MOON Kana Buddy Icons!!!

Very cute, huh?

YAY! SO KAWAII. I think they're supposed to be animated but Blogger doesn't show that so that makes me kinda sad. But you can get them all at her website. Anyway, I really wanted to download some of the songs from ♠Spade♠, one of her albums, and I was looking everywhere I could think of, but I didn't have very good luck, so I decided I better buy it, only to find that it's out of print. (Which I don't get because it was only released it 2005!) So I looked on eBay, and only one person was selling it. No one had bid on it yet and there is only about a day left. So I think I'll bid. The only thing is that it's like forty dollars, which I think is pretty expensive for a CD, but whatever. It's worth it.

Gyaru-Moji

Gyaru-Moji(ギャル文字,"gal's alphabet") is writing used by young women and school girls, when passing notes or sending text messages. It can also be called Heta-moji, meaning poor hand writing. It started simply because girls didn't want boys and teachers to know what they were writing. It's like leet speek, you subtitute certain characters for ones that look similar. Though it might look like simplified characters, it's not simple. It requires alot of effort, both to read and to write, but that's why it works. For more information go to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyaru-moji

or:

http://asiajin.com/blog/2008/06/01/gal-moji-japanese-highschool-girls-leetspeak/

Yamamba And Some More Ganguro!

Okay, last time I talked about the Ganguro style. Now is time for a little continuation of that. If you thought Ganguro was extreme, then you definitely haven't seen Yamamba. Yamamba (meaning mountain hag) is for girls who want even darker skin, instead a deep tan they wear dark brown makeup on their face, and even heavier eye makeup, achieving a look that looks kind of like a panda or raccoon. Many people see them as bad girls, going against the traditional whitening up look, but they're just normal people, though they are know for not showering. It may be weird, but this is just another style you might see while in Japan.

Ganguro=SCARY!!!

This is one very interestin-g fashion in Japan, that as you can kind of guess, SCARES ME. That does not mean that I don't like it. It's just a little too extreme for something I might think of wearing. It started to get most popular in the 90's with teenagers and young women, some runaways, and some just wanting to stand out. Though it's roots are the GAL or Gyaru style, and the KoGAL style (which was supposed to to look like Californian girls).The style is a deep tan, bleached blond hair (sometimes with streaks of other colors), heavy eye makeup, white concealer for lipstick, false eyelashes, and face gems; though the rules can be twisted a little. The clothing is usually bright, colorful outfits, consisting of miniskirts, platform boots, arm warmers, and bangles. Anyway, I might write a little more about this fashion later. But that's it for now. BYE!