~Vivian Hsu gets Nice And Naughty*~

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Vivian♥Hsu

vivian Hsu "NICE AND NAUGHTY" LE first press release w/DVD

vivian Hsu "NICE AND NAUGHTY" LE first press release w/DVD

A title says so much doesn’t it!! Lending the timeless beauty of Taiwanese model/actress/singer Vivian Hsu she embodies very much of what is sweet~♥ and yet there is deep down a naughty* side indeed! And every since her Japanese musical debut with a comedic duo in Black Biscuits Vivian Hsu has without doubt captured the attention and imagination~* of not only the J~Pop world but also a very much worldwide audience as well~.

Vivian Hsu’s “NICE AND NAUGHTY” can be purchased here @ Cdjapan.

Vivian Hsu’s “NICE AND NAUGHTY” can be purchased here @ YesAsia.

Vivian Hsu’s “NICE AND NAUGHTY” can be purchased here @ HMV Japan.

Vivian Hsu "NICE AND NAUGHTY" LE first press (back cover scan)

Vivian Hsu "NICE AND NAUGHTY" LE first press (back cover scan)

Vivian Hsu "NICE AND NAUGHTY" LE first press (jacket scan)

Vivian Hsu "NICE AND NAUGHTY" LE first press (jacket scan)

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“NICE AND NAUGHTY” coupling with “Sunday Morning” compliment one another with a contrast going from an “Avex~like” sexy* title track to the sweet~♥ and sultry seductiveness of “Sunday Morning.” The song writing in both are perfectly complimentary of Vivian’s naturally flowing and breathy vocals which also provide an allure of innocence and when coupled with her soft beauty~* it’s pure dynamite as a combination~.

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The first press release~* includes an extra DVD with approximately 9 minutes of PV making of footage with well timed commentary in between the photo and video shoots and while I would have loved to have seen the pv included here as well, there’s always a further in depth look into an artist’s personality which comes across seamlessly while the camera is rolling in work situations~. Vivian describes the aura and look of “NICE AND NAUGHTY” referring to key points~* where she points to the dancing, the overall sexy* style…..brought together with a hint of “punk rock?” and yes~! her sneaker look is most definitely intentional even when paired with her sexy black outfit as the lyrics themselves reveal =). A really cute~♥ touch in the making of is how….well Vivian speaks really well in Japanese having spent so much time of her career there in the past and now and while in this clip she speaks in her native tongue as well as in English (which is also perfect!!)…..it’s so cute~♥ that they even subtitled her Japanese speech in Japanese^ ^。Oh~, and there’s well also…..

Vivian Hsu in Nice and Naughty making of...

Vivian Hsu in Nice and Naughty making of...

Vivian Hsu in Nice and Naughty making of...

Vivian Hsu in Nice and Naughty making of...

Vivian Hsu in Nice and Naughty making of

Vivian Hsu in Nice and Naughty making of...

..a bit of monkey~ing around or should I say   gorilla~lying around :P…….hmm and admit it if you had your very own gorilla you’d be…..um riding* him too (*≧▽≦)♪。。。?!

And while we’re on the topic of naughty*…..

Vivian Hsu shashinshuu

..I’ve borrowed these from a friend who could somehow afford to bid on these on auctions~*. Vivian Hsu early in her modeling career released two “taboo” shashinshuu one titled “Angel” and the latter titled “Venus” and both were shot with well…..Vivian not wearing so much clothes….and @ times no clothes at all (*´艸`)。While I don’t wish to scan these directly into this post….well I’m actually not allowed to as their rightful owner wouldn’t allow any possible damage to come to their spines or binding which scanning often does I was allowed to do just a few and due to the sensitive nature and for some surely not wanting to view such images I’ve added them to a separate “photo album” where these images will only be visible to those who wish to click on them just below. Again I imagine right now that these shashinshuu are  most expensive and difficult to come by as both are long out of print~. My bf says that I get to see and I quote: “boobs all the time” which cracks me up…(^q^)!!…I mean really we all see ourselves naked* but in published form I have to say it’s so much different!

Again please do not click on the photo album below if you are not 18 years of age or older↓↓↓ or you’re not completely okay with nudity* .

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~Collecting Sasshi♥

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Sashihara Rino 7 10~11 2010 My ignorance had me posting every photo extra~large @ Vox for so long without realizing it and so now with the help~* of Harimakenji I’ve begun trying to use “Windows Live Writer” which luckily set itself up over the internet and now on my desktop I have a template which looks very much like I’m writing and pasting directly to WordPress although I’m not logged into my blog at all…it’s like magic~* o(*´∀`)o゛!!I was originally trying to wrap the text around the photo below (which can be edited in a lot of ways and it even can be made to look like a Polaroid!….although when I did that the edges of the photo are a bit cut off  ↓↓↓ but still it’s a cute feature~* =) but the text doesn’t seem to want to wrap around photos either to the left or right of them…I surely must be doing something wrong though XD. edit: okay now it works or actually I think it was working the entire time but in Windows Live Writer the text as I typed was appearing beneath this photo and not beside it like it’s appearing now….nande? 😛

Sasshi shashin

And I just learned that by using the “photo album” feature you can add a collage of photos like how I used to @ Vox by dragging and dropping your photos into a box and then inserting it into the post…oh but don’t click on the “View Full Album” link above as there’s only one photo there :P…..I was just playing with the feature and I thought it looked interesting to have the photo at an angle there as you can choose from several different layout options in the “photo album” feature~*.

A unique aspect of AKB’s photo sets are how they can be collected in several different ways like you can collect them from special B.L.T. magazines and photo books as well as from their online store which I think?? are sold as random sets? Here though I’ve bid on mostly “Theater” photo sets from Sasshi♥ which I found on numerous Yahoo!Japan Auctions over a few days~. I lost a lot of them but managed to win 17 photos in all (*´∀`)♥。From what I’ve read these “theater” photos are sold on set days beginning with each new month where fans line up extra early just for the chance~* to purchase their favorite♥ member’s new photo sets!! Must be pretty wild with so many fans showing up all at once wanting the same thing (・o・)!!。。so now I get to play with the “photo album” feature in Windows Live Writer. I scanned all of the photos below and instead of posting them singly one at a time first I’m going to insert them into an album…you can click the album link to see all 17 scans inside =).

I’m also going to try to display them one at a time below just to see how this looks with the photos now hopefully under control size~wise ^ ^。

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Awesome program ne~*!…and it’s completely idiot proof because even I can use it (。ーωー。)笑。

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~Now reading “How to configure Windows live writer for WordPress blogs”….

読む。。。

..so that my next post doesn’t look as bad as my first two on WP below (*≧∀≦)☆★ ↓

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~Since I’ve been gone…

(*≧▽≦)♪

..I’ve turned into a bird!! Okay not really (。ーωー。)笑。。。but it’s felt like such a long time since I’ve been able to post~♥ and with Vox closing so suddenly I’ve been stressed recently but with lots of help~♥ from friends I’ve been able to make the move to WordPress here~ =). There are quite a lot of differences from my writing @ Vox and now here and I’ve tried to document them the best I could in the top “sticky” post…and at first I was like what is a “sticky” post (・c_・;)?。。it’s a really cute name that WP uses and I can think of a few body parts which are sticky* right now as it’s just so hot and humid here….hoping~* for much cooler Fall and Winter weather soon =).

So today I was able to re~embed the few YouTube clips that remain as they disappeared from posts when I moved here and I was able to link all of my Vizu polls from earlier posts here too although from now I’ll be using Polldaddy as I think it’s a direct affiliate of WP~? I’ll also continue to add categories to every post which will take awhile but when I do complete the process I’ll be sure to add the categories to my sidebar for added search ease~.

Cdjapan order...

But being away from writing @ Vox for most of this month the releases~* I’ve received are beginning to pile up (・д・`*)!!。。and I don’t know if I’ll ever catch up =/. New releases from Arashi, French Kiss, Watarirouka Hashiritai, SPEED, C~ute, Vivian Hsu, Yukorin’s♥ new shashinshuu, AKB’s “Jankenpo” pb and magazines from Gravure The Television which is an amazing~* publication!! and B.L.T.,….but first I’ll start with the special 25th anniversary issue of Switch which is just below ↓↓↓ っo(*´∀`)o。。。。

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~Switch celebrates their 25th anniversary with AKB48♥!

AKB48♥ in Switch 2010

When I pre~ordered the new issue of Switch I had no idea they were going to dedicate so much of their pages to AKB!…I was just going on my interest of them being named covergirls so what a wonderful surprise to see over 70 pages and nearly half of the issue dedicated to AKB!!

In the past Switch has often featured extensive articles for their cover features and there was even a really great large article about Mr.Children♥ a few years ago…but this anniversary issue takes that to a whole new level~. I mean in addition to the main cover feature with members Acchan, Yuko, Mariko, Kojiharu, Mayuyu, Tomochin and Takamina there’s also a insight into their live performances as well as an interview with producer AkiP and lots of Q&A with the girls…they even get to question each other in one section~! And I was just like wow~* when I saw that even Koizumi Kyoko “Kyonkyon” had an article with AkiP!!..talk about his connection and roots to J~Pop of yesteryear!

AKB48 in Switch 2010

If you’ve never purchased an issue of Switch, their approach is most artful and diverse with their content and much can be said about their amazing~* photography which you’ll see just below.  One thing I still need to learn now that I’m purchasing space here is how to make smaller scans (._.;)!!…and does anyone know if you could add photos in groups instead of only singly as I was able to put them into small or larger groups together on Vox?

I scanned for a few hours today but I didn’t get to scan everything as there is rather a lot here and I took a few photos of some of the two~page gatefold style pictures since I have no idea of how to connect them XD. Hmm…seems that Yuko is still kissing Acchan ↓↓↓ (*´∀`)♥。。。

AKB48 in Switch 2010

AKB48 in Switch 2010

AKB48 in Switch 2010

AKB48 in Switch 2010

The photography and articles are really great, enjoy (*≧∀≦)ノ!。。。

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希望。

良かった事だけ思い出して、

。。希望の数だけ失望は増える。

出会いの数だけ別れは増える。

寂しい思いね~?

ブログ、。。。さようなら。

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~I’m in the process of moving…

Hi~*, I just wanted to post an update here as it may appear that I've fallen off the edge of the earth (+_+)! I'm currently in the process of moving to a new home~♥ and as soon as I have things set up there much better than they are now I'll be sure to post a link here =).

Much of this is proving to be much more difficult than I ever thought it would be, but then again I've never had to move before so it's all really new to me. The biggest issues that I face right now are that all of my audio and videos here didn't make the move to WP completely, what I mean by that is that the links are there in posts but when you click on them they still refer you back to here on Vox……so the dilemma is that after the 30th when Vox closes none of my audio or videos will play or exist for that matter anymore =(. I'm guessing that WP just didn't accept them during the export process, but on a happier~* note all of my photos have safely made the move to WP so that's very much a relief…and there are probably way too many photos here already to begin with XD.

I also have to face the fact that none of my links in any of my posts will work, the ones that linked to other posts or photos, etc as they're all referring to Vox addresses….that's something I really can't realistically fix as it would take months….years? to go through each and every post and change the links to point to WP addresses. Luckily the tags I had on all posts are still there and they may help with searching however I'll still need to add "categories" to each post and well….that's going to take awhile (;´□`) !!。。so if you don't hear from me for awhile those are the things I'll be attending to……I'll miss you (´⌒`。)。

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~Vox is closing, it’d be sad if everything here is sucked into a black hole and disappears…

..imagine you awake one day to find out that your home~♥ is being bulldozed in less than a month (・д・`*)!!!。。okay I'm being a bit overly dramatic but nonetheless this leaves a lot of questions (・_・)?

Seriously though I just read Vox's message today, and it's been a great blogging here for the past few years but I guess it's true that all things must pass =(. The layout here is super user friendly which was such an attracting point especially for someone like me who isn't very pc savvy. So on September 30th this will all disappear unless I export the contents elsewhere. From what Vox has said with their testing, WordPress would leave behind too much content that I have here during the export process so that leaves a possible TypePad account. I've actually never heard of TypePad and I'm really wondering if I'd be happy there using it?? Still it'd be the only way to save things here from vanishing from the face of the earth  no space, wherever the internet exists XD.

Vox says that TypePad will export everything which is embedded although I only "embed' YouTube videos here so that's a bit confusing as I don't know if everything else photo and video wise will not be exported? They also say that Flickr is available for our photos but if I export to TypePad will I also need to export to Flickr too?…or will everything be at TypePad I wonder? In any case there's a lot of random stuff♥ here and I don't know it could take ages to export everything to TypePad and I'm not even sure if everything truly will be exported as I'm not sure if everything here as with photos and videos directly uploaded to Vox counts as "embedded?"

Well it's traumatic to have to suddenly leave your home♥ in search of a new one and would anyone really miss this place if it were gone after September 30th? Sitemeter says that an average of 482 visitors come here each day and I you'd probably laugh as it's very little compared to everyone elses' blogs, but building my love here from the very first day I began when maybe 5 people were visiting a day has been a warm and enjoyable place and It kinda makes my head hurt to think about it all as this seems so sudden but foremost thank you~* to Vox for everything you've provided and for all of the friends~♥ I've made here over the past few years….it's been a most fun time for someone who knew nothing about blogging before….and um still doesn't (*´∀`)♥!

I don't know what to do right now, let it all cave into a black hole on September 30th or try TypePad…something I'm not familiar with and I don't even know how it will all look there if in fact everything can be saved and exported there to begin with…if not it may seem pointless maybe. I don't know, any thoughts to help me would be ♥.

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~Is it ever really too early for Christmas? (*´∀`)♥~

Well the U.S. release~* of the complete second season of “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2” on DVD has been delayed just a bit back to September 14th and while I wait for my set to arrive (early pre~order price was @ $44.99!) from Amazon I was thinking hmm…it’s never too early to have a <– Christmas~y feeling here is it o(*´∀`)o゛♥。Lol even the ornament Kyon looks a bit Pee~d (。ーωー。)笑。

Two weeks ago I’ve already seen a store selling Christmas decorations, ribbons, wrapping and yes! even the toys section was getting in the Christmas spirit~* nearby!

So although it’s only September 1st I’ll be getting into the Christmas♥ spirit~* um…too early?! 。。。。(*´∀`)♥。

Merry Christmas!!!..oh wait it’s too early for that (*≧▽≦)♪!!

I purchased a few of Yukorin’s Christmas photos on auctions and these ↓↓↓ are so cute~* too!!..and are part of the same set!

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鈴木愛理最新写真集「登校日」

I've been noticing more and more shashinshuu are writing questions upon their covers and in some ways matching themes @ times with their titles or perhaps styling~*, or in some cases I can't figure the connection at all…..O_o!

Airiin's♥ new shashinshuu titled "Toukoubi" ("school day") poses the question upon its obi: "Seishun wa eien desu ka?", asking.."Is youth everlasting (eternal)?" So there's definitely a working theme here and what better way to symbolize school days than with a seifuku♥ clad Airiin on the cover?, lol you probably already notice that I have a sort of liking of all things seifuku (*´∀`)!

"Toukoubi" was shot on the large island of Shikoku just southwest of the main land mass of Honshu and some of the architecture in particular with some of the roofs kinda reminds me of Okinawa. Airiin is showing a very much mature side to herself and amongst the beautiful scenery "Toukoubi" has a lot of wonderful photos which any fan of Airiin would adore~! From beach to school to shrine to Summer festivities it wasn't difficult finding so many favorite images and here I've narrowed them down to scanning 55 of my favorites~♥ just below =). Also included are just a few snaps from the accompanying making of DVD which runs approximately 15 minutes….C~ute's resident ham♥ so pretty in these pictures!! Note: scan 25 is upside down, I forgot to turn the scan when I made it :P.

Suzuki Airi's "Toukoubi" can be ordered here @ Cdjapan.

Suzuki Airi's "Toukoubi" can be ordered here @ Amazon Japan.

Suzuki Airi's "Toukoubi" can be orderd here @ HMV Japan.

あ~つ~い!!!

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