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Jack Bauer, Long time no see 窶唹ツ(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲツ)窶唹
Nyappy 0(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)0 it's Mikuツ≫┐ Today I woke up around evening time and I have been writing lyrics! I have four topics. How tough v(ツ`ツ?債´v) But these days writing lyrics is fun so it's not sufferable! But when I work too long on it I feel like exploding sometimes. That's not good-.
This time I'm thinking of writing all kinds of things. You might be able to see the other side of Miku-suke v(ツ`ツ?債´v)
And then to take a little breather, I went out to Donki (this is a popular big store in Japan called Don Quijote) and I bought some food and treats for Nyappy, and a boiling pot (like the one in the picture) and a bath towel. It was some shopping that was completely for my everyday life. This time I'm really loving the boiling pot. I was looking for a red one, but I compromised and got a pink one. But I think it's pretty cuteツ≫┐ With this now I can eat my cup noodles very tastefully. I want to hurry up and boil some water 0(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)0 I always get troubled with deciding Nyappy's treats(>_<) The difference between being able to eat it, and not is so big. As always, it is the spoiled little daughter, Nyappy chan. (he says "wagamama musume" kind of like self-ish/ spoiled)
And then on the way back home I borrowed the movie, the 6th season of 24. I saw up to the 4th story, but they're so cool. It made me think to change my cellphone ringtone back to the 24 theme song! When that rings it makes me feel like the main character, Jack Bauer. Ok, well I'm gonna go in bath now 0(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)0
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
Buddha
Teruki death. Today I was making songs at home the whole day.
Sometimes I took a break and watched TV, but when I turned the TV on around 7:30, it was doing some kind of history show. It was one with Nakao, Akira san in it, but did anyone happen to watch that too? That show talked about the large statues of Buddha and about Buddha and it was so interesting I kept watching it for a long time. I don't believe in religion or anything, but I kind of like the Buddhist way of thinking. And that is mostly the influence from Tezuka, Osamu san's manga.
Ever since long time ago I was never really interested in manga. But then when I was in High School, I started reading this manga at my grandmother's house called ツ「Black Jackツ」, and that was so interesting I got addicted to it. And ever since then I've been buying Tezuka, Osamu san's manga all the time. Tezuka, Osamu san's manga has this kind of expert knowledge, and historical information in it that I like, and it also has a little bit of this maniac type of parts in it which I like too. But the part that I like most about his manga is that it shows things like the pathetic parts of humans and the dirtyness of humans and makes those real life mentalities real, and come alive in the stories.
And amongst those manga by Tezuka, Osamu san there are lots that talk about the Buddhist way of thinking. I mean, he even has a manga called "Buddha", but for me personally, the one that I felt talked the deepest about Buddhism was ツ「Hi no Toriツ」 ("Fire Bird"). In "Fire Bird" there are lots of ツ「ツ≫?コツ≫?コpartツ」and ツ「ツ?「ツ?「partツ」, and of course every single one talks about Buddhism, but those individual parts all connect to one story! When I was reading it and I noticed that, I thought "Are you serious! That's so cool-!!" I believe the Buddhism that is described in "Fire Bird" is what the real "reincarnation" is!
Ahh, I got all heated up just writing on this blog(-.-

Everyone, if you guys have time, try reading it too. Good night.
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
I can't sleep(>_<)
It's takuyaツ≫┐ These days my day and night is completely reversed and I don't get sleepy at all(>_<) We have a photoshoot tomorrow in the afternoon again, so I need to go to go to sleep, but...(´ツ・ニ津鳴・ツ`) I guess I'll just at least go in the futon and lie down.
Well then, good night~
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
09-27-07
Pochi barks in the farm in the back. ("pochi" is an orthodox Japanese name for a dog)
Teruki death.
Today we went to the company office in the morning and did our make up and with that we had 2 photoshoots and 2 interviews. It was so long...
When I got back home I made songs. I made one, which I hadn't done in a while. A dark song(-_-) This really describes the Nagata Teruki, dark yet melodious. Yes, but I don't think this will get picked though.
I'm thinking of waking up a little early tomorrow too and making another song. Good night-.
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
Punk Miku-suke 0(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)0
Nyappy 0(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)0 it's Miku. Today we had a music listening meeting at the company office. And then I got the letters, and went back home!
And then I felt like I wanted to get healed/calmed, so on the way back home I went to TSUTAYA and I bought about 5 CDs. One CD was a theme song for a dorama. It's not like I was watching that dorama, but when I turned on the TV it was playing, and I thought "ah so healing-" and I wanted it. The lyrics are sad too-(>_<)
It's middle tempo, so it's not noisy when you're doing workツ≫┐ Yesterday we had a photoshoot until late in the night. It was the magazines for SHOXX and SEXPOT (he calls it "Sekupo). For the SEXPOT one I became punk Miku-suke. Not pantsu (underwear) Miku-suke v(ツ`ツ?債´v) I smeared lipstick, and I stuck a safety pin in my hair and stuffツ≫┐ I did this for the first time, but this is kind of nice too-!! Kiteru!!
Well then, see you again tomorrow. Bye nyappy 0(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)0
09-28-07
Rabbit
Teruki death.
Today we showcased to eachother our music in the evening. Starting tomorrow we'll have pre-production again, and we're planning to continue recording up until the middle of October, but when you combine the songs we recorded last week with these ones, it looks like all these different types of songs are going to be made so I'm very excitedツ≫┐ I'm excited to arrange Yuuki and takuya's songs too!
So, the period of time where even when I come back home I feel the pressure of "oh I have to make music~" is over as of today. I feel like I'm finally freed(*_*) To me these time periods are the most painful. I feel that for this period of time, when you feel like trying hard, you can work as hard as you can, but when you feel like being lazy, you can be lazy all you want. Especially like this time, when we have to make songs while we have a really crammed schedule, the more you work hard, the more you end up not being able to sleep.
Of course I am doing the band and continuing with music because I like it, but it's not like you can just breeze on through going with only what your heart desires. There are a lot of times where they expect more than your body can do, so at those times you just have to work really hard and stretch out your hands to things you can't reach. And as for the opposite of that, when people don't expect anything from you, you need to create your own goal and you need to stretch your hands to that. I'm doing it because I like it, but there are a lot of painful times and tough times. But in the end though, the reason why I can keep working hard and over-come those feelings is because I love music.
I think for those people who have a dream of "doing what they like as their job for the future" that would be somewhat of a reference. Just saying that the world isn't that easy(^_^

For me personally, just doing AnCafe is this hard, so I always think that pro musicians who are working at the top of the line must be having even more trouble. I think that no matter which road it is, to become a pro at the top of the line, for at least 360 days within the 365 days in a year, you need to have the confidence that you will keep doing that or else you won't go on. And that can't just be a light little admiration or a fantasy dream. You need to really love it from the bottom of your heart, or else you probably won't go all the way with it. Yes.
After I came back home I went out for a little walk. These days it's gotten a little cooler, so it smelled a lot like Autumn and it felt really good. The moon was pretty too(^-^)
Good night-.
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
09-29-07
I sweated some good sweat today o( ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)o
(He wrote this title differently. The word "to sweat" and "to write" is the same sound, but different kanji and instead of writing the sweat one, he wrote "to write" so when you directly translate it, it becomes "I wrote some good sweat". I don't know if it's on purpose or if he made a mistake...)
Nyappy o(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)o This is Miku. Today I had voice training and studioツ?エ
I hadn't had voice training in a while so I finally got to see Ryon-Ryon seinsei and I was happy.We got to talk a lot and I got to re-charge my energy againツ≫┐ And I got the enthusiasm thinking "I'll work hard today too-" but today, I woke up around 3. It was the beginning of one slow day o(^o^)o
Before I went to the studio, I called Spark and he said he was nearby so we went to the studio together o(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)o
And then before I went to the studio I bought a dictionary. The contents were: synonym dictionary, national language dictionary, Japanese-English and English-Japanese dictionary.I thought I'd study a little ニ陳オ(ツ`ツ?債´)ニ陳オ
I'm not gonna be baka-suke anymore ニ陳オ(ツ`ツ?債´)ニ陳オ ("baka" means stupid)
I'll work hardツ?エ Well then I'm gonna start studying now o(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)o
Just until now I was in bath for close to an hour playing Yugi-oh and it was so hot I was a half-dying Mikusuke o(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)o
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
Mo-n!
Teruki death. Today we had studio from the evening.
I think some people know this already, but in AnCafe, we have this Tardy Points Counting System. When somone is late 5 times in one month, that person needs to buy everyone yakiniku (Japanese dish- fried meat). And I already have 3 points this month.
And then today, I of course missed the train I was supposed to go on. I might get 4 points because of today, and there is only 2 more days left in this month, and you never know what can happen at any time. So, from the train station (it was the one in Ikebukuro today) I ran & fast-walked to the studio. And just when I thought that I would probably somehow make it in time and got all relieved, I noticed a person that was walking just in front of me in the same pace I was walking in. It was takuya. And takuya-shi said "I arrived at the train station about 30 minutes ago, but I went out the opposite exit and I got lost...Ikebukuro is so big." Well, for takuya it's only been about 5 months since he moved out to Tokyo, and on top of that we've had lots of tours so in actuality he's only been living in Tokyo for about 3 months still. But anyway in the end, we both got there without being late(^_^
And the moment we arrived at the studio, Yuuki told us this. "Man~ you know today I actually arrived really early, but I got lost at the train station~". And at this moment takuya-shi and I glanced at eachother. But, what he said after this was the unbelievable part...
Yuuki: "Ikebukuro is actually really big, isn't it~(^-^)"
Dude, it's been about 3 years since you moved out to Tokyo!!! is what I, Nagata, said. But, according to Yuuki, he says that until joining AnCafe, he had never once been to Ikebukuro(^_^

He is a strange person...
When I got back home I went running. There is this really nice place that I discovered yesterday. And I ran and walked so many laps there.
Good night-.
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
Slipknot from Kanon.
Right now I'm just relaxing at the studio lobby, but
this Slipknot song that used to play as an SE at lives long time was playing right now
and it brought back memories
Today I left my house about 2 hours early and went shopping at AKIHABARA
the things I gathered today are
First I got some really nice feeling Gatchapin and Mook stuffed toys
then I bought "Tora Dora" vol.2 at Tora no Ana,
then at Sofmap I bought this PC music software called "Hatsune Miku".
This software is just so interesting,
with the computer, when you just insert music notes and lyrics into it,
it says it will sing it for you.
From now on I'm thinking of having this Hatsune Miku sing for me when I'm making demos
The name is perfect too(laugh) ("hatsune" is written "first sound" So it's "first sound Miku". what a coincidence)
I wanna hurry up and go home and play around with it(-ニ津?)
09-30-07
I came across something that is more important to me...
Teruki death.
Today we had pre-production again at the studio. But I'm starting to get worried whether we'll finish the amount of songs we set as a goal to finish until recordings(-.-

We're not really making progress today...
Around the time the studio ended, Hasegawa-shi brought us the temporary-edit of the "Ryuusei Rocket" PV. We laughed. It was cool and cute at the same time, and it was a strange puzzle so it was laugh-able.
We have studio tomorrow morning again so I'm gonna go to sleep early today m(_ _)m
Good night-.
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
10-01-07
Teruki is.
Teruki death.
Today we had studio from the morning. The studio lasted until a little after noon, but today was a very long and fun day.
These days I am burning incense before I go to sleep. For your light, you don't just use the light in your room, but you use indirect illumination, this is important. (indirect illumination is when you take a light and shine it against the ceiling or wall and make the light looks softer and wider. I don't know the english word for it...) And the BGM is healing music, or Teruki's Nostalgic songs "Autumn" ver. These days the changing of the seasons is very sad. *sigh*...
Good night.
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
Udon Revolution o( ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)o
Nyappy o(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)o it's Miku. Today I went to the studio, and also the editing office for a simple CM recording thing for the CD!! I think it turned into a pretty cute CM with a punch in it o(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)o It's something that won't leave your earsツ≫┐ Please be waiting for itツ≫┐
These past few days it's been hard for me since I had a cold, but coincidentally near the editing office, there was a famous pharmacy so I bought some medicine there!! And then when I tried drinking it, it was crazy. My head was hurting the whole time and it was really hard to move around, but it really lessened the pain!! I thought that all pharamacies are the same, but I guess they're differentツ?エ I was surprised.
Also, I don't think they saw me, but there was a really nice person who picked up something I lost at the train station(;_

Thank you so much!!
The picture is the udon that I really like o(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)o This place has a lot of weird tasting thingsツ≫┐ The one I ate was creamy mentaiko udon ニ陳オ(ツ`ツ?債´)ニ陳オ Good night o(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)o
(Mentaiko is kind of like pink caviar. It's a pink-ish sac with small eggs in it. But it tastes really good.)
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
10-02-07
(ニ津柔-)o
it's takuyaツ≫┐ These past few days I've been so tired. It's not like I haven't been sleeping though.
Today too, after our pre-production ended I came back home and went straight to sleep, and I just woke up a few minutes ago. But I'm still sleepy(ニ津柔-)o I'm thinking whether I should go back to sleep again or not...
Maybe I'll just curl up in my futon for now.
Well then-
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
Suggestion!
Teruki death.
Today we had pre-production at the studio again. We're gonna start recording from the 3rd, but we don't have enough songs yet so we need to work hard tomorrow too(-_-
Anyway, starting from the end of last week the tickets for the NGAF tour started going on sale. And to follow along with that, I suggested one thing to Hasegawa-shi today. I told him to put up a Live Day Caution notice on our homepage directed toward the people coming to the live.
The Hall is better, but at the lives at the livehouses the people are all crowded and close to eachother, so managment of your health is obvious, but we want people to really think about the clothes they are going to wear to some extent too. For example, clothes with safety pins and thumbtacks and stuff are really dangerous in packed places, don't you think? And I'm sure there a lot of other important points that us members and the staff can't really catch, and so we'd be really thankful if you guys, who have actually experienced that kind of atmosphere, send us an e-mail to the AnCafe Mail and point out some things to us. Because I think it'd be good if we made a Caution Notice with references from you guys too.
We'll work hard on our performance and production so that we can have you guys say "Today's live was fun!", so everyone, please cooperate with us concerning the caution notice affair and also on the actual live day m(_ _)m I mean, if you guys have something that you are unhappy about other than what's on stage, then all that you had been excited about will go to waste, don't you think? (^-^)
Good night-.
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
10-03-07
Sinking Body Temperature
Teruki death.
Today we had studio too. So we somewhat finished the big framework for the minimum amount of songs we set as a goal(^_^

But tomorrow we're gonna start recording and I hadn't been able to do most of the details regarding the drums, so I'm kind of worried. It looks like it's gonna get hard from tomorrow. I'm getting panicky. What am I going to do-.
Good night.
ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐ツ?。ツ≫┐
Once determined, put it to action 0ツ(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲツ)0
Nyappy 0(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)0 it's Mikuツ≫┐ Today we had studio! So we were making our new song, but we progressed in a good way. Kiteru! So we have all those things, and these days we're busy with the underground work. I thought I got over my cold too, but it still won't go away(>_<) But I got to feel a lot better nowツ≫┐
I want to hurry up and go out now a days... The tour is still way in the future but I'm excited! But we have in-store before that too! It'd be nice if I can get over my cold until then too! Just now I thought up of it and went to the beauty salon. These days, I'm really getting helped out by the beauty salon in Shibuya. This time I cut off the hair around the back of my neck, and made the color a little darker, kind of like a foreigner with blonde hair. The last time I put this little red kind of color in it, and I got a little farther away from Cloud, but this time I think I got a little closer to himツ≫┐ Cloud samaa0(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)o This time it became my most favorite one in history. Aa I want clothes-. Since it's almost Autumn. Did everyone already buy Autumn clothes? It's gonna get a little colder, and it's gonna get a little sad/lonely.. I'll go buy clothes with the sad/loneliness as the theme for the fashion. I wonder what that'll look like...
These days Nyappy is getting a lot of attention from the people around her 0(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲ)0 When we go to the park, everyone says "what kind of dog is it?" "How cute". For Miku-suke, I love Nyappy so that makes me really happy. Taking walks is so much fun. Some day I want the Cafekkos to touch and play around with Nyappy chan. If we have a Nyappy handshaking meeting I wonder if everyone would come... But I think Nyappy chan would get tired! Well then bye nyappy 0ツ(ツ≫??ツ?債≫?ヲツ)0