Radio Hexi

Ok so LAST NIGHT i was very very very amused. Avenue Q is amazing. you should all go see it right now. i was crying with laughter. so good.

but no, what i’m complaining about is that i got an email from amazon promoting 25% off of a new book soon-to-be-released called The Otaku Encyclopedia.

It says that people into Japanese pop culture are throwing the terms geek and nerd aside and calling them selves otaku instead. with pride.

first of all….. i like referring to myself as a geek. because that’s what i am. i complete geek of anything associated with japan. i also like calling myself a Japanophile cause basically, that’s what i am.

the one thing i am NOT is an otaku. i wish western people would get it into their heads that Otaku is actually a really insulting word in Japan and not something you’d call someone you’d meet at a convention (a: because they’re a stranger and it’s insulting and b: if they’re out they aren’t really one seeing as the word literally translates as “at home” etc)
it’s not a nice word and if someone in japan were to actually call you that, unless you were close to them or knew them well, it wouldn’t be as a joke or meant in a particularly nice way.

so why are these people using such a bad word to describe themselves? if they are fans of japanese culture why haven’t they picked up on this yet?

it drives me insane.

unless it’s taken on a new meaning since being used here. i guess there are plenty of words the japanese have take from our language and it’s come to mean something different………

in anycase. it frustrates me.

but the book looks pretty interesting…….

So after yesterday’s awesome filled post of awesome. i now have to love and leave everyone.

Spending a week at uni in bournemouth for a summer study course and i leave today! whoop!

so no updates this week.

who’s betting that Platinum 9 Disco and 20’s Time turn up while i’m away? and i’ll have to wait yet another week to see them.
joy.

but i guess having them here waiting for me will be nice when i get back.
^^

so love and kisses and see you in a week! ^_^V

ok so actually it’s more like 90% finished but i ran out of time. but the thing transforms and is still awesome so there!!

photos and video to come!

Thank you After School

So Shirow of Wotakunow has made a Hello! Project quiz on facebook. as the first person to take it it’s my job to promote it. so get going.

Are You a Hello! Project Expert

I got Master Wota! ^_^V

coulda told you that myself.

^_^

…. the top searched words to find my blog have been “emo cake”

’scuse me WUT?

Emo Cake?!

WTF?

not me!!!

i got my uni house today. with 4 other girls. we need one more to bring the rent down but other than that it’s all good.

i have the second smallest room (>A<) but it's ok, i don't really mind, someone had to get it with rearranging the furniture it could be good.

it'll be fiiiiiine.
it'll be weird not having as much stuff though. XD

my boyfriend feels better about letting me go too.
he's happy with the girls and the house so it's ok.
^^

bless him he was so worried.
but yay! i have somewhere to live next year! XD