- HARUNA IS GORGEOUS IN PERSON. not that i didn't think she was cute anyway, but damn. big difference from her photos.
- Fuku-chan too, but she's got some serious wallflower stuff going on. she's so pretty but needs to stand out more! someone send her some bottled confidence, maybe (non-alcoholic). when asked to give her try at monomane, she just kinda a went "no, i think i'm good." ^^;
- HARUKA IS SO TINY, LIKE SRSLY. that little girl in the playground when you pass by a primary school? could be Haruka.
- Momo took over MC's, but considering her and Airi were the only members who have been debuted in H!P more than a year in this batch of members, it seemed okay. lol. Airi was funny in her moments, but talked less overall.
- Airi does a lot of funny things even when the focus is not on her. loved watching her for this reason.
also i'm pretty sure she saw me a few times (i was making faces, funny gestures, throwing hearts, etc. all in her direction), but because of the professionalism thing there was no reaction other than a smile-to-yourself kind of thing lol.
- i look forward to seeing/hearing about the way the Mobekimasu song was partitioned among members at other regions! did all of them perform?
- i don't know how many times we heard Busu ni Naranai Testugaku today.. twice per event, so six times performed, plus the two during rehearsal, plus an ENDLESS AMOUNT that they looped on speakers while people were allowed in to find their place in front of the stage. yet, i still freaking love this song.
- handshakes started off at a nice pace, but got quicker/rougher with time. i assume this is the usual. Momo, Airi, Haruka, and Zukki were the most attentive, though that may have had something to do with the fact that i managed to give longer statements to them.
- i'm pretty sure i was the only foreign(-looking) girl there, so i think a lot of them remembered me lol. not necessarily what i would have chosen considering i completely blanked/was thrown off by the pace on my first go so i just said stupid things, on the second go i did better but couldn't manage to say anything other than "arigatou" to S/mileage and got stuck on words to 10th gen, and the 3rd time around was again better but i missed a lot of the new things that i had come up with to say to them
- however, it was very helpful when it came to Airi
...the first time i spazzed so much that all i managed was to jump around giddily just saying "Airi! Airi! Airi!" (i had planned to tell her to come to America, but by the time i composed myself my turn was over). the second time, i did tell her i'd like a live in America.. for some reason, i was holding my cheeks while i spoke to her, she did the same thing back while saying yes, she'd like to try.
the final time, i just thanked her for a very fun day, on my way out i did a heart symbol and said "ハート," which she returned!! :dies:
she did it like she had anticipated it/was ready for it, so i actually wonder whether she saw some of my hearts to her during the event and recognized the chance to return them.
yeah, i teared up after this last encounter.. i've never met her before, and she's the only one of my current top 5 that i have yet to meet so i was absolutely frantic and overwhelmed by the happiness i got out of such a memorable (if brief) interaction.
- i also managed to pinky-shake instead of hand-shake with Momo (also told her SakuraCon was a lot of fun), and wished happy birthdays to the appropriate girls (at least i hope, it was hard to keep track because i didn't do it all in one go.. the first time i only un-blanked in time to tell one girl), and told Haruka i wanted her to become center and Ayumi that i'd like to see a dance battle (unfortunately my words came out so slow that i didn't get to finish to clarify WITH RIHO).
- this event confirmed to me that i really really like Haruka. she stood out as a great performer, made her mark in MC's (she's the one who suggested Kanon monomane Momoko), and didn't let not having center positions/solo vocals push her into the shadows.
- i did get video of my last round at handshake.
BUT FOR A GOOD CAUSE, i was just thinking a lot lately that we haven't gotten a lot of video footage to use for our blog's supposed weekly videos, and while footage of fans is more acceptable, it's also boring for putting together something that's supposed to capture our exciting lives in Japan.
we haven't gone much elsewhere, and every time i go out with Rina i forget to do anything but have fun lol. anyway, it doesn't show my personal interactions so much as the girl in front of me who pretty much just shook hands and said thank you to everyone. guess she's not weird like me.
- i didn't, however, get many pictures. :< i have photos of fans idling around, but how much do people really care about that? during the event taking video is easier, cuz it doesn't need me to be pressing a button and pointing it for each shot, i just put it away and hope it gets a decent angle rather than the inside of my purse.