sick right now. So, I am once again on the same regiment of Musinex D and Flonaise as last year until I go home on May 18th. Stupid allergies. They are messing me up so bad. I never had allergies at home in Florida. I think it is some sort of plant that is here that that is not in Florida that is causing this.

So, after taking both of my tests I was exhausted and hungry. I went back to my room and I watched the first episode of Kaibutsu-kun while eating and then took a nap. My mom called me in the middle of it and I woke up feeling crappy still. After I got off the phone with her, I laid down on the living room couch and watched the KJ8 47 tour DVD for a bit then changed it to the Puzzle DVD (which I am watching right now). It is by far my favorite KJ8 Concert, part of the reason being that I saw it in person this past summer. Seeing that concert in person is what really made me an eighter! I remember back to when I was in Japan last summer with Reiko and when i was at Tokyo Dome searching for tickets for the Puzzle tour. At that time, I thought it would be okay if I didn't see it. I had seen KAT-TUN the day before in Osaka and KJ8 was not my favorite group at the time. I had only been into them since that April when the Puzzle album came out. Now, I would have been so pissed if I wasn't able to go to it. I love Kanjani8 so much. I think they are greatly underestimated and swept under the carpet a lot. I am so glad there has been so much activity from them this year. They deserve it. They are my best medicine when I am not feeling well, when I am in a bad mood, when I have a crappy day or when just need a good laugh. I feel so lucky to have gone to Japan the amount of times that I have had and that I have also seen two Johnnys groups within a year of being a fan of Johnnys. Not that many people have that opportunity and I am grateful that I come from a great family that is able to provide that for me. Some people may see me as spoiled, but I think that I truly appreciate everything that is given to me for the most part.

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Thank you Kanjani8 for bringing me happiness and those couple more laughs that I need in my life.

Current Mood: sick
Current Location: School
Current Music: Kanjani8- Brule

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What a long two weeks!
Woes, Woes, and more Woes
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Recent Entries

Intro Post!!!

REVISED Friending Policy and FCut

Japan!

Boredom and Bad Airplane Flight Itineraries

NEWS Never Ending Wonderful Story and Fall Break

What a long two weeks!

Woes, Woes, and more Woes

School Days

Fall 2010 Has Begun

Wake me up when September ends

Kanjani8 is the best Medicine in the World