I'd rather not talk much about what's been continuing to go on in my head. I'll just say now that the idea of having a roommate has given me an ulcer(seriously). And guess what? There's nothing I can do about it.
So, for tonight, seeing as how it's already 2:13, I'm going to talk about a couple other things for a short while.
I mostly just wanted to write because I found the silliest watermelon themed photo for this entry. I mean, what? That was in the pile of AAA images I was looking through. Is that a member or something? Sorry, I've just started listening to AAA, so I don't know them very well yet.
"I hate mosquitoes. They like to bite me." -Shonen Knife
Kristi gave me a CD with all of their current songs. They are the best group ever. I mean, yeah, everyone hates mosquitoes. Only Shonen Knife would ever write a song about them and get away with it.
Lately, I've been trying to figure out what songs Shojo Explosion is going to be doing over the summer. We have some more new members, but have also lost quite a few of the old ones. As for now, the total member line-up is 7 people. That's pretty good, if you ask me. The total people we have, those who have resigned, and those who are inactive, is 14. Pretty cool! Wouldn't it be amazing if we could all do a song together someday? Kind of like an, "All for One and One for All". We've been discussing ... a top secret project for a while now. Maybe I'll fill you in sometime when the plan becomes a little more solid.
As for getting everyone together, since using Rachael's studio, which has made things so much for efficient(we learned most of Otoko Tomodachi on the first day!), I've felt like a better director, and have been thinking we need more stage crew people. So, instead of people just dropping out, or not being placed in a certain song, they can act as makeup artist, lighting crew, cameraman, set crew, hairstylist... I think the productions to come will be good ones. Look forward to it!
It seems we've finally decided what we'll be doing for the summer. It looks a little like this...
Shabondama(Yoshizawa-Kamei version)
Otoko Tomodachi
Salt 5
Chokotto Love
That seems like a lot, but it also doesn't at the same time. Shabondama is a part of the Sam/Lisa pairing, so I know we learn quickly. But it is somewhat of a hard song. I want it to look really good, so we'll need to practice it a lot. I know that Sam has been slacking lately so, we'll just have to see.
Otoko Tomodachi will feature a new member, Brianna. She learns quite quickly, and seems to be very excited to be involved. I'm very glad about that. It's been a long time since someone has freely joined and been happy about it. We'll have to work on a couple things, like smoothness, but we've only met once, so I'm sure things will turn out alright. We just have to keep practicing.
We already know the choreography of this song, so it shouldn't take long to produce. The only concerns I have for now are costumes and backgrounds. Lyrics shouldn't be a problem this time either becaue Shannon will be doing the singing, and she loves learning the lyrics!
Salt 5 is going to be the major production for the summer. I'm not even sure if I can pull it off yet or not. This is sort of an iffy one(is that a word?). There isn't a practice video or a dance shot version for this, so it's going to be hard to learn. I remember looking at this one a long time ago and not pursuing it for that reason. Of all the live versions of the dance I could find, Mako was usually sitting down(injured leg), so that could lead to some difficulties. I'll work on it though. I think this one could be a lot of fun.
Chokotto Love is one I've wanted to do forever. This isn't on the official list(well, it is, but it probably shouldn't be) because I don't want to push things this summer. I really pushed it last summer, which can be clearly seen in the last production(I haven't finished it, still!). I really love this song though, and I wouldn't have to worry about costumes too much. This might have to be a filler, if we have time for it. If we have time, I'll just have us practice whenever(maybe after the big group practice, the three of us will just stay a little longer at the studio) and record it over winter break or something.
There just seems to be an overload all of a sudden of potential videos, and I want to do them all, right now! I even made a dream list, and then a realistic list. Daite Hold on Me is roaming around between the two lists right now. We'd only need one more person, and I could teach them the dance, no problem. I think if we really tried hard, it would look wonderful. Stunning, even. Well, we'll just have to wait and see. I'll start working on it, so when the time comes, I'll be ready.
Besides Shojo Explosion being on my mind....
I'm getting a hair cut tomorrow(today)! The only thing is, I haven't even really decided what I'm going to get it cut like yet! Oh no!
I have an idea, but it isn't my solid decision. I'm going to be happy with it this time too. Everytime I get a hair cut, I hate it. Really bad. But this time, I'm going to just enjoy the fact that I've finally done something with it (I wanted to grow it out, but I just get so disgusted with it), and I'll work with it, not matter how it turns out.
Here is what I'm thinking...
This was the first choice I made. This girl plays the drums in ZONE and the photos are from the PV Egao Biyori. I've like ZONE for a while, but have never really kept up with them. I've just started listening to their music again, so I'm determined to learn their names!
Otsuka Ai!
This is a/the lead female singer(?) of AAA. This shot is from the PV "Q". From what I've seen, this is definately my favorite song of their's. It was so hard to find any decent shots of her hair though. As you can see, the quality of the video I have isn't fit for screenshots, but I tried my best.
This is the last of my options. Takahashi Ai, from Morning Musume in Mikan. This song sounds and looks like the great return of Morning Musume. Well, I guess they never went anywhere... but that's a story for another, not 3 o'clock, time.
I think the cut will end up being either the ZONE one or Takahashi. I'll have to decide in the morning!
The next step is, do I want to dye my hair? Yes, I do. But what color? Should I do red again, like I always do? Or a darker brown? Or a lighter brown? Redish brown? Maybe. Highlighted tips? That sounds cool.
I originally wanted to get some kind of short, layered cut and dye the underneath a nice blue. That didn't happen, but I still have plenty of hair, so I might someday.
Well, I'll see what happens tomorrow and maybe get something up on here on how it turned out.
It was nice to just be able to chat for a while. I haven't been able to do laid back jabbering for a while. Wow, I'm going to get more posts in this month alone than I did in all of '07! Is that a good thing, or a bad thing? I don't know!
By the way, how do you like the new layout? I've been looking FOREVER for one that fits. I think this works out well.
Purplu Wingu...
-Lisa
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