I did not have a Daily Links post yesterday in order to create a schedule for this feature. My first post (on the 22nd) was late in the evening and I’d prefer this to be posted in the morning hours. No specific time - just the morning hours.

I picked a lucky time to start looking around at other blogs. Right at the top of my most recent feeds was Tokyograph reporting that Ai Kago is going to be in a Hong Kong film. I like to joke around about dropping SCOOPS for International Wota - and I outscooped them all today! As for the news, it’s way too early to pass any real judgment. She could have a legit role or just a quick cameo - who knows at this point? I’ll be interested in what everyone else thinks of this though and I’m sure tomorrow’s Daily Links will be filled with Aibon reactions.

Maize of fields and maiZe and berryZ was the first one to tell me, but lots of blogs have information on Berryz Koubou’s 17th single. You can read it up at Just Another H!P Blog, some boys! blog, Strawberrie or Totally Hello! Project - they all have pretty much the same information. I’m pretty happy about this because it’ll mean a final end to Dschinghis Khan videos at the end of H!P programming. This is also big news for Berryz Koubou as it’ll push Berryz Koubou into a tie at 3rd place for sheer amount of singles released under Hello!Project:

Number of Singles Released (5 or over):
Morning Musume: 36
Aya Matsuura: 21 (20 released, 1 announced)
Berryz Koubou: 17 (16 released, 1 announced)
Maki Goto: 17
Melon Kinenbi: 17
Mini Moni: 12
Yuko Nakazawa: 12
Country Musume: 11
Natsumi Abe: 10
v-u-den: 10
Taiyou to Ciscomoon/T&C Bomber: 8
Tanpopo: 8
Yuki Maeda: 8
W: 7
Miki Fujimoto: 6
C-ute: 5 (4 minor)
Coconuts Musume: 5

While it is conceivable that Melon Kinenbi will get another release, Berryz Koubou will most likely take sole possession of 3rd place by the end of the year. Aya Matsuura’s releases have slowed down considerably - 4 in the last 3 years - so it should only be a matter of time until Berryz passes her. As for one day taking the #1 spot, I would imagine that BK would break up before that point.

Looking the list over, can you believe that Yuko Nakazawa has 12 singles or that Yuki Maeda has 8?

To finish things up today, everyone visit wotachat! It is pengie’s (of unchained) hosted chatroom. She wants to populate it even more so I’m passing along the word of my own will and volition (read: forced). I’m usually there at some point every day and many IW bloggers/contributors make a daily visit at some point. It’s pretty fun - although the conversation always starts getting bizzare when a certain resident of Hawaii shows up.

Hey everbody…. If you come to my placeholder today, you probably had a good laugh. How come all my friends in wotachat didn’t tell me this? I guess they liked me looking like a fool…

It is time for another new theme here at True Life Seek. My excitement over the last theme wore out quickly. I can’t really put my feelings into words - I just didn’t like the theme anymore. This new theme is the same theme that’s used for Nocchi Drives Me Wild. It is simplistic like the original TLS theme, but also makes more effective use of browser space. My previous theme was very disappointing in this regard.

I am hoping that TLS will get a bit of a spark from this change. TLS hasn’t been completely stagnant in the last few weeks but the lack of entries is noticeable. I have topics that I have been planning or written up the beginnings of a draft to - Kaela Kimura, Namie Amuro, Perfume - but finishing entries has become more and more difficult.

Finishing March April Madness is a priority at the moment. I apologize for abandoning the project. Truth be told, I got burned out on it after doing so much in such a short time. For next time, I plan to space entries further apart. Labeling it “March Madness,” while good for posterity, is also unrealistic.

There will be a new feature to TLS: a Daily Links category. I am aware that I blog for International Wota. I have a few reasons for wanting to try this with TLS.

Philosophically, the purpose of Intl Wota entries is to share a particular blog entry. The purpose for linking blogs on TLS is so that I could respond personally to certain entries. This will mean that there will be some instances where I am talking about the same entry on TLS and Intl Wota. I’m also sure no one is going to complain that their blog gets more exposure. I’m not sure how I would I respond to that…

Furthermore, it is not just blogs that I’ll be linking as I have no reason not to link media - pictures, video, etc. - as well. Don’t be surprised if there is a ton of links to hello-online’s picboard.

I am always willing to try out new plugins, so any suggestions of plugins that you love would be helpful.

Regarding a style of entries, I am not planning on honing that down just yet. I actually like that some entries will contain nothing but pictures and others will be semi-researched pieces. Some days I will continue being absolutely negative (whenever I watch Haromoni) and other days I will have nothing but positive things to say (when I listen to Perfume).

Lastly, thank you to people that keep reading TLS! There are times when I slow on responding to comments. I feel bad when I see them coming from the same people and I don’t give any response. I might as well call some of them out now. 5 of them come to my mind: renaye, Yoshimi, Chris, Vee and Andrea. Thank guys! I appreciate anyone that comments but I realize that there are lots of readers who simply like to read and not comment. I don’t comment all the time on other blogs so I understand this line of thinking.

As you can probably tell, the TLS Decorative Decor Committee decided that it was time for a change in our humble abode.

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Activity has slowed down here at TLS this week. Truth be told, my attention has gone to International Wota as of late. I become a contributor to the site this week. I’ve had a lot of fun reading all different types of blogs that I normally wouldn’t look it. To think, I found something enjoying in a Johnny’s blog. When I started TLS a few months ago, that was not an outcome that I was expecting. Anyways, I definitely have a deeper appreciation for what Ray, wu-san, CJ, pengie and all the others do to keep the site updated. And of course, a deeper appreciation for all the other bloggers, because Intlwota wouldn’t be much of anything without blogs to cover.

I remember wu-san saying something along the lines, and I’m paraphrasing here, “most of my energy goes into Intlwota entries.” You ain’t kidding.

I’ve been completely enthralled with the three videos for Namie Amuro’s single 60s 70s 80s. I can’t believe how attracted I am to this woman 9 years older than me. The rankings for it right now go 60s (New Look) > 80s (What A Feeling) > 70s (Rock Steady). Sampling Baby Love and Flashdance (What A Feeling) works right up my alley, as I love those songs to no ends. If only the 70s was Don’t Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston, I’d have been ending this blog because true life would no longer have to be sought. I’m still having more and more fun listening and watching these songs, so drawing out a written opinion hasn’t happened yet. And it won’t happen in this entry. Time for a gigantic picspam. 105 images to be precise.

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My first official H!P photos:

I decided to buy something off of American Wota’s marketplace. I’m not sure why I decided to go with Konno. I wanted to make sure whatever photos I got were flattering to the girl, as these are to Asami. The Hawaii text are a definite reminder of where they came from.

I had no idea what to expect from official H!P photos. The “Kodak PerfectTouch Paper” logo on the pack of the bigger images definitely give off that ghetto vibe to it. The smaller ones were apparently printed through Amada Printing. The ink is of good quality and should last a long time. However, unless Ray or someone else starts selling some Kanna Arihara photos for A) cheap and B) easy, I think I might be better off printing my own.

It’s better to do something late than never. Especially when it comes to Aika Matsui and pictures.

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