Freudian slip, and a remarkable show of courage.

Yossi calling herself a 'man' from Saitama is the best Freudian slip ever! Although she herself noticed the slip, the damage was done. Then Mari asking Yossi 'don't tell me you're...' is pure gold too. Rika appeared slow in reacting; perhaps she wasn't paying attention and most probably was going through her coming speech in her mind. But when she knew what had happened, she wasn't really amused by it. I wonder why. The second time around, Yossi managed to say 'onna no ko' correctly but the crowd still jeered. She refuted "But I am a woman!" and even challenged the crowd if they wanted a body check. Kei and Mari shouted 'Hey!' and Yossi turned back and said "no, that won't do, right?" before turning back and said almost poutingly "because I'm an Idol." Although Yossi should be looking where Kei and Mari were, I self-willingly believe that she was actually looking at Rika and it was Rika's presence that made Yossi mention the no-nos of an Idol, as if she was suddenly reminded of something, like someone often admonishing her to behave like an idol.

When Rika turned back to look at Yossi (for affirmation?) when she said she was an ordinary 'onna no ko' who got to be a Morning Musume, I felt the vibes all so familiar. How many were like me and were reminded of the way Yossi had just looked at Rika? (ok, you may insist it were Kei and Mari.) The eye-contacts even though the stage was full of people; they were behaving as if only both of them were on stage. Later, they showed their unmatched rapport, again, when Rika had only mentioned 'from the same generation' and Yossi was already searching for the missing 4th Gen member. Going along, Rika told Yossi there's no need to look because there will always be 4 of them from 4th Gen. I never expected that coming from Rika and, to speak the truth, her words touched me deeply. Mainly because she was the last person on my mind that I think would dare to defy the management. Such bold statement. I would say it was a remarkable show of courage from Rika~ bravo!

And finally, not only to Rika, but to all of us as well, 4th Gen will forever be 'otosan, okasan, and musukodachi.'

Blogger is damned fucked up.
Not only I can't post pictures again, the fonts and colours controls are off.

All this at the crucial time when I wanna say a few things about my favourite couple. And without pictures, all theories will be so bloody boring.

Anyway... here goes.

Ever wonder why Rika will never wear one-sided earrings?
Yossi does (often), right?
Just recently, I finally caught Rika wearing only one earring on her left ear. It is in Haroten Party 2 (Osaka). Because her hair was covering both her ears,it's not easy to see it, however, when she tilts her head sometimes, you should be able to see that only her left ear has an earring. I remember seeing it got me kinda excited because it is in line with my belief that Rika IS a very low-profile person or one who takes great pains to separate her onscreen and offscreen persona. Onscreen, proper. Offscreen (her real self), a rebel. She must have thought that she got it hidden this time, but 'Oops', just oops~. >_<

Then I remember I had felt the same excitement when I was watching the clip where Yaguchan suddenly paid Kei and Rika a visit in a restaurant where they were having lunch. I get THAT same vibes about Rika again. The mysterious side. When Kei asked Yaguchan why she was filming and Yaguchan had answered 'it's for TV', I saw Rika's face suddenly drained of colour when she was looking strangely at Kei. For a brief moment, I even felt that she had turned a little awkward before she parted her fringe for a close-up shot, still looking pretty unsettled, although she tried to put on her best smile. She must be wondering 'is it okay for fans to see me like this? with no make-up and memorized scripts?' Rika's face just said it. It's no wonder Yossi said that Rika's easily understandable from her expressions alone.

Now, in retrospect, can you imagine a restrained and careful person like Rika having a blog? A place where she'll have to share her life with everybody, strangers? I said that because I often read how wotas are hoping that both Rika and Yossi would have their own blogs. So, do you think that day will ever come?

I don't think so. My guess is that it's going to take a lot of persuasion (and perhaps attractive incentives) before Rika will accede to the request. As for Yossi, we should already know the answer since she had said in her CDS that she will not have a blog, at least not anytime soon, because she finds it a hassle to update so very frequently (despite being tech-savvy). Maybe amebo or oricon didn't approach them, some may think. Now, how could that be when less popular H!P members, such as EGGS, even have their own blogs by now.

Ask yourself. When you spend the larger part of your leisure time with each other, what could you blog that would not allude readers to think otherwise? Would there be things to blog about, times when you're actually doing things alone? Many celebrities are exposed this way for dating each other just because they overlook, when they post similar pictures albeit separately. And I'm sure the girls know how h!p wotas are well known for being sharp-eyed.

So, what I'm trying to say is that, for people with secrets to hide, blogs would really be the last thing on their minds.

Anyway, all the above are hypothetical; my occasional weird theories.

Do you think she will turn up?

The biggest question in every 1444 fans' minds:

Did Yossi go to see Rika's musical?


So far, there has been no sightings, and no sent flowers (although Yossi has no need for that, given their relationship).

The only slightly good news, there is no kissing scene for Rika (phew...)

Yossi @waratteiitomo 090721

Topic: Things you don't know about Morning Musume.
Yossi said that they don't know where other members live.

(Me says...) A white lie. She knows where one particular member lives. Haha.

Joint names again

They sent a flower together to congratulate IZAM for their concert.

Rika @REKOMEN (radio) 2009.07.14

Rika: "I have been together with Yossi since I was 15 and we have not quarreled even once. Even now, we are still very close to each other. But not in the way where we always have to cling to each other. We just know what the other is thinking even without talking about it. A mutual kind of understanding."

hAngry@AnimeExpo

hAngry@AnimeExpo interview

http://www.jmusicamerica.com/us/articles-51944-interview-with-hangry-at-anime-expo.html

Myspace hAngry@AnimeExpo Episode 0

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=60131730

GATAS sacas public practice 24th Jun official report

http://www.gatas-brilhantes-hp.net/news/news090629_1.html


Rika pleading with the referee's 'it's a handball!' decision.


Yossi and Rika spontaneously doing the same head-tilting action when Koretty said that fine weather for all past practices proved that there are sunny girls in the team. Supposedly not true since Yossi and Rika are well-known rain-girls of H!P, which explains their synchronized reaction.