Pizza Box Saga

broderic on August 6, 2020

This past Sunday I received an email from FedEx saying my package had shipped from somewhere in Virginia. I’m thinking to myself, “what did I buy?”

No idea. So I check the usual sights Amazon, Patagonia, Huckberry, to see if I had purchased something lately that was on hold.

Nada. I let it slide. “Hunh? Must’ve been something back ordered.”

Yesterday, FedEx rings my door bell and place a box on my doorstep. I wave to them as they get in their van. This is rather bigger than I am expecting. I thought it was going to be the replacement for a terrible gift from work mis-purchased.

It wasn’t. It was a box of boxes. Pizza boxes. The small size for when you’ve already ate most of the full size pizza. Eh? WHY?

So I go check on my bank accounts to see if they’ve been compromised. Nothing purchased on anything out of the ordinary.

Is this a joke? I search the internet for “pizza box pranks.” I seem to remember that there was one once, but that may be wrong. Receiving these boxes is definitely wrong.

This morning in my email there’s another FedEx message alerting me to another delivery. Again from Virginia. Oh, man it was a prank! And I’m going to get pizza boxes for the rest of the month! Nope. This time this delivery was something else. Thank kami-sama! It wasn’t pizza boxes! Maybe I have escaped…

Now do I send them back?

And a little bit of Maiyan for your day…

broderic on July 25, 2020

In some kind of Shrodinger state, not quite graduated, but all but graduated. You look and you can’t tell. She still shows up as she has in this performance. Maiyan, I love you, but I’m ready for post-Maiyan Nogizaka. Still, she’s as radiant as ever

Covid-19 Days – 98

broderic on June 19, 2020

Well this could’ve been done earlier into the self restraint and it would’ve been awesome. IT’S ANOTHER NOGIZAKA46 HOUR TV! Looks like I’l be up for the next 46!

Actually it started at 6 AM in my neck of the woods. There was break at 2 PM then started back up. Maybe we’ll get a sleep break sometime tomorrow morning!

#FaceTheMusic

broderic on June 9, 2020

This is something to look forward to. I hope we can see it in the theaters rather than streaming. I also want the salty, buttery oil popcorn, too. Man, do I miss that snack.

#BeExcellent #PartyOn

世界中の隣人よ

broderic on May 29, 2020

I like the idols that I follow. I like to cheer them on. I know that they take comfort in the support from their fans. It makes them happy.

Yet it’s also great that they like to cheer us on. How? By being cute, talented, and hard-working. They do what they do, because it makes their fans happy.

Early this week, Nogizaka46 released a music video to give us hope that we’ll soon get out of this rona season of madness. Its title in romaji is “Sekaijuu no Rinjin yo” and in English is “Neighbors Around the World.” They hope that this song reaches you and makes your day a little bit brighter. They hope it brings a smile to your face. They want you to be happy even amongst this madness.

Know that they sing for everyone around the world.

I love the idols that I follow.

世界で一番 孤独なLover [Live Band Ver.]

broderic on May 24, 2020

I guess I was wrong on the last one. This one here is the most recent. It’s from last September which seems like a long time ago. This is from the last day of last summer’s national tour AKA Sakurai Reika Graduation concert. Captain’s graduation. Really, the end game for the 1st Generation Nogizaka members. It was a great run, and I will miss them, but long live Nogizaka46!

Is this the last version that I’ll show you? Perhaps. But if I find more, you can bet they’ll end up here.

世界で一番 孤独なLover [7th Year BDay Live Ver.]

broderic on May 22, 2020

The most recent one and, I believe, the one I watched over and over such that I decided to go with this theme. From 2019 and Nogizaka46’s 7th Year Birthday Live at Osaka Dome. Yamashita sporting twin-tails means this was on day 3 of 4. The last being Nanase’s graduation concert. Be thankful for having the full version. They don’t often do the full version, because for their birthday lives, they do their entire discography — 170+ at this time. This year it was 200 songs!

Maiyan may have graduated. Long live Maiyan!