It's fine. I blame all my disappointment on allowing my expectations to rise for some reason. I feel all kinds of creepy, but... http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/7365/screenshot20120621at100.png Mizuki looks sooooo good. Delicious even <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>...

I think it was that Saki picked yakiniku as her Japanese word to teach the audience, and then provided "meat" as the English translation, causing everyone to giggle. She was a bit embarrassed but I think it was eventually conveyed that she was close enough.

I've been waiting for them to do this again!! Buono hurricane night was so much fun. I think I'll be out of town for work that weekend but I will try my very best to be up.

I'm totally neutral on Sashihara, but I was looking forward to her idol concert. Hope it doesn't get canceled, if it hasn't been already.

[quote name='kira' timestamp='1338474877' post='126110'] Longer radio preview. It really reminds me of Genki Rockets' music, and I love Genki Rockets <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wub:' /> [/quote] Yeah, I got that impression withi...

That probably doesn't have much effect on her career anymore, does it? And if the fortune teller from H!P Time is right, it won't be a happy relationship. Poor Aichan <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... crying.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':crying:' />

Daaaamn Airi! That was awesome. I wish they'd do stuff like that in concerts.

[quote name='Madara' timestamp='1339458453' post='127096'] Part one of my account of the whole event is up on my blog...including the restaurant picture. [/quote] Nice write-up so far! Saki is so cute, even in a dark blurry corner of a crappy NJ Ruby Tuesday <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_...

Aaaaaaaah I'm so jealous. Though if I were there I'd have been on my special airplane drugs, and if I'd even noticed Berryz I'd have come off... well, drugged <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... ryalot.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':cryalot:' />

So awesome you got to talk to them again! Did anyone else in their vicinity in the airport recognize them?

[quote name='Al Kusanagi' timestamp='1339360191' post='127017'] Maybe we are just both attuned to the same brainwave that resonates on the frequency of "meh" and made a connection. [/quote] What a perfect Risako description <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rof...

It does sound like a mix of H!P songs, one of which is definitely Ryuusei Boy. I can't pinpoint the others.

The whole thing was SO AWESOME. The gift giving thing was super awkward but I'm glad we all got to see Chinami get her crazy doll. I was near the very end of the autograph line and I think the girls were delirious by that point, and Miya forgot what was going on and held out her hand for me to shake...

Here's a picture, though I surely hope someone can one-up me in this department. I didn't realize how completely terrible and useless it was until I looked at it this morning <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hahaha.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':hahaha:' /> http://img8...

Thaaaaat's awesome. Though as a foodie it makes me a little sad that they came all this way and the best NJ can offer them is Ruby Tuesday <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... ryalot.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':cryalot:' />

It doesn't sound like anyone told them they'd only be half an hour from NYC... or anything about New Jersey, for that matter. Maybe it's for the best that the most prominent images of NJ haven't made it to them <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hahaha.gif' class='bbc_emo...

I won't be there tomorrow, and I'll have to do some work Friday morning so I'll probably show up Friday afternoon. I'll text people with descriptive visual details when I know what time I'll be there.

Sayaka is unfortunately probably only going to move down more, even though in my brief experiences with AKB she's stood out to me the most by far. I guess Japanese men and American women have a much different idea of what's sexy <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif'...

That doll is INSANITY! The others are going to be so jealous!

Tsuji at least had extensions and has had them for a while. Maybe her hair got damaged to the point where she had to take them out and cut her hair? Or maybe the short cut is just really popular...

I didn't think we'd be allowed to bring gifts! How does that work?

[quote name='Anderei' timestamp='1338599388' post='126239'] Risako seems to have dyed her hair since the last time I paid attention to her and I am glad. That light brown color wasn't working out. [/quote] I thought it was purple! There was a picture of her on Sayu's blog (I think it was Sayu's) a f...

[quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' timestamp='1338579955' post='126225'] No bother to me, because when you get down to it, business is business. The copies were sold, they got money for them, regardless of the reason someone bought them, AKS raked in the cash for it. The fact that they came up with such ...

Manatsu no good was 3rd on today's Oricon ranking with 22.053 copies sold, so the total number is now 1.660.845 which means... That Morning Musume's LOVE Machine has finally been beaten! And it only took 1 week as opposed to the 31 weeks that it took LM to reach this number. I'm sure there would be...

As far as I know, Momoko is still in college. I'd be curious to know how she balances work with school, if she's the only one in H!P who went to college and stayed in H!P at the same time, what she wants to get out of her education, and if it's a choice she made herself or if her parents pressured h...

Yeah, if graduations + auditions hasn't happened by now, it won't. I think they'll follow the Melon Kinenbi model.

9th gen is CRAZY!! I guess this is what happens when you don't have multiple generations of sempai bearing down on you. Plus Sayu and Reina are just as silly when left alone.

Lin Lin cosplaying and then showing you how she did her makeup

Looooove this! Haruna looks so good it overshadows that she's an awkward performer. Haruka looks super cute but I can't figure out why she was all spiky pigtails debut-era Tsuji 2.0 one minute and the next they're maturing her in a hurry

I love these outfits!! When I saw the first pic posted of Haruka's haircut (when it was straight and a little bowl-ish) I hated it but it looks good messy, if a little mature for her. Haruna looks amazing. Mizuki in a couple of years is going to be <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/...