patientZERO

My girlfriend lives in Tokyo and it was my first time being back in Japan in three years. From the second I got out of the airport, I could instantly feel the difference between Tokyo and Osaka, but I went to spend time with her, so I didn't care. We did a lot of fun, proper couple things together like go to Tokyo Disney Sea and Tokyo Tower and I ate a LOT of delicious food. I missed real Japanese cuisine, like okonomiyaki and such. I only ended up going to two lives because the bands I wanted to see weren't in Tokyo for the two weeks I was there, but I did end up seeing ゆくえしれずつれづれ and KAQRIYOTERROR on Christmas Eve (a very unique experience seeing such groups, especially as a foreigner) and JILUKA on my birthday, which was also Ricko's birthday live. The JILUKA live house was TINY, so it felt quite intimate and Ricko instantly noticed me as a foreigner and pointed right at me in the middle of one song and gave me a huge smile and thumb's up. Sena did the same a bunch of times. They talked a lot and I could only understand about a third of it, but the live itself was still a lot of fun. Afterward I got to see the side of VK that I didn't see when I was in Osaka before since I saw mostly metal bands (NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST, Deviloof, Dir en grey) where there was a huge queue for cheki and girls standing on the side of line holding up their unwanted cheki from members they didn't like. It felt a bit sad, and I thought that if Boogie or Zyean walked by, they'd be saddened by how few bangya wanted their cheki. I still find the concept of cheki itself a bit weird, but it's what sells the most and gets the band the most money. In the end, I ended up buying the live-exclusive blanket and muffler (the blanket is tiny and the muffler is actually misprinted, with the logo on the wrong side) and the XND t-shirt, which netted me a DVD for spending over 4000Y. I haven't watched it yet, but I can only assume it's something I'll only view one, at max.
 
I could go on and on, but I don't want to bore. It was memorable and I didn't want to leave.

My girlfriend lives in Tokyo and it was my first time being back in Japan in three years. From the second I got out of the airport, I could instantly feel the difference between Tokyo and Osaka, but I went to spend time with her, so I didn't care. We did a lot of fun, proper couple things together like go to Tokyo Disney Sea and Tokyo Tower and I ate a LOT of delicious food. I missed real Japanese cuisine, like okonomiyaki and such. I only ended up going to two lives because the bands I wanted to see weren't in Tokyo for the two weeks I was there, but I did end up seeing ゆくえしれずつれづれ and KAQRIYOTERROR on Christmas Eve (a very unique experience seeing such groups, especially as a foreigner) and JILUKA on my birthday, which was also Ricko's birthday live. The JILUKA live house was TINY, so it felt quite intimate and Ricko instantly noticed me as a foreigner and pointed right at me in the middle of one song and gave me a huge smile and thumb's up. Sena did the same a bunch of times. They talked a lot and I could only understand about a third of it, but the live itself was still a lot of fun. Afterward I got to see the side of VK that I didn't see when I was in Osaka before since I saw mostly metal bands (NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST, Deviloof, Dir en grey) where there was a huge queue for cheki and girls standing on the side of line holding up their unwanted cheki from members they didn't like. It felt a bit sad, and I thought that if Boogie or Zyean walked by, they'd be saddened by how few bangya wanted their cheki. I still find the concept of cheki itself a bit weird, but it's what sells the most and gets the band the most money. In the end, I ended up buying the live-exclusive blanket and muffler (the blanket is tiny and the muffler is actually misprinted, with the logo on the wrong side) and the XND t-shirt, which netted me a DVD for spending over 4000Y. I haven't watched it yet, but I can only assume it's something I'll only view one, at max.
 
I could go on and on, but I don't want to bore. It was memorable and I didn't want to leave.

Yeah, I'd rather listen to SLOTHREAT's song... XD

This is the song they released with SLOTHREAT.
 
 

Have fun and live it up as much as possible! I hope you don't encounter any jetlag!

One of us. One of us!

My girlfriend saw it when it was in theaters and told me I needed to see it, but I didn't think I had to wait two years until it came to the States. After the first  third or so, I was thinking "why are people gushing about this?" And then it just got better and better. Haha!

Some people just need to get fired. It's probably worse keeping around a bad link than the small remorse you'll feel seeing him go.

I did see the subscription thing as super odd. I paid for it years ago, once, to remove ads from the app (I never used the site). So they got $5 out me, but that's all. So what it looks like is they asked for subscriptions, took the money and ran to form a "legit" source of Korean and Chinese manhwa/manhua?

Some people just need to get fired. It's probably worse keeping around a bad link than the small remorse you'll feel seeing him go.

You could buy an external CD/DVD drive for your computer and use it to play them/import to your computer as long as it has a tray with the circular pin to hold the disc in place. I bought one ages ago to import all the DIR EN GREY 8mm singles from back in the day.

No, everyone in Japan knows and worships Dadaroma 

I would just moan and make sex noises really loud when my neighbors were arguing. Their arguments tended to end real fast after.

Scream "KIDS, EARMUFFS" beforehand. At least you warned them.

Scream "KIDS, EARMUFFS" beforehand. At least you warned them.

I would just moan and make sex noises really loud when my neighbors were arguing. Their arguments tended to end real fast after.

I would just moan and make sex noises really loud when my neighbors were arguing. Their arguments tended to end real fast after.

It's so good. If you liked any of the Castlevanias for the DS, especially Ecclessia, this is right up your alley.

I did the same thing with my iPod. I've had it for over a decade now and decided at my last job that I would play the thing on shuffle. If I skipped a song, it wasn't worth keeping the album (with some exceptions) and it helped me really weed out my music collection of things I've grown out of.
 
I would suggest investing in a portable hard drive, though, and just use that to only store up your music. Back it up once a month and you'll slowly get your library back in order.

The English Deviloof twitter (fan) account has offered to do a shopping service for Deviloof goods and I'm sure they'll get back to you faster if you're interested. 
 
 

So, it turns out the company that ran the background check just checked any known aliases for my name (I have a really plain and common first and last name). Nothing is tied to my social security number, luckily. It was just a company not giving a fuck and casting a wide net.

Bro, you need to post a collection pic. I'm super curious to see your massive collection.

@MamoNow I don't know if I'm going to go to work on Monday and get the boot. Ultimately, it wouldn't be a huge loss since I don't see myself working there long-term, but it was nice to have a relatively easy job to provide income will I look for a more permanent position. 

Good! It's a great addition to your collection, especially for that price!