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06 June 2007
I was a bit miffed at missing the 2nd half of the Henin-Serena match cos I had to go take an exam. Damn you Kuznetsova/Ivanonic! But anyway, exams over; time to catch up on all that anime I’ve put off for the last 3 1/2 weeks…. Just as well it’s a pretty dead week music-wise. Unless you’re a Johnny’s fan. Mizuki Nana’s live DVD debuted at No.3 today (after Kanon DVD6 & Pirates of the Caribbean 2), I wish I could get hold of it – I’d probably have to sell a kidney for it though, it’s friggin ￥7700! ^^;

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23 May 2007
I really don’t think I’ll get much revision done this week…… Must. Pass. Exams. So. I. Can. Graduate. Oh, and I’m starting to get into point-and-click adventure games again (Guybrush Threepwood rules!) – playing Beneath a Steel Sky now, wonder why I never did pick it up earlier….

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I never really bothered watching PVs but it seemed in the past week or so there’ve been a steady stream of new ones from some of my fave artists which resulted in me going on a PV downloading spree. And with Youtube it’s so easy to get hold of them these days…. a few years ago it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Ah, the wonders of technology….

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16 May 2007
Hahaha. Yukarin’s Hoshizora no Spica outsold and outcharted Hocchan’s single last week (20,033 to 16,255, No.7 to No.8)…. I’d say it was the StrikerS tie-up that helped, but both Little Wish and Spiritual Garden did pretty rubbish so that can’t be it. Whatever. Spica’s sold more in its first week than either of those two singles did, and by next week will probably have outsold their combined totals (24,326).

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What’s Stepmania?
I’ve mentioned Stepmania a couple of times in my posts without ever really going into detail about what it is, though I’m sure most people will have vaguely heard of it. Stepmania (free & open source) is essentially Beatmania simulating DDR for your PC. It can be played with a standard keyboard, or with PS2/Xbox/dance pads. Don’t know if using pads instead of keys is any easier or more fun but I guess the only thing you really need to play Stepmania is a sense of rhythm ^_^

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09 May 2007
Interesting stuff out this week. In some Oricon chart news, Horie Yui’s Days/Say Cheese! debuted at No.8 with 16,255 copies sold. It’s a looooong way off her last single Hikari (from Inukami!) that debuted at No.4 with 28,000 copies sold in the first week around a year ago.

SECRET AMBITION is now Mizuki Nana’s biggest selling single, chalking up another 6,151 copies sold and dropping 1 spot to No.21 – now 53,821 sold in total. It’s her first past the 50k mark too.

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02 May 2007
I’ve spent most of the last few days catching up on anime (including a one-day marathon of the first season of Nanoha) and playing Stepmania, plus watching snooker and the Champions’ League; all stuff I haven’t had the time to do in the last fortnight or so. It’s a bit of a lull before my final exams (ever) at the end of the month. Yawn.

I laughed when Aice5 debuted below SECRET AMBITION (in its 2nd week) in the Oricon weekly.

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