Two big events occured in the last month for me. For one, I recently moved to California. Yup, I am now a west coaster. (100 points if you knew this already. 100 points + bragging rights if you knew this from noticing my updated Devious Info. )

Moving is, of course, a huge change for me. I lived in Florida for the last twenty years, I like sun, and incidentally I don't like the cold. Well, there is sun over here in San Fran, but I guess I'll get used to the much cooler weather.

Anyways, what's the second huge event for me...? I met hyde!! Yes, that hyde (I said as if he's that well-known outside of Japan). Well, if you know, Jrock, then chances are you know who I'm talking about. And by extension, you'll probably excuse my mild fan moment of seconds prior. He is my favorite singer, after all.

Speaking more conservatively though, I would like to say, it was a pretty amazing experience, even though it consisted almost entirely of an autograph, a handshake, a smile, and a "thank you." However, considering I should never really have had the chance to meet him outside of Japan (or ever probably, really), I did consider it a huge event -- even cooler than the VAMPS concert that followed (from which I bagged two picks -- one from Ju-ken, officially now one of my new favorite bassists, and the other from hyde, courtesy of the club staff). And though the meeting was brief, It was frankly just pretty incredible just to see him face-to-face, separated by naught by a table, with a genuine smile, though likely exhausted from the six-hour plane ride, as he revealed hours later at the concert. Had I been brave enough, I may have tendered some Japanese his way, but alas, the experience left me only able to parrot the words he said to me right back at him. "Thank you."

Somewhere in here I actually do plan to write up an actual account of my whole expedition to see VAMPS in Seattle, if for no other reason than to get it down while it's still somewhat fresh in my mind. (The concert was over a month ago now.)

Well, I'm on a new job, on a new coast, and with a renewed ambition. How 'bout you? Anything crazy huge happen in your life lately?

Laterz!

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