The LoVendoЯ Thread - Group Activity Suspension & Miyazawa Marin Contract to End in July 2019

[iluvatarin]

So everyone looking forward to the riots this weekend?? lol. 50 people for autographs each day... fun. And on Sunday the live is at 2/2:30 in Union Square, and the autographs are at 5 in Japantown... It'll be a race once the live is over! I'm guessing the Japanese wota might just skip the live...

I was planning to just park in Japantown Saturday morning, but I guess I'll have to get there a little early...

[erilaz]

Information on the J-Pop Summit website differs from what we've been seeing:

◉ Autograph sessions & talk show by by LoVendoЯ!
7/27 (Sat) 11:30am / 7/28 (Sun) 5:00pm
The first 30 people who purchase LoVendoЯ’s CD can get LoVendoЯ’s autograph!
Merchandise sales start at 11:00am. Don’t miss this chance!

http://www.j-pop.com/2013/toyota/

[iluvatarin]

^ I saw that too, and though I tend to trust UF Link, whether it's 30 or 50 won't end up making a whole lot of difference to me... lol.

I just hope they have enough merchandise to sell beyond that first 50 or so, cause even without an autograph ticket I'd like to buy a CD and maybe whatever else they have. If not... well, it'll save me money, I suppose.

[Mirai]

Yeah, I'd like to get the CD regardless

[erilaz]

I already have the CD, so the only reason I'd be buying another copy is for the autograph ticket.

I'm hoping for t-shirts, though.

[TotallyUncool]

I'm thinking about leaving LA around 4:00 AM. That should give us time to make the autograph event.

Sohee (or anyone else who wants to ride with me), what do you think?

[Sohee]

Oh wow I thought said 6am. But sure that works. Pulling an all nighter tonight so I'll sleep early on Friday so, whenever. xD

[TotallyUncool]

I thought 6:00 AM at first, but then I checked distances, transit schedules, etc. I think it's going to take about five to six hours to actually get to Japantown in SF from LA -- four and a half to five hours to get to the Bay Area, then another hour or so to actually get to Japantown. That's averaging about 80+ miles per hour (around 130 kilometers per hours) on I-5, which is possible, if there are no major delays.

That's if we want to make it to the autgraph session (and it looks like most people do - I could go either way). If we skipped the autograph session, we could probably leave around 9:00 AM...

[Sohee]

Oh I wanna go. Not that I'm sure I can afford the album... lol. But. I'm up for either as I'll be dead by 6pm tomorrow night and head to bed then anyway. xD

[TotallyUncool]

Just in terms of driving safety, it would probably be better to leave around 6:00 or 7:00 AM, and skip the autograph session. If they're really going to stick to the "first 50 only" policy, there's a good chance that more than 50 people will be waiting in line by mid-morning, so we wouldn't make it in time to get autographs no matter how early we leave for SF.