Link of the Day — Just click on it and you’ll be satisfied
It’s a 13 hour time difference between here and Japan. Here being the east coast of the United States. So you’ll have some Nogizaka goodness for breakfast as you watch two members promote their latest album on SHOWROOM. You just have to get up real early!
If you participate, don’t forget to throw some stars!!
And don’t forget to wish Nishino a happy birthday! 「お誕生日おめでとう西野七瀬！」
Nogizaka46 3rd Album, 「生まれてから初めて見た夢 」, “The Dream I Saw the First Time Since I Was Born.”
Get it.
Got it.
I don’t think the new songs are as good as their first two albums. The songs sound too much alike. The only saving grace is that there are some funky units, member pairings, that make for some interesting songs. I’m always up for alternative member units.
https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/生まれてから初めて見た夢-complete-edition/id1235381199?l=en
Ramen. I can go for some now. I wish America embraced it like we’ve embraced sushi, but I know some people who don’t believe soup is a meal. Ask Jerry Seinfeld.
Anyhow, don’t watch all these videos or you will be craving some ramen. But if you do so happen to watch and then crave some ramen, hit me up and we’ll go looking for some around town. If we don’t find any, let’s go to Japan.
I’ve been watch Chef John from Food Wishes cook. I like this guy, because he has cooked a lot of soups. I like soup. It’s an easy thing for beginners to cook. Even Chef John says so. I must’ve seen twenty of his soups and it makes me feel like I could step up my soup game. Maybe I will. Maybe I will.
Let’s all go cooking!
What the? Star reviews are junk? They make it hard on users to judge quality? Come on now. I use star reviews for my movie posts. I find it easy to give everything a 3, good or bad, because everything is mediocre. Nothing stands out. Nothing is the best. Nothing is the worst.
And because all is subjective. You may like to know that I want you to make up your own damn mind. Go see it. Go do it. Don’t let me be the judge.
Switch to a binary rating system?
I give the link 3 of 5 stars.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/the-fault-in-five-stars?utm_term=.cm0x63g8dd
Sorry about the bad video below, but that’s a fact of life when embedding YouTube videos in your blog. Most every Nogizaka46 video I’ve posted has been taken down. Sony makes it tough being a foreign fan of the best idol group in Japan. To make it up to you, please buy their latest single from the iTunes store. It’s probably their best, most solid single to date. And that’s coming from a big fan of the 13th Single which is strong from Type-A all the way to the Regular Edition.
“Influencer” was officially released in Japan on the 22nd. I’m waiting for the CDs! I can’t wait to catch the member PVs. It’s the only reason why I buy them. This time I paid the shipping tax to get these discs sooner. I’m thinking that they will be here before the member photo books I ordered at the start of the month come in.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/influencer-special-edition/id1212134770
My love of all things Nogi leads us today to a report from the newish members, 3rd gen. You see they were involved in a stage play called 「３人のプリンツパル」or ‘3 Principal Members.’ Principal, as it is called, involves the members presenting themselves to the audience in the first act. They do a self-introduction and some sketches then some improvisations. Afterwards, the audience votes on which member will be acting in the second half. Finally, there is a third act involving all the members doing a mini-live.
There have been 3 Principals involving the original members. The second generation seems to be the red-headed step child and did not get there own to do. Only a select few of second generation members participated in Principal.
It’s a big thing for Nogizaka. I’m happy to hear that they passed through this challenge successfully. That’s what today’s link reports. Anyhow, if you’re curious, then you should click through. Perhaps, run it through Google translate, which I did, in order to read it. That is if you don’t read Japanese already.
http://books.rakuten.co.jp/event/column/nogizaka46/vol68.html
Books? I’ve got books out the ying-yang. I’ve got fiction. I’ve got non-fiction. I’ve got travel journals. I’ve got cook books. I’ve got novels. I’ve got graphic novels. I’ve got text books. I’ve got instruction manuals. I’ve got books on the night stand, on the floor, on shelves, and under the bed. They’re overflowing.
Today’s link gives you a peek at more books for programmers. It’s a list compiled by programmers. I would suggest you read any of the ones on there.
http://www.dev-books.com
I’ve been reading today’s link through Google Translate. It’s a website dedicated to sakamichi series and Nogizaka46 more. It’s because they have some serious articles about my favorite idol group. Really serious articles. Enough that I wish I could read kanji enough to understand what is being said.
I don’t think I ever linked to Nogizaka46 Japanese Wiki entry. By the end of 2017, I need to know a smattering of Japanese in order to read this.
