Today was FACTORY shoot.
Everyone celebrated Yumi's B-day here too.
Thank you everyone!

And today the guest was OKAMOTO'S from the same management(SMA).
Here's a pic. of everyone from SMA.

OKAMOTO'S gave Yumi a B-day gift.
It was a bag of rice with a Happy B-day message.
But Yumi's like "What's this drawing?" and looks mad.
(It's cause underneath the drawing, it says 'Tanuma')

Performing with DE DE MOUSE was Shunsuke-san.
He's also from SMA and born in January of 1975.
Here's the Jan. 1975 pair.

Today is Ms. Yoshimura's becoming Aro-Fo (around forty) B-day.
A very happy occasion.

So last night, some of her beautiful friends had a surprise party for her.

Here's the photo of the cake being brought as the day changed.

You can see Manager Toshi on the left side...
He's the only guy surrounded by beautiful women...is it my imagination or does he look more excited than usual????

Hey hey...Yamazaki-kun.
Don't upload my artwork without my permission.
If some humble lady trips and tears it up,
someone will be in deep trouble.
Cause now, this drawing has historic value
and is about... 90 yen.
Is that too expensive (LOL)?

Japan is still very cold.
The other day, I was talking to someone that we just met
and was asked "where are you most of the year?"
(oh this person probably thinks we still go back and forth between the States and Japan.
Unfortunately, nope! We're totally in Japan. Last year I went with my own money for vacation.)
In my head that's what I was thinking but said...
"Um...Y..e..a..h. Probably Japan!"
...so I wanna apologize for totally playing it cool.

Truth is
there's just too much we need to do in Japan
so we can hardly go overseas right now.

So,
we are so thankful to everyone that says
"Please come to our country!" or
"Please come over to my house!"
We really wanna go too,
so please wait for us.

...that's me the leader who is always concious about the fans all over the world.

Ok, back to lyrics, lyrics!

We finished our meetings and when I saw Ami's papers...
I remember my friends drawing the same drawings in their notebooks, back in the days...

Anyway, lately PUFFY has been
in meetings, recording and writing lyrics.
I have a feeling that 2010 will be another fun year.

Since my cell phone broke, I finally got a new one.

Today was another day of meetings...so I tested out my camera on my new cell. It's a high quality camera so you can see how dirty the conference room is, but I realized a good photo is actually up to the person who takes it and I'm not so good. Sorry.

Anyway, today was a meeting with Producer XXXXX. We're gonna record the song soon so the girls are in their creative mode so they can write. I wonder what kind of lyrics they'll come up with.

"Kimi ni Todoke" and "Aibo"
is my life right now.
And now that "Bloody Monday" has started again,
there's just not enough time.
"Magerarenai Onna" is also stocking up on my HDD.
Oh, my friend was saying that this "Magerarenai Onna",
makes her worry about Miho-chan cause she can not compromise.
I'm kinda scared to watch it.
But the real Miho Kanno, is a totally flexible really sweet girl. Just FYI (LOL).

And after I send my daughter off to school,
I look forward to watching "BONES".
And I call this my "Morning BONES".
Of course I have my "Night BONES" too.
Don't get me wrong... work and household chores are first priority.
But sometimes, I prioritize BONES first.
That's just how good it is.
And I've even changed tastes from Michael Scofield to Booth.
I love the series so much that if I was born an American,
I'd want the name Temperance!

But this "BONES",
I can't watch it anytime.
The little one, (presently practicing her Kanjis),
gets scared.
I've never watched it with her,
but unless she wants to become a forensic doctor,
the scenes will probably cause her trauma...

So,
when I find time I watch it little by little.
It's so great!
If you're ok with shows like that, def. check it out!!

Anyway, the little Van Gogh (she draws well),
the other day, was doing her homework
and right when she was about to finish!..she was in tears.
I asked her what was wrong...
Lately I've been hanging out with actress Kaho-chan and after I saw her
I was saying "Kaho is so cute!" and
I kept saying how cute Kaho is,
and my daughter remembered that and started crying.

How cute...
I told her that "You are the cutest!" and gave her a huge hug,
but I saw that she would be done with just 2 more questions
(...which made me think, just finish it...)

Anyway, lyrics, lyrics...

Here's a snapshot of Yumi, right before she was going home.

Thank you to everyone who already ordered the fan club T-shirts!

This time we have kids sizes too so it seems like we're getting lots of orders.
Thanks so much!

As we move closer to towards the start of "Gekidan Asesu", we feel the love from "soon to be" members,
and everyone from the PUFFY team really appreciates your support from the buttom of our hearts!!

...Anyway, you can only order until 11pm today!!
So if you're planning to get a T-shirt...don't forget to order!!

In February's issue of SENSE magazine,
the artist MIKA introduces "Asia no Junshin",
in the "My playlist" section!

When MIKA was in Japan last time, we went to see his show and was introduced to him.
MIKA was saying that he really likes PUFFY and he listens to the music alot.

We're so thankful to hear that we can connect thru music
to people across the ocean!

If you see SENSE magazine, check out the "My playlist" section.

Although it looks like karaoke,
it's another day of recording.

You can order the Asesu T-shirt starting today!!

Some of you were asking but AmiYumi were wearing size "M" at COUNTDOWN JAPAN.

So just to be clear, it's not first come first service.
If you order within the limited time frame you will be able to buy a T-shirt for sure.
So make sure you order before 11pm on Jan. 19th (Tues).

Today was another day of meetings but it was about the fan club.

Here's a picture of today's Ami..."when I noticed, my finger was injured".

Ami kept giving me the middle finger so I was so pissed off...

is what Ami told me to write (LOL).
But I'm not the kind of person to easily be pissed off by a middle finger (LOL).

And here's Yumi with her box of caramel that she shared with everyone during the meeting.
Morinaga caramel's are the best.

It's so very cold.

I know it's cold
but here's a refreshingly cool photo.

The other day I went to the aquarium,
and was overwhelmed by how beautiful the jellyfish is.

Speaking of jellyfish,
it reminds me of "Kurage hime (jellyfish princess)"!

Have you read it?

The drawings are great and cute,
the story and script has a good pace,
it's just how I like my comics.

I used to
draw pictures of jellyfish...

I wanna jellyfish as a pet.

Oh no...
My daughter that should already be sleeping.
She realized that it's a Friday night and there's no school tomorrow,
so she's entered the chocolate factory again...
But no matter how many times you watch it, it's great.
It's fun.
It's fun but
I'm here drinking KKT and saying I have a cold.
I wanna go to sleep.

Anyway, I was recording today.
We were laughing so much today.
It's been a while that I was recording with such comfort.
The piano intro was...

Mr. Wonker,
Can we go to sleep now?

Here's a photo from after the CDJ performance.
They're not in their original standing position (LOL).

So now the fan club news is out...

But, did any of you at CDJ notice that we were giving hints here and there?

So the T-shirt that the girls are wearing.
We made it to celebrate the start of the fan club.
It's very old skool PUFFY if you know what I mean.

This very old skool but trendy T-shirt has gotten great response from you guys.

and.....

it won't be for sale like normal but if you order at ROCKET EXPRESS
we'll make it just for you.

It'll be a very rare merch....

We'll start the orders on January 13th from 5pm.
(Hurry up cause you can only order during the limited time.)
Here's the design:

I have a personal announcement to make.
I, Yumi Yoshimura, has gotten married on December 31.
I've been able to catch this great happiness but I still plan to take charge as always
so please continue to send us your support.
I will continue trying to do my best.

He is 29 years old, and we've been friends for 7 years.
As he doesn't work in the same entertainment industry
it would be great if we are quietly supported.
Hope everyone has a great year!

Oh, btw, no worries cause I'm not pregnant.

January 2, 2010
Yumi Yoshimura

I'm sure alot of you were surprised by Yumi-chan's news.
There is no happier news than this for me, being her other half.
AmiYumi have gone thru so much together that
pain is split in half and happiness is doubled
so I am jumping with joy.

Of course I don't know all the little details about the 2 but
I've met him.
We've both taken care by him when we were totally wasted.
The first time I met him was a few years ago
but it was last fall that I was properly introduced to him
as her boyfriend.
My impression of him was that he's really clever, sweet and he's really attentive to what's going on around.
I feel like the "Father of the bride" when I met him,
but it was a great first impression.
I tried to find something wrong about him but couldn't (LOL).
So, I thought if he's the one, I'm ok with letting Yumi go.

Congrats, Yunko.
I wish you all the happiness.

You're always welcome to come back.
...just kidding.

It's already 2010, huh!
I'm looking forward to the new year with everyone!!
So,
what did you think of the news from PUFFY?
Some of you were probably surprised, others maybe expected it,
but yep...
we're making a fan club!!!!!

After over 10 years of experiencing alot of different things,
I didn't think there was still any firsts for us...

It's only a limited time so
we want to try to fill the time with lots
of OP to treasure
so hope you come and join us.
Still in planning but there's stuff where we will need you to participate so
I think it'll be crazy.
Not really sure what a fan club is like so
ours might be a little crazy but
I can promise you it'll be very PUFFY-like.

So we're putting in alot of energy right from day one.
Do you like our top page too?
The photoshoot for this was so much fun.
I wanted to try this kind of makeup once (LOL).
Hahaha, we're a "gekidan (theatrical group)" so anything goes.

Anyway, we're totally recruiting members for the new group!!
Let's attack the year together!