reina_t_1111: Oh, look, it’s the prodigal Amerikajin. Where have you been for the past month or so?
minimoniotaku: Trying to write.
reina_t_1111: That badly? You’ve been like friggin’ Thomas Pynchon these past couple of weeks.
minimoniotaku: Yeah, well, remind me when I start a new project never to start in the middle of the story and try to [...]

It’s Reina. It’s her new column. And she’s in a kimono (just in time for the natsu matsuris to happen)… and I love seeing her in kimonos. What more do you need?
Oh, another dialogue? Yeah, “we’re” overdue for another one. Come back tomorrow.

While the thought of any Morning Musume member in Playboy wearing as little as your average Hugh Hefner protege would be a good thing to the average red-blooded male (Japanese and Western), these pictures of Her Royal Hotness and Ai Takahashi from the latest Weekly Playboy prove that leaving some things to the imagination is [...]

I heard about the punk rock outfits Morning Musume wore on Haromoni@ this week and had to look for pictures. Unfortunately, a solo Reina shot hasn’t turned up yet, but I don’t think my YODC brother Langdon Alger will have a problem with this pic of Her Royal Hotness alongside Sayumi Mishishige (aka So Sweet [...]

In addition to her native country and here in America (where it seems like she’s America’s Favorite MoMusu), Reina is apparently becoming a favorite over in Taiwan, judging from a couple of these pics where a young female fan is giving the Wonkylicious One a smooch on the cheek:

Reina seems to have found the perfect [...]

minimoniotaku; Hey, Happy Two Years Of Tanakamesen, Reina.
reina_t_1111: Hehehe. Thank you, Ceej. ^___^
minimoniotaku: The photo shoot here reminds me of a certain Whiteberry single.
reina_t_1111: I know you don’t mean “Tachiri Kinshi” after my teasing you the other day.
minimoniotaku: Heh.
ETA 5.22.08: Fellow magnificent bastard from YODC, Langdon Alger, found a bigger scan of [...]

reina_t_1111: Hey, Ceej, long time no hear.
minimoniotaku: Hi Reina. Had my hands full with a bunch of shit.
reina_t_1111: Yeah, I’ve been keeping up with your work on the music blog. About time you started to get refocused.
minimoniotaku: I’m just getting started in that department.
reina_t_1111: Speaking of blogs, JunJun said “Thank you” for your little post [...]

Since the 24th installment of Reina’s CD Data column, which came out since the last time I did a post here, will probably end up online any day now, I might as well post #23 while I’m thinking of it.
As for comments on the T-shirt Reina is wearing in this installment, I’ll leave those [...]

reina_t_1111: Hey Ceej. Sorry to hear about your Mac.
minimoniotaku: Thanks, Reina. I think I can deal with “Windoze Blister” for a few months until I can get a new MacBook Pro.
reina_t_1111: There you go. At least you’ll be getting your work done.
minimoniotaku: Yeah. I had a busy weekend and need to catch up on [...]