Oh Lord, this is by far THE worst video and song in the history of mankind.
Because of this HOSHI★FURU– I mean, UNBREAKABLE from Michigan, Illinois has made a song dedicated to typical open chord breakdown bands like EMMURE and WHITECHAPEL.
It’s funny because Roma’s on vocals, Pookie on guitar, and me on drums.
The video of us playing won’t be up until our super long ass video update will be.
Then again it’s normal to be stressful at this stage in my life, eh~
So many things coming to me all at once.
Never felt like this before.
It’s either about college or HOSHI★FURU.
I thought I had everything planned out for this month but apparently it has to be changed.
This all starts with my field placement work at Banana Republic.
Bad enough to have a strict fruity dick as the manager of the visual merchandising department there to begin with already.
Luckily, he won’t be the one judging my work.
Before I found out I made a mistake, I was set to start on this upcoming Sunday and continue next Friday.
So far I’ll be working on Sundays and Fridays.
After I left BR, I just noticed I made the stupidest mistake EVER!
I realized this Sunday was Marcus’ Levi’s photo shoot.
I went back to try to discuss about the situation, and the manager flipped.
In the end, I have to stick with the original timetable.
What an fruit tart, right?
Not only was the photo shoot a mistake, but I was assigned a paying job for the twenty second and the twenty ninth, which are also on Sundays.
It’s a motherfucking paying job.
How the fuck could I have possibly forgotten about it?
Hell, how the fuck could I have possibly forgotten that AND the photo shoot?
Also David, the crazy professor and coordinator of the program, flipped on me for making this stupid ass problem even bigger for him.
Everything’s cool between him and I, though.
He still wants to talk to the fruit and ask to change my schedule during this Sunday’s shift.
The fact that David REALLY wants ME to work out of all the other students in the program truly touches me.
It’s like I represent Seneca there ALONE.
So I MUST, MUST, MUST do it!
As far as Marcus’ shoot is concerned, I’ll stop by to explain who wears what for an hour and leave for my BR shift.
Still wish I can stay for the ENTIRE thing.
This Sunday will be a huge thing but I’m cool with that.
Hopefully, the supervisor– not the dick– is more chilled and will allow me to change my schedule.
Now that Seneca’s part is over, then comes the bloody band.
Umar’s sick with the flu according to the text message I received from him this morning.
It better not be the fucking H1N1 flu, eh~
I doubt he can make it to jam next Friday, the day before our show in Mississauga.
Pookie and I have a feeling we be miserably terrible.
We’re well prepared for it, though.
Everything else in life is still going great.
Although I still miss my gong gong, I try to think of the bright side.
I think of the friends I have, the family, who care so much about me, and my Pookie.
I’m dead meat.
It’s okay because it’s pretty easy.
Seemed like I exaggerated it in the title.
They aren’t due until Wednesday.
I’m still safe, ahahaha.
This week had been fun and not so much.
I’ll get to the fun part first since I like saving the worst for last, hehehe.
HOSHI★FURU had a show on Wednesday!
This was possibly another awkward show after Zio’s.
All the other musicians performed before us (we were the last band to play) were OOOLLLDDD!
Their music was BOOORING and their presence was also BOOORING.
So boring, in fact, it made US boring on stage, too.
Talk about pressure.
Besides that, my buddies FINALLY came to one of our shows, and Chifumi and Akira, our only Toronto Japanese fans hung out with us the whole time before we played.
Although the wait was ridiculously boring, we had fun!
Oh, and a VERY flat Roma had fun as well, ehheh.
Too bad Roma missed out on all the shenanigans we did.
I, as the camerawoman and who also took over Tina’s place, witnessed a whole bunch of lame shit through the camera lens.
From what I can remember from the top of my head, the guys jumped walls, leaped off of a short balcony, walked into a mysterious neighbourhood nearby, and wandered off to nowhere.
As soon as Poopie finally uploads some tidbits of the videos from the day of the show, you can all see how messed up we are once we’re bored, ehhhe.
Compared to Wednesday, today was a BLAST!
This afternoon Boo and I headed to the Main Event Sports Bar and Grill on Eglinton year Yonge.
Main Event is also known as the home of the Toronto Manchester United fans.
Knowing that my Poopie is a major fan of theirs, we obviously headed down to join the buzz.
Indeed the buzz was there, hahaha.
There were crazy, sober, and drunk fans.
The drunk fans are obviously more entertaining to listen to.
And guess who won?
I’ll leave it for you to decide, but all I can say is that Boo was amused in the end, hehehe.
While the match was on, I first ordered a pound of honey garlic wings with veggies and dipping sauce.
TOO good!
However, too good doesn’t necessarily mean too filling.
So I had to order another item since I was still hungry and Poop made me do it.
Aaawww, he loves me too much.
Never had potato skins in my life before.
This was a good chance to try it because he paid for it, ahahha.
WAY TOO good!
Next Sunday, for United and Chelsea’s match, we’ll be watching the game there again.
This time, I’ll order TWO potato skins.
Perhaps kindly ask them to load it with extra cheese to fill my stomach up?
We finally jammed with Roma after three times with just Poop, Umar, and Nabil.
Plus, Roma, as usual, made us all laugh.
To be honest, it was a bit boring with just the other three.
Poopie didn’t make it boring of course but I’m talking about someone else, ehhehe.
I won’t reveal the name, though some people already know.
Anyway, HOSHIFURU had another photoshoot after the jam, ahhaha.
This time it was at an empty parking lot.
Not an abandoned one; although, I WISH it was an abandoned one.
Sorry, I’ve always wanted to break into an abandoned warehouse or asylum.
No matter how scary it sounds, it’s true.
Something that hasn’t been opened in fifty years or more, which is highly unlikely to be found but why not, right?
Hhehehe, I’ll stop it from here.
Umar had to leave to see his bish after the shoot.
After he left, the REAL fun began.
With just Tina, Roma, Booboo, and I left… since Nabil didn’t show up for jam today… we headed back to Tina’s house in North York to grab some booze.
Pookie and Roma finally drank with each other again.
Happily ever after, eh~
They consider each other drinking buddies, hahahaha.
First we had to jump over a fence to get to a neighbourhood park, which is probably now littered with beer spills and other shit; ran a few miles to get to the park; watched Roma climb trees; then, drank at last.
Roma’s sure is one tall monkey bwoi!
Dude climbed so fucking high, ahhaha.
After a quarter of last drops of pure Bacardi rum, a few sips of beer, and half a tiny bottle of Jack Daniels, Pookie quickly got tipsy.
In fact, he needed me to take him to a subway station to get home, ahhaha.
Poor Poop!
Good thing I was still sober by the time the drinking was done.
Before we left for the subway, we had one last Halloween photoshoot by the park with Tina’s sick brand new SLR camera.
Just as I stepped away from the PC and into my kitchen for an apple, I found a particularly rather edgy one.
Kind of look like a poppy.
Now that I mentioned poppy, I STILL have to pick up a thousand poppies from the old war dudes Legion Hall for our installation.
Fuck!
Reading week got me too good, hehehe.
Now I must get to bed and sleep for fourteen hours or more probably, ahhah.
Let the alcohol put me to sleep safe and sound…
Alright, study break for me from now until next Sunday!
This doesn’t mean I have nothing to do, though.
I still have assignments and stuff but they’re a piece of cake.
Or should I say IT’S a piece of cake, hehehe.
Won’t take long to finish so I can start later.
It’s been a while since I’ve had a REAL update, besides the one about Bo Selecta’s Michael Jackson tribute show.
Off to meet up with Kayla to hang at our ideal Asian spot.
Can you guess what it is?
Totally obvious.
Plus I need to give her her birthday gift I bought from my trip to Hong Kong.
I won’t reveal what it is until she grabs it from my hand.
We’re planning on doing a bit of shopping… for art supplies since ran out of balsa wood for my fixtures assignment.
Naw, we’ll also do a bit of clothes shopping.
To treat ourselves– or rather myself, since Kayla’s out of work and school– to all the hard work I’ve done so far.
It’ll be fun!
Plus, we haven’t seen each other for so long.
Also Kayla is willing to dye my hair caramel honey brown for me.
The colour already sounds delicious, ehhee.
Along with the hair dye I bought a bottle of Tresemme Colorthrive Brunette & Red shampoo.
Hope it all works out well.
From my past experiences as Kayla’s “client”, I recall she always did an amazing job.
Pookie is as well but he’s usually very impatient, hahaha.
You can see why we’re a perfect pair, right?
Speaking of hair, guess what I did to mine?
I cut it!
The hair dresser, Jay, at Seefu Hair Salon, which was my first visit to, had given me what I exactly wanted.
He was VERY kind and cooperative.
My hair looks completely styled even without using hair products.
Gave me lots of layers, something that I haven’t had in ages.
Here’s the front.
The side.
As for the back, it’s up to you to figure out how it looks like, hahaha.
My arms aren’t long enough to take it, and I don’t want my sister to help me with it.
Although the price in the end was so-so with a $35, at least they didn’t charge the taxes.
And even though he took charge of my hair for more than an hour, he focused hard on it.
Therefore, I would visit Seefu again for my next appointment!
Pookie didn’t like sitting there for more than an hour listening to Mandopop that had been played at the salon.
Maybe I’ll pick someone else who is much more patient with me to my next visit there, ehhehe.
My hair has never felt so Asian for so long now!
Hahhaha, fuck what Roma said about making fun of Michael Jackson after twenty two years.
Alright, I know it’s bad to make fun of him, period, but this is by far the most hilarious thing I came across.
I’m SO happy for this new Bo Selecta MJ tribute special!
Too bad Youtube deleted the entire thing and only left bits of it available to watch.
Good thing I was able to watch the whole show before it was taken down, hehehe.
Greatest line ever: “I’m gonna buy that franchise, too, and get me some free chicken nuggets and get some sweet and sour sauce.“
Apparently Roma had a dream about the Bo Selecta version of Oprah having sex, ahhahaha.
He’s stuppy!
Because Esther secretly bought mama, herself, and myself a ticket for a live taping of the Battle of the Blades results show, we just came back from there.
It wasn’t too bad.
Quite fun actually.
Kurt Browning sat behind us and Esther– a major figure skating fan– wanted to take a photo with him badly.
In the end she got a tiny bit upset for be able to get Jamie Sale’s autograph, who is still in the competition.
We managed to sit in some very nice seats in order to get a close-up and amazing view as well.
In the beginning after our seats were assigned, they happened to be VERY shitty ones, which were all the way on the end of the room behind some noisy machines.
The reason we got possibly the best seats in the room because the rush lines were short and nobody else came in after a certain time.
Lucky for us, hahaha.
Our seats actually belonged to the competitors’ friends and family.
Since they never showed up, we took them.
Coincidentally, the three of us sat on Craig Simpson’s section, hehhee.
What an amazing night!
Although that gig was last night, I’m still having trouble waking up.
That has got to be THE weirdest venue HOSHI★FURU has played at so far.
No, nothing kinky but the clubbers got all kinked up with each other.
Oh, I gave it away, didn’t I?
Yeah, we played at a club– an Asian club.
The majority to all of the crowd were Asians and only a few white people.
Never will H★F play a show at a shack like that again.
Surprisingly we sounded terrific!
Even Umar didn’t make too many mistakes.
Made some but was tolerable.
One up for him but dude better step up the game for the Smiling Buddha show.
Also we had Aaron from GIRAGIRA.GIF to play the keyboard for us.
It’s the first show we ever got to showcase the keys to the public.
Good show, awkward crowd.
Got plenty of feedback, all were compliments, on the band and… me.
I recall this group of white guys called me “the hot Asian chick with the manly voice”.
You think it ain’t a compliment to me but it is, hahahha.
Kenton, the promoter for last night, offered us some drinks on the house and a VIP area.
You can call it an all-you-can-drink night!
The whole shenanigan was to make H★F feel comfortable and a star treatment.
I did get a bit tipsy after my first experience with a chocolate martini.
Overall, it was okay, hahaha.
The best part was after the set ended because Boo and I picked up some of this gig’s promo cards with H★F on it!
Only thing it’s missing is Nabil, who will be our permanent bassist!
Imagine this: my boyfriend/future hubby on guitar and my future brother-in-law on bass, hahaha.
Anyway, I woke up early today to meet up with my George Brown buddies, Marzena and Dwayne.
They had to travel to the college to finish up their assignment while I was there to see what they were doing.
They worked, I lazed, heheh.
Got a ride straight to my place from Dwayne afterward.
Such a sincere guy since he lives all the way in Mississauga!
I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned this before, but I’m a sucker for Redflag Deals freebies.
Just last night the P&G package I requested sat on my desk when I got home.
Amongst all the products listed on the website, I got to choose and I chose what there is in the photo.
Those are everything I’ve wanted to try except for the tampons, hahaha.
Personally, I’ve never seen a tampon up close before.
Why not include it in the package?
After all, it’s free!
Since Esther had lunch with dad and my grandpa near Pacific Mall, while I was being occupied at George Brown, she was kind enough to buy me an extra box from One’s to contain my fabric collection in.
I now have two so far.
One (navy blue) for the fabric and the other (red and white) for some– SOME of my props.
I still need more boxes for the rest, ahhaha!
Better get them soon because they’re running low on them.
Look what else she brought home?
And it’s all for ME!
She knows I love me some Jack and Jill chips but do you know what the real reason for liking them is?
Only my Poopie knows the truth, hehehe.
Coming out of my hardcore shell, I’ve been spending more time on some of my 90’s pop favourites.
I’ll always cherish these CDs!
Well, the 5IVE and *NSYNC ones belong to Esther, while the rest are mine.
Speaking of JT’s band, aren’t they supposed to have a reunion tour?
Come on, Toronto!
And here’s another familiar one… ELLEGARDEN!
On the way back home, Nabil played Eleven Fire Crackers.
From that moment, I learned that the band was no more and that Hosomi Takeshi, ELLEGARDEN’s frontman, formed a new band called THE HIATUS.
Yeah, I wonder how they thought up with that name, huh?
Anyway, I’m going to give it a try but no matter what I’ll ALWAYS love, love, love ELLEGARDEN.
Speaking of pop-punk, BRAND NEW’s back and running on my iTunes.
I think I’ll consider purchasing Your Favorite Weapon.
You know why?
Sure, I know I should use the money on my props for our installations and assignments, but I have to do something to treat myself for all the hard work I’ve done so far in college with my tax money!
Yup, my monthly tax money has arrived.
Totally in love with it right now… and the money.
Lately there has been a bunch of news on upcoming shows.
The biggest one is apparently EVERY TIME I DIE and TRAPPED UNDER ICE.
Don’t know what the Toronto date is but I’m dying to find out about it.
They’ll be playing with FOUR YEARS STRONG and POLAR BEAR CLUB, who I don’t really care about.
As long as Nan doesn’t get bored, like how he was at the DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR show.
By the way, shit was AMAZING!
I stole the mic twice during my two favourite tracks, Count Me In, the opener, and Born From Misery.
Too bad they played all the good ones first and finished with the mediocre ones.
I managed to capture the set on video and couldn’t take photos.
For some reason the STEEL NATION set is longer than DB4D’s.
It’s okay, though, I had a lot of fun!
Plus, Chifumi came along with us, hahaha.
Anyway, Boo won’t feel left out at the ETID/TUI show, I won’t feel awkward that he’s left out, and the both of us will be happy for the bands we’re excited for.
That won’t be the only Toronto date for TUI for they’ll be back again on December 4th.
Guess what?
It’s two days before my birthday!
I hate to brag but I got three upcoming shows on the week of my birthday.
How exciting is it, right?
We got STICK TO YOUR GUNS on December 1st, TUI on December 4th, and NORMA JEAN/HORSE THE BAND on December 8th.
I’m honestly relieved that NJ/HORSE’s show won’t be at Kool Haus, hahaha.
However, the big one I’m waiting for is this.
FUCKED UP weekend happens again.
This time I’m there to see a certain band instead of just attending by random… THE RIVAL MOB!
Finally, I get to see them.
It’s just the day before HOSHI★FURU’s Orangeville and NYC show.
Speaking of H★F, we’re playing Richmond Hill tonight.
Doors open at 6PM at the Zio Supper Club.
Come if you’re bored on a Saturday night, which is never likely, ehhehe.
Off to the studio I go!
And never smoke cheap shitty cigarettes.
The nasty taste lingers in your mouth for weeks.
Except my pieces of work turn into pieces of crap.
Surprisingly, one of my assignments for the media and pop culture class isn’t as hard as I thought it would be.
I’m allowed to design my own pop art inspired piece!
All I need to do is to base it on an existing image from a well know pop artist.
I know for a fact that EVERYBODY in the class will choose Warhol.
It’s way too obvious for the fact that his work is EVERYWHERE.
I mean, I love Warhol and all but he’s kind of overrated.
So I would rather base mine upon Murakami Takashi or David Hockney.
I prefer Hockney’s since I already know what to do.
Won’t reveal it yet, hehehe.
Now that my hands are red and worn out, I’m tired as fuck.
Too bad I’m a slacker and wait until the last minute to do everything, hehehe.
Wednesday is the deadline for my scholarship centrepiece assignment.
Knowing that I come up with complex bullshit designs, John, my materials professor, just HAD to choose that “appealing” idea.
Fuck my brain, honestly.
So far I bent around six wired rolls of film and have four more left to do.
Let me see how much time I’ve spent on that shit…
Oh, five hours.
Dayum!
I’m almost finished with the bending.
The hard part comes next, but I’ll do that during class time on Wednesday.
John’s giving us extra time to work on it anyway.
I’ll do it then, hahaha.
I can wait for that.
What I can’t wait for is tomorrow.
The only show I’ve been looking out for so far besides HOSHI★FURU’s.
My boys!
Also tomorrow will be my shopping day… at DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR’s show, hahah.
It’s been a while since I got merch or been to shows in general.
Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait.
First we have to find out exactly where Poor Alex Theatre is.
Although there are many explanations of directions online, and I’m pretty bad at following directions, I needt lots of time before the doors open to try to get there.
