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Dec. 20th, 2024 02:14 amWe've heard of Waffle House. And then there's Huddle House. It's often attached to travel centers and truck stops near busy highways, making it part of a liminal space, and giving it a much more transient vibe than Waffle House. No one really looks for a Huddle House; it just appears. It's meant for strangers in a strange land, hungry for basic diner food and wishing to get back on the road and continue their journey to parts unknown, for reasons unspoken. Maybe they'll return that way, usually they don't. I don't know why I brought this up.
I got an email saying the MOSAIC.WAV set arrived at Tenso. $80 to buy the set and another $40 for them to ship it here because the CD packaging is non-standard. So it goes. It's a 4 CD set, so it comes out to about $30 per disc. I remember paying that much for anime CDs at conventions back in the 90s, so I'm not mad. And the process was nowhere near as difficult as it could have been.
Right, so speaking of pricey Japanese music, I was trying to figure out why Sana Natori music CDs are so damn hard to find and when they are available, they tend to be expensive. Turns out, they're only sold at her live birthday events (I don't know how that works with vtubers). So in order for me to get one at release, I'd have to be in Japan, on that one specific day to physically be at the event at Club Citta, which requires buying the tickets for the event and after-party set months in advance, which in turn requires a valid Japanese address and contact info in order to enter the lottery for a chance to get those tickets, and that's assuming the set comes with the CD, otherwise I'd also have to be in line early enough to get one before it sells out. God. Damn. Alright, maybe the used price markup isn't so bad after all. If anything, I have respect for the exclusivity of the event for that fandom. Those fans paid their dues and that moment is for them to enjoy.
My Christmas/New Year's break begins. I've started it by ejecting a mass of cardboard into the recycling bin. They're just boxes, not love letters.
I got an email saying the MOSAIC.WAV set arrived at Tenso. $80 to buy the set and another $40 for them to ship it here because the CD packaging is non-standard. So it goes. It's a 4 CD set, so it comes out to about $30 per disc. I remember paying that much for anime CDs at conventions back in the 90s, so I'm not mad. And the process was nowhere near as difficult as it could have been.
Right, so speaking of pricey Japanese music, I was trying to figure out why Sana Natori music CDs are so damn hard to find and when they are available, they tend to be expensive. Turns out, they're only sold at her live birthday events (I don't know how that works with vtubers). So in order for me to get one at release, I'd have to be in Japan, on that one specific day to physically be at the event at Club Citta, which requires buying the tickets for the event and after-party set months in advance, which in turn requires a valid Japanese address and contact info in order to enter the lottery for a chance to get those tickets, and that's assuming the set comes with the CD, otherwise I'd also have to be in line early enough to get one before it sells out. God. Damn. Alright, maybe the used price markup isn't so bad after all. If anything, I have respect for the exclusivity of the event for that fandom. Those fans paid their dues and that moment is for them to enjoy.
My Christmas/New Year's break begins. I've started it by ejecting a mass of cardboard into the recycling bin. They're just boxes, not love letters.
