[Outfit Post] Plaid & Robot Cat + J-pop Haul

Life and outfits have all been pretty unexciting since classes started.  I don't even have that many classes, it's just they all have a lot of reading and I feel like I'm spending my entire life teaching my ESL class.  Anyways, I remembered to take a photo of my outfit today!

Skirt: Innocent World

My t-shirt has an upside-down robot cat with lightbulbs on for its feet.

Also (perhaps more excitingly), my latest J-pop haul finally arrived!  That's what happens when I tell them to "ship after everything is released."  I get to wait until the last release date before I get anything XD

Anyways, I got the #AAABest album along with their relatively recent single "Daiji na Koto" which I absolutely adore.  Those came with photocards (luckyyy!!) - Chiaki and whole-group.  The album also came with an awesome poster that is currently laying face-down on my floor with books on it in an attempt to uncurl.  I also got Takahashi Ai's farewell Morning Musume single (TTT_TTT) featuring her solo song.  *sigh* it was a good run, Ai-chan... I will miss you T_T  She's one of my favorite J-pop singers of all time <3<3<3  And last but not least, Arashi's "Love Rainbow" just because.  I'm slowly trying to collect more of their singles, although it's going to be harder and harder to get the older ones >_<

And that's my haul ^_^  Whee!!

Next Dance to Learn... AKB48's Kaze wa Fuiteiru

Usually I only post about actually finished dances, but this time, I can't contain my excitement about AKB48's newest single (the PV of which I just saw). "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" Not only is the song exactly to my taste (angsty, but still with a hint of gentle), but the dance just looks like so much fun!!!



That screen cap I think captures exactly how I feel about this song/dance. It's got attitude (tons of it), but it's also flowing and breezy. I looooove this sort of combination.

So, this is officially the next dance I'm learning!! Starting now! o(^o^)o

[Outfit Post] Fun at Mitsuwa!

My roommate and I made a trip to Mitsuwa this past weekend, just to stock up on things and to de-stress (I just can't resist their food court).

It was a bit warm, and I was feeling too lazy to dress in anything elaborate, so I just went with a cute pop-kei type of outfit.

In addition to food and stuff (yeah Asian bread!!) I also bought a KERA and the first 2 volumes of Shugo Chara, because all the text in there has furigana so I can read it easily.  I'm guessing Ciao Comics has furigana on at least some (probably all) their stories, so maybe I should look into reading them.  Maybe I'll even learn some more kanji more quickly this way ^_^

And the adorably tasty baked good for this time is... a Doraemon custard bun!!

[Outfit Post] Playing Catch-up ^_^;;

It's been awhile since I've posted my everyday outfits!  I usually post them on tumblr, but forget to make a post here, so here's a compilation of some of the more recent ones ^_^

Overdress: 59 Seconds

Boots: Sugar

Hairbow: Chocomint

Brooch: handmade by Oli

Skirt: Baby the Stars Shine Bright

Shoes: Secret Shop

Hairbow: Chocomint

Skirt: Bodyline

Headbow: Innocent World

Necklace: handmade by Oli

Skirt: Metamorphose Temps de Fille

Parka: Angelic Pretty

JSK: Rose Melody

Blouse: HMHM

Salopette: Urban Outfitters

Shoes: Geoxx

Blouse: Gap

Paris: Tour Eiffel

Day 2 of my trip finished with a long walk from Montparnasse over to the Eiffel Tower...  Very long walk, but very nice.  We passed a couple of landmarks and otherwise interesting things on the way. First was le musée de l'Armée.

And then this store in particular was amusing ^o^

I do not think they had in mind the implications of the store name in English... ^o^

There wasn't anything really Sioux about the products I could see in their shop window...  It looked like a pretty average cute baby clothes store.

In any case, with such amusement, the Eiffel Tower was finally reached!  I stopped at the far end of le Champ de Mars to get a pretty picture.

And then continued on my way to go up the actual tower.  Needless to say, there were hordes of street vendors with little Eiffel Tower shaped trinkets hanging on giant keyring-like things, trying to sell them for super-cheap (compared to the souvenir stores with physical setups).  It was like an obstacle course, trying to circumvent them...

As it turns out, there's a choice to take the stairs, or take the elevator.  You can only go to the very top of the tower if you choose the elevator option, although that seemed iffy, because half the time while I was looking at the sign, it said the top was "full" and therefore closed off at the moment.  It also cost more than twice as much.  I felt like just the observation deck was sufficiently high to satisfy my Eiffel Tower experience.  Soooo many stairs... but I climbed a lot of stairs in Paris, for some reason (maybe because I stayed with someone who lived on the 3rd floor?).  In any case, it was actually quite a nice walk up the tower, and the view from the observation deck was already plenty amazing, I really didn't need to crowd with the tons of people going to the very top (I hate crowds...).  I managed to snag a photo from two sides of the tower (the two most interesting sides).

Le Champ de Mars:

Trocadero:

And this is what the tower looks like, looking up from the 2nd observation deck:

WHEE!!  It was pretty awesome ^_^

And then of course we had to climb the stairs down... XD