I am chaging this journal to public since I am going to turn it into my fan fiction journal. At some point. So all entries will be public from now on. ^^

Alright so this weekend is the De La Hoya and Pacquiao boxing match live on PPV. I'm really stoked about it of course I bet on Oscar DeLaHoya for pure selfish reasons but anyways that's not the point.

I'm a girl so...I was talking to my friend at uni about it and we were comparing stats on the two fighters when out of the blue this guy that I have class with but don't know his name...that's sad but anyways he is all like "What do girls know about boxing?"

We just ignored and kept on talking about who we thought would wing the match.

Didn't bother me what he said but I got thinking and I was like 'why shouldn't girls know about boxing?' I mean I'm no expert but I know quite a bit about De La Hoya.

I guess some men still think that girls live in the kitchen or something.

Ne whatever I just felt like blogging about nothing. btw...

DE LA HOYA IS GOING TO WIN THIS BOXING MATCH!!!!!!

I'm going to start at the beginning since we got there and then I'll go on from there.

We got in line at around 5:30 ish not much happened there me and my crew made some aquaintences while we were there.
It was me, my brother, sister in law, and my cousin. So we waited for an hour and a half until they opened doors.

It was kind of smart how they had groups at a time enter the venue. My bro and sister got wrist bands to drink but they didn't drink anything. :P I was laughing about that after the show I was like "you didn't even drink"

Okay we got in I was on Toshiya's side of the stage and I had a good view of everyone and I was happy about that. ^^ I didn't take pictures because frankly I went to WATCH them not take pictures of them but my sis did take a few unfortunately she kept the camera with her so i couldn't post the few pics she got.

HUMAN ABSTRACT

They were good but if they ever did a one man show I wouldn't go and see them. Guitarist with the braids was awesome. ^^ He was headbanging hard over on Die's side of  the stage. The dude on piano I thought was cute. :P They were okay I cheered for them but of course I reserved all my strength for Dir en grey. Drummer did throw his sticks out into the crowd and I think one of the guitarist might have thrown a water bottle and some picks but I can't really remember. 

DIRU SETTING UP

It took them quite a bit to take Human Abtract stuff off the stage and to get Diru set up. There was a tech there that looked like Kyo and people started cheering. My cousin asked me if that was the singer and I shook my head "no, for one if it were Kyo he'd be wearing Adiddas tracks pants, his hair is different besides this dude was taller than Kyo." The techs made sure the all the guitars were in tune I had a fangirl moment when I saw Kaoru's green guitar and I automatically knew they would be playing Obscure. I saw Nora she was placing water bottles on their amps and on the drum riser and put "Heineken" beers on Toshiya's and Die's amps. Sorry I'm not a fan of that beer so I was like 'hey where is the real beer Budweiser, Bud light and Corona?" LOL. I apologize to anyone who does like Heineken but I don't like that beer. And so finally all the techs got off stage and the lights dimmed.

DIR EN GREY

The opening song came on and we all started cheering. And it got even louder when they all came on stage Die was raising his right hand as he walked past I don't remember what Shinya did I'm pretty sure he just went straight to his drums. Toshiya raised his arms and nodded. And Kaoru... that man came on and his expression was "You must worship me" and quite frankly I did, I screamed "KAORU" so loud the two guys in front of me ducked a bit and I freaked out even more when I saw the seven string green guitar on Kaoru. I was like "Yes Obscure." I missed Kyo's entrance on stage because I was going gaga over Kaoru....that sexy beast. I did see when Kyo got on his...cage(?) though. Anyways it got so freaking loud and everyone was shouting Kyo's name at some point. 

As soon as they started Obscure a mosh pit opened up and there was pushing and shoving everywhere. My brother the stupid idiot kept pushing me and I kept telling him stop and I think he heard me or went somewhere else because he stopped pushing me. The first four or five songs it was all pushing and shoving and I had a blast. In between I saw Toshiya chugging his beer and I was like "Yeah Toshiya drink up hon" Something that really got on my freaking nerves was this girl who was standing beside me. Oh god she was literally sitting on my leg until I got really freaking pissed and pushed her off me and told her to move. 

Then they mellowed out a bit. Kyo sang his infamous Agitated Screams of Maggots -unplugged- and I kind of stared I didn't do anything didn't cheer I just stared at him I was in aww watching. When he finished and Conceived Sorrow came on I cheered a bit. One thing that annoyed me a bit was when Kyo began singing without his mic during Conceived Sorrow people wouldn't shut up although I still got to hear him a bit without it.

After the mellower(sp?) songs they started getting heavy again. This time though the mosh pit didn't open as big as the first time there was a lot of headbanging from me and the two guys in front of me. I swear I made eye contact with Toshiya because I was the only one in my section, as far I knew anyways I didn't look back, that had my arms raised and it was in a fist and he looked at me and fisted his hand as well. I smiled like a complete idiot. 

For the rest of the main set list it was pure headbanging and pumping fists. At some point I was headbanging so hard that I almost fell and grabbed onto the guy in front of me. I think I must have dug my nails hard into him because he started freaking out and yelling "Get off me!"
:P Sorry to whoever that was. Repetition of Hatred was their last song before the encore. Oh god I was freaking out since it's one of my favorite songs. And hearing Toshiya was even more amazing I'm surprised I didn't have an orgasm hearing this song. During it there must have been some kind of guitar trouble or something because Kaoru said soemthing to the guitar tech and the tech got Die's attention and Kaori and Die were having what I like to call guitar talk. And they were both strumming at the exact time so that reinforced my idea someone must've have gotten off beat or something but still in a way it was exciting seeing how they communicated on stage. As soon at it was finished Kyo immediately walked off stage.

The songs before though I couldn't help but feel so excited because in the middle of songs Kyo would shout "HOUSTON" and he would do it a lot and everytime he did the crowd would cheer like crazy. I was so happy everytime he did it. :DDD

After they left the stage and we got to calm down a bit. We started by calling them out "DIR EN GREY, DIR EN GREY..." and then we would get tired and then we would call out "ENCORE, ENCORE..." and then we would fade out into some cheering. And then Shinya walks back on stage and we explode.

DIR EN GREY ENCORE

This part was absolutely amazing. The songs they played were the excellent. Crowd got a bit more excited and we pushed to the front as much as we could.

I don't think I stopped headbanging during this I was so into it. I don't remember much of what happened. I just remember a lot of headbanging and Toshiya and Kaoru getting us even more riled up.

When The IIID Empire started playing it was like something had set the entire crowd loose. There was headbanging, jumping, singing, screaming, and fists pumping. I would shout out at  the part like 'Spark and Spark"' and some others. 

What amazed me even more was that Kaoru had disappeared from his corner. I looked around and he was over on Die's side of stage getting everyone riled up over there and Die was in the middle getting those people excited and Toshiya was in Kaoru's corner doing the same thing. I was so surprised because I had been hearing that Kaoru hadn't been doing much except play and headbang and that's it actually seeing him moving around on stage made me scream so freaking loud again and I was back to headbaning, jumping, and cheering.

When they finished Kyo stood on his cage and blew a kiss at us and the crowd went crazy again. And then he left the stage.   

THE END

Kaoru was the first one who threw his water bottle into the crowd and it landed somewhere towards the middle so I didn't have a chance. Toshiya washed our side with water before throwing the bottle and it landed like five people over from me. It was so interesting seeing the crowd fight over it I even laughed. They trew some pics but I didn't get any. The one thing that happened and I almost cried is that when Shinya threw his drumhead into the crowd I was a HAND FROM GETTING I WAS SO MAD BECAUSE THE DUDE THAT CAUGHT IT WAS TALLER THAN ME!!!!!!! After that i walked out of the crowd looking for my people. 

I was all jelly-legs I couldn't walk right and I was all shaky. My sister in law even said that I looked ready to faint. But I didn't my throat didn't hurt as much until I bought a water and drank it. It stung down my throat.

WAITING FOR THE SIGNING

After getting a poster, shirt and tote bag I stuck around for the signing. Since the security guys were telling people that if they didnt have a CD to get out. So I told my peeps to meet me outside while I got my CD signed. I stood in line with one of the people that we had met before the show. Talked while the line started moving. At some point I got on my toes to see who was siging and asking who was doing the signing. The guy said it Toshiya and Shinya.

I had a fangirl moment and then calmed own while I talked to a girl behind me.

THE SIGNING WITH TOSHIYA AND SHINYA

I had thought that I would freak out or something but I didn't instead I smiled at Toshiya and Shinya as they signed my CD.

Okay this is the big thing while watching Toshiya I couldn't help but to feel the shy vibes coming off him. I was close to aww-ing and asking him for a hug but I knew that Nora, their translator, who was with them woudn't have let me. But his face....even at 31 he is still so cute and the smile he had was the thing that gave away that he was shy plus he only made eye contact with me for about a second before looking back down and smiling. I told him 'thank you' and he nodded a bit, well in my mind he did. And the thing that made him even cuter was that he was wearing his beany and that just struck me so much.

Shinya was a bit different he wasn't shy like Toshiya was, he signed and he actually made eye contact with me while I smiled and said thank you. He mumbled something at me but I didn't hear him I think it may have been a 'you're welcome' but I can't be sure. And then I walked outside with the same girl I had been talking to and then I met up with my peeps and we left the House of Blues.       

SOME AFTERTHOUGHTS

I don't consider myself a mean person but damn some people just bring out the worst in people. Earlier I had mentioned how this girl was like sitting on me and I shoved her off me. This was during Dir en grey. Before the show had started damn there were this group of girls trying to get past me as I felt them put out my arm and shook my head. These actually listened and actually moved away. And then the same thing with some couple trying to get in front of me. I put my hand on the guys arm and looked at him. He looked back and then moved a bit and took his girlfriend with him. 

So after the girl sitting on me incident nobody got in front of me. ^^ I'm proud of myself. And all throughout I had a very good view of all five members. 

Even right now after a day I still get all smiley when i think of Kyo shouting "HOUSTON" 

My brother last night said that Kyo was probably feeling the crowd very well and that's why during almost every song and in between songs he would shout 'HOUSTON' :DDDD

DIRU SET LIST (in no particual order just te songs I remember they played)

Sa Bir (Intro)
Obscure
Grief
Agitated Screams of Maggots
The Fatal Believer
Disabled Complexes
Saku
The Final
Merciless Cult
Agitated Screams of Maggots -unplugged-
Conceived Sorrow
Glass Skin
Toguro
Hydra -666-
Dozing Green
Repetition of Hatred
Ryoujoku no Ame

encore:
Kodou
Gaika Chinmoku Ga Nemuru Koro
Clever Sleazoid
The IIID Empire

I know I'm missing a couple of songs but right now I just can't remember. If someone who went remembers any songs I might have missed please tell me. 

I'm sore as hell and my neck hurts but damn I can't wait until they come again. ^^
 

Oh man I'm so excited I haven't written in here for a long time. Anyways shit Dir en grey is coming in like two weeks and I am so excited I can't sit still. Oh and I can't wait to for Uroboros to come out! Damn it's going to be awesome I can feel it I'm getting all tingly.

Oh I just know that the show will be amazing from what peeps from Ft. Lauderdale are saying. Oh I can't wait the days can't move fast enough! AGH!!!! Hurry up and get to Houston Diru!!

*breaths in deeply* Okay somewhat calm. Apart from going crazy over Diru I am being a bit overwhelmed by school. It sucks to have 5 page rough draft and an essay due right after the other. And just took a math exam today hope I did okay. Hist and Psych those are a breeze though I do have exams for those two next week. :( Oh well semester is almost over.

*spazzes* Freaking crap I want to hear Repetition of Hatred so bad live I'm going crazy! AHHHH! It's going to be amazing!!!!!!!! *_*  

May 20th - Aomori Quarter

Stormy day. There was no space to have a tour goods booth in the venue, so as the winds were getting stronger, staffs outside had to hold on to the tent that was getting blown away (basically saying they had to sell tour goods outside). Even with the bad weather, fans were coming up to the booth seeking tour goods. Meanwhile, in the band member’s room (which is usually a fancy bar), preproduction for the next album was going on. The tour and music production were happening at the same time, and the members must have been very busy, but their source of power is the view they would see in a few minutes: the live and the audience. When the storm was finally over, the tour’s last regional date, the show in Aomori, began. During Dozing Green, smoke rose up, and it became a creature manipulated by Dir en grey’s music, which changed shape according to the 5 member’s movements and attached onto them.

Near the end of the show, behind Kaoru, there was Die reaching his arms to play on Kaoru’s guitar. This was a rare scene that could only be seen in an extra time of encore. 

*This date was Manager Inoue’s 36^th birthday, and after RH (rehearsal?), birthday song filled up the venue. A cake was brought to Mr. Inoue who seemed somewhat surprised and embarrassed, and a small birthday celebration took place. We weren’t notified at this point, but after 4 shows later at Shinkiba Studio Coast, we celebrated birthdays of Mr. Tomochi (or Tsuchimochi?) who is in charge of flipside and Mr. Yoshida who is in charge of the manipulator. Dir en grey staff team has a lot of people born in May. 

The part in bold people made me go nuts. I was almost imagining what it would look like I was 'AH! FANSERVICE FANSERVICE FANSERVICE....!!!!' Oh I want pics if there are any out there of this special scene. :D

The other thing that has me bouncing around all excited is the North American Diru Contest. Tomorrow they should be announcing winners since it is the 30th. ^^ Oh I can't wait....I can't wait for their album either damn! *squeals like a true fangirl* :DDDDDDDD  

I just really need to get this off my chest. Or mind or whatever.

I am simply overwhlemed by these guys. They're coming out with their new single on Sept 10 Glass Skin I have pre ordered the single and have decided that it will be my Birthday present to me from me. :D My sister in law called me silly after telling her that. ^^

And then their new album being released Nov, 12 2008 I have preordered the deluxe edition forking over about $200 USD actually I think it's a little less but whatever I was already buzzing with the need for Uroboros.

And then I am slammed with two more things in the same hour.

One is that Dir en grey has announced a US tour and naturally I had a fangirl moment. I was squealing and bouncing around the store I work at. *Yeah I know the rule you are not suppose to be on the net while at work but I couldn't help myself.*

Two I finally heard a 15 second clip of Glass Skin. Oh it was absolutely beautiful Kyo sounded absolutely magnificent. And the guitar work was absolutely genius. I can not wait to hear the entire song. ^^

Okay well got everything I wanted to say off my chest. Ciao!