The newest installment of Reina’s CD Data column is out. Reina always looks good in a kimono (Ai Yori Aoshii flashbacks, anyone?), but this time around the Wonkylicious One has her hair in a hairdo more befitting of her traditional attire than her trademark tails. Perhaps she’s starting to phase them out now that’s she’s over 18?

It also bears repeating: I wish someone like Paul or Jin were still translating these…

reina_t_1111: Hey Ceej. How was your New Year’s?
minimoniotaku: I’ll send you the picture links from the party, you tell me.
reina_t_1111: That crazy, huh?
minimoniotaku: You could say that again.
reina_t_1111: Speaking of crazy, did you see Langdon’s new post at YODC?
minimoniotaku: Um, no I didn’t, I was spending the night playing old Miles Davis albums on my new turntable, why?
reina_t_1111: I think you’d better have a look.
minimoniotaku: *looks* What the fuck?
reina_t_1111: I said the same thing when I saw it… in Japanese AND English.
minimoniotaku: That bad, huh?
reina_t_1111: Let’s just say I had to put quite a few yen in the H!P swear jar right afterward.
minimoniotaku: ROFL!
reina_t_1111: Do you have Langdon’s e-mail?
minimoniotaku: Yeah, why?
reina_t_1111: Because I need to break the bad news to him.
minimoniotaku: You mean…
reina_t_1111: Yeah, the news about the contractual agreement that says that I’m pledged to be your second wife if either (god forbid) you and Tara divorce, or if polygamy is decriminalized.
minimoniotaku: If they ever did that I’d probably pull a Fela Kuti and marry all of Morning Musume!
reina_t_1111: Just promise me that you won’t make us pose topless on an album cover like he had his wives do on Expensive Shit!
minimoniotaku: Consider it done.

One of the latest American-made OPV’s (fan videos) for the Wonkylicious One, set to the song “Sakura Kiss” by Chieko Kawabe.

Last night the Buzzcocks’ song “Are Everything” came up on my iPod, and I thought it would make a good soundtrack for a Reina OPV. If anyone wants to take the chance and make one, I’ll post it here.

reina_t_1111: OMG, I just came online and saw the post at MotokoAoyama.com. I saw what Ray had written and was like, “He’s not just talking about your story being placed, is he?”.
reina_t_1111: Congratulations!! I’m very happy for both of you.
minimoniotaku: Thank you, Reina.
reina_t_1111: So when’s the wedding?
minimoniotaku: No date has been set yet.
reina_t_1111: CJ, fess up. Tara’s not following in Nozomi’s and Johnson’s footsteps, is she?
minimoniotaku: Nope. It was just the right time to ask her.
reina_t_1111: Phew! How long have you and Tara been dating?
minimoniotaku: Three years. I think this engagement has brought the two of us closer together.
reina_t_1111: Awww. How’d you go about it?
minimoniotaku: I was at my uncle Joe’s for Xmas Eve dinner. My mother and Joe’s fiancee Joey were there. They all knew I was going to pop The Question that night.
minimoniotaku: I had Tara follow me into this small room in the house that they use as a TV room, slipped the box with the ring out and asked her to marry me. She was NOT completely expecting it.
reina_t_1111: And then?
minimoniotaku: Stood there, the two of us, for the next 20 minutes kissing and hugging. It was great.
reina_t_1111: Were you nervous?
minimoniotaku: A little before I asked her The Question, and then the rest of the tension must have just escaped through my legs because Tara said she could feel me shaking afterwards and couldn’t understand why.
reina_t_1111: I believe it!
reina_t_1111: Did you tell your buddy Watt the big news?
minimoniotaku: Yep, the very same night.
reina_t_1111: Speaking of Watt, how come his signature isn’t on that guitar? I thought he was one of The Stooges now?
minimoniotaku: I don’t know. It doesn’t matter - it’s signed by the founding members of the Stooges and I have Watt’s autograph on the first Minutemen record I ever bought anyway.
reina_t_1111: Good point.
minimoniotaku: I wish you could be at the wedding!
reina_t_1111: Doing what? Being a bridesmaid? I could see it now: “Who’s that wonky-eyed Asian girl in the wedding party, and why did she bring eight other friends with her?” XD
minimoniotaku: You could always sing at the wedding if it were possible.
reina_t_1111: It’s funny that you mention that, since I started this week’s Five Stars with “Happy Summer Wedding”! That’s too obvious of a choice though, isn’t it?
minimoniotaku: Yeah, it is, unless one were to play it during the processional at the end of the wedding.
reina_t_1111: Somewhere there’s probably two American MoMusu fans looking to put that song on the set list for their own wedding.
minimoniotaku: I wouldn’t be surprised. I always thought Yui Horie’s “Yakusoku ~Eternal Promise~” would make a good wedding song.
reina_t_1111: Awww. That is such a sweet choice.
minimoniotaku: It sure beats the hell out of “You Light Up My Life”.
reina_t_1111: Ewwwwww! I agree.

reina_t_1111: Merry Christmas, Ceej.
minimoniotaku: Merry Christmas, Reina.
reina_t_1111: I can’t stay on long this morning, I have to get on the sleigh tonight. St. Nick picks me up at midnight, Tokyo time.
minimoniotaku: LMAO!
reina_t_1111: Seriously! I’ll be under your tree Christmas morning.
minimoniotaku: I wish.
reina_t_1111: You’ll find out the hard way once I start kissing you under the balls.
minimoniotaku: REINA!!!!!
reina_t_1111: I knew you were going to walk into that one. LOL. Lub you, CJ.
minimoniotaku: Lub you too, Reina.

reina_t_1111: News flash! News flash!
minimoniotaku: Let me guess - Naoki Yamazaki pulled his head out of his fat ass and rehired Ai Kago?
reina_t_1111: We couldn’t get that lucky. What are you doing right now?
minimoniotaku: Listening to Koharu’s new solo album. I got it in the mail today.
reina_t_1111: Sweet. Do you think it’s as good as Mitsuboshi?
minimoniotaku: Oh yeah. What’s the news, and does it concern H!P?
reina_t_1111: No, it’s not H!P-related, but I think you might get a good yuck out of this anyway. Britney Spears’ little sister is knocked up.
reina_t_1111: Linkage - http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h6ByeoSmlUzSq7mytGzyf6Dq-GxgD8TK87IG0
minimoniotaku: Oi vey! Who does she think she is, Nozomi Tsuji?
reina_t_1111: Now, how did I know you were going to make a reference to Nono? XD
minimoniotaku: At least Nono wasn’t underage!
reina_t_1111: Yes, THANK YOU for mentioning that!
minimoniotaku: If you were Britney Spears, what would you do right now?
reina_t_1111: You mean, besides kick the shit out of my little sister, drag her to the abortion clinic by her hair, and have her boyfriend castrated?
minimoniotaku: ROFLMAOPIMP!!
reina_t_1111: Listen to this shit from the AP article: “It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected,” she said. “I was in complete and total shock and so was he.”
reina_t_1111: I read that and wanted to grab her by the shirt collar and yell, “Hello? Your boyfriend had his dick in your cunt without putting a raincoat on it first!. How is finding out that his cum found the target ‘a shock’?!?”
minimoniotaku: Bwahahahahaha!! You go, shiny gal!
reina_t_1111: P.S. to Casey Aldridge: Pulling out only works in porno movies!
minimoniotaku: I love it when you’re snarky.
reina_t_1111: Between you and Kd, I think I have a good grasp on how to pull off snarkism.

“If any of my American fans had their way, I wouldn’t have any lonely nights…”

reina_t_1111: Hey Ceej.
minimoniotaku: Hey Wonkylicious.
reina_t_1111: You must have had a busy weekend. I didn’t hear from you in a while.
minimoniotaku: Yeah, I know. Argh.
reina_t_1111: How was the Evanescence concert on Sunday night?
minimoniotaku: Fair to middling. The opening acts (Julien-K and Sick Puppies) were better and Ev’s sound mix was bad.
reina_t_1111: Did Amy Lee replace everyone else in the band yet? XD
minimoniotaku: Give her time, she still has the bassist and drummer she started touring behind their current album yet. Maybe she should fire her wardrobe person though.
reina_t_1111: Why do you say that?
minimoniotaku: Becaase her skirt looked like a big red Swiffer!
reina_t_1111: Ohmyfuckinggawd! And Celestia from Bikkuri Project says Morning Musume has fashion disasters onstage? Did you take a picture?
minimoniotaku: Couldn’t, security was really hardcore. I didn’t even dare point my Treo in her direction.
reina_t_1111: Did anyone want to yell during their set, “Amy Lee, you’re a cunt!!”, or are there restraining orders out on ex-members?
minimoniotaku: I think Tara was tempted to.
reina_t_1111: Ouch! XD
reina_t_1111: Oh, I keep meaning to ask you, you bought the CD/DVD edition of “Mikan”, right?
minimoniotaku: Yeah, I did. Why?
reina_t_1111: Whose photocard came with your copy?
minimoniotaku: Aika’s.
reina_t_1111: *spittake* OMG, Ray will probably shit himself if he finds that out!
minimoniotaku: I’m sure he’ll bring it up!

reina_t_1111: Hey Ceej.
minimoniotaku: Hi Reina.
reina_t_1111: A lot of excitement this past weekend, huh?
minimoniotaku: I think I know what you’re referring to.
reina_t_1111: You mean Nono having her little UltraTsuji on Monday morning?
minimoniotaku: Yeah, that was some nice news for once.
reina_t_1111: Tell me about it. I heard about Casey from Hawthorne Heights dying in his sleep. HH aren’t having the greatest year, are they?
minimoniotaku: No, they’re not.
reina_t_1111: I heard he had asthma, that might have had something to do with it.
minimoniotaku: It’s likely. No one knows what the cause was outside of “anything illegal” being ruled out.
reina_t_1111: What a shame. I know you liked their last album.
minimoniotaku: Yeah, and I missed them on Warped Tour this year, I should really be kicking myself now.
reina_t_1111: Did you ever listen to Quiet Riot when you were younger?
minimoniotaku: Good lord, ancient history! I have enough grey hairs as it is!!
reina_t_1111: Shaddap, Richard Gere has grey hair and the girls still want him.
reina_t_1111: Your pal Mike Watt has grey hair and he’s still a badass, same thing with your hero Rollins.
minimoniotaku: Why’d you bring up Quiet Riot?
reina_t_1111: Their lead singer was found dead last night.
minimoniotaku: Damn. How old and what from?
reina_t_1111: 52, and they don’t know yet.
minimoniotaku: I don’t think Rock & Roll Heaven needed any hair metal musicians that badly.
reina_t_1111: CJ!!!!!!! That was mean!
minimoniotaku: I kid.
reina_t_1111: If I go through your old record albums, will I find a copy of Metal Health amongst all your Black Flag and Minutemen albums?
minimoniotaku: Guilty as charged. Condition Critical is there too.
reina_t_1111: Haha.
minimoniotaku: Shaddap, or I’ll come over there and spank you.
reina_t_1111: Promises, promises. Did you see this week’s HaroMoni?
minimoniotaku: I’ve hardly been watching ANY TV lately. The writing, remember?
reina_t_1111: Phew.
minimoniotaku: What’s the sigh of relief for?
reina_t_1111: I was so afraid that you were going to bitch me out for what I did on this week’s episode.
minimoniotaku: What are you talking about, Rei?
reina_t_1111: The auditions for that cat character on Koharu’s anime. They had us do Whippets when we were doing our auditions for the voiceover role.
minimoniotaku: Oh that. I’m not even worried. It was just for that instance, right?
reina_t_1111: Yeah.
minimoniotaku: Reina, you’re not the first person who’s done helium and immediately started talking like Alvin & The Chipmunks, don’t even sweat it.
reina_t_1111: Yeah, but look at this screen cap from the episode that’s already online:

reina_t_1111: I look like I’m going to hurl. Upchuck. Call Ralph on the porcelain phone.
minimoniotaku: *hugs*
reina_t_1111: Thanks, hun.
minimoniotaku: Someday you’ll look back on that picture and laugh.
reina_t_1111: Am I getting too old for the cat ears?
minimoniotaku: No, but I’m too young to be getting junk mail from goddamn AARP!
reina_t_1111: AARP?! But you’re only 22 years older than I am! You make it sound like they think you graduated Bedrock High School in the same class as Keith Richards.
minimoniotaku: Very funny.
reina_t_1111: I try.

reina_t_1111: You weren’t online all day. I thought you had the day off today?
minimoniotaku: Tell my boss that.
reina_t_1111: Oh, shit! I’m afraid to ask.
minimoniotaku: 12 hours of my life that I’ll never get back ’cause of him… if it weren’t for having H!P on shuffle on my iPod, my boss would be lying in a pool of blood in his new house.
reina_t_1111: Well, I’m glad to be of service in that department, but Jesus Christ, Ceej, watch what you say - you wouldn’t want him to see this, now would you?
minimoniotaku: You know what I mean. He’s just a walking frustration.
reina_t_1111: That bad, huh?
minimoniotaku: Awful. But ON/OFF switches confuse him so there’s no danger of him ever owning a computer.
reina_t_1111: Say no more. Speaking of the Internet, today’s Five Stars is up on H!O’s tracker now.
minimoniotaku: I’m glad, it wasn’t up this morning.
reina_t_1111: Why don’t you put a download of it up on the site?
minimoniotaku: I think I will.
reina_t_1111: Good idea.
minimoniotaku: I should review this show though.
reina_t_1111: You’re all burnt out from today. Save the review for later.
minimoniotaku: OK.
reina_t_1111: Don’t forget the playlist!

Morning Musume - Mikan
Judy & Mary - Classic
Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
Takui Nakajima - CRY CRY CRY
Morning Musume - Bonkyu! Bonkyu! BOMB GIRL

Download: Five Stars #8 11.21.07 (via Sendspace)